Being tucked away in seclusion with a self-appointed bodyguard is way more fun than it has a right to be. I should resist, but I don't, and after years of trying not to fall for anyone, I tumble hard for Kase Donovan.We still don't know who's after me, but with Kase's help, I'm working to keep my business afloat. Until my father tracks me down and retrieves me for that pesky marriage contract he had drawn up years ago. I'm forced to return to the ivory tower I grew up in and stay locked up while my life dissolves.Locked doors have never stopped Kase, but even if he can rescue me from a fairy tale gone wrong, there's still someone waiting to kill me. And we might not learn who it is until it's too late and we've lost everything, including each other. Even if we track down my would-be killer, I've fallen hard for my bodyguard with the dark past, and the life I would have with Kase isn't different from the prison I grew up in. How much am I willing to sacrifice for... Views: 182
From the bestselling author of THE SOULKEEPERS comes a new series about dark magic, redemption and an unusual theater with life or death stakes...Book 1 of 3 in the Soulkeepers Reborn TrilogyFinn Wager's luck has run out. Arrested for the one crime he didn't actually commit, he's forced to finish his education at an alternative school. The Revelations Institute is an upscale, private reform school with a 100% success rate. Delinquents go in and model citizens come out.But students who don't perform to expectations disappear. And although their bodies return model citizens, their minds are hardly their own. Something evil lurks inside Revelations, and if Finn and his new friend Hope can't find a way to stop it, they'll risk more than their lives. The repercussions could cost them their souls. Views: 182
Legend tells of a sorceress, the Willow Woman, living within a white tower outside of the great city of Ethcabar, who owns a vast hoard of strange and curious items. If you bring her something precious to add to her Collection, she may grant your wish ... or curse you.
But when a vile lord from the sixth hell learns of the Willow Woman’s powerful gifts, he sends the demon Barbarus to bribe her. By peering into her magical Moon Well, the Willow Woman glimpses an astonishing future—one that promises to bring her joy, though it could plunge the world into war and chaos.
A story of selfishness, friendship, betrayal, hope, and the search for God, The Feather and the Moon Well is a magical tale built within the fringe of Irish Mythology.
It is the first novel by Shean Pao in the epic series, In the Brilliance of Sun. Views: 181
The first Zev Evans novella from the national bestselling author of Sons & Princes. "Jim LePore is a great discovery."—William Landay, New York Times bestselling author Meet Zev Evans, the ex-cop, ex-war hero turned anxiety-ridden fixer with a plate in his head, a pharmacopeia in his pocket, a chaotic but keenly observant mind, and a fearsome set of skills. Given to reciting mantras to calm the wild horses in his head, the half-Jewish, half-Sicilian Zev debuts in a story that starts at a piano recital and ends on the floor of his kitchen with a feral cat and a seizure dog watching over him. To say more would be to spoil the fun of reading this fast-paced novella, and of getting to know Zev, to whom the motto of the 1st Marine Division—no better friend, no worse enemy—applies in spades. Illustrated with the author's original photographs Praise for James LePore and his thrillers ... Views: 181
As journeyman journalist Revere Polk investigates the 40-year-old murder of his grand greatuncle, Jacob Wissler Addison, a cold case suddenly comes to a full boil. What did Uncle Jake's top secret, but ill-fated, mission to Tokyo in August of 1945 have to do with a modern-day plot to assassinate the president of the United States? And was the atom bombing of Japan really necessary? The answers await in Rising Sun Descending. Views: 181
A teen without a family. A town with a dark history. A body in the lake. Abandoned by her own parents, forgotten by the foster care system, Bailey's learned to weather every storm—except the one that rages inside. Is a family of her own too much to ask for? Her only anchor is Tommy, captain of the famous Lake Geneva Mailboat for the past fifty years, as reliable as the mail itself. Delivering letters by boat in the Wisconsin resort town, Bailey's learned that the occasional splash into the lake as she jumps to the piers is just part of her job. But discovering a dead body tied to a pier post is far from routine... Bailey's fears only grow when the police investigation spills over into her abusive foster home—threatening to take her away from Lake Geneva entirely. When it comes to the surface that Tommy has close ties to the chief suspect, his wounds from the past threaten to close him off from Bailey completely, snuffing out her... Views: 181
Her heart can’t be destroyed by the same person twice. At least that’s what Clara Abbot finds herself hoping when she runs into Boone Cavanaugh less than an hour after returning to Charleston.
As kids, Clara and Boone had been each other’s firsts, and no one or nothing could stand in the way of their forever. But all kids have to grow up sometime. The troubled son of the town drunk winding up with the firstborn daughter of the local royalty was a happy ending even the most imaginative of fairy tales couldn’t make believable.
Their fable came to an end as most do: tragically. Boone might have done the leaving, but it was Clara who got away and made a new life for herself in California. But after seven years of dodging her hometown, she’s only back in Charleston for seven days to celebrate her sister’s wedding. She won’t let her overbearing family or her run-in with Boone rattle her—though rattling her is obviously Boone’s primary objective.
Boone is her past and her past is behind her, a mere speck in the rearview. So why does she feel it coming back every time she looks at him? Why does she see it every time he looks back?
Just when Clara’s life can’t possibly get more complicated, the ground shifts, and she discovers just how far her family was willing to go to keep the wrong boy out of her life. Was it really Boone who left her? Or was it Clara who left him?
The truth will be hard to face. Especially when she discovers most of her life has been built on lies. Views: 181
The world just learned that monsters and demons are real—but agent Kal Hakala is in St. Louis to battle an evil force not even the BSI could have imagined. The Bureau of Supernatural Investigations has managed to keep the existence of magic and monsters a secret. Until now. Recent events in Omaha—a.k.a. agent Kal Hakala's latest battle with the World Under—has let the demonic cat out of the bag. Now, sidelined as an Agent, Kal serves as the BSI's public face, charming talk show hosts and training new recruits. But the World Under never rests, and it's not long before Kal is needed back in the field. A malevolent spirit occupies St. Louis's Quint Building, and the team sent to handle it disappears after their leader is driven to suicide. The BSI has no choice but to send in Kal and his team. As each of Kal's team members is isolated and dumped into his or her private hell, Kal begins to wonder if he hasn't finally met his match:... Views: 181
After barely surviving a horrific accident, then being held captive for years by Earth Government, Venice must escape the planet. She thinks she’s found the answer to her prayers when she contracts to be a deep-space bride—only to find herself facing an even bigger nightmare. Hiding from her con man “husband” aboard his space station, she comes across an intimidating cyborg…one who could just be her last hope.
Deviant is humiliated when his father suggests he visit a pleasure center to make use of a sex bot. True, the defects he was born with have assured female cyborgs will never consider adding him to a family unit. But he still has his pride. The woman who enters the room, however, is incredibly lifelike, and she quickly has Deviant feeling things he’d never dreamed—right until the moment he finds out she’s human. Sort of…
Venice needs Deviant’s help to get off the space station. Deviant is lonely, and in need of someone to teach him how to pleasure a female. They strike a bargain, one that has Venice giving up her freedom. But soon it’s her heart that’s at greater risk. It’s easy loving Deviant…even when others are determined to make it difficult. Views: 181
