A Deal from Heaven
Living in New York City, Penelope Trudeau has seen a lot of weird stuff-but nothing like the insane redhead who accosts her with a wild proposition. Penelope will get a million dollars if she has a baby with the strange woman's brother. With her mother dying from a mysterious disease, Penelope can use the money. Yet the terrified waitress is adamant that her womb and eggs are not for sale . . . until she meets her intended mate. He's impressively built, gorgeous, and red-hot, literally. He's a freaking immortal Sun God.
For thousands of years, Kinich (Nick to his friends) didn't believe in fraternizing with humans, so procreating with them is definitely a no-no. But after one sizzling encounter with the beautiful, passionate Penelope, Nick begins to think he was wrong . . . until he realizes meeting Penelope was just another one of his crazy sister's schemes at manipulation. But now that he has Penelope in his life, he can't let her go. Especially because doing so means throwing her into the hands of his dangerous enemies.
Approx. 90,000 words.
The Accidentally Yours Series
BOOK 1: Accidentally in Love with...a God?
BOOK 2: Accidentally Married to...a Vampire?
BOOK 3: Sun God Seeks...Surrogate?
BOOK 3.5: Accidentally...Evil? (a Novella)
BOOK 4: Vampires Need Not...Apply?
BOOK 4.5: Accidentally...Cimil? (a Novella) (Coming in January 2014)
BOOK 5: Accidentally...Over? (Coming in August 2014) Views: 276
A gripping, action-packed short story available only as an eBook—from a master of character, crime, and urgent suspense.
Will Trent, a dedicated agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for fifteen years, knows that there’s definitely such a thing as a cop’s intuition. Which is why he should have listened to his own.
While in an airport restroom at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International, Will overhears a girl’s pleading, plaintive voice: “Please, I wanna go home.” Something isn’t right here, thinks Will. He feels it in his gut. But he waits too long to act, and now the girl and the anxious, angry man she’s with have disappeared into the crowds at the busiest passenger airport in the world.
After a desperate search and with time running out, Will makes a call to his supervisor, Amanda Wagner. Will’s partner, Faith Mitchell, immediately sends out an abducted child alert. The entire airport will soon be grinding to a halt: Almost 100 million passengers a year. Five runways. Seven concourses. Six million square feet of space that sprawled across two counties, three cities, and five jurisdictions. All shut down on a dime because Will has a hunch that he is certain is true: a girl, maybe six or seven years old, has been snatched from God knows where. And he intends to bring her back—no matter what it takes.
Includes an exclusive excerpt from Karin Slaughter’s thrilling new novel of suspense, Criminal.
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“Karin Slaughter is one of the best crime novelists in America.”—The Washington Post
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“Move over, Catherine Coulter—Slaughter may be today’s top female suspense writer.”—Library Journal *(starred review) Views: 276
Anxious brides. Drunken businessmen. Panicked partygoers. As Bigtime, New York’s premiere event planner, Abby Appleby is capable of handling almost any crisis, but even she’s not prepared when she finds herself in the middle of a fight between superhero Talon and his ubervillain nemesis Bandit. Abby manages to save Talon, but the superhero is temporarily blinded, so she takes him back to her loft, where the two wait out a snowstorm. During a blizzard that shuts down the city, Abby and Talon grow close, and he starts calling her Nightingale because of her love of music and singing.
