A month after his debut as the superhero Bolt, Kevin Jason's life has changed greatly. Everyone seems to have taken an interest in him, including major presidential candidate and ex-super villain Adam Plutarch, whose true motives for supporting Kevin are murky and unclear.
But fame isn't all bad, especially when Kevin is offered a position on a team of young superheroes that offers him a great chance to advance in his superhero career. He leaps at the chance to join, hoping to make some new friends and maybe get a little closer to its leader, the mysterious and beautiful Incantation.
Yet the situation takes a more complicated turn when Kevin uncovers a conspiracy within the team that threatens to destroy not just the superhero community, but the entire country. And if Kevin does not find out who is friend and who is foe quickly, then he can say good bye to not only his superhero career, but to his very life. Views: 16
"I have a daughter...she's yours." After nearly losing her life, Alexis Sharpe determines to tell Leandro Conti about their child. It's been seven years, but for her daughter she'll face him and hope her heart remains intact... Known as the Conti Saint, Leandro's passionate encounter with Alexis is his guilty secret. Following the death of his wife he forbade himself the indulgence of a woman, but Alexis remains the one irresistible temptation. He regrets how he treated Alexis, but now that she's back and the mother of his child, Leandro will claim everything that's his! Views: 16
A powerful novel about three young women caught in the hysteria of their own times.In 1628, Veronica and her brother flee for their lives into the German woods after their father is burned at the stake.At the dawn of the eighteenth century, Scottish maid Katherine is lured into political dissent after her parents are butchered for their beliefs.In present-day Australia, Paisley navigates her way through the burning torches of small-town gossip after her mother's new-age shop comes under scrutiny. Views: 16
As the captivating Hunt Club series from RITA award finalist Pamela Labud continues, a notorious earl and a brokenhearted young lady are running from love . . . until their foolproof scheme backfires in the most decadent way. Though he's fiercely loyal to his friends, Michael Carver has managed to avoid romantic entanglements by cultivating a reputation as a rake and a gambler. Believing himself incapable of intimacy, the Earl of Blandon avoids anything more than lighthearted flirtations or trysts with married women--which leaves more than enough time to slip out into the wilderness for a little fishing. All is well until Michael agrees, as a favor, to keep his best friend's stubborn yet alluring sister-in-law company. After one failed engagement, Beatrice Hawkins would rather become a spinster than risk her heart again. Her family, however, is relentless when it comes to finding her a suitable match. So when the roguish earl suggests they join forces to... Views: 16
Septimania, Jonathan Levi's first novel since 1992's critically acclaimed A Guide for the Perplexed, is a major work—a story at once personal and mythic, with themes as large as the universe and as small as an appleseed.On an spring afternoon in 1978 in the loft of a church outside Cambridge, England, an organ tuner named Malory loses his virginity to a dyslexic math genius named Louiza. When Louiza disappears, Malory follows her trail to Rome. There, the quest to find his love gets sidetracked when he discovers he is the heir to the Kingdom of Septimania, given by Charlemagne to the Jews of eighth-century France. In the midst of a Rome reeling from the kidnappings and bombs of the Red Brigades, Malory is crowned King of the Jews, Holy Roman Emperor and possibly Caliph of All Islam.Over the next fifty years, Malory's search for Louiza leads to encounters with Pope John Paul II, a band of lost Romanians, a magical Bernini statue, Haroun al Rashid of Arabian... Views: 16
With Trevor’s contest at its end, it’d be easy to say we’re three against one. And yet I’ve never felt so alone. My heart is torn, twisted, ripped. I’m alternately hot and cold. I dream vivid dreams, no longer sure if they’re fantasy or reality. There’s a new player in the game. He’s tall, broad, beautiful, and intimidating. Everyone is afraid of him, even the company. I’m told he has a secret, and that I’m its subject. And someone else has a secret, too — from our mystery man, and god help us if he learns it. Everyone is loyal to something or someone in this place — though it’s seldom what it seems. I don’t know who’s with me and who’s against me — if I’ll go home with my new protector … or be kept here forever. I couldn’t possibly be what Eros has combed the world for … can I? ** Views: 16
