The National Book Award–winning Southern authorhumorously explores themes of marriage, love, gender, race, age, and more in eighteen short stories.Unplanned pregnancy, born-again Christianity, and strained sibling relationships are explored through precocious sixteen-year-old narrator Aurora Harris in "The Triumph of Reason," "Have a Wonderful Nice Walk," and "Witness to the Crucifixion." Crystal and her housekeeper Traceleen feel the straining of family ties and the force of chauvinism in "Miss Crystal Confronts the Past" and "A Sordid Tale."Hope, laughter, and love balance tragedy in this must-read for die-hard Gilchrist fans."A convincing evocation of the changing South. The new reality, as depicted here, includes the waning of racism, the sexual revolution and the growth of feminism. . . . One reads this collection entertained by her distinctive prose, beguiled by her vivid characters and buoyed by the insistent touches of humor... Views: 254
Stalked by paparazzi, top model Penelope Plessen stands to lose everything. Though Stefan once broke her heart, he's the only man she trusts. Should she risk her heart to save her life? A fun, circle-of-friends series from a USA Today bestselling author. As a top international model, hard-working Penelope Plessen jets between runways of the world's most glamorous cities. This is the life she's dreamed of, yet it all implodes during Fashion Week in New York City when a run-in with a paparazzi turns deadly. Navy SEAL-turned-bodyguard, Stefan Armstrong, the man who once broke her heart, whisks her to safety. With a killer threatening her life and paparazzi hounding her, Penelope flees to her hometown of Copenhagen, where tech billionaire Kristo Demopoulos offers her sanctuary on his yacht. Still, Penelope is anxious to salvage her career and regain control of her life. Returning to her home in the Hollywood Hills, Penelope calls on Stefan for close... Views: 254
Henri-René "Jimmy" Guieu (1926-2000) was one of the leading French SF authors of the 1950s and 60s, before he turned to the exploration of UFOs and parapsychological phenomena. In this classic six-volume saga (presented in English in two volumes), written in 1954 through 1956, Guieu introduced his signature hero, French paleoanthropologist Jean Kariven, and imagined that Earth was secretly caught in a vast space-time war pitting the benevolent Polarians against the aggressive Denebians. Guieu sprinkled the books with some of his favorite themes, such as UFOs, alien encounters and ancient astronauts, while delivering fast-paced SF adventure. Views: 254
Today’s business world offers to its worldwide participants almost unlimited possibilities of action in whichever part of the globe. Thanks to new technologies and increased mobility, companies' economic activity across borders of the States or the supranational organizations should not come as a surprise. This applies to both large corporations as well as small entrepreneurs, including start-ups.Poems symbolizing the immortality of love and at times its fickleness. Parekh takes the reader through a paradise naturally embellished with the ingredients of eternal romance and its sporadic failures. As they say life and death are two sides of the coin, similarly with every true anecdote of love there also comes fretful divorce—a thing which has been most sensitively described throughout this great collection of poems for the heart. Written and dipped in each ingredient of his passionate blood, Parekh comes out with startling revelations about the truest of love stories and their failures. Each verse has been delicately intertwined with a boundless aspects of relationships, romance, cheating, betrayal and goes on to prove that Immortal Love towers over every shattered heart. A start to finish with some of the most heart-rendering love poems ever, this makes a great collection for ever true lover breathing and desiring to be loved on earth and beyond. This collection of poems aims at perpetually uniting every heart on this Universe in the spirit of Immortal love and friendship. Because these are the two quintessential ingredients to lead life till its last breath. Irrespective of whatever color, faith or religion, it is only the rainbow of love which can transform the ghastliest monsters and perpetrators of humanity into peaceful lovers. Therefore this book inexhaustibly endeavors to speak and preach the language of love even after its last embossed alphabet. Views: 254
Wall Street meets the Sons of Anarchy in Damage Control, the smoldering, scorching next novel in the explosively sexy Dirty Money series.
The only thing more dangerous than a dark secret is a damaged heart…
Shane Brandon has been pushed to the brink, torn between his corrupt family and his explosive, all-consuming desire for Emily Stevens, who he now knows is not who, and what, she seems. Has he trusted the wrong person? Will she, not his brother Derek, be the ultimate destruction of his family Empire?
Emily tries to run from Shane, but he will stop her, confront her, force her to reveal all — one hot touch and kiss at a time, under every intimate detail of who this woman is, and what she wants, is exposed. But as he tears away the dangers of the unknowns with the woman in his bed, and in his heart, The Martina Cartel has set their sights on his company, his family, and the one piece of leverage they believe he won’t gamble with: Emily.
