From Golden Crown Literary Award-winning author Catherine Lundoff comes a supernatural novel that will thrill readers.
Becca Thornton, divorced, middle-aged, and barely out of the closet discovers that life can still hold some strange surprises, when she discovers that her body is changing; menopause turns her into a werewolf. Apparently she is not the only one, as a number of women in her town of Wolf's Point seem to have had the same experience. As the newest member of the pack, Becca learns her nights are not spent only protecting the town and running through the woods howling at the moon. There are werewolf hunters in town and they've got Becca in their sights. Views: 14
An exhilarating high seas adventure set during the English Civil War1649. England has been torn asunder by a civil war that has pitted Parliamentarians against Royalists. Captain Kit Faulkner, bound to the Royalist cause, has been living in exile for the past four years. Faulkner must now support himself with the tiny rump of the Royal Navy that remains loyal. But his loyalties are torn, partly by the desire of his old patron, Sir Henry Mainwaring, who wishes to return home, and partly by the predatory nature of Prince Charles, who has his eyes on the beautiful Katherine Villiers . . .This salty adventure is deepened by the introduction of real-life characters and the author's considerable knowledge of British naval and mercantile shipping history on A Ship for the King"Woodman spins an exciting tale of naval warfare, seaborne commerce, piracy, royal intrigues, and civil war" on A Ship for the King Views: 14
Book 2 of the Reign of Blood series.The world has changed. One must adapt to survive or hold on to the crumbling shards of humanity.April continues to hold her fragile world together, but the ties that hold her family together are quickly unraveling. Rumors of a massive human underground settlement draw her to the shadows of the city once more in search of other survivors more like her, even with the hybrid vampires opposing her every move. The darkness hides secrets along with the continued threat the Feral Vampires create, but a greater evil hides within the city. Something tells April that the humans will be less than welcoming of her, and that's if she can find them before the Vampires do. Joining sides with the enemy might be the only choice she has left. Views: 14
A smart, opinionated appreciation of the woman who rescued Great Britain from socialism and proved that American-style conservatism could work around the world. Views: 14
Johanna is a 14-year-old Jewish girl who lives in Hamburg, Germany, in the early 18th century. She feels stifled by the daily drudgery of her life and dreams of seeing what lies outside the confines of the Jewish quarter. Johanna lies about her identity and gets a job as a caregiver at an orphanage. Until it's too late, she doesn't realize a secret experiment is taking place that results in the deaths of babies.Deciding to kidnap one of the orphanage's babies, Johanna sets off for Amsterdam. She faces many dangers on her journey, including plague, bandits, storms and, not least of all, anti-Semitism. Johanna has a lot of courage and determination, but will it be enough to save the baby and reach her destination? Will she finally find a place where she can be free? Views: 14
When Jack Christie’s father disappears, the time-travelling teenager and his best friend Angus track him to a strange icebound future where China has evolved into a global superpower. Time has splintered and Jack and Angus must discover the point of divergence the moment that history altered. Travelling back to 1860, they find themselves in the midst of the bloody Taiping Rebellion: a world of Chinese warlords, Empires and brave rebels. But Jack and Angus possess an object that all the warring factions want and it’s not long before the boys find themselves and the future of the world in grave danger. Views: 14
Lieutenant Eve Dallas is no party girl, but she's managing to have a reasonably good time at the celebrity-packed bash celebrating The Icove Agenda , a film based on one of her famous cases. It's a little spooky seeing the actress playing her, who looks almost like her long-lost twin. Not as unsettling, though, as seeing the actress who plays Peabody drowned in the lap pool on the roof of the director's luxury building. Now she's at the center of a crime scene-and Eve is more than ready to get out of her high heels and strap on her holster and step into the role she was born to play: cop. Views: 14
In this story that takes place after the events in Barrett's Damaged Series, Special Agent Zeke Cabot surprises Anne Reynolds with a much needed romantic Christmas trip to Chicago to celebrate Zeke's progress in recovering from PTSD and to re-affirm their growing relationship. Views: 14
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA renowned authority on the secret world of opium recounts his descent into ruinous obsession with one of the world's oldest and most seductive drugs, in this harrowing memoir of addiction and recovery. A natural-born collector with a nose for exotic adventure, San Diego--born Steven Martin followed his bliss to Southeast Asia, where he found work as a freelance journalist. While researching an article about the vanishing culture of opium smoking, he was inspired to begin collecting rare nineteenth-century opium-smoking equipment. Over time, he amassed a valuable assortment of exquisite pipes, antique lamps, and other opium-related accessories--and began putting it all to use by smoking an extremely potent form of the drug called chandu. But what started out as recreational use grew into a thirty-pipe-a-day habit that consumed Martin's every waking hour, left him incapable of work, and exacted a frightful physical and... Views: 14
Against his strict principles, Captain Simon Wilkes agreed to approach a male whore favored by his first mate for one reason, to hire him to service his men on the upcoming voyage to save some unwilling man from being kidnapped and ravaged. In the brothel he was directed to, drugged and drunk, he does something he never believed of himself, succumbs to lust for a man, the same he was to hire, and discovers the reason he’d never known satisfaction with women. Lying to himself, saying it’s to save beautiful Roger from a life of prostitution, he takes him home, gives into Roger’s seductive ways and pleas for love, believing several days of debauchery is no worse than one time before returning to his empty life. Denying his true nature, he sent Roger away. Will lifetime teachings win out or will he admit his love when Roger’s life is endangered?
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Nisha has trained all her life to develop Qi—her internal energy—exceeding the raw power of any Qi'advisor in several generations. Now, she's ready to take her place as an elite Qi'advisor when the unimaginable happens. War breaks out and she's must be a war adviser, although still untried. Rhybac's king is dead. The kingdom is in chaos. And their enemies out of the Sands are circling for the kill.As a Qi'advisor to a duke, considered a traitor, she must risk her life to negotiate greed, treachery, and the desperation that fuel the war to reveal what others cannot or refuse to see. The fate of Rhybac, its people, and even its enemies are in her young hands. Views: 14
