Numbers.
They haunt me.
I can't look into a person's eyes without seeing the six-digit date of their death.
I’m helpless to change it, no matter how hard I try.
I’ve trained myself to look down. Away. Anywhere but at their eyes.
My camera is my escape. My salvation. Through its lens, I see only beauty and life—not death and despair.
Disconnected from all those around me, I’m content being alone, simply existing.
Until I meet him.
Tavian.
The man beyond the numbers.
How can I stay away, when everything about him draws me in?
But how can I fall in love, knowing exactly when it will expire? Views: 408
'You'll have to sit with the orphans,' she said. 'On the bottom table.'Lily pulled her coat tight. 'I'm not an orphan. I have a Mam.''But you haven't got a dad. Never did have one.' Growing up in Macclesfield, a town whose cotton and silk industries were hit hard by the war, poor Lily Stanway never got to know her father. Neither can she understand the tensions and ties between her mother and the members of two Macclesfield families, the Hammonds and the Chancellors. But when she falls for a man she shouldn't and finds herself in trouble, many family secrets start to unravel... Views: 408
In the spring of 1907, Abigail Platford finds herself unexpectedly adrift in New York City. Penniless and full of self-doubt, she has abandoned her dream of someday attending medical school and becoming a doctor like her late father. Instead, she takes a minor position in the office of Dr. Franklin Rome, hoping at least to maintain contact with the world of medicine that fascinates her. She soon learns that the handsome and sophisticated Dr. Rome is one of a rare new breed of so-called "beauty doctors" who chisel noses, pin back ears, trim eyelids and inject wrinkles with paraffin. At first skeptical, she begins to open her mind, and then her heart, to Dr. Rome. But when his unexpected partnership with an eccentric collector of "human oddities" raises troubling questions, Abigail becomes ensnared in a web of treachery that challenges her most cherished beliefs about a doctor's sacred duty and threatens to destroy all she loves. A thought-provoking and suspenseful historical novel... Views: 408
**He watched. He studied. He planned.
Every detail meticulously organised. Every detail perfect. The basement was ready, now all he needed was the girl.**
Grace Dalton was just fourteen years old when she was snatched from Greenwich Park on her way back from school. A beautiful, shy, but socially awkward girl, she would do anything to stay out of trouble and away from her bullies. Pressed for time and her tormentors blocking her usual route home, she makes a split second decision with catastrophic consequences.
After facing public humiliation from a previous investigation, Detective Constable Philip Harris once again finds himself under savage media scrutiny when he's assigned to Grace's case. Determined to find her and solve the case to gain back his credibility, his frustrations mount when he repeatedly finds himself hampered at every turn. With no other suspects and the case rapidly becoming cold, the finger of blame points to Tom, Grace's father. Struggling to keep his personal resentment towards Tom away from the case and the press, DC Harris embarks on his own investigations to find who the real kidnapper is against the instructions from his superior officers. But when his digging leads him to a mysterious concealed road protected by impenetrable iron gates he soon realises his investigations have not only endangered himself, but also his family.
Pitched alone against a highly organised crime syndicate and not knowing which side his colleagues are on, he's faced with some tough decisions. Either drop Grace's case, declaring it cold and allowing Tom to take the fall, or embark on a highly dangerous quest for her safe return. Time's running out, which will he choose?
The Death Of Me is the latest book from Natalie Hames, author of the East End Noir series featuring DS Matthew Connolly.
What readers say.