But Abby is afraid of what Talon will think when he can see the real her, so she conceals her identity from the sexy superhero, and they go their separate ways. However, Abby discovers that Talon is looking for Nightingale, looking for her—and so is Bandit. The mercenary ubervillain thinks that Abby has information that belongs to his boss, the mysterious Tycoon. Abby knows that she’s in serious trouble and that not even Talon—or the Fearless Five—may be able to save her … Views: 276
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them. Views: 275
The expression 'femme fatale' could have been coined for Barbara Skelton. She had many admirers - Peter Quennell, Feliks Topolski, Cyril Connolly, King Farouk, George Weidenfeld, Derek Jackson, the list is not exhaustive - some of whom she married. Tears Before Bedtime and Weep No More were first published separately in 1987 and 1989; they then appeared in one paperback volume in 1993. It is in this form they are being reissued in Faber Finds.As Jeremy Lewis, her literary executor, puts it these memoirs 'combine waspishness and wit in equal measure. She had a keen eye for the absurd, and a ruthless ability to skewer friends and foes alike with an exact and colourful turn of phrase ...''Uniquely savage memoirs of rackety highbrow life ... One feels Balzac is the novelist who would best do justice to all this in fictional form.' Anthony Powell'Provides some of the funniest reading I can remember.' Auberon Waugh,... Views: 275
Coming home from war can be hell.ll Jimmy Dalton wanted after fighting for his country was a quiet life. But a notorious gangster has other ideas and Jimmy finds himself in a war of a different kind.Jimmy Dalton is a man haunted by horrific events in Afghanistan, coming home,all he wants is to get his head together, and spend time with hisfather.Phil Duggan, notorious boss of one of the biggestunderworld crime families in London has other ideas. He is in troublewith the Russian Mafia, who are trying to muscle in on his territory,they have kidnapped his daughter in order to force him to do theirbidding.Dalton is persuaded it would be in his best interests touse his talents to rescue Duggan's daughter, the fact Duggan washolding his father, left Dalton no choice, and so he steps back into aworld he tried to leave behind when he joined the Parachute Regiment.Events spiral out of control, leaving Dalton set on a pathof revenge that may turn the streets of London red with blood, a paththat may not only destroy those he cares about; but also his sanity andhis very soul.But one thing is for sure Duggan will learn, to his cost, the true meaning of family loyalty. Views: 275
The third story in a series by David Brining exploring life in post-Communist Russia, Sergey Priapin is beginning to hate his wife. Caught in the middle, his sons dream of a future in the USA, far away from the chaos and stress.The Priapin's marriage is beginning to crack. Sergey, a wealthy media mogul and possible Parliamentary candidate, and Tanya, a high-flying lawyer, barely talk, and when they do, it's to exchange barbed comments about each other's pasts. Caught in the middle, their sons Misha and Sasha, dream of a life in the USA, far away from the chaos and stress of Yeltsin's Russia, but Sergey's ambitions and Tanya's career threaten the stability of the family itself. Third short story in a series by David Brining exploring life in post-Communist Russia. Views: 275
The Spider Lady was supposed to be just an urban legend. A spooky story to explain away the occasional missing pet or child. But when Charlie Berger and his friends attempt to contact the spirits of her alleged victims with a Ouija board, their harmless dabbling in the occult turns into a full-blown nightmare of death, destruction and angry zombies.The Spider Lady was supposed to be just an urban legend. A spooky story to explain away the occasional missing pet or child. But when Charlie Berger and his friends attempt to contact the spirits of her alleged victims with a Ouija board, their harmless dabbling in the occult turns into a full-blown nightmare of death, destruction and angry zombies. Too late do they realize they’ve fallen into the Spider Lady’s web—a web in which the girl Charlie cares about the most could be changed forever into a monstrous arachnid. To set her free, Charlie’s going to have to wrestle with his own dark past, uncover sinister family secrets, consort with paranoid witches and quite possibly sell his soul. Sure, he can save the day—if he can keep his undead friends from killing him first. Views: 275
Set in the world of Blade Runner long before the days of the Nexus 6, we follow the workers of Tyrell Corps as they impliment The Process. Is it all it seems?Set in the world of Blade Runner long before the days of the Nexus 6, we follow the workers of Tyrell Corps as they impliment The Process. Is it all it seems?Learn about the life of the first Nexus 3, learn more about Doctor Eldon Tyrell and discover the secret of the Voight test. Views: 275
Jocelyn Butler has been hiding from her past for years. But all her secrets are about to be laid bare…
Four years ago, Jocelyn left her tragic past behind in the States and started over in Scotland, burying her grief, ignoring her demons, and forging ahead without attachments. Her solitary life is working well—until she moves into a new apartment on Dublin Street where she meets a man who shakes her carefully guarded world to its core.
Braden Carmichael is used to getting what he wants, and he’s determined to get Jocelyn into his bed. Knowing how skittish she is about entering a relationship, Braden proposes an arrangement that will satisfy their intense attraction without any strings attached.
But after an intrigued Jocelyn accepts, she realizes that Braden won’t be satisfied with just mind-blowing passion. The stubborn Scotsman is intent on truly knowing her… down to the very soul. Views: 275
