From the bestselling author of the phenomenally successful The Kashmir Shawl London 1870.A terrifying place for a young, beautiful woman of limited means. But Eliza is modern before her time. Not for her the stifling if respectable conventionality of marriage, children, domestic drudgery. She longs for more. Through her work as an artist's model, she meets the magnetic and irascible Devil -- a born showman whose dream is to run his own theatre company. Devil's right-hand man is the improbably-named Carlo Bonomi, an ill-tempered dwarf with an enormous talent for all things magic and illusion. Carlo and Devil clash at every opportunity and it constantly falls upon Eliza to broker an uneasy peace between them. And then there is Jasper Button. Mild-mannered, and a family man at heart, it is his gift as an artist which makes him the unlikely final member of the motley crew. Thrown together by a twist of fate, their lives... Views: 39
Former middle-school band director Michelle Schusterman continues to celebrate the high notes and low notes of middle-school band! The band is off to New Orleans for a competition as well as a bit of sightseeing. But there is all sorts of boy treble in the band this spring. Julia has her first boyfriend, so Holly will have to keep focused to help her friends through their drama AND make sure the New Orleans trip is a trip to remember. Views: 39
Lucy
We were high school prom king and queen.
He moved on. I moved East.
Seven years ago, I left Breckenridge, Colorado, hoping to never return.
All it took was one horrific night not too long ago to change all that.
Now, I’m back, and there is one person I hope I don’t run into.
His name is Jake Galloway.
My prom date. My old boyfriend. My first true love.
Now, I’m back home to recover from a recent attack that nearly took my life as well as my best friend’s.
I’m more afraid of what will happen to me should my path cross with Jake’s again.
I know that will hurt me more than anything I’ve recently gone through.
He’ll own my heart and my body all over again.
Will Lucy be able to choose where her heart truly belongs after coming back to the town she grew up in?
Jake
She took off running when I confessed I love her, but couldn’t give her the committed relationship she wanted.
I needed to live my college years and party it up with lots of girls and booze.
Sex with Lucy Wyatt was an experience in of itself.
I thought I was doing right by moving on from her.
I thought there was more out there than just Lucy.
Even if we burned for each other like a raging wildfire.
Now, Lucy’s back, and I want her more than ever.
The minute my eyes trailed on her walking down the street my desire for her burned more than ever. It’s as though seven years apart never happened. It’s just this time I’m not sure I can have her anymore.
Can flames from years past be rekindled, or have they been extinguished for good?
This is a short story and is included in the Barrier Series. However, it can be read as a standalone.
For Mature audiences only for strong language and sexual situations Views: 39
Seventeen delightfully unexpected stories from Simon R. Green—including a brand-new adventure of the Droods—take us deep into the Darkside, embroil us in the Secret Histories, and lead us into the shadowy places where monsters and demons roam Welcome to the worlds of Simon R. Green. In this wide-ranging collection, the New York Times–bestselling urban fantasist opens doors into hidden places: strange realms bordering our own mundane existence and prowled by creatures of fancy and nightmare. Here are the strange, frequently deadly—and sometimes even dead—things that lurk in garbage-strewn city alleyways and grimy subway stations after midnight, visible only to the most perceptive human or inhuman eye. In these tales, Green revisits the ingenious worlds within worlds that he created for his wildly popular novels. Take a stroll on the Darkside with a jaded street wizard, an underpaid government functionary responsible for keeping demons, vamps, and aliens in line. Enter the hidden recesses of Drood Hall, where the aging family member who creates powerful weapons that protect humankind recalls his long and bloody career. Join a squad of no-longer-human soldiers dispatched to combat the all-consuming jungle on a distant planet. Visit a house at the intesection of two realities that serves as a sanctuary from the evil of all worlds. Confront the unstoppable zombie army of General Kurtz in a brilliant homage to Apocalypse Now. And whatever you do, never forget that there are monsters out there. Really. Each story includes a new afterword by the author. **Review“[In] a Simon R. Green book, everything is larger than life—the heroes extremely heroic, the villains astonishingly villainous, the choices between good and evil very clear-cut. Still, if the ultimate outcome is never really in doubt, there’s plenty of entertainment in the journey, and the engagingly-drawn characters.” —SFF.net “If they’re making fantasy adventure much better than this, I don’t know about it.” —Science Fiction Chronicle on Beyond the Blue MoonAbout the AuthorSimon R. Green is the New York Times–bestselling author of Blue Moon Rising, Beyond the Blue Moon, the Adventures of Hawk & Fisher, the Novels of the Nightside, the Secret Histories Novels, and the Ghost Finders Novels. He is a resident of Bradford-on-Avon in England. Views: 39
Fritz Carter has carved out a nice life in his hometown of Serenity, Georgia. Together with his brothers, they've made the family farm more successful than ever. Fritz wants for very little—save for the girl he'd loved in high school. The girl who'd left Serenity behind...left Fritz behind as well. The girl who just sauntered into the local dive bar, looking all woman and hotter than ever. Fritz would have to be blind not to want Kai back in his bed. He'd also have to be stupid to give her his heart. Not again. Not right away. They've both changed, and past hurts haven't healed as well as either had thought. A few sultry summer nights in Kai's arms don't equal love...even if his heart says otherwise. A Romantica® contemporary erotic romance from Ellora's Cave. Views: 39
Operation: love. Former army pilot Mina Gaines isn't looking for a hero. She's too busy running her grandfather's remote mountainside hotel to bother with love. That is, until a private plane crashes and brings danger to her doorstep...and a sexy stranger into her life. There's no mistaking that a serious threat is near, but when faced with no other way to survive, can she trust that there's more to Jake? Bringing a drug kingpin to justice is undercover DEA agent Jake Wolfe's top mission. Now, with the beautiful Mina caught in the criminal's crosshairs, he's ready to take any risk to protect her--and keep her in his arms forever. Views: 39
