A “searing debut” about three young women coming of age, experiencing “the absurdities of life and love on the precipice of violence” (Vogue) Yael, Avishag, and Lea grow up together in a tiny, dusty Israeli village, attending a high school made up of caravan classrooms, passing notes to each other to alleviate the universal boredom of teenage life. When they are conscripted into the army, their lives change in unpredictable ways, influencing the women they become and the friendship that they struggle to sustain. Yael trains marksmen and flirts with boys. Avishag stands guard, watching refugees throw themselves at barbed-wire fences. Lea, posted at a checkpoint, imagines the stories behind the familiar faces that pass by her day after day. They gossip about boys and whisper of an ever more violent world just beyond view. They drill, constantly, for a moment that may never come. They live inside that... Views: 11
5 books, 16 - 20, of the Clint Faraday mysteries series. From the time an argument with a neighbor was reported by a man - after he was dead to a fake accident to people dying from the venom of a snake found only in Australian coastal waters to Indios shooting down planes to a body in a burned house. Views: 11
ORIGINAL MASS MARKET. Sequel to thriller *Dead Six. From the author of the New York Times *bestselling Monster Hunter series and an Air Force weapons expert, an edge-of-your-seat military-political thriller. A master thief and a hardhitting mercenary team up to defeat a Central Asian warlord with world-wide destruction on his mind.The hard-hitting sequel to groundbreaking military adventure Dead Six.On the far side of the world, deep in former Soviet Central Asia, lies a stronghold called the Crossroads. It is run with an iron fist by a brutal warlord calling himself Sala Jihan. He is far more than a petty dictator, for Jihan holds the fate of nations in his grasp. To save a world slipping into chaos, Jihan must either fall or be controlled.One secret military organization called Exodus plans to see that this happens. For this mission, they need the best of the best. Unfortunately the man they need is rotting in an almost unassailable foreign prison.Enter Lorenzo, thief extraordinaire. Lorenzo is now retired, happily married and living in paradise. His Achilles heel: an FBI-agent brother who has gone missing—disappeared into the stronghold of warlord Jihan. Exodus promises to give Lorenzo his chance to rescue his brother if and only if Lorenzo will perform one service for them: break Michael Valentine out of a captivity from which no one has ever emerged alive.And if Lorenzo can accomplish that—well then, the Crossroads awaits the sword of Exodus.About Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter series: “[A] no-holds-barred all-out page turner that is part science fiction, part horror, and an absolute blast to read.”—Bookreporter.com “If you love monsters and action, you’ll love this book. If you love guns, you’ll love this book. If you love fantasy, and especially horror fantasy, you’ll love this book.”—Knotclan.com“A gun person who likes science fiction—or, heck, anyone who likes science fiction—will enjoy [these books]…The plotting is excellent, and Correia makes you care about the characters…I read both books without putting them down except for work…so whaddaya waitin’ for? Go and buy some…for yourself and for stocking stuffers.”—Massad AyoobAbout Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter Vendetta: “This lighthearted, testosterone-soaked sequel to 2009's Monster Hunter International will delight fans of action horror with elaborate weaponry, hand-to-hand combat, disgusting monsters, and an endless stream of blood and body parts.”—Publishers Weekly Views: 11
"Hotschnig's stories have the weird, creepy, and ambiguous quality of disturbing dreams… It is, though, very refreshing to be confronted by stories which so firmly refuse to yield to conventional interpretation." Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian "Hotschnig's prose dramatizes the voice of conscience and the psychological mechanisms we use to face reality or, just as often, to avoid it." World Literature Today "Literary precision that has become rare in today's gossipy, discursive fiction." Neue Zuricher Zeitung "He is one of the best writers of his generation." – Suddeutsche Zeitung "Not since Julio Cortazar's game of Hopscotch… has an author so daringly undertaken to challenge the reader." Amanda Hopkinson, The Independent "Hotschnig's stories have the weird, creepy and ambiguous quality of disturbing dreams." Nick Lezard, The Guardian "This award-winning collection by the Austrian writer Alois Hotschnig drew comparisons with Kafka. But Hotschnig's quietly terrifying voice is all his own." – Daily Mail Views: 11
