That soft, timid knock late at night. A hoarse mayday in the dark.When you live in Marten's Marina, your doorstep is an international shipping lane. So when a half-drowned refugee washes ashore, Eva Fairchild-Malloy and her neighbors scramble to the rescue.Their castaway is fleeing—from something almost too terrifying to put into words. But the Promised Land isn't really, not if she doesn't have the right paperwork and the right connections.While Eva and her detective husband, Vaughn, are just beginning their married life together, they're also determined to help this desperate survivor hang on to her tenuous lifeline.Can they untangle the web of nefarious fixers who work for other fixers—like an ugly, predatory food chain—before there's a break in the links that plunges everyone they love into danger?Because this dark underbelly of society will kill to avoid being exposed. Views: 402
From *Samantha Towle, the New York Times bestselling author of Wardrobe Malfunction and Breaking Hollywood*, comes a dramatically powerful and passionate new contemporary romance.
And the new heavyweight champion of the world is...
Those are the words that Zeus Kincaid has been waiting to hear since he first put on a pair of boxing gloves. He just didn't think they would come with a tragedy that would change how he viewed the sport forever.
Cameron Reed was in her second year at Juilliard when her childhood sweetheart, Zeus Kincaid, walked away from her. A few months later, Cam realized that she would never fulfill her dream of dancing for the New York City Ballet.
Now working as a dancer in an upscale club in Manhattan, Cam is brought face-to-face with the man she once loved. And it's her turn to walk away from him.
After five years of missing Cam, Zeus isn't prepared to let her go again. But when he finds himself standing on her doorstep the next morning, things don't go quite as he expected... Views: 402
"Heart-pounding excitement...left me sitting on the edge of my seat."—#1 New York Times bestselling author DEBBIE MACOMBER for Angel FallsThe river runs wildFormer Fish & Wildlife Officer Charlotte "Charlee" Tanner still carries the guilt of a tragic drowning accident that occurred on her watch. She hoped moving back home to the wilds of central Florida would provide a safe haven-until she learns the death was no accident, and she's the intended target.But no wilder than their passionTough and decisive, Lieutenant Hunter Boudreau loves his new job as a law enforcement officer with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. Charlee is his best friend, so when she comes under fire, he's not letting her out of his sight until the killer is caught. But Charlee won't sit by and let anyone else die for her.As danger closes in and Charlee and Hunter's attraction threatens to consume them, Charlee... Views: 402
Set in the 1790s, war between Britain, France and Spain forms the background to Beverley Elphick's much-anticipated second novel, Retribution. Men and boys are being forced onto the King's ships by unscrupulous press gangs while the womenfolk left behind struggle to deal with the consequences at home of food-shortages, hunger and rampant disease, as well as smuggling and street crime. In the second of a trilogy beginning with the popular Three Round Towers, Esther Coad is once again on her old stomping ground of Lewes in East Sussex, looking forward to her wedding and hoping to continue her midwifery training with Dr Grieve despite the resistance of Will, her husband-to-be. As before, she moves betwixt and between extremes of wealth and poverty, using her many skills to bring assistance to disadvantaged women in the later stages of pregnancy. But bad blood and old grievances mean that there are those who will stop at nothing to bring down both Esther and the child... Views: 402
A wedding and a murder... Star football player and NFL hopeful, Michael "Bumper" Hackett is getting married. Word's going around that it's a shotgun wedding, and there just might be some truth to it, seeing that the bride-to-be is showing a baby bump. But before the ceremony can even get started, the poor groom collapses from what appears to be an asthma attack. Unfortunately, things aren't always what they seem. Romaine knew it was a bad idea to have a wedding at the funeral home, but newly elected justice of the peace and sole proprietor of the Ball Funeral Home & Crematorium, her Auntie Zanne, thought it was a perfect way to advertise her business. Instead, it's another murder that's been dropped on her doorstep. That can't be good for business! Add to that, Romaine's beau from up north shows up out of the blue and has her hoping for her chance at happily ever after and escaping her tiny hometown of Roble. First, though, a murder has to be solved and... Views: 402
Now we fight together as wolves, but that might be what tears us apart.
My name is Brie, and now I'm a full member of Cayden's pack. We're responsible for protecting our town's borders from the Savage Wolves, evil shifters who have no regard for human life. Cayden's vow to protect human life is as strong as his need to protect me.
But I don't like being protected. I don't need it. I'm not that weak human girl I was before.
But then the Savages infect a student, ensuring a new plague at the full moon. We have a week to figure out how to stop it. In light of the new danger, Cayden's emotional scars rise to the surface. Guilt over losing his family, and most of all, fear for me. And his wounds run deeper than I imagined, waiting for me to untangle them. Cayden needs my help, and I need him to see me as more than the little girl he once saved.
The only way I can do that is to break pack law and reject the alpha. Views: 402
Guarding the pride's queen is an honor Jaison is happy to take on. He spends hours preparing for every contingency. He is ready to lay down his life if the necessity arises. What he isn't expecting and couldn't have planned for was when his mate crosses his path in the form of human librarian Paighton Knight. Paighton Knight believes love is the stuff of fairy tales and has no time for those kinds of stories. Raised to be the perfect librarian, she is unprepared for feelings she doesn't believe are real to wash over her. The second she comes into contact with Jaison Karatasos her world begins to turn and her eyes see what they weren't able to before. With the moon rising into the reign of Leo, Jaison has one month to show Paighton that love does exist, or he must wait until the next Leo cycle. When his responsibilities to his pride clash with his needs for his mate, will he be able to merge the two worlds? Views: 402
**Five people wake up in a room, their ankles chained to the floor.**
One of them put them there.
For every hour they do not figure out who, another person will die.
They are all going to have to ask themselves: *who does not belong?* Views: 401
A one-night stand with the boss was never in her plans. Neither was falling in love . . .
The rumors are true. I’m a hot mess with an awful track record at love. Single mom. Down on her luck. Yeah, I’m bad news.
If the hardest part of moving back home to Jackson Harbor was going to be people talking, I’d be fine. I’ve kept my chin up through worse than their decade-old gossip.
I was wrong. The hardest part is resisting my boss. Brayden Jackson is the very picture of tall, dark, and handsome. And thanks to an ill-advised one-night stand we had seven months ago, I know exactly what I’m missing when I turn him down. Every. Single. Delicious. Inch.
But I have my son to care for and my job to keep, so I’ll keep on saying no.
Until my string of bad luck continues, and suddenly my precious four-year-old and I find ourselves with nowhere to live. At Christmas, no less. It’s for my son that I accept Brayden’s offer to stay at his place. One by one, my defenses are falling, as fast as I am. If Brayden was smart, he’d run, because it’s only a matter of time before he realizes he deserves better than what a girl like me can offer.
Unless, for once, my bad luck is leading me exactly where I need to be. Views: 401
