A collection of fourteen short stories explores the unseen mysteries of everyday life as people caught in a wide variety of circumstances contend with the perversities of love, faith, luck, and fate. Views: 22
London, 1949. In the aftermath of the war, Angie Westwood thinks the
hard times are behind her. But when her cousin, Jane, dies of heart
failure at the tender age of twenty, leaving a three-year-old son and an
unresolved mystery over his father's identity, her life changes beyond
all expectations. Angie immediately adopts Danny and
decides to bring him up as her own, but she is torn between a desire to
trace his father - for the boy's sake - and her fear of losing him to
this unknown man. Concerned about Danny's well-being,
Angie takes him to visit John and Hettie Sawyer, whose farm she and Jane
were evacuated to during the war. The moment they lay eyes on him it
is immediately apparent to the Sawyers who Danny's father is. But
should they share this news with Angie? For his identity will be the
most enormous shock to her... Views: 22
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Bookseller and New-Yorker-to-the-bone, Bernie Rhodenbarr rarely ventures out of Manhattan, but he's excited about the romantic getaway he has planned for himself and current lady love Lettice at the Cuttleford House, a remote upstate b&b. Unfortunately, Lettice has a prior engagement—she's getting married . . . and not to Bernie—so he decides to take best buddy Carolyn instead. A restful respite from the big city's bustle would be too good to waste. Besides, there's a very valuable first edition shelved in the Cuttleford's library that Bernie's just itching to get his hands on. Did we neglect to mention that Bernie's a burglar? But first he's got to get around a very dead body on the library floor. The plot's thickened by an isolating snowstorm, downed phone lines, the surprise arrival of Lettice and her reprehensible new hubby, and a steadily increasing corpse count. And it's Bernie who'll have to figure out whodunit . . . or die. Views: 22
Alex yearned for freedom! Brought up in a French convent, Alex had been sadly neglected by her archaeologist father. He died leaving her starved for affection, desperate to love and be loved--desperate enough to trick her father's friend, Jason Tarrant, into becoming her guardian. Jason knew the dangerous involved in taking a beautiful young girl to his isolated South American ranch, but he couldn't resist her wistful appeal. And Alex soon discovered that she couldn't resist his disturbing male magnetism, or her own awakening desires. Views: 22
"Featuring a baker's dozen of original stories, plus one 'poetic interlude,' this new entry in Akashic's globetrotting anthology series explores, as editor Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest, tells us in his introduction, the 'collision of high and low' that makes St. Louis so interesting to crime writers...The stories here are uniformly strong. Regular readers of the Noir series (since its inception in 2004, there have been about 75 installments) know what to expect: tightly written, tightly plotted, mostly character-driven stories of murder and mayhem, death and despair, shadow and shock."—Booklist"Joining Seattle, Memphis, Phoenix, and other noir outposts, St. Louis gets a turn to show its dark side in Phillips' collection of 13 dark tales and a poetic interlude...[A] spirited, black-hearted collection."—Kirkus ReviewsAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in... Views: 22
Experience Declan’s complete story. Includes all four novels, the RONE-nominated novella “Decide” and an exclusive bonus novella “Decode”. As high school sweethearts, Declan Reede and Alyssa Dawson didn’t always see eye-to-eye. Especially when it came to his dream of being a driver in the ProV8 series. When he’s offered the chance at the career of his dreams, Declan straps himself in for the ride regardless of the cost. Older, but not wiser, Declan is on the path to becoming a racing legend. Only, regret haunts him around the track and threatens to send him off-course. When a chance encounter offers the opportunity to correct his mistakes, Declan must learn to manage the curves if he wants to claim the ultimate prize. Due to strong language and sexual content not intended for anyone under the age of 18** Views: 22
In the seventh volume of Pam of Babylon, Pam's ex-boyfriend, Dan Chua is nowmarried to her daughter Lisa, with a baby on the way. It's baby season in Babylon as Sandra (the late Jack Smith's mistress) has givenbirth to Brent Smith's son nine months after Brent's murder. Once an old love interest ofDan Chua's discovers he has become a father, she will stop at nothingto get her claws and nose in Dan and Lisa's business. But with her usual grace, Pam rises above circumstances that would shake up most women, and her daughter follows her example. Readers who love Pam of Babylon look forward to each installment and enjoy free short stories available on Suzanne Jenkins website. 1. Pam of Babylon2. Don't You Forget About Me3. Dream Lover4. Prayers for the Dying5. Family Dynamics6.The Tao of Pam7. In Memoriam8. Soulmates9. Save the DatePrequel to Book #10 Julie Hsu #10 coming soon! I'll Always Love YouShort Stories: We're Just FriendsFree on author's website: First Sight "A gritty, realistic portrait of the aftermath of deceit," Kirkus Review, Dream Lover April 13, 2012 "Excellent!" Dan Georgakas Editor Cineaste Magazine Views: 22
It's December and there is one foot of snow. Paul, the narrator, is driving east to the seaside in the imaginary company of his son, Euan, whose sixth birthday this would have been. As he drives, and later as he wanders the coast, Paul assembles in detail the fragments of a life that seemed to have ended with Euan's. In this beautifully modulated, heart-rending novel, Andrew Cowan fathoms the relationship between a parent and child, as seen through the eyes of a man struggling to come to terms with his life and losses as both father and son. All the more powerful for its delicacy and restraint, this is a novel that resonates in the mind long after the last page. Views: 22
In an apocalyptic world where the dead roam the earth, Carl Teegarden lays dying. Fatally wounded by the undead, he watches his lifeblood drain from his ravaged body and struggles to come to terms with his inevitable fate. Knowing that this fate will not necessarily end with his final breath, he fights through the pain and looks back upon his life, remembering the events which have led to his lonely demise. Only he isn’t alone. The spirit of a woman with whom he’d found love in a ruined world stands by his side, her loyalty transcending the barriers of life and death. Smoldering across the room is the ghost of a small child whose hatred of this man burns with such intensity that no amount of suffering can sate his thirst for revenge. All the while, legions of the walking dead scour the countryside for the slightest sign of life. As their destinies intertwine, stories of love and devotion intertwine with failing and regret across a timeline marked by the grim struggle for survival. And in this nightmare world, each will come to understand, in their own way, exactly what it means to be numbered among the dead and dying…. Views: 22
Aleksandr Berinksi is a Russian biochemist in the U.S. on a visa that is about to expire. Marriage will allow him to stay—marriage to Julia Conrad. If Julia's going to save her Seattle-based company, she needs him as much as he needs her. There's a Groom Wanted in Julia's life. And not just any groom!A billboard on the side of a Seattle road is common enough—but one advertising for a bride? It's Chase Goodwin's solution to the problem of finding a wife quickly, a wife to bring home to Alaska. Lesley Campbell has her own reasons for responding...and in no time she's the Bride Wanted in Chase's life! Views: 22
