A small boat, alone on the furious ocean. A family stranded on an island, battered by waves on all sides. A decision which looms, unavoidable, on the horizon. When a volcano collapses in the ocean and generates a tidal wave of biblical proportions, the world disappears around Louie, his parents and his eight siblings. Their house, perched on a summit, stands firm. As far as the eye can see there is only silver water. It is shaken by violent storms, like jolts of rage. A remarkable story of destruction, resilience, love, and the invisible but powerful links that bind a family together. Views: 232
Read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Penny Jordan, now available for the first time in e-book! Originally published in 1993.The Man Is Trespassing On Her Emotions!Women as independent and career-minded as Miranda don’t just bump into a total strangers and fall in love. It’s ridiculous. Impossible. Totally unthinkable.There must be some other more logical explanation for her extraordinary reaction to Ben Frobisher. The wealthy tech expert has already made quite an impact on her small English town, and the fact that he’s reduced Miranda to a giddy teenager only fuels her determination to remain detached.True, she finds him incredibly desirable, but does he have to invade her dreams every night? Revealing emotions and needs she’s never before experienced? Views: 232
For as long as he can remember, Rawley Cooper has loved Faith Leigh. But the cruelty of his childhood haunts him and he knows he's undeserving of Faith. When she comes to him on the night of her nineteenth birthday, they both give into temptation. But the searing kiss reaffirms what he's always known: he can't have a lifetime of her in his arms. To protect his heart, he packs his things and heads west. Faith has always adored the boy her parents took in and raised. But she's not certain she can ever forgive him for riding out of her life just when she needed him the most. When an urgent telegram forces him to return six years later, Rawley discovers Faith is now a woman to be reckoned with. As old feelings are stirred back to life and new passions take hold, they both must confront secrets from their past or risk losing a legacy of love. Views: 232
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them—women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.She couldn't have been more than seven or eight years old. "Go ahead, ask your question," her father urged, nudging her forward. She smiled shyly and said, "You're my hero. Who's yours?" Many people—especially girls—have asked us that same question over the years. It's one of our favorite topics. HILLARY: Growing up, I knew hardly any women who worked outside the home. So I looked to my mother, my teachers, and the pages of Life magazine for inspiration. After learning that Amelia Earhart kept a scrapbook with newspaper articles about successful women in male-dominated jobs, I started a scrapbook of my own. Long after I stopped clipping articles, I continued to seek out stories of women who seemed to be redefining what was... Views: 232
When Mercy Hazeldine agreed to run an errand for her grandmother, she knew things might go south. But she didn't realize she'd wind up in Sinful, Louisiana. However, a stolen car and a missing package leave her stranded and out of options.Ida Belle and Gertie, suspicious of the newcomer and her reasons for coming to Sinful, are unwittingly sucked into her dilemma, together with a reluctant hero Mercy picked up in a bar—restroom. Before long, Mercy quits counting the wrong turns her life takes. All she wants is to fix the mess and leave. But one has to forgive her optimism; It's her first time in Sinful.This book does not feature Fortune Redding as the main character.Authors note: This is Fan Fiction. It is not written by the original author, but by a fan who has special permission to create stories using the author's characters and locations.Special thanks to Jana DeLeon and J&R Fan Fiction for making this possible. Views: 232
For eight years, Baojia and Natalie have pursued their goals: family, career, friendship and love—trying to carve out an ordinary life in an immortal world. And for eight years they've been mostly successful save for a world-bending adventure every now and then.Except that their life was never ordinary. It was never going to be.Natalie and Baojia might have made plans, but when ordinary life comes crashing down, they'll have to turn to the family they have chosen—vampire and human—for help keeping their world together.Five couples, four kids, three weeks, two paths... and a partridge in a pear tree? Return to the Elemental World for a Christmas reunion of old friends and forever loves.For Natalie Ellis, it's time to come home.Valley of the Shadow is a novella in the Elemental World series by USA Today bestseller Elizabeth Hunter, author of the Elemental Mysteries, the Irin Chronicles, and Love Stories on 7th and Main. Views: 232
Where love is concerned, the smallest steps are often the hardest to take—especially when you’ve guarded your heart as carefully as Iris Miller has. Still bruised from a relationship that crashed and burned, and all the meaningless hookups that followed, Iris has given up on love and buttoned her feelings up tight.
But when Cameron Hansen joins Iris’s law firm and her soccer team, and even starts hanging out in her favorite bookstore, everything gets turned upside down. Beautiful, open, and forward, Cam is impossible to ignore, and Iris is surprised to find herself intrigued. Cam’s straight, happily engaged, and simply looking for a friend—or so it seems.
London’s bitterly cold winter makes winning their soccer championship almost as difficult as keeping their feelings in check, being honest with each other, and trying not to fall in love. Iris and Cam are about to discover the meaning of taking chances and following your heart, even if it means getting hurt. Views: 232
Spring semester of Bridger Whitt's senior year of high school is looking great. He has the perfect boyfriend, a stellar best friend, and an acceptance letter to college. He also has this incredible job as an assistant to Pavel Chudinov, an intermediary tasked with helping cryptids navigate the modern world. His days are filled with kisses, laughs, pixies, and the occasional unicorn. Life is awesome. But as graduation draws near, Bridger's perfect life begins to unravel. Uncertainties about his future surface, his estranged dad shows up out of nowhere, and, perhaps worst of all, a monster-hunting television show arrives in town to investigate the series of strange events from last fall. The show's intrepid host will not be deterred, and Bridger finds himself trapped in a game of cat and mouse that could very well put the myth world at risk. Again. Views: 232
A rabbi is killed and a Catholic procession is sprayed with gunfire in this crime thriller in the "beautifully written" Edgar-winning series (The Washington Post). NYPD detective Neil Hockaday has acted on his conscience by reporting a fellow cop for bias and brutality—but there's a killer on the Manhattan streets who seems to have little concern with morality. First a rabbi is murdered by a shadowy figure right in front of his shocked congregation. Then a group of Catholics is gunned down on Good Friday. Now, while coping with tensions within the force and an ugly act of retaliation, Hock's also under pressure from a panicked mayor, searching for a suspect whose motives may be rooted in hatred, madness, or dark secrets from decades past . . . "Adcock fills the shell of the detective story to the bursting point with Catholic guilt, self-laceration, and spiritual crisis, with a magnificent starring role for Hell's Kitchen."... Views: 232
