"I dreamt I was standing in the dark, looking up at the south-west tower . . . And our Kev was up there on top, in the dark, and screaming as if some wild beast was eating him." When steeplejack Joe Clarke is hired to repair the stonework at Muncaster Cathedral, he is unprepared for the horror he will encounter. Something unspeakably evil in the medieval tower is seeking victims among the young neighborhood boys ... and Joe's son may be next! An unsettling story with a horrifying conclusion, this eerie tale will chill young and old readers alike. Robert Westall (1929-1993) is one of the best modern writers of ghost stories in the tradition of the great M.R. James, and The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral, which won the Dracula Society's Children of the Night Award, is one of his finest. This volume also includes a second ghostly tale, 'Brangwyn Gardens', published here for the first time in the United States, and a new introduction by Orrin Grey. Views: 67
When young Marnie unexpectedly loses her father, her grandmother moves into her home to help her mother and all three women must create a new life together—all while Marnie goes through the trials of adolescence in 1960s small-town America.Marnie witnesses unexpected lessons—from the heartwarming to the hilarious—learned by family and townsfolk. She also sees the older women in her life fall in love again. But will Marnie ever find true love herself...or has she missed the most important lesson of all?Find out in this delightful story of three women who will make you laugh, make you cry, and above all, make you proud to be a woman. Views: 67
In the passionate, gut-wrenching sequel to Amber Hart's Until You Find Me, Raven and Jospin must fight for each other in a world where love is never safe--and power is deadly. Raven, a college girl from Michigan, came to the jungles of Cameroon searching for closure. Falling for Jospin, a handsome, charismatic hunter with dark secrets of his own, was never part of the plan. But despite their differences, their attraction is addictive, as exhilarating and wild as the rain forest itself--and also as dangerous. For the sake of both their lives, their heated affair must remain a secret. Raven wants justice for her conservationist father's death; to help her, Jospin must turn his back on his own father and the only life he has ever known. Together they risk being hunted by a band of ruthless poachers, but they take the chance anyway, working to bring down their enemies between each stolen kiss. But when one slip puts Raven's life at stake,... Views: 67
Fate is a bitch with a mean strike. The King of Denkered has searched the seas for three years, in his quest to reach the mercreature who saved him from a ship wreck, but he gives up, tired of chasing a dream. "One day. One day after he convinced himself to propose to an unsuitable, unrefined, unliked, conniving girl, he found the woman he'd been looking for." Contrarily to what one would assume, Silvia isn't masochistic, so when they meet again, she has no intention to waste her time on the yummy piece of man she'd saved three years ago. He may have been the object of every single one of her fantasies, but he's taken. Women who manage to get a man to forget his attachment get what they deserve: a cheating ass. End of story, right? A little Siren is the second book of Not Quite the Fairy Tale, and although they are standalones, they are meant to be read in order as the characters interact. Beware of strong language and adult situations, although this is no non-stop erotica.** Views: 67
HONEY FOR NOTHIN’
Sweet & Dirty BBW Romance #2
featuring Keys, Kit & Remi in a red hot ménage romance.
Kit hates making choices--life has taught her she makes all the wrong ones. So what’s a BBW redhead to do when she must choose between two hot bikers?
Kit Weeks is on the run from a sadistic biker who wants to own her. Keys Younger is a man who’s finally put down roots in the North Idaho woods. Remington Red Hawk is a man with no tribe and no home, searching for a place to belong.
When the BBW redhead is forced to hide out at Keys’ au-to-restoration shop, passion hotter than his welding torch flames between them. But Kit can’t trust a man who calls her pursuer ‘brother’. And Keys has had too many tempo-rary lovers to settle for less than all in from the woman he wants.
Remi wants both of them. When he moves in, should Kit move on? If she stays, what will she have to do to deserve both of them? And her choice must be made as danger brews in the biker brotherhood.
Her two alpha heroes must prove to her that when she chooses them both, just for being herself she deserves all that’s sweetest in life ... honey for nothin’. Views: 67
If you’ve ever tried to pick up the pieces after a marriage goes up in smoke, you’ll know Maggie. If you’ve ever thought your daughter might not speak to you again or a life-threatening illness would claim your best friend, you’ll understand Maggie’s heart. And if you’ve ever wished on a star, you’ll cheer for her throughout this book. “It’s the kind you can’t wait to share with your best friend! The Must Read book of the year!” Views: 67
Issue #186 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Bruce McAllister and Tamara Vardomskaya. Views: 67
The Invention of Hugo Cabret meets True Grit in this heartfelt novel of resilience, hope, and discovering a family where you least expect it, from award-winning author Robert Sharenow.At the dawn of the twentieth century, thousands of immigrants are arriving in the promised land of New York City. Twelve-year-old Sarah has always dreamed of America, a land of freedom and possibility. In her small village she stares at a postcard of the Statue of Liberty and imagines the Lady beckoning to her. When Sarah and her mother finally journey across the Atlantic, though, tragedy strikes—and Sarah finds herself being sent back before she even sets foot in the country.Yet just as Sarah is ushered onto the boat that will send her away from the land of her dreams, she makes a life-or-death decision. She daringly jumps off the back of the boat and swims as hard as she can toward the Lady's island and a new life.Her leap of faith leads her to an unbelievable hiding... Views: 67
Courtney
Michaels wants to be the best paralegal in the biz, and working under
Lucian Beaudelaire is her ticket. A highly sought-after attorney,
Lucian is ruthless and relentless, in the office as well as the
courtroom. He’s just the man to help Courtney’s career remain on
the rise—if she can keep her less-than-professional thoughts about
him in check.
Lucian
would allow only one thing to interrupt a case—family. When his
uncle is placed in a medically induced coma, Lucian heads home to New
Orleans, with Courtney in tow. He’ll depend on her skills to keep
the casework going while he deals with his dysfunctional family, even
if sharing neighboring hotel rooms with her is Lucien’s personal
idea of torture.
When
familial stress becomes too much to bear, Lucian finds release in
Courtney’s arms. And that’s exactly where he intends to
stay…until they’re back home, and Courtney requests a transfer,
convinced they can no longer work together.
But
Lucian is a master at arguing his case. It’s time to show his
paralegal exactly how ruthless and relentless he can be. Views: 67
Magnus is a deeply moving and enigmatic novel about the Holocaust. It has been Sylvie Germain's most commercially successful novel in France.Magnus is a man searching for his own identity, who pieces together the complex puzzle of his life, which turns out to be closer to a painting by Edward Munch than the romantic tale of family heroism and self-sacrifice on which he was nurtured by the woman he believed was his mother.In Magnus, Sylvie Germain uses imagination and intuition to unlock the enigma of human life and confer on history the power of myth and fable.Magnus won the Goncourt Lyceen Prize, selected by French High School Students as the best novel of the year from the main Goncourt Prize Shortlist. It is a short and profound novel suitable for 16-year-olds upwards and is a good starting point for exploration of the Holocaust.Sylvie Germain was born in Chateauroux in Central France in 1954. She read philosophy at the Sorbonne, being awarded a doctorate.... Views: 67
