Shel Carson was a great cop until she fell victim to the vices of Shreveport’s underworld. Clawing her way back from the brink has left her clean and sober, but also dishonored and unemployed. She turns to the only thing she knows and becomes a detective for hire. She can’t afford to be picky about her cases, and when a wealthy client wants her to extract his kidnapped daughter from his manipulative, psychotic ex-wife she reluctantly agrees. The fee is huge and will ease her financial woes. She finds mother and daughter quickly, living under new names. Even to Shel’s jaundiced eye, “Addison James” appears to be a loving mother and a gentle, quiet woman, nothing like the evil witch her ex-husband described. A belated sense of honor is extremely inconvenient—as is the irresistible passion that Addison arouses. But her client wants back what he considers his… Click is the latest imaginative and gripping story from the author of Before I Died and InSight of the Seer. Views: 24
Brendan Madden is in the midst of his senior year of high school and couldn't be happier. He has a great group of friends, his pick of colleges, and he has recently come to terms with his sexuality. One night, he meets Mark Galovic, a gorgeous, younger classmate of his. In a matter of minutes, Brendan is hooked. As the friendship between them grows, Brendan reaches his breaking point when he spontaneously confesses his feelings to him. Brendan is shocked and elated to find out that Mark feels the same way about him. The two begin to date, but because Mark is not out, it must remain a secret. As their friends and family become suspicious, openly gay Brendan becomes increasingly frustrated with their discreet relationship, while Mark becomes more and more paranoid that they're going to be found out. Views: 24
The sequel to Sarasota Sin: Payton Calloway entered the provocative world of the Easton Family, losing her virginity to two powerful men. Can she accept their past and embrace the future they want to share with her, for better or for worse? Or will she succumb to her irresistiblebest friend, Noah Wyatt, whose band is on the verge of breaking out into the professional musicindustry? Trey and Drake spin their web tighter around Libby, offering her a deal she can't possibly refuse. The final book in this trilogy, Sarasota Bride, will be available April 26. Views: 24
FIRST IN THE SANTA FE BOBCATS SERIES! A one-night stand shouldn't go into overtime... She's daddy's little girl...or she would have been, had he known she existed. Cassie Wainwright thought her father—head coach of the Santa Fe Bobcats—ignored her purposefully. Come to find out, he had no clue she'd ever been born. Now Cassie is determined to meet the man who's always been missing from her life. Her mother warns her, being the long-lost daughter of a well-known NFL coach won't be easy, but Cassie's determined to stick it out. And before her life turns upside down, she wants one more night of fun. Starting quarterback for the Santa Fe Bobcats, Trey Owens is tired of being in the limelight. Lucky for him, the beautiful brunette he meets at the club isn't a local. She has no idea who he is...and she's down to party. Tomorrow, Cassie will think about her father. Tomorrow, she'll think about her future. But tonight is... Views: 24
This adventure novel about survival at sea by Newbery Honor author Gary Paulsen is now available in an After Words paperback edition!David thought he was alone, that the ocean around him was all there was of the world. The wind screamed, the waves towered, and his boat, the twenty-two foot fiberglass FROG, skidded and bucked and, each moment, filled deeper and grew heavier with sea water.David thought surely he was dead at fourteen. His uncle Owen, who had taught him about sailing safely, would be so angry. Owen had died only days ago, his last wish for David to take the FROG out on his own, and sail her beyond sight of the coast, and once there scatter Owen's ashes. Views: 24
Life is simple for Booth Lange—work hard, save hard, stay out of
trouble—until Willow Phillips arrives in Marietta and turns his entire
world upside down. The superstitious hippie is everything he can’t
stand—transient, careless, and trouble with a capital “T”. He wants her
out of town before she can upset more than his equilibrium, and yet, he
can’t seem to stay away or keep his hands off her.
Willow, retracing her late mother’s journey through Montana
twenty-seven years ago, has one goal. To meet Willow’s father. Maybe
then she can face the life-altering decision that awaits her. But
meeting her father proves more elusive than she anticipated, and just
why is Booth Lange so determined to drive her out of town? Views: 24
Izzy and her friends are really surprised when Miss Jones starts being nice to them. After all, this is the teacher who secretly smiled when Maisie Miller fell off her chair that time. And then a teddy bear appears on her desk, with You're Great" written on its tummy. Miss Jones isn't a teddy bear kind of person. She's more of a hates-puppies-and-thinks-kittens-are-ugly kind of person. And that's when they know – Miss Jones has been taken over by aliens. And now she's trying to turn them all into aliens, too. RUN!!! Views: 24
From out of the grave.London, 1888: Agatha drags herself from a shallow grave to roam the fog-shrouded streets of the dark city, trying to piece together what happened. Her new friends, the ladies of the night, live in terror of Jack the Ripper, while Agatha persistently searches for what she discovers she needs to stay alive—electrical charges. As her memory grows stronger, the hazy images from her past come into focus, but questions remain. Do her answers lie in the shadows of the streets, the hidden corridors of London Hospital, or someplace far more frightening? Views: 24
