When Miranda finds herself fighting for her home, her job and her heart,
sleeping with the enemy may not be the best tactic... With no family
of her own, Miranda Marshall has developed a healthy respect - some
would say obsession - with other people's histories. As property manager
of a spectacular island castle in Cornwall, she's made St Merryn's
Mount one of the UK's most popular heritage attractions. While she may
have the castle running like clockwork, Miranda hasn't bargained on its
sexy owner returning to claim his birthright. Dark, handsome and with a
rakish reputation, Jago St Merryn not only looks like a pirate but is
intent on flogging the Mount to a soulless leisure corporation. Miranda
faces the battle of her life as she tries to persuade him to face up to
his past and continue the St Merryn dynasty. But Jago has his own
reasons for jumping ship and when he throws down the gauntlet to
Miranda, she's forced to delve into painful memories she'd much rather
keep hidden . . . Views: 28
He stared at the unfamiliar watch on his wrist. Three hours ago he had stood on English soil. Three hours ago he had been Martin Hearne, British Intelligence agent. Now he was in Nazi-occupied Brittany, posing as Bertrand Corlay, with the Frenchman's life reduced to headings in his memory.Hearne looked down at the faded uniform which had once been Corlay's, felt once more for the papers in the inside pocket. He was ready. From now on he was one step away from death...The Queen of Spy Writers returns in a stunning series collecting all of her greatest works! Titan kicks off with Assignment in Brittany; the gripping tale of an undercover operative deep in Nazi-occupied France. Views: 28
The name "Aleister Crowley" instantly conjures visions of diabolic ceremonies and orgiastic indulgences--and while the sardonic Crowley would perhaps be the last to challenge such a view, he was also much more than "the Beast," as this authoritative biography shows. Perdurabo (the magical name Crowley chose when inducted into the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn) traces Crowley's remarkable journey from his birth as the only son of a wealthy lay preacher to his death in a boarding house as the world's foremost authority on magick. Along the way, he rebels against his conservative religious upbringing; befriends famous artists, writers, and philosophers (and becomes a poet himself ); is attacked for his practice of "the black arts"; and teaches that science and magick can work together. While seeking to spread his infamous philosophy of "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law," Crowley becomes one of the most notorious figures of his day. Based on Richard... Views: 28
An unplanned pregnancy. An absent father. Can love really endure all things?Danielle Kent is anything but Amish. But as destiny would have it, she has fallen in love with an Amish man.Now she's 18, pregnant, and hopeful that the child's Amish father — Matthew Lapp — will do the right thing and marry her. She knows Matthew plans to leave his Colorado settlement for a life in the Englisch world. But that plan never included a baby.When Matthew walks away from her and their unborn child, she has nowhere to turn. Her unlikely friendship with Levi offers some comfort — yet they have so little in common. This wasn't the plan she had for her life, and she has never felt so alone. She doesn't want to be pregnant. Doesn't want to be Amish. Doesn't want to trust God.And yet.God has plans beyond what her mind can imagine . . . loving plans to show a lost young woman that His love never fails but endures forever. Views: 28
From Nicole Galland, acclaimed author of The Fool's Tale, comes a marvelous evocation of a distant time and place . . . and a breathtaking reexamination of one of literature's classic villains From earliest childhood, the precocious boy called Iago had inconvenient tendencies toward honesty—a failing that made him an embarrassment to his family and an outcast in the corrupt culture of glittering Renaissance Venice. Embracing military life as an antidote to the frippery of Venetian society, Iago won the love of the beautiful Emilia and the regard of Venice's revered General Othello. After years of abuse and rejection, Iago was poised to achieve everything he had ever fought for and dreamed of . . . But a cascade of unexpected deceptions propels him on a catastrophic quest for righteous vengeance, contorting his moral compass until he has betrayed his closest friends and family, and sealed his own fate as one of the most notorious villains of all time. Inspired by William Shakespeare's classic tragedy Othello—a timeless tale of friendship and treachery, love and jealousy—Galland's I, Iago sheds fascinating new light on a complex soul, and on the conditions and fateful events that helped to create a monster. Review“[A] funny (really!) look at this disastrous Crusade through the eyes of a wacky Welshman, a pious knight and his half-brother and an Arab princess (who isn’t what she seems) they hope to return to her Egyptian home. It’s a raucous road trip set