New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank returns to her magical Lowcountry of South Carolina in this bewitching story of marriage, love, family, and friendship that is infused with her warm and engaging earthy humor and generous heart.One enchanted summer, two couples begin a friendship that will last more than twenty years and transform their lives. A chance meeting on the Isle of Palms, one of Charleston's most stunning barrier islands, brings former sweethearts, Adam Stanley and Eve Landers together again. Their respective spouses, Eliza and Carl, fight sparks of jealousy flaring from their imagined rekindling of old flames. As Adam and Eve get caught up on their lives, their partners strike up a deep friendship—and flirt with an unexpected attraction—of their own.Year after year, Adam, Eliza, Eve, and Carl eagerly await their reunion at Wild Dunes, a condominium complex at the island's tip end, where they grow closer with each... Views: 293
Traveling from a mysterious jungle all the way to a secret water temple, Carl, the adventurous creeper and Chloe, his human friend, are determined to discover the truth of the creeper kingdom legend. Is there any truth to this mystery or is it purely fictional?GENRE: Children’s Adventure (An Unofficial Minecraft Book for Kids Age 9-12)Book 4: The Legend of Charlie the Creeper KingAfter the adventures Carl went through with his friends to save the Dragon Lord, life has been quiet. Even though he feels as if he has a place to belong now, Carl can’t stop researching the legend of Charlie the Creeper King and his lost kingdom.The legend stated that long ago, creepers had an entire kingdom to themselves. One day, they mysteriously vanished. Carl, anxious to discover if the legend is real, sets off to follow the trail.Along the way he meets a human, Chloe, who is also looking into the lost kingdom legend. The two team up to discover the mystery.But the path to the kingdom isn’t as straight and narrow as Carl is expecting. He finds himself dealing with jungles filled with carvings, monsters that are seemingly drawn to them, and skeletons that sneak up on them.Traveling from a mysterious jungle all the way to a secret water temple, Carl and Chloe are determined to discover the truth of the creeper kingdom legend.This unofficial Minecraft book is not authorized, endorsed or sponsored by Microsoft Corp., Mojang AB, Notch Development AB or any other person or entity owning or controlling the rights of the Minecraft name, trademark or copyrights. All characters, names, places and other aspects of the game described herein are trademarked and owned by their respective owners. Minecraft®/ /TM & ©2009-2016 Mojang/Notch. Views: 293
The River: a hodgepodge of arcologies and platforms in a band around Ceres full of dreamers, utopians, corporatists—and transformed humans, from those with simple biomods to the exotic alien xenos and the totemics, remade with animal aspects. Gail Simmons, an itinerant salvor living aboard her ship Kismet, has docked everywhere totemics like her are welcome…and a few places they’re not.
But when she’s accused of stealing a databox from a mysterious wreck, Gail lands in the crosshairs of corporations, governments and anti-totemic terrorists. Finding the real thieves is the easy part. To get her life back, Gail will have to face her past—and what’s at stake may be more than just her future. Views: 292
Poppy looked up, her face pale, her hands shaking. What is it, Poppy? Oh my, Rollo, oh my. I think we've just struck gold. Poppy Denby is furious with Rollo, who has gambled away his position at the Daily Globe and is being banished to New York. That is, until she discovers he plans to take her with him to work at the New York Times! Poppy can't wait to report on the Manhattan arts scene, but her hopes are crushed when she is allocated The Death Beat - writing obituaries. But Poppy has a nose for a story, and when a body is found in a luxury penthouse apartment she starts to investigate. She unravels a sordid trail of illegal immigrants, forced labour, sex scandals, and an unexpected ghost from her past. Poppy is determined to help the victims, but can she find the evidence to bring the perpetrators to justice without putting her own life in danger... Views: 292
Darren Single father Widower Retired Three things I never thought I'd be by thirty, yet all my daily reality. This is not the life I would have chosen, but it's the hand I've been dealt. I love my daughter. I loved Belle. I'm not interested in more heartache. Relationships are a thing of the past. Until I meet her - She's the awakening I desperately need, but one I'm not sure I deserve. Haddie Everything happens for a reason. Time heals all wounds. You're too young to give up on love. They say that, but they're wrong. My world crumbled when my fiancé died. Then I met him – He's flawed in the same ways. Broken in the same places. Scared of the same things. He looks at me like I'm his salvation. And I want to be, but an open heart means risking a broken one.... Views: 292
