It’s Molly’s first Christmas without her husband, which might explain why she’s shown up at her mother’s nursing home, desperate for a visit. When a chef busy preparing Christmas brunch overhears and invites her into his kitchen, the two make Christmas a little less lonely…This 3,960-word short story is 21 pages long.Miriam Cait seeks love, or rather, her friend seeks it for her. Her friend’s latest date suggestion is refused on account of his dark eyes. There’s something not quite right with them, and Miriam soon finds out why when he comes knocking on her door, and knocking her out.Miriam wakes up from the confrontation with more than just a headache. Shackles cover her ankles and wrists, and she’s on her way to being auctioned off to a bunch of self-proclaimed dragon lords. It all seems too fantastic to be real, but as the evidence starts mounting against sanity Miriam realizes she may be in deeper trouble than she thought. Views: 683
"A fantastically fun, HOT love story." - Kendall Ryan, New York Times bestselling authorAll I want is to play hockey on the Ice Knights, instead, I'm in a viral video for all the wrong reasons and my mom—yes, my mom—has taken over my dating apps. Then, when I think it can't get any worse, the fates deliver Zara Ambrose, a five-feet-nothing redhead with more freckles than inches and who'd rather be anywhere other than on a date with me. Now a bet with her friends and my PR nightmare have us both stuck in this go-on-five-dates-with-the-same-person hell situation. But if we band together, we can get the whole thing over with and go on with our lives. It's perfect! No feelings. No future. No fuc— *ahem* fun. No naked fun.What could go wrong? Nothing—as long as I remember the rules. Don't notice the way she looks in a dress. Don't react when she does that little shivery sigh thing whenever we touch. Don't think about... Views: 683
Maisy's mum is an ex-junkie. Her father is unknown. Now the girl with the colourful childhood goes to church every Sunday with her mother and attends youth group with the other kids in her country hometown. A new arrival in town gets Maisy thinking about her beliefs, and she doesn't like where her thoughts are heading. Contains occasional swearing, and sexual and religious themes.Maisy's mum is an ex-junkie. Her father is unknown. Now the girl with the colourful childhood goes to church every Sunday with her mother and attends youth group with the other kids in her country hometown. But fitting into the cookie-cutter ideal of Christian youth isn't easy for someone with Maisy's background.A new arrival in town gets Maisy thinking about her beliefs, and she doesn't like where her thoughts are heading. Soon she's questioning every tenet she used to hold dear - and being outed as the worst kind of sinner.Maisy May is a novella for teens and adults. It is the first in a series of three about Maisy.Warning: Contains occasional swearing, and sexual and religious themes. Views: 683
Sometimes falling is the safest step to take.Chloe Reardon has a problem, and his name is Gavin Wallace.Okay, Gavin isn't exactly a problem, unless you consider a highly attractive wind vampire with dubious intentions a problem. Especially if that vampire is your boss. With an affinity for kilts and excellent taste in music.But none of that matters because Chloe Reardon has had enough of dangerous men. Danger is overrated. Danger is the opposite of sexy. So Gavin is the last man—or vampire—on earth she needs to let into her heart.Except what if the most dangerous man you knew was also the one who made you feel the strongest?The Devil and the Dancer is a paranormal romance novella in the Elemental Legacy series. Views: 683
The breathtaking follow-up to Virals in the new forensic series from Sunday Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs
HEART-STOPPING FORENSIC ACTION WITH A LETHAL TWIST
****The Virals' home on Loggerhead Island is under threat, and only one thing can save it: a lot of money.
A 300-year-old legend
Rumour has it that notorious pirate Anne Bonny hid her treasure somewhere in Charleston in 1720. No-one knows where, but Tory Brennan - great-niece of famous forensic anthropologist Dr Tempe Brennan - is certain that the Virals can work out Bonny's cryptic clues.
A deadly path
It isn't long before the Virals are on the right track. But they aren't the only ones searching for the treasure.Someone is following them, and will stop at nothing to get their hands on it.
Dead bodies litter the trail. Time is running out before the island will be sold.
Will the Virals' special powers be enough to save them? Views: 683
NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
Some boxes should never be opened.
For the first time, the complete A Series of Unfortunate Events is available in one awful package!
We can't keep you from succumbing to this international bestselling phenomenon, but we can hide all thirteen books in a huge, elaborately illustrated, shrink-wrapped box, perfect for filling an empty shelf or deep hole.
From The Bad Beginning to The End, this box set, adorned with Brett Helquist art from front to back, is the only choice for people who simply cannot get enough of a bad thing! Views: 683
Out of print for fifteen years, Lawrence Block's third book in his hilarious Tanner series is back. . . And this time the intrepid spy is up to his neck in a dozen leggy beauties and a life-and-death smuggling assignment out of the cold corners of Russia. Views: 683
This Spartan makes her own destiny . . .Most kids at the Colorado branch of Mythos Academy know me as Rory Forseti, the daughter of Reaper assassins. Secretly, I'm a member of Team Midgard, a group of students and adults tasked with stopping Covington, the evil leader of the Reapers of Chaos. For me, the mission is a deeply personal one, since Covington is also the man who murdered my parents.When my friends and I get a lead on a powerful artifact that Covington wants to steal, we think we finally have a chance to thwart the Reapers and stop them for good. Team Midgard comes up with a plan, but everything goes sideways, and I'm suddenly in the fight of my life.My worst fears might have come true, but I know what my Spartan destiny is—to save my friends, or die trying . . . Views: 683
To help clear George's boyfriend, Nancy takes on a baffling case at the River Heights zoo. Four wild cats have vanished, and Owen Harris, a handsome grad student working on the World of Africa exhibit, is chief suspect. At the same time, a great perfume formula is missing, and Nancy is soon hot on the scent.
Owen appears guilty. Has he been framed? Nancy must tread carefully as she finds danger in the blacktop jungle while searching for the valuable cats and the missing formula. As Nancy investigates, she walks straight into a trap--with only her wits to save her skin! Views: 683
The second book in Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series on the American Civil War. Nathanial Starbuck is a Copperhead: a northerner fighting for the rebel South in America’s Civil War. Expelled from the Faulconer Legion, Starbuck must travel a hard road before he can rejoin his comrades. He must join the shadowy war of betrayal and espionage, where nothing is certain and no one can be trusted. Starbuck’s journey will take him through the savage prisons of Richmond, across the blood-sodden battlefields of Virginia, and into the deadly high command of the northern army. Views: 683
He had been her first and only love, but when a tragic accident left John Mitchell in a coma a week before their wedding day, Kelly Russell was devastated. The coma lasted for 10 years. Then, shockingly, Mitch appeared at Kelly's door, determined to regain the love they had lost. Views: 683
Suncoast Society 54 (MMM, contemporary BDSM, HEA)
Stuart moves to Florida because he knows being out as gay and kinky won’t be possible around his family in Iowa. It’s a new start for him, and he’s already made a kinky friend online. Now all he has to do is find the nerve to get out in real life.
Jeff has had nothing but bad luck in love lately. He’s fluent in heartache and finally listens when friends tell him he needs to do something different.
Brandon faces a delicate balancing act between being the father of a brilliant teenaged daughter and trying to find a subby guy who will accept he’s a package deal. He’s not just alone, but lonely, and wants more than pick-up play at Venture.
When Stuart realizes he’s been catfished, he’s mortified. But is it a blessing in disguise? Can the three men find what they’ve all been looking for in each other, or will heartache continue to be their primary language? Views: 682
