A hot-headed American heiress...After three broken engagements, Miss Athena Dogwood is ready to give up on finding love. Until a secret letter hidden away by her great-grandmother leads her across the Atlantic and onto the doorstep of the ill-tempered (albeit very handsome) Duke of Blackburn.A cold-hearted duke...Ambrose gave up on love a long time ago. A widower with a young daughter to raise, he needs a governess more than he needs a wife. And he certainly doesn't need an impertinent American heiress. Especially one who speaks like a sailor, looks like an angel, and stirs desires inside of him best left alone.A smoldering passion ready to ignite... But Athena knows beneath Ambrose's icy exterior is a man who wants to love again, and she's willing to do whatever it takes to prove it. Even if that means risking everything, including her own heart…Get ready for an enthralling battle of wits in this British versus American romance! The Spring Duke is the second novella in the best-selling A Duke for All Seasons quartet. Views: 79
New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein explores the depths of Manhattan's secretive Rockefeller University in this timely, captivating thriller about the deep—and often deadly—reverberations of past sins.Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper of the Manhattan Sex Crimes Unit is finally back at work following a leave of absence, and not a moment too soon. With more women feeling empowered to name their abusers, Alex is eager to return to the courtroom to do what she does best. But even she can't anticipate the complexity of her first case when she meets Lucy, a young woman who testified years earlier at a landmark federal trial . . . and now reveals that she was sexually assaulted by a prominent official during that time. Yet Lucy's isn't the only secret Alex must uncover, with rumors swirling about one colleague's abusive conduct behind closed doors and another's violent, mysterious collapse. As the seemingly disparate cases of her client,... Views: 79
The Long Awaited Bane Series.Vengeance IS MIneVIM...Payback SeriesBane, Deke, Sam, Zipper, Cricket and many of the Sin's Bastards make special appearances in this story.JamesThey call me Ghoster for a reason… I flit between the shadows of the grey areas, never staying long enough to get caught but long enough to know where to go next.I work for a man the underworld is terrified of and with good reason, a man known as the Priest. He's the one man you don't want to confess your secrets to. Then he found the one thing he always wanted and asked God for a do over.Then I met my do over woman, my Sydney.But the reason I'm here in the first place isn't going away and there's a man out there that will protect his secrets from being known and Sydney knows his secrets.He doesn't know it yet, but Sydney is the only woman I would die for if I have to, she's also the only woman I would kill for and... Views: 79
Themes: Responsibility, Mental Illness, Divorce, Teen Runaways. Logan's grandparents own a store in the middle of nowhere. He's devoted to them, even to the point of giving up his own dreams. Until one hitchhiker changes it all. Brooke. She's young. Too young to be alone. As Logan watches, she shoplifts. After chasing her down, he realizes hitchhiking is the least of Brooke's issues. Not knowing why, Logan is drawn to her. He insists on driving the young teen to her grandmother's in Oklahoma. What begins as a road trip ends with life-altering realizations. About family. Obligations. Forgiveness.From the Great Plains to the borderlands to the Mississippi Delta, rural America is struggling. The population is shrinking. And the economy is shifting away from agriculture. Without a safety net, rural families struggle with depression, drug abuse, alcoholism, and other problems. Gravel Road Rural addresses the contemporary issues affecting rural America in an unflinching way. Views: 79
Four old men had spent most of their adult life in prison following many failed attempts to rob financial institutions. Now aged late 70s and early 80s, they are released from a long jail term to take up residence in a warden-controlled, local-authority owned block of self-contained apartments. Other residents are a strange mixture. The local diminutive vicar relaunches the campanology group. The bell-ringing group of gays drives the bats from the belfry, along with other animals. The four decide that life in Bogwash is not to their liking and plan the last heist, just to get convicted and return to a world they understand. Dressed as four gorillas, wearing flashy Bermuda shorts and high-visibility jackets, they plan on robbing a small post office. Views: 79
A searing tale of war and espionage from the edge of the world. Magnusson had expected to go to war – though not as a spy, and certainly not in a windjammer. But it is 1939 and the Navy desperately needs information about German raiders and blockade runners operating in northern waters. One of the key places to uncover that information is the port of Narvik in Norway – and the man to do it is Magnusson. Soon he and the rest of the ship's crew find themselves playing a key role in the rescue of British prisoners from the Altmark, a German oil tanker, and are subsequently plunged into the very heart of the Nazi invasion of Norway.Set against the majestic background of the Norwegian fjords, North Strike is a powerful story from one of war fiction's greatest story-tellers, perfect for fans of Alan Evans, Alexander Fullerton and Douglas Reeman. Views: 79
When Avery finally discovers Regan’s true plan, she realizes things are far worse than any of them knew... and this time it might be too late to stop him. Will the coven band together to find the traitor and defeat Regan once and for all, or will he destroy them in his ultimate quest for power? Find out if friendship and love will triumph in the conclusion to the Coven Series. Views: 79