Three chilling page-turners from best-selling author Beverly Barton. In Close Enough to Kill a psychopath is on the loose. Dubbed " The Secret Admirer" he woos his victims with love letters and gifts before murdering them. Can Sheriff Bernie Granger stop him before more women are killed? A brutal serial killer is on the lose in The Dying Game. Each victim is a former beauty queen, a single rose placed next to their mutilated bodies. Detective Linda McAllister must stop him as the body count is rising and nobody is safe … In The Murder Game a terrifying game is being played. He is the hunter. They are the prey. He gives them a chance to escape but eventually he captures them and then the game gets deadly. Whether you run or whether you hide he'll find you. And then he'll kill you … Views: 11
Lillie Mae's mama has just died, and with her father not back yet from the Great War that ended over a year before, Lillie is shipped by her mean Aunt Helen off to relatives she has never met: Uncle Dallas and Aunt Esther.Although she misses her parents terribly, Lillie Mae feels welcomed and loved by Uncle Dallas and Aunt Esther. She learns to play the violin and whistle in the warmth of her new home — but when they talk of her staying on, she can't believe it. Surely sooner or later her daddy will find her?Meanwhile, there is something mysterious happening at Whistler's Stump. Lillie Mae soon realizes a connection exists between the mean boy at school and whatever it is that wakes her up in the middle of the night. Solving the mysteries of Whistler's Stump and her father's disappearance is heartbreaking, but also it is the beginning of a new life for Lillie Mae."I walked back to the school feeling a hundred years old. I felt miserable for talking to Aunt Esther... Views: 11
Twenty-nine
years old and still without a husband, Maggie Swift does her best to be happy
living on the family ranch. Now that her brothers are both married, however,
she cannot help but feel she is being pushed out of her own home by her
sisters-in-law… especially Libby. Her brother does his best to keep his bride
in line—often with a firm hand applied to her bare bottom—but Maggie cannot
seem to reconcile with the beautiful, feisty shopkeepers-daughter.
She has all but
resigned herself to miserable spinsterhood, until an absentminded stroll
through town leaves her standing unexpectedly in front of a rough-looking
saloon. It is there that she is confronted and scolded by the imposing,
ruggedly-handsome Clayborn Callahan. Offered a ride with him, Maggie accepts,
promising that she will not be missed for a few hours though she knows her
brothers will be worried sick.
When her lie is
found out, Maggie discovers that her new suitor is more than ready to take her
out back and make her cut a switch. In spite of her sore bottom, Maggie feels
something for Clayborn that she has never felt for any man, and she is excited when
he asks to come calling again. She wonders, though, if she can be the
well-behaved woman he expects, or whether she will find herself over his knee
more often than her pride and her tender bottom can handle.
Publisher’s
Note: Swept Off Her Feet is an erotic romance novel that contains
graphic sexual scenes and spankings, including domestic discipline in a historical
setting. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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In 1959, after years of abuse from her father, thirteen-year-old Rosalind Ann Stump finds a way out of the house from an unlikely source-her drug addict mother. Rosalind is whisked away to a nearby town where she finds that her parents weren't unique in their transgressions, and that those who claimed friendship weren't really friends at all. Follow Rosalind as she meets new people in a new town, tries desperately to embrace the normal life she never had, and does her best to deal with an old wound that returns to threaten her new existence. Views: 11
Hampshire, 1900. With the sudden death of her father, the life of fifteen-year-old Harriet Benson changes forever. Forced from her home to escape the advances of her leering stepbrother Norris, Harriet is sent into service to provide for the family. Arriving at the grand Dalton House, she meets the owners' crippled son Joseph, with whom friendship soon blossoms. When circumstances force Joseph to leave the family home, Harriet is happy to accompany him and break free from the controlling influence of her stepmother.But Harriet is unprepared for the event which will alter her life even further: her unexpected inheritance of Greyladies, a supposedly haunted house in the country. Could this be the safe haven she so desperately needs, and does the ghost of its previous owner really roam the halls? While Harriet and Joseph grow ever closer, the plots and actions of both their families threaten to destroy their happiness. Will their love, and the legacy of Greyladies, be able... Views: 11
