Make-believe betrothal Rock-solid and reliable, confirmed bachelor Caleb McCoy thought nothing could rattle him--until he discovers he needs to pose as Anna Bishop's intended groom. After saving her life, his honorable code bid Caleb watch over the innocent beauty. And a pretend engagement is the only way to protect her from further harm. Raised by a single mother and suffragist, Anna doesn't think much of marriage--and she certainly doesn't plan to try it herself. But playing Caleb's blushing bride-to-be makes her rethink her independent ways, because their make-believe romance is becoming far too real... Prairie Courtships: Romance on the range Views: 11
Tout ce que demandait Carson, c'était de l'eau pour ses bêtes, épuisées par un long voyage. Pourtant, s'il avait pu prévoir que, pour avoir coupé quelques centimètres de barbelés qui interdisaient l'accès de la source - propriété de King Fisher, maître absolu de la région - il allait devoir abattre un homme et se retrouver la corde au cou, à deux doigts d'être pendu, il aurait peut-être hésité. 'Mais Carson était coriace, et si Fisher possédait tous les atouts, il n'était pas pour autant assuré de gagner la partie. Views: 11
Cordelia Bolivar has an idyllic life until tragedy strikes, sending her to live with an aunt and uncle she barely knows in the quaint southern town of Savannah Oaks. Distraught and withdrawn, Cordie finds solace on the balcony overlooking the large Live Oak in the center of the field where the haunting sounds of a melody are heard. Alone in the heart of the South, Cordie slowly begins to adapt to her new life realizing the one she left behind in New York will never return. Soon, her inquisitive nature gets the best of Cordie, and she finds herself drawn into an age old battle between siblings during the Civil War . With the help of her newly found friend, Cordie sets out to right the wrongs of history and must decide if her destiny is to stay in the past with the man she loves and break the heart of her aunt and uncle, or remain in the present and leave her destiny unfulfilled. (This book is a Clean Read, suitable for YA, New Adult readers, and Adults)** Views: 11
The Stormhaven Etiquette Society, a secretive affair, unafraid to name and shame those who transgressModel Services, the town's only brothel, a discreet but busy presence in Church StreetBybuckle Asylum, a desolate shell on the seafront that housed over seven hundred mental patients prior to 'care in the community' What brings these three together is a cold-blooded execution that both shocks and confounds. For lying dead in the empty asylum, tied to an old metal bed frame, is a pillar of the establishment. Or is she? Sleuthing couple DI Tamsin Shah and her remarkable cleric uncle join forces once again to solve a murder mystery that reveals dark secrets from Abbot Peter's tempestuous student years.'Do we ever leave anything behind?' he wonders as the killer swings the gun barrel towards him . . .'To a long list of much-loved detective pairings, which includes Holmes and Watson, Poirot and Hastings, and Morse and Lewis, we must now add... Views: 11
Legend awakened…
Reno has known there was more to him since he awoke in the hospital, alive when he should have died. Only one thought consumed him. Find Tah. Watch over him. Protect him. Then everything changed.
A tempted tiger…
A mission gone wrong brings him face to face with a woman who tempts his tiger from hiding. He wants her with a fierce hunger that consumes him and shocks him with the possessive nature she awakens.
Mine…
Amia belongs nowhere. Not with the Blane family of hunters she was born into, and not with the dominant man who kidnaps her and turns her world upside down. She runs. She fights. And when the time comes, she pays the price. Running isn’t an option, and there’s no fighting a man who turns her inside out with unquenchable lust. Maybe, just maybe, she’s found where she belongs. Views: 11
In 1917, the notorious Oriental dancer Mata Hari was arrested on the charge of espionage; less than one year later she was tried and executed—charged with the deaths of at least 50,000 gallant French soldiers. The mistress of many senior Allied officers and government officials, even the French minister of war, she had a sharp intellect and a golden tongue fluent in several languages; she also traveled widely throughout wartorn Europe, with seeming disregard for the political and strategic alliances and borders. But was she actually a spy? In this persuasive new biography, Pat Shipman explores the life and times of the mythic and deeply misunderstood dark-eyed siren to find the truth.Mata Hari's life reads like both an action-packed adventure tale and passionate, poignant romance. Shipman reveals new information about this beautiful, brilliant, and dangerous woman, tracing the web of connections between her professional and personal lives.... Views: 11
A burglary at Harrowfield mortuary. The body of 30 year old Kirsty Gallagher is missing.
Nearby, uniform police are searching the canal along with a small
diving squad, following the discovery of some clothes by the bank side.
The body of a naked man is hoisted from the murky depths. His ankles are
tied by a piece of rope connected to concrete.
Kirsty’s decomposing corpse is eventually found and an arrest is
made which leads to a network of men whom D.I Dylan can only describe as
reprobates. Views: 11
