A missing man leads Jack Haldean straight into danger...Mark Helston, the rising star of Hunt Coffee Limited, was successful and popular, with plenty of money and everything to live for. Yet at half past seven on the evening of the ninth of January, 1925, he walked out of his Albemarle Street flat and disappeared. Desperate to know what happened to Mark, his uncle, old Mr Hunt, appeals to Jack Haldean. Inspector Bill Rackham of Scotland Yard thinks it's a thankless task. Perhaps, says Jack, but why should Mark Helston vanish? And then Jack finds a body... Views: 14
Out of the dust left behind by a multitudinous hordeof supremely beautiful, talented, wealthy and blessed protagonists steps a different heroine—a woman who labors under her own unique adversity and manages to re-invent herself in a most extraordinary manner, a way that gives her life a purpose and future:Margaret Katherine O'CaseySelf-PurportedPrivate Investigator Views: 14
Tallyho!The Saddle Club is in for some real excitement when Stevie's boyfriend, Phil, invites them, along with a few other kids from their Pony Club, to participate in a genuine fox hunt. Stevie, Lisa, and Carole can't wait for the event to begin--especially when they find out that no harm will come to the fox! But first, to give everyone a chance to learn the ropes, there's a mock hunt at Pine Hollow Stables. As the most devious of the bunch, Stevie is chosen to play the fox. Yet on the day of the hunt, she'll discover she isn't the only one who's devious . . . when her prank-playing brothers get involved in the chase! Views: 14
I am referred to as the "Hidden One" and personification of the life-bringing northern wind. As one of those who constitute the Ogdoad, I am respected by others and sometimes even feared. Yet I am adrift when it comes to interactions between a man and a woman.The rules are so confusing and I try to find my way with him—Reid Jacobs. He is a man that makes me, a goddess, wonder how I have done without the coursing need for intimacy. With each touch he unravels me and makes me lose every ounce of my control. I want him more than breath itself but...I will not settle for anything but total acceptance of everything I am. Views: 14
The thing that makes you, it never goes. A sleek high-speed train glides silently through the French countryside, bearing Michael, an Australian writer, and his travelling world of memory and speculation. Melbourne, 1946, calls to him: the pressure cooker of the city during World War II has produced a small creative miracle, and at this pivotal moment the lives of his newly married parents, a group of restless artists, a proud old woman with a tent for a home, a journalist, a gallery owner, a farmer and a factory developer irrevocably intersect. And all the while the Spirit of Progress, the locomotive of the new age, roars through their lives like time's arrow, pointing to the future and the post-war world only some of them will enter.'Reading SPIRIT OF PROGRESS was one of the most enjoyable things I have done for a long time ... If Graham Greene can have the phrase "Greene-land" used to celebrate his fictional world, I hope Steven Carroll gets recognition for... Views: 14
Spinning out of control!
Just when you thought it couldn't get any deeper, darker, or weirder...
Creeping into the open through cracks in the earth, the Styx have
surfaced, and are now infesting England like some parasitic scourge --
carriers of a bizarre black secret that will place every last Topsoiler
in mortal peril.
Unless Will Burrows puts a stop to the propagation.
Armed to the teeth, with little more than a motley crew of former
commandos as reinforcements, can Will, Chester, and Elliott find a way
to squash the threat? Or will they only find themselves in a deadly
downward SPIRAL? Views: 14
Dr Chandler's Sleeping Beauty by Melanie MilburneER doctor Kitty Cargill yearns for the fairytale: everlasting love, marriage and a family. But after jilting her cheating ex, she's locked up her heart and thrown away the key!The animal magnetism of her new boss Dr Jake Chandler opens her eyes to raw passion, but she'll have to keep reminding herself Jake's not the 'happy-ever-after' type...Christmas With Dr Delicious by Sue MacKayWhen paramedic Nikki Page learns that the man who shattered her dreams is back in town, she's horrified. Especially now that Fraser McCall is even more delicious than she remembers...Getting this dreamy doc under the mistletoe is one thing, but Nikki wants more than just a Christmas kiss - this time, she wants forever! Views: 14