The first in an edgy new contemporary romance series that follows a family on the run, from the author of the USA Today bestselling A Little Too Far series... As the oldest son of a Chicago crime lord, Robert Delgado always knew how dangerous life could be. With his mother dead and his father in prison, he's taking charge of his family's safety—putting himself and his siblings in witness protection to hide out in a backwater Florida town. Fifth grade teacher Adri Wilson is worried about the new boy in her class. Sherm is quiet and evasive, especially when he's around his even cagier older brother. Adri can't help her attraction to Rob, or the urge to help them both in whatever way she can. But the Delgados have enemies on two sides of the mob—their father's former crew and the rival family he helped take down. It's only a matter of time before someone finds them. And if Rob isn't careful, Adri could end up in the... Views: 16
She was born in the wind, on a farm not too far from home, and on an unusually warm Sunday morning. In no time at all, we saw that this was a foal who wouldn't need much nudging, or urging, or hurrying along. Within half an hour, she was up and tottering across the straw on unsteady pirate's legs, making her way straight for the safety webbing, even before she had taken her first all-important gulp of milk. Her already steady gaze taking in her new world. And so life with Rosie began.'Helen Thomas has long had a passion for race horses. As a teenager, her first high school overlooked Melbourne's most picturesque racecourse; she clipped tales of racing courage from the newspapers and dreamt of being part of the racing world. When she finally becomes the proud owner of Poetic Waters, the broodmare repays her leap of faith with a little foal called Rosie. A foal Helen hopes will one day make the grade as a race horse. But it's a tough, winding road from paddock to track and,... Views: 16
"Raine Cantrell is a superb storyteller whose remarkable talent for recreating the West will hold you enthralled." —RT Book ReviewsA sharp-tongued heiress on a passionate search may fall for the very sheriff she keeps butting heads with in this enthralling continuation of the Kincaid saga.Conner Kincaid is ready for life to start slowing down. With his brothers settling down and taking on more responsibilities on the family ranch, he can finally focus on being sheriff of his small town.But when the tall, haughty beauty that is Belinda Jarvis shows up to his office with demands, he's dragged into a difficult mission. Worse, Belinda's after someone too close to him for comfort.On a desperate search for the child of her deceased brother, Belinda is willing to pay Conner almost any price—and expects to. But when the beguiling and tall sheriff refuses her bribe she's shocked to find, for the first time in her life, a lawman who can't be... Views: 16
In the feeble light of a London winter, Joe Tiplady walks his dog in the snow. He is not alone. Two men are tracking him, as is a woman with wolf eyes. Soon Joe will find himself caught in a storm of violence and retribution that he does not yet understand.
Around the world, a chain of events is in motion that will make Joe a priceless target. A retired Soviet general hunts for his missing daughter after a series of brutal murders. A ruthless assassin loses something so precious he will do anything to get it back. And in the mountains of Utah, a brilliant ex-CIA chief wrestles with his religion.
In the shadow of them all lies Zoba, strongman ruler of Russia and puppet-master of the world’s darkest operatives. Can Joe save himself from this dangerous web of power and revenge? Where can he run when there’s nowhere left to hide?
Please note: this book contains strong language and scenes of torture.
**About the Author
John Sweeney is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. As a reporter, first for the Observer and then for the BBC, Sweeney has covered wars and chaos in more than eighty countries and has been undercover to Chechnya, North Korea and Zimbabwe. He has also helped free seven people falsely convicted of killing their babies in landmark legal trials in the UK. Sweeney became a YouTube sensation in 2007 for losing his temper with a senior member of the Church of Scientology. His first novel, Elephant Moon, was published to much acclaim in 2012. His hobby is falling off his bike on the way back from the pub. Views: 16
