Chiana McFain is a tough as nails, no holds barred senior agent with Guardian Security, assigned to trace and dispose of hell rats, rogue vampires and other paranormal creatures. But she goes from hunter to hunted in a matter of seconds after a ghostly apparition touches her and brands her arm. Forced to face the reality that she’s only half-human, she reaches out to the only other person who knows she’s the daughter of a Valkyrie, the doctor who has developed a unique serum to hide her heritage from Odin himself. Creed Davies cares about only one thing in life: Work. A free agent taking covert assignments from Guardian, he’s committed to protecting Chiana from the spirit warrior stalking her — or killing her himself to keep Odin from this world. Desperation leads him to use a Sumarian binding spell to keep her near and keep himself safe from the mood swings of a new, untested serum. A fierce dedication to duty drives him to take any means necessary to save Chiana and his own soul. Views: 12
Chris and Chrissy Rouse, an experienced father-and-son scuba diving team, hoped to achieve widespread recognition for their outstanding but controversial diving skills. Obsessed and ambitious, they sought to solve the secrets of a mysterious, undocumented World War II German U-boat that lay under 230 feet of water, only a half-day's mission from New York Harbor. In doing so, they paid the ultimate price in their quest for fame.Bernie Chowdhury, himself an expert diver and a close friend of the Rouses', explores the thrill-seeking world of deep-sea diving, including its legendary figures, most celebrated triumphs, and gruesome tragedies. By examining the diver's psychology through the complex father-and-son dynamic, Chowdhury illuminates the extreme sport diver's push toward — and sometimes beyond — the limits of human endurance. Views: 12
How history's only five-star admirals triumphed in World War II and made the United States the world's dominant sea power. Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. navy to victory in World War II, establishing the United States as the world's greatest fleet. In THE ADMIRALS, award-winning historian Walter R. Borneman tells their story in full detail for the first time. Drawing upon journals, ship logs, and other primary sources, he brings an incredible historical moment to life, showing us how the four admirals revolutionized naval warfare forever with submarines and aircraft carriers, and how these men-who were both friends and rivals-worked together to ensure that the Axis fleets lay destroyed on the ocean floor at the end of... Views: 12
Walk the Right Road SeriesBook 1 - THE CHOICE...One Woman. Two Men...and a choice that could kill her.Book 2 - LOST AND FOUND...From Romance Junkies "The best romantic suspense I've read this year!" Views: 12
Sweetest Seduction KB Alan Val’s been Keith’s accountant for nearly a year. She dreams about his body pressed against hers, but there’s no need to let him in on that fact. The hunky photographer spends his days with beautiful models, there’s absolutely no way she can compete. Even if he has been throwing hints her way. She’s satisfied with her vibrator and her daydreams of her favorite client. Mostly. Keith is done trying to sweet-talk his accountant into going out with him. It’s Valentine’s Day, and knowing Val, she doesn’t have any plans beyond putting in a full day’s work. No more asking nicely, he’s just going to plan the day his way and pull her along until she gets with the program. He’s sure a proper date will help Val realize he’s just the man she needs. And a proper date includes lots of touching. And exploring. And toys of a battery-operated nature. Views: 12
In the very near future Joe Logan lives in a time commonly referred to as the ‘Dislocation’. The price of gasoline is frightfully expensive, unemployment is in the double digits, and Essex, his home town, is as marginal and defunct as is most of the country and the planet at large. On the same evening when Logan is laid off from his job his dog, Tara, is brutally mauled by a large, hideously ugly creature Logan can only describe as a ‘dog-man’. Its body is canine but the face is all too human in appearance. Strangely enough, Tara’s remains are stolen in the middle of the night by figures dressed in protective gear and speed away in a large van. The local police are of little help and seem reticent about giving some indication as to what sort of animal killed Logan’s dog. This sets him on a path to find out for himself and is soon brought into contact with Natalie Schneider, a research assistant for a self styled internet journalist and UFO investigator named Chris Glass. The couple had moved to Essex recently in an effort to discover the cause of an accident that had occurred at the old Pine Haven estate right outside of town. The USAF had taken over the property several years earlier to conduct ‘generic’ research experiments and there was little to no involvement with the local community. At the time of the accident there were fatalities to some of the scientific and technical staff and a shroud of silenced encompassed the estate for nearly five years. Air Force security had maintained a presence up until recently when it was replaced by a private military contractor, Tactical Response Team Management and Control, to guard the estate grounds. The acreage surrounding Pine Haven has since expanded and the fence line beefed up with the latest security technology. A policy of ‘nobody in - nobody out’ is strictly enforced. Anomalies of a paranormal nature have occurred since before the accident and still continue and Logan has come to believe that Pine Haven holds a key to the death of his dog and the creature that killed her. Logan doesn’t believe most of the stories generated over the years about the ‘Pine Haven Project’, such as interdimensional teleportation and contact with aliens. It was all so much folklore; nonetheless, Natalie Schneider entices Logan to assist her in breaking into the estate grounds in an effort to retrieve an artifact that might give some indication as to what kind of experiments the Air Force was involved in and why it its failure was so catastrophic. Their efforts lead to some rather disastrous results.
### About the Author
Born in New York, Peter Idone has lived in Manhattan, Seattle, and most recently New Hampshire. During his’ wilderness years’ he has traveled throughout North and Central America, in an attempt to get a clear fix on the place and time he lives in. When he isn’t working or writing he’s always keeping an eye out for the fertile and strange. Views: 12
Russia is in turmoil. As liberals struggle to hold power, the hard-liners in the KGB decide to fund themselves. They will hijack a vital US gold shipment. The first step will be to frame Kirk McGarvey for the bombing of the CIA's Paris headquarters... Views: 12
Larkspur Wendell hates to see anyone not enjoying life. So when she gets a new neighbor who seems more interested in his computer than in communication, Lark feels compelled to get to know him. But her spontaneity and zeal for life seems to push him further away. Everett Holden moved to a small town to work in peace and quiet. Now with a neighbor like Lark, he'll be lucky to get anything done. There is something attractive about her. . . but being around her brings up fears and hurts that that he put away long ago. Will Everett ever be able to put the past to rest? Will he let Lark bring him out of his shell and into true love? Views: 12
The time has come. After a fabulous night of sex, Charli thinks she's in love with Connor Mason, but he's told her that he's a one-woman-man and that he's looking for a one-man kind of woman. What's a girl to do when she's got a kind, decent and sexy hot cowboy in one hand and a mystery, masked, black-hatted cowboy with friends lurking in the shadows? Charli has to break up with one of them. Views: 12
Fantasy/Romance. 154168 words long. Views: 12
Open Heart is a psychological tour de fource about love and the nature of man's soul. From the opening lines of this first-person narrative, the reader is propelled into the mind of Dr. Benjamin Rubin, an ambitious young internist, who is jockeying for position with the hospital's top surgeons. But it isn't until Benjy learns that his position has been terminated, and that he has been selected to accompany the hospital administrator and his wife to India to retrieve their ailing daughter, that Yehoshua sets his hero on a journey of self-discovery. Views: 12