***"I really enjoyed the story lines and got with the characters!! Good job Natalie ,and I look forward to your next offerings !!" ~ Ken Birkett
"After the first couple of chapters I was hooked, it is so well written and in such a way that you are easily drawn into the story." ~ LeMilliere
"Could not put it down so I read it it in a few hours and wished it could have been a lot longer." ~ Amazon Customer
"Right from the start you were gripped with the story. It was so well written you felt you were living it while reading." ~ Amazon Customer
"If you enjoy Martina Cole you'll love this." ~ EJ Lee***
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After a devious duke betrays her, Lady Helen Montgomery swears off love. Although she’ll never give her heart again, she does want a home of her own and children. She attends a London ball, bent on finding a husband. She meets Matthew Cunningham, an intriguing widowed earl seeking a mother for his daughters.After a two-week courtship, they agree to a marriage of convenience. When she arrives at her husband’s home, she finds a run-down estate, and mischievous twin girls. Add, Matthew’s devilish brother and hellion sister determined to create chaos…and someone wanting her demise…it’s a recipe for disaster. What she doesn’t anticipate…passion so hot it sizzles. Dare she allow him into her heart, or should she keep the wall surrounding it intact?This book originally published in 2012 as 'Love Sneaked In'. It has been rewritten and given a new title. Views: 407
***This is a short story prequel companion to the first novel A Pilgrimage to Death.*** Few people ever experienced a connection like Reverend Cici Gurule had with her sister. The women weren't just twins; they were identical. Yes, were. Cici knew the exact moment her sister had died because Cici had passed out in her apartment. She'd swear until the day she died her sister said her name in a soft, broken voice as her own mind had switched off. Now, Cici must learn to live without her sister . . . and deal with a cold trail and unsolved murder. Views: 407
Louis L'Amour was the most decorated author in the history of American letters and a recipient of the Medal of Freedom.Now collected here in a single book are several of Louis L'Amour's finest Western stories the way Mr. L'Amour wrote them. At the time Louis L'Amour was writing, it was common practice for editors to rewrite the manuscript to fit certain publishing criteria. The text of The Strong Land has been restored, and the stories within it appear as Mr. L'Amour intended for them to be read.Whether you're new to the thrilling frontier fiction of Louis L'Amour or one of his legions of fans, these six short stories will assure you that you are in the hands of a master storyteller.Included here are:"The One for the Mohave Kid,""His Brother's Debt,""A Strong Land Growing,""Lit a Shuck for Texas,""The Nester and the Paiute," and"Barney Takes a Hand." Views: 407
An extended edition off of the best-selling poetry book, Uncaged Wallflower. This edition has over 110 new poems and over 40 illustrations. Uncaged Wallflower is for those who feel trapped in the thoughts their minds produce, unable to express them with the rest of the world out of fear of critique or disagreement. For the people who need an extra dose of positivity in their day and inspiration to follow their dreams. This is not a poetry book for you to read and relate to in a sorrow filled way. It is for you to read and say yes, I can be better, and I will.
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A Father's Dying Wish . . .Miserable after the failure of her restaurant, chef Grace Cooper receives a deathbed letter from the father she thought was already dead, offering a free vacation at an Alaskan island resort. Exhausted, Grace jumps at the chance to escape, and to learn about the father she never knew.Polaris Island and the Northern Lights Retreat seem to offer everything—ocean, mountains, forest and isolation. Then she bumps into Connor Reed, a humiliating nightmare from her past, and resort owner Derek Wakefield reveals upsetting truths about her dad.Connor has no idea why Grace hates him. But one look at the woman he’s carried in his heart for the last seven years convinces him not only that he needs to find out, but that his philosophy of living only for today has to change. As Grace’s brittle shell crumbles, Connor starts dreaming of his future—with her.As she struggles to separate truth from lies, Grace... Views: 407
Just a girl in love with a guy who doesn’t know she exists. The story of Lanie Lange’s life. She rescued Eriksen from drowning when they were teenagers, but she wasn’t supposed to be there. He suffered a head injury in the accident, and he doesn’t remember her involvement. Another woman took credit for her rescue. Eriksen’s back in town now, and Lanie is dying to tell him the truth about that night. There’s just one problem. She has no proof.Eriksen Sanders got caught up in the moment and found himself married to the wrong person. Divorced and moved home, he’s aiming to get focused and help bring about the new vibe to Happily. Only there’s something about Lanie he can’t figure out. An unexplainable pull and gut feeling that he’s met the woman before. Determined to find out, he does his best to corner her for the truth, but she constantly slips through his fingers.In the waters of Maiden... Views: 407
