Wolf shifter and soldier, Zak Armsford, has never been accused of being a good guy. But being good doesn’t get the job done. Now that he’s a free man, he’s not exactly white collar material. So when his friend calls with a protection detail, Zak is just hungry enough for some action to say yes. That was his first mistake. Turns out he’s been hired to protect the Princess of Fort Jericho herself. Del Santoni. The same girl who broke his heart all those years ago. The girl who tells herself she’s way past caring about a rotten ex like Zac Armsford. Forced together after years’ apart, the tension between them is thick enough to cut with a knife. And that’s exactly what someone’s trying to do. Knives. Guns. Claws. Someone is determined to take Del out of the picture. With this much at stake, Zak can’t walk away a second time. To keep Del alive, he’ll ruthlessly use his supernatural strength, his connections, and Del’s own secrets against her. On the run, Del struggles to learn the truth. Is Zak her Fated Mate – or her mortal enemy? Because it’s not just Del’s heart that’s at risk – it’s her life. Views: 113
Blood and victory. There is no other way. The "fresh and fascinating magical world" (School Library Journal) of The Imposter Queen expands in this companion novel that answers the question: who is the real queen of the Kupari?Ansa has always been a fighter. As a child, she fought the invaders who murdered her parents and snatched her as a raid prize. She fought for her place next to Thyra, the daughter of the Krigere Chieftain. She fought for her status as a warrior in her tribe: blood and victory are her way of life. But the day the Krigere cross the great lake and threaten the witch queen of the Kupari, everything changes. Cursed by the queen with fire and ice, Ansa is forced to fight against an invisible enemy—the dark magic that has embedded itself deep in her bones. The more she tries to hide it, the more dangerous it becomes. And with the Krigere numbers decimated and the tribe under threat from the traitorous brother of... Views: 113
Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure—the first in the Invisible Library series! One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction... Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from all of the different realities. Most recently, she and her enigmatic assistant Kai have been sent to an alternative London. Their mission: Retrieve a particularly dangerous book. The problem: By the time they arrive, it's already been stolen. London's underground factions are prepared to fight to the death to find the tome before Irene and Kai do, a problem compounded by the fact that this world is chaos-infested—the laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic to run rampant. To make matters worse, Kai is hiding something—secrets... Views: 113
Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017
Nobody can leave an island. An island is a cosmos in a nutshell, where the
stars slumber in the grass beneath the snow. But occasionally someone tries .
. .
Ingrid Barrøy is born on an island that bears her name - a holdfast for a
single family, their livestock, their crops, their hopes and dreams.
Her father dreams of building a quay that will connect them to the mainland,
but closer ties to the wider world come at a price. Her mother has her own
dreams - more children, a smaller island, a different life - and there is one
question Ingrid must never ask her.
Island life is hard, a living scratched from the dirt or trawled from the sea,
so when Ingrid comes of age, she is sent to the mainland to work for one of
the wealthy families on the coast.
But Norway too is waking up to a wider world, a modern world that is
capricious and can be cruel. Tragedy strikes, and Ingrid must fight to protect
the home she thought she had left behind.
Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw
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By the age of nineteen, all Harpies know how to fly—except Caprion. He has yet pass the test of the Singing and gain his wings. His family has disowned him in shame and people are beginning to talk. Now an evil voice haunts his dreams, taunting him, drawing out his worst fears—that he will remain wingless forever. Caprion decides to find the root of this insidious voice, no matter what it takes. Views: 113
Gay-Lesbian Romance, Paranormal Romance Views: 113
Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer was one of the most widely and highly praised novels of 2015, the winner not only of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but also the Center for Fiction Debut Novel Prize, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, the ALA Carnegie Medal for Fiction, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and the California Book Award for First Fiction. Nguyen's next fiction book, The Refugees, is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of twenty years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family.With the coruscating gaze that informed The Sympathizer, in The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husband is suffering from dementia and starts to confuse her for a... Views: 112
Join Bella Neeley as she coordinates a Victorian tea party themed wedding on Valentine's Day. It's sure to be an event to remember. . .if the groom finds the time to show up for his own ceremony. Texas senator Beauregard (aka "Beau") DeVine is running for president and his hectic schedule has the bride-to-be worried about his lack of participation. Keen on making her groom happy, Victoria Brierley goes along with the "tea party" themed ceremony he has in mind. It matches his political views, after all. Bella loves the idea of a lovely tea party, but for different reasons. The Brierley-DeVine ceremony is sure to be the most elegant event Club Wed has ever seen, and certainly the best attended. Even the Secret Service agents hover close as the day draws near. When things begin to go awry Bella finds herself in a political whirlwind, and all the more when Uncle Laz announces he's running for president, too. W-w-what? A Rossi in the White House?
Chaos, humor. . .and politics? This story has them all and will leave you laughing all the way to the altar. Views: 112
#3 by Lorraine Bartlett - A Tale of Blythe Cove Manor All is quiet at Blythe Cove Manor as its proprietress, Blythe Calvert, anticipates a peaceful holiday along with her cat, Martha. But then a taxi pulls up and drops off a troubled, runaway teen looking for a safe haven. Can the magic of Blythe Cove Manor heal this young girl's aching heart? The immensely popular Booktown Mystery series is what put Lorraine Bartlett's pen name Lorna Barrett on the New York Times Bestseller list, but it's her talent—whether writing as Lorna, or L.L. Bartlett, or Lorraine Bartlett — that keeps her in the hearts of her readers. This multi-published, Agatha-nominated author pens the exciting Jeff Resnick Mysteries as well as the acclaimed Victoria Square Mystery series, the Tales of Telenia adventure-fantasy saga, and now the Lotus Bay Mysteries, and has many short stories and novellas to her name(s). Views: 112
