All she wants for Christmas is a sizzling hot shifter... and a flock of movie-quoting penguins. Avery loves working in Antarctica, but when she winds up spending the holidays alone at her research station, it's hard to find any Christmas cheer. Then there's the cascade of unwanted nude photos guys on her dating site keep sending her. (Of all the things in the world to deck with boughs of holly…) It's been a rough year. She just wanted something merry and bright. He's her perfect gift. She's his perfect match. Ice phoenix Emmett Frost is used to being alone for the holidays… and the non-holidays. He's the guardian of all Antarctica, and that's a duty he'll never give up. So that means being lonely, right? No one else would want to spend their life at the South Pole. Then he meets Avery, a smart, curvy penguin researcher who blows his mind. Emmett's just supposed to keep her company for Christmas, but soon he wants to keep her company forever. She's his true mate, and he has to figure out how to tell her—and how to start believing he might deserve her. It would all be easier if they didn't have to deal with opinionated penguins and a rampaging polar bear that doesn't seem to realize it's on the wrong continent. But then, the holidays are busy for everyone… Views: 676
He demands control in all things. She comes in like a wrecking ball...in this sizzling classic from New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter. Previously published as The Harder You Fall.Who knew enemies make the best lovers?To overcome a tragic past, aloof Lincoln West demands a structured life. But even his iron-control has limits. For two months of every year, he indulges in every sensual pleasure. He's ready to pick a lover—anyone but the bad girl who once dated his friend.Reformed partier Jessie Kay Dillon is determined to walk the straight and narrow. No men! Like, zero. Or maybe just a taste of this one? Her love-hate sizzle with West is too irresistible to deny. But Jessie Kay refuses to be another two-month diversion. She deserves more—and she'll fight for it. After all, rules are made to be broken—especially West's.Read the entire reader-favorite Original Heartbreakers series:Book 1: The... Views: 676
What does the future hold for us? This anthology of nineteen diverse stories from authors around the world shows us a future full of adventure, intrigue, fun, heart-ache, and wonder.A imprisoned space pirate from Phobos is given a last chance for freedom, but only if he's willing to kill his younger brother. Again.In post-climate change Italy, a deaf African-American woman and her native partner struggle to build a communal farm that can survive the new environment, a lasting hope for a future.A Latina party girl is addicted to cybernetic body modification when the latest experimental 'fix' comes out, promising to let her deepest desires rise.An Asian woman is called to Nigeria to find out why her company's cyborg policeman just killed an unarmed teenage boy.A mech-suited mercenary on a war torn alien planet is just trying to earn enough to get out, but her daughter is on the battlefield the day all hell breaks loose.And many more. The future is as infinite as the stars. Let's go... Views: 676
Twelve men. A virgin queen. One arranged marriage. Three teaspoons.Two men.One choice. That's what awaits me in the House of Cancer. Vance Morgan's gift is unexpected—an evening spent with any member of the Brotherhood I choose. My heart gives me two options.My body wants the lion.But my mind wants the truth. And those three teaspoons I mentioned? They contain an elixir that lowers inhibitions. With my judgement compromised, mistakes are bound to be made. I hope one of them isn't trusting the wrong man. Part 4 of The Zodiac Queen. Views: 676
Periwinkle Perkins is determined to become an independent woman. After the death of her father and departure of her sister Prim, Peri knows that she can't live off the generosity of her aunt forever. Tasked with caring for her invalid mother while her older sister tries to establish a new home for them as a mail-order bride, Peri sets out to find the money her recently deceased father has hidden. If she can only find her Pa's stash, Periwinkle can take her mother to Needful, Texas to join her sister and set up a home of her own. Always a hopeless romantic before, Peri now wishes only for the security of a steady income to provide for her mother, but will she find the funds she needs or be stranded while her sister seeks a man who is willing to accept a fully formed family? Desperate times called for desperate measure and Peri knows she is up to the task. Views: 676
When Jenna comes home to take care of her Mom after knee surgery, the last thing on her mind is falling in love. The past few months have this career driven woman rethinking her career choices. She needs a break from her job as a corporate attorney and needs time with her family and friends. After agreeing to go to her ten year high school reunion, Jenna decides to take her small town by storm never expected her high school crush would knock her off her feet. When Don came home for a two week leave before being deployed, he never thought he would run into the girl who got away. After spending a magical night together at their high school reunion, he makes it his mission to win her over. He starts to put his plan in motion by a chance meeting after the reunion and the rest is history. He doesn't want to let the shy girl he remembers from high school get away this time. Will they be able to change their lives for each other? Will the love they have forged be enough to keep them together after all of this time? Views: 676
This is a revised and expanded edition of Barbara and Gerry Clow's classic 2004 text. This sequel to the bestselling underground classic The Pleiadian Agenda outlines their theory of the nine dimensions of human consciousness and how those nine dimensions have become essential to our evolutionary survival.Incorporating the research and insight of the Swedish biologist Carl Calleman, the Clows demonstrate how recent scientific discoveries validate their theories. The existence of the nine dimensions of human consciousness can be proved by science.The most controversial aspect of this book is their exploration of the Mayan prophecies. Counter to much of the prevailing opinion, the fulfillment of the prophecies will not result in the Apocalypse, but will usher in a new and expanded era of human consciousness.They also assert that the beginning of this new era begins not on December 21, 2012—but on October 28, 2011—making the time of the great shift in... Views: 676
