Governor Dukes aimed to open up the border country to white settlement as a way to stop Mexico from trying to annex the Lone Star State. But to do so, he first had to give the Kiowa Indians a place to live. The Kiowas wanted the lush Pecos Valley. But the cattlemen in that region didn't take kindly to handing over such fine grazing land to the Indians, any more than the miners intended to let them have free run of the gold-rich hills. So they set about doing everything they could to prevent the Governor's top Enforcer, Yancey Bannerman, from fetching Red Dog to Austin to discuss terms.In the meantime, Yancey's partner, Johnny Cato, was trying to track down a stolen Gatling gun. Somewhere along the corpse-littered trail their paths would cross, and then they'd be in for the fight of their lives against a cold-blooded killer known as ... Edge! Views: 440
Family can make you crazy. Love can drive you mad. Relationships are complicated for a Modern Zombie. Mercy Mayhem is figuring it out in her own way and on her own terms. Zombies, Witches and a rogue Warlock. With friends like this who needs enemies? Views: 440
A beautiful house. A new beginning. The almost perfect neighbours... When newlyweds Jane and Alex Clarke move into an idyllic house on the quaint Bristol Lane, they are excited for a new beginning in what will be their 'forever home'. And when an elderly neighbour brings them a pie to welcome them, she soon becomes a friend. But she grows a little too interested in the couple next door as she sits watching them, day in, day out, from the rocking chair in her window. Alex says it will be fine. After all, she's a lonely widow who just wants some company. But when she invites Jane into her home, who knows what she'll find there... A dark and gripping domestic thriller, perfect for fans of Shari Lapena and Paula Hawkins. ** Praise for The Widow Next Door ** 'This was a showstopper. I couldn't put it down, and never wanted it to end. Will be looking for L.A. Detwiler's next book!' NetGalley reviewer 'It has me hooked from cover to cover. Such an incredible read!' NetGalley reviewer... Views: 440
"Don't Assume I'm weak because I have panic attacks. You'll never know the amount of strength it takes to face the world each day."Ben Ferguson faces each day as it's handed to him. Assigned to a position in the newly formed Yellowstone National Park, life seems like it couldn't get any better. But patrolling for poachers is fraught with danger, and he soon finds his future looking bleak. Images of a blue-eyed guardian angel are the only thing he has to pull him from the edge of death.Crazy. Weak. Worthless. Demon-possessed. Clara Youngblood has been labeled many things by people who cannot understand the challenges she must confront every day within her own mind. Without the support of family or friends, she is terrorized daily by fear and impending doom. When all seems dark, a glimmer of hope appears in the form of a retired soldier.Ben & Clara wouldn't have chosen the circumstances that brought them together, but they... Views: 440
Your ride is here...When Paula picks up her last passenger of the night, all she sees is a few more dollars to put toward her husband's medical bills. That's before she recognizes the quiet stranger in her back seat as a world-famous musician and realizes the woman waiting at his destination is not his equally famous wife. So, Paula does what any down-on-her-luck woman would do.She asks for money in exchange for silence.But when a woman is murdered in the same building days later, Paula discovers she is the only witness to the secret affair—an affair that incriminates the musician. Now, Paula's silence comes at a much more dangerous price. Views: 439
With his characteristically brilliant wordplay and extraordinary scope, Tom Stoppard has in Hapgood devised a play that "spins an end-of-the-Cold-War tale of intrigue and betrayal, interspersed with explanations of the quixotic behavior of the electron and the puzzling properties of light" (New York Times). It falls to Hapgood, an extraordinary British intelligence officer, to try to unravel the mystery of who is passing along top-secret scientific discoveries to the Soviets, but as she does so, the web of personal and professional betrayals―doubles and triples and possibly quadruples―continues to multiply. Views: 439
When two sisters who earn careers as criminals but heads after one wants to leave the game to be with her girlfriend, these siblings find themselves in a dangerous situation.All Tasha wants is to build her family with Nikki, the love of her life.There's only one problem, Tasha's jealous sister Crystal will do all she can to keep her sibling in the game, even if it means their lives. Views: 439
