Things aren't always what they seem... Billy Kwan has been sent to Scotland to look into some unusual activity caused by one of Them. What he discovers is not only another artifact, but his mate, and his entire reason for being there has changed. Now, protecting her takes top priority. Malmuirie 'Mal' Gordon is a surgeon, and used to stressful situations, however, when she meets Billy it's unlike anything she's experienced before. Together, they might just be able to remain alive long enough to make it back to Oregon and start their life together. Views: 41
John Greyward looked forward to work every night. Since Angel became a mom and got married to Caleb. He had the pleasure of now running The Pyramid club with their third partner Charlie Jordan. Charlie carried herself with quiet beauty and she was a knack with numbers while he ran the floor. But after the doors closed and quiet reigned all he wanted to do was to kiss the sexy brown goddess with the blond streaks in her hair. John got knocked for a loop when Charlie asked him a question that would change both their lives. Be the father of the baby she desperately wanted before she lost the chance completely. John was already falling hard for the woman he called a friend, so the choice was easy to say yes. While she wanted a baby, John wanted the whole package including the woman who carried his child. But what he wanted may not be even a consideration with Charlie. She had her reasons for choosing to be a single mother and John found out quickly that there was much more her than he knew. If John was anything, he was determined and planned to knock down every obstacle Charlie put in his way. Views: 41
Disliked by Old Bill and villains alike, South London private eye Nick Sharman attracts trouble like the proverbial magnet.When businessman James Webb asks Sharman to find out who murdered his sister, her husband and two young children, the trail's been cold for over a year; the original police investigators had found nothing - no clues, no witnesses, no motive. There isn't much to go on. Besides, Sharman has other things to occupy him - his relationship with topless model Fiona is rapidly souring, his best friend Wanda is dying and his ex-wife leaves him to babysit their eleven-vear-old daughter, Judith.While Sharman's back is turned things start to hot up - he is followed, attacked and threatened with a shotgun on a busy road in broad daylight and the murder victims start to multiply. Then Judith is kidnaped by a gang of very nasty thugs. And Sharman loses his temper. Views: 41
"You can't go wrong picking up a Susan Fox book." —Romance Reviews TodayInternational bestselling author Susan Fox returns to the big-skyed Western town of Caribou Crossing, where an unlikely couple forge a future more hopeful than they'd ever thought possible. . .Karen MacLean is a hardworking, well-respected corporal for the Caribou Crossing detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Though she secretly longs for marriage and a home like the one she grew up in, she's made her job her top priority and grown accustomed to being alone. But a handsome sergeant whose will is as strong as her own could change everything she thought she believed. . .Sergeant Jamal Estevez is often trusted with undercover work, but his greatest challenge has been to conceal his true identity as a recovering alcoholic. A city guy who's never had a real home, he's starting to find peace riding the country roads of Caribou Crossing—with beautiful Corporal MacLean. As... Views: 41
Named a Pick of the Week for the week of January 2nd by Publishers Weekly
A New York Post Required Reading Pick
"Fans of Sarah Dessen and Mary Kay Andrews will enjoy this grown-up Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, a story of risk, reward, loss, and love."
--Booklist
"Happy endings abound in this novel about the power of love and friendship."
--Kirkus Reviews
"A compelling mix of story lines...plenty of good banter and characterization."
--Publishers Weekly
"A heartwarming tale of friendship and love and a nice way to welcome a new year."
--New York Post
"Solomon showcased four different women and their journey to find what was either right in front of them or something that made them a better person--change for the better."
--Portland Book Review
"This book will definitely appeal to readers that believe that the universe gives us what we seek out."
--Heroes and Heartbreakers, Women's Fiction Best Bets for January 2015
"Everybody needs to read this like, right now. You won't regret it."
--Book Referees
"Solomon...remind[s] readers that sometimes you really do have to be open to love before it will find you."
--A New Day
"I loved every step of this journey and felt privileged to be along for the ride."
