For millennia we've caught only glimpses of the lives and loves of the gods and goddesses on Olympus. Now Aime Carter pulls back the curtain on how they became the powerful, petty, loving and dangerous immortals that Kate Winters knows. Calliope/Hera represented constancy and yet had a husband who never matched her faithfulness.... Ava/Aphrodite was the goddess of love and yet commitment was a totally different deal.... Persephone was urged to marry one man, yet longed for another.... James/Hermes loved to make trouble for others - but never knew true loss before.... Henry/Hades's solitary existence had grown too wearisome to continue. But meeting Kate Winters gave him a new hope.... Five original novellas of love, loss and longing and the will to survive throughout the ages. Views: 68
Her Fortescue Diamond, a short story with a modern take on an age-old dilemma ...'You write such wonderful heroes in your books Alicia, I've fallen in love with every one of them so far. So, how come you still haven't found a hero of your own?''That's because the heroes in my stories are make-believe men. No real man could live up to them.''Well of course they're not real Luvvy, you're a fiction writer. But writing about impossibly handsome, heroic types in your books shouldn't stop you from finding one in real life.''But Polly, real-life heroes just don't exist. Or, if they do, they're as rare as ... the Fortescue Diamond.'Rare? Maybe ... but just how perfect must the right man be? Views: 68
Kayleigh Hardy can't believe her bad luck. After a few life-changing events, she was ready to get her life back. Vowing to finally get her college degree, she returns to college. Unfortunately, the stress of her life causes a few other problems she wasn't prepared for: Kayleigh discovers she has Lupus.Phineas (Finn) Callahan took one look at his beautiful new client and cursed the Irish gods for his bad luck. He was taking a vacation from women. Finn knows that vow just flew out the window. With every instinct in his body telling him to kiss her, another instinct was taking over. He wanted to take care of her. Forever.He just has to convince Kayleigh that he's actually good for her. Views: 68
“Being a werewolf is harder than it looks. Everyone thinks it’s just morph at the full moon, kill, morph back. That’s not true. It’s a lot harder than that. Especially if you are seventeen years old.”Willow has the worst luck. First she has to deal with her narcissistic foster mother, Bella; then of course there’s her horrid little sister Ivy; not to mention the pack of werewolves that belong to Bella. Now, they have to move and start a new school - again.Just when Willow thinks things can’t get any worse, Blake shows up from a council she never knew existed to name her leader of a pack she never knew existed. How was she supposed to teach a bunch of teenagers how to be wolves when she herself hated everything about her life? Views: 68
Jilted by a man who professed to love her and then married another, McKenna MacGreagor fled to Colorado’s Marblestone Mansion hoping to heal her broken heart. Six months later, she still couldn’t stop thinking about him. Once a prominent duchess in London high society, Alexandra Sinclair, a.k.a. Olivia MacGreagor, found herself in a London house of detention. She was charged with bigamy and theft, and faced five years in a dreadful prison. Could the solicitor her new love hired get the charges dropped, and if so, was she headed back to Colorado? Views: 68
"...a riveting and entertaining read. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED."Karen Cantwell, author of the Barbara Marr mystery series (Take the Monkeys and Run)"...several nights I read until I couldn't keep my eyes open."- Misha Crews, author of Still Waters and Homesong"That was a hell of a ride! I loved it!"- Angie H., Goodreads In the late nineties, a bad cop killed a good woman and DC Homicide detective Marty Singer got to watch as the murderer walked out of the courtroom a free man. Twelve years later, the victim's daughter comes to Marty begging for help: the killer is stalking her now.There's just one problem: Marty's retired...and he's retired because he's battling cancer. But with a second shot at the killer--and a first chance at redemption--Marty's just found A Reason to Live. The Marty Singer detective series:A Reason to Live (Marty Singer #1)Blueblood (Marty Singer #2)One Right Thing (Marty Singer #3)Please note One Right Thing was formerly promoted under the title Signs.From the AuthorIn writing A Reason to Live, I wanted to develop the main character, Marty Singer, in such a way that the reader could see him as walking, talking, living human being. Super-human protagonists who can do no wrong are the norm in the thriller business these days and--while I'm a big fan of many of those books--that's not what I wanted to write.My hero has problems--romantic, physical, and emotional--that are not of his own making, but they don't disappear just because he's in the middle of stopping a vicious killer and saving a young woman's life. In fact, his personal issues often get in the way of reaching his goals. It's this interplay of Marty's personal life, mixed with plenty of action and suspense, that I think will make A Reason to Live appealing to lovers of thrillers, suspense, and crime fiction. Views: 68
Join Percy Drummond on an unforgettable quest to solve the long-hidden mystery of the Westbrooke estate. . .as he finds that the greatest treasure was nearer than he imagined. Views: 68
Fantasy/Mystery. 77215 words long. First published in Stalking the Unicorn: A Fable of Tonight, 1987 Views: 68
Robin Curtis and her son Paul have come to Devil Creek to start over after her bitter divorce. Also new to the area is Mike Landware—a writer haunted by the death of his wife. Neither of them are looking for love or trouble, but in Devil Creek, it's possible they'll find both. At first Devil Creek seems like an idyllic small town, but it's not long until things begin to go horribly wrong. A young hoodlum takes an automatic weapon into town for a killing spree that shocks everyone. The same night, a serial killer begins stalking the women of the community. When Paul goes missing in the mountains, it's up to Robin and Mike to find him and to find out what's going on in their new home . . . before it's too late and another victim is added to the growing death toll. Views: 68
