She’ll meet an unlikely ally who will turn her world upside down.Veronica Baker always knew growing up that she wanted to be a scientist just like her daddy. She worked hard to graduate at the top of her class, and was thrilled the day she started work at her father’s lab. When her father leaves on a trip to visit prospective investors, she assumes it will be business as usual, but when she stops hearing from him, Veronica assumes the worst and catches the first flight she can to try and track him down. When Ryker Evans learns that he’s shipping out to Lebanon to complete a solo mission, he’s not pleased. His last mission in Lebanon didn’t end so well, and he’s not eager to head back, but as the SEAL with the best track record in the navy when it comes to search and rescue, his CO doesn’t give him a choice. When he finds out that he’s being sent to extract an American woman who believes her father has been kidnapped, he’s even less pleased. He can’t stand civilians who want to be heroes, and his plan is to pull her out and get home, quickly and quietly. When the two meet, Veronica confirms all of Ryker’s worst fears. She’s insanely gorgeous, but she’s also stubborn, and she refuses to leave the country without her father. And Veronica can’t stand the arrogant and dismissive SEAL who refuses to listen to a word she says, no matter how beautiful the man is, or how much he lights her body on fire. As passion brews between them, Ryker grudgingly agrees to help her find the men who took her father, but when Veronica disappears as well, he’ll have to put it all on the line to save the woman he let slip away. EXCERPT Ryker’s words sent tears to her eyes all over again. She doesn’t know what to think. Twice Ryker has saved her. He had saved her in the parking garage almost a week ago. Today he had jumped off a two-story building to save her from being kidnapped. He was going to run out into the open, to draw the gunman’s attention, so she could live. And die in the process. The only reason he is alive now is in her panic she had delayed him long enough for help to arrive. And even then, when all had seemed lost, he tried to protect her with his own body. Why would he do that? Why would he throw his life away to save hers? To throw it away without even the guarantee that she would live. She has to know. “Why? Why were you going to throw your life away like that?” “What?” Ryker asks, not understanding. “Today. Behind the red car. You were going to run out there and get shot. Why?” Ronnie asks, after a shuddering breath, trying to control her tears. Ryker doesn’t know what to say. It’s a simple question, but he doesn’t have a simple answer. How can he explain the protectiveness he feels for her? He knows exactly why he did it… but can’t articulate it. “Because…you need to live,” he finally says. “But why? Why me instead of you?” “Because I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I didn’t do everything possible to keep you safe.” Views: 24
Isaac Newton was always a loner, preferring to spend his time contemplating the mysteries of the universe. When the plague broke out in London in 1665 he was forced to return home from college. It was during this period of so much death, that Newton gave life to some of the most important theories in modern science, including gravity and the laws of motion. Views: 24
Desperate Housewives but naughtier! Sex and the City with more sex! The Wives of Beverly Row is the exciting new series from acclaimed author, Abby Weeks. It follows the journey of four rich, suburban women as they explore the deepest parts of their own sexuality and struggle to live in a world where their fantasies can get them in more trouble than they know how to handle. This is a series that is for women, by women, and about women. If you've ever wondered what the wife next door is fantasizing about when her husband leaves for work, this is the book for you. It leaves no taboo unexplored, no fetish unspoken of, and no fantasy unwritten. Join us for the series that will make this year something you remember for the rest of your life. Views: 24
Digging the Vein is the stark, tragicomic debut novel from critically acclaimed novelist Tony O'Neill (Sick City, Down and Out on Murder Mile). It tells the autobiographical tale of a young man who arrives in Los Angeles following a brief-but-succesful career in music, only to succumb to the negative pleasures of heroin addiction. With an introductory essay by James Million Little Pieces Frey. Views: 24
I'm no angel. I never was. But when Mama left us just short of my fourteenth birthday, any chance of me becoming angelic flew out the window. My step-father, Jesse, had been the only 'father-figure' in my life from the time I was six years-old, but all that came to an end when Mama left. I was sent to live with my grandparents in another state; my half-sister, Scout, remained with Jesse, her daddy. And my world had crashed around me. Fast-forward four years. I'm almost eighteen and a somewhat normal teenage girl who's curious about her sexuality, and determined to find someone like my Mama had - but hadn't appreciated. As luck would have it, my stepfather wants me to spend the summer going into my senior year in Arkansas with them. He needs me to take care of my little sister, Scout over the summer. Four years have changed both Jesse and me in ways we hadn't considered. It isn't long before I encounter the obstacles involved in getting what it is I really want: Jesse Ryan. Complications follow, and I learn more than I ever anticipated that summer, not only about myself and my sexuality, but also about being true to myself, and putting others that I love first. Adult Content. Views: 24
