Drive Thru Murder: Third from The New Orleans Go Cup Chronicles Views: 677
Holy Innocence is a collection of innocent musings on love, the things lovers do moved by love, that emotion that debilitates the body, melts the heart, confuses the mind, and strengthens the soul. It is innocent, from teen horniness, school-boy/girl crush on someone, secret admiration, harmless flirtation to infatuation or lust for someone already taken ...Holy Innocence is a collection of innocent musings on love, the things lovers do moved by love, that emotion that debilitates the body, melts the heart, confuses the mind, and strengthens the soul. It is innocent, from teen horniness, school-boy/girl crush on someone, secret admiration, harmless flirtation to infatuation or lust for someone already taken—love fills the longing of a heart that is helplessly in love for which words can’t describe. Views: 677
Young college grad Emma Richmond finds herself a bridesmaid in six weddings over the course of sixth months. While battling her new job as a casting director’s assistant’s assistant, Emma travels to six different venues along California’s coast and beyond. On the way, Emma begins a relationship with a Hollywood actor who may teach her that there is more to life than falling in love.Ever been the single one in your friend group?Ever been a bridesmaid in a bunch of weddings while remembering you've never had a committed romantic relationship?Well, Emma Richmond sure does.Recent college grad Emma finds that in the midst of Los Angeles palm trees, she has a job, a best friend, and a strange cat. Yet the one thing she desires—a proper relationship—is more than hard to find. However, as a dutiful and somewhat annoyed professional bridesmaid, Emma meets a famous young man who catches her interest, and while battling her own feelings toward romance, Emma's young career buds as she learns to place value in the people she loves most. Throw in six destination weddings in California and beyond, and Emma’s heart—and morality—are put to the test. Views: 677
John and Erica Mason-Grey are hard-working artists and loving parents—but when John dies, their teenage daughter Mona's casual drug use spirals into heroin addiction. She and her mother soon begin an anguished game of hide-and-seek leading to countless arguments, arrests, thefts, rehabs, and relapse, a recurring nightmare that seems to have no end. Ultimately, it's only when each of them finds a way to accept their new reality—Mona by taking charge of her own recovery, and Erica by focusing on her own vitality—that each experiences the unexpected joy and renewal that await those who decide to stop living in the bad dream of addiction. Unflinching about the ways the disease of addiction can torpedo a family yet leavened with dollops of humor, The Bad Dream Notebook will resonate with anyone who has lived through the agony of a loved one's drug dependency. Views: 677
Tozer had splendid plans for his life as a salad seed before he was rocketed into space. Terrified, but determined to save the day, he soon discovers he’s under the care of British astronaut Tim Peake on board the ISS. Based on the Rocket Science Experiment of 2016 in which thousands of UK schools participated, it's now possible through Tozer's diary to follow the journey those seeds had to make.Tozer had splendid plans for his life as a salad seed before he was bundled onto a rocket and propelled into space.Terrified by these happenings, but determined to save the day, this highly-strung seed soon discovers he’s part of the amazing Rocket Science Experiment and is being looked after by none other than British astronaut Tim Peake on board the International Space Station.This important role only serves to further inflate Tozer’s already over-sized ego - but he’s about to come back down to earth with a bump!The story is based on the Rocket Science Experiment of 2016, which caught the imagination of children across the UK as thousands of schools took part. Now through Tozer's diary, it’s possible to follow the remarkable journey these seeds had to make. Views: 677
*"The first rule is that you don't fall in love, ' he said... 'There are other rules too, but that is the main one. No falling in love. No staying in love. No daydreaming of love. If you stick to this you will just about be okay.'"*
A love story across the ages - and for the ages - about a man lost in time, the woman who could save him, and the lifetimes it can take to learn how to live
Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. Tom has lived history--performing with Shakespeare, exploring the high seas with Captain Cook, and sharing cocktails with Fitzgerald. Now, he just wants an ordinary life.
So Tom moves back to London, his old home, to become a high school history teacher--the perfect job for someone who has witnessed the city's history first hand. Better yet, a captivating French teacher at his school seems fascinated by him. But the Albatross Society, the secretive group which protects people like Tom, has one rule: never fall in love. As painful memories of his past and the erratic behavior of the Society's watchful leader threaten to derail his new life and romance, the one thing he can't have just happens to be the one thing that might save him. Tom will have to decide once and for all whether to remain stuck in the past, or finally begin living in the present.
How to Stop Time is a bighearted, wildly original novel about losing and finding yourself, the inevitability of change, and how with enough time to learn, we just might find happiness. Views: 677
She knows the only way to fight him is to fall into his trap...
Five years ago, Jenny Aaron was a covert ops agent. Then a shot to the head left her blind and ended her career.
Four weeks ago, she killed the psychopath who stole her sight. Ludger Holm hunted her with a vicious determination but, even in the dark, Aaron fought back.
Now, she has learnt that Holm left her two billion dollars. She knows it's a trap. But if she's ever going to be free of him, she must play his game to the bitter end. Views: 676
A test of a new device that could revolutionise the military is successful but unknown forces are at play and hack the system throwing the security of the United States and perhaps the world into danger.Colonel Jack Flynn of ATLAS Force, (Advanced Threat Locate And Secure) is tasked to get to the bottom of the mystery. Along with Colonel Mary Qui and a team of SHARC’s, (Special Hot zone Armed Response Commando’s) they come up against an old adversary who has his own agenda in finding the truth behind WIRE.Racing from one end of the United States to the other in a desperate bid to save the President’s life Jack and Mary must fight against an enemy from their darkest nightmare before that enemy can turn the entire country’s military might against them in a bid to control the world. Views: 676
