For 41 issues from 1934 to 1939, SECRET AGENT “X” battled the forces of evil in the pages of his own pulp magazine. Now, for the first time… the complete pulp series is being reprinted in nine deluxe omnibus editions! The text has been reset and all the original interior illustrations have been remastered. This volume contains the next five stories, by G.T. Fleming-Roberts: “The Doom Director,” “Horror's Handclasp,” “City of Madness,” “Death's Frozen Formula” and “The Murder Brain.” This is THE Secret Agent “X” reprint series to own! Views: 8
Ava Walsh has one more week left of her month long evaluation period for the managerial position at Holland Hotel when her boss announces he’s going on vacation. Left in charge and determined to earn a full time job, she vows to tackle any problem that arises. What she doesn’t plan on is the Cattlemen’s Association convention coming to the hotel the same week she is in charge—or the older rugged cowboy who always seems to show up when something goes wrong. And a lot of things are going wrong! Cattle Rancher, Hank Holland, is tired of bending over backward for his half-brother Drake and bailing him out of trouble. Hoping to reunite with his brother and bring the family back together, Hank swears this is the last time he’s going to come to his rescue. Hank agrees to take over for his brother, anonymously, and finds himself evaluating the new employee at the hotel. She is one hot young filly. Maybe the job won’t be difficult at all. If things work out, he can keep her busy solving problems at the hotel during the day, and enjoy a little one on one at night…as long as he can keep his identity secret. Views: 8
History comes alive—with ghosts! Anderson finds himself drawn to the old trunk of military relics in the basement of his family's junk shop again. His friends Greg and Julie warn him to stay away from it, but he can't help himself. This time Anderson discovers an old grenade with a strange message scratched into it. But an old grenade is dangerous...especially when the ghost of a soldier appears, claiming that it's his lucky grenade from during his service in the Vietnam War. What does this ghost want from Anderson, Greg, and Julie? Is he here for their help—or for something more sinister? It's a race against time as the friends work to solve the mystery! Views: 8
A short read by the New York Times bestselling author of the 'Old Fools' series.
Abigail Martin has everything: beauty, money, a loving husband, and a fabulous house in the village of Sixpenny Cross. But Abigail is denied the one thing she craves... A baby.
When a gypsy offers to change her life, will Abigail accept? Can she deal with the consequences that threaten to send her world spinning out of control? Views: 8
Life can take you by surprise, it can also put you through hell. My fate was never my own to deal with. It was ruined before I even had a chance. It was a rough start and it hasn’t gotten much better. Hiding behind the walls of my room is how I get through each day. Destroyed doesn’t even begin to describe the way my life has been.Finally, I get away and things are looking up. Of course nothing can go right and some things are just too much to bear. In comes the one thing I can’t have. I’ve read so many books and I know the drill. Rock stars and musicians are not for me. I can’t hide when they are always in the light. Something about him makes me want to step into that light, though. He is constantly bringing me to new levels and places I could never imagine.The secrets I’ve tried to keep to myself are breaking into my new life. Having him around is helping but the outside world ruins us as well. I either have to take the chance and let him in or push him away once and for all. Every time I pull away he is right back here pushing his way back in. He is relentless, he is everything I shouldn’t have. Those secrets I tried to keep hidden begin to surface, bringing havoc to our lives. The world so desperately wants to keep us apart and I might just let it to keep my secrets.Do I sit back and let the world pass me by or do I finally let those wounds heal and have the life he thinks I deserve? Views: 8
'Cheer up,' said Mother. 'Don't make your unhappy life miserable.'Before Jennifer Worth and other East End memoirists, there was Dorothy 'Dolly' Scannell.In the East End of Dolly's childhood, people met poverty and hardship with unfailing optimism and humour. Dolly grew up with nine brothers and sisters, her father - a plumber earning ?2 a week and a man who believed that 'all aristocratic men were disease-ridden and possessed bald-headed wives because of the rich food and wine they consumed' - and of course Mother, who cared for her large brood with rare wisdom, laughter, and unbounded love.The menagerie also occasionally included members of the animal kingdom, but no mere cats and dogs - instead there were chinchillas, cannibalistic chickens, a ferocious eel kept in a pail of water, and even, eventually, the pride of mother's wardrobe, a kangaroo-fur coat.With the sure touch of a natural story-teller, who combines a perfect memory with a true writer's... Views: 8
