After Anne has car trouble, a chance encounter with an undercover policeman and a crime boss totally changes the course of her life. One brief encounter binds these three people from different lifestyles and backgrounds together into a strange 'family' group. Their relationships evolve and grow closer after they meet under mysterious circumstances. Do the lips tell lies or are their words true?Meddlers In Time- The Cockatoo River IncidentThis is part two of the 35th century tales, where Wayne’s team has been sent on a covert mission by the League of Travelers, their 52nd century allies. The mission:Bring two mighty empires to a state of total war.This book covers the period during which Jenny DeVries inserted under very deep cover into the empire, tasked with gaining acceptance in the elite Imperial War Academy. This tale runs concurrently with Wayne Jamieson’s privateering activities, many of which are arranged to support Jenny’s mission.Several of the other characters from the first Meddlers in Time book play a role in the tale and there are several interludes into 21st century New Zealand, where the agent provocateurs take the occasional time out from their missions.Space battles, slavers, desperate rescues and plenty for the fan of military science fiction here.Wayne Watson’s milieu of the 35th century Empire of Man further unfolds. Views: 768
A Robin Redbreast in a Cage is a novel about a teenaged girl taken from her alcoholic and promiscuous mother and sent to live with her uncle, a tyrannical fundamentalist minister. The only non-fundamentalist she befriends in high school is Jeremy Lawrence, a boy whose father was killed in a car accident; years later they serendipitously meet again.As he does with his earlier novels, Burnham takes his time in skillfully creating his characters so that by the end, the readers know them inside out, down to their raw hearts. Some characters suffer a transformation; others don’t; but each word and action count and stay true to them, making them distinctive. Most fascinating about this story is the mind-splitting moral debate that goes on inside Charlie’s mind at every second as she tries to fight her uncle from totally controlling and brainwashing her like he’s already done to his family. ... Charlie’s story ... pulls the reader in, and this reviewer was anxious to see what was going to happen to her — and whether or not she’d end up having a happy ending like she deserved. Jeremy’s character, while also sympathetic, is somehow less interesting than Charlie, who is obviously the star of the show. The hypocrisy and evil of religion and conservative governments is a recurrent theme in Burnham’s novels, such as On a Darkling Plain and The Many Change and Pass. Other questions explored in the novel include what it means to be a good Christian and the role of women in Christianity. If you’re interested in fiction dealing with social issues, this is an author whose works you’ll definitely want to read. — Mayra Calvani Views: 768
Sennefer's life didn't go as he had imagined. Raised amongst princes and courtiers on the grounds of a royal estate in Memphis, he lived a life of privilege. But this life ended much sooner than he had expected.After a naked lawn party during clothing optional day, Stevenson Garden Products Malibu teleoperator Clarity Nice agrees with her friend Cynthia Stevenson, daughter of company owner Bill Stevenson, to build an outdoor shower on company lawn, in order to bring publicity for the company. Bypassing the head of human resources at Stevenson, Brock Cheevers, Clarity finds out that the municipality of Malibu prohibits the use of a shower on any company garden lawn, and that it has assigned officer Packwood and his nephew Avery to the 'Stevenson shower' case.When the outdoor shower faucet is closed by Packwood, Clarity decides to build a shower inside the premises of Stevenson, near the rooftop pool of the company, so that employees can relax after a rough day's work. To pay for the expense, Clarity uses Cynthia's power of attorney which allows her to charge and spend company money when her father is away on a trip. Learning that Stevenson sales have dropped and looking for new job opportunities inside the company, Clarity decides to purchase a shower patent using company money savings, in order to boost sales by establishing a new shower division at Stevenson. Without any official document backing her, she uses the funds available to pay for the patent, knowing that her initiative may mean that she is out of a job.With a new patent in her hands, Clarity sets out to sell a number of showers at a Las Vegas bathroom and accessories exhibit, in order to refund Stevenson's money, borrowed to buy the patent, and also to avoid being fired by the owner of the garden company himself, Mr. Stevenson, for having used company funds without authorization. Views: 768
Iolanthe Tennyson has had a very bad year—due in part to the very bad men in her life. So, she’s accepted her cousin’s invitation to spend the summer in Austria indulging in her photography hobby. There, rumors of a haunted forest draw Iolanthe into the dark woods—and into the eighteenth century… Nikola Czerny is a cursed man, forced by his half-brothers to live forever as a Dark One. But his miserable existence takes an intriguing turn when a strange, babbling woman is thrown in his path. Iolanthe claims to know Nikola’s daughter—three hundred years in the future. She also knows what fate—in the form of his murderous half-brothers—has in store for him. If only she knew the consequences of changing the past to save one good, impossibly sexy vampire… Views: 768
