Conspiracies abound in this contemporary tale of inequality, injustice and greed.Leading economists from every corner of the world will gather in Wellington New Zealand for the 4th Reaching Out Across Regions Forum. The year is 2014 and global terrorism is rising but this quiet South Pacific backwater seems peaceful and unconcerned. Nothing however is quite what it seems.An international forum, weak and apathetic governments unwilling to face difficult decisions and a secret society formed specifically to ensure change happens; these strands are woven together to create a contemporary tale where the belief that the end justifies the means is challenged.Wesley Smithson is the charismatic head of America's most respected aid organisation. 9/11 created a paradigm shift in his understanding and he determines to force global powers to redress the imbalances he had dedicated his life to overcoming. Brady Ambler is his SIC. A brilliant, influencial and manipulative man, he is responsible for creating the means to achieve this. Brady is a details man and his planning is perfect. 2014 is their time, the Forum is their opportunity, Wellington is the stage where their dreams will become reality. George Ritmeyer a UN Security head responsible for protecting world leaders and Pania Morrison of the NZ Diplomatic Protection Squad must uncover the plots before the Forum opens. George tells Pania to 'expect the unexpected' and his words prove prophetic. The forum will change the lives of all those involved in ways they least expect. Views: 886
Jonas is a pre-teen boy living happily in an orphanage when his long-lost Uncle comes for him. He is transferred to a world of wealth and riches and finally gets to learn all about his mother. But, all is not as it seems. Soon he is running for his life and must find a way to stop those that wish him dead.The Billionaire of aspen estates is the first book in a new series by M.D. James. Think of a mixture between Downton Abbey and a V.C. Andrews book and you'll have this first book of the Concord Series.Jonas is a pre-teen boy living happily in an orphanage when his long-lost Uncle comes for him. He is transferred to a world of wealth and riches and finally gets to learn all about his mother. But, all is not as it seems. Soon he is running for his life and must find a way to stop those that wish him dead. Views: 886
Part 1 of the full Hideout Adventure!
The Man With The Plan and his friends return in this fifth romp in the Swindle series!
HIDEOUT: a place to escape detection, especially when being chased by someone determined to have revenge. . .
When Griffin Bing and his friends first met Luthor, he was a vicious attack dog working for the slimy S. Wendell Palomino - as known as Swindle. The kids rescued Luthor, and never thought they'd see Swindle again.
But now Swindle's returned. And he wants his dog back.
Swindle has manipulated the law so that there's no way for Savannah Drysdale to keep Luthor in her house. Before he can be taken away, they decide to made him disappear - away from Swindle.
Six kids. Three hideouts. One extremely large dog.
What could possibly go wrong? Views: 885
The Academy...where nothing is at it seems. Kris Jameson is at the top of her classes at The Royal Academy. The only problem is, she's a girl and The Academy is an all boys school. Hiding her true identity, she hopes to survive long enough to graduate. When the class bully after her she must look to her cool, enigmatic roommate, North, for help. But North has a secret of his own...a deadly one Views: 885
When Jason learns that his seemingly normal accountant boyfriend is really cooking books for the mob he runs as fast and as far as he can. When he arrives in Albuquerque he never imagined he might find what he had always been looking for: true love.This story was written as a part of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group's 'Love is Always Write' event.The prompt was:Albuquerque during Balloon Week was insane- like Mardi Gras on laughing gas, I heard someone say. Easy to hide in the crowd. But how to get away? Once I left the festival grounds, my leg would slow me down.He was alone, trying to get his balloon off the ground. You needed at least two people to get one of these monsters in the air. Bad day, between pissed off and heartbroken written all over his face. He stared down at my leg, and I grabbed the edge of the basket for support. "Need some help?"He laughed, then looked behind me at the trail of bloody footprints I'd left. "Whoever you're running from, you just led them here, bud."I stared at the footprints, then up at him. He dropped the fuel gauge, reached out and lifted me into the basket like I was a sack of groceries. "Stay down before you fall down. I need six more minutes to get this balloon out of here. Have you got six minutes?"I shook my head. "I don't know." Views: 884
Sometimes, an animator just can't catch a break. As things come to a head at the Circus of the Damned, Anita learns some unfortunate news from Jeane-Claude about the new, ultra-powerful vamp in town, Alejandro. But these days, there are so many balls in the air, that it's hard to keep all the different players straight. But when Anita is summoned to see Master Vampire, Mister Oliver, even she can't predict the surprise that awaits her.
