The deadly ice storm that struck Eastern Canada and the US in January of 1998 has a drastic effect on the lives of two 12-year-old cousins, one a figure-skating "princess" from Montreal, and the other her down-to-earth farm-girl cousin. Views: 25
How to woo a gentleman—and weaponize dessert.Romance novel junkie Eliza Pepper always thought she was born too late, but now she really is stuck in the wrong time. Tasked with mending a tear in the timeline, she's trying desperately to fit into 1873 London. But dang it, mucking out a fireplace while looking like the lunch lady from hell is hard.If she can just keep from setting the floor on fire and somehow resist her growing attraction to the master of the house, she'll be fine. All she has to do is repeat her mantra: "He's nothing like Darcy. He's nothing like Darcy."William Brown has always taken pride in his mastery of English decorum, but his new maid is a complete disaster, has thrown his household into chaos...and he finds her utterly captivating.Though he's willing to endure extreme physical discomfort to keep their relationship in proper perspective, her arrival has brought out a side of him he never knew existed. And... Views: 25
The tale of Cinderella has been retold countless times. But what you know is not the true story. Sarah Prineas's bold fairy-tale retelling is a dark and captivating world where swords are more fitting than slippers, young shoemakers are just as striking as princes, and a heroine is more than ready to rescue herself before the clock strikes midnight.Pin has no recollection of who she is or how she got to the Godmother's fortress. She only knows that she is a Seamstress, working day in and out to make ball gowns fit for fairy tales. But she longs to forsake her backbreaking servitude and dares to escape with the brave young Shoemaker.Pin isn't free for long before she's captured again and forced to live the new life the Godmother chooses for her—a fairy-tale story, complete with a charming prince—instead of finding her own happily ever after.When the glass slipper just doesn't fit . . . Views: 25
A mechanical Jesus for your shrine, the myths of cuttlefish, a vampire in residential schools, a Muslim woman who wants to get closer, surgically, to her god, the demons of outer space, the downside of Nirvana. The 24 science fiction and fantasy stories and poems included in Wrestling with Gods (Tesseracts Eighteen) take their faith and religion into the future, into the weird and comic and thought-provoking spaces where science fiction and fantasy has really always gone, struggling with higher powers, gods, the limits of technology, the limits of spiritual experience. At times profound, these speculative offerings give readers a chance to see faith from the believer and the skeptic in worlds where what you believe is a matter of life, death, and afterlife. Featuring works by: Derwin Mak, Robert J. Sawyer, Tony Pi, S. L. Nickerson, Janet K. Nicolson, John Park, Mary-Jean Harris, David Clink, Mary Pletsch, Jennifer Rahn, Alyxandra Harvey, Halli Lilburn, John Bell,... Views: 25
As the heir to the wealthiest planet in this sector of the universe, Quill’s job was to take the amazing weapons left to him by his fathers to protect and fight off the greedy worlds that wanted to control his world.Yet his mind and heart is distracted. Distracted by a freed female slave who had been captured during the war. A female who refuses his advances, against her own desires. She is trapped on this strange storm planet until the wars end and finds so many things different here than just some storms.There is the deadly dark Assassin who has been hired to protect Quill’s mother the Queen.There are spies and politics and killers within the large city caves that lie buried within the large stone mountains that push up through the oceans that roar across the face of this world.
This is a world that developed strong people to survive at all. The fates have awarded them with a power source called Threads that not only give them unlimited force to live by, but something needed by all worlds to help the deep space ships move quickly between the jumps of star entries.Love, lust, greed, politics, war and death, the storm planet has it all. Views: 25
After learning that their mother might still be alive, Kick, Bert, Scruff and Pin have vowed to search for her. They'll comb the whole world if they have to! But it seems Mum's last-known location was closer to home. With a bewildered Uncle Basti in tow, and their mysterious friend Bone determined to tag along, the kids set off for Sydney. The clues lead them to a place the Caddys have dreamed of visiting: the spectacularly noisy, gloriously exciting Luna Park. But it's not just fun and games they encounter here. What big surprises are in store? Views: 25
The author of the Vampire Babylon series and Only the Good Die Young presents another ghost story... Ever wonder what happens after you die? Well, as a ghost, Jensen Murphy could tell you—and the truth is much stranger than anything you could imagine... I never accomplished much when I was alive. As an average eighties California beach bum, I, Jensen Murphy, didn't have any direction. But since I've joined Boo World, I've found a calling. Now, I'm a supernatural investigator, using my ghostly skills to spook confessions out of bad guys. But being a paranormal PI is taking its toll. Spirits are hounding me for justice day and night, and, now, a ghost hunting TV show is digging up dirt on my unsavory demise that I'd rather keep buried. Worst of all, a seriously evil specter is making my afterlife hell by hurting the people and ghosts I care about. To stop him, I'll need assistance from a higher power—only the price I'll... Views: 25
She's 5'2", gamine, and weighs eighty-nine pounds in a soggy trench coat. The nickname "Tinkerbell" has followed her from high school. It's hard to imagine her riding a Harley named Boris, or packing a baby blue .357 Magnum. She does both. After a disastrous engagement and washing out of Police Academy, Gina Miyoko is on walkabout in Gold Rush country, looking for clues to her own future. What are the odds she'll end up in the middle of a mystery deep in the heart of an obsessively neat junkyard? Views: 25
As the new year approaches, nice girl Annie O'Roarke finds herself bored and lonely. She wants more excitement. More adventure. And more sex...even if it won't be with her secret crush, her best friend, Ryan Hennessey. Annie's determined to be "bad" for once in her life, and that includes completing her "naughty" list in a city where being bad is just an ordinary day: Vegas.Ryan Hennessey is a firefighter who relishes his time off with Annie. Annie's the only person he can count on and he'd never jeopardize their friendship. Then Ryan discovers Annie's "naughty" list. Although he's stunned Annie is raring to explore her wilder side, he doesn't trust anyone else to keep her safe.So long as he's there to protect her, Ryan's going to teach Annie the true key to being a bad girl.A bad girl takes what she wants.Will Annie be brave enough to act on the passion that sizzles between her and Ryan? And will Ryan convince himself and Annie that love is worth gambling for?The Bedding the Bachelors Series: Book 1: Bedding The Wrong Brother (Rhys)Book 2: Bedding The Bad Boy (Max)Book 3: Bedding The Billionaire (Jamie)Book 4: Bedding The Best Friend (Ryan) Book 5: Bedding The Biker Next Door (Cole)Book 6: Bedding The Bodyguard (Luke)**Book 7: Bedding The Best Man (Gabe)**Book 8: Bedding The Boss (Eric)** Views: 25