--Books & Life
"The Love Book should come with a warning: Do not begin unless you can afford to finish it--today. I could not, and did not, put it down. A contemporary Jane Austen, Nina Solomon has written a smart and funny book about what it's like to be a woman, no longer young but not yet old and still single, looking for love in all the wrong places, only to find life. I laughed out loud so often I was downright downcast when I reached the last page and had to give up the good company of these wonderful characters and go back to looking at the world through my own eyes instead of Solomon's."
--Beverly Donofrio, author of Astonished: A Story of Healing and Finding Grace
The latest novel in Akashic's Kaylie Jones Books imprint.
It all starts when four unsuspecting women on a singles' bike trip through Normandy discover a mysterious red book about love. But did they discover it--or did the book bring them together? Magical words, spells, conjurations, and a little dose of synchronicity abound in The Love Book, an anti–rom com about the misadventures of four women who embark on a soul mate–seeking journey. Somehow The Love Book insinuates itself into their lives and has its way with them. But there is more than matchmaking afoot. The four women--Emily, Beatrice, Max, and Cathy--are each nudged, cajoled, inspired--perhaps "guided"--despite themselves, to discover love, fulfillment, and the true nature of what being a soul mate really means. While on the surface a lighthearted romp, the novel is a serious exploration of the difficulties women routinely encounter when their lives do not turn out the way society, their families, and they themselves may have planned.
**Review
Solomon's follow-up to her 2003 debut Single Wife revolves around four unlikely friends who first meet during a disastrous Flaubert-themed bike trip in France. There, one of them comes across the titular book about attracting a mate. While the premise of four disparate personalities meeting cute may seem trite at first, Solomon's effort eventually blossoms into a compelling mix of story lines. Read more publishersweekly.com/978-1-61775-317-6
Reviewed on: 09/15/2014
Release date: 01/01/2015
About the Author
Nina Solomon's first novel, Single Wife, was a Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Guild, and Quality Paperback Book Club selection and was optioned by Warner Bros. The Love Book was inspired by her own search for a soul mate, who, she is happy to report, only took twenty-seven days and thirty years to find his way to her. She was born and raised in New York City and has lived in the same zip code since she was five.
Kaylie Jones (editor) is the award-winning author of five novels and a memoir. She teaches writing at two MFA programs and lives in New York City. Views: 41
It is 1942, and the Second World War has been going on for three wearying years. Although outside the bombing area of German planes, the quiet countryside of County Down is far from peaceful. The textile mills around Banbridge are running on 24 hour shifts and Alex Hamilton is struggling to keep over-worked machinery going with no prospect of getting replacements and pressure rising all the time for fabric, uniforms, and woven equipment, all so desperately needed. Alex's wife Emily has struggles too, rationing and shortages of both food and fuel make it hard to provide food and comfort not only for their own son and daughters, but for the many young American soldiers stationed nearby, far from home and suffering loneliness. Throughout the most desperate of times there is still a welcome for friends and strangers and there are still moments of unexpected happiness at even the darkest of times. Views: 41
Benito Pascal Abelli. Italian security professional by day. Playboy by night. “I love women, just not the same one all of the time!" Fearful of any kind of commitment or long term relationship, Benito refuses to take a steady girlfriend, preferring to play the “entertainment game” with his friends, a game in which he singles out a pretty girl to entertain for the night only to be let go the next morning, or sooner. Following a shock announcement by his father, Benito is sent to head the UK division of the family’s security business; he continues to play the game at each opportunity, until he picks out Lucy. There’s something about her, something that draws him to her, she’s certainly not like any of the girls he’s ever picked out before. Battling with his feelings not to be drawn into a relationship appears futile as he is convinced that what is developing is being orchestrated by a higher force. Going against all his principals he allows