90 pagesJosette Lewis has been living a lie and needs to get out of Kentucky as
soon as possible. To her devastation, the ultimatum she gave her long
time boyfriend, Derek, has backfired. Before she can tuck tail and move
home to California she must put her house on the market and upgrade her
security system to keep Derek out of her life for good. When Aidan Ross,
a hunky security consultant, shows at her front door Josette is
instantly charmed by his sexy grin and easy-going ways. Can she let go
of her familiar pretenses and allow Aidan to convince her to take
another chance at love?This book was originally published October 15, 2015 in the Southern Comforts anthology and reissued on its own December 29, 2015. Views: 227
A children's story about three Greek friends who on their way back from buying ice creams from a shop in the next village stop in a small olive grove and make a strange new friend - a baby green dragon named Sparky.A children's story about three Greek friends who on their way back from buying ice creams from a shop in the next village stop in a small olive grove and make a strange new friend - a baby green dragon named Sparky. Sparky is lost with only his dog for company and he doesn't know where his parents are. After befriending Sparky they find they have to try and teach him to do the basic things that dragons do. Fly and breathe fire. This is their story. Views: 227
The city of Lovat is dying. It just doesn’t know it yet. Trapped behind blockades, its citizens starve. Only the wealthiest can afford to snatch up what food does slip through, leaving the poor jostling for scraps. But money only goes so far. Inside their gleaming towers, the well-fed elevated are being killed off one-by-one.
Caravan Master Waldo Bell—only a few months removed from the harrowing events along the Broken Road—just wants to keep his head down and be left alone while he waits for the blockades to break. But when familiar symbols written in blood appear at a crime scene and an old debt comes calling, Wal finds himself thrust into chaos.
Now, forced onto Lovat’s blood-soaked upper levels, Wal faces his most dangerous challenge yet: within a city on the verge of self-destruction, he must fight to save not only his own life—but the life of every Lovatine struggling below. Views: 226
Loser? Or lunatic?Kiki Villanueva holds a master’s degree from UCLA, is the best second grade teacher ever, and believes she had a psychic dream when she was thirteen in which she was given a list of her future husband’s attributes. Children are her life, and Kiki has good reason to think she may not have any if she doesn’t marry soon. Since typical dating methods haven’t been working out, she decides that when she goes back to L.A. for the summer, she’ll start using the list to sort through potential candidates.When jaded political journalist Mark Bennett confesses to his doctor he no longer finds women—or anything else—exciting, Dr. Chuck is worried he’s depressed and suggests a change of pace. Mark agrees to write a fluff piece for a magazine about people who join high-priced dating services. (His premise is "Losers or Lunatics?") The dating service introduces him to Kiki, and he’s charmed by her... Views: 226
With the gods unsatisfied, a group of warriors travel to a holy land seeking answers and begin a journey that will either save the land—or destroy it. Views: 226
(New Adult Paranormal Romance - A Succubus Kiss Prequel Novella)Cryptic messages, a hot tour guide, some Halloween fun, and a sudden new ability Kenna can't seem to explain are just the beginning of this weekend-trip and the start of her life being forever altered.(New Adult Paranormal Romance - A Succubus Kiss Prequel Novella)With one kiss, everything will change...When a mysterious letter arrives from her estranged mother, twenty-one year old Kenna Blake and her best friend, Bree, are prompted to take a trip to New Orleans at her mother’s expense. Cryptic messages, a hot tour guide, some Halloween fun, and a sudden new ability Kenna can't seem to explain are just the beginning of this weekend-trip and the start of her life being forever altered. Will the new world Kenna’s eyes have unwillingly been opened to in the mystifying Crescent City crumble her reality? Views: 226
Grant Park is a page-turning and provocative look at black and white relations in contemporary America, blending the absurd and the poignant in a powerfully well-crafted narrative that showcases Pitts's gift for telling emotionally wrenching stories. Grant Park begins in 1968, with Martin Luther King's final days in Memphis. The story then moves to the eve of the 2008 election, and cuts between the two eras as it unfolds. Disillusioned columnist Malcolm Toussaint, fueled by yet another report of unarmed black men killed by police, hacks into his newspaper's server to post an incendiary column that had been rejected by his editors. Toussaint then disappears, and his longtime editor, Bob Carson, is summarily fired within hours of the column's publication.While a furious Carson tries to find Toussaint—at the same time dealing with the reappearance of a lost love from his days as a 60s activist—Toussaint is abducted by two improbable but... Views: 226
A Modern Day "Ruth" Love Story of Regency Proportions... Will penniless Lady Georgiana be doomed to life as a governess forever? Furthermore, she keeps finding herself in--well, predicaments. Precarious predicaments, truth be told. Will she ever stop getting into these ridiculous dilemmas so the Earl can stop coming to her rescue?A Modern Day "Ruth" Love Story of Regency Proportions... Lady Margaret and daughter-in-law Georgiana live in the French Alps in a charming chateau that was once filled with love and joy. When they are suddenly widowed, mother and daughter are heartbroken. How will they survive? The chateau seems empty and they are nearly consumed by grief, not to mention barely scraping by. When they are invited to return to England to be cared for by distant relations, will they find the courage to cross France in spite of the turmoil of the Revolution? Can they make a new life in County Essex? Will penniless Lady Georgiana be doomed to life as a governess forever? Furthermore, she keeps finding herself in--well, predicaments. Precarious predicaments, truth be told. Will she ever stop getting into these ridiculous dilemmas so the Earl can stop coming to her rescue? Lisa Prysock enjoys sharing her faith in Jesus Christ through her writing. She is also the author of "To Find a Duchess," "Hannah's Garden: A Turn of the Century Love Story," Volume I and "Abigail's Melody," Volume II of the Victorian Christian Heritage Series. Views: 225
New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver delivers a gripping story perfect for fans of We Were Liars and I Was Here, about two sisters inexorably altered by a terrible accident.
Dara and Nick used to be inseparable, but that was before the accident that left Dara's beautiful face scarred and the two sisters totally estranged.
When Dara vanishes on her birthday, Nick thinks Dara is just playing around. But another girl, nine-year-old Madeline Snow, has vanished, too, and Nick becomes increasingly convinced that the two disappearances are linked. Now Nick has to find her sister, before it's too late.
In this edgy and compelling novel, Lauren Oliver creates a world of intrigue, loss, and suspicion as two sisters search to find themselves, and each other. Views: 225
