Having left her job and boyfriend, thirty year old Sandra decides to stay in a village on the Costa Blanca in order to take stock of her life and find a new direction. She befriends Karin and Fredrik, an elderly Norwegian couple, who provide her with stimulating company and take the place of the grandparents she never had. However, when she meets Julian, a former concentration-camp inmate who has just returned to Europe from Argentina, she discovers that all is not what it seems and finds herself involved in a perilous quest for the truth.
As well as being a powerful account of self-discovery and an exploration of history and redemption, "The Scent of Lemon Leaves" is a sophisticated and nail-biting page-turner by one of Spain’s most accomplished authors. Views: 11
Stripper Michael Monaghan wants Maggie Riley. Maggie's in love with Sam Stephens. Sam Stephens doesn't share . . . Or does he? Find the answer and maybe more in this intensely edgy romantic comedy!Michael wants Maggie. Maggie has Sam. Two's company, three's a crowd.Years ago, Maggie tried to seduce Michael Monaghan, only to have her efforts rebuffed. Now she's older, wiser, happily in love with Sam Stephens, and determined to keep her distance from Michael.Michael Monaghan, hot male stripper, has all manner of women falling at his feet, except Maggie. All he can do is watch from afar as Sam Stephens wins the heart of the one woman he really wants.Sam Stephens is just tired of Michael watching Maggie's every move.Now there's trouble with a capital T! Maggie's Great Aunt Maud has run off to Ireland with Michael's Uncle Declan. Maggie needs to get to Aunt Maud and talk some sense into her before Declan's gun-toting wife catches up with them. With Michael and Maggie... Views: 11
In this thrilling science fiction adventure--the triumphant conclusion to the Tipping Point trilogy--New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster returns to a near future in which genetic manipulation and extreme body modification have changed profoundly what it means to be human. Dr. Ingrid Seastrom was once a respected American physician. Whispr, whose body has been transformed to preternatural thinness, was once a streetwise thief. Now, in a world on the edge of catastrophe from centuries of environmental exploitation, they are allies--thrust together by fate to unravel an impossible mystery--even as they are stalked by a relentless killer. Ingrid and Whispr are hunted fugitives bound together by a thread: a data-storage thread made of a material that cannot exist, yet somehow does. Their quest to learn its secrets--and, in Whispr's case, sell them to the highest bidder--has brought them to South Africa's treacherous Namib desert.... Views: 11
"It's us and them, Em. There are no regular people anymore."Ten years ago when the world ended she ran for her life.Five weeks ago the world she'd hidden from came knocking on the door of her secluded cabin.Ten days ago she found salvation hiding amongst the dead.Yesterday she went back for the living.Today she wonders if she will live to see tomorrow.What do you do when the world you were born to is gone?Where do you hide when even your own body isn't safe?Emma ran when her daddy told her to. She hid like he said she should. He was the first person she turned her back on. The first one she let die.Ten years has gone by and she still lives by the simple rules he taught her when she was nine years old."Don't help anyone. Don't go where other people are unless you have to. Trust no one. Always pull the trigger."Until one night she hears the worst sound in the world, a knock. A simple, timid knock, on the door to her cabin.Only the voice of the brave little girl, ready to die for her brother, persuades Emma to open the door.As her fingers turn the lock, she has a terrible feeling she will regret her decision.But even as regret fills her world, so do love and companionship. Things she never imagined she would ever have again.Everything comes at a cost, you decide what you'll pay. Views: 11
Sweet Dreams Chocolate Company has been in the Sterling family for generations, ever since Great-Grandma Rose literally dreamed up her first fabulous recipe. But now it looks as if they're about to lose Sweet Dreams to the bank—and that would be a disaster, not only for the family but for the town of Icicle Falls, Washington. Can Samantha, the oldest daughter and new head of the company, come up with a way to save it?After Samantha does some brainstorming with her mother and sisters, inspiration strikes. They'll have a chocolate festival! Time's running out, but the Sterling women are determined and the town's behind them, so everything's bound to go smoothly….Or not. Events seem to be conspiring against Samantha, and her mother's attempts to help aren't helping. To make matters worse, the fate of her company is in the hands of her archenemy, Blake Preston, the bank manager with the football-hero good looks. It's enough to drive her to chocolate. But Blake's also enough to convince her that (believe it or not) there's something even better than chocolate.Review"Within minutes of cracking open the book, my mood was lifted...The warm, glowing feeling it gave me lasted for days."