Kenny was blinded in an accident, but he's taken control of his life. Larry Boots has problems of his own: his mother, a lack of romance in his life... his job. Making sure the man he's falling in love with doesn't find out he's a cold-blooded killer for hire.... Views: 46
In February 1941, Jane Baldwin has two goals—one is to become a stock broker and have her own seat on the New York Stock Exchange, something women have never done. The other is to see her sister finish college and have a good life. Meeting a man who flatters her and entices her interest changes her outlook, and she plans for the day she will wed him. Meanwhile, she is a secretary for a young man who is secretly teaching her the business of stock trading. War rages in Europe, and Prescott Weaver, Jane's boss, prepares to serve in the U.S. military as soon as possible. Anticipating his absence, he has Jane learn all she must know to run his office for him. Neither he nor Jane realizes how long their reliance on each other must wait before they can acknowledge the love built silently between them. And when Jane's world suddenly crashes, she must find a way to survive. Views: 46
A jaded spy and a shell-shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar England.James Sommers returned from the war with his nerves in tatters. All he wants is to retreat to the quiet village of his childhood and enjoy the boring, predictable life of a country doctor. The last thing in the world he needs is a handsome stranger who seems to be mixed up with the first violent death the village has seen in years. It certainly doesn't help that this stranger is the first person James has wanted to touch since before the war.The war may be over for the rest of the world, but Leo Page is still busy doing the dirty work for one of the more disreputable branches of the intelligence service. When his boss orders him to cover up a murder, Leo isn't expecting to be sent to a sleepy village. After a week of helping old ladies wind balls of yarn and flirting with a handsome doctor, Leo is in danger of forgetting what he really is and why he's there. He's... Views: 46
ALLIANCES ARE FORMING. THE RESISTANCE IS GROWING. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT TO CHANGE.With her memory still fragmented, Ava returns to the International Sensory Assassin Network (ISAN) to find the twin sister she never knew she had.But as Ava hunts for information, she finds herself tangled in a web of yet more lies and conspiracy. The Helix serum may not be required to access her superpowers, and the number of male assassins—previously considered too volatile to tolerate Helix—is growing in every territory.The more Ava uncovers, the more of a threat she becomes to ISAN. Her only salvation may be to join the rebels ... if she isn't killed first.www.ISAN.AgencyHelix is the second book in the award-winning International Sensory Assassin Network Novel series. Awards won by ISAN, book 1 in the series are:2019 Gold Medal Winner - IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards - Fiction: Science Fiction & Fantasy2018 Gold Medal Winner American Fiction Awards - Science Fiction: Post-Apocalyptic2018 Gold... Views: 46
She wants both sides of her cyborg—the medic AND the beast.***A fully functional cyborg is balanced. His machine half and his organic half work together to produce the perfect warrior.Doc isn't fully functional.The G Model operates at the two extremes. When his machine is in complete control, he's the logic-driven medic, saving lifespans. Once his organics take charge, he becomes the savage beast...and beings die.Both sides of Doc want to be the first to claim his female.Allinen is one of the few beings in her small settlement who wasn't born with a fated mate. Determined to belong somewhere, she has crafted a plan to leave the planet.That plan doesn't involve a huge stormy-eyed male who alternates between cool seduction and out-of-control ravishment. Doc isn't her fated mate. Allinen knows that. But his dual nature and forbidden embraces tempt her to forget forever and indulge in more immediate delights.Neither side... Views: 46
In this beautifully illustrated journal based on a TV documentary, writer, comedian and world traveller Michael Palin journeys to North Korea, offering a glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, uncovering surprises and making friends along the way.In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a cut-off land without internet or phone signal, where the countryside has barely moved beyond a centuries-old peasant economy but where the cities have gleaming skyscrapers and luxurious underground train stations. His resulting documentary was widely acclaimed.Now he shares his day-by-day diary of his visit, in which he describes not only what he saw—and his fleeting views of what the authorities didn't want him to see—but recounts the conversations he had with the country's inhabitants, talks candidly about his encounters with... Views: 46