This is book TWO of FOUR in Shane and Emily's story. Views: 254
A series of brutal killings leads a former FBI profiler to confront his haunted past. A man is brutally attacked and then disappears. His wife calls an old flame, Wallace Mack, a former FBI profiler. As Mack looks into the man's disappearance, a brutal set of murders leads him in a whole new direction. As Mack races to prevent even more killings, he must face the fact that he might still be in love with he woman whose husband he's trying to find. "Ames is a sensation among Kindle readers who love fast-paced thrillers." -bookiio "Nail-biting suspense." -Goodreads.com "Ames is a sensation." -Mystery Tribune "Now that is what I call suspense - I was up all night." -Goodreads.com "Wallace Mack is a great character, and the plot is super-charged." -Amazon.com Views: 254
A lonely old woman awakes one morning to find that the butcher has climbed into her tree. A quirky little love story.Ms. Wellington's Oak Tree is a collection of short works spanning a variety of genres. Enjoy!A young man returns from a trip to Amsterdam and has an unexpected encounter with customs.In Renaissance Italy, the chance arrival of a devious merchant at an embittered village brings about unexpected renewal.A lonely old woman awakes one morning to find that the butcher has climbed into her tree.The dark, disturbing visions that presage mental illness.A stubborn nanny with progressive ideas challenges her charge's strict, traditional father.When their oracles fall inexplicably silent, the people of Miridia send two emissaries out into the world to seek out the gods.A fat man gets stuck in his neighbor's window and has a surprisingly pleasant evening.In a distant future dominated by corporations, a tiny but fierce light in the skysmudge is ignored at humanity's peril.A distraught man sues everyone because he is miserable.Ms. Wellington's Oak Tree is a collection of short works spanning a variety of genres. Enjoy! Views: 254
Very few college football coaches earn the distinction of becoming their programs' winningest, but Gary Pinkel has done it twice. From his nine-year tenure at the University of Toledo to his career at the University of Missouri from 2001 to 2015, Pinkel has shown he has the talent and meddle to take his teams to the top. These remarkable achievements have been met by challenges along the way in Pinkel's personal and professional life, including a DUI and a divorce, a threatened team boycott at Mizzou which dominated national news headlines, and ultimately, a decision to step away from it all following a diagnosis of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. In The 100-Yard Journey, Pinkel offers a glimpse into the mind of a winner as well as an honest reflection on meeting and overcoming the unexpected. Follow along from the start of Pinkel's coaching career at Kent State, the same program for which he played as a tight end, through stops at Washington and Toledo, and finally,... Views: 254
Waking up with no recollection of his life before becoming a Jumper recruit, he falls in love, joins a rebellion, and focuses his efforts on overthrowing a government.Remember when?Commander Rafian VCA the most gifted Space Marine in the Anstractor Alliance remembers nothing.Waking up with no recollection of his life before becoming a Jumper recruit, he falls in love, joins a rebellion, and focuses his efforts on overthrowing a government. But as his memory slowly returns, he recalls his original mission. Rafian now has a new goal: find his way home, make things right with the love of his life, and avenge the aliens who invaded his planet. But first, the Jumpers must pay, pay for ruining his life. Views: 254
**Every time Gwen closed her eyes, she saw him in her nightmares. Now her eyes are open, and he’s not going away.**
Gwen Proctor won the battle to save her kids from her ex-husband, serial killer Melvin Royal, and his league of psychotic accomplices. But the war isn’t over. Not since Melvin broke out of prison. Not since she received a chilling text…
*You’re not safe anywhere now.*
Her refuge at Stillhouse Lake has be-come a trap. Gwen leaves her children in the protective custody of a fortified, well-armed neighbor. Now, with the help of Sam Cade, brother of one of Melvin’s victims, Gwen is going hunting. She’s learned how from one of the sickest killers alive.
But what she’s up against is beyond any-thing she feared—a sophisticated and savage mind game calculated to destroy her. As trust beyond her small circle of friends begins to vanish, Gwen has only fury and vengeance to believe in as she closes in on her prey. And sure as the night, one of them will die. Views: 254
BASED ON A TRUE STORYPeril awaits siblings Hans and Esther Bernsteen as the threat of a fascist Europe looms over 1939 Amsterdam. Separated by the choices they make, each lives a life of secrets and lies in the search for a path to survival. In a fit of temper, Esther destroys her U.S. Immigration Visa and consigns herself to years in Bergen Belsen where she seduces her SS captor from lust into love. Her brother Hans seeks his fortune in the U.S. and discovers his gift for investigation. Hans becomes a lone wolf, dropped by the U.S. Army into Axis territory with a camera, no ID, and no weapon. Their twisted trails intersect as espionage and treachery follow brother and sister to a new home. Views: 254
