An assassination attempt on a US congresswoman spells danger for Dev Conrad. Political consultant Dev Conrad is doing his best to help secure a re-election victory for congresswoman Jessica Bradshaw, who's fighting a fierce battle with her far-right opponent, Michael Dorsey.But the campaign is thrown into chaos when an assassination attempt is made on Jessica's life. She survives, and finds herself leading the race, but when the shotgun used in the shooting is found in the trunk of one of Jessica's staffers, the 'assassination attempt' suddenly looks staged to win votes. With Jessica's campaign in ruins, Dev investigates. Who wants Jessica dead, and is the reason solely political? Someone is determined Dev won't find answers . . . Views: 22
Harriet Pickering is on a quest in search of her love. For a few brief weeks in the summer of 1968 she and Karel, a Czech student, were inseparable. But their happiness was snatched away when the Russian tanks crossed the border. Now, over twenty years later, Harriet and her ten-year-old daughter travel by train across a very different Europe. Brussels and Berlin bring turmoil public and private, but it is in Prague that Harriet face an inner journey yet to begin. 'Sue Gee's themes are families, friendships and human folly . . . the emotional journey is compelling . . . a lesson about life' The Times Views: 22
The blaze scorches, but does it burn?Abigail Ramirez is a woman who knows exactly what she's worth. With a strong sense of self, the curvy Latina mechanic has seen it all and can hang with the roughest, toughest firebears the world has to offer. So how come when she meets this one man, stern and withdrawn, that she feels herself getting weak in the knees? On a quest for a new future, has she accidentally found her happiness at the most unexpected turn?Ragnar Hamilton carries a dark secret, and a haunted past. Withdrawn from his brothers, this arson detective firebear has few things that would drag him back to the land that made him the happiest, and the most miserable. But he has to come when Shifter Grove is threatened by constant fires and a possible maniac on the loose. But the last thing he hoped to find there was a reason to open up. If it comes in a package as smoking hot as Abigail, though, can any bear blame him?With an arsonist on the loose and a happy future muddled with dark clouds, can this vivacious woman and grouchy werebear make things work?Firebear Brides is a mail-order brides series with plenty of hot werebear action set in Shifter Grove. Each book can be read as a stand/alone with a guaranteed HEA/HFN. Expect plenty of sizzle. You might even need to bring your own hose. Views: 22
In one of his major works, Lucena, Benarroch goes from time travel to social comment, which brings to mind the hilarious novels of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. An old odd ancient man is reaching the age of 1,000 years and has to pass his legacy to his great great great grandson, and prepares him for a journey that will last a thousand years. His first days begin in the Jewish city of Lucena at the beginning of the second millennium and ends in Israel and in Spain. He meets his descendant in a hotel in Malaga, while the young adolescent is trying to find his place in life and family, writing science-fiction short stories and fighting with his parents. This novel will take you back and forth from the future and back to the past, into a world of Sephardi Jewry, the inquisition, Mexican Jews, and back to our present day crazy modernity. Lucena is an internal exploration of the why of exile. And it is a modern road peppered with dialogues, poems, tales and various plots and story lines. All... Views: 22
An intense and brilliantly realised crime thriller set in the myth-soaked streets of Girona Views: 22
When a group of friends reunite in the idyllic beach town where they grew up, they must reevaluate their loyalty to one another or lose their friendship foreverTwelve years ago, Vanessa "Van" Moran fell in love and lost her virginity—but not to the same boy. She fled Whisper Beach desperate and pregnant, never telling a soul about her secret. Now a professional Manhattan organizer, she must return home for the first time to attend the funeral of her best friend's husband. Van intends to only stay for a weekend, but her plans fall by the wayside as the troubles of this coastal town draw her in.Dorie, the owner of the pier's infamous Blue Crab Restaurant where Van and her friends worked as teenagers, enlists Van's help to save the nearly bankrupt eatery. While Van throws herself into this new task, the man she once loved reenters her life, willing to pick up where they left off.As the restaurant begins to thrive and Van reconnects with old... Views: 22
