It's a week before Christmas and Lisa Murkowski is stuck in a dead-end job, playing Santa's little Elf at the local mall. After fleeing her home to get away from an abusive drunk of a husband, she's trying to keep a low profile, so it's not exactly like she has her pick of career paths. Still, she can't help feeling like she's hit rock bottom...that is until the mysterious Kindred playing Santa at her mall shows up.Asher is part of the Kindred Elite Espionage Corps. Sometimes he serves as an assassin, other times a diplomat, but he's never been Santa before. And he's not supposed to be now. When he mistakes Lisa for his contact and she mistakes him for the Kindred who is scheduled to be Old Saint Nick, two hours of confusion and peeing, puking kids are the result. After all, who ever heard of a seven-foot-tall Santa with fangs? The kids are scared, Asher is frustrated, and Lisa loses her job.To make up for the confusion,... Views: 588
Katherine and Wyatt have settled into a well-earned, comfortable life together. Until an unexpected attack threatens to bring an end to their happily-ever-after. And on the cusp of the town's yuletide merriment. As they come to grips with their new circumstances, they begin to realize the difficulty is far from over. And new challenges arise. What will become of their family? Of their Christmas? Views: 588
They were meant to fail. When the fairytale ends with living happily ever after, what happens to the villains that don't get to ride off into the sunset? Their job wasn't to defeat or overcome; it was to be defeated.FairyFales are the tales of those characters whose dastardly deeds, evil plans, and wicked ways were foiled. These are the stories that come after that happily ever they don't get a part in. Wicked for HimA lost object, a second chance, and a little magic led a servant to her prince. Drew was once Cinderella's stepsister. But a chance encounter with a rather unique fairy and an enchantress has given her a second chance to be something other than wicked. Can she find her way to making her own happiness in this new place?Tate, the half brother to a royal princess, has been attracted to Drew since he first laid eyes on her. He has no idea about her wicked past or anything to do with her fairytale life. As the temptation to make her his rises, will he choose his duty to the crown or the one to his heart?Maybe a little magic and a lost object will bolster this second chance and teach Drew that sometimes it's okay to be a little wicked…for him. Views: 588
She could never love an Amish rebel...Or could she? Susannah Beiler is determined to protect the other young marriageable Amish women from falling for the new bad boy in town by pretending to date Micah Fisher herself! Their deal is simple: she'll keep him company if he stays away from her friends. It's not long before she starts to see there's more to Micah than his reputation...Experience more heartwarming and inspirational small town romance in the rest of the Indiana Amish Brides series:An Unlikely Amish MatchA Widow's Hope Amish Christmas Memories A Perfect Amish MatchFrom Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope. Views: 588
Euphemia's wedding day has finally dawned. Her little brother, mother and step father are present. There's even a rumour that her grandfather might turn up. This is especially awkward as she would finally have to confess to Bertram that she is not merely a chambermaid going up in the world but actually the granddaughter of one of the foremost Earls in the country. However, such worries are quickly cast into the shade as a death occurs while the congregation are waiting at the church for the bride. Rory McLeod, now a member of His Majesty's Police Force, is despatched to investigate and quickly concludes that it is murder. Will Euphemia get married? Will Euphemia's old nemesis, Richard Stapleford, deprive her of her future happiness? Will old scores finally be settled? Views: 588
Two candles flaring at a Christmas crib. A nurse who steps inside a church to light them. A gunshot emptied in a man's head in the creaking stillness before dawn, that the nurse says she didn't hear. It's 1947 in the snowbound, war-scarred City of London, where Pandora's Box just got opened in the ruins, City Police has a vice killing on its hands, and a spooked councilor hires a shamus to help spare his blushes. Like the Buddha says, everything is connected. So it all can be explained. But that's a little cryptic when you happen to be the shamus, and you're standing over a corpse. Views: 588
