Researching a biography of the composer Franz Liszt, Phineas Fox uncovers evidence of a brutal murder - and finds his own life in danger. Music researcher Phineas Fox has been enjoying his latest commission, gathering background material for a biography of Franz Liszt. But although he has - as anticipated - uncovered plenty of scandal in the 19th century composer's past, matters take a decidedly unexpected turn when his investigations lead to Linklighters, a newly-opened Soho restaurant built on the site of an old Victorian music hall, and unearth evidence of a possible murder involving the notorious music hall performer known as Scaramel. Just what was Liszt's connection to Scaramel ... and, through her, to the infamous Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper? As he delves further, Phin's enquiries uncover clues to a fascinating and extraordinary story - and plunge his own life into jeopardy. Views: 157
Rush Kaplan likes his women wet, his alcohol straight, and his drugs any way he can get them. He parties all night and sleeps ‘til noon, only to wash, rinse, and repeat the next day. He flies as close to the sun as he dares, praying he’ll one day get burned.
With his past haunting his every waking minute, he can no longer enjoy life’s natural highs, so he instead settles for the manufactured kind. But the emptiness is always there, lingering on the edges of his psyche and threatening to swallow him whole.
All he wants is to feel alive.
Six months after graduating Veterinary School, Alyssa Cole feels like she's making a difference. Her clinic is located in a working-class neighborhood, and she’s enacted a sliding pay scale to make her services more affordable.
When she comes in early one morning to treat a sick pup, she finds a man covered in blood and passed out on the floor. But it just isn’t any man. It’s the same one she spied in the alley behind her clinic only a week earlier.
And he wasn’t alone.
With the memory from that day still fresh, will the good doctor call the police and have him arrested for breaking and entering, or can she find the cure for what ails him instead? Views: 157
In this epic sequel to Torn, the magical seamstress Sophie Balstrade navigates a royal court and foreign alliances fraught with danger — and may well have to risk everything for love and for country.Open revolt has been thwarted — for now — but unrest still simmers in the kingdom of Galitha. Sophie, despite having built a thriving business on her skill at both dressmaking and magic, has not escaped unscathed from her misadventures in the workers' rebellion. Her dangerous foray into curse casting has rendered her powers unpredictable, and her increasingly visible romantic entanglement with the Crown Prince makes her a convenient target for threatened nobles and malcontented commoners alike.With domestic political reform and international alliances — and her own life — at stake, Sophie must discern friend from foe... before her magic grows too dark for her to wield.Rowenna Miller's enchanting fantasy series,... Views: 157
3 days til Christmas2 unlikely traveling companions1 zippy little dogGeorgia Darcy never asked to be a movie star's little sister but nothing will keep her from getting to her brother's wedding on Christmas Day. Even if Mother Nature thwarts her traveling plans.When all flights cancel, she's unexpectedly paired with a chronically unlucky rideshare and his overly cute dog, finding that turbulence isn't exclusive to airplanes. Especially when it comes to her heart.Wyatt Silva, flat broke and fresh out of options, embarks on a detour road trip alongside delightfully sweet Georgia, who not only stumbles over his dog, but also into his life.Doomed with nutty disasters of ridiculous proportions, the cockeyed couple is forced to find creative means to trek it across the country.Sleet, snow, and a Winnebago. It'll take a Christmas miracle to navigate their stormy attraction to one another and reach Pemberley for Christmas. Views: 157
From the Stella shortlisted author of Poum and Alexandre, this is a heartwarming novel about longing, absence and the people we unexpectedly come to love.After many years spent living in Seoul, a young man called Harold drifts back to Australia and rents a room above a fish and chip shop called The Sea & Us. Who he meets and what he experiences there propels him to question his own yearnings and failings, and to fight for meaning and a sense of place that can only be reached by facing what is lost.By turns electric, tender, and hopeful, The Sea & Us is a gem of literary imagination. Catherine de Saint Phalle brilliantly captures disparate characters and their common human desire for community and connection. Long after the last page closes, 'we can hear the bell tinkle. Someone wants some fish and chips.''Mesmerising. Full of love and charm...beautifully written.' — Herald Sun Views: 157
The Beauty and the Beast: a haunted and hidden lord, a desperate young beauty, and a marriage of convenience between two people who yearn for more...James Markland, Lord Falconer, knows that he is ugly, very ugly, and he lives a life of seclusion, wearing a heavily cowled mantle to conceal his face from the world. When he learns that a neighboring girl, the exquisite young Ariel Hawthorne, is about to be sold into marriage with a revolting lecher, he offers her the only protection he can: his name. Of course it will be a marriage in name only, because what woman could want him?A talented artist, Ariel is cursed by her beauty and vulnerability. Though she never sees her husband's face, she is drawn to his kindness and generosity, but he is determined to push her away. Will he allow her to love him before it's too late? Perhaps the magic of Christmas can bring them together... *This seasonal stand-alone Regency novella is also published in the... Views: 157
Witnesses saw Lorraine Young arrive home. Her 1977 black Malibu is parked beside her twenty-seven-foot Holiday Rambler trailer. Her windows and doors are bolted from the inside, but she's not there.Stella Kirk has the instinctive ability to frame a question in a way that elicits a long-buried answer. As the owner of Shale Cliffs RV Park, she tackles the disappearance of one of her seasonal residents with a vengeance.Aiden North, a police detective and her high school sweetheart some thirty years ago, investigates with Stella's help. Nick Cochran, the park manager and Stella's secret lover, supports their efforts.Read the first Stella Kirk Mystery. Be part of the journey to answer the question: Whatever happened to Lorraine Young? Views: 157
*** On sale during the pre-order phase *** Levi is a fixer for one of the New York Mafia families. However, when Rivka Cohen walks into his life asserting that the police are calling her husband's death a suicide even though she has evidence that he's been murdered, things take an unexpected turn for this mafioso. In NEVER AGAIN, Levi is thrust into a world filled with old grudges, bigotry, international politics, and treason. With evidence of a long-festering plot that has its roots in Nazi Germany, Levi knows this is something he can't ignore. However, Levi soon learns that it's the criminal justice system itself trying to bury the case as well as anyone who pursues it. This may be too much for even him to handle. Views: 157
