When Lady Cecily Randall appears involved in a plot to overthrow the government, Alexander Darcy is pressed into service. Who better than a rake to investigate a woman? But Alex finds that Cecily is the kind of woman who just might make a rake want to reform. Views: 28
To avenge his mother's honor, Sir Giles of Cambrai has come to England to kill his father. First, however, he'll take sweet revenge by kidnapping his sire's new betrothed. But when Giles uncovers a plot against King Richard, he faces a dilemma: take the lady or track the traitors. What's a good mercenary to do? Both, of course.
Abandoned in a convent by her brother, Lady Emelin finally has the chance for home and family. Yet now she's been abducted. Her kidnapper may be the image of her dream knight, but she won't allow him to spoil this betrothal. Her only solution: escape
Rescuing the intrepid lady--while hunting the traitors--is a challenge Giles couldn't anticipate. But the greatest challenge to both Giles and Emelin is the fire blazing between them. For he's everything a proper lady should never want, and she's everything a bastard mercenary can never have. Views: 28
Face Your Demons. Roderick Whithers has it all; money, looks, a beautiful family, and a mistress on the side, of course. When three hellish women who only he can see beset him nightly, his prosperous life begins to unravel. While his wife, Elizabeth struggles to uncover the means of ending her husband's suffering, will she uncover his darkest secrets as well? Hell hath no Fury, but who are the true Tormentors in the Whithers family? Views: 28
Set four centuries in the future, salvager Captain Camden D. Hunter and his crew find the richest shipwreck ever lost in space: the mining vessel Cape Hatteras and the fabulous wealth it contains.
Lost 200 years before under mysterious and unknown circumstances, the Cape Hatteras is the most famous shipwreck in history. If anyone finds out that Cam's found it, he'll have every claim jumper in the solar system wanting a cut.
But that’s the least of his worries, though he doesn't know it. The Cape Hatteras was once a government ship and they want it back. Unbeknownst to Cam and his crew, within that ship lies a dark secret that could threaten Earth, the solar system, and even the whole of the universe itself.
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What happened in the Lake District twenty-six years ago that resulted in a family being torn apart? An old tragedy, still unresolved, brings together estranged brother and sister Adam and Kirsty, who try to solve it despite their relatives' objections. Does a missing camera hold clues to what might have happened?Meanwhile Kirsty, co-owner of a cake-making company, has more immediate worries in the form of increasingly threatening emails and gifts, all sent anonymously. Someone is watching her – someone who knows where she lives. Is it an obsessed stranger, or one of her circle of friends? Is there anyone she can trust? Views: 28
Retired Air Force Colonel Jim Crenshaw's sister Sherrie is expanding the family cherry orchard. Unfortunately, she purchases land formerly owned by Detroit's notorious Purple Gang. The property comes with an old barn complete with an antique cabin cruiser inside. Unknown to anyone, the boat is the scene of a 70-year old murder and stuffed with a fortune.As the restoration begins, the wrong man is hired. A boat builder, womanizer, cheat and killer, Cole Prestcott will stop at nothing to keep his business, his toys, and the many women he loves. With the bank demanding its payments, Cole must act fast. Soon he is left with only one choice, lose everything and return to the life of poverty he came from or take what he needs.Only Sherrie and her husband Gerry stand in Cole's way and soon become pawns in the quest of a mad man to recover the fortune only he sees. As events accelerate to a climax, Jim discovers Sherrie and Gerry are missing, and the frantic cries of a terrorized beagle lead Jim's wife, Eve, into a dark barn from which she doesn't return. Time is running out, the police too far away, and Jim's only hope rests on a dog collar! Views: 28
Jessica Anya Blau, author of The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, delivers another darkly hilarious, heartbreaking coming-of-age novel with Wonder Bread Summer.In The Wonder Bread Summer, loosely based on Alice in Wonderland, 20-year-old Allie Dodgson has adventures that rival those Alice had down the rabbit hole. Or those of Weeds’ Nancy Botwin.Allison is working at a dress shop to help pay for college. The dress shop turns out to be a front for drug dealers. And Allison ends up on the run—with a Wonder Bread bag full of cocaine.With a hit man after her, Allison wants the help of her parents. But there’s a problem: Her mom took off when Allison was eight; her dad moves so often Allison that doesn’t even have his phone number….Set in 1980s California, The Wonder Bread Summer is a wickedly funny and fresh caper that’s sure to please fans of Christopher Moore, Carl Hiaasen, and Marcy Dermansky.Review“Raunchy, poignant, and triumphant in turn--and sometimes manages to be all three at the same time.” (Booklist)Blau’s madcap chase through 1980s L.A. is over-the-top and...a liberal dose of dark humor and an oddly heart-warming ending add to the twisted ride. (Publishers Weekly)“A fun read! Even before the buzzard hits the windshield, THE WONDER BREAD SUMMER will make you feel better about your worst summer vacation.” (Christopher Moore, New York Times-bestselling author of Lamb and A Dirty Job)“A rollicking, irreverent, sweep of a novel. Blau has written another shining, no-holds barred