In this charming, witty, and weird fantasy novel, Alexis Hall pays homage to Sherlock Holmes with a new twist on those renowned characters. Upon returning to the city of Khelathra-Ven after five years fighting a war in another universe, Captain John Wyndham finds himself looking for somewhere to live, and expediency forces him to take lodgings at 137b Martyrs Walk. His new housemate is Miss Shaharazad Haas, a consulting sorceress of mercurial temperament and dark reputation.When Miss Haas is enlisted to solve a case of blackmail against one of her former lovers, Miss Eirene Viola, Captain Wyndham finds himself drawn into a mystery that leads him from the salons of the literary set to the drowned back-alleys of Ven and even to a prison cell in lost Carcosa. Along the way he is beset by criminals, menaced by pirates, molested by vampires, almost devoured by mad gods, and called upon to punch a shark. But the further the companions go in pursuit of the elusive... Views: 68
The Forest House—prequel to The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley’s beloved and enduring classic—is a mesmerizing epic of one woman’s mythic role at a turning point in history.In a Britain struggling to survive Roman invasion, Eilan is the daughter of a Druidic warleader, gifted with visions and marked by fate to become a priestess of the Forest House.
But fate also led Eilan to Gaius, a soldier of mixed blood, son of the Romans sent to subdue the native British. For Gaius, Eilan felt forbidden love, and her terrible secret will haunt her even as she is anointed as the new High Priestess. With mighty enemies poised to destroy the magic the Forest House shelters, Eilan must trust in the power of the great Goddess to lead her through the treacherous labyrinth of her destiny.
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At the ripe old age of twenty-nine, Veronica Mason has given up on the very idea of love. After a childhood blighted by addiction and foster homes and an engagement that ended with no reason given, she's built walls so big it would take dynamite to destroy them. Then she meets Julie and those walls begin to crumble. At the age of twenty-two, Julie Summers is ready to embark on her last year of college. Positive, happy-go-lucky and drop-dead gorgeous, Julie has the world at her feet. And then she meets Veronica. She's instantly bewitched by her beauty and wants to be the one who chases all her shadows away. As both women learn more about each other, will it bring them closer together or drive them apart?
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Home from a six-month assignment to war-torn East Asia, genetically engineered supersoldier Noah "Comet" Wu just wants to kick back, share a beer, and talk shit with his best friend, JT. But JT's home has been shot up like a war zone, and his friend has gone missing.Comet's only lead is a smart-mouthed criminal he finds amid the mess. His name's Buzz Howdy. He's a con man and a hacker and deserves to be in jail. Or in handcuffs, at least. The only thing the two have in common is JT. Unless you count the steamy glances they're sneaking at one another. They have those in common too. But that just makes Comet all the more wary.Despite their mutual distrust, they'll have to work together to rescue JT before a cyborg assassin gets to him first. Racing down a miserable stretch of road called Apocalypse Alley, they must dodge radioactive spiders, a lonely cannibal, and a killer Buick. They also try to dodge each other. That last bit doesn't work out so well. Views: 67
Street magician Missy Masters inherited more than the usual genetic cocktail from her estranged grandfather. She also got his preternatural control of shadow and his legacy as the vigilante hero, Mr Mystic. Problem is, being a pulp hero takes more than a good fedora and a knack for witty banter, and Missy lacks the one thing Mr Mystic had: experience. Determined to live up to her birthright, Missy journeys to China to seek the aid of Lung Huang, the ancient master who once guided her grandfather. Lung Huang isn't quite as ancient as Missy expected, and a romantic interlude embroils her in the politics of Lung Huang and his siblings, the nine dragon-guardians of creation. When Lung Di-Lung Huang's brother and mortal enemy-raises a magical barrier that cuts off China from the rest of the world, it falls to the new Mr. Mystic to prove herself by taking down the barrier. As Missy prepares to confront Lung Di, she faces a tough decision: remain loyal to Lung Huang and see... Views: 67
A woman he can't resist...A man that terrifies her...Aria Morgan spent four long, painful months building herself up after having her heart broken. The last thing she wants is to meet a man that makes her weak in the knees. A man that calls her Beautiful as if that's her name. A man that entices her to desire more than she ever has before.Ballet was the only thing she loved and the feeling she got when being on the stage was the only high she wanted. When she meets Gavin, all that seems to change. Suddenly, she is thinking of things long forgotten. She wants his touch more than the air she breathes, yet her fears hold her back, even if the idea of losing the feeling he brings could break her heart in two. Why do his kisses, with both the gentleness she needs and the passion she craves, terrify her so much? Will Aria finally let go of her past and trust again?"I'm going to give you the world. This is only the beginning, Beautiful."When an irreversible loss rocks her world and shatters it to pieces, will Gavin, a man so filled with love for the beautifully imperfect dancer be able to hold onto her when their shared pain becomes too much to bear? Views: 67
Christopher Isherwood settled in California in 1939 and spent the war years writing for Hollywood, but by 1945 he had all but ceased to write fiction and even abandoned his habit of keeping a diary. Instead he embarked on a life of frantic socialising and drinking. Looking back from the 1970s, Isherwood recreated these years from personal memories to form a remarkably honest mixture of private and social history. Views: 67
A retelling of the stories of the fallen women of history, recounted by an eighteenth-century lady who realizes that these women's lives bear a remarkable resemblance to her own and is told by a mystic that her dreams are memories of past lives and that she must face the public to vindicate all women falsely accused of crimes. Views: 67
Smuggling isn’t for everyone.
The crew of the Rossi are some of the best smugglers around, able to move almost anything a client could imagine. Only this time, they’ve accepted a job from a mysterious, unknown client. Risky? Yes. Worth it? They hope so!
In a universe fraught with danger and war, what could possibly go wrong? Just about everything. A crew member’s been kidnapped, and everyone they encounter seems to be their enemy.
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Not for the faint of heart, this erotic tale of forced bondage and servitude will grip you by the throat and not let go until the last thrilling page. Lisa, known as Slave Jade online, is a naïve but eager player at a BDSM chat site. There she falls hard for sensual, romantic Master John, never dreaming of his plans to ensnare her. Gilbert Johnson, a lonely and dangerous man, has plans for Slave Jade. It’s only a matter of time before he captures her for his own twisted, sadistic pleasures. Plucked brutally from her life, Lisa finds herself caught in a vortex of forced submission and terror. Shackled, whipped and sexually tortured, she nearly loses her identity, succumbing at last to a constant barrage of training techniques and deprivation. An explicit, disturbing and erotic exploration into the twisted mind of a sadist and the woman he claims to love. Views: 67
Rain is on spring break with his friends and bored out of his mind—when he's not pining after his best friend Whitney, anyway.
Then a storm knocks him overboard and he winds up trapped on an island with an ominous reputation… Views: 67
