Noel is a Christmas angel. His whole purpose of being is to bring good cheer and joy to mankind during the Christmas season.Having never walked as a human, or experienced their ways first hand, Noel had a secret desire to work as an assignment angel just for once!On the eve of Christmas, Noel's wish comes true and he is sent to earth for 24 hours to help a miserable man named Chris Pyke.Noel is a Christmas angel. His whole purpose of being is to bring good cheer and joy to mankind during the Christmas season.Having never walked as a human, or experienced their ways first hand, Noel had a secret desire to work as an assignment angel just for once!On the eve of Christmas, Noel's wish comes true and he is sent to earth for 24 hours to help a miserable man named Chris Pyke. Christopher Pyke hates everything about Christmas, and for good reason. He lost the love of his life, whilst in Prague at Christmas time, and he lost his little sister Charlie on Christmas day. He hated everything about the season and thrived on his business and his success.A top Chef on the west coast of America, Chris has no idea how his life has affected people in America, Prague and Ireland. He is oblivious to life, oblivious to family and to love.Noel has one task; to soften the heart of this man so he can open his heart to Christmas, and Noel is one determined angel! Views: 650
Film noir finds a new home in the well-chosen words of Howie Good. Contemporary living and loathing are given new life through this treatment.Josh Greenwood and his Mom and Dad are walking their neighbors to the corner of 13th and Jefferson after Josh’s 14th birthday party when a careening motorcycle kicks up a rock that kills Bonnie, the mother. But what if the rock killed Tom, the father, instead? Or the accident unfolded differently and Josh was killed? This uplifting tale of middle class family life in America offers all three stories. In Book 1, Tom struggles to cope with single parenthood and tries to woo Elaine, the neighbor at the accident who has a past with a mystery man. Josh and Max, Elaine’s son who doesn’t know that his real father is “somebody”, interfere and grow up until graduation from high school. In Book 2, Bonnie struggles to save Josh from the influences of her petty criminal half-brother, Mitch. Max reacts very differently to learning the identity of his real father and even with the best intentions and efforts of loving mothers things do not turn out well. In Book 3, Tom and Bonnie’s marriage flounders as they struggle to reinvent themselves as non-parents, Max becomes a real player in his father’s presidential campaign and Elaine… Well we can’t tell you the rest. In Book 4, (surprise!) the original tragedy is averted. How much do we really know about anyone? Views: 650
Muse is a young cat whose mind has a special power, but she feels trapped living her life as a stray in the big city. Her heart yearns for the countryside. She embarks on a powerful journey with friends at her side who teach her about love, loss, redemption, and most importantly, the joy of finding a home.Muse is a young cat whose mind has a special power, but she feels trapped living her life as a stray in the big city. With no memories of her kittenhood, she is haunted by dreams of the countryside, and she begins to wonder if the country is her real home.Two other stray city cats befriend Muse, and each of them has its own journey to make as well. Together, they embark on an adventure to discover what it means to be home, to find peace, to experience joy, love, loss, and acceptance, and to experience a wild ride along the way.Will Muse's unique abilities help or hinder her on her quest? Will she find the dream she's looking for? Views: 650
Caroline, Michael, Timothy, Alice, Molly, Thomas, Sarah, William, Harrison, Warwick.'We hate our own families. We’re made to feel like garbage. Collection, Excess. That’s what they label us. Rubbish that needs to be disposed of.'Abandoned by their families and dumped in the desert to die, ten teenagers struggle to fight against the sand, the heat and their fates.The Petun nation has been destroyed by the Iroquois and the Huron and their Algonquian allies are nervous. Etienne, Sieur de Berignac, and his young cousin and protégé Pierre, have tools, kettles and blankets to trade, but it is the guns that are the most sought-after. A little brandy and some diplomacy will take them a long ways, but as Pierre discovers, the language barrier is a killer. A short story of Canada’s colourful and romantic past. Views: 650
A peek inside the mind of an American refugee stranded penniless in Sweden during the height of the Vietnam War.After burning most of my bridges in the States, I fled to Sweden in the winter of 1972 to avoid the draft. I had just enough money to buy an old used typewriter and was heavily influenced by Louis-Ferdinand Celine when I wrote this story. The American deserter community had recently been decimated by drug arrests and the remnants that remained seemed to be under surveillance from a variety of intelligence agencies. Views: 650
