Hilda Campbell was born in the north of Scotland in 1889. She married German national Dr Willy Bűttner Richter in 1912. They honeymooned in Scotland and returned to settle in Hamburg. Dr Richter died in 1938. After visiting her ailing parents, Hilda returned to Germany just before the Second World War began. She became a double agent, controlled by Gerhardt Eicke in Germany and Lawrence Thornton in Britain. How could she cope under such strain, and with her son Otto in the German Army? Nor did she expect her evidence to be so cruelly challenged at theNuremberg Trials. Learn of her post-war life, which took her abroad as a British Ambassador's wife. This is an extraordinary story based on the life of the author's great aunt, Hilda. The book includes several authentic accounts. Views: 626
When the clock strikes midnight, signaling that Christmas has arrived, her husband must begin to read aloud. He cannot stop for more than a few minutes. If he does, she will burn. They have one hour together. After that, the flames consume her once more. Views: 626
If you enjoyed Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood, you'll love Tess Callahan and the Tiger's Eye mysteries. Tess and sexy shapeshifter Jack solve mysteries with supernatural flair, and the laughs fly as fast as the clues." — New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn. 5 Stars: I laughed so hard I almost peed a little. (reader review on Tiger's Eye mysteries) 5 Stars: I fell out of bed laughing... (reader review on Tiger's Eye mysteries) 5 STARS: Fans of Charlaine Harris and Janet Evanovich will enjoy Dead Eye. Alyssa Day has done it again! She's written a story that's so much fun to read that you don't want to put it down. (Reader review on Tiger's Eye mysteries) For Jack Shepherd, tiger shapeshifter and former rebel leader, nothing in life has prepared him for this dead end. Dead End, Florida, to be exact. When swarms of treasure hunters descend on Dead End... Views: 626
Embracing an improbable stretch of sobriety, unlicensed P.I. Duck Darley has proven himself stronger than the temptations that loom in the shadows of New York City. But the familiar pull of self-destruction lingers like garbage in July when Layla Soto, a sharp-tongued Park Avenue teenager with a family as screwed up as his own, presents a twisted missing-persons case he can't refuse . . . Layla saw video evidence of her billionaire father being abducted from their home—at the top of the tallest residential tower on earth. She suspects her grandmother, a Chinese social climber on husband number three, orchestrated the act to silence her only son. Duck agrees to investigate the hedge funder's disappearance, if only for the rush of a new thrill—and an excuse to reconcile with Cass Kimball, his leather-clad sometime partner who nearly got him killed . . . As the unlikely duo become immersed in a high-stakes ransom linked to the international drug trade... Views: 626
Five towers. Five colors. One way out.The Green Tower captures Cipher, ties him in vines, and hurls him into the wild. New dangers lurk in the forest, where the strong prey on the weak. Hunger looms. Tribes battle over every scrap to survive. Cipher will need everything he has gained in the Blue and Red Towers, and more. He must forge new alliances and face hard truths to stand against his most powerful enemy yet. Views: 626
Lola’s got crap taste in men. It’s a family curse, really.So Lola’s come up with a new rule for her dating life: do not sleep with men you like. Just in time, too, it turns out, because she’s recently met Thorin Blackwell—a hot as hell djinn with a face like a god and abs to match.But nope, she’s safely friend-zoned Thorin. As long as they stay friends, Lola has nothing to fear. No drama. No betrayals. And certainly no broken hearts.Thorin has his own reasons for keeping Lola at arm’s length. She’s vibrant, gorgeous, funny…and exactly the kind of woman he can never have. Monsters like him don’t get a happily ever after.But when Thorin’s past comes back to haunt him, Lola is dragged into the center of a war between two of the most powerful djinn clans. Every wall will be torn down as they’re thrust together in a fight for their lives…and their hearts. Views: 626
