She always knew this day would come When her former boyfriend shows up at her Vermont home, Lilah Bantry is terrified that Owen Gage will take her child away. Four years ago, she sent him packing, dead certain that Owen couldn't be the father their unborn baby needed. Now he's stirring up powerful emotions and vowing he'll never leave the son he's determined to get to know. Lilah spent decades trying to overcome her own traumatic past. Is Owen's warmly welcoming Tennessee hometown a place where she can finally stop running? First, she needs to be convinced that people really can change… Views: 7
This collection of stories by one of Britain's most beloved novelists depicts domestic life during World War II as seen through the eyes of both children and adults In "The Red-haired Miss Daintreys," four six-foot-tall sisters capture the imagination of young Rebecca when she and her family are on holiday. Beautifully crafted and informed by Lehmann's eye for telling detail, it is a moving meditation on familial ties, romantic love, and the end of an era. In "When the Waters Came" and "A Dream of Winter," both the deprivations of war and a swarm of bees take their toll on the inhabitants of a small English village—afflicting one family in particular. "Wonderful Holidays" is the tale of a divorced woman who cares for two children while a wounded veteran of World War I longs for his absent wife. And the title story is an exploration of the unlikely friendship between two families—one privileged, one poor—and the tragedy that ensues when a... Views: 7
The Fallen are coming! But are they Man's last hope … or his eternal damnation?Season 1 of The Fallen series - Rage, Redemption and ReverenceIn the not too distant future, the State provides for the “peace and prosperity … for all.” To do that, the “gods” of men rule with Judgment and faltering justice. But even as citizens’ lives descend into authoritarian madness, Heaven has plunged into an even darker oppressive rule. To save it, ten fallen angels will carry the fate of the eternities on their wings. In a plot born beneath the knowledge trees in Great Garden of Eden herself, five archangels of Heaven and five hounds from Hell will resurrect into a world that is worse than any “hell” they have ever known. the Garden—Earth. If they don’t succeed before the end of this eternity, the fate of all mankind is the least of their worries. Heaven? Hell? The Garden? It’s getting harder to tell the difference.Their conspiracy is as old as the Garden of Eden itself, and what was born beneath the sacred apple trees of knowledge and everlasting life, has now spread and taken root in the Heavens. Five fallen archangels from Heaven and five archangel demons from Hell are the unlikeliest of allies. But to stop the Eternities from plunging into darkness, they’ll give up their warring wings and resurrect back to mortality to save them. But with Man as its caretaker, the Garden has been busy burning and boiling down to a cold, misty gray sewer. The Fallen have seven blasts of the trumpet left before the gray blanket of darkness over Seattle spreads to the Heavens and turns it to blackness. Some of The Fallen may yet survive to see their souls back in the two Heavens. But even if they succeed, they will all most likely be annihilated by God. Which god will be left, is a secret that none of them will know until it’s too late. Because ten billion lost souls in the Garden later, chances are … none of them will be remembered. The first three books in THE FALLEN series of Dark Fantasy Religious ThrillersContains the following titles: Book #1: JUMP Book #2: FURY Book #3: FAITH "I’d stick around for more if I were you. There’s plenty in this series so far to hook you for … Life!"The Continuing Epic: Book #4: HOLE Book #5: DOGG Book #6: BURN Book #7: LIVED Book #8: LIFE Book #9: RAIN Book #10: SALVATION Views: 7
Boy 23 isn't in My Place any more. He can't see The Screen, he can't hear The Voice. Boy 23 is alone. One dark night, Boy 23 is thrown in the back of the van and driven out of My Place – the only home he has ever known. He is abandoned in a forest with a rucksack containing the bare essentials for survival. Before the van drives away, a voice tells him he must run as far as he can. His life depends on it. Boy 23 has never known another human. Boy 23 has never even been outside. So who is he? Why do people want to kill him? And more to the point, who is the voice that wants to save him? A hugely fast-paced dystopian page-turner which by the end will leave you in a state of shock. For fans of Chaos Walking and Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror. Views: 7
