What happens when a single night of unexpected passion with a stranger leaves you wanting more?Twenty years later, Dr. Jamie Hammond thinks she's put that night far behind her. She's a successful chiropractor and is about to celebrate a ten-year anniversary with her partner. But instead of reaping the benefits of responsibility and hard work, she finds herself fighting to save her business and relationship as doubt, betrayal, and disappointment tear at the fabric of her life.Carla Grant is looking for a new challenge after settling her daughter at college. She never imagines that applying for an office manager position will change her life.As Jamie and Carla work to save Jamie's business, they will have to examine everything they thought they knew about love, responsibility, and family. Can two women dare to believe that it's never too late for happily ever after? Views: 43
For the first time in his career, Lieutenant-Captain Daniel Marshall has been forced to retreat; outgunned, the Battlecruiser Alamo has fled deep into the unknown territory of the Cabal, carrying a cargo of information that could change the fate of the galaxy if it can be safely returned to Mars. With an enemy fleet on his tail, a saboteur trying to kill him, and a crew that he dare not trust, he must use his experience, his wits, and his luck to get his ship and his crew back to Triplanetary space, no matter what the cost. 'Sacred Honor' is seventh in the 'Battlecruiser Alamo' series. Views: 43
Richard and Robin Mariner are in Long Beach, California, to oversee the arrival of their container ship, Sulu Queen, before joining their friend Nic Greenbaum aboard his fifty-million-dollar motor yacht as he races his daughter Liberty in an Olympic-standard Katapult multihull down the coast to Mexico. But when an ARkStorm, with the potential to cause catastrophic devastation, overwhelms them, Richard is forced into dangerously unprecedented action. Turning Sulu Queen into a real Noah's ark, Richard must guide her into the deadliest storm to come off the Pacific in 150 years as he fights to save those closest to him, as well as countless other lives. Views: 43
In the second book of the Nicholas Ramage series Lieutenant Lord Ramage is ordered to proceed to Gibraltar-with all possible dispatch - aboard His Majesty's ship Kathleen, to support Nelson in a battle with the Spanish off Cape Trafalgar. Views: 43
A slave of the savage Tatars, Casca is a champion in the blood-sports that make his masters rich…a rare prize for those who wager for his skills…and a nightmare for those who face him in a fight where only one survives. Then Casca is stolen by a Mongol rebel – a young outcast among his own people. Only blood and power can quench the burning thirst of his ambition. With Casca at his side, the rebel unites a people and cuts a bloody swath across Asia into Europe. Nations fall beneath an army horde that knows no mercy… And an empire rises from the slaughter. Views: 43
Ever since Shel was abandoned by her parents, life has been a game thievery, lies, and surviving on her own. Stealing is all she knows and she’s good at it...until her plans are ruined one day by a handsome stranger. Shel has no idea who the mysterious Rez is, why he foiled her plans and had her sent to jail...or why she can’t take her mind off him. When Rez first saw Shel eyeing a merchant’s cart in the market, he knew she would work perfectly for what he had planned. He only wanted to use her to get what he wanted. But Rez hadn’t taken one thing into account--that Shel might be have secrets of her own--secrets she might not even know herself. Now the two must work together to survive in a world where souls are bought and sold like commodities, and trust rarer than gold. Views: 43
A young CIA lawyer uncovers a dangerous worldwide conspiracy, masterminded by forces within the US intelligence community.Alex Garnett has spent his life in the shadow of his father, a former Chief of Staff and Solicitor General to two presidents who's been responsible for getting Alex every job he ever had, including his latest: attorney for the CIA. However, a seemingly routine litigation leads to a series of unexpected events, including poison, kidnapping, torture and murder. As casualties pile up, it becomes clear Alex is the final target in someone's blood-soaked attempts to cover their tracks. With the help of a neurotic hacker, Alex unravels a conspiracy older than the CIA itself. The trail of clues reveals the presence of unseen forces that are bringing this nation to the brink of war--and Alex's life is only one of many in danger. Views: 43
Sean Johnston will leave readers smiling at the acrobatics of his words and techniques in this eagerly anticipated second short story collection after the Relit award winning A Day Does Not Go By. Several stories, such as "We Don't Celebrate That", explore the difficulty of survival in an increasingly indifferent political reality, while others artfully probe the Pandora's box of life's relationships. Johnston's treatment of a man's interactions with his Alzheimer's inflicted father-in-law in "You Didn't Have to Tell Him" and the weighted sadness of losing a life partner in "He Hasn't Been to the Bank in Weeks" permits the reader to view such occurrences in fresh light. This collection proves that there is always a way to discover new clarity and meaning in the everyday.Previous praise for Sean Johnston:"Johnston does not posture . . . [he] relies on the intelligence of his ideas, on the beauty of his cadences, and a judicious selection of silence . . . Wonderful!" — M.... Views: 43
Within the pages of this book lies the diary of a girl called Nao. Riding the waves of a tsunami, it is making its way across the ocean. It will change the life of the person who finds it.It might just change yours, too. Views: 43
