London, 1940. The war is raging across Europe and twenty-three-year-old Grace is devastated by the loss of her husband, Brian, at Dunkirk after only a year of marriage. Her secretary job at a law firm keeps her mind from dwelling on her sorrow but when her boss, James, enlists in the air force Grace is left without work. Alongside her best friend, Helen, the two young women join the War Office in a move that will change their lives forever. As Grace throws herself into the war effort, she must find the courage and strength to start her life over and find love again.About the Author
Beryl Matthews was born in London but now lives in Hampshire. She grew up in a family of enthusiastic readers, and books have always been a very important part of her life. As a young girl her ambition was to become a professional singer, but lack of funds drove her into an office, where she worked her way up from tea-girl to credit controller. Her hobbies are writing, reading, swimming and golf. Views: 25
Laughter is fifteen-year-old Paige Larsson's currency in life. It takes the sting out of life's tough stuff. It eases the pain of nasty comments, agonizing moments in gym class and awkward pauses at parties. She likes it even more when others laugh with her, so she's become a YouTube comedy vlogger. Now Paige is about to step out of her comfort zone and compete—live and onstage—in the prestigious International Teens in Comedy festival. Winning will give her the opportunity to work with some of the biggest names in comedy. It'll also mean $10,000 for her school's performing-arts department. But Paige has always used her humor to mask the pain of a disability, and in the world of stand-up comedy, that won't cut it anymore. Views: 25
From the author of Be Careful What You Witch For, here is the newest Family Fortune Mystery, starring former cop Clyde Fortune, who—snowbound with her kooky family in a creepy castle—is climbing the walls and combing the halls, looking for a cold-blooded killer...After their flight to Mexico is cancelled, Clyde and her detective boyfriend, Mac, end up snowed in with their families at a supposedly haunted hotel. Clyde's tarot card reading mother, Rose, is making dire predictions for the weekend, and self-proclaimed pet psychic Aunt Vi is enchanted by the legend of the hotel's ghost—until the power goes out and a body turns up.With a hotel full of stranded suspects, Clyde will have to draw on all her skills—both the police ones she'd rather forget and the psychic ones she'd rather ignore—to solve the bone-chilling mystery before someone else gets iced... Views: 25
Jeremiah Cosgrove is a paranormal investigator who has spent his life searching for the supernatural. It doesn't matter how much horror he has seen though, because nobody will believe him. He has never been able to prove it, until now. He gets a letter from a man desperate for help. A village is being haunted. Nobody dares speak of it, and those who do are visited by something terrible. A dark horror is at work here, and Jeremiah wants to get to the heart of it. Ella is a university student obsessed with her work, but she's slipping. Her attempts to keep hold of her dreams lead her to a remote Scottish village with a dark history, where a tragedy has cast a shadow over the streets. Beneath this village lies a horrific secret, and those who uncover it will wish they hadn't. What kind of evil is at work here, and what is terrifying the people so much? What happened in the creepy cottage and the woods that lurk just beyond it? This is the beginning of a new horror series from the author of Fear the Dead. Praise for Haunted Shadows from other Kindle readers: 'After reading this story I kinda freaked myself out.. Do you know what I mean? Like when you try to watch a scary movie by yourself and all of a sudden every noise is a crazy killer trying to break in?' 'First book in a while that actually gave me the creeps whilst reading it.' 'As I loved Jack Lewis's Fear the Dead series I thought I'd take a punt on this. OMG I couldn't put it down.'** Views: 25
New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers returns with this absorbing,
twisting tale of suspense, romance and fast-paced action, the latest in her popular
Sharpe & Donovan series. Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan, two of the FBI’s most
valuable agents, are preparing for their next big assignment - their wedding - when
Colin’s brother Mike alerts them that onetime friends from his military past are on
Sharpe and Donovan home turf on the Maine coast. Now private security contractors, they
want to meet with Mike. One of them, an FBI agent named Kavanagh, is supposed to be on
leave. What is he investigating - or does he have his own agenda? Mike zeroes in on
Naomi MacBride, a freelance civilian intelligence analyst who, aside from a few hot
nights, has never brought him anything but trouble. Newly returned from England, Naomi
clearly isn’t telling Mike everything about why she’s snooping around his
hometown, but he has no choice but to work with her if he wants to uncover what’s
really going on. But the case soon takes a drastic turn - Emma is targeted, and a
connection surfaces between Naomi and Kavanagh and a recently solved international art
theft case. Not every connection is a conspiracy, but as the tangled web of secrets
unravels, Emma and Colin face their greatest danger yet. With everyone they know
involved, they must decide who they can trust[unknown-8230]or lose everything for
good. Views: 25
Planet Rednessis has been plunged into total darkness, and the reptaliens are turning on each other. When Space Cadet Star Girl goes with her two besties to investigate, they learn that being kept in the dark can be disastrous. Can the cadets sort themselves out in time to save both the planet and its inhabitants? Views: 25
Sexy ~ Erotic ~ Romantic ~ Queer ~ Australian WritingQ: The Queermance Anthology, Volume 2This second volume of fabulous, erotically-charged romances from well-known, emerging and aspiring writers coincides with Melbourne's second Queermance Literary Festival.Q2 features moving, inspiring, sad, funny, dark and light-hearted tales of love and lust by:NM Harris, Beck Mitchell, Matthew Lang, Isabelle Rowan, JJ Carroll, Lou Kohler, JFR Coates, Renae Kaye, May Wilson, Marion Adams, Scott Thornby, Nicole Field, EE Montgomery, Dominica Malcolm and Victoria Brown. Views: 25
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA Views: 25
A thirteen-year-old girl and her father live in Forest Park, an enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. They inhabit an elaborate cave shelter, wash in a nearby creek, store perishables at the water's edge, use a makeshift septic system, tend a garden, even keep a library of sorts. Once a week they go to the city to buy groceries and otherwise merge with the civilized world. But one small mistake allows a backcountry jogger to discover them, which derails their entire existence, ultimately provoking a deeper flight.Inspired by a true story and told through the startlingly sincere voice of its young narrator, Caroline, My Abandonment is a riveting journey into life at the margins and a mesmerizing tale of survival and hope. Views: 25
When Harper discovered the truth about Bid Day, she inadvertently painted a target on her back. Now Constance, the infamous espionage unit, wants her and her friends kept quiet at all costs. She and Eli are being sent out into the Fringe, where they’ll face damaging radiation, violent gangs of survivors, and be forced to fulfill Recon’s sinister duty.
After her first deployment goes bad, Harper is racked with guilt and paralyzed by fear. Out there, it’s kill or be killed, but the real danger is inside the compound. Eli is determined to protect Harper, but that means tearing down the walls he’s worked so hard to build.
The only way to avoid a brutal death on the Fringe and escape Constance’s control is to flee to a neighboring compound. Eli wants to risk it all for Harper, but to choose her, he’ll also have to give up his only connection to his past. Views: 25
