They say it's about the journey, not the destination…
Charlene "Charlie" Moreau is back in St. Francisville, Louisiana, to work on a movie. One night, she stumbles across the body of a Civil War reenactor, the second murdered in two days. Charlie is shocked to learn that her father—a guide on the Journey, a historic paddle wheeler that's sponsoring the reenactment—is a suspect.
Meanwhile, Ethan Delaney, new to the FBI's Krewe of Hunters, is brought in on the case. He and Charlie have a history of their own, dating back to when he rescued her from a graveyard—led there by a Confederate ghost!
Charlie arranges a Mississippi River cruise so she and Ethan can get close to the reenactors, find out who knows what, who has a motive. They discover a lot more as they resume the relationship that ended ten years ago…but might die, along with them, on the Journey. Views: 595
A policewoman in a small Florida community, Sloan Reynolds knows that her modest upbringing was a long way from the social whirl of Palm Beach, the world inhabited by her father and her sister, Paris. Total strangers to Sloan, they have never tried to contact her — until a sudden invitation arrives, to meet them and indulge in the Palm Beach social season.
A woman who values her investigative work, Sloan is unmoved by the long-overdue parental gesture. But when FBI agent Paul Richardson informs her that her father and his associates are suspected of fraud, conspiracy, and murder, Sloan agrees to enter into her father's life — while hiding her true profession.
Sloan's on top of her game until she meets Noah Maitland, a multinational corporate player and one of the FBI's prime suspects — and finds herself powerfully attracted to him, against her deepest instincts. When a shocking murder shatters the seductive facade of the wealth and glamour surrounding her, Sloan must maneuver through a maze of deceit and passion, to find someone to trust — and to decipher the truth behind those terrifying whispers in the dark. Views: 595
Nancy Kington, daughter of a rich merchant, suddenly orphaned when her father dies, is sent to live on her family's plantation in Jamaica. Disgusted by the treatment of the slaves and her brother's willingness to marry her off, she and one of the slaves, Minerva, run away and join a band of pirates.
For both girls the pirate life is their only chance for freedom in a society where both are treated like property, rather than individuals. Together they go in search of adventure, love, and a new life that breaks all restrictions of gender, race, and position. Told through Nancy's writings, their adventures will appeal to readers across the spectrum and around the world. Views: 595
Fleur Wilson's life is suddenly upended when she receives an unexpected inheritance from a woman she has never met. The Victorian mansion, perfectly positioned near Bountiful Bay, located in the state of Oregon, is the stuff of dreams. But who is Eleanor Bountiful, and why would she leave her home to Fleur? Leaving her lower management position with a New York accounting firm, Fleur takes a plunge that could fulfill her lifelong desire of owning a bed and breakfast. The mansion, however, is not as pristine as in the photo shown to her by Mrs. Bountiful's attorney. Sadly, the money received with the inheritance may not be enough to restore the home.Enter, Jackson Winters, a successful author renting a wilderness cabin near the mansion. Having discovered the rundown home on an evening walk, he is enchanted by it. Because his life is in turmoil and he has the skills necessary to restore the mansion to its former beauty, he makes a crazy offer to do just that.As... Views: 595
The Dragon Kingdom has been overrun by shadowy monsters! In their desperation, the dragons send for the only hero brave and clever enough to help them: a young boy named Edgar. Armed with nothing but a couple of tennis balls, the odd vegetable, and a few tricks that he learned in Sunday School, Edgar sets off on a perilous quest to help his scaly friends.One month.Thirty-one stories.Fourteen challenges.Whether you prefer sadness or silliness, humor or poignancy, action or allegory: these 31 very short stories include a little something for everyone, from to the instant messaging logs of Norse deities to the struggles of a banana peel. Written entirely during July 2015 as a part of Flash Fiction Month. Views: 595
