She set out to explore the world and found love along the way. Vivian Ng is as experienced as flight attendants come. Taking charge and getting stuff done has always been her MO. When her father pushes her to give up her Asian routes in favor of flights to Europe, she's nervous about the change, but her skills have never failed her before. Flight attendant Marco Chang is charming and he knows it. Growing up as an immigrant with absentee parents, he learned how to win people over with a smile and a sexy accent. But being popular never meant his heart was available. When Vivian and Marco find themselves working the same flight to Rome, Marco is immediately smitten. Vivian is smart, competent, kicks ass and takes names. Vivian's not as impressed. Marco's cute, sure, but he's helpful to a fault and she doesn't need some guy telling her how to do her job. As they hop back and forth across the Atlantic, the romance of European cities works its magic. But... Views: 269
Three months have passed since Flurry arrived in Middleasia. Flurry greatly enjoys his new life away from his homeland. However, just when everything seems to be going splendidly for the cub, Flurry receives a most startling surprise.During a return visit to Ursus, Flurry discovers he is no longer an only child. Emotions ensue and jealousies rage, but Flurry must set aside his pride in order to rescue his sister and friend from the clutches of the evil cats of Agrio. Flurry will need to utilize his wits to not only protect those he loves, but also to save their land from impending doom.Join Flurry on his first of many great adventures as he travels to the distant and dangerous jungle in the forbidden land of the Sourpie. Views: 269
The top holiday mystery recommended by CBC BooksA great mystery you need to read this summer, selected by the Mystery Panel on CBC Radio’s The Next ChapterWhen Dr. Hope Sze retreats to an Ottawa stem cell lab for a peaceful month of research, she discovers a dead man in the snow—only the first in a series of corpses, both at home and around the globe.This time, the killer knows no borders and no conscience.Hope must extricate them all, while caught between the man who saved her life, the man who helps rebuild it, and a killer on an intercontinental rampage.Praise for Human Remains“Human Remains strikes straight at the heart of today’s most controversial and moving issues, through the hothouse world of big-bucks medical research. Impressive and complex. This is good stuff. Big stuff.” Richard Quarry, Author of Midnight Choir“Dr. Sze is a... Views: 268
The sequel to Eutopia is "a nailbiter . . . that is spooky as hell, a critical and sharp demolition of Lovecraft's own romanticization of eugenics" (Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing). In Eutopia, an orphaned farm boy and a black physician came face to face with monsters both human—American eugenicists—and inhuman—a parasite called the Juke. Volk is "another dive into the horrific . . . a dazzling horror novel that's unafraid to ask questions and leave some of them unanswered" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). At the dawn of the twentieth century, Dr. Andrew Waggoner and Jason Thistledown made it out of the Idaho town of Eliada alive—but so did the Juke . . . Now, in 1931 Europe, there are those who seek to resurrect the philosophy of the founders of Eliada. Deep in the Bavarian mountains, research has begun on the creature whose seductive poison can be used in the Nazis' quest for a master... Views: 268
Searching for quiet amidst the controlling threats of an ex and well-meaning family, Michelle Brighton contacts a modern-day matchmaker to escape the bustle of her New York life in the hopes of finally finding peace.Quite Kade Ballard knows little more than work, and the fact that he doesn’t want to be alone on the Broken J Ranch anymore. Letters from the past make him long for a simpler time. Hopeful, he places his trust in a match-making, purple-haired psychologist and the help of the Lord to bring him the desires of his heart?Thrown together, in a perfect storm of circumstances, can Kade and Michelle learn the art of working together? Or will their difference and the past separate them forever? Views: 268
Radical Hope is a collection of letters—to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged—written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists. Provocative and inspiring, Radical Hope offers readers a kaleidoscopic view of the love and courage needed to navigate this time of upheaval, uncertainty, and fear, in view of the recent US presidential election.Including letters by Junot Díaz, Alicia Garza, Roxana Robinson, Lisa See, Jewelle Gomez, Hari Kunzru, Faith Adiele, Parnaz Foroutan, Chip Livingston, Mohja Kahf, Achy Obejas, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Cherríe Moraga, Kate Schatz, Boris Fishman, Karen Joy Fowler, Elmaz Abinader, Aya de León, Jane Smiley, Luis Alberto Urrea, Mona Eltahawy, Jeff Chang, Claire Messud, Meredith Russo, Reyna Grande, Katie Kitamura, iO Tillet Wright, Francisco Goldman, Celeste Ng, Peter Orner, and Cristina... Views: 268
In Mystery, Montana, A White-Hot Hunk Fights Fire With Passion...Though he's ridiculously handsome and notoriously funny, it's Colter Fitzgerald's firefighting skills that are most needed by Whitney Barstow -- at first. She's been traumatized by fire and terrified that the arsonist sabotaging Dunrovin Ranch is a madman from her past. She's also fearful that harm will come to any man she loves, so denies her attraction to Colter. Then why is she jealous of another woman's hands all over him?On the eve of the ranch's Christmas festival, Colter wants no one but Whitney, body, soul and darkest secrets. But there's still an arsonist to stop…before what makes the season bright is Dunrovin in flames. Views: 267