From the author of the #1 international best seller The Girl in the Spider's Web: the new book in the Millennium series, which began with Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the brilliant hacker, the obstinate outsider, the volatile seeker of justice for herself and others—even she has never been able to uncover the most telling facts of her traumatic childhood, the secrets that might finally, fully explain her to herself. Now, when she sees a chance to uncover them once and for all, she enlists the help of Mikael Blomkvist, the editor of the muckraking, investigative journal Millennium. And she will let nothing stop her—not the anti-Muslim gang she enrages by rescuing a young woman from their brutality; not the deadly reach from inside the Russian mafia of her long-lost twin sister, Camilla; and not the people who will do anything to keep buried knowledge of a sinister... Views: 292
My name is Chloe, and I’m a full-time adventurer and explorer. I travel around the Overworld (and even sometimes in the Nether) to find new and exciting gigs to take on. This time, things are going to be a little different for me. My new friend, Ghast the Ghast, is joining me. He’s had a little taste of an explorer’s life, and now he wants more. What adventure awaits me with Ghast this time?GENRE: Children’s Adventure(An Unofficial Minecraft Book for Kids Ages 9 - 12 (Preteen)Book 1: The Jungle TempleMy name is Chloe, and I’m a full-time adventurer and explorer. I travel around the Overworld (and even sometimes in the Nether) to find new and exciting gigs to take on. This time, things are going to be a little different for me. My new friend, Ghast the Ghast, is joining me. He’s had a little taste of an explorer’s life, and now he wants more. I don’t mind, I could use the help. My next mission is to deliver a large shipment of food to a tribe that lives deep in the jungle in the ruins of an old temple. I have a feeling that I’m going to need Ghast’s help on this mission... Diary, wish me luck.This unofficial Minecraft book is not authorized, endorsed or sponsored by Microsoft Corp., Mojang AB, Notch Development AB or any other person or entity owning or controlling the rights of the Minecraft name, trademark or copyrights. All characters, names, places and other aspects of the game described herein are trademarked and owned by their respective owners. Minecraft®/ /TM & ©2009-2016 Mojang/Notch. Views: 292
In these four stories by R.W. Clinger, gay men find romance all year long! Contains the stories:The Fine Art of Reading Riley: While out shopping on a winter's day, Stone Daye bumps into Cameron Phillips, an old friend and former lover who now works as an administrator at a local college. The two have a heated and romantic history, and seeing Cameron again brings it all back for Stone. Old feelings are stirred up again, but are the fiery embers of their previous relationship strong enough to ignite a new romance together?Mr. Hideaway: In spring, Josh Hideaway is taking a much-needed break at his family’s cabin, where he meets ranger Zeth Mandell, his neighbor by the lake. A pack of dangerous coyotes brings Josh to Zeth’s rescue. Will something more than friendship blossom between the elusive Mr. Hideaway and the ranger? Sometimes hiding out is the only way to fall in love.Autumn Cliche: When writer... Views: 292
Guests at Doveby House don’t usually pay by credit card, but when one tries and his card is refused, Janet Markham can’t help but wonder if there’s something more going on that a simple glitch in the credit card machine.
As more stories of troublesome cards spread through Doveby Dale, Janet gets more curious, but unexpected guests keep her too busy to do much. As she and Joan work on clearing out the carriage house, a new mystery presents itself.
Can Janet work out what links the credit card cases together? Will she be able to help Constable Robert Parsons solve the case or just get in his way? Who was Alberta Montgomery? And why were boxes of her letters and books of poetry left in the carriage house?
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Left behind on WWI battlefield Tural is doing his best to plunge into deepest secret of his brain donor - Herman. This is his only way of waking up from lucid dream. But harder he tries deeper he gets into limbo.Paul Charles also writes spy novels as P. C. Dettman. Views: 292
