Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific. Ben the tramp, self-confessed coward and ex-sailor, is back in the Merchant Service and shipwrecked in the Pacific. Tired of being homeless and down on his luck, the incorrigible Ben has taken a job as a stoker on a cruise ship. But his luck doesn't last long when they are all shipwrecked in the Pacific. Seen through Ben's eyes, the uncharted island is a hive of cannibals, mumbo-jumbo, and gals who are more nearly naked than any he has ever seen. And every time he tries to bluff his way out of a situation, he just bluffs himself further in, somehow convincing the natives that he has God-like powers . . . Brought back by popular demand after a gap of three years, Ben the tramp's reappearance in Little God Ben transported his humour, charm and rare philosophy to a startlingly new setting in this quintessentially 1930s comedy thriller. Views: 8
376 pagesSHE WAS BORN OFF-LIMITS. BUT HE WAS BORN TO BREAK THE RULES.RamNobody screws me. I take who I want, when I want, and I always leave them wanting more.I want more too. Hurt this deep doesn't heal.After meeting June, I know she’s the fix I need for the pain. Her family’s full of cops? So what?All I want is her. Those luscious curves, the lips that won't quit, hips that make my heart pound like a drum.My outlaw brothers say me and her together will tear this whole town apart. I don’t give a damn.JuneI never wanted to come home. There’s nothing here but old wounds too bitter to heal.The day I returned, I met Ram. He’s an outlaw biker built like a god, but there’s nothing divine about his desires.When he tells me he needs an old lady to stay in his club, we start a dangerous charade. He gets a woman and time. I get my sheriff dad off my back. Breathing room.But every breath around Ram is lightning hot and undeniable.I can’t be with him for real. He’s every kind of wrong there’s ever been. Unless we’re careful, we’ll rip our lives apart.But what’s happening between us feels too right to ignore, no matter the cost... Views: 8
THE VIRGIN AND THE VETERAN Dr. Lucy Monero feels like the oldest virgin on the planet. Still crushing on her longtime neighbor, she's waited a lifetime for her first...and last. The man she'll marry. And now he's back—the star of her fantasies, ex-cowboy-turned-army-vet Brant Parker. The physician in her recognizes a wounded soul, but the woman in her burns for his touch. Lucy's head is filled with visions of white lace and white picket fences. The last thing Brant needs is the walking, talking temptation that is Lucy. He may be out of his army fatigues but he still carries his demons. He's a loner, not the marrying kind that the hometown sweetheart deserves. So why can't he stop wanting her? Views: 8
Medicine in the twentieth century underwent many dramatic and exciting changes, as new drugs and treatments were discovered, new theories explored, and the role of women in society as well as in the workplace was transformed. Ruth Skrine's life and working career mirror these revolutions, as she is persuaded by her fiery mother to train as a doctor, a career both Ruth's parents had taken up with enthusiasm. After an early spell in general practice, Ruth finds her true metier in family planning and psychosexual medicine, becoming passionate about the need to understand the mind and body as one entity and for doctors to listen with their eyes and emotions as well as their ears. In this profound and poetic memoir of a long and fulfilling working life, as well as a potentially turbulent marriage that became a true love affair, Ruth Skrine has reached deep into her own psyche and produced a flowing narrative full of insight and powerful imagination.Both Ruth Skrine's parents were... Views: 8
There are some things a girl has to keep to herself…
Hopeless romantic Katy Carter still dreams of becoming bestselling novelist. A ghost writer by trade, Katy knows she’s no Booker Prize winner but has fun penning sizzling scenes and hot heroes for celebrity novels. Writing aside, Katy no longer fantasizes about a hero of her own - she’s found him in teacher boyfriend, Ollie. After five years together their own happy ever after is just around the corner and if she can only rescue the couple’s ailing finances, Katy knows all will be well.
But with Ollie becoming increasingly career minded and teaching at a very strict school, Katy’s racy writing soon causes difficulties. When she secretly signs a contract with steamy publisher Throb, tensions mount. A surprise trip across the pond brings things to a head, sparking a chain of events which set Katy on a collision course with family, friends and, most of all, her one true hero…
“Takes Bridget Jones’s mantle and runs with it” Heat Magazine
“Made me laugh out loud” Richard Madeley Views: 8
Playing the virtual reality game Feyland wasn't supposed to turn out so—uh, real. But when things from the game start appearing in everyday life—like a unicorn, or Elphin, the strange creature who saved her life and became her friend—Scots teenager Corinne MacArthur has a problem. Of epic proportions.
And then she learns the truth about Elphin.
It's a truth that shatters her illusions about the world she's grown up in and sends her racing back to Feyland on a life-or-death rescue mission. But Feyland is a game where trickery is an art form and magic is the currency. A game which can deceive the unwary and trap the naive. A game where legends come to life and shadowy figures haunt your dreams.
And Corinne's dreams are coming true. But not in a good way. They're more like a waking nightmare, and it will take all her talent—and more—to escape the otherworldly creatures who've invaded her life. A life which is about to become even more complicated… Views: 8
Three generations torn apart-by bullets fired fifty years ago. Philadelphia, 1965: Two street cops-one black, one white-are gunned down in a corner bar. One of the fallen officers, Stan Walczak, leaves behind a 12-year-old boy, Jimmy. Philadelphia, 1995: Homicide detective Jim Walczak learns that his father's alleged killer, Terrill Lee Stanton, has been sprung from prison. Jim stalks the ex-con, hoping to finally learn the truth.Philadelphia, 2015: Jim's daughter Audrey, a forensic science student, re-opens her grandfather's murder for a research paper. But as Audrey digs deeper, she comes to realize that Stanton probably didn't pull the trigger-and her father may have made a horrible mistake... Views: 8
September 1143. Serjeant Catchpoll hopes a fire at a Worcester silversmith's is just an accident, but when a charred corpse is discovered following a second fire, he has no choice but to call in the undersheriff, Hugh Bradecote, to help find the culprit. Bradecote may be new to the job compared to his weather-beaten, wily and experienced colleague, but his analytical eye is soon hard at work.With further fires, a hooded figure stalking the streets, and a possible murder that has gone undiscovered for some months, the duo must avoid getting more than their fingers burnt as they piece together the arsonist's vengeful motive. Views: 8
