A quarterback facing the end of his career must come to peace with his past, and accept his present, before he can move on with his future. Mitch Ryland accomplished what his father said he never would—he made something of himself. When his wife suggests she'd like to start a family, Mitch is thrown for a loop. He's never told her about his life before he ended up with his foster parents, or his plans never to become a father. So when he's taken out of the game, his failings from the past come back to haunt him, and Mitch blames his injury on his loss of focus. He's unprepared for his career as a professional quarterback to be over. Nor is he ready to tell his wife about why football is so important to him. He'd rather put emotional and physical distance between them and focus on getting back in the game. Serena Ryland has dreamed of becoming a mother. But when she mentions the idea to her husband, he freezes her out and she has no idea why.... Views: 29
A centuries-old curse. A conniving, obsessed warlock. A darkness that grows with each passing day.Having succumbed completely to Shadow, Sophie now struggles with both the vile, strange magic flowing through her, as well as the curse her ancestor put on the Turcotte family. In taking the curse, she saved the life of the man she’s loved for her entire life. All she needed was to buy some time.But the curse is beginning to eat away at Sophie’s sanity, and learning to wield Shadow magic in a way that might save both herself and Calder’s line from its malevolence is proving nearly impossible. Sophie is in a race against time as well as her own increasing madness to end the curse before it infects Calder’s family again.An old foe awaits his opportunityMarshall, the warlock who now owns Sophie’s soul, haunts the shadows, frustrated by both his own inability to force Sophie completely to his will and the forces that seem to thwart his every attempt to make her do his bidding. His desperation turns to rage, and an entire town will be forced to pay.
Despite her madness, Sophie must learn to wield the magic she never even wanted, or everything and everyone she ever loved will suffer. And the ultimate price she’ll pay to save them will be more than she ever could have imagined.**Review
"The ramifications of a horrific curse still haunt two star-crossed lovers in the second intense and action-packed installment of Vanderlinden's Copper Falls series. To save Calder Turcotte from succumbing further to the curse placed on his family eons ago by her ancestor Migisi, Light Witch Sophie Turner accepted Shadow and pulled the curse into herself. By creating multiple spell-binding and gritty series, it hasn't taken long for exceptional storyteller Vanderlinden to carve out her own special niche in the urban fantasy genre!" - RT Book Reviews Views: 29
A searing, surreal novel that bleeds fantasy and reality--and Beatles fandom--from one of literature's most striking contemporary voices, author of the international sensation City of Bohane. It is 1978, and John Lennon has escaped New York City to try to find the island off the west coast of Ireland he bought nine years prior. Leaving behind domesticity, his approaching forties, his inability to create, and his memories of his parents, he sets off to find calm in the comfortable silence of isolation. But when he puts himself in the hands of a shape-shifting driver full of Irish charm and dark whimsy, what ensues can only be termed a magical mystery tour. Beatlebone is a tour de force of language and literary imagination that marries the most improbable element to the most striking effect. Views: 29
Three years passed.Long and brutal.Lonely and sometimes scary.But he swore he'd find me--that'd he'd do everything to get me back. Well, his word was final. His word was true. He's back.Ace Crow: Ruthless. Deadly. Risky. An extremely bad man. I'm everything he's not. I'm the missing piece to his disturbing puzzle. But he's mistaken about one thing. No one said getting me back was going to be easy. There are always consequences to ones actions. There are always hidden truths. There is always betrayal.Things aren't so simple anymore. My life has changed dramatically. Bringing him back in will only be dragging me back down.I'm afraid.I shouldn't.But I love him.A lot.I'm a fool.BEWARE, my beating heart. Views: 29
Emma Chandler has a comfortable life as junior partner of a firm of chartered accountants in London. When she is sent to Venice to investigate the disappearance of their client Signor Marco dell'Orto's fortune, her safe lifestyle is capsized. Emma is thrown into a disorientating and fast-paced world of deceit and crime. She begins to fall for the enigmatic Italian millionaire Marco while staying in his palazzo, and her arrival does not remain unnoticed in the Venetian backstreets for long. Marco's computers are hacked and his phone is bugged. Emma is being watched. The beautiful city quickly reveals its sinister underworld. The body of a young woman wearing Emma's raincoat is found, floating in a lagoon. There are strange sightings of a cloaked man in the city's backstreets. Should Emma take these ominous signs as a cue to leave? Or should she stay to complete the job she was sent to do? As the plot unfolds against the beautiful backdrop of the Grand Canal, piazzas, dark... Views: 29
Science-obsessed fourth grader Nora has ants all figured out--now she just has to try to understand her fellow humans! The trouble with ants is . . . . . . people think they're boring. . . . they are not cuddly. . . . who would ever want them for a pet? Nora Alpers is using her new notebook to record the behavior of ants. Why? Because they are fascinating! Unfortunately, no one agrees with her. Her mom is not happy about them being in the house, and when Nora brings her ant farm to school for show and tell, her classmates are not very impressed. They are more interested in cat videos, basketball practice, or trying to set a Guinness World Record (although Nora wouldn't mind that). Mostly they are distracted by the assignment their teacher Coach Joe has given them--to write a persuasive speech and change people's minds about something. Will Nora convince her friends that ants are as interesting as she thinks they are? Or will... Views: 29
Duke has wanted Holly for a long time but she was too young, too innocent, and he was married. Now, she’s older and he has waited long enough. She is going to be his. Holly grew up in the MC life. Her father was once president of the Trojans MC before he handed the gavel over to Duke. She refuses to become part of the life like her mother has. Being an old lady is the last thing she wants to become. He has bided his time and now he will not let her go. Holly is his to control, to fuck, to love. He’ll do everything in his power to claim his woman but what will happen when Holly finds out the truth about the club? When his ex-wife tries to hurt her, Duke will have to make a choice. Can he kill the mother of his child or will he protect the woman who owns his heart? Views: 28
Fated love? A destiny in the stars? Together for all eternity? It doesn't work like that. At least not without a lot of blood, sweat, and tears behind the scenes where the Soul Selector spins her magical trickery. It is her job is to identify soul mates as they enter this world and somehow get them to fall in love. Aphrodite and all the other gods need this purest love of all. They feed on it.But soul mates are notoriously difficult to work with, and the Soul Selector has just found a particularly stupid pair. Views: 28
