In the picturesque town of Serendipity, New York, three siblings have grown up in the shadow of their proud and respected police chief father. But what do love, fate, and fortune have in store for the next generation of Serendipity's finest? Always feeling like the odd man out in his family, Michael Marsden wanted to make it on his own. So he escaped Serendipity to become an undercover cop in Manhattan, where the Marsden name wasn't known. But Michael's independence is compromised when he returns home to replace his sick father as chief of police. Back in the shadow of his family, he's as lost and restless as ever, until he's challenged by someone he never anticipated. Cara Hartley is the Serendipity cop with whom Mike had a one night stand three months earlier. Neither expected anything more but fate has other things in store. When Mike returns as Cara's boss, the sexual tension between them is impossible to ignore—and the unexpected emotional... Views: 36
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia. Views: 36
Haiti, 1811 Captain Carlos Rodriguez loves his mistress Sheila’s insatiable
sexual appetite. Unfortunately, she’s too insatiable. Tired of finding her in the beds
of his crewmen, Carlos enlists a local witch to present Sheila with a cursed amethyst
that binds her desire within the stone, to be unlocked for him alone.... Cuba, 2011 Deep
sea divers Brandy and Ryan are eager to explore the skeleton of a sunken ship, but
neither expected to find a beautiful amethyst in the wreckage. An amethyst that
unleashes an uncontrollable passion in Brandy that demands to be satisfied. She wasn’t
interested in Ryan before, but now she can’t get enough of him.... Views: 36
The banking schooner Marion set sail from St. Jacques, Newfoundland, bound for St. Pierre, the home base of Captain Pierre Maurice, on June 10, 1915. The vessel and crew were never seen again. Many have speculated that the French captain had made good on his threat to end the life of Captain Ike Jones, but it was never proven. The Loss of the Marion delivers a chilling account of an event that changed the lives of many families . . . and shaped the lives of generations to come. Linda Abbott is a retired French Immersion teacher, having spent most of her career at Holy Trinity Elementary School in Torbay. The Loss of the Marion is her first novel. She resides in St. John’s. Canadian author, Newfoundland, historical fiction, Atlantic Canada, St. Pierre. Views: 36
From the creator of Sarah Beaufort - The Second World War has brought with it many changes to the lives of the Searles family. With her father's body barely cold, and only a gold-digging mother-in-law to advise her, young Emily, in love with an RAF navigator on the eve of the Battle of Britain, is in danger of making rash decisions that don't bode well for her future happiness . . . Views: 36
Donna Leon has won heaps of critical praise and legions of fans for her best-selling mystery series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. With The Jewels of Paradise, Leon takes readers beyond the world of the Venetian Questura in her first standalone novel.Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian, and like so many of them, she’s had to leave home to pursue her career. With a doctorate in baroque opera from Vienna, she lands in Manchester, England. Manchester, however, is no Venice. When Caterina gets word of a position back home, she jumps at the opportunity.The job is an unusual one. After nearly three centuries, two locked trunks, believed to contain the papers of a baroque composer have been discovered. Deeply-connected in religious and political circles, the composer died childless; now two Venetians, descendants of his cousins, each claim inheritance. Caterina’s job is to examine any enclosed papers to discover the testamentary... Views: 36
A baby-faced sadist sprung from the death-house ...Two trigger-happy hoods ...A voluptuous redhead trying to outrun the vengeance of the Mob ...Here was a carload of killers, ready to fight each other and the world for a chance at the Big Money.$100,000 in unmarked ransom bills was the prize, hidden somewhere in the trackless woods of the Pacific Northwest. And they all knew that only one of them would come out alive.The hunters become the hunted in this vicious game of winner-kill-all. Views: 36
Anna had to build a new life for herself and her young daughter after her husband Ben's tragic death at sea. Now a community midwife in Cornwall, the last thing she needs is the attentions of the new locum, although Dr Joe Meredith is very handsome. Views: 36