in the 13th century.” (New York Post )“A tasty fictional stew, mixing elements of twelfth-century culture together skillfully to produce a veritable reading feast . . . .The combination of vicious politics, mysterious doings, betrayals, and double-dealing, added to a leisurely but engaging plot, will keep those pages turning.” (Booklist )“A clever novel of courtly love . . . entertains with a flourish.” (Publishers Weekly )“[A]ttention to detail and humor keeps the novel both exhaustive and hilarious...Nicole Galland is exceptionally well versed in the fine nuances of storytelling and illustrating the combustible nature of mixing religion, commerce and war.” (St. Petersburg Times (Florida) )“[A]t once an idiot’s guide to the tangled geopolitical landscape of 13th century and a clear and stern indictment of contemporary events...Thick with delectable historical details.” (Martha's Vineyard Times on CROSSED )“A wallop of a first novel—entertaining and engaging.” (San Francisco Chronicle on The Fool’s Tale )“ THE FOOL’S TALE creates a vivid 12th Century world and three unforgettable characters whose lives entwine with war and politics, and climax in an ending as haunting as it is powerful.” (William Dietrich, author of Hadrian's Wall )“An astonishing work of imaginative empathy, buttressed by deep research and enriched by lively storytelling.” (Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author )“This is a wonderful historical novel that proves that all people see themselves as the hero of their own lives.” (Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! )“A convincing portrayal of a tormented, delusional man whose complacted web of deceit destroys everyone around him.” (Library Journal on I, IAGO ) Review"A convincing portrayal of a tormented, delusional man whose complacted web of deceit destroys everyone around him."--Library Journal on I, IAGO Views: 28
A ruthless killer hunts them. He’ll stop at nothing to see
his vision fulfilled and his hunger satiated. He has the ability to seek them
out through the power of his mind, on the barest strand of thought. If he finds
them, he will consume their souls.
Dynan and Dain Telaerin are forced into exile, unable to
stay in one place for long. They set out on a journey of survival, barely
staying a step ahead of their enemies while they must build an attack force
large enough to defeat the massive Cobalt military and retake the throne of
their father. They must find a way to increase their telepathic abilities to
defeat the greatest evil the Kingdoms have ever known that follows an evil
design and seeks to destroy the world.
But nothing is at it seems, and a single mistake could mean
death where both must live.
Telepath is the third book in the Guardians of the Word
series. Chosen and Myth are available where books are sold. The fourth book,
Legend, is set to be released in April, 2012.
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A decades-old murder, a strange superstition, an enormous snake, and one giant secret are about to rock the beautiful Belle Vue to its core.It is a time of great upheaval for the Belgian Congo and Belle Vue is not safe from the changes. But there are more pressing problems as an unsolved disappearance brings up issues for some of the denizens of the village. Add to that a sudden influx of strangers and a horrible storm that literally divides the village in half, and suddenly danger seems to be everywhere.The lovely young American missionary Amanda, the police chief Captain Pierre Jardin, and the local witch doctor and his wise-woman wife, Cripple, all become embroiled in the mystery as evil omens and strange happenings at every turn suggest that more lives will be lost before the true killer is unmasked. Views: 28
When maverick movie star Sean O'Toole is forced to leave the glamour of Hollywood to make a film about an Irish gangster, he's not best pleased - and even less so when he finds out he'll be joined by hapless local journalist Dan Starkey, who is writing his biography. It's a job that plunges Dan into the murky underbelly of the movie business, and from the backstreets of Belfast to the fleshpots of Amsterdam and the glitz of the Cannes Film Festival. Along the way a smouldering romance threatens the frequently rocky balance of his marriage to Patricia while he battles his way through kidnap, extortion and murder, and all of it liberally sprinkled with Hollywood gold dust. Views: 28
Sadie, Nicky, Poppy and Kate. Four women who are on the surface sexy, confident and wealthy - but each of them is trapped in a loveless and sometimes violent marriage to four of the most feared London gangsters. For years they have lived a life of idle luxury - shopping, lunching, and occasionally playing away - but all the time loyally staying behind the scenes while their men rule the East End criminal underworld with violence and terror. But times change and events conspire and they decide to fight back and take their men on at their own game. Because when it comes to getting the money, the female is definitely more deadly than the male... Views: 28
