Sound is an abstract concept for most people. We spend our lives blocking out the static in order to focus on what we believe is important. But what if, when the clarity fades into silence, it's the obscure background noise that you would give anything to hold on to? I've always been a fighter. With parents who barely managed to stay out of jail and two little brothers who narrowly avoided foster care, I became skilled at dodging the punches life threw at me. Growing up, I didn’t have anything I could call my own, but from the moment I met Eliza Reynolds, she was always mine. I became utterly addicted to her and the escape from reality we provided each other. Throughout the years, she had boyfriends and I had girlfriends, but there wasn't a single night that I didn’t hear her voice. You see, meeting the love of my life at age thirteen was never part of my plan. However, neither was gradually going deaf at the age of twenty-one. They both happened anyway. Now, I'm on the ropes during the toughest battles of my life. Fighting for my career. Fighting the impending silence. Fighting for her. Every night, just before falling asleep, she sighs as a final conscious breath leaves her. I think that's the sound I'll miss the most. Views: 72
She shifts for the first time on the day of her escape.After a decade of captivity, Darcy MacCormac escapes the corrupt, clandestine organization called the Scythe, leaving family and friends behind. She must find a way to rescue them. Discovered by other shifters, the brand-new cougar gets two mentors. Blademage Gawain is an easy-going blacksmith with a steel-hard core. His brother Owen is a deadly warrior. Grumpy. Rude. And he doesn't like her.They aren't the mates she'd dreamed of—they're more.Powerful, dominating Owen protects the clan—especially the weak—and the only remnant of an abused childhood is his avoidance of females. Now he has to mentor one? Although Gawain soon falls for the dauntless little cat, Owen knows better than to lose his head. But Darcy has a gift for repairing everything...including damaged hearts.Love isn't in her destiny.In the brothers' arms, Darcy finds safety. Comfort. And love. But however much she longs for a future with Owen and Gawain, her... Views: 72
Jeremiah Thurston built Thurston House, San Francisco's grandest mansion. When he found himself alone with his infant daughter, Sabrina, he was determined to bring her up to run the biggest mining business in California. Nothing would stop her from taking over his dynasty -- not the San Francisco earthquake, the deadly schemes of a cunning rival, the Great depression, or her own needs and determination as she carries on the traditions established by her father.From the Paperback edition. Views: 72
The untold story of the world's first technology start-up Alix Christie's rich and enthralling debut novel reveals the explosive human drama behind the world-changing invention of the printing press and the creation of the world’s most famous book: the Gutenberg Bible The year is 1450. Peter Schoeffer, an ambitious young scribe, returns from Paris to Mainz, his home town on the Rhine, at the behest of his foster father, a forward-thinking merchant and bookseller. There he is unwillingly thrown into a workshop that his father has financed, a strange, dark place run by a driven, caustic master named Johann Gutenberg. Its purpose is the manufacture of books in a new—and according to some, blasphemous—way: with a secret invention known as a printing press. Gutenberg's Apprentice is the story of Peter’s journey from reluctant apprentice to overseer of the most important book ever made, and all that he seeks, and is forced, to understand along the way. It is the tale of a young man torn between two fathers, his resentment and grudging love for a man both brilliant and stormy, their battle to prevail against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including struggles within the workshop and against the crushing power of the Catholic Church. Each step they take awakens age-old conflicts between art and commerce, tradition bristling against technological progress, and fate versus human agency. This is the untold story of the last great communications revolution, with all the wonder and doubt the digital world provokes today vividly experienced half a millennium ago, in the workshop that produced the world's first printed book.Writing with a rare sense of authenticity, Alix Christie has created in her debut novel a richly imagined, emotionally powerful, and spectacularly convincing account of one of the most important events in Western history. Gutenberg’s Apprentice is a profoundly moving story that will change forever your perception of what a book—handwritten, printed, or electronic— is, or can be. Views: 72