Once Upon a Remembrance: Book 1 Women of Strength time travel trilogy: Photographer Isabeau Remington travels to 1894 Virgina and falls in love with a man she must ultimately leave behind when she returns to her own time...but things are not always as they seem. Hawk is a man endangered by his own memory loss, and soon that danger reaches out to envelop Isabeau.Once Upon a Remembrance: Book 1 Women of Strength time travel trilogy: Photographer Isabeau Remington travels to 1894 Virgina and falls in love with a man she must ultimately leave behind when she returns to her own time...but things are not always as they seem. Modern day photographer Isabeau is pulled from the present time and thrust back into the year 1894 in Virginia. She must help save Hawk Morgan, a man threatened by a killer, a man endangered by his own erased memories. Hawk must survive in 1894 so his present day ancestor Pierce Morgan, will be alive in Isabeau's future.Isabeau begins to fall in love with Hawk Morgan but with both their future's uncertain and a killer on the loose, neither one of them may have a tomorrow to look forward to. Views: 650
They went through terrorists in the Philippines, terrorists in Afghanistan and human traffickers but God brought them to His treasure for their lives.Arthur, Marci, Taylor and Ramon had spent six years at the feet of their mentor, Tom Dandridge. They learned from him a deep and abiding faith in God and His Word. The day they celebrated Tom's home going, they sensed his mantle settling on them somewhat like Elisha did when Elijah was taken up to Heaven. Arthur left for the Philippines. Tom had trained him in spiritual things, Diego had trained him in martial arts. He would need both when he came face to face with the leader of the latest terrorist group. This group favored the traditional method of caning as the manner of dealing with those who opposed them. Their leader's cane was razor laced and deadly. Marci had decided to continue to pursue her college education to become a research physicist. It is at her college that she met Brian. Their paths seem to be crossing in a common manner. Was he the one that God meant for her to marry? Could he save her from a human trafficker disguised as a college professor? Taylor and Ramon had become close friends during Junior and Senior High School. This was unusual because Taylor had professed her hatred for men because of her drunken and abusive father. They joined the Army National Guard hoping to become snipers. It seemed that the Army's rules against female snipers was iron clad. However, a Brigadier General whom Tom had befriended showed up the day of Tom's home going and changed everything. The opportunity came with a price. The duo would have to become the sniper bait that would draw the terrorists out into the open. The four of them would have to work through heartache, uncertainty and danger like they had never seen. Their faith in God and His Word brought them through it all. In the end, God honored His faithful servants and brought His treasure into their lives. Views: 650
Torn between the past she can't remember and a future she isn’t ready for, Claudia feels at a loss. With unanswered questions, she is certain there is more to her past than just being a venator. Finding the missing pieces in her life won’t be easy because duty calls. When mysterious dark shadows get released, an apocalypse sets in motion. The venators and the alkins must work together once again. Knowing Claudia would be the key to destroying the demons that were released, a familiar stranger appears to protect her. Drawn to the beautiful angel, Claudia finds she must unravel the mysteries of her past in order to help save the world. Who is the angel assisting her and why does she feel a strong connection to him? Time is running out. Will she discover all the secrets before it’s too late? Views: 650
From The New York Times bestselling author of Jemima J and The Beach House comes Jane Green’s most emotional and powerful novel yet: a story that explores the complications of a woman marrying into a ready-made family.
Andi is a woman who has spent much of her adult life looking for the perfect man, and at thirty-seven, she's finally found him. Ethan—divorced with two daughters, Emily and Sophia—is a devoted father and even better husband. Always hoping one day she would be a mother, Andi embraces the girls like they were her own. But in Emily’s eyes, Andi is an obstacle to her father’s love, and Emily will do whatever it takes to break her down. When the dynamics between the two escalate, they threaten everything Andi believes about love, family, and motherhood—leaving both women standing at a crossroad in their lives and in their hearts.
Another Piece of My Heart is a novel that illuminates the nuances and truths about relationships and is Jane Green at her absolute best. Views: 650
The thrilling sequel to Daughter of Darkness featuring a young woman who runs to a new life away from the vampire world she grew up in—but escape is not as easy as it sounds….
“Never be afraid of the darkness,” Daddy always told me. “Darkness is our friend. The shadows protect us.”
In this enthralling vampire novel, V.C. Andrews returns to the story of a beautiful girl desperate to escape her secret family legacy—bred to be a lure for unwitting victims of her father’s blood appetites. Determined to break free and embrace a life outside the shadows, Lorelei runs away from the only world she’s ever known. In a quiet rooming house, she finds refuge among the tenants of elderly Mrs. Winston, and the beginnings of a new love with Liam, her landlady’s handsome grandnephew. But Lorelei soon discovers that burying her past is not so easy: sinister nightmares torment her, and even her waking hours are plagued with the fear that at any moment, Daddy could destroy all she holds dear. Can a child of darkness ever truly feel safe in the light?
