When wildlife researcher Addie Spencer is trapped in a remote valley by a snowstorm, she takes shelter for the night in a cave. The next morning, she is surprised to witness a bear and a wolf fighting outside, but the real shock comes when the wolf transforms into a man before her eyes.Unable to return to civilization until the snow melts in spring, Addie lives first with Adam—the wolf shifter—and then with Armel—the bear who turns out to be a shifter as well. Addie finds herself drawn to both men, but the two alpha shifters have difficulty getting along. Will Addie be forced to choose between them, even though she has fallen in love with them both? Views: 183
A story of colonial New Zealand and the mystery girl who rose from the slums to become a force to be reckoned with.It is 1858 in boom town Dunedin. Dreamers and vagabonds are pouring into the new colony to seek their fortune in the province’s goldfields. A newborn baby is found abandoned on the road. She finds acceptance in the notorious and close-knit community of Maclaggan Street. But at six years old, the spirited Billie is faced with making her own way in the world of pubs and prostitutes, commerce and chance.Why is the elegant gentleman so interested in Billie’s sketchy past and future prospects? What does the Irish charmer want with a girl who detests him?This exciting saga twists and turns through some of New Zealand’s historical events, with staunch pioneer characters strongly evoking Otago’s gold fever days. From muddy city streets to wild-west shootouts, Southern Gold is a story of courage and... Views: 183
In The Joke Man: Bow to Stern, Jackie tells of his beginnings as a working comedian and writer and his climb to the top on The Howard Stern Show. Jackie saw it all, and in The Joke Man: Bow to Stern he shares personal stories as well a look from behind the scenes at one of the highest-rated radio shows of all time. You'll also get his take on his falling out with Howard and the show, and plenty of the raunchy, laugh-out–loud humor that Jackie "The Joke Man" is famous for.So sit back, relax, and enjoy as "The Joke Man" riffs on his one-of-a-kind career in show business, Howard Stern and the gang, and his very unique life—an American success story like no other. Views: 183
Hard times during the Great Depression force nineteen-year-old Florence, an orphan raised in a monastery, to seek employment outside its walls. Fate brings her to work for a wealthy recluse, General Alexander Sterling. Despite many daunting events and a meddling housekeeper with dark secrets of her own, Florence and the General find themselves falling deeply in love.What she doesn't know is that General Sterling has left his native country escaping a painful past, one he yearns to forget. But destiny won't allow it as he meets Florence, whose resemblance to his deceased wife is unbearable. Could Florence actually be the same woman who still owns his heart and haunts his dreams? On the other hand, Florence finds herself imprisoned by her incomprehensible feelings and the ghost of the woman who controls the heart and actions of the man she loves.As they begin to overcome a disrupted past, an explosive truth shatters their blossoming romance. In the depth of despair... Views: 183
A discreet advertisement brings a group of apparently disparate individuals together to a bizarre rendezvous – on the ocean floor. The reasons for their selection are unclear: Don, an archaeologist, chronically shy, Gaspar, marine biologist, suffering from terminal directness, middle-aged Pacifica, and Melanie, whose normal exterior masks a strange genetic inheritance, seem, on the face of it, to have little in common – except their feeling that they are part of a greater plan ... a feeling that grows as they embark on their strange odyssey across the bed of the ocean ... For the underwater explorers, the mystery of being out of phase with the world above water is heightened by that surrounding the mysterious Eleph – a mystery which is ultimately revealed to be more significant and bewildering than they could ever have imagined ... Views: 182
Jonas Parker, the Earl of Harrington has no desire to marry. He rather enjoys being unencumbered and a wife would complicate things. The Wicked Earls’ Club is his haven and he isn’t ready to give it up for matrimony. His grandfather, the Duke of Southington wants nothing more than to see him wed and return to the fold. For that reason alone he’ll avoid proper ladies and wedding bells.Lady Marian Lindsay rather likes being a spinster and embraces her bluestocking ways. She's studying to be a physician and wants to be a proper doctor. She longs to be taken seriously in the medical field, but her efforts go unnoticed. After careful deliberation she devises a scheme that is foolproof, but she needs the help of one of her father’s friends to make it happen.Harrington is appalled at Marian’s request and refuses outright; however, she somehow manages to charm him into saying yes. Before he realizes it, he’s escorting... Views: 182
The Fugitive Archives comes to an explosive finale in this ninth digital original novella in the Endgame world, which follows a forbidden love that threatens Endgame in post-World War II Germany.
Humanity rests on the shoulders of twelve Players. But when the lives of a Cahokian Player and a Minoan Player intertwine over the search for an ancient weapon in post-World War II Berlin, the last thing they expect is to let their guard down and fall in love. Now Boone and Ariadne must journey deep into the ancient buried cities of Cappadocia, to find the remaining pieces of the weapon—before it's too late.
But this is Endgame. And only one can win.
This heart-stopping novella arc takes place prior to the events in the New York Times bestseller Endgame: The Calling. Views: 182
One Woman. One Gun. Two Dead Bodies.Mary Eileen Sullivan’s ex-husband and new boyfriend have disappeared. She is crushed. Or is she? Two of the St. Isidore Chronicle’s crack reporters — Joy and her protege, Amanda — think Mary Eileen is lying. So does a state police detective, Sean Patrick Flynn, who decides to go undercover — under Mary Eileen’s covers — to solve the mystery and put his suspicions to rest. They must be crazy! Mary Eileen Sullivan is a successful businesswoman. Her Coffee Shoppe is a centerpiece of downtown St. Isidore. Why would she kill anyone, least of all, the men she loves?These reporters and this cop; they must be trying to make their careers off this case, right?However, if she is a killer, why wouldn’t Mary Eileen make sure that Sean becomes just one more of her dearly departed lovers? And why not just kill Joy and Amanda? The Coffee... Views: 182
