She started out as a pawn in his fight against her dad. When he’d given the order to grab her, he had no idea that his life would be forever changed in the blink of an eye, with just one look. She’s feisty opinionated and not at all what he’d always envisioned for a man in his position, but his heart and his body were in full agreement. She was the one. Views: 65
There is an age-old prophecy that one day King Arthur will return. Now, thanks to Alan Fenton, he does. And not as a knight in armour, but as a modern hero.
In The Call of Destiny, and again in this sequel, The Hour of Camelot, Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot and Guinevere, and all the Arthurian characters we know and love so well, come back to life in the 21st Century.
This is not yet another rehash of the Arthurian myth with knights in armour jousting on horseback. This is Arthur growing up in our time, becoming Prime Minister, and, then, frustrated by the limits of political power, disappearing to Camelot from which he launches worldwide military operations against the terrorists whose aim is to destroy our civilisation.
The Hour of Camelot is compulsive reading, a wonderfully entertaining and up-to-date re-imagining of the legendary story of King Arthur, his life, his loves, and his battles, that combines passion and high adventure, and in the process touches on universal themes.
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Rupert Brooke, strikingly good-looking, effortlessly charming and prodigiously gifted, has become the tragic embodiment of the generation lost between 1914 and 1918. Upon the poet's tragic untimely death, Winston Churchill declared that 'we shall never see his like again', yet Brooke immortalised himself in his own poignant verse: If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field that is forever England. Brooke died serving king and country on the anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, St George's Day 1915, en route to fight at Gallipoli. As the tributes poured in and the war gathered momentum, the press heralded him as a hero – a focal point for the nation's grief. Already an acclaimed poet and dramatist in his youth, his romantic war poetry contrasts starkly with the work of some of his more disillusioned contemporaries. But the private letters of 'the handsomest man in all of England' reveal a far more troubled,... Views: 65
The balance of life and death must be kept at all costs.
Having been a reaper as long as she can remember, Nivian knows that what she does is essential in maintaining balance. After being assigned to a rushed mark she finds that there is more to this human than any other she has encountered.
Kain had been living an ordinary life without a second thought until he meets Nivian who turns his world upside down. He is thrust into a world of hunters and reapers. The keepers of life and death have been feuding for centuries over a reason no one can even remember.
With Kain having been marked for reaping, and Nivian being hunted, they forge a friendship and together must find the truth in order to keep balance in check. Wrong choices could destroy everything. As they journey they discover hidden histories, powers, and lies and truths that have been spun since the beginning of time. The consequence of failure, unimaginable. Views: 65
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Unlike the rest of the Hell's Eight brotherhood, Ace Parker's home isn't
on the range. This restless cowboy craves the hustle of Simple, Texas, a lawless town
where he can sate his darker appetites without guilt. At least he could, until Petunia
Wayfield arrived. The prickly new teacher is insisting that Ace help her rid the town of
drunkenness and card playing. For that kind of miracle, Ace demands a reward the
spinster schoolmarm will surely never give. But Petunia isn't backing down. Not
when the intense passion Ace offers shatters her to the core. As soon as she can afford
a ticket to California, she'll leave Simple behind for good. Until then,
she'll match his sensual challenge with her own, daring him to give up his fiercely
guarded self-control. And then real danger claims Petunia, forcing Ace to reveal the man
he really is - even if it drives her away forever.... Views: 65
Cleopatra Edison Oliver has always been an entrepreneur, just like her inspiration, successful businesswoman Fortune A. Davies. So when Cleo's fifth-grade teacher assigns her class a "Passion Project," Cleo comes up with her best business idea yet: the finest "tooth-pulling" company in town. With the help of her best friend Caylee, a Nerf gun, her dad's tablet, and her patented Persuasion Power, Cleo's Quick and Painless Tooth Removal Service starts to take off. But even the best made plans, by the best CEOs, go awry sometimes. A minor barfing incident during a tooth-pulling operation causes Cleo to lose customers. Caylee, initially enthusiastic about the business, grows distant as Cleo neglects their friendship in lieu of getting more customers. And when a mean classmate makes fun of Cleo for being adopted, everything comes crashing down. Will she be able to rescue her business, salvage her friendship with Caylee, and discover that her true home has been here all along? Views: 65
Jaden Baker is stoked about college, making new friends, and erasing the memory of being bullied in high school. But moving on comes with a price. Her dad has made arrangements for her to move into her brother’s apartment so he can keep an eye on her. But there's a glitch in her dad's plans. There are also two other college boys living in the apartment too. Suddenly, living in an off-campus apartment with three college-aged boys seems like a bad idea -- but not to Jaden. After all, Cade is pretty damn hot, making the whole forced living arrangement and brother-as-a-baby-sitter a little more tolerable.Cade Jenkins grew up on the opposite side of the tracks from his best-friend and his privileged little sister. His dad bailed when he was a kid, and he can't help but still care for his drug-addicted mother. This semester, things are looking up. He's met someone. Too bad she's his best-friend's fresh out of high-school, inexperienced little sister. Awkward!Just when it looks like things might be changing for the better, Jaden finds herself battling severe depression and a broken heart as old feelings re-emergence after that high school bully targets her again. Cade, who'd love to pick up the pieces and make her whole, must fight his own demons and brewing family trouble just to hold on.If only they didn't find themselves falling irrevocably in love. Views: 65
