What’s a poor rogue to do? No sooner has he become intrigued by the lonely veiled figure of a young lady sitting in Green Park, than he hears a disembodied voice inform him : “The jig is up, Ruisdell. That is the girl you’re going to marry.” He does not intend to marry anyone! Yet, when he visits a delightful and beautiful young lady in her opera box that very evening, he discovers her to be the woman in the park, Miss Elise Edwards. Not only that, a plethora of insistent ex-fiance’s attends her, one of whom is violent. Once he uncovers a connection between them that makes him honor bound to protect her, his habitual boredom vanishes. Life morphs into into an unstoppable train of events—ironic, dangerous, sweet, and chaotic—until the rogue does not know whether he is on his head or his heels. And then there was that bet he made . . . Views: 27
Nevada: America’s number one tourist destination… if you’re *DEAD!*After surviving the first days of the zombie apocalypse, Sheriff Penny Miller and her friends relax in what's left of Las Vegas. The Army asks Miller and her party to return to Crystal Place, the Top Secret base that was the birthplace of the zombies. Even though the mission is to recover data that may lead to a cure for the virus—and Miller herself—she's pretty sure it's a bad idea. The Army assures her that a crack team of mercenaries will be there to protect them every step of the way.When Miller sees weird religious graffiti scrawled in blood on the concrete walls, she's sure their chances of survival have just dropped to damn near zero. Again.Sometimes it sucks being right!“Zombies generated by a government scientist searching for super-soldiers meet up with a good-looking, foul-mouthed female Sheriff…and she’s packin’. Four stars.” —SF Signal“Defines Laugh Out Loud funny. Often inappropriate, rude and utterly epic sarcasm from a completely rock your face off chick! Read this now! You won’t be sorry!” —Bookish Brunette“It’s zombies. A mad scientist. An ass-kicking female sheriff out to save the world. A fun ride. One of the better novels of the undead. Recommended.” —Horror World“Zombie thrillers loaded with sex and smarts.” —Jonathan Maberry“A fun fully loaded brain entrails explosion of a high octane charged zombie story.” —More2Read.com Views: 27
They say seven is a lucky number. But seven is when it felt like Hell had become my world. The horrors inflicted on me, the things I saw... everything inside of me died that day.I inherited billions; I don't need anyone, except random girls to keep me satiated. I live as though each day is my last. I pummel men half-to-death in illegal underground bare-knuckle fights—just for sport. But really, it's the killing I live for. It's the only way I can drown out her screams... I'm rotten to the core. Now I've been sent on an assignment. Someone's been stealing from us. These are the moments I come alive. Payback. Torture.But I never saw this coming...The mission went to hell. I've been shot, and now I'm lying on Death's door. And then she walks in... Belle Dela Cruz. Angel-like, innocent, and pure. Everything. I. Hate. Or so I thought... I don't want it. Don't wanna find the right and good in the darkness that consumes every beat of my heart. I fight it, try to break her, but somehow, somehow she seeps into my soul. She can't be real. She draws me in like a black hole pulling me asunder, and my whole world becomes her. It suffocates me. I can only live and breathe... her.It's so intense, it feels like dying all over again.Yeah, luck's never been on my side. Belle, my redemption, my downfall, stands in the goddamn firing-line of my target... her father. The dark oblivion I thrive in—is now my curse. So I want what I can't have. That doesn't sit well with me. There's only one thing to do… kidnap her. Lock her up in my mansion. Leave her in pieces, like she did me. She's unwilling, fights me every step of the way. But I know she wants me. I know she will be my end. I know I'm entering a world of hurt. But she's worth the fight. I want her. And nothing will stop me from getting what I want. I'll do anything for her. I'd die for her.And Belle may look like one, but she's no angel. She's hiding a secret of her own. It's dark enough to rip my heart right out. The nightmare has only just begun.Forgive me, Belle. I'll only drag you to Hell. Views: 27
Larch Hill is the only home Blue knows. She arrived there just a few days old, wrapped in a blue blanket. Her one hope is to find her mother or father and have a family of her own. Fostered out several times, Blue finds it difficult to fit in. Is there no one out there who really wants her? No one who can really love her? Blue must put up with the orphanage, with the distant and strict care of the nuns. She does have her friends, Mary and Jessie and Molly and Lil, but they're not family. They're not enough. In her heart, Blue is desperate to find out who she really is. The closed file in stern Sister Regina's office holds the secret of her identity. And that is forbidden territory ... Views: 27
Thea Astley's brilliant satire on old age shimmers with grief and irony. One of Australia's most important novelists, Thea Astley, is at her most wickedly funny and pertinent in Coda.Kathleen is facing old age alone. Between her selfish children - 'Brain' and his straying wife, and daughter Shamrock and Shamrock's hubby the 'Big Developer' - there is no longer a place for her. But Passing Downs Old People's Home is still not the place for a woman like Kathleen. She is not ready for that and they're not ready for her.'I've skipped the grandma years,' Kathleen said. 'The four ages of women: bimbo, breeder, baby-sitter, burden ... I've cut and run. Wasn't going to tell a soul but I've decided cutting and running is what it's all about.'Thea Astley is at her most wickedly funny and pertinent in Coda. This brilliant satire on old age shimmers with grief and irony.Praise for Coda: '[a] jewel of a book' - Jane Wheatley, HQ'It is spiky and restless...... Views: 27
After agreeing to marry Arthur, Guinevere thinks she’s solved all her problems — the protection of Camelaird, the freedom of her cousin, and the power to make a difference. But when she finds herself unable to control her attraction to Lancelot, a chance encounter with the knight threatens to ruin everything she’s strived to achieve.
To complicate matters, when she arrives in Camelot, she realizes she’s caught in an intricate web of magic and ulterior motivations — and some of those motivations seek to expose her unchaste desires for another man before her wedding day.
QUEST is a novella (about ½ the length of a novel). QUEEN'S HONOR will be told in episodic books meant to be read in a few hours each. What’s an episodic book? It’s formatted like your favorite television show or a miniseries where an overall story is broken down into smaller, self-contained stories. Each novella is a story by itself, yet the continuing characters will return for new stories that tie to an overall story-line. For those who don’t have time for longer books, this is a great shorter read, while those who love longer books will get the benefit of more episodes and a deepening story through multiple episodes. Views: 27
