A brand new tale in the Animal Stories series from best-selling author, Holly Webb. The Puppy Who Was Left Behind is the 25th book in Holly Webb's Animal Stories series, a must for any puppy loving, Holly Webb fan. Anna and her new puppy, Fred, go to spend time on her grandparents' canal boat during the summer holidays. Anna loves the boat, and so does Fred, but her grandparents have a black Labrador, Sunny, and he's very grumpy with Fred. It's decided that poor Fred should go home, but by the time Anna's parents come to pick up the puppy, Anna is in tears. Fred is upset, and scared of Sunny, and he escapes and runs away to hide in the woods. With the boat needing to move on that evening, the race is on to find the lost puppy before he gets left behind... Holly Webb's Animal Stories have sold over a million copies in the UK. From stolen kittens to lost puppies and runaways, Holly's tales of puppies and kittens have won her legions of fans. Views: 19
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Library Lover's Mysteries and Death of a Mad Hatter comes a tale of hat shop owners who put a cap on crime. MURDER CAN BE SO OLD HAT Cousins Scarlett Parker and Vivian Tremont's fashionable London hat shop, Mim's Whims, is visited by a new customer bearing an old hat box. Ariana Jackson is getting married and wants to restore her mother's bridal hat and veil for the occasion. The elegant item was made by Scarlett and Vivian's grandmother over thirty years ago, so Viv is delighted to take the job. When Scarlett goes to Ariana's office to consult about the restoration cost, she finds her outside, standing over her boss's dead body. Though Ariana claims to know nothing about his demise, the investigation unveils a motive for murder. Now, with the bride-to-be in custody and the wedding on hold, Scarlett and Viv must find the real killer before Ariana's future is boxed up for good. Views: 19
Bianca Marshal is holding out for the perfect husband. Finding a man that meets the requirements of her must-have list in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains has proven impossible. Bianca s mama insists that there s no such thing as a perfect true love, and that Bianca s ideal man is pure fiction. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Bianca discovers a devastating statistic: her chance of marrying is now only eighteen percent. Unwilling to accept spinsterhood, Bianca enters an essay contest that propels her into a whirlwind search for her soulmate. Via the opulence of London and the mysteries of the Holy Land, Bianca's true love will be revealed, but not without a heavy price. Views: 19
She married him to save face, but will it be at her heart's expense?Megan Coffman needs to put her divorce from one of rock and roll's biggest womanizers behind her—fast. Dubbed "Poor Meg" by the music media, she's sick of being pitied and thinks the best way to show the public she's moved on is to flash her brand new engagement ring. But now she needs a man and a wedding to go with it...Thirty-five year old Russian expatriate Seth "Red" Rozhkov likes the idea of an instant family and agrees to play husband for a year for a virtual stranger. Women just want him for one thing anyway, and it's not happily-ever-after. A mutual friend swears if Red plays his cards right, he could have Meg for keeps. He's willing to try.Meg finds Red an enigma. He's a gentle giant, solicitous almost to a fault—and the no-strings-attached sex is amazing, but she's used to being used. What's Red getting out of the deal? How can she trust a man who hasn't asked her for anything... Views: 19
A research laboratory opens on the outskirts of the West Country town of Abbeyford, bringing with it new people, jobs, prosperity and publicity to the area – as well as a mob of protesters and animal rights activists. The team at Abbeyford police station take this new level of civil disorder in their stride – until a fatal car bombing of one of the laboratory’s head scientists means more drastic measures must be taken…Detective Sergeant Kate Redman is struggling to come to terms with being back at work after a long period of absence on sick leave; not to mention the fact that her erstwhile partner Mark Olbeck has now been promoted above her. The stakes get even higher as a multiple murder scene is discovered and a violent activist is implicated in the crime. Kate and the team must put their lives on the line to expose the murderer and untangle the snarl of accusations, suspicions and motives. Snarl is the new Kate Redman Mystery from bestselling crime writer Celina Grace, author of Hushabye, Requiem and Imago. Views: 19
Since we first looked at the stars, there has been a silence, no signs of alien life, no one who has tried to speak to us, a mystery that a long dead scientist called the Fermi Paradox.‘Where are they?’In 2118, the first daring mission to another star, Tau Ceti, twelve light years away is launched. Tom Hites and Harry Cosgrove command the Starship Endeavour on an epic journey to solve the Fermi Paradox. From the first, nearly disastrous steps on a distant world, their quest takes them further than they ever imagined. Out amidst the mysterious long abandoned worlds and ancient relics they discover, some strange, some wonderful and some deadly, that question they seek to answer becomes:‘Where are they now?’ Views: 19
She'll risk everything for love...but can she tame his wild heart?Good girl Rowan Thomas is smart, determined--and about to take a walk on the wild side. Her little sister, Lacy, desperately needs a liver transplant. Without one, she has less than a year to live. So Rowan drops out of college, risking her scholarship and her ticket out of her destructive past, to head for Las Vegas...where she'll do anything to get enough money for a black-market operation.And then, she meets him.Bronson Ramsey. MMA fighter, bad ass outlaw biker, and womanizer extraordinaire. Bronson has his own financial problems--every cent he makes on his brutal, high-profile fights is going to pay off a vicious cartel that's at war with the biker club he calls family. He has no time for relationships, even if he wanted one. But something in Rowan calls out to his battered soul.When Bronson "wins" Rowan in a card game, she responds by trying to rob him--ineffectively, since her smarts are all books and no street. Bronson discovers that she's a virgin and makes a daring proposition: she works a high-end escort scam with him and the club, and they'll split the profits. No one will touch her. But at the end, she'll reward him with her virginity.What Bronson doesn't need is a relationship, and least of all love. He's convinced it's only for the money and sex.Rowan agrees, for Lacy's sake. And once it's over, she promises herself that she'll find a way to escape Bronson and his lawless MC--but she's already starting to fall for him hard. Can she save a man from himself...one who doesn't want to be saved? Views: 19
Summer love has never been more appropriate than when discovering these three romantic summer stories. From holiday blockbusters to Christmas in July to fireworks of a more romantic kind, summer heats up in this heartwarming collection of three romantic 4th of July tales. This volume of three complete holiday stories is 16,716-words and 123 pages long. Views: 19
MAKIN' BACONAfter Bethlehem Bacon's husband goes missing while out surveying on the Wind River Indian Reservation, Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long heads out to Wyoming Territory to lead the search. And when the beautiful Beth insists on accompanying him, Longarm finds himself distracted by desire for the sizzling Mrs. Bacon.But bushwhackers' bullets quickly bring Longarm's senses back into sharp focus. Someone is trying to stop them from learning her husband's fate. Once they reach the reservation, Longarm realizes he may have jumped from the frying pan into the fire. With shooters on every bluff, the lawman will have to rely on steely nerves, a quick draw and a steady aim to smoke out the fatback bastards and save their bacon... Views: 19
