From the award-winning writer of The Times Magazine's 'Spinal Column': a deeply moving and often darkly funny memoir about disaster and triumph Is this what it feels like, I thought, losing everything? Steel shutters were clanging down in my head: I dared not even think about my son, just emerging from his teenage years, or of my sorry future. But I could safely bear witness and carry on writing in my head. A correspondent from a hidden war. On Good Friday, 2010 Melanie Reid fell from her horse, breaking her neck and fracturing her lower back. She was 52. Paralysed from the top of her chest down, she was to spend almost a full year in hospital, determinedly working towards gaining as much movement in her limbs as possible, and learning to navigate her way through a world that had previously been invisible to her. As a journalist Melanie had always turned to words and now, on a spinal ward peopled by an extraordinary array of individuals who were similarly at sea, she decided that... Views: 401
He's chased her for years. Now, she might just let him catch her.The only female on the Dragon's council and one of only a few female blacks in existence, Adra is used to being the odd one out. The one never picked for games as a kid. The unpopular one. So handsome playboy Nik Waldek's attention is unsettling. He's exactly the sort of man her mother warned her about. The slick charmer who would get her pregnant then leave her when he's had his fun.Conned into parading herself in front of his business associates for the weekend, Adra begins to see a different side to Nik. The problem is, how does she know if that's the real Nik or whether it's just an act to get her to let down her guard as she so desperately wants to…He's wanted her for years. But she won't give him the time of day…Nikolai Waldek has been in love with Adra since the first day he met her. Both black dragons and council members,... Views: 401
Sophie Tremore is trying to build a career in the male-dominated world of Ski Patrol. Hard to do when her new boss is her smokin' hot ex-lover. She hasn't forgotten how he made her body tingle and her heart pound, although he's making it a lot easier by treating her like she's incompetent—when he's not ignoring her existence altogether. Emerald Mountain Ski Patrol Director Max Demford has been doing his best to avoid working with his feisty former flame, given his judgment is clouded by those eight mind-blowing weeks two years ago. Ski patrol is dangerous enough, and no way could he handle another person he cares about getting hurt on the mountain. Forced to work together, their simmering attraction becomes difficult to ignore. When Sophie gets caught in a slide, an adrenaline-filled day could turn into a spectacular night they will never forget—one that could risk both their careers. Views: 401
“Must-read romantic suspense.” —USA Today’s *Happy Ever After*
A heart-pounding thriller about a woman’s secrets—and a past that’s about to come out of hiding—from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones.
As an FBI profiler, it’s Lilah Love’s job to think like a killer. And she is very good at her job. When a series of murders surface—the victims all stripped naked and shot in the head—Lilah’s instincts tell her it’s the work of an assassin, not a serial killer. But when the case takes her back to her hometown in the Hamptons and a mysterious but unmistakable connection to her own life, all her assumptions are shaken to the core.
Thrust into a troubled past she’s tried to shut the door on, Lilah’s back in the town where her father is mayor, her brother is police chief, and she has an intimate history with the local crime lord’s son, Kane Mendez. The two share a devastating secret, and only Kane understands Lilah’s own darkest impulses. As more corpses surface, so does a series of anonymous notes to Lilah, threatening to expose her. Is the killer someone in her own circle? And is she the next target? Views: 401
He's a king who gave up on love. She's a girl with no memory.
An entire ocean is keeping them apart.****
Eight years have passed since the marriage tournament that decided the fate of Princess Pippa of Lauramore and strengthened alliances between the kingdoms of Elden. The competitors have moved on with their lives. Some have found adventure; some have found love.
Prince Bran of Triblue, however, has put his life on hold, preparing for his father's crown.
Two days before Bran's winter coronation, just when the prince cannot afford distractions, a girl washes onto the Triblue shore. She has no memory of her past life, no clue who she is or where she belongs - nothing but a ring on her finger and a peculiar marking on her cheek.
And the newly crowned king has more than a mysterious girl to worry about. The sea has become unpredictable. Storms claim ships in the dead of night, and sailors return with horrifying stories of monsters from the deep. It soon becomes clear the girl and the bizarre events are connected.
The girl came from the sea... and the sea wants her back.
But Bran isn't willing to give her or his kingdom up without a fight, even if it means he must request help from every corner of Elden.
An entire cast of Eldentimber characters returns in an epic series conclusion that readers have been asking for. Views: 401
Wagging her tail with delight and dressed in a puppy suit, Maddy Berkeley wants to do good in the world. She works for free at the local children’s hospice, and one of her best friends is Dora, aged twelve, who resides there from time to time. Her friend Pearl is suffering from post-natal depression and her other pal, Ted is constantly suffering from bad girlfriend choice, except for his current one who has a twin called Stan.Maddy is barking about Stanley Franks and more importantly, his dog Phyllis, who she has adopted without Stan’s consent. As much as she tries, Stan isn’t sitting up and begging for her attention; he seems more interested about her antics. Maddy suspects he is filling column inches about her in his blog ‘Frankly Speaking’ but that is about someone he doesn’t like, and she knows that can’t be her.And Stan keeps telling Maddy that the happy little world she lives in will come crashing down when all doesn’t go to plan, and she won’t be able to cope. When it does, it’s a case of whether it sends her over the edge, as she has a little secret on how she deals with bad things, which might put her health in jeopardy.Funny, adult romance about hope and happiness versus the painful reality of life.
Wagging her tail with delight and dressed in a puppy suit, Maddy Berkeley wants to do good in the world. She works for free at the local children’s hospice, and one of her best friends is Dora, aged twelve, who resides there from time to time. Her friend Pearl is suffering from post-natal depression and her other pal, Ted is constantly suffering from bad girlfriend choice, except for his current one who has a twin called Stan.
Maddy is barking about Stanley Franks and more importantly, his dog Phyllis, who she has adopted without Stan’s consent. As much as she tries, Stan isn’t sitting up and begging for her attention; he seems more interested about her antics. Maddy suspects he is filling column inches about her in his blog ‘Frankly Speaking’ but that is about someone he doesn’t like, and she knows that can’t be her.
And Stan keeps telling Maddy that the happy little world she lives in will come crashing down when all doesn’t go to plan, and she won’t be able to cope. When it does, it’s a case of whether it sends her over the edge, as she has a little secret on how she deals with bad things, which might put her health in jeopardy.
Funny, adult story about hope and happiness versus the painful reality of life. Views: 401
