Book Two in the Outlaw Lovers Series A fast-acting virus has been unleashed, killing a vast majority of the world's female population. Naturally immune to the illness, Callie Callahan was kidnapped by the government and locked away in a top-secret lab for five years. Now she's escaped and is being hunted by an evil scientist who wants her for more than his experiments. On the outside, she faces a new challenge, hiding from the newly created Claiming Law. A law that states men have all the rights and women are property…sexual property that can only be claimed by groups of men. Hiding in the Maine woods, Callie is shocked when her ex-flame shows up at her hideout. Seriously wounded, he's also drunk as a skunk and he hasn't come alone. He's dragged along the local preacher and Callie's about to be married at gunpoint. Not the dream wedding she's envisioned, nor is marriage legal these days. But she's always craved being in Luke Outlaw's arms. Tasting him. Touching him. Taking him deeply within her. So, what's a girl to do but sigh in exasperation, marry her sexy stud, heal the wounded ex-soldier, and delve into the sexually sinful delights he offers. There's only one problem…he was so drunk the night of their shotgun wedding he can't remember marrying her. Or does he… After five long years, Luke has finally been reunited with the love of his life. He knows there's only one way to keep Callie safe and with him forever. He'll do it with the help of his three available brothers and an assortment of sex toys. Rekindling the bright flames between them, he unleashes Callie's sexual side, taking her in ways she never dreamed possible, all with the ultimate goal of preparing her and introducing her to the Outlaw Lovers and…The Claiming. Views: 49
'Authentic, taut and compelling. Brookes is the real deal'Charles CummingThe stunning third novel from multi-award-nominated author Adam Brookes is paranoid, tense and spy fiction at its very finest.Meet Pearl Tao: an American girl with a lethal secret.Pearl longed for the life of a normal American teenager: summers at the pool, friends, backyard barbecues in the Washington DC suburbs. But she was different. Pearl had a gift for mathematics, a college sponsorship from a secretive technology corporation, and a family riven with anger and dysfunction. And it's only now, at nineteen years old, that she has started to understand what role she is to play. What her parents intend for her. For Pearl Tao, any hope of escape lies with two British spies: Trish Patterson, sidelined in disgrace, and Philip Mangan, blown and discredited - and following his own trail of corruption. Finding out the truth about Pearl will be the most urgent, the most dangerous mission they'll ever undertake.'Riveting and accomplished'Sunday Times Views: 49
Nineteenth century London is the center of a vast British Empire. Airships ply the skies and Queen Victoria presides over three-quarters of the known world—including the East Coast of America, following the failed revolution of 1775. London might as well be a world away from Sandsend, a tiny village on the Yorkshire coast. Gideon Smith dreams of the adventure promised him by the lurid tales of Captain Lucian Trigger, the Hero of the Empire, told in Gideon’s favorite “penny dreadful.” When Gideon’s father is lost at sea in highly mysterious circumstances Gideon is convinced that supernatural forces are at work. Deciding only Captain Lucian Trigger himself can aid him, Gideon sets off for London. On the way he rescues the mysterious mechanical girl Maria from a tumbledown house of shadows and iniquities. Together they make for London, where Gideon finally meets Captain Trigger. But Trigger is little more than an aging fraud, providing cover for the covert activities of his lover, Dr. John Reed, a privateer and sometime agent of the British Crown. Looking for heroes but finding only frauds and crooks, it falls to Gideon to step up to the plate and attempt to save the day...but can a humble fisherman really become the true Hero of the Empire? David Barnett's Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl is a fantastical steampunk fable set against an alternate historical backdrop: the ultimate Victoriana/steampunk mash-up! Review"A triumph of the modern pulp genre. Funny, clever and superbly executed…I guarantee you'll have fun as you breeze through this first adventure of Gideon Smith, and I commend it to you all. I'm already anxious for the next one."—George Mann, author of The Immortality Engine“A great-hearted, rollicking romp through the many worlds of classic pulp—loads of fun.” —Nick Harkaway, author of The Gone-Away World and AngelmakerAbout the AuthorDAVID BARNETT is an award-winning journalist, currently multimedia content manager of the Telegraph & Argus, cultural reviewer for The Guardian and the Independent on Sunday, and he has done features for The Independent and Wired. He is the author of Angelglass (described by The Guardian as “stunning”), Hinterland, and popCULT! Views: 49
A brand-new story from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author L A Cotton, set in the angsty and gritty Darling Hill series. Celeste Rowe is lucky.At least, that's what everyone thinks. Rich, beautiful, and smart, she has it all.She knows one thing though: the heart is a treacherous thing.It wants what it wants. You can try to fight it. Ignore it. But in the end, it'll ruin you.Zane Washington is doomed.At least, that's what it feels like. Poor, cynical, and desperate, he's carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.He knows one thing though: the heart is a treacherous thing.It wants what it wants. You can try and resist it. Avoid it. But in the end, it will break you.On paper, they couldn't be more different. But Celeste and Zane are about to discover that, sometimes, the very thing you shouldn't want, is the only thing you need.And maybe it's time for love to defy the odds.... Views: 49
The Doctor Dries Her TearsFacing her estranged husband, Fletcher, was always going to be heartbreaking for nurse Tessa King. Especially as Fletcher has one last favor to ask--with his mother critically ill, he needs Tessa to pretend tragedy never tore their marriage apart. Impossible when your husband is the one man it hurts your heart to touch...but the one man you can't resist.... Views: 49
After a broken engagement, genealogist Nora Bradford decides focusing on her work and her novels is safer than romance. But when John, a former Navy Seal, hires her to help find his birth mother, the spark between them is undeniable. However, he's dating someone, and Nora is hesitant. Is she ready to abandon her fictional heroes and risk her heart for real? Views: 49
Two of Cecelia’s best-loved novels available as an ebook duo for the first time! THE GIFT and THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES will make a wonderful treat for any Cecelia fan this Christmas. If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be? Two people from very different walks of life meet one Christmas, and find their worlds changed beyond measure. THE GIFT is an enchanting and thoughtful Christmas story that speaks to all of us about the value of time and what is truly important in life. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES is a compelling and perceptive tale of intimacy, memory and relationships from this No.1 bestselling author. After all, how can you know someone that you’ve never met before? Views: 49
After one left him standing at the altar, Adam Andreas, a.k.a., the Temporary Tycoon, has sworn off damsels-in-distress. But when he bumps into Tashi Holland a woman on the lam who’s running from some really bad guys, Adam can’t resist offering her protection as his Temporary Bride. Will she accept, or refuse in order to protect him from the same fate as the FBI agent who died rescuing her? Views: 49