-First for Women on The Snow Globe"Will doubtless warm more than a few hearts." -Publishers Weekly on Angel Lane"Most fiction lovers will enjoy this feel-good approach to today's uncertainties."-Booklist on Small Change"Realistic characters populate the pages of this captivating story, which is a great escape from the holiday hustle and bustle." -RT Book Reviews on On Strike for Christmas"An uplifting, charming, feel-good story from the author of Bikini Season (2008)."-Booklist on Angel Lane"Roberts's book of small-town life is as sweet as ginger cookies and as homey as raisin pie (recipes included). Readers will laugh and cry with the women lovingly portrayed in this heartwarming story that explores the joys of friendship and the power of good deeds."-RT Book Reviews on Angel Lane"Homing in on issues many readers can identify with, Roberts's women search for practical solutions to a common challenge with humor and froth." -Publishers Weekly on Small Change"A congenial cast of subsidiary characters...meet Hope at a community garden plot and share their stories there. Roberts effectively knits these troubled but kindly characters together in a story line that throws the reader a few unexpected twists." -The Seattle Times on Love in Bloom"Love in Bloom is a wonderful story with characters so real and defined I feel like I am personally acquainted with them...There is humor and emotion in large quantities in this fantastic book that is next to impossible to put down. Kudos and a large bouquet of flowers to Sheila Roberts for giving us one of the best books of the year." -Fresh Fiction About the AuthorSheila Roberts lives on a lake in the Pacific Northwest. Her novels have appeared in Readers Digest Condensed Books and have been published in several languages. Her book Angel Lane, was an Amazon Top Ten Romance pick for 2009 and her holiday perennial, On Strike for Christmas was made into a movie for the Lifetime Movie Network. You can visit Sheila on Twitter and Facebook or at her website (http://www.sheilasplace.com). Views: 11
Certain that the woman he adores could never love a man who was also a wolf, Michael keeps his passion for her a secret.As the alpha wolf, Michael is big, powerful, and dangerous. He's spent years giving in to his animal instincts; avoiding the call to become human again. But when he sees a beautiful, shy farmer, his manly urges quickly take over.Laura is content living the rural life, preferring her chickens and farm to human interaction. When her abusive neighbors attack her and a wolf comes to her rescue, she's shocked to discover the wild creature transforming into a man—a sexy man with hair the color of a wolf's coat. Instantly she's overwhelmed by her desire for him, but she's too timid to reveal her feelings for the rugged man-wolf who saved her life.Though the heat between Michael and Laura burns hot, unless they summon the courage to open their hearts to one another, they risk losing each other forever.
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A country house whodunnit introducing Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James. Kincaid's holiday in Yorkshire turns sinister when one of the hotel guests is found murdered in the hotel's whirlpool bath. Ably assisted by Gemma, Kincaid sets out to track down a surprising killer. Views: 11
Yesterday I almost saw her. I was standing on the sun deck, looking out to sea, revelling in the unexpected warmth of the February sun. A butterfly trembled on a nearby buddleia and suddenly I smelled her perfume. She wasn't there, of course. How could she be when I had seen her lying in her coffin just two weeks ago, the day before she was buried, her casket surrounded by the scented candles she loved? She lay in Cornish ground now...Compulsively-readable and incredibly haunting, this is the debut novel from broadcaster, journalist and Book Club champion, Judy Finnigan. Views: 11
Are times so hard in America that everyone just wants a bailout? This absurd comedy starts with the lead character, Larry, winning the lottery, posing the question: Does it change you? The novel speaks to the gap between rich and poor, the collapse of the financial system, and is wrapped in a lesbian love story, a tale of the London Olympics, and how one retains honor and dignity in hard times. Views: 11