COLLECTING: ANITA BLAKE: CIRCUS OF THE DAMNED--THE SCOUNDREL 1-5 Views: 884
The explosive conclusion to Roland Smith's fast-paced action series! The adventures aren't over yet for Chase Masters and his dad. In this third installment, Chase heads south of the border with his friend Nicole Rossi to track down the Rossi Brothers' Circus--lions, tigers, elephants and all--after a massive earthquake hits Mexico. With a volcano about to erupt as a result of the disaster, Chase has never faced such a serious threat to his survival! Views: 884
England's Tower of London was the terrifying last stop for generations of English political prisoners. A Dangerous Inheritance weaves together the lives and fates of four of its youngest and most blameless: Lady Katherine Grey, Lady Jane's younger sister; Kate Plantagenet, an English princess who lived nearly a century before her; and Edward and Richard, the boy princes imprisoned by their ruthless uncle, Richard III, never to be heard from again. Across the years, these four young royals shared the same small rooms in their dark prison, as all four shared the unfortunate role of being perceived as threats to the reigning monarch. Views: 883
The 1940s: Hard-boiled detectives and femmes fatale are box-office gold. In one iconic scene, set in a deserted museum, the private eye arrives too late, and the buxom beauty is throttled by an ominous Egyptian priest. Now: The Black Box Cinema immortalizes Hollywood's Golden Age in its gallery of film noir tributes. But the mannequin of that Egyptian priest is hardly lifeless. He walks — and a young starlet dies a terrifying death. Movie mogul Eddie Archer's son is charged with the grisly murder. Eddie calls agent Sean Cameron, who specializes in irregular investigations. As part of an FBI paranormal forensics team, Cameron knows that nightmares aren't limited to the silver screen. Working with special-effects artist Madison Darvil — who has her own otherworldly gifts — Cameron delves into the malevolent force animating more than one movie monster. Views: 883
Question: When your mother is a powerful witch and your father is a soul-sucking vampire, what does that make you? Answer: Cursed. With all the beauty and charm of a Siren, but cursed as a blood-sucking succubus, Empusa longs for love and a normal life. Neither of these can ever be hers, because the only thing she brings to anyone she loves is death. Em lingers in the mortal world, hiding from her father and existing in a lonely life. Until she meets Brennan. With golden hair and a radiant smile, he captures her heart and awakens it from slumber. But Brennan is more than he seems. And in a relationship where life itself hangs in the balance, is love ever really enough? Views: 883
It is said that if you don’t know history, you are doomed to repeat it. Currency, combines multiple historical strands that converge on the number one issue of our time, the geographic location of economic and military power in the 21st century. Economic Thriller! An incredible story of power, romance, revenge and international finance spanning three centuries. The book could not be more timely!"Currency combines history, finance, romance and action into a timely and entertaining read on a subject that has serious economic and national security implications. My wife and I both enjoyed reading it."Hon. David M. WalkerFormer U.S. Comptroller GeneralTodd Wood’s economic thriller, “Currency,” spans three centuries and includes tales of pirates and America’s early leaders. “Currency” kept me curious until the very end. A unique page-turner. —Bill Gertz, senior editor, The Washington Free Beacon.In Currency, Wood has pulled off a first novel that captures the reader with a page-turning adventure, while it addresses head-on the most pressing and intense global economic, military and political issues of our very challenging current times.Wood's real world experience on both Wall Street and at the center of the US Military Special Operations world, combine with his love of history and command of current global issues, to create a story that is as intense and gripping as it is timely.Currency weaves the historical adventures of our US Founding Fathers who built the country's early economic structure, with current day hero Connor Murray. Connor unexpectedly finds himself thrust into a world shaped as much by greed, betrayal and violence as it by heroism, loyalty, love and the quest for personal peace.Fate forces Murray to navigate events that play out on the world stage. The United States' current economic weakness collides with its international rival's very real drive for economic, political and military influence. This collision produces an intense drama and adventure that is as scary as it is possible amidst the world's current state of affairs and balance of power.If you love a good adventure story on both the personal and international level - Currency is a must read. If you're concerned about how the United State's current economic challenges could play out for the country in a very real way - Currency is a must read. And if you want to be an early reader of a new author who has tremendous promise - Currency is definitely a must read. Views: 883
