A Highlander as brave and strong as a knight of old...When Diarmid Mactavish, Laird of Invertavey, discovers a mysterious woman washed up on his land after a wild storm, he takes her in and tries to find her family. But even as forbidden dreams of sensual fulfillment torment him, he's convinced that this beautiful lassie isn't what she seems. And if there's one thing Diarmid despises, it's a liar.A mother willing to do anything to save her daughter...Widow Fiona Grant has risked everything to break free of her clan and rescue her adolescent daughter from a forced marriage. But before her quest has barely begun, disaster strikes. She escapes her brutish kinsmen, only to be shipwrecked on Mactavish territory where she falls into her enemies' hands. For centuries, a murderous feud has raged between the Mactavishes and the Grants, so how can she trust her darkly handsome host?Now a twisted Highland road leads to danger and passion...and irresistible... Views: 528
Make a wish and it just might come true…especially if the right man overhears and has the audacity to approach. A short, romantic story about a chance opportunity for an unplanned kiss.Make a wish and it just might come true…especially if the right man overhears and has the audacity to approach. A short, romantic story about a chance opportunity for an unplanned kiss.He's recently divorced. She's yearning for romance. They both happen upon each other at a fountain in a town square. They don't know each other, but could this be the perfect time for lovely moment? Views: 528
Valkyrie Magnusson, a former Marine photographer injured while covering a goodwill interaction with Iraqi children in 2010, is haunted by flashbacks. She travels the U.S. as a photographer for Rider magazine. A self-proclaimed nomad, Val has little inclination to settle down. But something keeps calling her back to a little tourist trap called Cool Springs in rural West Virginia. The sign at the quirky little store boasts, "Good food, groceries, ice cream, hardware, feed store, taxidermy, gifts, and gas."Cool Springs is owned by Laurel Stemple and her grandmother Ree. Laurel is charged with the daily operations of the catch-all little store/diner and the care of her octogenarian grandmother. A frequent visitor, Val has become like family at Cool Springs. Interesting characters like Mule, aptly nicknamed for his braying laughter and Wunder, whose child-like questions keep everyone in stitches, create a unique tapestry of community in the little store.Over the years, Val and Laurel... Views: 528
As Clay Bay gets ready for its first annual dog show, Chef Claire's Golden Retrievers, Al and Dente, get kidnapped and appear to be long gone. As she, along with Suzy and Josie, embark on a mission to find and rescue them, a new murder case opens up that has everyone scratching their head. And when someone tries to kill the woman who's in town to judge the dog show events take a turn for the worse. The situation gets even stranger when a reporter with a penchant for doing hit pieces arrives in town at the invitation of Suzy's mother. And when Suzy and Josie find themselves in her direct line of fire, they are forced to fight back in an attempt to protect their reputations as well as remind the reporter that they are two women not to be messed with. Views: 528
A short novel about a princess and a brigade of knights that must defeat a mysterious dragon living at their kingdom's border.For years the kingdom of Mendolon has had a dragon living at its border, guarding his territory. He has tended to live quietly and not directly threaten anyone… until now. As of late the dragon has been breathing fire into the edges of the kingdom and striking fear into the hearts of the people. The realm’s chief knight, Michael de Bolbec, wants to lead a brigade of knights into the dragon’s territory to hunt down the creature and destroy him. Mendolon’s king, Sebastian, is hesitant with the plan, but will only agree to it on one condition… his prized daughter, Belle, must accompany the brigade of knights and claim the victory for the dragon’s death. The plan seems simple, but things are not always as they appear… Join the adventure in this short suspense novel. It serves as a prequel to Tony Myers’ next full length adventure novel. Views: 528
A play about occupation, revolution and what the future holds for today's youth.One step away from disaster, there's only one thing left to do: start swimming.First staged by the Young Vic Taking Part department, Start Swimming was also performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017.Ideal for schools, youth theatres and amateur companies to perform, James Fritz's Start Swimming demonstrates an innovative playwright at the top of his craft.'both a caustic critique of contemporary society's treatment of young people and an exploration of the role of language in the perpetuation and justification of the practices under critique' - Exeunt Magazine'theatrical and fun... radiates a puckishness and sense of mischief that mocks control systems even as it articulates their bleakness' - Time Out'raw and vivid... a powerful indictment of the situation in which many people find themselves' - Scotsman Views: 528
It's not an impossible mission. It's an insane one. Ten people. Eriumans, Karassians, Free-Staters. None of them armed with anything more lethal than a single repaired and unreliable one-handed ghostmaker and a handful of bladed weapons, all of them with mental instabilities from years of brain wipes and memory manipulations. Worse, Bellona Cardenas is uncertain of their loyalties. Ten fragile people to infiltrate the most secure facility in the Republic. So begins Suns Eclipsed, the second book in the Indigo Reports space opera science fiction series by award-winning SF author Tracy Cooper-Posey. The Indigo Reports series: 0.5 Flying Blind 1.0 New Star Rising 1.1 But Now I See 2.0 Suns Eclipsed 3.0 Worlds Beyond __ Praise for the Indigo Reports series: Tracy makes the world come alive and by the time you get to the end of the story you're sitting on the edge An... Views: 528
It was supposed to a frivolous night out. The champagne was flowing, the rugs were arranged, and the Agatha Christie Book Club had settled in to watch their favourite mystery Evil Under the Sun on the moonlit screen above.Yet it all comes to a crashing halt when a woman's lifeless body is discovered lying between the jumble of picnic baskets and blankets. She has been strangled and discarded like an empty champagne bottle.How did no one see the killer lurking?How did no one hear the victim's cries?And how could the Agatha Christie Book Club have been lounging just metres away and missed the whole event?!In their latest and most complex puzzle yet, the book club friends unite to solve the unlikeliest of crimes, one that takes place in a public park, with scores of witnesses and not a single motive or suspect in sight.When the local detectives fail to progress the case, the book club friends do what they do best, channelling their... Views: 528
Astri and her close friends are forced to hide in the city. They're waiting for an opportunity to strike back at the dark mage who took over Rivenna by force — the same mage who's been hunting her since she was eleven years old.
When they leave the old mill to free her dear friend Emilia, people begin to spread terrible rumours. Apparently, Ruscal's planning to publicly execute his own brother.
It's a race against time and Astri knows that she can't let Jorgen die. Will Astri save Jorgen and her beloved City of Rivenna or will Ruscal triumph once again? Views: 528