California heart breaker.” (Deborah Reed, author of Carry Yourself Back To Me)“Jessica Anya Blau has taken the story of a young woman’s search for self and rendered it into a hilarious, cocaine-fueled thrill-ride. From its Tarantino-esque opening scene to its twisty final pages, THE WONDER BREAD SUMMER is an unrelenting delight.” (Jon Michaud, author of When Tito Loved Clara)“It’s hard to recall a debut as warm, charming and comically satisfying as The Summer of Naked Swim Parties . . . Blau conveys Jamie’s world with compelling insight and wit . . . [Blau’s] sharp observation and affectionate humor [give] surprising depth to this shimmering novel.” (San Francisco Chronicle)“This book will make you laugh and cry in public. Jessica Anya Blau has written a soaring teenage lament, perfectly pitched, containing the single saddest and funniest line of seduction ever uttered.” (Larry Doyle, author of I Love You, Beth Cooper)“A book by Blau would be disappointing without pot smoking, hilarious and sometimes grungy sex, and bickering relatives.” (Boston Globe)“Jessica Anya Blau returns with all the comedic powers of a master trickster.” (Jessica Keener, author of the nationally-bestselling novel Night Swim)“Often hilarious and lewd, and also sincere and moving, like the naughty Southern Californian soul mate of Nick Hornby.” (Matthew Klam, author of Sam the Cat, and other stories)“Blau has crafted a totally uniqu coming of age story, wrapped in a road trip, with a drug caper center. It’s a wild, exuberant novel, full of humor, heart, and a solid dose of bad behavior. I loved it.” (Paula Bomer, author of 9 Months)“No one writes like Jessica Anya Blau. Funny, tender, and outrageous.” (Michael Downs, author of The Greatest Show)“Jessica Anya blau has the gift of creating people we feel and know as familiar, and then showing us how much we don’t know them at all.” (Leora Skolkin-Smith, author of Hystera)“This novel is addictive! I was hooked the moment straight-arrow Allie steals a bread bag full of blow...You won’t be able to look away.” (Mary Kay Zuravelff, author of Man Alive!)“Jessica Anya Blau’s The Wonder Bread Summer is a lightning strike of a novel, sexy and dangerous and aglow with adventure. Allie is a tenacious and deliciously complicated heroine, and it’s impossible to resist the ride she takes you on.” (Laura van den Berg, author of What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us)“This is as fast, fun, and outrageous a book as I’ve read in a long time. But beneath all the antics is a poignant story about racial identity, fathers and daughters, and coming of age in one totally messed-up decade.” (Matthew Norman, author of Domestic Violets)“In The Wonder Bread Summer, Jessica Anya Blau sends us tumblin down a rabbit hole of youthful mistakes and heartache, alongside the unsinkable Allie Dodgson. Coming of age has never been so wickedly thrilling.” (Tania James, author of Aerogrammes and Other Stories)“The Wonder Bread Summer is the best ever! It even made me a little jealous and that doesn’t happen often.” (Madison Smartt Bell)“Picaresque, properly funny, unpredictable and altogether irrepressible...[Blau] reminds me of [Charles] Portis in a lot of ways . . . [S]he has a steady nerve, as well as a wicked imagination, and she takes her craft seriously... Top-notch comic writing.” (Nick Hornby, The Believer) From the Back CoverIt's 1983 in Berkeley, California. Twenty-year-old Allie Dodgson is a straitlaced college student working part-time at a dress shop to make ends meet. But when the shop turns out to be a front for a dangerous drug-dealing business, Allie finds herself on the lam, speeding toward Los Angeles in her best friend's Prelude with a Wonder Bread bag full of cocaine riding shotgun and a hit man named Vice Versa on her tail. You can't find a more thrilling summer read! Views: 28
Marley Canton is done being a victim. A year and a half has passed since she discovered her ability to nullify power in those who aren’t supposed to have it. She’s now on a quest not only to stop the brats who’ve become addicted to goddess power, but also to find the source of their addiction.Like Marley, Gage Samargo is tracking down the goddess who went rogue decades ago. Insane with too much power from the sun, she’s selling that energy to Gage’s younger brother and his friends, who are no longer content to come into power naturally. While they work to find a way to neutralize the goddess, Marley discovers that every time she nullifies someone, she takes on some of the goddess’s insanity. Gage falls for Marley’s sharp wit and intense desire to right wrongs. But once he discovers she’s turning into her enemy, is it too late to back away?** Views: 28
In Viking times, Norse myths predicted the end of the world, an event called Ragnarok, that only the gods can stop. When this apocalypse happens, the gods must battle the monsters--wolves the size of the sun, serpents that span the seabeds, all bent on destroying the world. The gods died a long time ago.Matt Thorsen knows every Norse myth, saga, and god as if it was family history--because it is family history. Most people in the modern-day town of Blackwell, South Dakota, in fact, are direct descendants of either Thor or Loki, including Matt's classmates Fen and Laurie Brekke.However, knowing the legends and completely believing them are two different things. When the rune readers reveal that Ragnarok is coming and kids--led by Matt--will stand in for the gods in the final battle, he can hardly believe it. Matt, Laurie, and Fen's lives will never be the same as they race to put together an unstoppable team to prevent the end of the world. Views: 28
