Thaniel has been chosen for the sacrifice that will renew the lands and bring sorely needed rain, and it is a duty he has always accepted. On his last day he ventures out to enjoy those things he loves and finds final resolve in all that he enjoys. But that resolve is tested in the moment when he must say goodbye to his dearest friend ... Views: 67
Whiskey has never been the start of any fairytale romance. At least not until Noah Perugino has one way too many and ends up on the doorstep of his best friend’s fiancé. He’s loved Billy Calleira from the first moment he laid eyes on the mocha skinned buxom beauty but was always too afraid to admit it. Will a little liquid courage finally allow him the confidence to go after what he’s always wanted? Views: 67
A novella and collection of short stories by Scotland's favourite novelist. Two men sit petrified on Christmas Eve at the thought of spending it in supernatural company; a young family makes a tense Cross-channel trip in fear of some unspecified threat; an old man contemplates jumping to his death at the thought of being evicted from the house in which he has lived all his life. In this book, Doris Davidson looks back over an immensely successful writing career in a collection of twenty short stories, which also includes her eagerly awaited latest work, the novella "Duplicity". Covering a wide range of themes and moods, these stories are a wonderful tribute to the skill and imagination of one of Scotland's best-loved authors. Views: 67
All's not fair in love and war.Sixteen-year-old Luisa is not looking to win any awards for school spirit. So when her English teacher volunteers her to be an anonymous columnist for the school paper, Luisa's first impulse is to run. But she decides to take on the assignment to cover her school's fundraiser, which pits the girls against the boys. Luisa will cover the events from the female POV, while another anonymous writer provides the male perspective.The two columnists soon find themselves engaged in an epic battle of the sexes – a battle that Luisa is determined to win, even if it means risking the best relationship she's ever had. Views: 67
This is the book the Iranian authorities have been dreading you might one day read and have taken drastic measures to ensure that you don't. It is a story of such horrific brutality that anyone who was sceptical about claims that Iran is part of the 'axis of evil' will have that scepticism dispelled by the time they finish reading it. A real insight into the sickening torture jails of Iran and the gut-wrenching horror of the treatment dished out to political prisoners who oppose the regime, this does not make easy reading. Dr. Reza Ghaffari was a professor at the University of Tehran until his arrest in the spring of 1981, under suspicion of being a member of a banned socialist group. This is his story from the time of his arrest to his eventual escape a decade later. It recounts his experiences through ten years of torture and as a witness to, and near victim of, prison massacres. But the book is not merely a catalogue of atrocities. It is also one of triumph for integrity and... Views: 67
When a movie starring tween heartthrob Seth Ryan starts filming in Park Slope, everyone gets movie mania-including Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair. Though her plans to become a movie extra don't quite work out, Maggie manages to capture Seth's attention and he seeks her out at the Pizza Den to talk. But just when Maggie's life is feeling like a romantic comedy, Seth disappears! Everyone thinks he's been kidnapped, but Maggie knows better. . . .This young Nancy Drew is back, along with her twin brother and dog-walking business, in a second mystery that shines a spotlight on her super-sleuth skills. Leslie Margolis's pitch-perfect tween voice will leave fans begging for more of this loveable heroine. Views: 67
Katie McGovern is a sales executive for Shire Electronics, a go-getting computer software company that specialises in security and logistics for other businesses. She reckons she has a pretty fulfilling lifestyle, a good circle of loyal girlfriends and is embarking on the start of a new, and potentially exciting, relationship with a work colleague.However, just as she is finishing up a lucrative sales trip in the south of France, her life is thrown into disarray by a meeting with the Chief Executive of her company, the self styled bachelor and man-about-town, Peter Jarvis. Chance throws them together that evening and the irresistible attraction they seem to have for each other could have ended in the hottest sex Katie had ever had in her life. But, just as chance had thrown them together, so a late night phone call from her beau back in London breaks the spell and Katie flees from Peter’s hotel room.That should, maybe, have been it but when Peter coincidently invites himself to one of the sales meetings Katie is meant to be leading, he is delighted to see her again. The same cannot be said for Katie, who goes to pieces in front of him and her other colleagues.This triggers a series of events that proceed to turn Katie’s personal and professional life upside down as she endeavors to get to grips with the emotional roller coaster upon which she has found herself.Having any sort of relationship with your boss is never easy, but when your boss is a man like Peter Jarvis, it becomes almost impossible….as Katie would find out to her cost. Views: 67
The vivacious Mathilde Kschessinska (1872-1971) was the mistress of three Russian Grand Dukes and the greatest ballerina of her generation. As a young girl, she had enjoyed romantic troika rides, and passionate nights, with the future Tsar Nicholas II. When their relationship ended Mathilde began simultaneous affairs with Nicholas's cousin, Grand Duke Sergei and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich. When her son was born in 1902 nobody knew for certain the identity of the father - except that he was undoubtedly a Romanov. In ballet, she partnered the great Vaslav Nijinsky, became a force to be reckoned with in the Imperial Theatre and, later in life, taught Margot Fonteyn. Mathilde Kschessinska is mentioned in almost every book about the Romanovs but so many myths surround her that she has become the stuff of legend. It is said a hoard of Romanov treasure lies buried under her house in St Petersburg and that a secret passage connected her home to the Winter Palace. Even her own... Views: 67
The sequel to When the Heavens Fall features gritty characters, deadly magic, and meddlesome godsOnce a year on Dragon Day the fabled Dragon Gate is raised to let a sea dragon pass from the Southern Wastes into the Sabian Sea. There, it will be hunted by the Storm Lords, a fellowship of powerful water-mages who rule an empire called the Storm Isles. Alas, this year someone forgot to tell the dragon which is the hunter and which the hunted.Emira Imerle Polivar is coming to the end of her tenure as leader of the Storm Lords. She has no intention of standing down graciously. She instructs an order of priests called the Chameleons to infiltrate a citadel housing the mechanism that controls the Dragon Gate to prevent the gate from being lowered after it has been raised on Dragon Day. Imerle hopes the dozens of dragons thus unleashed on the Sabian Sea will eliminate her rivals while she launches an attack on the Storm Lord capital, Olaire, to secure her... Views: 67
