This story is kinda sad (awww) but it has this one part with the smoking remains of a burnt car driven by a char-black skeleton, so there's that. Also, there are gnomes lurking about :DSet in the urban area of Tokyo in the near future, the story revolves around Touka Kimizuki and her twin brother, Yuuto. Both of them are just like a typical 16-year old high schooler. But they're actually recruited by Public Security Intelligence Agency (PSIA) to become a secret agent due to their ability to kill skilled assassins while they were still in the middle school.Together with their father who is the Head of Special Activities Division in PSIA and his squad, they receive a mission to ensure the safety of the last remaining researcher for Transhuman Development Project, Dr. Nobuhiko Hayama. He's their only hope to unfold the mystery behind the other researchers' deaths.Little they know that their first encounter with Dr. Hayama leads to something they least expect. And this is just the beginning. Views: 357
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Blake Given’s web-enabled fridge has pulled the plug on the Internet, turning its owner’s life – and the whole world – upside down. The Fridgularity is the story of a reluctant prophet, Internet addicts in withdrawal and a kitchen appliance with delusions of grandeur. Views: 357
The Hillbilly Jungle: Part TwoThe adventure continues across the Great Smokey Mountains for Karen, Jeff, and Fox.What people are saying about this book:"Finally, someone uses my WHOLE quote!": Ned Kelly."I guess I should have known it would come to this.": Noah"If only I had passed through Seagull City on my way to Rangoon!" Russell Guy. Views: 357
She's loved him for years...
Charlotte Grant can't remember a time when she didn't love her best friend's older brother.
He's never noticed her...
The Duke of Clarington hadn't spared a thought for his sister's friend in years.
Their situations are about to be reversed...
It is the beginning of a new Season and Clarington intends to stay away from all the young ladies and eager mamas hoping to ensnare a duke. But that plan falls into tatters when his mother sponsors his sister's friend and enlists him to dance with her at Almack's. The beautiful vixen he meets that night bears little resemblance to the shy, gangly girl who used to follow him around. Now, instead of avoiding Charlotte, he finds himself frustrated when she seems to notice everyone but him.
Dancing with the Duke is a short prequel novella to the Landing a Lord series. Views: 357
Jaiden Daniels, son of a billionaire, has it all.Everything but Mina Lin's heart.Two years after Mina had rejected him, Jaiden convinces himself that he has forgotten all about her. Mina is but a memory... and yet his heart can't help but go crazy in Mina's presence. He wants Mina, but so does a creep... Can Jaiden win Mina's love and save her from a crazy admirer before it's too late?The Orb of Wrath combines fantasy, intrigue and adventure, while transports the reader into a world where almost nothing is what it seems. Plots, counterplots, mysteries, blossoming relationships, disappointments, betrayals, dangers and successes, are combined in this fun cocktail.Erion is a skilled looter who runs the kingdom of Bor with his "brother" Mithir, performing dangerous commissions for wealthy clients. Mithir helps with his long trained magical abilities. One day, when they are doing one of their assignments, they encounter another group of adventurers, with whom they are forced to cooperate.The plot runs in the World of Oris which consists of 12 kingdoms and includes elves clans, dangerous monsters, dwarf kings, rich desert emirs, strange beasts, hospital halflings, ferocious orcs, ingenious gnomes, powerful wizards, brave knights, merchants, terrible vampires, etc. Recommended for the permanent library of all fantasy readers.Do you dare to accompany Erion and his friends in their adventures? Views: 357
This is a free preview of the first 27 chapters of Next Time We Steal The Carillon.College life and crime detection are seen through the eyes of our student investigators. These contemporary temporary sleuths live through a cozy mystery set at a Midwestern college during the 1990s. And yes, they are not taking it seriously.Missing: a valuable antiquity.Suspicious occult occurrences, a séance, car troubles, another séance, injury in the forest, strange people not a part of the campus community are roaming the campus, pleasant fall weather, and, someone is following our Veronica. Is he some rejected suitor or someone harboring bad thoughts about our investigators? Holy smoke! What’s she going to do? What are they going to do?Will the ancient bowl return? Will our detectors find who done it? Are Veronica and Monica, who are cute as kittens, affecting the objectivity and efficiency of Ralphy and Jason? I can’t tell! Who won the game, and what happened at the dance? All these questions—and more—will be answered before you put this book down. This is a story about good kids with a devil of a job.No animals were injured in the writing of this story. Views: 357
Colette strives to survive her broken relationship with Paul, whom she once thought to be the love of her life. She removes colour from her life and submerges herself in a sea of black. Haunted by memories, time passes, and then there is Gerard and the hope of something new. A contemporary story with a French overtone.This is a contemporary story with a French overtone about a failed romance. Colette strives to survive her broken relationship with Paul, whom she once thought to be the love of her life. She removes colour from her life and submerges herself in a sea of black. Love is lost, leaving behind an aching, broken heart and memories. Her senses let her down as smells, tastes, sights and sounds only remind her of what she no longer has. Time passes, and then there is Gerard. Colette purposefully erases all trace of her previous lover from her life. Hope looms bright before her and the possibility of a new start. Views: 356
