In the spirit of Tony Abbott's UNDERWORLD books, comes the new kid on the block - Barkari Katari Johnson!Shy fourth-grader Bakari Katari Johnson is having a bad day. He's always coming up against Tariq Thomas, the most popular kid in their class, and today is no different. On top of that, Bakari has found a strange ring that appears to have magical powers—and the people from the ring's fantastical other world want it back! Can Bakari and his best friend Wardell stave off the intruders' attempts, keep the ring safe, and stand up to Tariq and his pal Keisha, all before the school bell rings? Media celebrity and Essence Magazine entertainment producer, Patrik Henry Bass delivers adventure, fun, fantasy and friendship in this illustrated action-packed adventure starring an African American boy hero and his classmates. Views: 27
Her terrifying desires drove her to seek out those of a similar nature. She couldn't do it. She couldn't go in and introduce herself at the munch. She chickened out. But she had been seen. He saw her again on the train platform and what follows is a story that will draw you in with its subtle beauty and its dynamic portrayal of a submissive's journey. Told from both sides, Dominique will pull at your heart strings. It will shiver you to the core, and it will have your undivided attention as you ride the BDSM rollercoaster beside her. Another stunning novella from the award-winning author, Sir Nathan. Views: 27
A beautiful archeologist and daughter of a local ship owner is found dead at a dig on the Greek Island of Chios. After the body of her young assistant is also discovered, the chief officer of the local police force, Yiannis Patronas, suspects that the pair turned up something of real value, all evidence to the contrary, and sets out to conquer the evil threatening his formerly peaceful island. Views: 27
A dark secret hangs over the old rose gardener's house in the village of Le Variouf. And all the clues seem to point to its inhabitants' past—to the years of World War II, when the idyllic island of Guernsey was occupied by German troops...The young teacher Franca Palmer is at the end of her rope. Her marriage is reaching a crisis point, and she barely feels capable of continuing to face the demands of her career, her husband, and day-to-day life. In a mad rush she leaves her comfortable home in Berlin and flees to the island of Guernsey in the English Channel; there she rents herself a room in the old rose gardener's house in the village of Le Variouf. In a short time, a peculiar, guarded friendship develops between her and her host, Beatrice Shaye. The older woman has lived on the charmingly situated property for many years with Helene Feldmann—tied together by fate in a relationship that is marked with repugnance and hatred. The two women appear to be bound to one... Views: 27
A warm, inventive and funny series about three siblings who live by their own rules. Mila Tinkler is worried. A flat in the Tinklers' building has been empty for months, and no ghosts have moved in yet! Luckily Mila has some ideas about how to attract ghosts. First of all, they need somewhere to boo-gie! Views: 27
A vow to break? She's a bullet point on the list of things he's agreed to for duty. And as it is the only way to restore order in Dahaar and quash whispers that name him The Mad Prince, Ayaan Al Sharif will marry Zohra Naasar. Zohra knows something of duty's destruction--it's stolen her freedom before, and it won't happen again. She'll convince Ayaan not to marry her--by refusing to sleep with him! Even if he does evoke a desire she's never felt before. Ayaan may have agreed to her outrageous demand, but is this the one promise the last prince of Dahaar can't keep? Views: 27
In the twilight year of the Edwardian age, two young boys, Eddie and Bertie, embark on an erotic adventure at the Great Hall, discovering the pleasures of male love as they explore their emotions and their bodies for the first time. But two acts of sexual betrayal will shatter their sensual idyll and soon the horrors of the Great War will change their lives forever. Only one of the boys will return from the trenches of the Somme to begin a fresh journey that will take him from the hidden gay bars of Soho, to the decadent bohemian world of artistic Chelsea and the pleasurable possibilities of life aboard a luxury liner. Soldiers, servants, businessmen, tycoons, artists and models – it seems like every man is a more than willing willing partner in this lusty, sex-fuelled romp through the early 20th Century. Views: 27
It’s 1973 in Upstate New York and girls are disappearing in record numbers. Ten-year-old Cee-Cee Bianco thinks she has a lead on one of the latest missing children. When her favorite brother, Baby Pauly, witnesses a brutal crime in the woods, nobody expects what happens next: Cee-Cee performs a miracle that sets off a chain reaction of doubt and devotion in the community, the church, and Cee-Cee’s new teachers, a group of radical war-protesting nuns who are themselves keeping a secret that could change everything. Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam war, Watergate, and a shifting landscape of American family life, MIRACLE GIRLS tells the story of one family, one town, and one remarkable girl— which may just be the story of all our lives. Views: 27
"What more could New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins's fans desire" than the "sharp repartee, clever plotting, memorable characterization, and sizzling sexual tension" (RT Book Reviews) of her sparkling Oxenburg Princes fairy tale romance series?Nikolai Romanovin, a royal prince of Oxenburg, has travelled to the deepest wilds of Scotland to rescue his grandmother the Grand Duchess, who was abducted while visiting an old friend in the Highlands. Wanting to avoid an international incident, Nik plans to quietly slip into enemy territory disguised as a groom at Castle Cromartie. But his plans go awry when he falls under the cool gray gaze of the laird's daughter. Pragmatic and clever, Mairi MacKenzie has been left in charge of the family estate and her unruly grandmother in her father's absence. Something about the new groom catches her eyes, and makes her think he's not who he pretends to be—and even more shockingly, stirs her senses. Is it... Views: 27