This is a riveting novel, cleverly written with many twists and turns of all extremities. When a new family hosts a dinner party in Riverwolf Pass, it turns out to be more deadly than anyone would suspect. Will anyone survive? Ivan and Latianna are going to give it their best stab as they battle ferocious beasts for one shot at true love and a happy ending... will it ever be happy? Find out now...Ivan speeds through downtown Riverwolf Pass. His heart is pumping faster than ever before. Adrenaline rushes through his veins. There's only one thing on his mind... that thing just happens to be the thing that's on everybody's mind... The Dinner Party. Ivan speeds up the road to the old manner where the dinner party is being held... where the unsuspecting victims wait. The manipulative monsters dwell there, waiting for the perfect moment to make their move. Ivan has to destroy them... the fate of the entire town is in Ivan's hands. Latianna, the new girl in town, warns him that it won't be easy. She begs him to flee town without her, but he doesn't listen. Now, the dinner party is rapidly approaching... the impending doom looms over the town like a low, gray cloud. Will Ivan be able to handle it... or will he crack to pieces under the heart-wrenching pressure?The path we take is long and winding, the road is bumpy and rarely ever do two friends make it through it all. Especially two newly made friends who attend a dinner party that should seem so quaint and ordinary. But, in Riverwolf Pass, dinner parties seem to be taking a treacherous turn. What could possibly be so dangerous about a dinner party? I'll tell you. When dinner parties include blood-sucking beasts, riveting plots, true love, intriguing characters, unsuspecting victims, all written with cleverly surprising twists and turns of unimaginable extremities, they can most certainly put one in grave danger. Views: 883
Scherzo Trepan's journey to the underworld begins each morning on the banks of a river. A rusted fridge is his elevator and to the sweat and heat of an incinerator plant he travels. Until one day he wakes up in a hospital to the sight of aliens landing and the sound of a snapped on rubber glove.He searches for his dead sister, Rhiann, whose marriage to the Devil has been arranged by their father as a means of enhancing his job prospects.Accompanied by a three-legged mutant and a spanner, Scherzo makes a perilous descent into Hell, whilst on the surface world plots shift and transubstantiate, past and future conjoin, entities expostulate, characters - living and dead - get stuck on roundabouts."A manic surrealist tapestry of outrageous colours and heady descriptive passages that may well burn holes in your brain. Or make a cat-flap." Views: 882
Gabie drives a Mini Cooper. She also works part time as a delivery girl at Pete’s Pizza. One night, Kayla—another delivery girl—goes missing. To her horror, Gabie learns that the supposed kidnapper had asked if the girl in the Mini Cooper was working that night. Gabie can’t move beyond the fact that Kayla’s fate was really meant for her, and she becomes obsessed with finding Kayla. She teams up with Drew, who also works at Pete’s. Together, they set out to prove that Kayla isn’t dead—and to find her before she is. Views: 882
The Fisher is a short story set in the early 21st century about a man in the mountains of Colorado. A young man struggling to find a balance between modern society and the joys of nature.Please note, this is a short story.Luke and James are nine-year-old twin brothers. Being lost in the dark is not on their list of things to do. They would prefer not to share their sleeping bags with a snake. And they don’t want to spend their school holidays with their eccentric Aunt Lucy, in the middle of nowhere. The boys face daunting and exciting challenges when they find themselves lost and alone in pitch-black tunnels and caves inhabited by spiders, lizards, bats and glow worms. They will need to face their deepest fears and draw strength and courage from places deep within themselves. This is an adventure story about being bad-mannered, self-centred and scared, and also about being friendly, considerate and courageous. It’s about finding the best part of yourself and liking who you discover yourself to be. This story is a page turner for young people getting into their first novels. Views: 882
