When Ahmed's parents send him to a residential treatment center known as Serenity Ridge, it's with one goal: to "fix" their son, at any cost. But eleven months of abuse and overmedication leave him desperate to escape. And when the opportunity comes, Ahmed runs away to San Francisco.There, he moves into a secret safe house shared by a group of teens. Until they become independent at eighteen, the housemates hide away from authorities, bound by rules that both protect and frustrate. Ahmed, now known as Ben, tries to adjust to a life lived in impossibly close quarters with people he barely knows, all of whom guard secrets of their own. But even if they succeed in keeping the world at bay, there's no hiding from each other or from themselves. And there's no avoiding the conflicts, crushes, loneliness, and desire that could shatter their fragile, complicated sanctuary at any moment. . ."This fresh and original novel defies easy labels. It's knowing yet vulnerable, observant... Views: 55
YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS ENDEAVOR IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.Hailey Roarke was never interested in her family's fortune. That's why she became a cop. But with her father and now her cousin dead, she's suddenly on the wrong side of a police interrogation. The only way to clear her name is to solve the riddle before the real killer. Without getting killed herself.Detective Shane Maxwell can't deny the spark of lust he feels every time Hailey is near. But the woman is clearly hiding something. Trusting his gut--and the heat in her eyes--he joins her on an elaborate global treasure hunt staged by her late father. Caught between a sizzling seduction and a maniacal murderer, for Hailey and Shane the biggest reward of all will be making it out alive.Other books in the STOLEN SERIES:STOLEN FURY (book 1)STOLEN HEAT (book 2)STOLEN SEDUCTION (book 3) Views: 55
The British Museum is Falling Down is a brilliant comic satire of academia, religion and human entanglements. First published in 1965, it tells the story of hapless, scooter-riding young research student Adam Appleby, who is trying to write his thesis but is constantly distracted - not least by the fact that, as Catholics in the 1960s, he and his wife must rely on 'Vatican roulette' to avoid a fourth child. Views: 55
She had to lose everything—even her life—to find out where her heart truly belonged.
It only takes a second—a second filled with the scream of twisting metal, shattering glass and her own terrified cry—and Chris Copestakes’ young life is ending before it really began.
Then, against all odds, Chris wakes up in the hospital and discovers she’s been given a second chance. But there’s a catch. She’s been returned to earth in the body of another woman—Hallie DiBarto, the selfish, dazzlingly beautiful socialite wife of a wealthy California resort-owner.
Suddenly, Chris is thrust into an unfamiliar world of glittering prestige and angry secrets. As she struggles to hid her identity and make a new life for herself, she learns the terrible truth about Hallie DiBarto. And when she finds herself falling for Jamie DiBarto—a man both husband and stranger—she discovers that miracles really can happen.
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Product DescriptionIndustrial espionage explodes into a serious case of slaughter! Views: 55
A small town southern girl meets the big, bad wolf. A nightmare or a fairy tale?
In one night, Sasha Edwards’ life forever changes when a rogue Lupus viciously
attacks her and infects her with the Lupus virus. The Pack doctor and Beta wolf,
Flynn LeGuer, is the only man who can save her. But his professional and
personal boundaries are tested when he discovers Sasha is the woman he’s been
waiting for his entire life—his True Mate. Sasha must dig deep to find
the courage she never knew she possessed when Flynn tells her the truth of her
new life: she's not only a wolf but his mate as well. Can they trust each other
enough to reclaim a long-denied passion? And can they stop the ancient evil
pursuing them before it destroys their life together yet again?
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SUMMARY:Science fiction and fantasy readers have long shown an affinity for a good "bar story". Now some of today's most inventive scriveners have decided to tell their own tall tales-from an alewife's attempt to transfer the gods' curse to Gilgamesh, to Odin's decision to introduce Vikings to the Ur-Bar, from the Holy Roman Emperor's barroom bargain, to a demon hunter who may just have met his match in the ultimate magic bar, to a bouncer who discovers you should never let anyone in after hours in a world terrorized by zombies. Views: 55
The classic inside story of The New York Times, the most prestigious, and perhaps the most powerful, of all American newspapers. Bestselling author Talese lays bare the secret internal intrigues behind the tradition of front page exposes in a story as gripping as a work of fiction and as immediate as today's headlines.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 55
From the Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist and best-selling author: a beautifully crafted memoir of his lifelong chase after his father's shadow.John was eleven months old when his father, Barney Darnton, a war correspondent for The New York Times, was killed in World War II, but his absence left a more profound imprint on the family than any living father could have had. John's mother--a well-known Times reporter and editor--tried to keep alive the dream of raising her two sons in ideal surroundings. When that proved impossible, she collapsed emotionally and physically, financially destitute and too hungover to get out of bed most days. But along the way she created a myth of the father that John took as his own, following his father's footsteps into the same newsroom. Decades after his father's death, John and his brother, the historian Robert Darnton, began delving into the past to uncover secrets about their parents. The Barney they uncover is... Views: 55
'I'm just saying that if you ever want, like, a boyfriend or anything-- not that I think you should get one right now-- but if you did want a boyfriend ever, you might have to start being a bit more like a girl than a boy.' Thirteen-year-old Gwynnie is just about to turn fourteen. While other girls in her year are all about boys and make-up, the closest she's got to a boy is in a tackle on the football field. But when the totally hot Charlie Notts starts at school, Gwynnie decides now might be the time to start being a girl.Gwynnie enlists the help of a gang of girls at school, headed by the super-confident Jenny. But is it really safe for Gwynnie to be let lose with lash curlers and strong eye-shadow? Has Jenny got a hidden agenda while giving Gwynnie her make-over? And will Charlie ever see her as more than a killer football player with skinny legs?When everything comes to a head at the school prom, Gwynnie will learn some truths about herself and her new... Views: 55
