Though she was born a princess, after the death of her father Laina was raised by a kindhearted man from a nearby settlement of the Banded Men. But now that she is twenty years old, with her aging adopted father setting out for the Willow Lakes to live out his last days in peace, she will need to find her place in the world.When three nephews of Laina’s adopted father return home at last after years away at war, they are delighted to find a beautiful human woman waiting for them, and they offer themselves to her as husbands, as is the custom of their people. Laina agrees to become their bride, but is she ready to fully embrace a culture so different from her own? Views: 21
His ex inherited a baby—and she needs his help! Only from USA TODAY bestselling author Janice Maynard! James Kavanagh is rich and sexy as sin, but his workaholic neighbor Lila Arthur has been there, done that—and has the heartbreak to prove it. They've avoided each other since their affair ended, but now she's brought home a baby. He's clearly the last man Lila wants to ask for help. But she knows nothing about babies, and James is a born family man. When one offer of help leads to another, they're soon under the same roof. Almost like a real family. Suddenly the heat they've ignored is ready to ignite! Views: 21
Ex-police dog handler Daniel Whelan finds himself drawn into the complex affairs of a neighbouring family – with potentially fatal consequencesLorna Myers thinks she knows where her businessman husband is – until two men come looking for him one October evening. By lucky chance, ex-police officer Daniel Whelan happens to be on hand to take control of the situation, but for Lorna it's the start of a nightmare. If Harvey isn't abroad working, then where is he?When Lorna's daughter asks Daniel for help with a problem of her own, he finds himself reluctantly drawn into the complex affairs of the Myers family – with what could be potentially deadly consequences for both him and his faithful canine partner Taz Views: 21
The author of the critically admired, award-winning A Replacement Life turns to a different kind of story—an evocative, nuanced portrait of marriage and family, a woman reckoning with what she's given up to make both work, and the universal question of how we reconcile who we are and whom the world wants us to be.Maya Shulman and Alex Rubin met in 1992, when she was a Ukrainian exchange student with "a devil in [her] head" about becoming a chef instead of a medical worker, and he the coddled son of Russian immigrants wanting to toe the water of a less predictable life.Twenty years later, Maya Rubin is a medical worker in suburban New Jersey, and Alex his father's second in the family business. The great dislocation of their lives is their eight-year-old son Max—adopted from two teenagers in Montana despite Alex's view that "adopted children are second-class."At once a salvation and a mystery to his parents—with whom Max's biological mother... Views: 21
Dreams of Her Own, A Romance Book by Rebecca Heflin Views: 21
A booming voice echoes from the heavens, demanding worship or death. Earth no longer stands alone in the universe.
Less than 24-hours after this jaw-dropping discovery, the situation is desperate. Earth’s forces discover a legend of an unholy weapon which, if found, could be used to decimate the alien invaders. Hoping this will save Earth, Staff Sergeant Leo Frasier and his unit are transported in a flash of light to another world - a world of magic.
Separated on arrival, Leo manages to find two comrades. Together, they undertake quests to earn new allies among the kingdom of Kaslea. However, this world of magic is not without its own problems. Leaving no survivors in its wake, a great dragon terrorizes the kingdom, turning villages to ash. Making matters worse, the neighboring kingdoms of Gatlan and Sintiya are at war and that war is spilling over into Kaslea’s border.
With a knight of the realm at their side, Leo and his team must do what no hero of Kaslea has yet managed - slay the dragon. Defeating the dragon will put them on a path to saving two worlds. Failing will guarantee the destruction of both. Views: 21