Every family holds to secrets, but some are far darker, reach deeper, and touch a rawer nerve than others.Vanesa
Neuman is the daughter of Holocaust survivors, and her childhood in the
cramped intimacy of south Tel Aviv is shadowed by her parents’ unspoken
wartime experiences. The past for her was a closed book… until her
father passes away and that book falls literally open. Vanesa must now
unravel the mystery of the diary she has received—and the strange symbol
within—at all costs.Set against the backdrop of the Nazi
occupation and the Jewish Museum of Prague—Adolf Eichmann’s “Museum of
an Extinct Race”—Galerie is fast-paced historical fiction in the
tradition of Tatiana De Rosnay’s Sarah’s Key. From Jerusalem’s Yad
V’Shem Holocaust research center, to the backstreets of Prague, and into
the former “paradise ghetto” of Theresienstadt, Vanesa’s journey of
understanding will reveal a darker family past than she ever imagined—a
secret kept alive for over half a century. Views: 7
Their lives were destined to collide.Juliette Salinger lives her life entirely on her mother’s terms. Everything from what she wears to who she dates is determined by what is deemed appropriate for their social standing.Look a little closer.Juliette isn’t cut out for that life. She lives for moments of reckless abandon to escape the crushing pressure of never being good enough.Leo Ashlar appears to live his life entirely on his own terms. He’s a bartending bachelor and undefeated fight club champion.Look a little closer.He’s haunted by a tragic past and hides his demons even from those he loves.When Juliette’s duplicit worlds collide with the handsome and untouchable Leo, both are impacted in ways they couldn’t foresee. Juliette’s life begins to unravel. Can Leo help her build a new one, or will his past be their ultimate demise? Views: 7
Lana Dixon knows well enough to steer clear of alpha males, but Ty Hawthorne is as impossible to avoid as the sizzling Arizona sun. Her inner wolf just won’t give up on the alpha who’s tall, dark, and more than a little dangerous. One midnight romp under the full moon is enough for Lana to know she’ll risk her life for him — but what about her pride?
Ty puts duty above everything — even the overwhelming instinct that says Lana’s the one. She’s the Juliet to his Romeo: forbidden. And with a pack of poaching rogues closing in, it’s hardly the time to yield to his desires. Or is love just what this lonely alpha needs to set his spirit free?
There’s more than meets the eye on Twin Moon Ranch, home to a pack of shapeshifting wolves willing to battle for life and love. * A paranormal romance with adult content.* Views: 7
When he broke into her house, he never expected to meet his mate.
When Alison Meadows inherits a creepy old farm house she sees it as the perfect opportunity to put her bad break-up behind her and start anew. The house is hers, free and clear, if only she can find a mysterious lockbox amongst the mountains of junk her grandfather hoarded.
Michael Morrissey is a bear shifter with a big heart, a sexy shrug, and a clothing-optional lifestyle. One night, while breaking into a home in search of an old family treasure, he comes face to face with his mate. She's beautiful and sassy and curvy in all the right places.
But when a raven steals the lockbox they both need, Alison and Michael have to enter Bearfield's dark shadow, outsmart a trickster, and steal back what's theres from an evil shifter. Can they keep their heat in check long enough to get the job done?
"A Taste of Honeybear Wine" is the second standalone book set in the sleepy and mysterious town of Bearfield. The Bearfield books can be read in any order and feature happy endings and no cliffhangers. Views: 7
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Cheyenne McCray, brings you heart-stopping, blood-racing, western romantic suspense with SLOW BURN. In this standalone short contemporary suspense from the Lawmen series, Trace Davidson is determined to protect Christie Simpson from her ex-husband who has ordered a hit on her from his jail cell. Salvatore Reyes intends to make sure Christie never makes it to the witness stand to testify against him. In the midst of danger, Trace and Christie find love—but first they have to make it out alive. Views: 7