When 26-year-old vampire Ian Marcellus and 38-year-old single mother Jo Montgomery are unexplainably drawn to each other, Jo is forced to realize her own magickal powers and must come to terms with them in order to save everyone she loves from Mia, the seductive, scheming vampire from Ian’s past.Ian and Jo cannot explain the magnetic pull that they feel to each other, but they also cannot ignore it. This attraction brings to life a series of events, beginning with the discovery of Jo herself being a powerful witch and the worry that her daughter may also inherit this burden. A prophecy is brought to light indirectly indicating that Jo is the one who will rid the earth of Mia’s evil; a fact that Jo has great difficulty accepting. Jo is introduced to Lena Mayfair who is also a witch and owns the local natural remedies shop; Lena helps Jo to overcome her apprehensions and assumes the role of her mentor, teaching her that her abilities are not a curse but in fact a gift. Ian’s brother Marcus and his long time girlfriend Isabella also become intertwined in the story as they have both been affected by Mia’s maliciousness as well, and will do whatever it takes to help Jo defeat her. As the bond between Ian and Jo continues to grow so does Ian’s desire to protect Jo from all of the chaos that has befallen her, he does not even stop to consider that it may be he who is in need of her protection. Views: 356
William Gardner rejuvenates our attitudes towards ethics and morals in a low-key,thought-provoking, suspenseful, amusing, and addictive way with his new novella that traces a month in the course of two families wending their way through modern life. While a first work for this author, he brings us insights gathered over 75 years. He spoofs his own efforts in his must-read epilogue.The clock is ticking, and time is running out...NOT ALL THINGS BOUND IN CHAINS SHOULD BE FREEDTime for Melinda is fast running out. Time for her to make her escape. And time to make a daring rescue.The only thing fifteen-year-old Melinda has been thinking about ever since she found out that she was betrothed to a man twice her age was how to escape the madness of the cult she had been trapped in. But escape seems easier said than done, especially since Melinda is being kept under the watchful eyes of her Uncle, an Aunt who never seems to sleep, and the Elders.Melinda has the unique ability to see things no one can, like Angels and, once one Halloween, a demon. Her power also allows her to see a boy named Caleb, who isn't really a boy but has the fading aura of an Angel, get captured by the Elders. Kept in chains and tortured, Calebís agonizing cries are a constant reminder of why she must get as far away from the cult as she can. She must escape, and soon, but not without trying to rescue Caleb.Does Melinda have the power to not only save herself, but to save Caleb? And if she can save him, has she saved an angelÖ or a demon?If you wish to read more, download and find out what happens! Views: 356
Determined to rebuild her life following a suicide attempt, beautiful young American concert pianist Jessica Beaumont retreats to a 17th century cottage near the village of Kenwick, in rural England. She is embroiled in the murder investigation of a secretive neighbor who was hacked to death in his manor house with his own kitchen cleaver. She soon becomes romantically entangled with one of the murder suspects, a handsome wealthy landowner. Hungry for love, she flings herself full-tilt into an affair with him. Then, on a rainy evening, Detective Inspector Michael "Mick" Chandra of New Scotland Yard shows up at the door of her rented cottage, informing her that he has been assigned to reopen the case. Against the backdrop of a violent murder evolves a passionate love story. When Jess herself finds the critical clue to the killing, she is threatened to become the next victim. Views: 356
2595: Ten years after The Fourth Spacer War with the rival GigaCorps. Naero Amashin Maeris works in her Clan's merchant fleet, dreaming of her own ship and developing psyonic powers without going nuts. After tragedy strikes her Clan in the Unknown Regions, enemy agents stalk her, believing she holds the key to secrets priceless and deadly: lost tek data from an ancient, godlike alien race.2595: Ten years after The Fourth Spacer War with the rival GigaCorps. Naero Amashin Maeris works in her Clan's merchant fleet, dreaming of her own ship and developing psyonic powers without going nuts. After tragedy strikes her Clan in the Unknown Regions, agents from the Corps stalk her, believing she holds the key to secrets priceless and deadly: lost tek data from an ancient, godlike alien race. Soon she's caught up in a white hot intrigue of raiders, assassins, and warring interstellar spies and navies. Even worse, the greatest threat might yet lurk deep within herself. And Naero's Run has only just begun to heat up. Views: 356
The sky beyond Neptune’s orbit has gone dark. Colonel Tomás Rexhaut is an attack cruiser commander assigned to Triton Station who is ordered to find out why. Rexhaut’s wife and only love has been murdered in a cowardly terrorist act on Enceladus, and while dealing with his grief, suddenly finds himself on a first contact mission where he meets Jeel, who will give him deeply unsettling news.Six short sci-fi chapters from the giants who create universes to those seeking an answer. Snowfields, invisible monsters that are as big as a freight train, a snow world with a pulsar star and all the gold one could imagine, the old west as you've never seen it. A blackhole sucking the life from a giant red sun, and those who worship them as Gods. More action, and twists to this free little collection and a tie-in to the original sci-fi by Sebar entitled "SOL". Views: 356
Harry Potter for grown-ups!Everything you could ask for in Fantasy! Legendary monsters, magic, amazing weapons, a wisecracking gorilla and a dragon. All this and there's still room for a sexy succubus. Buffy fans will love this book!How would you feel about being hired away from a dismal office job, to work for a consortium of elder gods? Declan Aingeal wasn't sure how he felt either. One moment he is toiling away under endless stacks of paperwork and the next he is dealing with an army of killer clones and monsters of legend. It sounds like more than he bargained for, but how could he say no to the perks only gods can provide? Weapons forged by gods, the best sidekicks a guy could ask for and a sexually frustrated car to drive. As long as the girl he has a crush on doesn't eat him, things should work out just fine.Dive into the series that people are calling a Harry Potter series for the older readers. Views: 356
