Mickey Jacobs and Alexandra Stotts have known each other since they were kids. Outwardly, living childhoods full of joy and laughter but privately both experiencing their own kinds of pain and disappointment.Alex had always been taught what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors. The outside world saw her life as idyllic and picture perfect. But of course, things are never what they seem.After watching his philandering father tear his family apart and break his mother’s heart time and time again, Mick vowed to never cause another person that kind of pain. Keep it simple. No relationships.But then there was the sweet, exotically beautiful Alex. There was always Alex. With her…things were never simple. She was forbidden fruit. His sister’s friend. Off limits.Alex was head-over-heels for Mick the moment her twelve-year old eyes landed on him. She knew at this young age that they could never be. Even if he wasn’t... Views: 17
Some Memories Are Best Left Forgotten…Maccay Douglas finds a trespasser on Duncan lands. Except the trespasser isn’t some lad up to mischief. It’s a woman in boy’s clothing.A woman with a bruise on her head and no name, and hunting skills. She claims she doesn’t know who she is.That doesn’t stop him from falling in love.Except this red-haired beauty has an explosive secret that is bound to bring war to the highlands. Views: 17
A man obsessed with Dracula pursues a legendary lost edition of the classic vampire book in this chilling story from the author of the Bryan and May Mysteries. Carter, one of the world's leading experts on Dracula, owns many editions of Bram Stoker's novel, maybe even as many as his well-heeled rival, Mikaela Klove. But one thing has always eluded him: the chance to examine the possibly apocryphal blue edition of Stoker's seminal vampire tale. If it actually exists, the elusive edition is rumored to contain a different ending and a never-before-published chapter tantalizingly set in Dracula's personal library. Determined to read it for himself, Carter travels to Transylvania, where the rumored treasure might be hidden. But once there, he'll need to work with his nemesis to solve the mysterious puzzle—or risk an endgame neither he nor Mikaela can afford to lose. Drawing on his renowned flair for the outré, Christopher Fowler—an... Views: 17
Son. Successor. Enforcer. Alone.Ian 'King' Mordha, son of Collin Mordha, runs one of the biggest crime families in Chicago. If he obeys his father's wishes and accepts his role, he could lose something he didn't even know he wanted. One freezing cold night he saved a life and changed his own, but there's a cost.Sunshine. Hope. Enemy. Love?Kiya Gunn, sister of a cop, and a teacher at Chicago's Art School for Disabled Children. She sees behind the mask to who he really is, his strength far outweighs the power of his fists. The gentleness in his heart belies the cruelty associated with his name.Family vs Their Rivals with Kiya in the middle.With a turf war brewing against their rivals. Can he keep her safe or will he lose the only sunshine in his life? Or worse, will he pay the ultimate price to keep the woman he loves safe? Views: 17
Cold Blooded: Book VII: Hell on Earth rejoins Nick McCarty’s crew and John Harding’s Monster Squad, ripping through terrorists, Black Lives Matter anarchist thugs, treasonous Washington DC politicos, and their billionaire enablers. The Saudi Arabia Al-Kazar family’s new leader, Kalil, wants them dead at all cost.
Kalil Al-Kazar targets killers without peer. The Unholy Trio and Monster Squad strike back without mercy. None of the usual suspects can shield against, or survive their fury. The Chicago killing fields get a taste of El Muerto solo justice when CIA Director Paul Gilbrech asks him to save his stepdaughter and grandchild. Nick carves a buffer zone in the killing fields through gangsters, corrupt politicians, and the political hierarchy abandoning the windy city to deadly chaos, if the citizens can hold on to it. Views: 17
From a snowy landscape to among the stars themselves, these three F/F erotic romance stories bring together distant lovers and give them the fantasy endings they deserve.In "Frost and Ice," ice queen Isolde confronts building tensions with a maligned ex-lover who is trying to turn up the heat in her kingdom.Engineer-turned-entrepreneur Nessa is looking forward to finally meeting her long distance girlfriend Chantal in person on Europa. That is, if they can get through the "Unexpected Dilemmas" threatening to keep them forever apart.And in "Orbits," Ruby isn't planning to run into her old flame Jen on the new orbital colony Raft, but neither is she planning to miss the chance to reconnect with the one woman she can't quite shake from her head ... or her heart. Views: 17
A middle-aged sportswriter gets a new lease on life with a heart transplant and develops an intimate relationship with his donated heart. Two brothers find in their rotting family tree the tangled roots of a dark childhood memory. A young woman travels to Thailand to reconnect body and soul and returns home, physically transformed, to face the wrath of her estranged mother. A divorced man struggling to rediscover his place in the world hits the road from California to Newfoundland, guided by an irascible, talking squid. Life on Mars, Lori McNulty's wild debut collection sears the heart with blinding black humour and whiplash-fast prose. With a faultless talent for juxtaposing the absurd with the everyday, violence and discord with redemption and metamorphosis, McNulty takes readers on an unexpected ride into the core of human existence. Blending aesthetic styles that range from high realism to the fable-esque, Life on Mars exhumes life's numbing tragedies and exhilarating... Views: 17
The most compelling Star Frontier yet.For almost sixty years, Imraec Tarc has occupied the world of Katara. For almost sixty years, no one has cared. But no longer.Prominent figures in the United Frontier have their eyes set on Imraec Tarc and are planning to send an intervention force into the region.In preparation for the massive undertaking, Selina Erama and Asten Korr journey to Imraec Tarc to find a missing Phalamkian diplomat, while Maia Kaleilae and Zak Materson prepare to lead the task force. Meanwhile, Carla Casdan makes a series of shocking discoveries after answering a remote distress call, and Jiang Sarra finds herself stranded on Imraec Tarc while following a weapons smuggling trail.All drawn into the liberation of Katara, by design or accident, their lives will never be the same.With perfect pacing and gripping tension, Star Frontier: Descent is an incredible space opera mystery thriller and an exciting... Views: 17
