By all appearances, Coralie Cabot seems to have it all. Pedigree? Check. Money? Check. The right boyfriend, a ‘nice’ guy hand-picked by her father? Check. Everything is going along according to plan. There’s only one problem. It’s not her plan. Coralie’s safe, predictable life has all but been decided for her, and that leaves her itching to take a walk on the wild side. Enter Devlin Masters, an elite male escort whose sole purpose is giving Coralie whatever her heart desires. As though he knows her down to her core, Devlin says and does all the right things—far better than her so-called Mr. Right back home. Hello, Mr. Wrong! For a price, she can sow her wilder oats with this sexy ‘bad boy,’ no strings attached. Pretty soon the question isn’t, “Should a good girl have sex with a naughty hottie for hire . . .” It’s, “Will she ever want to stop?” Views: 35
"In the 1860s, western alienation began at Yonge Street, and George Brown was the Preston Manning of the day." So begins Christopher Moore's fascinating 1990s look at the messy, dramatic, crisis-ridden process that brought Canada into being -- and at the politicians, no more lovable or united than our own, who, against all odds, managed to forge a deal that worked.From the first chapter, he turns a fresh, perceptive, and lucid eye on the people, the issues, and the political theories of Confederation -- from John A. Macdonald's canny handling of leadership to the invention of federalism and the Senate, from the Quebec question to the influence of political philosophers Edmund Burke and Walter Bagehot.This is a book for all Canadians who love their country -- and fear for it after the failure of the constitution-making of the 1990s. Here is a clear, entertaining reintroduction to the ideas and processes that forged the nation.From the Hardcover edition. Views: 35
"As much as Scalzi has the scientific creativity of a Michael Crichton, he also has the procedural chops of a Stephen J. Canell to craft a whodunit with buddy-cop charm and suspects aplenty―most of them in someone else's body." ―*USA Today*
John Scalzi returns with Head On, the standalone follow-up to the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Lock In. Chilling near-future SF with the thrills of a gritty cop procedural, Head On brings Scalzi's trademark snappy dialogue and technological speculation to the future world of sports.
Hilketa is a frenetic and violent pastime where players attack each other with swords and hammers. The main goal of the game: obtain your opponent’s head and carry it through the goalposts. With flesh and bone bodies, a sport like this would be impossible. But all the players are “threeps,” robot-like bodies controlled by people with Haden’s Syndrome, so anything goes. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it.
Until a star athlete drops dead on the playing field.
Is it an accident or murder? FBI agents and Haden-related crime investigators, Chris Shane and Leslie Vann, are called in to uncover the truth―and in doing so travel to the darker side of the fast-growing sport of Hilketa, where fortunes are made or lost, and where players and owners do whatever it takes to win, on and off the field.
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At any given moment, the human body contains millions of parasites.
This is the story of just one.
A really, really nasty one.
Benjamin Wilson was having a lousy month even before the stomach pains
began. He was about to turn forty. One of his students had been shot
while on a homicidal meat cleaver rampage. And shortly after the
funeral, Benjamin didn't feel so good...
Now everything is changing. His body is being affected in some very
unpleasant ways. His personality is developing a few "quirks." But the
biggest change is that he has a bunch of evil and/or psychotic people
trying to hunt him down to acquire the parasite. His only hope is Julie,
a gorgeous bounty hunter who may or may not have Benjamin's best
interests in mind, and who may or may not be competent enough to help
him anyway.
Jeff Strand, author of The Sinister Mr. Corpse, Gleefully Macabre
Tales, and Pressure, delivers his most outrageous adventure yet-an
over-the-top mix of gruesome body horror and a wacky road trip comedy.
You'll laugh until your intestines scramble. Views: 35
A fast-paced adventure series featuring The Jungle Girl herself! The stories are inspired and co-created by Bindi Irwin, daughter of the iconic wildlife expert, Steve Irwin. The series features the characters of Bindi, her brother Robert, mother Terri, and the Australia Zoo.Camouflage: Book 4 At the new reptile park in Singapore Bindi and Robert have to blend into their surroundings to help stop some very suspicious activity in the dead of night. Views: 35
From New York Times bestselling author, Kristen Ashley, comes the long-awaited story of Daisy and Marcus, Rock Chick Reawakening. A prequel to Kristen’s Rock Chick series, Rock Chick Reawakening shares the tale of the devastating event that nearly broke Daisy, an event that set Marcus Sloane—one of Denver’s most respected businessmen and one of the Denver underground’s most feared crime bosses—into finally making his move to win the heart of the woman who stole his. Views: 34
Riley St. Claire follows her own rules. What she doesn’t expect is to find herself being picked up by a passing trader from another world.Vox d’Rojah is the ruling King of the Sarafin, a cat-shifting species. He is held against his will, awaiting execution by a traitor. He doesn't know what to think of the female who has choosen him. He just knows he plans on keeping her. Views: 34
Bought By Maraya21kickass.so / 1337x.to / h33t.to / thepiratebay.seOn a quiet street in the suburbs of Chicago sits an ordinary ranch home built in the sixties. Inside, a young couple rests comfortably until there is a scratch at the door… Something inhabits the Madisons’ home. It feeds off of memories and produces hallucinations that will isolate and confuse the ghost hunters until it can get its hands them. The physicality of the presence sends pregnant Mia to the bench, in this case, the command center. The other PEEPs no sooner step inside the door, before they are greeted with their worst nightmares. Even Murphy is plagued by demons of his past. With Mia sidelined, and Murphy unable to function, PEEPs accept the help of Father Santos’s group. They too have never dealt with an entity as powerful as this. But don’t worry, Gerald Shem knows a guy who knows a guy… Open the book if you dare. Stare boldly into the eyes of a mentalist so strong, he reaches out from the grave to enslave you. Beware, he is in your mind already! Mind Fray is the twelfth novel of the “Haunted Series.” It follows “Renovation.” Views: 34
