While driving to a charming village tucked away deep in the Cascade Mountains of eastern Washington, where she is to begin a new job teaching high school English, Katrina Burton picks up a young hitchhiker who turns out to be drunk and predatory. Fearful for her safety, she lies about her destination in order to get him out of the car. But when she later discovers that he is a teacher at the same school, she finds herself feeding that initial lie with more lies. Then Katrina meets a mysterious man. Handsome, charismatic and strong, he is exactly what she needs to extricate her from the expanding network of lies, now spinning out of control. She falls fast and hard for him. But her perfect solution soon becomes a nightmare that lands her in the middle of a grisly murder. And Katrina's problems don't stop there. She must decide whether to betray her new love or to cover up the murder and hope for the best...until she discovers that the choice may not be hers to make.Review"A fresh perspective on the familiar saying 'Think before you speak.' adeptly demonstrates how one unplanned utterance can get a person into a heap of trouble... well thought out... seamlessly builds a series of events that culminate in a dramatic ending."- Reader Views"Bates takes an intriguing premise to shocking lengths, revealing the outcome only in an epilogue. A graphically violent story with building suspense and a moral about where weaving such a web may lead."- Booklist"This is an excellent book with interesting characters. There is so much intensity that you need to keep reading."- BestSellersWorld.com, MysteriesGalore.com"A cracking good suspense novel, easy and undemanding but a jolly exciting read, to curl up on a cold winter's day in front of the fire with."- BeadyJans Bookshelf About the AuthorJeremy Bates has spent the last ten years traveling the world, visiting more than thirty countries. He has lived in Canada, the United States, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. Bates is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario with a degree in English literature and philosophy and is a teacher in international schools. Views: 24
Trapped in a world of deception, my sanity rests with the love of Ryder Arteres and our renegade friends. Our only hope is to utilize our forbidden gifts to free our people from slavery, proving our worth. But when a trusted ally turns traitor and a new breed of the queen’s weaponry is revealed, I’m forced to face the terror of my past to save our crumbling future. Views: 24
From - The Rainbow Reader -- Salem West (rainbowreader.blogspot.com):"Being the Steel Drummer is one of the very best whodunits to hit the bookshelves this year. It's well written, well plotted, intricate, and inventive ... ... manages to create a central crime that is the literary equivalent of an M.C. Escher drawing ... ... can arguably be described as one of the most well written bondage scenes in all of lesbian literature ... ...Beyond the classic whodunit, Ms. Bradbury also treats readers to a gripping and sensual love story between two women in post Civil War America." Detective Maggie Gale is back and she's on the verge of saying - I love you - to her beautiful live-in "inamorata", college professor Kathryn Anthony, but first Maggie has to solve a murder in the local civil war era cemetery. When Maggie finds an old journal detailing a hot romance between two 19th century women who lived right in her neighborhood, she works to find the connection between what's happening in the present to the tragedy that drove the two women apart 140 years ago. A ghostly figure, secret passages, valuable treasure, and trying to find the intimate key to trust and commitment in their relationship all challenge P.I. Maggie Gale and Dr. Kathryn Anthony in this exciting second book in the Maggie Gale Mystery Series. Don't miss this sexy new novel by critically acclaimed author Liz Bradbury, it's sure to entertain lovers of both mystery and romance!From - The Valley Gay Press Book Review - Sheryl Schulte:5 Stars "(W)hether you crave the mystery genreor not, the compelling characters, the electric dialog, thefascinating details of the past, and the intimate tensionand smoldering bedroom scenes of the present, will leave noone unsatisfied. Don't miss this exciting new novel!From - Latest Lesbian Book On My Nightstand | Card Carrying Lesbian - Sasha Lortrian (cardcarryinglesbian.com): "The latest lesbian novel by Liz Bradbury is out and a perfect summer time read. It has a bit for everyone: romance, mystery, more lesbian characters then just the main one or two... (Bradbury) builds an entire world for you that's very authentic for an out lesbian to be living in. Views: 24
Boycott - a word whose meaning is known the world over. But it once belonged to a man. Two brothers, Owen and Thomas Joyce, barely survive the horror of the great famine that devastated Ireland in the 1840s. But it left a lasting effect on both of them. Three decades later they are thrown together during the Land War, when evictions and landlord cruelty reach an intolerable level. But Thomas places his trust in the gun, while Owen backs the passive resistance advocated by the Land League. Captain Charles Boycott, an English land agent in Mayo, becomes the first to suffer this new form of revolt, when he and his family are ostracised. It is a David versus Goliath situation, with Boycott supported by the military, the police, the press, the British Government. How can peasants stand against an empire? And how will the two brothers reconcile their differences and confront their troubled past? A novel of brotherly love and brotherly conflict. Views: 24
For months part-angel Clara Gardner trained to face the raging forest fire from her visions and rescue the alluring and mysterious Christian Prescott from the blaze. But nothing could prepare her for the fateful decisions she would be forced to make that day, or the startling revelation that her purpose — the task she was put on earth to accomplish — is not as straightforward as she thought. Now, torn between her increasingly complicated feelings for Christian and her love for her boyfriend, Tucker, Clara struggles to make sense of what she was supposed to do the day of the fire. And, as she is drawn further into the world of part angels and the growing conflict between White Wings and Black Wings, Clara learns of the terrifying new reality that she must face: Someone close to her will die in a matter of months. With her future uncertain, the only thing Clara knows for sure is that the fire was just the beginning. Views: 24
Detective Münster--Van Veeteren's longtime sidekicktakes center stage in this intensely suspenseful crime novel.For Waldemar Leverkuhn, a retiree living with his wife in an unassuming block of apartments, the day couldn't begin more auspiciously. He and three friends have won the lottery. It's a modest but healthy sum of money and the old men toast to their good luck with a celebratory dinner. The day ends, however, with Leverkuhn drunk, stumbling, belligerent, and eventually dead in his bed, stabbed twenty-eight times in the chest with a carving knife. After a cursory investigation that only leads to more questions than answers, Leverkuhn's quiet, weary wife confesses to her husband's murder. The case seems to have solved itself, but when the Leverkuhn's formidable neighbor Else Van Eck goes missing and is later discovered murdered in gruesome fashion, Detective Münster and his team find themselves back in the fog and chasing after wisps of clues that... Views: 24
Jenkins never dreamed he'd live long enough to be dating again. Two years after his wife's death, he's testing the waters and realizing he's still no wiser than a schoolboy. When Jenkins hears his recently widowed high-school sweetheart is in town, he sees a chance to rekindle an old flame. But when her son greets him at the door with a list of rules, the evening already seems to be going up in smoke. Hilarious, touching, and a little saucy, Dating proves that life is full of surprises no matter how old you are. Views: 24
Rianna Peters is used to struggle. To support her family, she works as both accountant for the town quarry and clerk at the local grocery. Trapped in the small Welsh town, she wonders if love has passed her by. Then a disastrous encounter with a handsome Italian and a packet of washing powder fires her fantasies. However, her dream man has come to close the town's major employer, the money-losing quarry.
Mining CEO Daniel Bracchi is stunned to discover the clumsy but attractive store clerk in the quarry office. Although he's against mixing business with pleasure, the feisty Rianna intrigues him. Despite his feelings, his no-strings romantic approach and the town's potential destruction stand between them.
From green South Wales to glittering Portofino, they fight their attraction as Rianna's small town grit clashes with Daniel's privileged attitude. Between them lie secrets, a community's survival, and their own bruised hearts. Are the stakes too high for even love to overcome? Views: 24