himself to begin what we all consider to be a normal relationship, but in the world of Benito Abelli surely this can’t happen? The business he now heads is profitable and growing, feathers are being ruffled, and competition suffers. Threats are issued and ultimately the thing that Benito values the most is taken from him, his worst fear and the very reason he refuses to commit or to love. In true Benito style, as we have learnt from The Alexandra Drake Series, nobody crosses an Abelli or any of their family – he will get back that which he regards as his, as part of his family. Those that hurt him, or threaten his family, will pay the ultimate price. The Abelli motto is “We look after our own in this family…” a motto that Benito will take to the limit. Views: 41
Delilah is accustomed to people seeing her naked. As a nude model – a gig that keeps food on the table while her career as a sculptor takes off – it comes with the territory.But Delilah has never before felt this vulnerable.Because Delilah has an admirer. Someone who is paying a great deal of attention to her. And he just might love her to death.The debut of a shockingly fresh voice in suspense fiction, OVER MY LIVE BODY will work its way inside of you. Views: 41
Does 'normal' even exist for Emari Sweet anymore? Normal is all she's wanted since the death of her parents. But with the Wraith, Thomas, out for her blood, and Nick's duplicity, Em doesn't see normal returning any time soon. Making use of her new found powers, she works with Spokane Police to uncover evidence in ‘cold cases’ and memoryprint clues for current ones. But is she putting the entire Caphar race at jeopardy by her choices? Will her relationship with Nick survive his lie and her rage? And will any of them survive the destruction of the malevolent Nightmare Wraith?The Dream Weaver series is a young adult paranormal fiction/action adventure that's a bit on the dark side. The Onar Caphar (Dream Weavers) are an ancient, arcane and almost immortal supernatural race descended from the offspring of angels & humans, the Nephilim. The Weavers use the power to command memories and dreams, to defend themselves from and destroy the Rephaim (the Nightmare Wraith). This suspense/thriller, written about realistic, science fiction, pseudo-scientific memory and dream manipulation, is set in the Pacific Northwest. Reviewers have called the series a beautiful, atmospheric survival story that is dark sci fi meets teen fantasy meets dark romance; and a YA paranormal love story that's receiving 5 star reviews from readers of all ages. DREAM WEAVER & ROCK STAR, books 1 and 2 in the trilogy, are also now available in paperback and ebooks for KINDLE!!! WOW! Excellent pace, wonderfully flowing narrative, and an ethereal sense of excitement throughout! *Mark Wilson - Author of dEaDINBURGH with Paddy's Daddy Publishing Another great story from Williams. This book phased me from fantasy skeptic to fantasy believer! Looking forward to more work from this author. I will follow her anywhere! James Moser - author of Chasing Prophecy Dream Weaver is a story inspired by authors of great books to read for girls and women like Richelle Mead, Stephenie Meyer, Lisa McMann and Maggie Stiefvater. Views: 41
'Few contemporary novelists have the ability to grab readers by the throat with such intense storytelling power and not release them until the final page has been turned.' Sunday Times 'We are carried along by the sheer force of the writing.' Times Literary Supplement 'Reminiscent of Hemingway, he explores the clash of the masculine virtues of courage, loyalty and endurance with treachery and fear.' Daily Telegraph 'There is a horror sleeping in Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn which becomes restless as the book progresses until it explodes into spectacular life.' Time Out The coast of New England: beautiful but savage, where storms can whip up out of nowhere, and the wrecks wash up on the beach. James Pfeiffer, a young college dropout, is initiated into the gruelling world of the trawler boats, where he discovers the thrill and terror of life at sea. For his fellow crewmen, the sea is a place to escape their past. Paul Watkins' powerful novel tells the brutal story of life on the... Views: 41
A hot July sun burned into the dried needles of the annual Christmas tree at the Lock 3 Amphitheater in downtown Akron. Weeds wove chaotic pathways around the dead branches that were adorned with faded red bulbs and rocking horses. The city had been abandoned and left for the Earth to reclaim. Under the decay and dust were secrets that would soon be uncovered the day Anna returned home. Views: 41
