West End TV are planning a new sit-com series called The Strutters and Charles Paris has landed the role of a golf club barman. But when, one by one, members of the production crew start falling victim to mysterious 'accidents', Paris finds himself on the trail of a mass murderer. Views: 21
Yan Ling tries hard to be servile--it's what's expected of a girl of her class. Being intelligent and strong-minded, she finds it a constant battle.Proud Fei Long is unimpressed by her spirit--until he realizes she's the answer to his problems. He has to deliver the emperor a "princess." In two months can he train a tea girl to pass as a noblewoman?Yet it's hard to teach good etiquette when all Fei Long wants to do is break it, by taking this tea girl for his own.... Views: 21
A man--only, much more powerful......rescues filmmaker Sunny Jordan from certain death on the high seas. Someone wants her dead, but her mysterious savior, Aiden McKay, seems intent on guarding her life--and keeping his emotions at a distance. Sunny never imagines the sexual chemistry involved in being saved by a godlike man, a chemistry the man seems determined to ignore. He has secrets about who he is and how he can navigate oceans with the ease of an underwater killer. Swept up in an adventure, Sunny falls hard for this man whose love runs deep but is potentially deadly.... Views: 21
The known galaxy is ruled by four great empires: the Gadari Republic, the Multani Confederation, the Rejai Empire, and the Mandil. Three of the four Great Empires are so involved with bickering amongst themselves that they cannot be bothered with things such as technological development, or exploration. The real powers of the galaxy belongs to the corporations. Unhindered by petty things such as politics, they cross political lines with impunity, and sell their wares to the highest bidder. This new paradigm soon gives birth to a new movement. Those who choose to seek their fortune through hiring themselves out as mercenaries to one empire or another. Soon, the arena of conflict between empires shifts its focus from that of standing military forces trained and equipped by their respective empires to that of a military comprised of private military companies. Three of the four empires together decided to reform their militaries in what is now known as The PMC Accord, in which most of their standing armies were disbanded, to be replaced by PMC’s. The Mandil alone refused to participate, remaining isolated from the other Great Empires. Among these mercenary units, one man distinguished himself over the course of about thirty years. A man named Hawke Bakore. Born a Gadari, Hawke fought first as a Gadari Republic Marine for several years. When the Gadari Republic disbanded the Republic Marine Corps, Hawke, along with this best friend and mentor Nathan Schultz, went on to create the Hawke’s Talons, a Private Military Company that exclusively contracted to the Gadari Republic. After three more years, Hawke’s mercenary unit purchased their first spacecraft. In two more years, their unit was able to add space-based operations to their list of services. Hawke’s Talons grew in fame and infamy. They won major victories over their enemies, and their price tag went up accordingly. This went on for fifteen more years. Hawke is no longer a young man, reaching what is considered to be midlife at the age of nearly sixty. He has endured much, and sacrificed all in service to the Gadari Republic, but now he wonders if all of it was worth the price he has paid as Hawke’s final journey is about to begin, a journey seeking some kind of redemption. The Heaven’s Gaze, a massive capital class command carrier, is nearly complete, and Hawke and her crew will embark on a voyage of exploration, the first of its kind in nearly a hundred years. However Hawke’s final journey takes a few unexpected twists and turns. It all begins with one last mission he must complete before he can retire, and finally be done with it all. Maybe…just maybe…he can begin the process of buying back his soul, and rediscovering his humanity, but first he must find out what is going on in the Farstar Sector...** Views: 21
Sometimes your last nerve is the strongest link to forever. Amy Dover’s dream to become a professional horse trainer hasn’t come without a price. Career pressure, combined with a difficult marriage to an oppressive husband, has sucked away every last bit of joy the horses used to bring her. At her husband’s untimely death, she packs her truck, heads over the Cascade Mountains, and takes a job as a farmhand. Yet even in the presence of the creatures she loves the most, her emotional wounds are too deep and wide to recapture what she’s lost. Dustin King senses there’s something off about his new farmhand. She’s undeniably attractive, but for someone who knows her way around a barn, she’s unnervingly indifferent toward horses. Especially the pair of Tennessee Walkers he’s just rescued. Instinct tells him that no matter how hard she tries not to care, the horses and the woman need each other. As Amy and Dustin bond with the traumatized horses, something unexpected happens. The sparks between them ignite into a night of stormy passion. As Amy’s soul comes back to life, though, she feels the pull to return to her old life. She just hadn’t planned on having someone to leave behind. Warning: Contains two people who set the sheets on fire every chance they get… well, except when they don’t get anywhere near a bed. Which is more often than not, because, hey, when you want it, you want it. Book also contains a lot of lost souls, four-legged and two-legged alike, who made the author cry a few times, and seriously, she doesn’t do that. Like, ever. You’ve been warned. Views: 21
Roger Thursby, aged twenty-four, is called to the bar. He is young, inexperienced and his love life is complicated. He blunders his way through a succession of comic adventures including his calamitous debut at the bar. His career takes an upward turn when he is chosen to defend the caddish Alfred Greenat the Old Bailey. In this first Roger Thursby novel Henry Cecil satires the legal profession with his usual wit and insight. Views: 21
"Dandy Gilver is marvelously, hopelessly, hilariously wonderful. If you haven't discovered Catriona McPherson yet, it's time to start!" —Charles Todd, author of the Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery seriesOn the rain-drenched, wind-battered Banffshire coast dilapidated mansions cling to cliff tops, and tiny fishing villages perch on ledges that would make a seagull think twice. It's nowhere for Dandy Gilver, a child of gentle Northamptonshire, to spend Christmas.But when odd things start to turn up in barrels of fish—with a strong whiff of murder most foul—that's exactly where she finds herself. Enlisted to investigate, Dandy and her trusty cohort, Alec Osborne, are soon swept up in the fisherfolks' wedding season as well as the mystery. Between age-old traditions and brand-new horrors, Dandy must think the unthinkable to solve her most baffling case yet. Views: 21
The Promise of an AngelInterrupting the ordered routine of the Mecosta County Amish settlement, an angelic visitor awakens Judith to a new faith.Brush of Angel's WingsHe doesn't plan to stay Amish. She doesn't have a plan. Then an angel draws their hearts toward God . . . and each other.An Angel by Her SideKatie has lived through tragedy and heartache. But with the angel Elias by her side, the best years of her life are just ahead. Views: 21
