He needs a green card; she needs the money.Single mom and billionaire cowboy, married for convenience.Can they ignite a passion that’ll last a lifetime?Marianne Lawson is a devoted single mom, working her fingers to the bone to support the light of her life, her daughter Zoe. When her own mother falls on hard times due to her savings disappearing in a fraud scandal however, Marianne takes it upon herself to look after her too, but she’s quickly reaching the end of her rope.Billionaire cowboy Jay Parish was left with big shoes to fill when his industrialist parents passed away. Not only that, but he was also left with a big, fat secret: he isn’t the full-blooded American he thought he was. The billionaire CEO, in charge of carrying out the legacy of his parents’ company, was illegally adopted—from a country he’s barely even heard of!Needing a quick fix to his citizenship issue, Jay hatches a plan. Marianne soon finds herself in Jay’s office, with the deal of a lifetime before her eyes—be his green card bride, and never have money troubles again—she knows it’s an offer she shouldn’t refuse, but her mother’s hatred of the misunderstood tycoon definitely complicates matters.Is it the perfect deal? Can Marianne and Jay provide the quick fixes to their own problems? Or will a marriage of convenience become very, very complicated indeed? Views: 546
"Smart, propulsive and gripping, THE GOD GAME is an ambitious thriller and a terrifying examination of what could—and probably already is—happening in the world of artificial intelligence."—Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run AwayA technological thriller with an all-too-believable premise, award-winning author Danny Tobey's The God Game follows five teenagers obsessed with an online video game that connects them to their worst impulses and most dangerous desires.They call themselves the Vindicators. Targeted by bullies and pressured by parents, these geeks and gamers rule the computer lab at Turner High School. Wealthy bad boy Peter makes and breaks rules. Vanhi is a punk bassist at odds with her heritage. Kenny's creativity is stifled by a religious home life. Insecure and temperamental, Alex is an outcast among the outcasts. And Charlie, the leader they all depend on, is... Views: 546
TOO CLOSE The site of the old campus bungalow where two girls were brutally slain is now a flower patch covered with chrysanthemums. It's been fifty years since the Immaculate Conception Murders. Three more students and a teacher were killed in a sickening spree that many have forgotten. But there is one person who knows every twisted detail. . . . TO SEE Hannah O'Rourke and her volatile half-sister, Eden, have little in common except a parent. Yet they've ended up at the same small college outside Chicago, sharing a bungalow with another girl. Hannah isn't thrilled—nor can she shake the feeling that she's being watched. And her journalism professor, Ellie Goodwin, keeps delving into Hannah and Eden's newsworthy past. . . . THE DANGER When Hannah and Eden's arrival coincides with a spate of mysterious deaths, Ellie knows it's more than a fluke. A copycat is recreating those... Views: 546
Everybody believes that Charlotte Lucas has no prospects. She is unmarried, plain, poor and reaching a dangerous age. When she stuns the neighbourhood by accepting the proposal of buffoonish clergyman Mr Collins, her best friend Lizzy Bennet is appalled by her decision. Yet this is the only way Charlotte knows how to provide for her future. Her married life will propel her into a new world: not only of duty and longed-for children, but secrets, grief, unexpected love and friendship, and a kind of freedom. Jane Austen cared deeply about the constraints on women in Regency England. This powerful reimagining takes up where Austen left off in Pride and Prejudice, showing us a woman determined to carve a place for herself in the world. Charlotte offers a fresh, feminist addition to the post-Austen canon, beautifully imagined, and brimming with passion and intelligence. Views: 546
Past indiscretion with life-altering effects. Macy Spencer hit rock bottom and clawed her way out of the hole her cheating, lying, gambling ex-husband left her in. Drowning in debt and penniless, the single mother of two worked hard to get her life back on track and protect her children from the fallout. But now her ex is in more debt and his bookie's knocking on her door for payment. The last thing she needs is the handsome, rough, sexy-as-all-get-out Alec Hall overhearing the threats—but he does—and now he's making it his mission to protect her and her children. Whether she wants it or not. Former Navy SEAL Alec Hall's world has come to a screeching halt. With a newborn daughter dropped on his doorstep and fatherhood looming, he doesn't have a moment of free time to spare. But when Alec finds out the woman who runs his daughter's daycare is in danger, he can't stay away. The sadness in Macy's pretty eyes is unmistakable—it calls to him, making... Views: 546
A fortune in stolen antiquities, a bag of loose diamonds, and two dead men.
It’s bitter cold in February, 1918, when Pinkerton detective Sherwood Garth is assigned to team up with Major James Mallory. Their job is to ferret out the missing diamonds, but when the trail leads directly to a dead body in an abandoned barn, the two men join with the Cleveland Police Department to solve both the murder and the question of the gems.
They discover no shortage of suspects. The dead man, Henry Spellman, seemed disliked by family and colleagues alike. Could the killer be one of the adventurer’s traveling companions? Or perhaps one of Spellman’s own sisters or a member of the household staff is behind his death? And then there’s Henry’s flapper girlfriend, who is maybe a little too chummy with other men. Nearly everyone, it seems, has a motive and most had the means to carry out the crime.
The search takes the two detectives into the local jazz clubs, where Garth seems at home and Mallory sees a whole new world beyond his Army experience.
It’s truly a by-the-book whodunit using the Pinkerton man’s keen skills of observation and the military officer’s pure brawn. When they put the clues together, the revelations come as a surprise to all. Perfect for fans of classic detective stories from Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle. Views: 546
