Winter Simmons received the surprise of her life when she discovered the man she had been dating for the last two years was actually Viper, president of the Last Riders. A high school principal, Winter has no intention of ruining her reputation in the community to be with a man who betrayed her trust. Unforgiving, she turns her back on him, only to find that Viper is not the gentleman he portrayed.Determined to find his brother’s killer, Loker James kept his identity as President of The Last Riders a secret from Winter. When the truth comes out, he is determined to make her see the real man who can control not only a group of dangerous bikers, but a woman whose life is a rulebook. Unable to prevent herself from being drawn into the very club she despises, Winter is about to lose everything important to her, unless Viper can prove she’s more than a moonlight run.This work of fiction is intended for mature audiences only. All sexually active characters portrayed in this ebook are eighteen years of age or older. Please do not buy if strong sexual situations, multiple partners, and explicit language offends you. Views: 27
Red Hat hijacks a yoghurt truck and barrels into the Chester Walz Bank at full speed, desperate to open a safety deposit box.
The twins, beckoned by an ominous streak of light across the sky, climb Harper’s Hill to encounter an apparition of their missing father.
The reverend stands on a muddy ridge, the barrel of a rifle in his neck, looking down on a Vietnamese village, scarred by war and regret.
The stories come to Margaret at all times, but they are anything but random. A fractured view of Michael Cheevers’ red hat through a discreetly cracked door sends her off on adventure. A glimpse of the Johnson twins from apartment 2D takes her to the lonely hill on a Midwestern prairie in 1887. The regular letters from Reverend Davies, who has tried to look after Margaret since the death of her mother, brings her to the brink of exhaustion, staring intensely into the heart of war deep in the jungle of Vietnam.
Margaret is not insane, at least not in a clinical sense. She’s like a midnight raccoon, painfully aware of her surroundings, gleaming crumbs of information at every turn; eyes peering incessantly in the night, stealing glances of neighbors behind partially opened doors.
But the tales that she weaves were not meant to merely hold empty court to the receptive dead air of her apartment. Her stories were meant to embolden the lives of the inhabitants of that drab apartment block because her story is also their story—and everything would be different if they could only hear her stories.
The Recluse Storyteller weaves five stories into one as the loner Margaret not only searches for meaning from her reclusive life, but also gives meaning in the most unexpected ways to the troubled souls of her apartment complex. Part adventure, part tragedy, and part discovery, The Recluse Storyteller bridges genres, bringing hope, life, and redemption to the broken relationships of modern society. Views: 27
Eternal Vows - Book 1 in The Ruby Ring Saga is FREE! This is book 3. Sarah is living in a perfect fairytale any gal would dream of. She is a queen, lives in a beautiful castle, and adores her warrior king. Sarah couldn’t be happier and plans to live ‘happily ever after’. Suddenly, her life takes a drastic turn for the worse, and a horrible event wreaks havoc in her life. Views: 27
The second volume in a series of revised, definitive editions of the horror story collections of Thomas Ligotti. Views: 27
Meet Eric Nye: hipster, player, philosopher, drunk, sociopath. A ruthless, young Chief Idea Officer at a New York City--based ad agency, Eric is in charge of downsizing his department, which entails firing dozens of long-time employees before their pensions kick in. In his free time, he guzzles the finest Sancerre, balances a hodgepodge of prescription pills, obsesses over his lavish furnishings and chases women. One day, he meets Intern, whose name he can't remember--it might be Megan or Caitlin or Sari--at a bar in Bushwick. After a few drunken sexual encounters with her, he loses his appetite for food--and seems to be losing his mind, too. Is she in love with him, or is she stalking him? Will she be the cause of his downfall or the cure for his sociopathic tendencies? A timely meditation on the inherent absurdity of corporatism and our ubiquitous culture of branding, The Deep Whatsis follows a brilliant anti-hero's quest for contemporary... Views: 27
HE WAS A HEARTHROB...ANDAmelia Gallagher delighted in taunting ' Larry Mackenzie--the gorgeous partner at the law firm where she worked. He was every woman's fantasy--except for one minor detail.He was utterly opposed to commitment. So why I was he carting around a seven-month-old baby?A NEW DAD!Named guardian of a client's daughter, Mac vowed he'd find little Katie the kind of family he never had. Until then, he'd need some help mastering the art of baby talk. Enter strikingly beautiful Amelia, who usually drove Mac crazy with her teasing. But when a snowstorm trapped them in his house, something else started driving him crazy--the idea that his home was the L perfect size for a family of three.... Views: 27
