Trapped in the hospital with a raging fever, a teenager fears for her lifeThe Twelvetrees hospital is ancient and eerie, with no modern comforts. Stricken by a mysterious fever, Duffy has spent two nights trapped in her lonely hospital bed. When she wakes from her fog, her memories of the last two days are tattered. But what she does remember could prove more dangerous than the illness that brought her there.No one will tell her anything about her sickness. The nurses are cold, and her doctor is a strange young man with an earring and big, goofy sneakers. Duffy doesn't trust any of them. Did she really hear that terrifying scraping sound last night, or was it just a fever-dream? As her memories return, Duffy worries that she may have witnessed a murder, and that the killer is coming to keep her quiet. It will take more than medicine for her to escape this hospital alive.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and... Views: 35
It's 1952, and after losing several jobs, twenty-year-old Rona reluctantly agrees to help her father run his bakery shop. Life in the small seaside town of Kirkham is quiet and uneventful, with many of the young lads still away on National Service, and Rona feels nothing will ever change. She dreams of working in Edinburgh or Glasgow, or even going to London to become a model, but her father will not hear of it. Rona was seldom down in spirits for long, however. This was the beginning of a new year—and who knew what might happen? Maybe, she told herself, romance was just around the corner? Views: 35
Slocum's got just enough rope to hang himself...or someone else.With buzzards circling in the sky, young Tom Garvin hopes his search for the lost cattle of the Bar M Ranch has not ended in vain. It turns out the carrion those birds are after isn't cows but the body of a man hanging from a dying tree with a very mysterious black rope around his neck. Impressed by the rope, Garvin decides to take it—along with the dead man's beautiful horse—back to the ranch where he works with John Slocum. And the two of them are about to learn that this is one rope they don't want to be at the end of... Views: 35
Akira hates the West! A half-century after World War II and he still hasn't forgiven the Allies for Japan's loss of the war. But he has sought comfort in his own revenge.He has a small but dedicated clientele consisting of wealthy, oil-rich Arabs. These men commission him to find young Westerners (although they don't care much where the victims actually come from), take them to his very fast, large motor yacht and deliver them later, once his work is complete.Jill and David are in the wrong place at the wrong time when the African magnate orders new deliveries for his private zoo. Views: 35
Tate's younger brother Indy is probably the best skateboarder in Spokane. He's also really smart though he couldn't care less about school. But when Indy clashes with his father one too many times and drops out of school, it's up to Tate to win his brother back from the seedier elements of Spokane. Can Tate convince Indy to come home, finish his high school degree, and return to skating Under the bridge with their crew?Michael Harmon's fast-paced and highly charged novel captures the enduring bond between brothers and their struggle for survival on the gritty streets of Spokane. Views: 35
Some memories you do your best to forget. Others you wish you simply had the opportunity to remember. Mason Everett found himself in the center of both, as he felt the warmth of an autumn sun graze his face through the tinted windows. A successful Real-estate developer, Mason had his picture perfect life. He was young, handsome, wealthy and single. No stranger to frequent hook ups at the local night clubs he avoided relationships at all costs living tirelessly by one rule: “Never let anyone close enough again to hurt you” Until he found himself falling for Sydney McCail, a young woman he met at his brother’s wedding. In the midst of a developing relationship Mason’s past begins to surface causing him to push Sydney away in fear of her finding out a secret he’d kept hidden for most of his adult life. In the wake of a tragic accident she finds that what she thought she knew was only the beginning, and what happens from there leaves them both searching for answers to a single question in what turns out to be a startling outcome, Where We Left Off.Review"The twist and turns has you eagerly awaiting the next page. Cannot wait to read the next book." - Shante H. "We really loved this book! We couldn't put it down from the time we started reading it. I really felt like I knew the the characters and was a fly on the wall of their lives.. I really hope the're will be a sequel." -KMF Book Club "I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was almost as if I was right in the midst of the story. The words were so descriptive which drew your attention in even more." *-Trina C. *About the AuthorJ. Alex Blane is an author, novelist, and self-publisher. His debut Novel “Where We Left Off” was his first break in the literary world of fiction romance, but definitely not his last as he is currently working on his second. A Multi-Media developer by trade, his creativity is fascinating. And from a number of his reviews, so is his ability to draw you into his writing, his suspense …his story. A native of a small city in Pennsylvania, Alex is a graduate of Wilmington University where he received both his graduate and undergraduate degree. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a Career Counselor within the University and a media developer for design firm he and a friend founded in 2004. He’s always had a passion of writing, telling himself one day he was going to write a book. After nearly eight years of deciding to put his pen to a piece of paper he finally finished, Where We Left Off, a story that has evolved with his many life experiences into something to this day he will say he never expected. Alex currently resides in Bear, Delaware with his wife and his two small children where they share a small home just right for him to sneak off into a little corner and write more of what he loves and where he is currently at work on his next novel. He is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Nu Upsilon Chapter in Wilmington, Delaware, a father and a husband. Alex loves to tell a good story, but more than that he loves to make you feel as if you are right there as it’s happening; a part of the feelings, the emotions, the joys and the sadness’s. Pull up a chair, or find that special place where you can escape the world around you and get to know a few new people. That’s how he makes you feel, as if you are just as important reading the story as the characters living it. Views: 35
