Southern California was 50 years gone and 500 feet under the Pacific Ocean as Tara Dean's stolen 2079 Mustang left the hovroad at 199 kph. Halfway through the first mid-air rotation, charges exploded along crumple junctions in the hovercraft’s roof and the polyaluminum cabin blew free. Ejected into the sky and clear of the disintegrating Ford, Tara Dean's unconscious body shot clear of the wreckage and into a pack of waiting cybernetic canines, drawn into the darkness by the scent of her blood. The Dawn of the Courtezan begins. Views: 13
The perfect reason to stay?Kate Hebert's fling with Jackson Boone wasn't supposed to be anything more than good fun. When she got pregnant, they married to please her dying grandmother, and Boone headed home to Peru. Now he's in Comeback Cove to arrange their divorce and meet his baby son. But when Kate injures her ankle, Boone is forced to stick around—and step up his dad game.A little hands-on healing makes Kate realize how great a real marriage with Boone could be. But family had never been Boone's priority, and as far as he's concerned, Kate deserves the life she's always dreamed of. Seems they've done everything backward, and now Boone faces the toughest choice he's ever made... Views: 13
Surrogacy: Our Family's Journey chronicles the ups and downs of surrogacy as experienced by James Phillip: from making the decision to use a surrogate, each step along the way, presenting both sides of the process and on to the creation of a family and the support needed through the first months after bringing his twin babies home. This unique memoir follows James on his incredible, and sometimes exasperating, journey through the 'hurry up and wait' path of the surrogacy process overseas in Bangkok, Thailand. He finds himself caught up in long-distance phone calls and messages, trying to make everything perfect for the surrogate's health and happiness, changing hospitals, having to start all over again in the process due to nonviable eggs and swimming in a sea of red tape. Yet, through all the happiness, sadness and stress, he still manages to meet and fall in love with Krzysztof, a wonderful addition to his support system and future family. Feeling even stronger with the... Views: 13
As a young and outspoken priest, Luca Rossini was brutally tortured in an Argentine military prison, and then nursed back to health by the beautiful Isabel.Exiled to Rome to avoid scandal, Rossini becomes a cardinal and the pope's confidante. He is admired and feared by his colleagues, for he understands the Church, speaks frankly and knows how to present his ancient faith to the media. When the pope becomes gravely ill and a successor must be chosen, Rossini takes a central role.In the midst of the political intrigue that surrounds the selection of a new pope, Isabel arrives in Rome-along with Rossini's daughter. Suddenly, Rossini must confront painful memories of Argentina and the scandalous passion of his long-suspended love affair.Eminence is Morris West at the peak of his powers as a novelist, offering profound insights into the workings of the Catholic Church in a gripping personal story.'A compelling performance . . . holds us spellbound.' The... Views: 13
Three years ago, my perfect life ended. I got trapped inside a burning Army MRAP and watched my friends die. I was the only one to survive, if you can call this survival. Now I’m the beast of nightmares. Horrific scars mean I don’t leave my house...ever. But my best friend made sure I continued to live when all I wanted was to give up. I owe him everything, and now he needs me for two weeks. Two weeks with strangers who I’ll never have to see again. I can do this. I can ignore the stares and revulsion.But what I can’t ignore is the stunning beauty next door who sees past my scars. She’s Hollywood royalty. I’m a recluse, a hermit. Her life is glamour and paparazzi. My life is NOT. No matter how much I want her, I’m no good for her. Beauty and the beast was a romantic fairy tale, but this is real life and she deserves better...This is the final installment to the Naked Brews trilogy.1. Deliciously Smooth2. Deliciously Thick3. Deliciously Bitter(and don't miss our free prequel novella, Desperately Unprepared, available via the KB Jacobs newsletter) Views: 13
Being crowned homecoming queen and enduring a week at the center of her classmates' attention is eighteen-year-old Julia White’s worst nightmare—even with Cole, her long-time crush, as her date. But when Julia is attacked by a green-blooded demon that vanishes in a plume of smoke, she comes face to face with what real nightmares look like—in the flesh, and all of the homecoming stuff hardly matters anymore. As a frightening wave of crime infiltrates her small Wisconsin town, Julia tries to avoid Nicholas, a brooding, infuriating relative of Cole’s, who insists she’s the reason behind the corruption. He claims the culprits are demons who are after powers that only she—a human-angel hybrid—possesses. It’s unbelievable, of course, until he takes her to a hidden battlefield where warrior angels train to fight soul-siphoning demons—and her own angelic wings unfold. When angels and demons draw battle lines, endangering everyone in their way, Julia has to find a way to protect them all, including herself. Because as it turns out, she’s the devil's most powerful weapon against the angels, and he’ll stop at nothing to claim her. The final battle between Heaven and Hell has begun. When Ash Rains Down is the first book in debut author Cecelia Earl’s Kingdom Come series. Views: 13
A quiet provincial town on the north of England is agitated. A successful business woman Margaret Strasberg is accused of murdering her husband. Shortly before that, Rose Krisi, a dark-skinned elderly woman came to town. Eight years ago, her son Martin went missing without a trace and she has no hope of him being alive. She finds newspapers with Margaret's unusual family on the front page. Rose's intuition tells her that Margaret's secret story goes beyond the murder of her husband. The fear that the worst has happened leaves her no choice and she decides to take desperate measures... Views: 13