Superheroes are born in the ashes of tragedy... Max Baker was just a typical, angst-ridden teenager trying to survive the woes of being in high school, figuring out the complexities of teenage girls, and coexisting with his dysfunctional mother. That was until the day he met a mysterious man named Donovan Reese and was told that he was the Guardian of the Ninth Sector of the universe. Now Max, along with his two best friends and an arsenal of newly acquired superpowers, must travel across the galaxy and back to prevent the dreaded Emperor Ausiris and his demon army from destroying Earth and taking over the universe.Review5 star review by Tania Staley from Readers' Favorite "...Matthew Cronan's novel is a refreshingly original science fiction and fantasy tale. It has everything fans would expect from the genre --- danger, intrigue, romance, terrifying monsters, harrowing battles, and phenomenal landscapes --- but delivered with some twists and bends that will keep readers wondering what will happen next. Cronan has created splendidly well-rounded characters and situations that will make you laugh and cry and will thrill you. The action scenes had me on the edge of my seat with excitement and were wonderfully descriptive and clear. Max Baker is an awesome start to this series, and I can't wait to find out what happens next..." Read the full review at readersfavorite.com Views: 27
“They are men you want on your side. Hard, confident, and loyal, the MacLarens of Fire Mountain will seize your attention from the first page.” Will MacLaren is a hardened, plain-speaking bounty hunter. His life centers on finding men guilty of horrendous crimes and making sure justice is done. There is no place in his world for the carefree attitude he carried years before when a tragic event destroyed his dreams. Amanda is the daughter of a successful Colorado rancher. Determined and proud, she works hard to prove she is as capable as any man and worthy to be her father’s heir. When a stranger arrives, her independent nature collides with the strong pull toward the handsome ranch hand. But is he what he seems and could his secrets endanger her as well as her family? The last thing Will needs is to feel passion for another woman. But Amanda elicits feelings he thought were long buried. Can Will’s desire for her change him? Or will the vengeance he seeks against the one man he wants to destroy—a dangerous opponent without a conscious—continue to control his life? Views: 27
Follow Ruby and join her adventure in the final of four stories about a happy-go-lucky girl in a time of great change. It's 1931, and Kettle Farm is starting to feel like home, but Ruby is still desperately worried about her dad. He hasn't written for weeks, and nobody knows where he is. Will Dad ever come back to them? When nobody will give Ruby any answers, she sets out to find him herself... Views: 27
One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Spring 2013 Science BooksPhiladelphia, 1959: A scientist scrutinizing a single human cell under a microscope detects a missing piece of DNA. That scientist, David Hungerford, had no way of knowing that he had stumbled upon the starting point of modern cancer research—the Philadelphia chromosome. This book charts not only that landmark discovery, but also—for the first time, all in one place—the full sequence of scientific and medical discoveries that brought about the first-ever successful treatment of a lethal cancer at the genetic level.The significance of this mutant chromosome would take more than three decades to unravel; in 1990, it was recognized as the sole cause of a deadly blood cancer, chronic myeloid leukemia, or CML. This dramatic discovery launched a race involving doctors and researchers around the world, who recognized that in principle it might be possible to target CML at its genetic... Views: 27
Every city has an unspoken side. Cape Town, between the picture postcard mountain and sea, has its own shadow: a place of dislocation and uncertainty, dependence and desperation, destruction and survival, gangsters, pimps, pedophiles, hunger, hope, and moments of happiness. Living in this shadow is Azure, a thirteen-year-old who makes his living on the streets, a black teenager sought out by white men, beholden to gang leaders but determined to create some measure of independence in this dangerous world. Thirteen Cents is an extraordinary and unsparing account of a coming of age in Cape Town.
Reminiscent of some of the greatest child narrators in literature, Azure’s voice will stay with the reader long after this short novel is finished. Based on personal experiences, Thirteen Cents is Duiker’s debut novel, originally published in 2000.
This first edition to be published outside South Africa includes an introduction by Shaun Viljoen and a special glossary of South African words and phrases from the text translated into English. Views: 27
