JUDO...FENCING...ARCHERY...BIATHLON...SOMEONE WANTS TO WIN--AT ANY COST!The combat sports training facility has just opened in Bayport, and the Hardys are on hand to check it out. They can practice judo, fencing, archery, and biathlon, and meet aspiring athletes from all over.But good times turn to bad sportsmanship when Joe's girlfriend, Iola, gets a nasty electrical shock during a fencing workout. Then someone decides to use Frank for target practice on the archery range. Now the Hardys are wondering if the events are more than accidents. How far will world-class competitors go to win? Views: 48
The author of the best-selling and universally adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series now gives us The Forever Girl, a novel about love and following one's heart, and the unexpected places to which this can lead us. Amanda and her husband, David, feel fortunate to be raising their son and daughter in the close-knit community of ex-pats on Grand Cayman Island, an idyllic place for children to grow up. Their firstborn, Sally, has always listened to her heart, deciding at age four that she would rather be called Clover and then, a few years later, falling in love with her best friend, James. But the comforting embrace of island life can become claustrophobic for adults, especially when they are faced with difficult situations. At the same time that Clover falls in love with James, Amanda realizes that she has fallen out of love with David . . . and that she is interested in someone else. While Amanda tries to... Views: 48
Joanne Fluke Invites You To Celebrate The Holidays With Hannah Swensen And All The Wonderful Folks Of Lake Eden, At The Annual Cookie Exchange. . .All-New Recipes Included!It's a picture postcard December in Minnesota. Pristine white snow is glistening in the winter sunlight, and Main Street is brimming with festive holiday decorations. Best of all, it's the day Hannah's mother, Delores Swensen, is holding her annual Holiday Cookie Exchange at the Community Center—catered by none other than The Cookie Jar!The whole Swensen clan, their friends, and members of "The Lake Eden Gossip Hotline," of which Delores is a founding member, have gathered for the delicious event. And as they share their favorite juicy tales of Lake Eden and its residents over coffee and dessert, they also share their favorite scrumptious cookie recipes—plus a mouth-watering menu of luncheon recipes, including:Kiss My Grits CookiesPeanut Butter & Jelly PieNorwegian PizzaMinty... Views: 48
A handsome advertising executive sweeps Jenny, a “nice” girl from the Midwest, off her feet while visiting and they are soon married. Afterwards, he spirits her away to the super-charged world of New York City. A control freak, he warns her to beware of strangers and avoid making friends. But she cannot repress her small town upbringing and instinctive innocence, eventually forming relationships with many of the quirky tenants in their brownstone building and entering into their complicated and sometimes tragic lives. Jenny’s journey of self-discovery from naiveté through disenchantment to eventual wisdom is wonderfully wrought and builds to an astonishing climax. Views: 48
Belinda's recent blunders have come back to bite her - and Bennett - in the monster cupcake. But they're not the only ones with problems.A car crash uncovers the body of an unlikely murder victim. But the more they learn about her, the more the answer to her death seems to lie in issues that reach far beyond Portside.As the truth comes out, and Belinda's personal life teeters on the breaking point, she takes life by the maraschino cherries, and finds help in very unexpected places.Also in this series:Cliffhanger (Book One)Auf'd (Book Two) Views: 48
Top shadowrunner and street samurai Argent meets with a potential client only to be caught in the middle of a deadly corporation crossfire that leaves corpses scattered across the streets. It turns out the meeting was arranged by Argent's former lover, who is trapped in the Pueblo Corporate Council lands. On the run, and hunted by assault teams, she knows that Argent's samurai code of honor will drive him to protect her. But in order to save her, he must confront the secrets of his past, and assemble a rag-tag team of mercenaries to elude the three corporations that have decided everyone involved would be better off dead. Views: 48
Star Spring: a Space OperettaBy David Bischoff Price: $4.99 Publication: May 7, 2015 Imprint: Event Horizon EBooks/Event Horizon Publishing Grou[ Copyright © 2015 by David Bischoff Cover Art: © Luca Oleastri Original Print Copyright © 1982 by David Bischoff PRINT HISTORY: Berkley edition/August 1982 Print Pages: 233 Description: THE MAN WHO SAVED EARTH ... Todd Spigot thought he had it made. Nothing was too good for the man who had helped save Earth from the conspiracy plotted aboard the great interstellar liner STAR FALL—nothing except survival, for his heroics have brought him to the attention of Earnest Evers Hurt, the cyborg billionaire whose fear of death has led him to concoct a scheme to remake Earth and the entire material universe in his primal image ... INHERITANCE “It’s simple,” the old man said. “If the people who know what to do don’t take their God-given right and use it, it all falls into chaos. I made you, son—genetically manufactured you. But not merely to inherit the Hurt empire. I made you to be a watchdog on Human Evolution.” ...but if the people who know what to do don’t know what they’re doing ... Dedication: This one is for Dennis Bailey Views: 48
Something Wicked This Way Comes by the author Ray Bradbury is brought to mind by P.I. Jim Richards as a carnival has arrived in Las Vegas and is now the center of his attention for possible criminal activities. Children are starting to vanish and there's a number of jewelry store thefts involving most mysterious circumstances. Things are not as they seem in this twentieth novel by Bob Moats. Views: 48