Awesome! Suspenseful! Adventures! Free E booksTruth as well as fictional is actually the backbone of the high-speed adventure having a salty sprinkle of mystery and also suspense for you.Awesome! Suspenseful! Adventures! Free EbooksCrimes Of Murder is really a gritty, suspenseful and also daring variety of tales you most likely won’t locate any place this cool. The PI Keith Jackson really does posses an often for the most part a fondness for crack cocaine and in some cases booze. Yet this doesn’t slow down the fueled mental ability this specific nigga has or his physical capability, stability of judgment which enlighten his great detective skills in taking down the callous badasses around the world. The characters are extremely psychotic bastards that murder with no sense of respect for the individual. Their quest for blackmail, rape, murder, lies, and self-fulfillment is definitely understandable to make this particular story work, but clearly not acceptable.The very first story is known as The Situation of Dancer Joel Luis. This particular tale features a down and out private eye Keith Jackson in the quest for a killer who actually slain a professional dancer, during a Cinco De Mayo celebration.The second tale is referred to as The Truth About The Shoestring Killer. This tale is all about a ruthless serial killer who was simply given the name “The Shoestring Killer” due to the fact he strangles his victims using a shoestring, is unquestionably on the move after murdering two interns to escape from a mental hospital.The third saga is referred to as The Ugliest Superhero vs. Oakland CA. This amazing tale in regards to a Meth addict who actually turns into a superhero by simply getting high to stop the raising criminal activity in the city of Oakland CA.With such potent stories in your arsenal will keep your brain full with nonstop adventure and also suspense just like most stories claim they can do. Life may be suited up with intense boredom at times. And you may be down in the dumps pondering murder or even suicide. But with these slamming stories just like meditation your thoughts will probably be cleaned out from the awful daily grind and be kept entertained as a result of other folks misery. So I hope this unique eBook had been useful. Best of luck and enjoy! Views: 768
Anna is a young artist who dreams of travelling overseas. Anna has difficulty finishing an artwork for a friend and she seeks advice from her artistic mentor, an artist, who also happens to be her great-great aunt, Elspeth. Little does Anna know that Elspeth will leave an unusual and most unexpected bequest to her neice which will enable Anna to fulfill her travel dreams.Lightspeed is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF—and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.In our August 2012 issue, we have original fantasy by Kat Howard (“Breaking the Frame”) and Linda Nagata (“A Moment Before It Struck”), along with fantasy reprints by Wil McCarthy (“The Necromancer in Love”) and Delia Sherman (“Cotillion”).Plus, we’ll have original science fiction by 2012 Nebula Award-winner Ken Liu (“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”) and a collaboration between Caroline M. Yoachim and Tina Connolly (“Flash Bang Remember”), and SF reprints by io9’s Charlie Jane Anders (“Love Might Be Too Strong a Word”) and award-winning author Michael Swanwick (“Slow Life”).For our ebook readers, our ebook-exclusive novella is “A Separate War” by Joe Haldeman, and we have an excerpt of Kitty Steals the Show, the new Kitty Norville novel by bestselling author Carrie Vaughn.All that, plus our usual assortment of author and artist spotlights, and feature interviews with bestselling authors Kim Stanley Robinson and Seanan McGuire (a/k/a Mira Grant). Views: 768
He knew that slot machine was gonna pay off big. But his luck was against him--in more ways than one--and another man claimed the jackpot.But there's more than one way to win or lose in New Orleans, and the casino's got nothing on the high-stakes game going on in the hotel penthouse. Up there, it's life or death.Marie is a 40-something housekeeper leading a pretty humdrum existence in modern day Saltriver, Cape Town.She has regular church meetings, a grown son and a husband she barely talks to.Marie starts having excruciating back-ache and eventually loses track of parts of her day.Katriena is a 18th century slave-girl of about 15 years, who is pregnant with her white master's baby and desperate to save her unborn child.Johannes, a medicine man, promises to help her do this, using her link to Marie who is Katriena's only living descendent. Views: 768
War erupted in the Spratly, between China and Philippines. Stingray is the most advanced flying boat of China that wreak havoc to her enemies, the Philippines and its ally, the United States. The craft can even sink the Aegis cruiser of the U.S., as boasted by China.Shannon and Ally love the fall when they can go to the cabin and have fun with their cousins at Thanksgiving. Their new dog Becca has fun too, swimming in the pond. Views: 767
Short Stories and poems. Humor ,young adult, ghost, romance, and thriller, these range across various genres. Salt 'n Pepper provides tasty reading snacks when there is no time for a full meal.The short stories and poems in Salt 'n Pepper do not need a long description. Simply taste them and see. 'The Jenuine Junkyard Dog' is forty pages, the longest short story in the collection. Views: 767
Oct. 11th, 1943 - A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.
When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she's living a spy's worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution.
As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage and failure and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy?
Harrowing and beautifully written, Elizabeth Wein creates a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other. Code Name Verity is an outstanding novel that will stick with you long after the last page. Views: 767
Only New York Times bestseller Christina Dodd could bring you this series about three brothers, tormented by their pasts...