A dark comedy from the National Bestselling Author of Veronica Mars, Fast Times at Neptune High An epic battle is being fought between dying gods and supernatural creatures—and the world is caught in the middle. The last five gods band together in a desperate attempt to save themselves—and humanity—and everything gets weird. A clueless mortal is caught up in a madcap world of disco-obsessed kung fu vampires, werewolves having bad hair days, teenaged archangels, and the most unlikely combination of surviving gods … all of whom discover that they aren’t the things that go bump in the night! This quirky, irreverently dark urban fantasy will leave you laughing—nervously—at the monsters hiding under your bed! Views: 24
Wabash College’s new assistant professor hired 13 August 1897 is not the educator he appears; he is an elite thief and assassin. Alexander Greyfell takes the job not to teach mathematics but to steal a special package from Heinrich Skuld’s international smuggling ring forty-one days hence. On 23 September 1897, Skuld plans to use Wabash College’s Hovey Museum as the drop-off point for the most valuable contraband on earth. Heisting the item from Skuld, however, is the least of Greyfell’s challenges. His most daunting task is staying alive until its arrival. He must outwit the leaders of the two largest criminal empires in the world, Cole Cordwood and Torquemada Montenegro. They too want Skuld’s package; and, because Greyfell betrayed and swindled them both, they each want him. Nonetheless, dodging legions of trained killers hunting him down proves not as difficult for the urbane Greyfell as blending with ordinary citizens of Crawfordsville, Indiana. While fighting for his survival with audacity and violence, Greyfell must present himself as peaceful and unassuming to maintain his cover as an instructor at the Presbyterian school. Before the package arrives, a multitude of cutthroats descends upon the small college town. The sleepy capital of Montgomery County becomes plagued with deception, treachery, torture, and murder. The deadly struggle between Greyfell and his ruthless adversaries for possession of the package takes numerous, ironic twists. The author has graphically depicted torture in this novel. A portion of the proceeds from every ebook sold will be donated to OMCT, World Organisation Against Torture, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The author hopes the funds generated will help eradicate the practice of torture in the real world, relegating the contemptible activity solely to the pages of fiction. Views: 24
The year is 2002. Weekly newsmagazines dominate the political agenda in New York and Washington. A young journalist named Michael M. Hastings is a twenty-two- year-old intern at The Magazine, wet behind the ears, the only one in the office who's actually read his coworker's books. He will stop at nothing to turn his internship into a full-time position, and he's figured out just whom to impress: Nishant Patel, the international editor, and Sanders Berman, managing editor, both vying for the job of editor in chief. While Berman and Nishant try to one-up each other pontificating on cable news, A. E. Peoria—the one reporter seemingly doing any work—is having a career crisis. He's just returned from Chad, where, instead of the genocide, he was told by his editors to focus on mobile phone outsourcing, which they think is more relevant. And then, suddenly, the United States invades Iraq—and all hell breaks loose. As Hastings loses his naïveté about the... Views: 24
In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamen's classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer a new—and thought-provoking—view of this fascinating period. Kamen sets the notorious Christian tribunal into the broader context of Islamic and Jewish culture in the Mediterranean, reassesses its consequences for Jewish culture, measures its impact on Spain's intellectual life, and firmly rebuts a variety of myths and exaggerations that have distorted understandings of the Inquisition. He concludes with disturbing reflections on the impact of state security organizations in our own time. Views: 24
Step aside, Jason Bourne: David Slaton, the perfect assassin, returns for another adrenaline-packed adventure by USA Today bestselling author Ward Larsen in Assassin's Code.Former assassin David Slaton discovers a cryptic message: on a memory stick, a photograph of the man who will soon assume command of DGSI, France's elite counterterrorism force. With the country reeling under a wave of ISIS attacks, Zavier Baland will be trusted to make the Republic safe again. The problem—Slaton has seen Baland's face before. He is Ali Samir, a terrorist Slaton is certain he killed fifteen years earlier. Unable to reconcile these facts, he heads west to investigate.Thousands of miles away, ISIS's chief information officer tries to keep networks running amid crumbling infrastructure. With the caliphate's very survival at stake, the leadership commits to a last-ditch gambit: France must be attacked on a massive scale, forcing the West into the battle... Views: 24
