There was a time when the Carbollo and the Mobbox children played together in the grasslands, tossing stones, foot racing, and solving riddles – all designed to prepare them for the days of the seven bells. Yet, when the Carbollo grew suspicious of the Mobbox, the adults no longer allowed it. Had it not been so, Raxton Carbollo and Nerratel Mobbox might have become fast friends. Instead, they were destined to be resolute rivals. Views: 198
Cevilla Schlabach, Birch Creek's resident octogenarian matchmaker, is surprised when Richard, a man from her Englisch past, arrives in Birch Creek for a visit. While he and Cevilla take several walks down memory lane, they wonder what the future holds for them at this stage of life—friendship, or the possibility of something else? Views: 198
The Marmot Drive, a novel of extraordinary force and craftsmanship, deals with certain events on two summer days in an out-of-the-way Connecticut village. The occasion is the decision of the villagers of Tunxis to launch their long-debated drive to rid a nearby valley of an infestation of marmots.* But the drive is merely the catalyst. Its tensions and rigors release a storm of impulses and long-hidden traits in the people involved, so that in the end the natural drama is engulfed by the human drama. *Marmot: ... certain stout-bodied, shortlegged rodents... They have coarse fur, a short bushy tail, and very small ears, and live in burrows, hibernating in winter... The American species are called woodchucks, ground hogs, or whistlers. Views: 198
Bloodshed To Invaders! That's The Chilling Message By Way 0f A Planned Massacre That Threatens To Cost Sexy, Lady Lawman Cassandra Wilde Her Very Life!After having already risked death going head to head with a cabal of former Union soldiers in the wake of their audacious robbery of the San Francisco Mint, Cassie's reward is not one but two lovers. With her sizzling tryst now complete, heading home Cassandra unknowingly boards the last stage to hell.Determined to use violence to shake the Great White Father and his men in Washington to their core, a ruthless band of renegades launches a diabolical plan leaving men, women and children teetering on the brink of a horrible death.Among their number is the small band of people aboard the desperately fleeing hell-bound stagecoach and their only hope lies on the shoulders of the blond beauty that is the daring and courageous leader of the Daughters of Half Breed Haven!***With sharp wits and guns blazing, the fair-skinned Cassandra, Asian Lijuan, mulatto Honor Elizabeth, and Mexican Catalina-The Wildes of the West were a force to be reckoned with as they fought and loved their way from the deserts and streets to the bedrooms of 1870’s Arizona and beyond.Please Be Advised: The sibling’s escapades, be it braving the sometimes-violent west or their romantic escapades are recommended for readers, who like the Wildes, are 18+ years of age and above.River of Death is the latest installment of a female lead novel series, Half Breed Haven, where action, sibling suspense, and bawdy romance combine in this female adventure novel forming a tale worthy of the wicked Wild West. Views: 197
Bossy Brothers: Johnny features a prince saving his princess from a life of hell, one or ten romantic gestures from a tattooed bad boy, swimming with glowing dolphins in the Bahamas, and secrets so deep everyone almost drowns. Bossy Brothers: Johnny is book three in the series and can be read alone but should be read in order. Views: 197
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. A chance encounter leads a man to spend the afternoon with an older woman, now a widow, who escaped him fifteen years earlier. Neither of them doubts that the day will end in disgust, but for one intimate moment each finds a way to overcome mortality.Written in 1969, before Milan Kundera was known to English-speaking readers, this story renders male and female characters painful equals, and prompted Philip Roth to admire its 'detached Chekhovian tenderness'. Views: 197
Some people think Jason St. John is an atua man, and that his spiritual gifts had come from an initiation in the Hiva Islands of French Polynesia. But those who know him recognize that his healing gifts are a pure expression of his soul. Jason had sailed to the edge of hell in the South Pacific with his life-long friend, David Walker. David had been at Jason's side when he began healing people around the world, teaching the ultimate freedom – mystical awareness. But David walked out on Jason, vowing never to return, when Jason organized his work and hired Tony Bass to be the CEO of his Ministry. Now Jason is a prisoner of that success, trapped by the organization he had set up to give him more freedom, and he needs David back at his side to regain his liberty. Views: 197
Newspaper editor Molly Owens loves her new life—and her new man—in the beautiful seaside town of Britton Bay, Oregon. But when a car-show killer strikes, she needs to put the brakes on the culprit . . . As editor-in-chief of the Britton Bay Bulletin, Molly steps in for a sick reporter to cover the Classic Car Crawl, an exhibit of vintage automobiles. Her main challenge is not being driven to distraction by the presence of her hunky boyfriend, Sam Alderich, a fellow car enthusiast whose auto shop is sponsoring the event. But when she and Sam discover the co-founder dead in his car, Molly quickly shifts gears to solve the murder. With a showroom full of suspects—including the co-founder's longtime partner, much-younger wife, enigmatic ex, and car owners with grudges and grievances—Molly soon starts to feel like she's spinning her wheels. And after things take a turn for the worse, it's all she can do to steer clear of... Views: 197
Cara Black's riveting 18th installment in her New York Times bestselling Parisian detective series entangles private investigator Aimée Leduc in a dangerous web of international spycraft, post-colonial Franco-African politics, people's resistance movements, and neighborhood secrets in Paris's ancient and artisanal yet tech-centric 12th arrondissement. Aimée Leduc is about to go onstage to give the keynote address at a tech conference that is sure to secure Leduc Detective some much-needed business contracts when she gets an emergency phone call from her infant daughter's playgroup: Aimée's own mother, who was supposed to pick Chloe up, never showed. Abandoning her hard-won speaking gig, Aimée rushes to get Chloe, annoyed that, yet again, her mother has let her down. But as Aimée and Chloe are leaving the playground, Aimée witnesses the body of a homeless woman being wheeled away from the neighboring... Views: 197
