Jayne King lived in a world of players. She’d been groomed by her father to win, taking no prisoners in her quest to reach the top. But, it was never enough. She wanted out, and just when she finds her escape, she’s pulled back into the underground crime world of Las Vegas. One phone call spins her life out of control and she once again has to live her life behind a mask of lies. Her body is for sale, but her heart is off limits. Flynn Maguire, professional gambler and notorious ladies’ man always wins. Always. As the heir to the Maguire Grand Hotel and Casino fortune, he’s always had his desires delivered on a silver platter. When he crosses paths with Jayne King, he will stop at nothing to have her. Nothing has ever stood between him and what he wanted, and there wasn’t any amount of money too high to pay to own her. He realizes too late that money can’t buy her heart and finds himself in a place he never thought he’d be. Out of luck. CONTENT WARNING: This story contains scenes of an explicit, erotic, or violent nature and is intended for adults. 18+ Story includes graphic language, violence, and sexual situations. Views: 27
A fabulous story by Jean Ure, a must for any girl's collection! At Parkfield High no one would have thought nerdy Ruth and super-cool Shayanne would be friends -- but maybe there's more to Shayanne than meets the eye. Ruth is not enjoying her new school. Things were fine at her junior school, but here at Parkfield High, if you're not in a gang you're no one. Even her old mates don't want to know her any more and the bullies are making her life a misery. Enter Shayanne, the new girl. Shayanne is cool, collected and doesn't give a stuff about any silly gangs. Ruth is astonished and delighted when Shay pals up with her. The bullies leave her alone and it's great to have a special friend again. But is the supercool Shay as together as she thinks, and why has she been excluded from two other schools? Views: 27
Magicats
Eighteen
fabulous feline fantasies!
“Space-Time
for Springers” by Fritz Leiber
“The
Game of Rat and Dragon” by Cordwainer Smith
“The Cat
from Hell” by Stephen King
“Out of
Place” by Pamela Sargent
“Schrödinger's
Cat” by Ursula K. Le Guin
“Groucho”
by Ron Goulart
“My
Father, the Cat” by Henry Slesar
“The Cat
Man” by Byron Liggett
“Some
Are Born Cats” by Terry Carr and Carol Carr
“The Cat
Lover” by Knox Burger
“Jade
Blue” by Edward Bryant
“Tom
Cat” by Gary Jennings
“Sonya,
Crane Wessleman, and Kittee” by Gene Wolfe
“The
Witch's Cat” by Manly Wade Wellman
“Antiquities”
by John Crowley
“A
Little Intelligence” by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett
“The Cat”
by Gene Wolfe
“Afternoon
at Schrafft's” by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick
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Max thought he had enough trouble dealing with one witch in Winston-Salem. But a new case brings to light an entire coven of witches.
Angry, cursed, dead witches.
Lucky for Max he has the aid of his partner, the ghost of 1940s detective Marshall Drummond, and his sharp-witted wife, Sandra. Together, they'll face enemies at every turn, and things only get worse when the mysterious Hull family and the FBI start poking into Max's life. He'll need all his team can give with a case that involves the theft of a cursed bell, dark magic, spirit possession, and ghastly murders.
All in all, just another day at the office for Max Porter.
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In the wake of the Supreme Court's recent decision regarding Fisher v. University of Texas, For Discrimination is at once the definitive reckoning with one of America's most explosively contentious and divisive issues and a principled work of advocacy for clearly defined justice. What precisely is affirmative action, and why is it fiercely championed by some and just as fiercely denounced by others? Does it signify a boon or a stigma? Or is it simply reverse discrimination? What are its benefits and costs to American society? What are the exact indicia determining who should or should not be accorded affirmative action? When should affirmative action end, if it must? Randall Kennedy, Harvard Law School professor and author of such critically acclaimed and provocative books as Race, Crime, and the Law and the national best-seller Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, gives us a concise, gimlet-eyed, and deeply personal conspectus... Views: 27
Ripped from tomorrow's headlines, Marc Cameron who Brad Thor called "one of the hottest new authors in the genre" will rivet readers with this timely and terrifying thriller featuring Special Agent Jericho Quinn in a dangerous race against time to derail the plans of a deadly network of terror. Two agents, Russian and American, are brutally murdered. College students, working as drug mules, die gruesome deaths from radiation poisoning. Powerful dirty bombs explode minutes apart in San Francisco and St. Petersburg, Russia slaughtering citizens and spreading blind panic throughout the world. But this is only a warning. The next attack will be nuclear. Enter Air Force OSI agent Jericho Quinn and his crack team of specialists. Their mission: track down the arms dealer who masterminded the plot and dismantle them both. When the trail leads to South America, Quinn has to join the famous Dakar Rally, a 6,000-mile motorcycle run that's about to become the most dangerous race in history… Views: 27
REVISED EDITION: Jack Bernstein is being drawn into a global game of chess in which he has been an unwitting pawn for over a decade. To keep him in the game they killed his wife and they killed his daughter. When the game is over, they will kill a whole lot more unless Jack can find the one thing he never knew existed - His grandchild. Views: 27
