Detective Daggers hates pomp and circumstance, so imagine his surprise when a fancy evening out turns into the perfect night on the town—at least until a pair of assassins toss him out the window of his third story apartment. The scrapes and bruises he hobbles away with are bad enough, but Daggers checks into a brand new hell when the gang responsible goes after Steele. With his friends in jeopardy, old foes thirsting for his blood, and the city on the brink of chaos, Daggers faces a brutal choice. Either succumb to his fears, or harden himself against them. To save the ones he loves, he'll have to become a MAN OF STEELE. Don't miss this thrilling conclusion to the Daggers and Steele series! Views: 36
Carmen has already lost so much.Lately, her life has been a snowball of negativity, rolling downhill and gathering speed. Now, she faces the loss of the one thing she hoped would make everything better. Can Carmen find the strength inside herself to pull through?If only someone will stay with her, she knows she can overcome her psychological and physical difficulties. Unfortunately, with her father and sister in a different state, she has no family or friends to take care of her in this difficult time. Her only options are Brad, a ruthless lawyer concerned mainly with dollar signs, and Owen, a kind doctor with a jealous and spiteful long-term girlfriend.When a shocking revelation about the truth behind her husband's suicide leaves Carmen reeling, nothing will ever be the same... Views: 35
There are secrets buried in Amish country... Did a sweet-faced Amish teenager brutally murder a young woman? To save her career, big-city lawyer Jessica Langdon is determined to defend him -- against the community’s bitter and even violent outrage. Yet without an understanding of Amish culture, Jessica must rely on arrogant businessman Trey Morgan, who has ties to the Amish community -- and believes in the boy’s guilt. Jessica has threats coming from all sides: a local fanatic, stirred up by the biased publicity of the case; the dead girl’s boyfriend; even from the person she’s learned to trust the most, Trey Morgan. But just when Jessica fears she’s placed her trust in the wrong man, Trey saves her life. And now they must both reach into a dangerous past to protect everyone’s future -- including their own. Views: 35
In retired Delta Force officer Brad Taylor’s latest adrenaline-fueled short story, Pike Logan and his fellow Taskforce operators face a team of ruthless modern-day pirates with a devious plan that leaves them fighting for their very survival. On leave after a particularly critical and dangerous mission with the Taskforce — a top secret counterterrorist unit that operates outside the bounds of US law — operators Knuckles and Brett have joined Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill in Charleston, South Carolina. Their goal is to learn more about Grolier Recovery Services, the archaeological research agency that the Taskforce team uses as sophisticated cover for their work. But when Knuckles accepts a job to find missing treasure from the notorious pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, the whole team is put to the test, because their new employers have a very different agenda, one that leaves members of the Taskforce at the mercy of real pirates determined to get their hands on a shipment of precious contraband at any cost. Views: 35
In this contemporary romantic short story, a soldier returns to the only home he's ever known. Views: 35
RetailThirteen hilarious, moving, and beautifully brutal stories by David Gordon, the award-winning author of Mystery Girl and The Serialist.In these funny, surprising, and touching stories, Gordon gets at the big stuff—art and religion, literature and madness, the supernatural, and the dark fringes of sexuality—in his own unique style, described by novelist Rivka Galchen as “Dashiell Hammett divided by Don DeLillo, to the power of Dostoyevsky—yet still pure David Gordon.”Gordon's creations include ex-gangsters and terrifying writing coaches, Internet girlfriends and bogus memoirists, Chinatown ghosts, and vampires of Queens. “The Amateur” features a cafe encounter with a terrible artist who carries a mind-blowing secret. In the long, beautifully brutal title story, a man numbed by life finds himself flirting with and mourning lost souls in the purgatory of sex chatrooms. The result is both unflinching and hilarious, heartbreaking and life-affirming. Views: 35
A DARK AND STYLISH PAGE-TURNER FROM A BOLD NEW VOICE IN FICTION Harry Bloch is a struggling writer who pumps out pulpy serial novels--from vampire books to detective stories--under various pseudonyms. But his life begins to imitate his fiction when he agrees to ghostwrite the memoir of Darian Clay, New York City's infamous Photo Killer. Soon, three young women turn up dead, each one murdered in the Photo Killer's gruesome signature style, and Harry must play detective in a real-life murder plot as he struggles to avoid becoming the killer's next victim. Witty, irreverent, and original, The Serialist is a love letter to books--from poetry to pornography--and proof that truth really can be stranger than fiction. Views: 35
