Newbery Award-winning author Susan Patron brings her talents to the beloved Dear America series in this exciting story of a girl growing up in the Wild West, in a California gold mining town.Growing up in the wild gold-mining town of Bodie, California, in the 1880s, Angeline Reddy has seen it all — saloons, brawls, and a whole lot of desperation. When her father, Bodie's greatest lawyer, is declared murdered, Angie knows deep in her heart that he isn't dead and decides it is up to her to solve the mystery of what happened to him. But when her mother takes ill and a mysterious ghost appears, putting together the puzzle pieces seems impossible. Not to mention, a gang of vigilantes, the 601, is raging out of control, running folks out of town, and nobody seems safe.Will Angie, with the help of her friends Ellie and Ling Loi, and the mysterious and tragically handsome Antoine, be able to uncover the secret of her father's disappearance? Views: 4
Two women, two worlds. Together they must risk everythingJudith Wilkes, an ambitious journalist, leaves her husband and two sons in Australia and goes to Malaysia to report on the international refugee crisis. Ten years earlier, Malaysia provided Judith with her first major career success, but also with a personal disaster that she would like to forget.While on assignment Judith encounters Minou, the manipulative young French-Vietnamese wife of a high-ranking Australian diplomat. Minou is desperate to rescue her children from Saigon, who were left behind when she fled. Judith also begins a romance with the enigmatic Indian scholar Kanan. These new loyalties throw her headlong into dramatic personal and professional dilemmas. It is on the East Malaysian coast, where the giant turtles gather to lay their eggs, that the conflict reaches its tragic, brutal climax.Winner of the Age Book of the Year Award, the South Australian Government's Award for Literature, the... Views: 4
A small mining village is rocked by a shocking murder in the latest Monika Paniatowski mystery...Tensions are running high in the small mining village of Bellingsworth. There has been a call for further strikes, and retired miner Len Hopkins, who was known to be against a new strike, is murdered. Detective Inspector Monika Paniatowski learns that Len had been threatened the night before he died by another old miner. Was he killed due to the stand he took against further strikes? Or are there more sinister forces at work? Paniatowski investigates, but finds that she has problems much closer to home... Views: 4
The hours that Sami Argyle spent in the arms of Italian stranger Ric Degenoli were the most amazing of her life. Until tragedy ripped him from her embrace, leaving her grieving and expecting his child....Ric is thrilled to discover he's a father--the perfect Christmas present! But he has news for Sami, too: he's now a Count...and locked into a convenient, loveless engagement.Against the odds, can Sami and Ric become a family--in time for Christmas? Views: 4
Murder meets menopause. Take a guess which wins.PRAISE for Three Odd Balls"In a series full of hijinks and adventure, this third Cue Ball Mystery just may be the most fun yet." Melissa Lapierre, Melissa's Mochas, Mysteries and More"The 'heebie jeebies' had me cracking up throughout this delightfully engaging mystery. This is the best book in the series." Dru Ann Love, Dru's Book Musings"And absolute delight...Loved the characters and the storyline and I'll be reading more by Cindy Blackburn." A. McGrawOVERVIEWA romantic vacation for...five? This wasn't exactly what Jessie and Wilson had in mind when they planned their trip to the tropics. But when Jessie's delightfully spry mother, Wilson's surfer dude son, and Jessie's rabidly hyperactive New York agent decide to tag along the fun begins. What kind of trouble can these three oddest of odd balls possibly get into? Take a guess.MORE PRAISE for The Cue Ball Mysteries"With characters ranging from ditzy lingerie saleswomen to a wry detective, author Cindy Blackburn delights the reader with class conflicts of society, intelligence, vocation, and love." Nancy Ezell-Suggs"Jessie is a new sleuth you will want to follow again and again." Tonya Kappes, international bestselling author, an Amazon Mover and Shaker"The scenes between Jessie and Captain Wilson Rye just crackle off the page." Bella McGuire, Cozy Mystery Book Reviews"Cindy Blackburn's writing creates such unusual (and odd) characters--sort of like the kind of people you meet in real life!" Connie J. Wehmeyer Views: 4
It was Hell and always had been. He'd worked not to wish he'd died with his parents in the accident he'd been too young to remember. He was alive and they weren't. Because they weren't, he was so rich he was kept alive. As long as he was, others had control of the wealth and used it, in his name of course, to make more. But they didn't know he was there. No one did. He thought. Views: 4
Heather Graham's Haunted TreasuresThree Haunting Tales of Paranormal RomancePresented together for the first time, New York Times Bestselling Author, Heather Graham brings back three tales of paranormal love and adventure.Lovers and DemonsFleeing the unholy attentions of a creature of the night, Lenore Tyler, a ravishing Confederate smuggler, joins forces with a brave Yankee officer—and discovers ecstasy in the arms of her handsome, virile enemy.And I Will Love You ForeverA beauty, overcome by war, triumphs in love when her strange dreams of a virile and ghostly Viking protector come true.Vanquish The NightAnne Pemberton, a beautiful Texas innocent falls under the haunting spell of a dashing exotic immortal, and is rescued from eternal damnation by the rapturous power of love. Views: 4
From Naipaul's India to the last days of Hong Kong, and from the ghosts of Pearl Harbor to Benazir Bhutto, Buruma delivers an engaging and incisive look at the ways East and West understand--and misunderstand--each other. At home in both worlds, Buruma traverses the realms of journalism, literary criticism, and political analysis, to examine the dialogue of fact and fantasy that affects our perception of far-away lands. Whether deconstructing the films of Satyajit Ray or the novels of Yoshimoto Banana, Buruma offers a splendid counterbalance to fashionable theories of clashing civilizations and uniquely Asian values. In twenty-five illuminating, often humorous essays, The Missionary and the Libertine shows us why Buruma's reputation for writing the most compelling commentary on the faultlines of the East-West divide is so secure. Views: 4
Know what Crow used to say about livin' by your guns? Said it made him like a kind of alchemist. Said he was the first man in history to turn lead into gold. Yeah. Meanest son of a bitch ever. Crow.No other name. Just Crow. Dressed in black from head to toe. The meanest man in the bullet-scarred annals of the West. Nobody ever turned their back on him. A cold voice in the shadows, a vengeful angel of death ...Time was when Crow found himself holed up in Dead Hawk, Arizona. A time when the man in black wound up in jail. Killed a punk kid in self-defense. Then set loose to bring back Mayor Abe Varity and his wildcat wife, Martha. Kidnapped by a band of Apaches. Or were they? Whoever it was, Crow was out on the killing trail and folks had better watch out. Best not to tangle with Crow if you wanted to live ... (A Crow Western #3) Views: 4
Sam escapes death in Australia when the truth about his false conviction is finally revealed. But on the journey back to England he faces pirates and a terrible storm, before making the longed-for trip back up the River Thames. Finally reunited with his family in Norfolk, Sam realises how much life at sea has become part of him. So when he hears that Napoleon plans to attack England, he is tempted to join the Navy once more, and finds himself Midshipman on none other than the Victory, preparing for one of the most epic battles in history: Trafalgar. Views: 4
