When two souls are meant to find each other it doesn’t mean it’s an easy road to get there. When Travler and Kaci met, it wasn’t love at first sight it was a kinetic force too strong for either to resist. But resist is exactly what they did for years. Travler’s childhood isn’t filled with fond memories of loving parents and running wild and free. It was learning to deal with addicted parents and fear of the unknown. The only person in his life he ever loved and didn’t fear was his twin Tumbler. Trust isn’t something known, love is foreign. Until her, until Kaci. Kaci and her twin Kassi were thrown into boarding school by her father who wanted her outside of his MC life. Trying to protect his daughters did nothing but push them away from him. Kaci learned to love men in the wrong way. She trusts too easily until he hurts her one too many times. Then she decides to live wild and free with no emotions and definitely not love.... Views: 50
A blackly funny novel about an unlikely hero, and his misadventures on the flood he has created.In the drought-stricken Riverland town of Denmark in South Australia, after the suicide of his wife, Merv Rossiter steals a boat. He trucks north with his eight-year-old-daughter Em into Queensland. There he blows up the dam at Croesus Station, releasing a flood through outback New South Wales into South Australia.As the authorities search for them, Merv and Em ride the flood south in their stolen boat, rescuing a Queensland Minister from the water, and then a young blackfella who fancies he sang the river to life all by himself. Meanwhile, in Canberra, the political flotsam carried by Merv's renegade ocean brings the Federal Government to its knees.The Last Pulse is the story of the last flood that will ever flow down the inland artery that was the Darling River. The stream is broken now and the agriculture and lives of South Australians have been appropriated with the water... Views: 50
This collection of original stories by today's finest women writers takes inspiration from the famous line in Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, Jane Eyre.A fixture in the literary canon, Charlotte Brontë is revered by readers all over the world. Her books featuring unforgettable, strong heroines still resonate with millions today. And who could forget one of literatures' best-known lines: "Reader, I married him" from her classic novel Jane Eyre?Part of a remarkable family that produced three acclaimed female writers at a time in 19th-century Britain when few women wrote, and fewer were published, Brontë has become a great source of inspiration to writers, especially women, ever since. Now in Reader, I Married Him, twenty of today's most celebrated women authors have spun original stories, using the opening line from Jane Eyre as a springboard for their own flights of imagination.Reader, I Married Him will feature stories by:Tracy... Views: 50
Just how committed is he? There is nothing Christina Roman loves more than
being a mom. Although working as the chef at her family's inn, Ladera by the Sea,
is a close second. And a quickly rising third is Shane McCallister, the local
contractor. After her husband's tragic soldier's death, Cris thought she would
never be able to move on. But with the way Shane bonds with her five-year-old son, she
might be persuaded…. Except then her in-laws sue her for custody of Ricky.
Now facing every mother's worst nightmare, she'll do anything not to lose her
child, and Shane is determined to help. Could her sister's Christmas wedding be
their inspiration? Views: 50
In keeping with his commitment to revisit his first five pieces of fiction, Witi Ihimaera has reworked the original text of this much-loved classic.The matriarch is a woman of intelligence, wit, beauty and ruthlessness, and has become a mythical figure through her fight to repossess the land and sustain her people against the ravages wrought by the Pakeha. Priestess of the Ringatu faith, she has been virtually a law unto herself. In his search for the truth behind the legends surrounding the matriarch, his grandmother, Tama Mahana delves deeper and deeper into Maori history and lore to understand the mysterious sources of her power and ambition. Witi Ihimaera's prose is at turns lyrical and spare, sensuous and savage. Weaving fact with fiction, this remarkable odyssey into New Zealand history is a novel of stunning imaginative power. Also available as an eBook Winner of the Wattie Book of the Year, 1986Runner-up for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, 1987 'Witi Ihimaera's... Views: 50
A New York City homicide detective races against the clock to stop a terrorist attack on a world-famous Catskills resort during the Passover holiday When NYPD lieutenant Barry Wintraub starts investigating the murder of a Jewish Defense League member, he stumbles on a plot to blow up the New Prospect resort in the Catskills, where over one thousand of Israel's top financial supporters will be celebrating Passover with their families and the guest of honor, an important Israeli general. Wintraub's partner and captain aren't convinced that the conspiracy exists, but the owner of the New Prospect acknowledges the detective's hunch and invites him and his family to stay for the celebration.The Terrorist's Holiday presents a unique take on extremist plots—the two terrorists, a handsome young man and his beautiful girlfriend, are morally challenged by what they are about to do . . . and they realize, perhaps too late, that an even more deadly threat... Views: 50
As part of The Living you cannot die. As part of The Living you have no free will. Yet one man is born who is different to the rest; one who could bring society crashing down. A stunning and sinister vision of a dystopian future by a critically acclaimed young Russian author. Views: 50
