If you're reading this - our message has come too late. These creatures - such wonder. We never could have anticipated what we'd find...Humanity had grown accustomed to 250-year life spans, ceaselessly changing technology, and endless media to consume when nuclear detonation causes EMP chain - reaction in the atmosphere to destroy most technology, and with it the population severly reduces over a few generations.In the year 20XX Earth has been changed. Electricity, water, and food have all become scarce. Stubbornly, Elizabeth and George live on. Views: 69
The classic mystery later turned into an Academy Award-winning film by Alfred Hitchcock, this startling whodunit still resonates today with wit and danger."Le Chat" is a legend. He is a mystery. He is a jewel thief, famous and elusive for being able to swipe anything and get away clean. He is John Robie, retired and living a quiet life, tending his rose garden in the South of France.But his retirement plans are thrown for a loop when a series of robberies too closely resemble the work of "Le Chat," and the police start digging into Robie's past. To keep himself free, and with the help of an equally mysterious young woman, John Robie will have to catch the true thief, before the police catch him. Views: 69
After an unfortunate run-in with her captain under the mistletoe, lady knight Sophia Rosalind lands herself a long night of dungeon duty. The only entertainment to be found comes in the form of a prisoner—a handsome prisoner at that, with many a tale to tell of life on the seas and the bounty hunting circuit. The lady knight and the prisoner find they have similar interests, particularly in the realm of old-fashioned relationships. They converse like best friends. Connect like long-lost lovers. But their first night of lively communion must also be their last. This particular prisoner is destined to meet his end at the hands of an executioner. Views: 69
Life has hit some sour notes as of late for B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn and her cousin Renie. Graphic design guru Renie's up to her eyebrows in debt after some seriously overzealous spending sprees. Meanwhile, Judith's got her hands full with her wacky new neighbor, Rudi, a virtuoso violinist whose daily--and usually unclothed--practices are unhinging her and other neighbors in the cul-de-sac.But, though they'd all love to kill nude, rude Rudi, it's his larger-than-life mentor, Dolph Kluger, who takes his final bow after ingesting some ruthlessly poisoned rhubarb. To add to the musical mayhem, Rudi's priceless violin bow goes missing, Renie's useless credit cards are stolen, and each murder suspect seems loopier than the last. Once again, the cousins are going to need some fancy fingering to make a cold-blooded killer sing--but if they're not careful, the next music they hear will be their funeral march. Views: 69
*Price will rise to 3.99 on July 6th* Book Three in the Outside The Ropes Series. In the ring, Regan has control. Outside the ropes, she fights to survive. Regan and Gage have fought their entire lives.For themselves.For each other.Now together, side by side. As new fears arise, mixing with the old ones of their past, will they be strong enough to make it through? Can they make it to the OtherSide of Fear? Views: 69
Can she betray the Gypsy clan who saved her for the love of a stranger? Martine Petrulengo is stifled by the traditions of her adopted Gypsy clan. They gave her new life when she was left all alone. And now she is expected to marry in order to forge clan allegiances. When she nurses the handsome and charming Lord Declan Forrester back to health, she is lured by the seductive idea of life outside of the clan—and the prospect of love with the Irishman. Can he prove his innocence in order to claim his Gypsy? Lord Declan Forrester trades prison bars for a loveless marriage in order to save his soul. And now he’s trying to prove his innocence not only as a traitor, but that of his wife’s murder. When the lovely and beguiling Martine saves him, he falls in love for the first time. Yet the obstacles of his past seem insurmountable. Martine and Declan must fight tradition, prejudice, and the haunting ghosts of their pasts in order to fight for their love and ensure their future. Views: 69
Just about the time I decide I need to move on with my life, Paul comes back into it. With me still dealing with my mother’s problems and Paul still worrying about keeping his sister and nephew safe…that might not be a good thing. My mother falls into old familiar patterns and then I discover Paul has just one more deep, dark secret. Will I finally walk away and take care of myself for a change or am I in way too deep this time? Views: 69
Ryuu is a boy orphaned by violence at a young age. Found by a wandering warrior, he learns he may have more strength than he ever imagined possible.
A quiet child, Moriko is forced into a monastic system she despises. Torn from her family and the forest she grew up in, she must fight to learn the skills she’ll need to survive her tutelage under the realm’s most dangerous assassin.
Young, beautiful, and broke, Takako is sold to pay for her father’s debts. Thrust into a world she doesn’t understand and battles she didn’t ask for, she must decide where her loyalties lie.
When their lives crash together in a Kingdom on the brink of war, the decisions they make will change both their lives and their Kingdom forever.
If they can stay alive. Views: 69
