Two parallels are drawn between the Emperor's successors. His eldest son lives in luxury and becomes susceptible to the corruption of the Sky Wing, and his youngest is forced to start life anew, as a simple man living in the forest. Salus, the younger son, embarks on a journey to fulfill his father's wish after having lost all memories of his past. Views: 12
Dear Reader,My boy Stone has always been the quiet one in the family, but now he's got the whole town talking. He and his long-time sweetheart Sharon are crazy about each other, but suddenly they can't see eye-to-eye on their future. Sharon thought they were going to go to college, then get married. But Stone had other plans--plans he didn't share with anyone. So it looks like our resident matchmaker Miriam is going to be wrong for the first time ever. She swears Sharon and Stone are true soul mates. Well, I think between the broken promises and Sharon's meddling mother, these two kids are going to need a miracle to make it down the aisle. . . There's Arlene-I just need to finish her trim and then I can head over to the Watermelon Festival. Be sure to stop back by the Cut 'n' Curl for hot rollers, free coffee-and the best gossip in town.See you real soon, Ruby Rhodes15,000 words Views: 12
The first book in a new series, featuring Jack Mackinnon, a detective sergeant in the City of London police. A guilty secret. A gruesome murder. A DEADLY MOTIVE.Who wanted John Weston to die?When John Weston is found poisoned in his plush City of London office, DS Jack Mackinnon soon discovers there are plenty of people who hold a grudge against the science investor. With an ever-increasing list of suspects, Jack Mackinnon and the rest of the major investigation team need to unravel the secrets surrounding the victim and find out who plotted Weston's execution with a deadly toxin.When the source of the poison is tracked down to a laboratory at the University of Oxford, the staff and students all close ranks. It seems that everyone has a secret to hide. As he gets closer to the truth, Mackinnon finds his own family could be at risk.Deadly Motive is book one of the DS Jack Mackinnon series of crime novels. Views: 12
The publication of Short Stories 1895-1926 celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Walter de la Mare's death. It is also the culmination of a major literary enterprise. For many people Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) is as great a writer of fiction as of poetry. But the majority of his short stories, of which there are a hundred, have long been unavailable. Short Stories brings them all together in three volumes in the first comprehensive collection to be published. De la Mare's earliest published works were stories, and he continued writing and rewriting stories throughout the rest of his life. There was always a creative counterpoint between the themes and imagery of his prose and his poetry - such as the dream, childhood, the house, night, love lost and regained, solitude and the traveller. A full understanding of either is impossible without knowledge of both. TLS on Short Stories 1895-1926 and Short Stories 1927-1956: What strikes one most about [them] is how truly... Views: 12
And Daddy Makes Five...Every woman at the Fuzzy Bunny Day Care Center secretly longed for handsome David Montgomery to look their way. But there was only one female in the single dad's life—his little girl, Sarah Ann—until he lost his memory in an accident and winsome mother of two Patty Clark made him an offer he couldn't refuse.Between her three-year-old and her infant daughter, Sophia, Patty never had a dull moment. But how could the day-care worker turn her back on this irresistible father and his adorable child? Having a man like David around the house was setting off the kinds of erotic sparks that made this single mom long to turn a temporary arrangement into a family for life….The Baby Bet: Experience the laughter and love as the MacAllister men discover true love—and fatherhood! Views: 12
Maxwell Thomas is hiding out from the law. With a million dollar bounty on his head, he's suspicious of the pretty redhead who shows up at his remote Texas cabin during a blizzard. But TJ Callahan appears to be just as she claims: a woman whose car ran into a ditch.
TJ's on a mission to save the family ranch from foreclosure, even if it means turning bounty hunter on Christmas Eve. She's never apprehended a criminal, and never encountered a man as tall, dark, and dangerous as Max, but she can't let that stop her. Before long, though, she and Max are running from a killer--and Max is starting to trust her.
Max's trust turns to ashes when TJ tries to collect the reward. Now she has to decide: lose the man she's come to love? Or get her man? Views: 12
A captivating saga of thwarted passions, set in nineteenth-century Devon - In August 1883, the first steam train on the new Princetown branch line makes its halting passage across Dartmoor, stopping near the quarrymen’s hamlet of Foggintor. For Ling Southcott and her young sister, Fanny, this is a momentous event, for the railway will connect their isolated village to the neighbouring town of Tavistock, and even Plymouth. Ling realizes that the arrival of the railway has the power to change her life, by making the outside world accessible. Views: 12
A New Zealand classic, this novel is a raw and powerful portrayal of Maori in New Zealand society.Alan Duff's groundbreaking first novel is one of the most talked-about books ever published in New Zealand and is the basis of a major New Zealand film. This hard hitting story is a frank and uncompromising portrait in which everyone is a victim, until the strength and vision of one woman transcends brutality and leads the way to a new life. Views: 12
There may be trouble ahead . . . Wedding bells are ringing for the constantly battling nations of Splotze and Borovnik, and the upcoming royal nuptials could at last put an end to their dangerous hostilities. But in a development that hardly bodes well, one of Gerald's fellow janitors goes missing - after delivering a dire warning of danger surrounding the marriage treaty. So Gerald must embark on a dangerous mission to uncover the troublemakers, before wedded bliss becomes international war. But going undercover isn't as easy as it looks, even with Melissande and Emmerabiblia for camouflage. Soon Gerald finds himself fighting for his life as well as world peace. Views: 12
