A relaxing vacation at sea... What could go wrong? Officer Cassidy Peck needs a vacation and when her parents can't go, she takes over their cruise tickets and invites her new friend, Caryl-Anne Newsome to go with her. All is good until a passenger is reported missing and Cass has an idea who might be to blame. After all, she's always on duty. A companion novella to the Klondike Mystery series. Views: 269
Annaleia Faith awakened something dangerous in Antares half a century ago, something he fiercely suppressed in order to keep her safe. But when she disappeared without a trace after their first night together, he vowed to never hold that part of himself back again.Now, fifty years later, he's found her. But she has a secret, one she especially has to keep from Antares, because learning it would once and for all unleash that ancient, volatile monster inside him.As a crazed stalker leaves a bloody trail behind him on his hunt for Annaleia, and the living embodiment of chaos begins to set the world on fire, Antares has to protect his first and only love once more. But this time, he won't be restraining the dragon inside to do so. This time, he's going to use every primal power he's got.Hour of the Dragon is the second book in the paranormal romance series, Monsters, by NYT and USA Today bestselling author Heather Killough-Walden. Views: 269
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a January 2020 IndieNext Pick. An Amazon Best Book of January. One of Vogue's 22 Books to Read This Winter The Washington Post's 10 Books to Read in January, one of ELLE's 12 Best Books to Read in 2020, one of The New York Times's 12 Books to Read in January, one of Esquire's 15 Best Winter Books, and one of Entertainment Weekly's 50 Most Anticipated Books of 2020. "A definitive document of a world in transition: I won't be alone in returning to Uncanny Valley for clarity and consolation for many years to come." —Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion The prescient, page-turning account of a journey in Silicon Valley: a defining memoir of our digital ageIn her mid-twenties, at the height of tech industry idealism, Anna Wiener—stuck, broke, and looking for meaning in her... Views: 269
The old eddas speak of dreki—fabled creatures who haunt the depths of Iceland's volcanoes and steal away fair maidens. Bryn wants none of such myths. Accused of a crime she didn't commit, the former Valkyrie was exiled to the mortal realm over a century ago. Now a battle-hardened mercenary, when she's offered a glimpse of redemption—a written confession that will finally clear her name—nothing will stand in her way.All she has to do is find Marduk, a missing dreki prince, and deliver him in chains to the dreki princess he once dishonoured. And a trio of dragon-hunters is going to lead her right to him.... Find a missing dreki prince. It will be fun, they said. Fierce dragon-hunter Tormund Sigurdsson knows better. But the second he lays eyes on Bryn he thinks the gods have finally smiled upon him. After watching his cousin find love with his fated mate, all Tormund wants is an epic love story of... Views: 269
Ex vice-cop Vince McNulty is technical advisor for Titanic Productions in Boston. It's not like walking the beat back in Yorkshire but it's a living. Boston, Massachusetts "Can you get this guy to stop walking like a duck?" "I know lots of cops who walk like ducks." "In England maybe. In America they walk like John Wayne." Teaching Alfonse Bayard to walk like a cop was only part of McNulty's duties. Working for a tinpot movie company meant his job description included on set security, liaising with local police and even doing a little stunt work. Larry Unger liked to get his money's worth. At least it got McNulty to America, where he could search for his missing sister who had been sold into adoption from Crag View Children's Home back in the UK. Investigating stolen film stock should have been a fairly innocuous task but when it leads to torture porn and snuff videos it soon turns into something much darker. And far more dangerous.... Views: 269
Robert Parrish's childhood obsession with series books like the Hardy Boys and Tom Swift inspired him to become an author. Just as his debut novel becomes a bestseller, his relationship with his girlfriend, Rebecca, begins to fall apart. Robert realizes he must confront his secret demons by fulfilling a youthful promise to solve a mystery surrounding his favorite series—the Tremendous Trio. Guided by twelve tattered books and an unidentified but tantalizing fragment of a story, Robert journeys into the history of the books that changed his life, hoping they can help him once again. His odyssey takes him to 1906 Manhattan, a time of steamboats, boot blacks, and Fifth Avenue mansions, but every discovery he makes only leads to more questions. Robert's quest intertwines with the stories of three young people trying to define their places in the world at the dawn of a new and exciting century. Magda, Gene, and Tom not only write the children's books that Robert will one day... Views: 269
They thought they'd have it easy being monster elites, but these three best friends still have to deal with pop quizzes, crushes, and even worse...humans. Frances Stein, Loralie Reaper, and Tsukiko Okami just want to play games and relax after their classes. Any hopes of chilling out, however, are destroyed when humans attack Monster Academy and try to use the students for ransom. In order to defeat the humans and protect their fellow monsters, they must work side by side with their crushes without giving away their secrets. Of course, that would be a lot easier if they were able to stick together, but in a move that betrays insider knowledge, the BFFs are separated. By tapping into their monstrous powers and working with their crushes, they will open their hearts and unlock abilities long thought dead. But will it be enough to save all of monster-kind? It's going to be one hell of a year at Monster Academy. Views: 269
