"A Lunch-Read Novelette, Space Marine adventure! Follow The Squad as they are forced into service after a Herzek invasion at Deneb. Will Ret. Sergeant Balls be able to rally the mercs for a coordinated attack against a superior enemy?" Views: 500
Newly retired and ready to reconnect with herself, Joyce Allen realizes that she's not yet the person she knows she was meant to be. At the age of 56, she's committed to discovering happiness and begins her new journey by taking classes, attending concerts, and adopting the dog she has secretly wished for, Dingo.When Dingo is injured and a visit to the new veterinarian in town is necessary, Joyce finds herself quietly attracted to Dr. Amanda Carter, the intellectual dreamer who is many years her junior. Joyce knows that their age difference is too big an obstacle to overcome, and is content to settle for friendship with the thirty-two-year-old vet. But Amanda, for her part, can't see the gaping divide between them. All she knows is the warmth and attraction she feels for Joyce, and can't understand why age should matter at all.Join Genevieve Fortin as she weaves this heartwarming May-December romance of two women who discover the timeless truth of love at any age. Views: 500
One of the masterworks of Henry James's middle phase, the novella A London Life first appeared in serial form in Scribner's Magazine in the summer of 1888. As the story opens, Laura Wing, a young American woman, is living with her sister Selina and brother-in-law Lionel Berrington at Mellows, the Berrington family estate outside London, where she has a front-row seat for marital discord and its baleful effects on the couple's children. As Laura struggles to come to terms with her sister's possible infidelity, and its ramifications for her own social standing, the scene moves to London, where James stages an unforgettable portrait of a marriage's final dissolution. For literary critic Edward Wagenknecht, Laura Wing is one of James's essential heroines: "there is no character is his books—not even Isabel Archer, not even Fleda Vetch—to whom James commits himself more unreservedly." Views: 500
CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES BY20 VENDORS OF VILLAINYMystery Writers of America is pleased to present this sinister volume of larceny, deception, and murder, brought to you by the very finest purveyors of perfidy.Donald E. Westlake tells a tale of a cheating wife who tries to turn the tables on her blackmailer, only to find herself caught in a bigger web of lies than she could have imagined. From Robert Bloch comes a story of a man whose very best friend has the very worst plans for his wife. Miriam Allen deFord tells the mystery of a family that is disappearing off the face of the Earth, one by one. And master of suspense Cornell Woolrich takes us south of the border for a sultry tale of jealousy, death, and revenge from beyond the grave.And now that the transaction is complete, there is nothing left but to open the book and lose yourself in any one of these twenty suspenseful stories, each written by a true merchant of menace. Views: 500
Weijian Shan’s Out of the Gobi is a powerful memoir and commentary that will be one of the most important books on China of our time, one with the potential to re-shape how Americans view China, and how the Chinese view life in America. Shan, a former hard labor and barefoot doctor who is now one of Asia’s best-known financiers, is smart, eloquent, and brutally honest, making him well-positioned to candidly tell the story of a life that is a microcosm of China in the nearly 70 years since Mao’s Communist Party seized power.Out of the Gobi draws a vivid picture of the raw human energy and the will to succeed against all odds. It is a story of both the folly and futility of Mao Zedong’s policies in the first 30 years of the People’s Republic, and the power of Deng Xiaoping’s market reforms in generating unprecedented economic growth during the past 40 years. This nuanced picture of China also shows the country’s... Views: 500
Katie's lies are spinning out of control. To deflect suspicion from herself, she takes a desperate step. Will it destroy her?Katie's life is falling apart. She's being stalked; her relationship is on the rocks; her friends look at her with suspicion; and now the sins of her past are bubbling up into her present life. To deflect suspicion, she has to keep lying.But every lie she tells only makes things worse. Now, at the end of her rope, Katie takes a desperate step. Will it destroy her?Find out in the Amish Trust and Betrayal, Book 2 of the Big Valley Amish series by Rachel Stoltzfus.If you love Christian Amish stories about love, healing and the power of community, grab this series collection today! Views: 500
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Anthropologist Jillian Ramsay's career has taken a turn south.
Concerned that technology is about to chase mythological creatures out into the open (how long can Sasquatch stay hidden from Google maps?), the League for Interspecies Cooperation is sending Jillian to Louisiana on a fact-finding mission. While the League hopes to hold on to secrecy for a little bit longer, they're preparing for the worst in terms of human reactions. They need a plan, so they look to Mystic Bayou, a tiny town hidden in the swamp where humans and supernatural residents have been living in harmony for generations. Mermaids and gator shifters swim in the bayou. Spirit bottles light the front porches after twilight. Dragons light the fires under crayfish pots.
Jillian's first assignment for the League could be her last. Mystic Bayou is wary of outsiders, and she has difficulty getting locals to talk to her. And she can't get the gruff town sheriff, Bael Boone, off of her back or out of her mind. Bael is the finest male specimen she's seen in a long time, even though he might not be human. Soon their flirtation is hotter than a dragon's breath, which Bael just might turn out to be.... Views: 500
