Read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book!Tempting the sophisticated tycoonChelsea Stevens has been in love with her father's best friend, Lucas McAdams, for years! So when she shows up on his doorstep after the most heart-breaking news of her mother's death, she is even more enamoured by his kindness and caring.Wealthy, successful Lucas knows he should keep his distance from Chelsea, but her feisty nature and bravery are a breath of fresh air for this sophisticated tycoon. Soon Lucas finds himself enjoying Chelsea's company even more than he dares to admit!Originally published in 1985 Views: 31
A wounded warrior and his younger brother discover the true meaning of Christmas in this timeless story of family bonds.As far as ten-year-old Miller McClellan is concerned, it's the worst Christmas ever. His father's shrimp boat is docked, his mother is working two jobs, and with finances strained, Miller is told they can't afford the dog he desperately wants. "Your brother's return from war is our family's gift," his parents tell him. But when Taylor returns with PTSD, family strains darken the holidays. Then Taylor's service dog arrives—a large black Labrador/Great Dane named Thor. His brother even got the dog! When Miller goes out on Christmas Eve with his father's axe, determined to get his family the tree they can't afford, he takes the dog for company—but accidentally winds up lost in the wild forest. The splintered family must come together to rediscover their strengths, family bond, and the true meaning of Christmas. Views: 31
The brand new short story in the bestselling series, The Chronicles of St Mary's. You don't have to travel through time to experience catastrophe on an epic scale, as the disaster-magnets from St Mary's are about to find out... For Max, what starts off as a perfectly normal week is about to degenerate into a quagmire of egotistical film producers, monumental pub crawls, unsigned contracts, exploding rocks, Professor Rapson and his megaphone, the world's biggest bacon butty – and Angus – the third component of the most notorious love triangle since Menelaus, Paris and Whatshername – the one with the face they launched ships off. A Perfect Storm of calamity, devastation and misfortune only ever encountered at St Mary's. Views: 31
A level-headed teenage boy's sanity begins to unravel when faced with the horrors of the unknown worlds surrounding him in this chilling, Lovecraftian-styled story of terror.
"Amorphous Madness" is the first story in the "A Short Journey Into Darkness" horror series by author W.O. Cassity. The short story series offers originally unique fiction written in vivid detail to immerse readers into the fringes of terror.
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10...9...8...Hotshot NSA code breaker Kim Valenti had cracked a code revealing a terrorist plot to take over a major TV network...a takeover that Kim learned too late was only a diversion for a far more dangerous threat.7...6...5... She had just minutes to thwart the real plot--a bomb at a major airport. Kidnapping a member of the FBI bomb squad to help her was a start....4...3...2... Now it was up to Kim--and one angry FBI agent--to find the bomb, defuse it and live to fight another day. Except...was this explosive just the tip of the iceberg?1... Views: 31
Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a wickedly funny new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather. On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond from JAR, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiancé willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won't be able to walk her down the aisle. Until: a shocking revelation draws Rachel into a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything she has ever imagined. Here we meet Carlton, a Ferrari-crashing bad boy known for Prince Harry-like antics; Colette, a... Views: 31
Thia is prim and proper. Bear is leather and lawless. It will never work between them. It's a lie they almost believe... Views: 31
