The Accidental American — Stay – A teen romantic comedy: Warning: There is a new foreign exchange student at Mia's high school. His name is Alexi. His profile is picky, wealthy, and Greek. An astonishing request has been made: Show him around. Horrible truths must be realized: She'll have to do it. And, Alexi will be living under the same roof. There's no escape. Mia has no other choice. Alexi must be Americanized. She'll take on this Herculean task and have him blending in by Homecoming. The problem? Alexi is hot, fascinating, and she's falling fast. Feisty, seventeen-year-old Mia will face Shakespeare's age-old question: 'Is it better to have loved and lost...' or will he stay? Stay: A fun YA contemporary romance. (Single female protagonist point of view, standalone, HEA.) Views: 259
James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment.
I know who killed my son.
Molly Rourke’s son has been murdered… And she knows who’s responsible. Now she’s taking the law into her own hands. Never underestimate a mother’s love. Views: 259
Secular moneylender and manic collector of treasures, Hashim lives a life of gentle honor until he discovers, washed up to his private quay, a great relic: a silver pendant bearing a strand of the Prophet’s hair. Views: 259
The companion novel to the hugely popular THE THORNTHWAITE INHERITANCEAfter a lifetime of plotting each other's demise, orphan twins Lorelli and Ovid Thornthwaite have reached an uneasy truce. No longer trying to kill each other, they are living a quieter life in the remains of the burnt-out Thornthwaite Manor. It's not long, though, before some peculiar 'near accidents' begin to take place and the twins begin to wonder - is someone else trying to bump them off? Could it be the oddball builder Dragos, or Beaufort Nouveau, the twins' triple Michelin-starred chef? What would old Tom the gardener have to gain from the deaths of Lorelli and Ovid? Or stinking rich Uncle Harry, who claims to be the twins' long-lost uncle on their mother's side? As the number of near fatal 'accidents' ramp up, it becomes clear that there are some dreadful forces at work - but just who is behind the Thornthwaite betrayal? Views: 259
A secret blurted out in a moment of anger had turned Eugene Banks’ life upside down, but he moved on and made a good life for himself. Now, it’s 1942, the war is on, and he’s a Staff Sergeant stationed stateside at Fort Knox. Beautiful Vivian Powell is nursing a broken heart, and isn’t looking for love. At the urging of a friend, she decides to join the war effort by becoming a junior hostess at the local USO.When they meet–man, the sparks fly. They enjoy a wonderful courtship, while juggling two confusing mysteries; until Vivian catches Gene doing the very thing that he swore he would never do. Views: 259
Favian Markham is a rising young American officer in during the War of 1812. As commander of the small, slow brig Experiment, he must break the British blockade and take his outgunned vessel on a daring raid into the Narrow Seas of England. On his desperate journey he faces duels, rivalries, ambitious politicians, yardarm-to-yardarm combat, and the deadly beauty of a foreign courtesan. Yet his greatest battle is not with the enemy, but with his own divided nature . . .Brig of War (originally published as The Raider) is one of the historical novels with which Walter Jon Williams began his career. Views: 259
Losing the twenty-first century was bad enough, but Martha Bigalow's situation is about to become a whole lot worse.Only days after her marriage to Vadim—a handsome outlaw stalked by grim shadows of the past—Martha is captured by his arch nemesis, the evil Earl of Edgeway.While awaiting her fate in a dank dungeon beneath Edgeway's castle, Vadim’s twisted foster brother— Anselm—offers her a way out, an alternative to a tortuous and painful death.Forced into a life of deceit, Martha discovers friendship where she least expects to find it, even within the stronghold of the enemy, and by the time war descends on Edgeway, the boundary between black and white—between friend and foe—is less distinct.As the castle braces itself for a bitter siege, Martha's loyalty is divided, her love for Vadim tested to its limit...and may prove to be yet another casualty of war. Views: 259
Philadelphia, some time in the 21st century—Casper Beech is a corporate drone, a man beaten down by debt, a wage-slave to the Consortium that dominates the American economy. One day his boss sends him in for neural imprinting — to have new job skills implanted directly in his brain, because it's faster and cheaper than training him by older methods. But a computer glitch loads the wrong file, and Casper is programmed with something that has nothing to do with his job. Instead of learning a new software package, he learns a new way of thinking — a mindset designed by a secret government agency for use in enemy nations, and never meant to be unleashed in the United States. Lethal government agents seek to correct the error in a steadily-escalating conflict, while Casper struggles to survive, to remain true to himself despite his new programming, and to find out just what was in...THE SPARTACUS FILE Views: 259
It's 1960 and Frankie Valentine is doing just fine. The transplanted New York photographer is living it up in the Hollywood sunshine surrounded by beautiful women more than willing to dispose of their clothes and pose. He has no reason to go back east. That is, until the body of a childhood friend, who had disappeared in 1950, turns up. Valentine flies back home to lend his expertise as a crime scene photographer and help out a friend who's in a jam. Instead he finds a compromised crime scene, a hidden stash of cash, and trouble. A Junkie stripper and her mother — a woman who ushered Valentine into manhood — a mob boss racked with jealousy and homicidal rage and assorted low-lifes all roll out the unwelcome mat. It's all blood, money, sex and lies...sealed with a Cougar's Kiss. Praise for A COUGAR'S KISS "A fifties pulp-noir that has ex-crimescene turned girlie photographer, Frankie Valentine leaving Hollywood for a return to Rochester to ferret out... Views: 259
She broke his heart once, now she’s back to do it again…When rugged cop Daniel Wade agrees to help organize his friend's Christmas wedding it brings him face-to-face with the bridesmaid, his estranged wife. Emma is determined that divorce is on the cards, but sometimes all it takes is a second chance to get things right...(Previously published in the Lovecats Hot Christmas Nights Boxset as BABY IT'S HOT OUTSIDE) Views: 259
Learn everything you need to know to craft the perfect cocktail—or two, or three...but who's counting? Spirits writer and expert Lou Bustamante, in partnership with the United States Bartenders' Guild, collects the best cocktail recipes, techniques, and histories in this must-have volume that has a place in every home bar. From worldwide classics to creative new combinations and packed with expert tips from bartenders across the globe, The Complete Cocktail Manual will help you stock your bar, impress your friends, and throw one hell of a party.Everything you need is in here:Setup: Get the expert-tested and bartender-approved list of what you need to set up a pro bar at home, from basic supplies and glassware to fancy gear and the ultimate shopping list. Learn all about your favorite liquors—and some you haven't even heard of—and educate yourself on every mixer, ice cube, and tool you might need.Recipes: From apertivos to citrus, spirit-forward to spicy, get... Views: 259
Populated by strangers, ghosts, and other shadowy figures, the thirteen stories in The Unsettling attend to those startling moments when what we have understood as familiar is suddenly revealed as mysterious and foreign.A lonely man saving library books from an outbreak of mold listens to a coworker's tale about a blind woman and imbues it with his own sense of romance; a woman drives a Gold Firebird through the desert with a television playing "Rockford Files" reruns on the passenger seat; and a girl returns to her childhood home to spy on its new inhabitants, not realizing they are aware of her surveillance; a Poe-obsessed medical examiner constructs ornate scenes in an attempt to provoke hope in the forgotten lives of a dark and desperate city.Told through Rock's imaginative and wholly original voice, these are haunted tales about fascination, transformation, and the relationship between the two. Views: 258
