TO: UNIT 3 ChicagoFROM: DIRECTORIMPORTANCE: CriticalSUBJECT: Specimen RetrievalTARGET: Shadowy hunter-killer teams, ID'ed via signature kills worldwide. Identifiable only by skull-spine removal from victims. No witnesses, no forensics, no particular race targeted. On rare occasions, scraps of what appear to be playing cards found at murder sites.OBJECTIVE: Locate and capture any member of such teams. MUST be taken alive for study and observation.AUTHORIZATION APPROVED FOR USE OF OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR: Individual ID'ed only as "Cross" and his team. A pure mercenary outfit, well known throughout criminal underworld--no inside informants available. Ruthless, undeterred by risk, rumored never to fail, but UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES to be trusted. No known political or social objective, but has proven treacherous when retained by government in the past.UPDATE: Cross and his team claim... Views: 67
Tina Jones is glad to be away from her controlling Aunt Gillian. Gillian has always had something to say about Tina's job, her love life, her weight problems; all have been fair game for Gillian's sniping at one time or another. Now, however, things have changed. Gillian has Alzheimer's and can no longer live alone. She moves in with Tina, and Tina makes a shocking discovery: a birth certificate proving that Gillian has a daughter. Tina sets out to discover the truth about her past, and along the way learns not only about the ties of family, but also that love rarely comes in the form you expect. Views: 67
Welcome to the World of the Succubus
She
visits your dreams, or she visits your bed. She is sex incarnate: hot, irresistible, and oh so willing. Willing to
seduce you, or to destroy you—whatever feeds her needs of the moment.
Join us
in this collection of tales about succubi and their encounters with human
lovers. Thirteen authors share their vision of the succubus, the legendary
creature who feeds on sexual vitality and energy from her victims. Must an
encounter with a succubus always be deadly? No—but
it is always memorable, for the person she takes into her embrace has something
she wants and cannot live without.
Read
on and be embraced.
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Elspeth McDonald travels from her native Scotland to the new world with intentions of working for a widow until her fare is paid and she can start a new life. But she arrives to find an entirely different plan awaits. The widow she was to serve has died from an illness that swept the village, and she learns she will be pressed into the service of Clifford Harker, a taciturn businessman who lost his wife and now faces raising his two young sons alone.Elspeth is not prepared for Harker’s coldness, nor is she prepared for how strict he is. If she disappoints him or fails to obey in any way, he is quick to correct her physically. Elspeth senses his firmness comes from more than just convictions and when she realizes that he blames himself for his wife’s death, she seeks to reach him and heal his broken family.But will he accept a fiery woman from another land whose will is as strong as his own? Views: 67
Colt Brannigan always does the right thing, so he hires vulnerable Geena Williams as his housekeeper. But is this beautiful stranger trouble with a capital T?Geena is overwhelmed--it takes a brave man to hire a woman with a past like hers. In return for the second chance, she'll make his house a home he'll want to come back to after a hard day's work.Colt can be gruff, but to Geena his hard-won smile is as tender as a caress. He's let her into his home; maybe one day he'll let her into his heart? Views: 67
May 2045. England has become a minor region of the European superstate, politically correct but inert, weighed down by bureaucracy and unaware of past glories. With British culture diluted to near extinction by European influence, the nation having lost its Crown and its Parliament, nationalistic pride is liable to land you in prison, or even worse... Oxford don Horatio Lestoq finds the dead body of a prominent politician and is immediately tagged as prime suspect. On the run and desperate to clear his name, can he free himself from the tangled web of an EU government conspiracy, or will he become ensnared like those before him who tried to reveal fiercely guarded hidden truths? Views: 67
Headstrong heroine Faith Reynolds returns in this thrilling sequel to the paranormal romance Blood on the Moon!After surviving being kidnapped by a vampire, Faith would just love to focus on some alone time with her hot (though occasionally furry) boyfriend, Lucas. Unfortunately, with a vampire uprising on the horizon and her best friend, Derek, about to wake up and find himself transformed into a half-werewolf, half-vampire being without a beating heart, Faith has a few other things to take care of first.Faith is not without help, in the form of her newfound powers of sensing people’s emotions and being able to influence werewolves’ actions, not to mention her begrudging but rather helpful boyfriend. Even so, convincing a werewolf packmaster to prepare for an epic battle may be difficult to do without solid evidence.Lose yourself once more in the deliciously suspenseful world of werewolves versus vampires, otherworldly boys with deadly charm, and addictive, spine-tingling action and romance!ReviewPraise for Blood on the Moon:"An entertaining story with a juicy climax and cliffhanger ending."—*Publisher's WeeklyBooks Live Forever Blog “If you like vampires, vampires, hypnotics and shape shifters, this will be a great book for you.”About the AuthorJennifer Knight is the author of Blood on the Moon. She voraciously reads and writes young adult fiction. Knight attended the University of Central Florida and Florida International University, studying English and Elementary Education. She lives with her family in Palmetto Bay, Florida, and you can visit her online at jenknightbooks.com and follow her on Twitter @jenknightbooks. Views: 67
Gideon Cross. As
beautiful and flawless on the outside as he was damaged and tormented on
the inside. He was a bright, scorching flame that singed me with the
darkest of pleasures. I couldn't stay away. I didn't want to. He was my
addiction... my every desire... mine.My past was
as violent as his, and I was just as broken. We’d never work. It was too
hard, too painful... except when it was perfect. Those moments when the
driving hunger and desperate love were the most exquisite insanity. We
were bound by our need. And our passion would take us beyond our limits
to the sweetest, sharpest edge of obsession... Views: 67
In March of 1926, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and her friend and collaborator Lucy (a.k.a. Lady Gerald) head off for several days at stately home reputed to have the best grotto in the country. Working on a book of follies (architectural), they plan to research and photograph it. Leaving her husband and young twins behind, Daisy is expecting a productive weekend at Appsworth Hall, with the only potential difficulty being keeping Lucy from offending the current owner, a manufacturer of plumbing products. Alas, it's not to be quite so simple. At the home, they find themselves faced with a curious assortment of people including the abominable, tactless Lord Rydal, who is rumored to be having an affair with one of the guests while at the same time in ardent and artless pursuit of the hand in marriage of another. When the grotto explodes with Lord Rydal in it, it's not a question of who would do it--as most who've met him would be sorely tempted--but who actually did do it. Views: 67
Is it possible to cross the
centuries? Documents that certify it appeared in the US. But those who manage to have them
in hand die a violent death.
Ex-police lieutenant Porkelevitch went
on the trail of the killers and transferred the case to the French police for
further investigation on their territory.
The detective agency Mystie Larousse,
whose enrollment has been enriched by a crazy ghost and a pompous vampire,
undertake the investigation. Especially since one of them appeared to star in
the documents.
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Three grizzled cowboys--Dwight, Darryl, and Dub--are stuck out on the range at Christmastime, roping steers and wrestling longhorns. Reminiscing about their childhood Christmases, they try to make the cowboy camp feel festive--and it's no surprise that a cactus decorated with tin cans, and cows dressed as reindeer, don't fill them with holiday cheer! But a surprise is in store for the Circle D dudes when Santa pays a visit to the cowboy campfire! Illustrated by award-winning artist John Manders, this deluxe hardcover gives consumers what they expect from Golden Books: a high-quality book at a great value, ready for gift-giving. Views: 67
