African American character, high school students, government interference, Bible in Public Schools, Persecution, Artifact Views: 527
Sophie is English, divorced, living in Singapore…and bored, Bored, BORED! But is she ready for handsome, exotic, young Adrian Pereira?
Several years ago, Sophie Ogden moved to Singapore with her banker husband, Tim. However, when they got divorced, Tim moved back to the UK, leaving Sophie to carve herself a new life in the modern Asian metropolis. Unfortunately, things haven’t turned out the way she hoped. Although she has a rewarding career, she’s restless, wondering if this is as good as life gets.
Cajoled into attending a masquerade ball for charity, Sophie meets a charming stranger and spends the night with him, indulging in hot steamy sex. The problem comes when he wants to see more of her, and Sophie has to confront her own insecurities. After all, she’s more than ten years his senior. Is there any hope for a relationship between them? Or was the sizzle a mere flash in the pan?
2016 update: This book, previously titled SINGAPORE SIZZLE, has been re-edited for this edition. Additionally, a compact list of people, places and things has been added. Views: 527
The war in Anthor continues. As King Talamar goes south to aid the embattled Karrithians his son, Prince Haille, and his unlikely band of friends brave haunted forests and high seas to try to reach his father before an unknown threat closes in on him. Time is the enemy as much as the past as old grievances come to bear and creatures from darker ages begin to stir. Views: 527
Deep in the Amazon rain-forest a team finds a lost tribe, and they have been lost for a reason.The evil that they represent has never since been seen since the Conquistadors, until now.When a teenager is found dead by the roadside under strange circumstances Chief Jim Hawk has to find the killer. A man fulfills his dream about finding a lost city deep in the jungle, but what he finds will not only change him forever, but will also bring death to a small town. If you have read about "The highway of Tears", this novella might be for you. Views: 526
Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about. Guests like a former intergalactic tyrant with an impressive bounty on her head, the Lord Marshal of a powerful vampire clan, and a displaced-and-superhot werewolf; so don’t stand too close, or you may be collateral damage.
But what passes for Dina’s normal life is about to be thrown into chaos. First, she must rescue her long-distant older sister, Maud, who’s been exiled with her family to a planet that functions as the most lawless penal colony since Botany Bay. Then she agrees to help a guest whose last chance at saving his civilization could bring death and disaster to all Dina holds dear. Now Gertrude Hunt is under siege by a clan of assassins. To keep her guests safe and to find her missing parents, Dina will risk everything, even if she has to pay the ultimate price. Though Sean may have something to say about that! Views: 526
Erin Bettencourt is back! And she has a new (legitimate) business: Lady Bettencourt, an online dress shop. When a famous movie star wears one of Erin's dresses to a world premiere, she is thrown into the spotlight. With her business savvy still lacking, Erin needs help before her fifteen minutes of (minor) fame runs out. Enter Vanessa Moore, branding expert, to the rescue. Vanessa will do anything to make Lady Bettencourt a success. Anything. . . . But will Erin? A funny and timely read . . . perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella! Books in the Bettencourt Series Erin, Girl (Book 1) Lady Bettencourt (Book 2) Book 3 in the series to be published in Fall 2018! About the Author Sandra Cunha is the author of the Bettencourt Series. She is currently working on the third... Views: 526
An unexpected tale of opportunity in the rental market. Inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Roald Dahl.Snake Eyes and Boxcars: The rolls of dice in any Atlantic City or Las Vegas casino meaning the numbers two and twelve. In this unique collection of fourteen short story/novellas, the first story “The Second Civil War” and the last story “The Music Portal” are written in the first person where the narrator tells the tale using the pronouns I, me, my, and mine, which is in stark contrast to the other twelve sci-fi/paranormal tales sandwiched in between, the dozen other stories being written in the more common third person expository style of presentation. Views: 526
With a deadly monster hot on his heels, Gareth flees through the streets of Chicago. It's taking all of his shamanic abilities just to keep him from death. And then his salvation arrives, but it may be too good to be true.Magic is alive and well throughout the world. It's always been there, and it still is; just waiting for those willing to see it. For most it is but a passing dream, too elusive to grasp, but for those who look closely it comes roaring into their lives with the strength of inevitable permanency. Long ago a mighty spell was cast. Merlin, the greatest magician to have yet lived, summoned forth a single drop of blood from each living human, and upon this ocean of blood he cast a potent curse with the greatest of intentions. His spell changed the nature of mankind's interaction with the arcane forever. With this curse he insulated the species against the very fabric of the arcane. Future generations became all but impervious, and oblivious, to the effects of magic. In time all that was magic became forgotten by the masses, and it had to be discovered anew by each magician as the generations rolled by. But once the magic was touched it shattered the protections upon that individual, and brought the pervasive realities of the unbelievable into stark view all around them. A new community of magicians, in all their varieties, began to form throughout this new world. They formed out of necessity for survival. With the entrance of magic into their lives, so too came the monsters. This is a series of short stories delving into the adventure and mystery of modern magic. Stories that take us from university teaching wizards with their logically precise incantations, into the art-fueled magics made by clerics of faithful dreaming, through the ranks of druids wielding the powers of life in environmentalist activism, past the potion brewing shamans with their storefronts of homeopathic medicines, and to the contraptions and creations of mechanically-minded enchanters. Trolls roam state parks, imps battle in the sewers, bodies claw their way out from cemeteries, and gods walk the streets. There's an entire world of magic out there. A dream just waiting for those who will look, and make it real again... Views: 526
Kal's got guts but has she got what it takes?When her journalist mother goes missing, Kal investigates. Kal's no fool, though sometimes she might pretend to be, because hiding her strengths is a great way to extract information. An expert in psychology, she first learnt her craft from her deceased father. He was a man with disturbing secrets. A shadow's been stalking her family for three generations and Kal's the next in line.Kal will discover the darkest secrets of London's elite.She'll uncover a child trafficking network and to find her mother, she'll be pushed over the limits to face a horror from her own past that she's been avoiding all her life...An ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD FINALIST 2017.A new kick-ass heroine. Crime/Suspense/Thriller. Good Girl Bad Girl is a Readers' Favourite Five Star book.The first in the Kal Medi series. Views: 526
