The courtesan's courtship Pursuing a role in Parliament, Christopher Lattimar needs a virtuous marriage to make society overlook his roguish past. When beautiful and disarming Ellie Parmenter offers to reform and refine him, he's too tempted to say no. Once a courtesan, Ellie knows a thing or two about polishing a diamond in the rough. She has no designs on Christopher—or any man in search of a wife—but their best-laid plans begin to tumble once lessons in respectability turn to seduction... Hadley's Hellions Four friends united by power, privilege and the daring pursuit of passion! Views: 15
She has a murderous past.Will it destroy her future, too?Mila Ramirez has never stopped trying to outrun the sins of her serial killer parents. But her hard-fought new life starts to unravel when she finds an employee dead. Trusting strong, sexy police chief Sam Douglas forces her out of isolation, even as it brings a murderer closer. Mila narrowly escaped evil before. This time it wants to destroy everything she loves—including Sam. Views: 15
Amanda Clark didn't set out to be a troublemaker. She developed a werewolf exorcism with only one goal in mind: to save her brother from the lupusdaemon that possesses him. But her new ritual threatens the fragile peace between the werewolves and the Ternion Order, an organization of paranormal hunters of which she's a member. Kyle Nelson owes Amanda his life. Afflicted by a lupusdaemon, he had only one month to find a cure before the demon took over his body completely. Amanda's experimental ritual surprised everyone when it saved him and drove the demon back into the abyss. Now Kyle will do whatever it takes to help Amanda with her mission to save her brother. But figuring out a way to trap Reggie and exorcise him is the least of their challenges. Siding with the werewolves for reasons that aren't clear, a dark coven defiles Amanda's moon shrine and threatens the lives of everyone she knows and loves. With only Kyle for support, Amanda must choose between saving her brother and protecting the lives of her friends. Views: 15
Seventeen year old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku.
However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school
is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his
class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They're treated like heroes and
tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But
what should have been any otaku's wet dream quickly turns into Hajime's
nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers,
Hajime's job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill.
Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds
himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world
of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith's level of
strength? Views: 15
A man's death in the Smoky Mountains raises the suspicions of his estranged wife in this suspenseful novel by a New York Times–bestselling author. Vietnam veteran David Hallam is in Tennessee working as an arson investigator for an insurance company when he sends his wife, Karen, an unnerving note: "If anything happens to me down here, don't let it pass as an accident . . ." Ten days later, he dies in a fire and the only thing Karen can feel is guilt—for all the years she wasted in an unsalvageable marriage and for the relief she feels at finally having the sadistic and abusive man out of her life. But despite all that transpired between them, Karen leaves New York City for Belle Isle, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains, to bury her husband. Once there, Karen can finally put the past to rest—or so she thinks. Instead, she is drawn into a tangled and deadly web of disputed fortune, family jealousy, conspiracy,... Views: 15
