**eBook Edition**A crumbling castle, a moat full of crocodiles, a catastrophe of kittens, and let's not forget the villains and the mummies! This rambunctious story has it all. It's England, 1873. When 12-year-old Hatshepsut (Hattie) Lambton's guardian is unfortunately eaten by a crocodile, Hattie is sent to live with hitherto unknown relatives: Great-uncle Sisyphus and Great-aunt Iphigenia, in their half-ruined castle in mysterious, mist-shrouded marshes. Hattie discovers Great-aunt Iphigenia is an Egyptologist who conducts Mummy Unwrapping Parties at the houses of wealthy clients. The Parties are managed by her two assistants, the sinister (and, to Hattie, highly suspect) Edgar and Edwina Raven. Soon, a problem arises. It has become illegal to export mummies from Egypt. The solution? To set out on a one-thousand-mile voyage up the Nile, to acquire – and illegally export – mummies for the Unwrapping Parties. There, Hattie makes a... Views: 46
From award-winning author Rebekah Weatherspoon comed the finally installment in this sensual, suspenseful trilogy... Betrayed and set adrift...Months before she's set to walk down the aisle, assistant district attorney Brooklyn Lewis suffers an unthinkable loss. It's bad enough her fiancé is violently taken from her, but along with her grief she must also process the fact that the man of her dreams was unfaithful. Friends and family want to see her heal, but Brooklyn doesn't know how to move on from the trauma and deception until she discovers she's not the only one broken by this tragedy. A light in the storm...Attorney Vaughn Coleman and his partner Chris Shaw have also lost the love of their lives, who was found lifeless in the same bed as Brooklyn's fiancé, taken from them by the same killer.Unmoored by grief, Brooklyn, Chris, and Vaughn fall into a relationship that both fulfills them and threatens to pull them... Views: 46
Tasked with finding the remaining treasure hordes, Alyx Mayhem and her guards, Scur Nordscov and Khalid Ingvar, have their hands full. As she is uniquely suited for the treasure quests, she plans to do it her way with the men that love her by her side.One of two newly minted princesses in the Nightmare Courts, Alyx is determined to ensure her court is indispensible to the others, by filling the hole of a warrior house. With one horde down, and several more to be found, they think they have it in the bag...Except they didn't count on a competitor, and one who is set on ruining the Nightmare Courts.And when something monumental is unearthed, Alyx and her men will have a decision, one that will take them on a grand adventure...or doom them all. Views: 46
Once, they were worshipped and adored. Now, they've become a relic of the past, an obsolete reminder of lesser times. But are the gods truly done with humanity?
For millennia, Hades has been the black sheep of Olympus. Privy to a secret only he and Zeus know, he's taken to drowning his sorrows - and his thoughts. Most definitely his thoughts.
Then things get really weird, starting with Fenrir of the Nordic gods attacking him. Followed by Morrigan of the Celts dropping warnings of a danger to come. And amid all that? Zeus decides it's time to assign him not one, but two immortal guardians to keep him out of trouble.
How's he supposed to keep his secret, now that his every move is watched? And what machinations are at play, that even the wisest of the gods fear what is coming?
Immortal Rogues is a paranormal romance series featuring gods and goddesses of various pantheons and their strange tales. Mythology mixes with romance and the supernatural in this new series, part of the Moonlight Rogues extended universe. Views: 46
**From the Sunday Times Bestselling Author**In twenty years behind the till in The Bookshop, Wigtown, Shaun Bythell has met pretty much every kind of customer there is - from the charming, erudite and deep-pocketed to the eccentric, flatulent and possibly larcenous.In Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops he distils the essence of his experience into a warm, witty and quirky taxonomy of the book-loving public. So, step inside to meet the crafty Antiquarian, the shy and retiring Erotica Browser and gormless yet strangely likeable shop assistant Student Hugo - along with much loved bookseller favourites like the passionate Sci-Fi Fan, the voracious Railway Collector and the ever-elusive Perfect Customer. Views: 46
