A novel about a group of American soldiers led by Captain Drew Matthews and Corporal Dane Shaw, a Christian, set in Tunisia during World War 2 on a mission behind enemy lines, during which they rescue the beautiful Frenchwoman Angelique, who must solve the dilemma of which man and which god she loves.It is January, 1943, in Tunisia during World War 2. Captain Drew Matthews is sent on a mission behind enemy lines to secure vital information. He is ambushed but is able to escape. Joining a group of American soldiers, led by Corporal Dane Shaw, refugees from the recent battle, they make their way across the desert to the city of Sfax, where Drew is to meet with the mysterious ‘Monsieur Gascoigne’. They stumble across a small group of Arabs and Germans guarding a halftrack filled with treasure looted from murdered Jews and rescue their prisoner, the beautiful Frenchwoman Angelique DuBois. While driving to Sfax, Dane shares his Christian faith with his companions while trying to avoid a group of Arab raiders. Dane relies on God to direct his life while proving himself a wise and outstanding commander with ferocious fighting skills. While Dane and his men fight off the Arab bandits, Drew and Angelique enter Sfax for their meeting only to be met with a number of very unwelcome surprises. Escaping by a series of fortunate circumstances, which leads them to believe that there may be something to Dane’s God, they return to camp only to run into more trouble. Zabronski, one of the American soldiers, filled with lust for the treasure and for Angelique, subverts the other soldiers, kidnaps Drew and Angelique and wounds Dane. Forcing Drew to reveal where the treasure is hidden, they are met by the Germans and Arab bandits who have joined forces and tracked them down. Drew and Angelique are rescued by Dane, and in a wild night ride across the desert, pursued by vengeful Germans and Arabs, they attempt to reach the American lines before dawn. Will they make it, and will Angelique solve the dilemma of which man she loves and which god she will serve? Views: 625
Melissa: The baddest member of the band, Derek is the picture of a dark rock god and everything I never wanted in a boyfriend. My well-laid plan for the future definitely doesn't involve brooding guitarist/singer with intense eyes and a history of disastrous relationships. But when he turns that passionate gaze on me, I'm helpless to resist. Even though I know this doesn't make sense. I don't do casual flings and Derek's sworn off long-term girlfriends. This can't work out for either of us, not in the long run. It's obvious that kissing Derek is nothing but trouble...so then, why can’t I stay away? Derek: My type of girl is going to kill me. I mean emotionally, but one of them might actually attempt murder. My relationships are always exciting, right up until the point it goes crazy. It's my own fault, though. You see, I don't date good girls. They're too sweet, too wholesome, and they're way more trouble than they're worth. Take Melissa. The girl might not bring drama, but get to close to someone like that and someone's heart is bound to break. She's exactly the type of girl I've always avoided, the kind of girlfriend I never wanted. But maybe, just maybe, she's exactly what I need. Views: 621
She expected a marriage proposal…but he proposed she be his mistress instead.Miss Abigail Roth must marry to save her family from financial ruin. Scorned by society after a failed engagement, her dreams of finding love have long since faded. Until the handsome Lord Melton sweeps her off her feet. She's expecting a proposal of marriage. Instead, he proposes she become his mistress. Embarrassed and ashamed, Abigail is determined to forget the man who broke her heart. But he has other plans…Lord James Melton is home from the war after six long years. Believing he is too damaged to be of any use to anyone, he travels to Weymouth to spend the summer at his family's estate. There, an accidental meeting throws him in the path of the lovely Abigail, whose stunning smile and sparkling wit hold him captive. But James doesn't believe he's capable of love, and while his nightmares still cause him to cry out in the middle of the night, he won't even try. So, he'll hold onto Abigail the only way he knows how. As his mistress.When she brutally rebuffs his offer, James realises he's done the unthinkable. He's found love… and lost it.Can this repentant gentleman rise above the pain in his past, and win back the heart of the woman he loves? Views: 611
An Independent Young Lass, A Soldier With A Penchant For Trouble, And An Ambitious Man Who Wants It All...Seonaid McCarrick is an independent and subtly beautiful young lass who has lived her whole life on the quay side of Leith, where her father is a merchant captain. Captain McCarrick introduces her to a fellow merchant captain on the hopes of her wedding him so he can be assured of her safety and security before his next voyage. Seonaid does her best to please her father and learn to care for Alec, but when she meets Everett McDowell, and rescues him from an angry mob, things take an unexpected, and dangerous, turn.The kind and intelligent captain's daughter finds herself on the run for her life with Everett after they are both attacked by a group of unknown men. Seonaid and Everett must flee Leith and seek refuge with her father's long time friend. When they tries to get home to try and find the thugs who attacked them, they are attacked yet again, where Seonaid is abducted.A Loyal ProtectorEverett McDowell has reason to mistrust the puppet-king Baliol and is trying to raise an army to rebel against him when he is rescued from certain trouble by the beautiful Miss McCarrick. Unable to forget about her, he goes back into Leith repeatedly, just to try and see her. During one of his visits, they are viciously attacked in an alley near her home while seeing her back home, and the only way to protect her is to quickly get her away from town. While on the run, Everett makes Seonaid his bride.When she is abducted upon their return, Everett must quickly find where Seonaid was taken and mount a speedy rescue. Severely injured, and using newly found information as much needed leverage, they make a final attempt to gain freedom from the calculating ambition of Captain Westford, and save her father from his thieving ways as well.A Fiery LoveFinally free of Alec Westford, and his group of hired thugs, Everett and Seonaid are able to focus on repairing her damaged relationship with her beloved father. They can also finally allow Everett's battered body to heal from all of his numerous injuries sustained from the attacks. Life, and love, will not be easy for an independent Lowland lass and a strong-willed Highland lad with danger lurking in every dark alley.Can Seonaid trust a troublemaker – or will she acquiesce to the cold heart of the captain? Views: 611