This seductive sequel to V.C. Andrews’s * *Daughter of Darkness will hold readers captive in its irresistible spell. Views: 649
The second volume of one hundred helter-skelter provocative short poems dealing with life and living at any age, any gender, any where, any time.A random arrangement of short poems touching on:charity and greed; crime and punishment; death and dying; earth and universe; fact and fiction; freedom and incarceration; gods and faith; good and evil; heaven and hell; human rights and tyranny; love and hate; parents and children; present and future; race and religion; sickness and health; sun and moon; truth and deceit; war and peace. Views: 649
"In tight quarters, anything can happen. "
An "Out of Uniform" Story
It s been a rough month for Navy SEAL Cash McCoy. Fresh off six months of celibacy during his deployment, he almost got into a hot blonde's panties before they were interrupted. Since then, he still hasn t gotten laid. The reason? He lost her number. And no other woman has replaced her face in his fantasies.
Then his CO asks him to keep an eye on his sister for a few weeks. Just until her psycho stalker ex is transferred. Cash's new houseguest is none other than the same gorgeous, quirky blonde. And just his luck his orders include an emphatic "hands off."
Jen Scott is having none of it. Now that she has a second chance, she s not letting Cash slip away. Orders be damned, he's the one man capable of helping her explore her sexuality. She's even willing to break her own rule never date military men to get the gorgeous SEAL into her bed.
Except Cash makes it clear he wants more than she bargained for. Much more. Not just her body, but the one thing she promised herself she'd never give to a man in uniform. Her heart.
Warning: Sexy SEAL? Check. Sassy heroine determined to seduce him? Check. Scorching hot sex bound to make you blush? Double check. A threesome and some man-on-man action? Triple check. You ve been warned. " Views: 649
In “Carrying Kerrie,” we revisit Venice Webb as he reconnects with his ex-wife, Kerrie, who suffers from a terminal illness and wants Venice to help her locate her daughter, Mandy, from whom she has been estranged for over a decade. This quest puts all of Venice's investigative instincts to the test and underlying the search is the gnawing question: is Mandy my daughter?In "Carrying Kerrie", Steve Sporleder explores a father's feelings for and about the daughter he might have had. Venice Webb, a detective we first meet in Sporleder's earlier book, A Fouled Nest, travels to the Pacific Northwest to reconnect with his ex-wife, Kerrie, who suffers from a terminal illness and wants Venice to help her locate her daughter, Mandy, from whom she has been estranged for over a decade. This quest puts all of Venice's investigative instincts to the test and underlying the search is his gnawing question: is Mandy my daughter? "Carrying Kerrie" can be a valuable support for any caring man who discovers that he may have fathered a child years earlier and wants to reclaim the father within himself. The parent he might have been or the father he could become. Views: 649
All Kris Collins wants for Christmas is to survive. With everyone from a ruthless assassin to the FBI, and even his ex-father-in-law after him, it almost makes him long to return to the safety of prison, where he'd spent the last three years.Those closing in on him believe he's hiding a treasure that was stolen by his client Diedrich Kerstman - the poster-child for corporate greed, who stole the money from his own employees. And they're right. But with Kerstman dead, Kris knows handing over the money will trigger his own demise.It all comes to a head in a Christmas Eve showdown, with it still unclear whether Kris will end up on the "naughty" or "nice" list. But he does know that his only chance to make it to Christmas morning is to write a new chapter to a classic tale. Views: 649
A life can change in an instant...
No one knows this better than Miss Cleopatra Hadley, who went from poverty to plenty when she discovered one of England's richest men was her true father who wanted her to share his wealth...if she married into the upper echelons of Society. A high price to pay for someone whose mother taught her just how dangerous a marriage could be.
An imposing yet impoverished Scots nobleman, Lord Logan McKinney knows he must wed some vapid title-hunter with a substantial dowry in order to restore his once-thriving estate. Having the vibrant Cleo nearby, however, makes his task even more unpalatable—for she tempts him like no other woman...just as he's precisely the sort of man she most fears: exciting, unpredictable, fiercely passionate. But when attraction proves too powerful, they succumb to a kiss that quickly leads to lessons too scandalous for even the darkest nights. Views: 649
