'One of Australia's best historical fiction authors' Canberra WeeklyPeter Watt brings to the fore all the passion, adventure and white-knuckle battle scenes that made his beloved Duffy and Macintosh novels so popular. It is 1857. Colonial India is a simmering volcano of nationalism about to erupt. Army surgeon Peter Campbell and his wife Alice, in India on their honeymoon, have no idea that they are about to be swept up in the chaos.Ian Steele, known to all as Captain Samuel Forbes, is fighting for Queen and country in Persia. A world away, the real Samuel Forbes is planning to return to London - with potentially disastrous consequences for Samuel and Ian both.Then Ian is posted to India, but not before a brief return to England and a reunion with the woman he loves. In India he renews his friendship with Peter Campbell, and discovers that Alice has taken on a most unlikely role. Together they face the enemy and the... Views: 244
Teenage grim reapers Max and Kody are still growing into their destiny—to guide lost souls to heaven—when they face a mass school shooting and must bring love and faith to those who need it most. Views: 244
When hiding in plain sight is no longer possible.... Kate McFarland was born into a crumbling regime of Soviet Russia. She didn't have much as a child, but she had two parents who cared and protected her, and that was enough. Then Fate raked its rusty nail across a blackboard and her mother became a widow. For what seemed like eternity, life looked bleak. But then her mother met a man who was not only decent and kind but rich. It's how Kate finished growing up in the US. It's how her grassroots name became Kate and since her stepfather adopted her, she wanted to show respect by taking his last name. She was not only allowed but encouraged to make her own decisions; even if one of those meant that at age twenty-five, Kate McFarland emerged from Quantico as Agent McFarland. She had two half-brothers, a half-sister she adored and her mother was happy. But her colleagues whispered behind her back that doors opened for her because she was... Views: 244
"Well, what do you think?" he asked at last."Of what?""Of me. You've given me a good enough lookin' over to be sure you know me next time.""I think you've got broad shoulders and slim hips, stranger. But we both know that don't make a man, don't we?"Savage grinned, "Dead right, Scarlett, dead right."She paused, "What are you called?""Savage.""It fits.""So I've been told.""Plan to stay around, or just passing through, Savage?""Stayin'. That's if you've got accommodation?""I think I can accommodate you," she said, leaving him wondering if the double meaning had been accidental.After a moment he went back to his shaving. He hadn't been too impressed with Catclaw at first glance, but it was starting to look more interesting. If he could just get some low-life train bandit to show his ugly face inside the next couple of days, he wouldn't have a complaint in the world . . . Views: 244
An exciting new direction for acclaimed author Elizabeth Eulberg, Past Perfect Life is a tense and tender read about secrets and lies, reality and identity, and the ways we put ourselves back together when everything is broken. Small-town Wisconsin high school senior Allison Smith loves her life the way it is—spending quality time with her widowed father and her tight-knit circle of friends, including best friend Marian and maybe-more-than-friends Neil. Sure she is stressed out about college applications . . . who wouldn't be? In a few short months, everything's going to change, big time.But when Ally files her applications, they send up a red flag . . . because she's not Allison Smith. And Ally's—make that Amanda's—ordinary life is suddenly blown apart. Was everything before a lie? Who will she be after? And what will she do as now comes crashing down around her?Perfect for fans of Far From the Tree, this... Views: 244