Once upon a chime... Every day at four o' clock, an enchanted twilight sweeps over Vale Argantel. Strange things happen under its eldritch influence: mists boil up out of the ground, rain pours out of a cloudless sky, and the roses grow wild and fey. Such is the way of things. But when her friend falls through a magic mirror and disappears, Margot realises something's changed. An ancient enchantment has gone awry, and chaos quickly spreads. Magic-drunk, confused and hampered at every turn, Margot must find a way to reclaim Oriane — and before anybody else disappears. But for Oriane, things are stranger still. Lost in a topsy-turvy world, how can she ever find her way home? For she's adrift in a place very like Argantel — eerily familiar, yet strangely different; a place which follows none of the usual rules... Get drunk on magic — try this atmospheric fantasy from the author of the Tales of Aylfenhame and Faerie Fruit. Views: 595
Jacob didn’t know he would have to give up everything he loved after he got married. It took him many years and a kid later to finally get tired of it. Now he’s off fishing, and no one’s going to stop him. It’s not like a supernatural creature is going to trap him in some other-world and try to kill him. It’s not like that at all.One day, Little Red's Grandmother becomes sick. Little Red's mother makes Grandmother some muffins and soup to help Grandmother feel better, however before Little Red leaves her mother warns her about the wolf that lives in the woods. While Little Red walks through the woods to Grandmother's house, the wolf smells the muffins and decides to talk to Little Red. He asks her where she is going and why to which she replies. He then asks if she was afraid of the woods which instead of replying yes or no, she answers that her father is a lumberjack and that he should be strong because her Grandmother taught him everything he knows to be a lumberjack. The wolf doesn't believe Little Red and so leaves her with a fair warning of his own before making his way to Grandmother's house. He arrives thinking that Little Red was far behind him and so knocks on the door to Grandmother's house. Grandmother tells him to come in and asks if he was feeling good, since he was trying to impersonate Little Red. When he gets to the kitchen, Grandmother hits the Wolf with a frying pan telling him that she doesn't need his muffins cause Little Red already gave her some. Little Red laughs and tells him she warned him. Views: 595
The Widow never rests. She takes the ship Dominion-427 across the galaxy to chase down her ex-husband and his friends. Athanasia and Glaxu duel on far-flung planets, and double-cross one another again and again, until someone dies. And Valentinian keeps running. Dominion-427—the fourth novel in the Shadow of the Dominion series—puts friends in danger while continuing to explore this fascinating new galaxy of characters! Be sure to read all the books in the series, starting with Longshot Hypothesis. Views: 595
Emma, who lives in Cornwall with her grandmother, a famous retired actress, wakes one morning to find that the world has apparently gone mad: no post, no telephone, no radio, a warship in the bay and American soldiers advancing across the field towards the house. The time is a few years in the future. England has withdrawn from the Common Market and, on the brink of bankruptcy, has decided that salvation lies in a union - political, military and economic - with the United States. Theoretically it is to be an equal partnership; but to some people it soon begins to look like a takeover bid. Daphne du Maurier is concerned not only with what would happen to this country under what is virtually occupation, but also with the effect on human relationships. In Emma, looking at it all with clear young eyes, Daphne du Maurier has drawn one of her most enchanting heroines; and this engrossing book shows once again what a versatile and perceptive writer she is. Views: 595
In this gripping sequel to The Line Between, which New York Times bestselling author Alex Kava calls "everything you want in a thriller," cult escapee Wynter Roth and ex-soldier Chase Miller emerge from their bunker to find a country ravaged by disease, and Wynter is the only one who can save it. Six months after vanishing into an underground silo with sixty others, Wynter and Chase emerge to find the area abandoned. There is no sign of Noah and the rest of the group that was supposed to greet them when they emerged—the same people Wynter was counting on to help her locate the IV antibiotics her gravely ill friend, Julie, needs in order to live. As the clock ticks down on Julie's life, Wynter and Chase embark on a desperate search for medicine and answers. But what they find is not a nation on the cusp of recovery thanks to the promising new vaccine Wynter herself had a hand in creating, but one decimated by disease. What happened while they... Views: 595
