When Cecily Brown roared into the vacation hotspot of Branson, Missouri, she had nothing on her mind but distancing herself from her life in Chicago. She planned to make her long standing dreams of owning a boutique called ‘Pink Neon’ come true and forget the decade she spent trapped in a hellish marriage to millionaire jeweler Willard Bradford VI. Yet once she arrives, she finds she’s a minority among the tourists with her corn rowed braids and dark skin. But Cecily is determined to stay.Her cousin calls to tell her the news, her ex-husband managed to get murdered on the steps of his mansion but Cecily doesn’t care. Her old life is history and she’s eager to move forward with the grand opening of her boutique. Her first customer at Pink Neon is a man, dark and mysterious. She pegs him for a criminal or a cop but their attraction is intense. So is their first date, which ends in intimacy. Soon she’s all but inseparable from Daniel Padilla. He carries his own old baggage, too.Life’s good until Padilla admits he’s an FBI agent sent to check Cecily out. She reacts with anger but as she learns she’s become the FBI’s favorite suspect, she has to trust Daniel. If she can trust anyone at all. As the investigation heats up, she ends up heading south with him to Texas, then deep into Mexico as she and her FBI lover try to discover who the real killer of her ex-husband might be. But danger lurks and it’s going to get rough before they straighten things out. If they can. Views: 32
Bronwyn is a young girl in the late 1800's whose life takes a dramatic turn after she is abused by her half brother. To avoid disgrace she is sent to work as a scullery maid in a large and busy house in London where she meets the people who will change her life forever. There are the Brompton family, Hester who is the lady of the house, her husband Charles who is a gambler, drinker and womaniser and their spoilt daughter, Catherine who causes a scandal. More importantly, there is Betty, the housemaid, who becomes her special friend and without whom she wouldn't have survived the first few weeks and William the footman, her first true love. She experiences sex and passion, encounters murder and suicide and finds a hidden body in the basement. All the good and bad times she experiences help her become a sensual and passionate woman. It is a historical romance with love and passion, sadness and tragedy and fun and laughter. About the AuthorI am married with two grown up children and five grandchildren. I was diagnosed with M.S in 1987 but carried on working as a Legal Secretary until 2007 when my health worsened. I had always had the desire to write but had never had the time until now.This is my first book which was supposed to be about my grandfather but I got carried away with his fictional mother and The Passions of Bronwyn was born. My second book is going to be completely different being a modern murder mystery. Views: 32
Two worlds on vastly different tracks collide in the first book of Jason Born’s new series called The Wald Chronicles.The
Wald begins in 16 B.C. when the belligerent Sugambrian tribe leaves
their beloved forest to cross the Rhenus River into Gaul. While on
their foraging rampage meant simply to gather supplies for the coming
winter, they cross paths with the Roman Fifth Legion. An ever-so brief
battle ensues. Though short, this encounter will set in motion a
conflict lasting more than two decades with the tribes struggling under
the might of the professional legions. The outcome of these wars, in
forthcoming works, will prove to have lasting repercussions. In fact,
we still feel them today in the global order.The Wald is chock
full of heroism, brotherhood, adventure, wit, and even history. Read it
today to find out how tribesmen Berengar and his friend Ermin will fare
against the likes of Drusus, Tiberius, and Augustus. Views: 32
PRIDE AND PREP SCHOOL is book 3 in the bestselling Snark and Circumstance novella series from Stephanie Wardrop! Georgia can’t figure out why the burden of a Y chromosome seems to make guys so hard to understand. First, there’s the handsome but slippery Jeremy Wrentham. After Georgia shared some pretty devastating kisses with him, she found her way home and he found her sister! And then there’s Michael Endicott, who never fails to let her know that her family’s quirkiness lies too far outside the pale for this preppie townie. But if he really feels that way, why is he in Georgia’s kitchen, asking her out? And why don’t boys come with instruction manuals? Also look for Snark and Circumstance and Charm and Consequence, both available now! Views: 32
In When Darkness Falls and Other Stories, Ruskin Bond displays all the qualities of a master storyteller: a deceptively effortless style, an eye for the extraordinary in seemingly humdrum lives, and a deep empathy with his characters. We make the acquaintance of Markham, a war veteran condemned to a lifetime of loneliness by a tragic accident; Susanna, the merry widow who loved each of her seven husbands to death; the sad wife who returns after her death only to find that her husband has moved on to another life and another wife; a simpleton who outwits a crafty ghost; and Kundan Lal, the reckless rake whom women find irresistible. We also go down memory lane with the author, Dehradun of the 1940s and '50s, where there was space for the small errors of young and eccentric lives.Humorous, sad and nostalgic, the stories in the collection are a treat for all Ruskin Bond fans. Views: 32
Spirit of the Road: The Life of an American Trucker...and his cat embarks on a one-year journey across the United States in an eighteen-wheeler. It runs the gambit from a wide-eyed rookie in Commercial Driving school to the eventual embracing of a new lifestyle at a dusty little truck stop in Crab Orchard, Tennessee. Having made the transition to trucking after spending 20 years in television broadcasting, the author sets a comical tone from the very first chapter in a “fish-out-of-water” story. However, the dangers and challenges of life in a big truck are very real, and the book takes on a more somber tone to describe this aspect of road life. The reader is also introduced to little-known, funny, or unusual historical facts about some of the places visited while they are along for the ride. The objective of this book is to give the reader an entertaining, yet candid, picture of the life of a long haul trucker with a little slice of Americana on the side. This book always keeps the reader in mind, and strives to both inform and entertain. Another unique feature is the inclusion of a traveling cat in the story. The comical and, sometimes, poignant adventures of “Kitty” are interwoven throughout the book and promises to hold appeal for pet lovers. The trucking lifestyle has been depicted in various television series and movies and, as with any job that holds a degree of adventure and danger, it sparks the interest of the general public. The life of the American trucker still holds a bit of the rugged explorer’s lifestyle. The trucker is usually far from home and uncertain what lies around the next bend. Curiosity about the unknown is an attractive feature to the general reader. Spirit of the Road: The Life of an American Trucker is a book that touches into a cornerstone of a lifestyle that few people know about, but that hides a passionate group that bears further study, namely, truck drivers.
**About the Author
Rick L. Huffman began a broadcasting career in 1985 as a part-time disc-jockey. Soon making the transition to television, Rick was involved in every aspect of production over a 20 year span, which eventually led him to New York. Fed up with high-strung bosses, Rick totally changed gears in 2005 and started driving an 18-wheeler across the country for the next five years. After making a career change to trucking, it did not take long to see that a story of this unique lifestyle waited to be told. He began taking daily notes on the adventures of road life, intent on telling a story of a passionate group of whom little is known by the general public, namely, truckers. Huffman is a veteran of the United States Navy where he served aboard a nuclear fast-attack submarine during the cold war era. Huffman is a native of Huntsville, Alabama, but currently resides in El Paso, Texas. Views: 32
