In the court of Elizabeth I, the daughter of the queen's powerful spymaster becomes a secret agent, and plays a dangerous role in saving her country from its ruthless enemies.In Tudor England, traitors are everywhere and the queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, is assembling the greatest intelligence-gathering network in the world. Walsingham's only daughter, Lady Frances Sidney, is smart, courageous, and unhappy in love. She longs for the excitement of decoding encrypted messages and setting traps for those working for rival Mary, Queen of Scots. But Frances's father refuses her any opportunity to contribute to the desperate effort of keeping England safe.Then Elizabeth, impressed with Frances's fiery spirit, calls her to court as a lady-in-waiting, and Frances seizes the chance to prove herself. Soon, she wins the trust of her father's de-coders and begins her secret work, thrilled with the freedom to test her talents. But her peril is compounded as her... Views: 68
Wighard, Archbishop designate of Canterbury, has been found dead, garrotted in his chambers in Rome's Lateran Palace in the autumn of A.D. 664. His murderer seems apparent to all, since an Irish religieux was arrested by the palace guards as he fled Wighard's chamber, but the monk denies responsibility for the crime, and the treasures missing from Wighard's chambers are nowhere to be found.The bishop in charge of affairs at the Lateran Palace suspects a political motive and is wary of charging someone without independent evidence. So he asks Sister Fidelma of the Celtic Church to look into Wighard's death. Fidelma (an advocate of the Brehon Court), working with Brother Eadulf of the Roman Church, quickly finds herself with very few clues, too many motives, a trail strewn with bodies—and very little time before the killer strikes again. Views: 68
Ryan Porter is a sculptor, and beneath his callused hands, even the most
rigid metals bend to his will. So, too, does his girlfriend, Megan—a confident, strong
woman who delights in submitting to Ryan’s dominance in the bedroom. Megan is a Mountie,
and she’s spent the past few years in the Arctic following her career dreams. Family
obligations kept Ryan at home, but their love survived the distance thanks to several
hot visits. A Mountie always gets her man, and Megan is bound and determined to keep
Ryan. Now Megan’s with Ryan for the holidays…but how long will this visit last? She’s
always been willing to do anything Ryan desires, but will he finally tell her that all
he needs for Christmas is her? Views: 68
I'm Adrienne Haus, survivor of a mother-daughter book club. Most of us didn't want to join. My mother signed me up because I was stuck at home all summer, with my knee in a brace. CeeCee's parents forced her to join after cancelling her Paris trip because she bashed up their car. The members of "The Unbearable Book Club," CeeCee, Jill, Wallis, and I, were all going into eleventh grade A.P. English. But we weren't friends. We were literary prisoners, sweating, reading classics, and hanging out at the pool. If you want to find out how membership in a book club can end up with a person being dead, you can probably look us up under mother-daughter literary catastrophe. Or open this book and read my essay, which I'll turn in when I go back to school.From the Hardcover edition. Views: 68
A friend's murder takes Cuddy back to the dark days of VietnamAs military policemen, John Francis Cuddy and Al Sachs bonded while patrolling the wild streets of American-occupied Saigon. Over a decade later, Cuddy is a private detective making a living in Boston's back alleys. Awoken by a ringing phone at seven a.m., Cuddy is shocked to hear Sachs asking to meet for a drink that night. His old friend's voice reminds him of the time a Cagney movie inspired Sachs to say that, if ever captured by enemy agents, he would break his pinkie finger to signal to Cuddy that his death was not an accident. Sachs never shows for the drink, and the next morning he is found naked in a park, his body mangled and his pinkie broken.To avenge his friend, Cuddy confronts a dark military cover-up, and travels back to the war zone he thought he left behind years ago. Views: 68
"I had seen every last secret laid bare in my own house, every briefcase in Banville gaping open.But I had missed one."Fifteen-year-old Sarah Vale has disappeared from the small town of Banville.Resident copper Sergeant Henson attempts to find the missing girl but the locals dismiss his investigations. What would you expect with a mother like hers anyway?No one really cares except teenager Tommy Johns - for Sarah Vale takes a straight line to his heart.And, sometimes, one true champion is all it takes to tear a town's veneer apart.A delicate and layered exploration of secrets and lies, forgotten children and absent parents, and the long shadows of the past.An extraordinary debut from a talented new writer. Views: 68
A Lady of ExpectationsJack Lester seeks the perfect bride--one who is attractive and kind, but who also loves him in spite of his wealth. Which is why he keeps this trifling detail hidden. But when Sophie Winterton enters his life, believing he must marry into wealth to run his family's estate, how will he convince her that she is the woman he desires--and that he can be the husband she deserves?Secrets of a CourtesanEve Nightingale thought she had put her past as mistress to the Duke of Welburn behind her. But when the handsome duke strolls into her small village, she finds it hard to keep her secrets concealed...and to keep her heart from stirring for him once again.How to Woo a SpinsterStill unmarried at twenty-eight, Lady Emmaline Daughtry has resigned herself to spinsterhood. Then Captain John Alistair arrives at her door--the very image of the perfect lover of her most private dreams. But can a... Views: 68
Life can't get much better for Sam Lock. Popular, good-looking, and with a future as a professional football player. every guy at Stanton High School wishes he were Sam. That is, until his championship football game, when Sam accidentally links with an ancient source of energy known as the Veil and reveals his potential to become a powerful sorcerer.Sam is whisked off to Atlas Crown, a community of sorcerers who utilize the Veil as a part of everyday life. Once there, he trains beside a mute boy who speaks through music, an eternal sage who's the eyes and ears of the Veil, and a beautiful girl who's pretty sure Sam's an idiot.As it becomes clear Sam's meant for power magic-the most feared and misunderstood form of sorcery-people beyond Atlas Crown learn of his dangerous potential. An exiled group of power sorcerers are eager to recruit Sam, believing that he is destined to help them achieve their long-held goal. If they succeed, they could bring about the downfall of not only Atlas Crown. but all humankind.** Views: 68
It’s 2012. Maxtla Colhua is an Investigator for the Empire--an Aztec Empire that, having successfully repelled Hernan Cortes in 1603, stretches from one end of what we know as the Americas to the other. Now the Last Sun is upon Maxtla’s people, and someone has decided to punctuate it with a series of grisly murders reminiscent of the Aztecs’ pagan sacrifices in ancient times. Can Maxtla find the killer before his city is ripped apart and the Last Sun becomes the death knell for the Empire?Aztan: The Last Sun is the first in a series of brand-new murder mysteries set in an exciting world that never was but could have been! Views: 68
Now lovers in every sense, former hotel maid, Liz Turner, and billionaire crown prince, Alexander Vassar, are in Indonesia for a much needed break. But when they receive an urgent call that says, “Come home now, your father has had a heart attack�, Liz is hurled unprepared into a royal world where prejudices run high and the classes are clearly divided. Views: 68
