What really makes a father? What kind of love resides in the heart of a man who takes on the raising of another man's child and all the responsibilities...but under the law, none of the rights? Jonathan "Buddy" Cordova is a small-time criminal defense lawyer living paycheck to paycheck and practicing law out of his house in Fayetteville. Viewing himself as a modern-day Atticus Finch, he represents the poor, the indigent, the "probably guilty"—the kinds of clients who usually end up in jail. He's shy, painfully awkward around pretty women, and carrying a dark secret, but can't help falling for Julie Saint, a kindergarten teacher and army widow with a small daughter. Consumed with love for his ready-made family, Buddy relishes his new role of husband and stepfather. Bonded over their mutual childhood losses, he and his stepdaughter become the best of friends. But when tragedy strikes, and the past returns for its reckoning, Buddy must find the strength to do... Views: 526
'Gritty and close to the bone, Hold Your Tongue is a compelling, addictive read that I devoured in one sitting.' Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Between You and MeIn the run up to Christmas, a serial killer stalks the streets of Aberdeen . . .On Detective Eve Hunter's first Monday back at work following enforced leave, she is called to the scene of a gruesome crime. A young woman's body has been discovered in a hotel room, her face mutilated and her tongue cut out. A newspaper headline about the victim's burgeoning modeling career is pinned to the body.Hunter and her team spend the week chasing leads, until the following Tuesday, another body is discovered in similar circumstances. Again, a newspaper headline about the victim is found on the scene.When a breakthrough with the newspaper clippings leads them to a clue about the killer's pattern, they realize the countdown is on until the next victim is... Views: 526
A killer's out for vengeance...unless this K-9 sniffs him out first.When a plane carrying dangerous convicts crashes in the Colorado Rockies, Deputy Sierra Young and her search-and-rescue K-9, Samson, race to help—and discover they're after her! With one survivor vowing revenge, Sierra's former coworker turned PI, Bryce Elliott, is determined to protect her. But can Bryce, Sierra and Samson track down the fugitive before he succeeds in taking their lives?K-9 Mountain Guardians Views: 526
The Rancher’s Secret Love: A Montana McGregor Brothers Romance Views: 526
In the aftermath of the General Strike, times are tough for coal miners and their families. Can little Cally break free from poverty, and forge a successful life for herself? When Cally loses her beloved mum, she hopes her father will comfort and protect her. But instead she soon acquires a cruel and vengeful stepmother, and Cally begins to fear that she is on her own. Through uncomfortable years in service, to a terrifying brush with the streets, through hard work and determination, Cally finally finds a place for herself. She even trusts enough in the future to create her own family, despite being so cruelly abandoned by her own. At last in a place of peace and contentment, Cally has all she ever hoped for, but with World War 2 looming, how long can she hold on to the people she loves? Taking us from 1926 all the way to end of the Second World War, Chrissie Walsh has written a heart-breaking tale of love and survival, perfect for fans... Views: 526
Some called him a traitor to his people. Some believed he was leading the Comanche on the only path to survival in the face of the white man's relentless drive westward. He was Quanah Parker, a half-white Comanche outcast who became a warrior, then rose to lead his people in their most desperate time.The Comanche have become a people whose way of life is dying. Dependent on the buffalo for food, they face starvation in the wake of the white man's wholesale slaughter of the once-magnificent herds. As a young brave, Quanah Parker joins a band of Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Arapaho who have sworn, under the leadership of the powerful medicine man Eeshati, to ride against the bluecoats and rid the land of the white scourge.But nothing can stop the tide of expansion, and Quanah confronts a bitter choice: to resist change and the white man to the very death, or to embrace a strange new way of life for his people...and hope that it is not the road to... Views: 526
From the author of the international bestseller The Last Station, a superb historical novel of the Apostle Paul, whose tireless and epic preaching of the message of Jesus brought Christianity into existence and changed human history forever.In the years after Christ's crucifixion, Paul of Tarsus, a prosperous tentmaker and Jewish scholar, took it upon himself to persecute the small groups of his followers that sprung up. But on the road to Damascus, he had some sort of blinding vision, a profound conversion experience that transformed Paul into the most effective and influential messenger Christianity has ever had. In The Damascus Road novelist Jay Parini brings this fascinating and ever-controversial figure to full human life, capturing his visionary passions and vast contradictions. In relating Paul's epic journeys, both geographical and spiritual, he unfolds a vivid panorama of the ancient world on the verge of epochal change. And in the alternating... Views: 526
I stole a life. In return, I lost everything.
After a semester lying and cheating my way through Hawthorne Academy, I can’t say I didn’t get what I deserved. That doesn’t make it hurt any less.
I came to Hawthorne for a new life, but that new life keeps turning out a whole lot like my old one. I’m barely scraping by in class, hated by everyone, and ignored by the people I care about the most.
Try as I might to keep my head down and move on, I can’t. I can’t stay silent. I can’t be ignored. Astor, Wills, and Blair are going to hear what I have to say—if it’s the last thing I do.
We should have known better than trusting the new girl. This time, we won’t make the same mistake.
She used us. She lied to us. She’s a fraud.
We knew she was trouble, but still we let her in.
It won’t happen again, and nothing she can say to us is going to change our minds.
Dirty Fraud is a full-length contemporary reverse harem high school bully romance. It is the second book in the Hawthorne Holy Trinity series. Views: 526