Since Christina Mitchell was a young girl, she knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life: become a paramedic. Putting everything on the line, she sacrificed to achieve her dream and hasn’t regretted a single moment. Until now … Falling in love with a firefighter, Nicholas Conrad, Christina knew what was at stake, but didn’t let it scare her away from her soul mate. They were well on their way to a happily ever after, until Nick’s best friend, Tim, died while on a call. A part of Nick died along with him that day. Eventually, Nick and Tina’s marriage fell apart and she did the only thing she could—she left. One morning, she packed her bags, went to live with her best friend, and filed for divorce shortly after. Being in the state Nick was in, he didn’t contest. Nick gave Tina everything she wanted and hated himself every day because of it. Due to budget cuts, the pair is forced to work together once again. Trying to remain professional, they decide to keep their past a secret from the rest of the house, but something this big can only remain hidden for so long. The tension between Nick and Tina can only lead them in one of two directions: straight into each other’s arms or even further apart. In order for their love to rekindle, they both have to be willing to put aside the past and start again fresh. Will Nick and Tina be able to find a common ground? Or will everything they’ve worked so hard for go up in smoke? Views: 72
Fresh from breaking up with her loser, cheating boyfriend, the last thing recent college grad Sophie Night wants is to find a new guy. She is all about focusing on her blog and then she meets Lucas, the man who changes everything. Lucas Tate is tall, dark, handsome, rich and totally in love with Sophie… until his ex-girlfriend asks him something he never expected. Sophie’s world gets turned upside down and she has to decide if she is willing to take a chance on love. Will their love prove to be unbreakable, or is Lucas asking too much? Views: 72
Wicked Mafia Prince: A Dangerous Royals Romance, Book 2 Views: 72
Two weeks.
No strings.
With Adam Callaway I thought I’d found the perfect fling. He was great in bed and only in town for a few hot nights.
There was no way I could have known Adam wouldn’t be satisfied with just sex. My craving for his body made me careless. I broke my rules. I let him in. I never thought two weeks could change everything. All I wanted was an escape, what I got was so much more.
Something I couldn’t live without once I had it.
Tease is a five-part episodic serial. Views: 72
I’ve always believed in what I can see, what I can hear and what I can touch. Surfing was my religion and destiny was just a fairy-tale. But one summer, over ten days during the hottest February on record, all that changed. I found hope – the kind of hope that sustains you, even when you don’t want to be sustained. The night Emily disappeared, I was branded. She became the girl on the ‘missing’ posters, and I became the one trying to keep everyone from falling apart. I thought that somehow it would keep me from being devoured by the emptiness inside me. Five years later, I was beginning to appreciate how deluded I really was. Then Maia showed up. New in town, with a past as mysterious as she was, she reminded me so much of Emily that I couldn’t stand to be anywhere near her. What I didn’t realise was that there were forces at play that neither of us could possibly understand. It takes a determined soul to alter destiny. There is a loophole, a back door, and the events that unfolded during those ten days showed me how that loophole can change everything. Do you believe in fate? If so, let me tell you my story. If not, what happened to me might change your mind. Views: 72
Five years ago, Judd Dunn, a hard-edged Texas Ranger, put Christabel Gaines's father behind bars--where he belonged. But Judd's involvement in Crissy's life was far from over. With their jointly owned ranch on the verge of bankruptcy, Judd wed her in name only, promising to save their land and vowing to ignore the sexual tension between them. Now, just when Judd decides to release Crissy from their sham of a marriage, he is blindsided by a bloodthirsty foe who is setting the stage for unspeakable evil by preying upon Judd's greatest weakness--his wife. No longer a starry-eyed schoolgirl, Crissy's a smart, fearless woman with unfulfilled desires. And she will do anything in the name of love--including taking a bullet for her husband. With their very lives at stake, Crissy and Judd must confront their darkest demons, their new rivals and their deepest desires--and face up to a mutual destiny they cannot outrun. Views: 72
