Ricky Bellamy is shot in the head by a vigilante at the corner of Geneva and Mission in San Francisco. He's declared brain-dead and hooked up to life support, but ten months later he emerges from his coma. The bullet stays lodged in his head--inoperable, the doctors say--but with it comes what Ricky calls "visions, a third eye." Dirty in Cashmere follows Ricky through the recent past of San Francisco, a city dealing with the fall-out from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, after which massive contamination spread across the Pacific Ocean to California. He's set adrift in a world in which Life--the street name of an experimental radiation vaccine--is the currency by which both criminal enterprises and survival are won. As he squats in abandoned houses and brands himself as an "oracle" who can see the future, Ricky wonders whether there isn't a bigger picture out there, one that maybe he can't focus on or perhaps one that someone's hiding from him. And as his... Views: 22
How to break up with someone else's fiancé by Chelsea Porter, aka The Breakup Girl Tell him it's not him, it's her. Try to ignore how gorgeous Callum McKinnel is. You are breaking up with him, after all. Fall just a little bit when he rescues your dog. Try to resist when he asks you to join his family for Thanksgiving dinner in Jewell Rock. Succumb anyway. Succumb to a lot more than that. Remind yourself that you are The Breakup Girl. You don't do commitment. Wonder what would happen if The Breakup Girl stopped following her own advice... Views: 22
Suzanne Brockmann returns to the action-packed world of her bestselling Troubleshooters series with a new novella featuring U.S. Navy SEAL Izzy Zanella, his extended family, and his kickass teammates in SEAL Team Sixteen. The only easy day is yesterday. BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) training is known for being the toughest, meanest, most physically punishing program in the entire U.S. Navy, and a new crop of tadpoles have arrived in Coronado eager to prove their worth—to make it through Hell Week, and become U.S. Navy SEALs. Although Izzy prefers assignments out in the “real world,” he’s glad to be an instructor for the current BUD/S class, because it allows him to spend time at home with his wife, Eden, and her lively and lovable extended family. Eden’s sixteen-year-old brother, Ben, is dealing with a new crush and a homophobic bully in his high school, but it soon appears that things are not as they seem. Meanwhile, Eden’s other brother (and Izzy’s SEAL teammate and former frenemy) Danny Gillman and his wife Jenn have just had a baby who has colic and cries constantly. As Ben deals with the type of too-serious high school drama that could involve a body count, and Danny and Jenn juggle a new baby, lack of sleep, and postpartum blues, Izzy is intrigued by “Boat Squad John,” a misfit team of young SEAL candidates all named John, including the intriguing young Seagull, his swim buddy Timebomb, and Seagull’s nemesis Hans. Does Seagull have what it takes keep Boat Squad John still standing when the dust of BUD/S Hell Week settles or will they ring out? Set in Coronado during BUD/S training Hell Week, in Ready to Roll Brockmann introduces the SEAL officer and instructor nicknamed Grunge—Lt. Peter Greene—as she delivers what she does best: a story celebrating the U.S. Navy SEALs—and the women (and sometimes men) who wholeheartedly love and support them. (About 56,000 words or 225 pages) Note: Ready to Roll is the third installment in a trio of stories featuring Izzy Zanella that starts in Free Fall and continues in Home Fire Inferno (Burn Baby Burn) originally published in Way of the Warrior, a charity anthology of military romance stories with proceeds benefiting military veterans.
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"An engrossing romance and a great beach read." –Marie Hashima Lofton, BookreporterHe hired her to find his long-lost daughter, not to fall in love.California private investigator Kat Vargas lives a lonely life of danger with a painful past. Desperate for rest and relaxation, she leaves the city lights of Long Beach to house sit in Twilight Cove, a tiny beach town.Having recently found out about the baby he fathered when he was in high school, Ty Chandler has been eager to find her. After he learns about the P.I. in his neighborhood he hires her to find his now nineteen-year-old daughter.Kat and Ty join forces to hunt for the girl and begin to fall in love. But Kat knows better than to give her heart away. Her tragic past can't be forgotten.When she and Ty locate his daughter, Sunny, she's a cynical outcast, living hand-to-mouth, and caring for her baby. They coax her to Twilight Cove, where Kat becomes convinced Sunny is on the run from some kind of... Views: 22
"Hilarity and camaraderie." —RT Book ReviewsMurder takes center stage . . . It's a Christmas miracle for the Happy Hoofers—Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini. They've scored a gig at New York City's Radio City Music Hall with the legendary Rockettes, complete with sexy Santa suits and microphones on their shoes. But when a dazzling diva of a dancer is found dead under the stage, there's quite a lineup of suspects. In between rehearsals and seasonal sightseeing—and the discovery of a multi-talented, multi-colored cat—the toe-tapping troupe has to sort out the intrigue before another victim kicks the bucket . . . INCLUDES COOKING TIPS AND TASTY RECIPES Praise for the Happy Hoofers Mysteries "McHugh delivers murder and mayhem." —Jerilyn Dufresne "Hilarity and hijinks." —Nancy Coco "Cozy adventure for mystery buffs." —Library Journal Views: 22
Katie arrives in Hope Falls with two goals: 1) to finish writing her romance novel, and 2) to stay away from men. That's no easy task in a town full of lick-your-lips man candy and nosy matchmakers at every turn. Casey has a few goals of his own after he makes a fool out of himself with the new girl in town. First, he'd like to have a little fun with her. And second, he'd like to move on. In this sweet, romantic comedy, Katie & Casey find that goals aren't always meant to be reached. Well, not all of them.
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This leaf; so complete in itself; Is only part of a tree. And this tree; so complete in itself; Is only part of the mountain. And the mountain runs down to the sea. And the sea; so complete in itself; Rests like a raindrop On the hand of God. Ruskin Bond's Book of Verse brings together the poetry of one of India's best-loved writers. This charming collector's edition is a treasury of poems on love and nature; travel; humour and childhood; and will be a lasting source of delight to readers. Views: 22
I didn’t believe I had a problem, until the day I went too far and was given an ultimatum. Thirty days of therapy with the country’s premier doctor or be stripped of everything I had. The choice was obvious. I walked in defiant, but willing to do whatever I had to so I could go home.I’ve seen her type a thousand times. Spoiled, privileged, out of control. She thinks getting through my program will be easy, but she’s so wrong. I intend to break her down, strip her bare, and force her to see the truth.By the time I’m done with her, she’ll never be the same.Sometimes you have to break before you can heal. Views: 22
