A man is murdered outside a gambling club in London's West End after a journalist who had dallied to take a last drink has tried to stop a frightened girl from making a 'phone call. The journalist is kidnapped by a naked female croupier who is handling a gun instead of a roulette wheel. He comes to on a Sussex farm, where he makes a discovery that pitches him headlong into a sequence of violence and intrigue concerning a gambling racket and the faceless men who run it.Cash My Chips, Croupier was first published in 1969. Views: 18
After a night-shift shooting of a drug dealer in The Coffee Cave,thirteen strangers each walk out with more than $100,000 in dirtymoney, a pact never to meet again, and the chance to start over … Cass Montgomery thought money was supposed to make everything easier. But when she tries to pay off her brother’s racing debts, she finds herself in deeper trouble than ever before as she’s forced to race in the sideshows Wrex controls. With her motorcycle totaled and no way to keep her brother Liam out of the hospital, Cass turns to Dev Coburn, hoping he can get her bike ready to race once more. What she didn’t expect is how attracted she is to Dev or how much she’s putting him at risk. As the countdown to the final race looms, will Cass and Dev be able to make it to the finish line or will she end up in debt to Wrex for more than money? Views: 18
Book Two in the STRANDED: SHADOW ISLAND trilogy—Companion series to the New York Times bestselling STRANDED adventures! As seen on The Today Show, Rachael Ray, and Kelly and Michael. From the Emmy-Award winning host of Survivor, Jeff Probst, with Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life co-author Chris Tebbetts The 2nd brand new adventure following the characters from the original STRANDED family adventure trilogy! How much would you sacrifice? How far could you go?When Carter, Vanessa, Buzz, and Jane found themselves stranded on Shadow Island, they had no idea what they were getting into. Now, one of their group is missing, and the stakes just keep getting higher. This is going to be a fight to the finish if they ever want to make it home again. It's going to take courage. It's going to take strength. It's going to take luck. And in the end, one rash decision could change everything—when everything is at... Views: 18
About The Author: Angela Buckley is a freelance writer specialising in local and family history. She has published many articles on genealogy, social history and Manchester’s colourful past and writes regularly for several family history magazines. In her previous career in modern languages education Angela published three teaching guides for GCSE French with Hodder & Stoughton. See her website http://angelabuckley.wordpress.com for more information. Views: 18
"You are an incorrigible, unscrupulous, card-sharping, horse-thieving baggage!" Marcus declared. "By God, someone had better take you in hand, before you do some serious damage and find yourself at the end of the hangman's rope." He jerked the reins from her grasp and guided the horse over to the side of the road, in the shadow of a bramble hedge. "What are you doing?" Judith demanded. "I don't know yet." He turned on the bench, catching her shoulders, and the minute he touched her that jolting current surged between them. Judith looked into his eyes, glittering with purpose, and she shivered, feeling the heat in her belly slowly turning bone and sinew to molten lava. "You weave the strangest magic, Judith," he said, his voice a husky murmur, his eyes holding hers. "You confuse me so much I don't know whether I want to beat you or make love to you… but I have to possess you one way or the other." Marcus pulled her against him, his mouth coming down on hers with a crushing violence akin to punishment. Judith responded unhesitatingly to the bruising pressure, her lips parting for the determined thrust of his tongue. Her hands found their way around his neck, her fingers raking through his thick, dark hair… Views: 18
A boy-friendly book set during World War One, published for the centennary of the war and accompanied by a digital component to boost interest from the school and library market. It's the early 1900s and Edward Setten is growing up in the prairies fascinated by his uncle, who is one of the very first people in Canada to pilot a plane. Despite his mother's protests, Edward learns to fly and, when war breaks out, joins the Royal Flying Corps. In this fast-paced and gripping novel, Edward's coming of age takes place in the most extraordinary of circumstances. Views: 18
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHEN I AM WITH YOU AND *BECAUSE YOU ARE MINE * Montand’s shaded and challenging past forces Emma into proposing a challenge of her own as New York Times bestselling author Beth Kery’s The Affair continues… The Affair Week Three What was it about a man as damaged as Montand that made Emma say yes when she should have fled and never looked back? His intense sexual preferences intrigued her more than she’d been willing to admit. But now that she’s been privy to his secrets—including a long-ago family tragedy, and the true identity of a woman who lurks in the shadows of his mansion—Emma fears she’ll be just one more submissive conquest in Montand’s troubled life. And then abandoned like so many who came before. She needs to be strong and protect her heart, but her desires won’t let her resist. So, if their affair is to continue it’ll be on her conditions: it will not continue indefinitely, only she can end it, and when it’s over, they’ll part and never speak again of the things they dared to do behind the locked doors of the Breakers. Includes a bonus excerpt of Beth Kery’s When I’m with You More to come. Don't miss *The Affair: Week 4 * Praise for Beth Kery, Recipient of the All About Romance Reader Poll for Best Erotica “Wicked good storytelling.”—Jaci Burton “Addictive and delicious.”—USA Today Beth Kery is the New York Times bestselling author of Because You Are Mine, When I’m with You and *Exposed to You. * From the AuthorWelcome to the eight-week long reading experience of THE AFFAIR. What is a serial novel? It is one, long saga, told episodically.THE AFFAIR is a very steamy, angsty, emotionally charged romance between an unconventional hospice nurse and a jaded billionaire who has been haunted by death repeatedly. It will be told over an eight week period, each hefty installment available every Tuesday, beginning September 16, 2014. This fall, fall in love along with Emma and Montand in real time during the first eight weeks of their tumultuous, sexy, heartbreaking, and ultimately beautiful affair.Happy Reading!BethAbout the AuthorBeth Kery lives in Chicago where she juggles the demands of her career, her love of the city and the arts and a busy family life. Her writing today reflects her passion for all of the above. She is the bestselling author of over thirty novels and novellas. She also writes under the pen name Bethany Kane. You can read more about Beth, her books and upcoming projects at www.bethkery.com or follow her on Twitter @bethkery. Views: 18
23rd Century Britain. No oil. No electricity. It's been 150 years since The Collapse, and the Information Age has long gone. The clouds of data that once drove humanity are little more than ash, the knowledge once held in their servers lost in the mists of time. The few remaining people get by as best they can, improvising and living off the land, or scavenging through long-derelict cities for scraps and trinkets. This is the world of the Kingsmen, elite law enforcers with the power of life and death. Sixteen year old Flick Carter has saved the life of an injured Scav. But it's not just the Kingsmen who want to get their hands on the boy and his secrets; there are forces far more dangerous who will stop at nothing, not even murder. For Flick, the small Oxfordshire town of Faringdon is no longer safe. Wanted for murder, and with no one left she can trust, she must run. Or die. Views: 18
The month of November 1916 in Russia was outwardly unmarked by seismic events, but beneath the surface, society seethed fiercely. In Petrograd, luxury-store windows are still brightly lit; the Duma debates the monarchy, the course of war, and clashing paths to reform; the workers in the miserable munitions factories veer increasingly toward sedition. At the front all is stalemate except for sudden death's capricious visits, while in the countryside sullen anxiety among hard-pressed farmers is rapidly replacing patriotism. In Zurich, Lenin, with the smallest of all revolutionary groups, plots his sinister logistical miracle. With masterly and moving empathy, through the eyes of both historical and fictional protagonists, Solzhenitsyn unforgettably transports us to that time and place—the last of pre-Soviet Russia. Translated by H.T. Willetts.November 1916 is the second volume in Solzhenitsyn's multi-part work, the Red Wheel, following August... Views: 18
