Two heartwarming novels of second chances by RITA® Award-winning author Irene HannonIT HAD TO BE YOUMaggie Fitzgerald loved Jake West from their first teenage kiss, when he vowed to make her his wife. But Jake left town, and Maggie made a life for herself and two orphaned nieces without him. When Jake appears at her remote inn, pledging to make amends, can Maggie dare believe again in happily-ever-after?ALL OUR TOMORROWSAfter losing her fiancé, reporter Caroline James sought solace in home and family. But it's guilt she feels when she starts to fall for the brother he left behind. David Sloan has always secretly cared for Caroline, but can they get past their mutual loss and to learn to live and love again? Views: 27
When Emily Mattison falls victim to a near-fatal accident shortly after receiving an unexpected inheritance from a distant cousin, her ruthless nephew George seizes the opportunity to take control of his aunt's assets. It's only when Emily reaches The Drover's Hope, the former pub on the edge of the Lancashire moors, bequeathed to her by her late cousin Penelope, that she begins to feel safe. She also discovers that love can be found in the most unexpected places. But it's not so easy to escape the clutches of someone as determined as George . . . Views: 27
An In-Depth Look into the Life and Mind of a Heroin Addict "Then I see a white-topped vial. Wow. I stare at it. It's the first time I've ever seen it. I know I've seen it ten thousand times before. I know it only leads to bad things. I know I've had it and touched it and used it and shaken the last particles of white from the thin deep bottom one thousand times. But there it is. And it's the first time I've ever seen it." --Excerpted from White Out How do you describe an addiction in which the drug of choice creates a hole in your memory, a "white out," so that every time you use it is the first time--new, fascinating, and vivid? Michael W. Clune's original, edgy yet literary telling of his account of life inside the heroin underground reads like no other, as we enter the mind of the addict and navigate the world therein. After his descent into addiction, we go with him through detox, treatment, and finally into recovery as he returns to his childhood home. There his... Views: 27
Sara Wheeler, a Toronto journalist, happens upon a touring Ethiopian children's circus in Copenhagen and later meets and drives the circus founder, Raymond Renaud, from Toronto to Montreal. Novelist Catherine Bush artfully confronts the destructive power of allegations as unsettling charges begin to float to the surface, disturbing tales of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of Raymond. Accounts mount, denunciations fly, and while Sara tries to determine what to believe, the concept of a singular truth becomes slippery. Her present search is simultaneously haunted by her past. The author of Rules of Engagement and Claire’s Head, Catherine Bush was involved in a documentary about the actual Circus Ethiopia. Literary fiction, Canadian author. Views: 27
A Contemporary Erotic Romance with a shape shifting Alpha Male trained as a Navy SEAL and the short curvaceous artist who drives him crazy. At 28, Clytie Persephone Jones has reinvented herself into exactly what she wants to be. She changed her name, put herself through school and is taking chances on a risky art career. She’s not looking for marriage; she doesn’t need anyone to run her life for her. What she yearns for is passion. She wants to burn under a mans touch. A lukewarm simmer won’t cut it. She’s holding out for the real thing. Demon is a Wolf Shifter. A seven foot tall ex-Navy SEAL, with no name but his call sign. He was Outcast from his pack at fifteen and entered the Navy as soon as he was legal. Banding together with other outcast shifters and rogues for safety and the first real brotherhood he has known, He asks for nothing in life but the protection and solvency of his self-made “pack”. Clytie is waiting for a blind date when she strikes up a conversation with Demon. Right away he is captured by her lack of fear and artifice, but she is so obviously a good girl and he is way out of her league sexually. Then Demon, being completely uncouth where women are concerned, says exactly the wrong thing and Clytie storms off cursing men in general and him in particular. Sure that he has nothing to lose and wanting badly to taste her, he grabs Clytie and forces a kiss on her. Everything changes when she kisses him back. Neither of them expects the connection that flares so fast between them. Clytie wants time to get to know him. Demon figures he’ll just bring her right in to his home and bed and keep her there. Can she deal with both the reality of an Alpha shape-shifter and the danger presented by Demons’ past? He thought Claiming her was hard. Now he has to keep her safe. This story contains explicit sex. Views: 27
