From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes the latest laugh-out-loud Merry Wrath adventure!Former CIA agent and current suburbanite Merry Wrath knows she's having a bad day when she wakes up wearing someone else's clothes in a locked room with a dead body and a dozen copies of the book, Boats of the Midwest. It doesn't help matters any when the police burst in and arrest her on the spot for the murder of a man she's never heard of. With an unimpeachable witness placing her at the scene of the crime, her Girl Scout troop trying to bust her out of jail, and a sister-in-law who's launched a one-woman campaign to send her to prison, Merry knows that this time she's in trouble.And Merry finds it's tough to clear your name when you're being followed by a wannabe bounty hunter who's chasing you down and dealing with a group of teenage druids who have just bought a hearse and an old church they call The Chapel of Despair. Added to her trouble are a couple... Views: 124
Mix one part Mermaid—one part Genie. Throw in an intoxicated God of the Sea and and a few smack-talking Pirates. What have you got?Pandemonium.Petunia's Pandemonium to be more accurate.PetuniaLetting the ocean current take me where it may for the last twenty-five years hasn't worked out so great. So, instead of getting my tail in a knot, I'm making some swimmingly simple changes.—Stay on Mystical Isle with my cousins who love me.—Avenge my parents and eliminate the sea monster who's wreaking havoc.—Forget about the gorgeous, no-good Genie who left me at the altar… so to speak.—Stay away from Genies until the end of time.—Join Poseidon's embarrassingly named online dating service for Immortals and get back into the game.What could go wrong?DelI'm a Genie in... Views: 123
Through good times, bad times and times of war, Cole "Rush" Allen grew up in the Chaos Motorcycle Club. Along this journey, he watched his father, Tack, and his MC brothers fight, sweat, bleed and die to steer the Club to legitimacy.And they've got one more battle on their hands.A battle they have to win.But when Rush meets the woman who put herself right in the thick of it, he knows he has to stop at nothing to get her out.Rebel Stapleton has lost someone she loves to murder and she's the kind of woman who's going to do something about it. She puts her career on the line, and her life, to bring the man who did it to justice.That is, she does this until Rush Allen intervenes.Chaos is at war and they're about to face the ultimate showdown. They'll have to negotiate skeletons from the past, enemies becoming allies, and loved ones in the line of fire on their ride to be...Free. Views: 123
The Simpkins Plot is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by George A. Birmingham is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of George A. Birmingham then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 123
Nora's whole world plummets faster than the Cyclone roller coaster when her cousin Riley falls into a coma that Nora thinks is her fault in this warm, big-hearted debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Doreen Cronin.The F-bomb. That's the last thing that Nora hears her cousin Riley say before she falls to the ground in front of the Coney Island roller coaster, Cyclone. Nora had begged and dragged Riley onto the ride, and no matter what the doctors say, that Riley was diabetic, that it could have happened at any time, Nora knows it was her fault. And as Riley comes out of her coma, she's not really Riley at all. The cousin who used to be loud and funny and unafraid now can't talk, let alone go to the bathroom by herself. No, she's only 10% Riley. Nora, guilt gnawing at her, thinks she knows how to help, how to get Riley back to her 100% self. But what Nora doesn't realize is that the guilt will only get worse as Riley's recovery progresses... Views: 122
The entertaining biography of Edward VII and his playboy lifestyle, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde.Despite fierce opposition from his mother, Queen Victoria, Edward VII was always passionately in love with France.He had affairs with the most famous Parisian actresses, courtesans and can-can dancers. He spoke French more elegantly than English. He was the first ever guest to climb the Eiffel Tower with Gustave Eiffel, in defiance of an official English ban on his visit. He turned his French seduction skills into the diplomatic prowess that sealed the Entente Cordiale.A quintessentially English king? Pas du tout! Stephen Clarke argues that as 'Dirty Bertie', Edward learned all the essentials in life from the French. Views: 121
An establishment in Newbern Center, trading under the name of the Foto Art Shop, once displayed in its window a likeness of the twin sons of Dave Cowan. Side by side, on a lavishly fringed plush couch, they confronted the camera with differing aspects. One sat forward with a decently, even blandly, composed visage, nor had he meddled with his curls. His mate sat back, scowling, and fought the camera to the bitter end. His curls, at the last moment, had been mussed by a raging hand. Views: 121
Nobody knows it yet, but the people of Earth are in big, big trouble. Like - HUGE trouble. Oh, come on, where's your imagination? Double what you're thinking! And it's all got to do with a shadowy figure, an enormous tower, some sinister monsters, huge clanking and thundering metal oddballs, and people who are just like you... but not like you at all. Luckily Hamish and the PDF are around to help save the day! Aren't they?? Praise for Hamish and the WorldStoppers: 'HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!' Frank Cottrell Boyce 'Poor Danny Wallace! Once kids get their hands on this quirky and hilarious book, they're gonna be bugging him to write Hamish stories 'til he's 97' Tim Minchin 'Original, quirky and super silly, Wallace has written a great book that kids - particularly boys - will really enjoy' The Sun 'Like David Walliams, Wallace is a comedian turned children's author. Of the two, Wallace's writing is the funnier.' The Sunday... Views: 119
Grace has been best friends with Ella and Flick forever. The late-night chats, shared heartaches and good times have created a bond that has stood the test of time. When Ella invites them to stay for a week in her cottage in South Wales, Grace jumps at the chance to see her old friends. She also hopes that the change of scenery will help her reconnect with her distant husband. Then Flick arrives; loveable, bubbly, incorrigible Flick, accompanied by the handsome and charming Noah. This is going to be one week which will change all their lives forever... Join Grace, Ella and Flick for a week of love, laughter, tears and friendship in A Cottage by the Sea Views: 117
