Let the good times roll? It's Mardi Gras time and Fortune is looking forward to seeing the spectacle firsthand, but when a visitor to Sinful is murdered during the celebration there, Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie can't help but wonder what happened. As they start looking into the woman and the family in Sinful she came to visit, their investigation sends them to New Orleans, right at the height of the Mardi Gras celebration. But instead of relaxing a little and enjoying the festivities, Fortune can't shake the feeling that she's being watched. When she catches sight of her father in the Mardi Gras crowd, she knows why. Unfortunately, her father's presence in Louisiana has brought with it a host of terrorists, all with only one thing in mind—locate and terminate Dwight Redding. Can Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie manage to evade the killers long enough to figure out why Dwight has returned from the dead? And will knowing the answer make things worse or... Views: 529
While the blizzard raged outside, the cabin trembled, its beams creaking in the night. Thrown together by the storm and forced into each other's company, seven men and a girl strained against the intimate confinement, their nerves rubbed raw. There were the saddlebags full of gold, hidden somewhere on the premises. There was the feud between the rancher and the homesteader, ready to break out anew at any moment. There was the matter of the buffalo gun, which had already killed a deputy and could be brought out to kill again. And, above all, there was the half-breed girl, fair game for men who believed in taking what they wanted, at the point of a gun, if necessary. Two, three days? No one knew how long the storm would last. And nobody knew how long human nerves could stand the strain. All that was certain was that trouble would come—and someone would die! Views: 529
If only Heather could remember.If only Jayden could forget.Heather should have married Jayden years ago, but a witch at the Salem Witch Trials cursed her.A curse that altered the fabric of the universe.When Heather meets Kieran, she does not realise the dark shadows she keeps seeing is connected to him. Shadows waiting for her to choose him.Jayden has loved her all these years, even though the curse has kept them apart.What is a guy to do to get the girl he loves to choose him? Views: 529
Something strange is going on at Echo Lake.Detective Adam Thayer is devastated when he arrives too late to save his friend who had called for help. But a series of obscure clues brings Adam to coroner Nikki Dresden, who's eager to determine if one of the town's most beloved citizens was murdered. Now they must work together to unravel a deadly web of lies and greed...or die trying. Views: 529
It's 1960, and Elizabeth has a good life. A husband who takes care of her, two healthy children, a farm in the Forties Settlement. But Elizabeth is slowly coming apart, her reality splintering. She knows she will harm her children, wants to harm her children, wants to be stopped from harming her children. She doesn't sleep, becomes incoherent. Elizabeth is taken away. We rejoin her in 1975, "well" once again, living in a group home and desperately trying to fill in the enormous gaps electric shock therapy has left in her memory. She remembers five words from her past and knows they are significant, but their meaning is slippery and she can't grasp more. She knows that Jewel and Jacob are her children, though she can't picture their faces, and more than anything, she longs to find them and explain that she never meant to leave for so long. Shifting through time and points of view, acclaimed author Laura Best's first novel for adults allows us to see the ripple... Views: 529
Clay Nash hadn't made many mistakes in his long career as Wells Fargo's top detective. But when he busted Shell Shannon from jail because he needed the man's help in solving a case, he should have expected a double-cross. When Shannon lit out on him, Clay always knew he would have to hunt the man down again, even though he'd saved Clay's life before hitting the trail.Now the time had come.Shannon was cutting a bloody trail through the Brazos country with his lethal Remington-Hepworth rifle, cutting down innocent men from up to half a mile away to get his hands on a fortune in gold. So Clay cleaned and reloaded his guns and set out to bring Shannon to justice once and for all. Views: 529
Amber Wong has landed her dream job at the Stratford Festival, and life is looking good. Sure, she hasn't had sex in so long that her condoms have expired, but she'll just pick up some new ones, along with discounted Christmas chocolate, at the grocery store.And that's where she runs into Dr. Sebastian Lam, the son of her parents' close friends, whom she hasn't seen in years. He's moved back to Ontario, newly single, and... Oh my God. He's really hot.The attraction is mutual and no-strings-attached sex is the perfect arrangement for both of them, since Amber has sworn off dating after a string of terrible boyfriends.But what if their families find out they're spending time together and start interfering in their lives? That would be a disaster.Even worse? If they develop feelings for each other, given a relationship is the last thing Amber wants right now... Views: 529
The sequel to FloodWorld, this equally cinematic book tells the story of Kara and Joe's adventures in the US, as they travel with a band of ideological outlaws, hell-bent on destroying the Mariners and stealing their world.Can the kids come up with a plan to stop the seemingly inevitable destruction? Views: 529