At nineteen, Noah Di Luca was Bella Terra's golden boy, handsome, confident, and untouched by the shadows that tormented his brothers...or so it seems. Driven by ambition, beautiful teenage Penelope Alonso fought her way out of the ghettos. During one hot summer, they came together in the sweetness of first love...until his past reared its ugly head and Noah walked away.
Nine years later, Penelope returns, never imagining she'd see Noah or that one glance would wake their fiery passion. As peril builds around them, Penelope has one choice: to survive, she must once again trust the man who betrayed her.
Even with terror stalking through Bella Terra's streets, love may be the most dangerous choice of all. Views: 767
With more than 700 five-star ratings on Goodreads! When the government enacts Project ELE to preserve the human race after a devastating epidemic, survivors like Willow must adapt to new lives in shelters. But soon, Willow and her friends acquire unusual abilities that have far-reaching consequences. The ELE Series is a now complete Young Adult Science Fiction Romance series.With more than 700 five-star ratings on Goodreads! When the government enacts Project ELE to preserve the human race after a devastating epidemic, survivors like Willow must adapt to new lives in shelters. But soon, Willow and her friends acquire unusual abilities that have far-reaching consequences. The ELE Series is a now complete Young Adult Science Fiction Romance series that will appeal to fans of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Gender Game by Bella Forrest, Red Queen by Victory Aveyard, and A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas.In an effort to save the human race, the government has implemented Project ELE. Now, the only chance for survival is to seek refuge in underground shelters controlled by the government. Willow Mosby is among the select few allowed to enter the underground bunker to wait out the end of the world. Forced to pick up the broken pieces of her life after being separated from her family, she throws herself into a new life of work and school. When she meets Alec, her young and attractive boss, Willow finds herself falling for the one guy who should be off limits. Alec makes her feel like this crazy new world may just be worth living. But when an afternoon date results in a shocking discovery, she's forced to face an unspeakable truth that puts the lives of her and her friends in jeopardy. Views: 767
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With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal power struggles and paralyzed by bureaucracy, the president was forced to establish his own clandestine group--Covert-One. It is activated only as a last resort, when the threat is on a global scale and time is running out.
**It begins with a terrorist attack. Covert-One operative Colonel Jon Smith is attending a conference in The Hague on infectious diseases, together with leading scientists and political figures from around the world. Without warning, the conference hotel is consumed in a bloodbath. Smith is caught in the crossfire and barely escapes . . . but not before discovering a picture of himself and two other targets in the pocket of one of the shooters.
But the hotel is not the only location under attack in The Hague. Bombs are going off at the train station, the airport, and the International Criminal Court, where Pakistani warlord Oman Dattar is being held while he's tried for crimes against humanity. In the resulting chaos, the prisoner escapes.
Dattar nurses a special hatred for the United States and its allies. With his freedom, and access to a mysterious new weapon, Dattar puts in motion a murderous, ambitious plot to exact his revenge and bring down the West once and for all--unless Covert-One can stop him. Views: 766
Some things are so terrifying they are never meant to be disturbed. Short storyTwo years after graduating from the academy, Hannah Stowe's life is pretty damned good. Except for one thing. But even though her heart squeezes every time she thinks about the sexy Keltair male, Liam Fallow, she won't allow herself to miss him. How could she possibly have time, when her career is right on track?She's been offered the position of Lieutenant Commander aboard the brand new, state-of-the-art spaceship The Odyssey. It's an incredible opportunity, bringing her one step closer to commanding a Level 10 starship. Everything is going according to plan.Until she realizes her new boss is none other than Liam himself.I’m a professional, she reminds herself over and over. It shouldn't matter that her new commander is the only man she's ever loved. The only man to ever break her heart. He may believe she’s simply going to obey. But unfortunately for him, he’s going to find that she's not the starry-eyed cadet she once was.**** "To Challenge a Warrior" is Part One of a 5-part serialized novel that follows the relationship of Hannah and Liam after graduating from the Starflight Academy. ****Check out the entire series:Book 1- To Challenge a WarriorBook 2- To Obey a WarriorBook 3- To Wound a WarriorBook 4- To Forgive a WarriorBook 5- To Save a Warrior Views: 766
Sierra Falls, California, is one of those sleepy towns that people choose to leave. Sorrow Bailey chose to stay behind, but has always yearned for more. . . Family is important to Sorrow. She gave up her dreams to run the struggling family lodge. Even her name is a family relic, though lately it feels like a curse that might determine her fate. Things look up when she discovers a collection of letters from her three-times great-grandmother and namesake, telling the story of a forbidden love affair. Billy Preston is the new sheriff, a widower escaping the grief of his former life as a big-city cop. He helps out after an accident at the Baily lodge, and what begins as admiration for Sorrow's quiet strength quickly becomes something much more. When Sorrow's discovery brings fame to Sierra Falls, and her dreams of a better life are within reach, one too many "accidents" have Billy wondering whether someone is willing to kill to keep them off the map. As the community pulls together, Sorrow takes a lesson from her ancestor's letters: Only in family, friends, and love do you find true joy. Views: 766
