'A superb storyteller ...it is impossible not to be impressed by Courtenay's talents' - "The Times". "Jessica" is based on the real life of a remarkable young Australian woman who defied the conventions of her time. She had a stubborn streak and the courage to act out her convictions...in spite of the consequences. This compelling, sweeping story is her personal fight for justice against enormous odds, and a testimony to the power of the human spirit to triumph over adversity. Views: 48
Strange things are happening in the sleepy Devon spa town of Tawmouth, where women are having increasingly bizarre dreams. Are they the product of unfulfilled sexual yearnings, or do they herald the return of a fantastical prehistoric deity, as Nich Mordaunt, scholar of erotic pagan ritual, believes?Seaside smut meets the deeply perverse as peeping Toms, craven submissives and dastardly doms all face elemental forces far beyond their own imaginings. The perfect beach read! Views: 48
Read this classic romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book!The tycoon's Christmas miracle...Wealthy workaholic Nick Rafferty needs some Christmas help! After his ex-wife is involved in an accident, Nick must step in and give his three children a Christmas to remember. So when housekeeper and nanny Bethany shows up, Nick believes she's heaven-sent!Bethany is only permitted to stay with Nick for the holidays—after Christmas she must go back... But she never expects to fall for Nick and his children. Now Bethany is the one who needs the miracle. Can Nick save her in time for Christmas?Title originally published in 1996 Views: 48
WARRIOR OF HEAVEN Reaver is an angel with a past, a record, and a less-than-heavenly attitude. Powerful enough to fight alongside the fiercest battle angels—and crazy enough to risk his wings on a one-way mission to hell—he's agreed to go where no angel has ever gone before...to steal the most seductive and dangerous prize of Satan himself. ANGEL OF HELL Harvester is one of the Fallen, a once-heroic angel who sacrificed her wings to work as an undercover agent in hell. But now her cover has been blown, and she's been doomed to an eternity of agonizing torture. Even if Reaver can snatch her away from Satan's lair, even if they can fight their way out of the underworld's darkest depths, there is one thing Harvester can never escape—her newfound thirst for an angel's blood... Views: 48
Fischer pulled up at a curb and we got out of the car in a hurry, heading for the black Chevy with the people standing around it. The precinct cop made room for us and we went on through. As far as I was concerned, this was just a formality. I knew who was dead and I knew who had killed him. Taking a good long look at the corpse wasn't going to change that.A rare classic short story by Lawrence Block! Views: 48
Fifty thousand believers and photo-hungry tourists jam into Notre Dame Cathedral on August 15 to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. The next morning, a stunningly beautiful young woman clothed all in white kneels at prayer in a cathedral side chapel. But when an American tourist accidentally bumps against her, her body collapses. She has been murdered: the autopsy reveals disturbing details. Police investigators and priests search for the killer as they discover other truths about guilt and redemption in this soaring Paris refuge for the lost, the damned, and the saved. The suspect is a disturbed young man obsessed with the Virgin Mary who spends his days hallucinating in front of a Madonna. But someone else knows the true killer of the white-clad daughter of Algerian immigrants. This thrilling novel illuminates shadowy corners of the world's most famous cathedral, shedding light on good and evil with suspense, compassion and wry humor. Views: 48
Charger R/T has spent most of his life saving humans both from themselves and from the alien Grays. Now he has to deal with Abarth, a permanently angry man who plans to destroy the rest of humanity in revenge for its imagined persecution of him. He also wants to destroy Charger R/T because he won’t join Abarth’s game plan. Everyone’s schemes are complicated by Pennington, a religious woman who will worship any entity as long as it allows her to preach against science.
To further confuse matters, Abarth’s crony, Jet, has discovered how to time-travel, and he sends Charger R/T bouncing through time, intervening in Gray attacks and, along the way, honoring a request to destroy heaven.
Charger R/T gradually develops the powers of a god and eventually must fight thousands of black spheres and alien Crenels. And, when the dust settles, he is surprised to discover that there are still humans who need his help. Will he do so? Or will he refuse?
About the Author
Lea Tassie grew up in northern BC on an isolated homestead, and fell in love with the written word as soon as she learned to read. After working and traveling in many places, for the last thirty years she’s been writing full time in the temperate rain forest of the Pacific Coast. Her 14 published novels include humor (about cats), mainstream and science fiction.
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Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis investigate the death of Alex's most mysterious patient to date in the sensational new thriller from the master of suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman. Views: 48
One week with him and I get what I want: the story of my career. What happens when I say no? He thinks that the reason that I left is that I don't want him. Nothing could be from the truth. He thinks I was insulted. He's wrong. I have a fire in my body that burns just for him. Still, I leave. But I have to write this story to save my job. It won't be published for a while and I'll have time to convince him to go on the record. At least, that's what I think. But then the article comes out and he shows up at my house. He's angry. I'm mad. What happens when that fire between us starts to ignite? What happens when he pulls me close and doesn't let go? Views: 48
Last century Charles Darwin set out on a voyage in the Beagle that would change forever the way human history was viewed. It was on this voyage that Darwin collected the information that gave birth to his controversial Theory of Evolution. MR DARWIN'S SHOOTER is the story of Syms Covington, Darwin's manservant on the Beagle and afterwards. This is a novel of scientific discovery, of religious faith, of masters and servants, and of the endless wonder of the natural world. But its greatest triumph is Covington himself, the boy who looked up at the beckoning figure of a yellow-haired Christian in the stained glass window in his boyhood church of Bedford, and sought to follow. He leaves Bedford as a lad of 13 and goes to sea with the evangelical sailor John Phipps and becomes one of Phipps' 'lads'. But Phipps' catechising can't repress Covington's passage into manhood, nor prevent him chasing the exotic native maidens of Tierra del Fuego. When next he returns to sea it is... Views: 48
The war is over, but Emma's battles continue at home...Emma Reece is slowly adjusting to her husband's return from the war, even though his appalling injuries mean their marriage is in name only. But then tragedy strikes, and Emma finds she cannot turn to Jack Harvey, her long-standing friend and one-time lover – for while he still loves her, he is now a married man...The final instalment in the 'Emma' trilogy, from Rosie Clarke, the author of The Downstairs Maid(Note: previously published as The Hearts that Hold by Linda Sole) Views: 48
From princes to secret agents, billionaire CEOs to rodeo cowboys, and everything in-between! This mega boxed set features ten short stories and novellas by your favorite bestselling M/M authors. No matter what your flavor of gay BDSM, you’re guaranteed to find it in this collection - and discover a few new favorites in the process. Featuring over 70,000 words of searing-hot encounters between alpha males in control, and the men under them, who must be taught to submit.
Contributors include New York Times bestselling author Skye Eagleday, Amazon bestselling erotica author Jessi Bond, bestselling gay erotica author Mandoline Creme, and many more! See the “Look Inside” for a list of titles too hot to mention here! Views: 48
