In The Heat Of BattleThe hard-won cease-fire between the battling immortals doesn’t last long. In the blink of an eye, human surgeon Dr. Petra Robichaud is back on the frontlines, and starring in yet another of the oracle’s prophesies. As the only healer who can talk to the dead, Petra doesn’t have much choice about her role—even when her breathtaking ex-lover shows up at exactly the wrong time…Two Hearts Fight To SurvivePetra may have moved on when Commander Galen left her, but she never forgot him—and the passionate moments they shared. Seeing him again is a distraction she really doesn’t need with both armies honing new weapons, and wounded all over her MAS*H unit. But how can she resist him? It’s now or never for the demi-god Galen to become Petra’s mate…but with the fate of humanity at stake, will their desire be worth the cost? Views: 12
Admired by John Carey, Erich Hobsbawm and Terry Eagleton, this "deeply reflective, extraordinarily wide-ranging meditation on language" attempts to look at the historical relationship between language, writing and knowledge. For the linguist and for the general public Views: 12
A Princess? No Way Katie Davis is a perfectly ordinary young woman living a perfectly ordinary life in small-town Wisconsin ... isn't she? The most interesting thing about her is that she works for the men's basketball office at Ashton University. If she considers the biggest perk of the job being around assistant basketball coach Brad Spencer, that also makes her ordinary, because what woman wouldn't feel that way? So these people coming around saying she could be the long-missing granddaughter of the King of Bariavak have to be wrong ... don't they? Brad has a real soft spot for Katie. She stirs his protectiveness, his penchant for the underdog, and, possibly, certain other reactions he's not about to indulge. So he's going to do his damnedest to make sure Katie gets all that she deserves, including the crown that might be her right ... even though it means Her Royal Highness will never again look at a basketball coach from Wisconsin like he's the king of her heart. Revisit the characters you've come to love in Prelude to a Wedding, Wedding Party, Grady's Wedding, Hoops, and The Christmas Princess. In fact, you're invited to join Katie and Brad in helping celebrate the wedding of April and Hunter (The Christmas Princess.) The Wedding Series Prelude to a Wedding* Wedding Party* Grady's Wedding* The Christmas Princess Hoops (prequel to The Surprise Princess) The Surprise Princess *Get all three books at a discount in one volume in The Wedding Series boxed set. contemporary romance books, Royal romance, Sports romance books, Kidnapped romance, lost princess Author Biography From being a sports writer to editing at the Washington Post to becoming a USA Today bestselling author, Patricia McLinn follows her heart. She writes what she loves to read, and is delighted and humbled when readers love it, too. One of the things she loves is writing about Wyoming, a passion that started with a free airline ticket and a desire to go someplace she'd never seen before. Cowboys, quirky small towns, humorous characters, and spectacular landscapes - what's not to like? Now she returns every chance she gets - including visiting through her popular contemporary western romance bundles (Wyoming Wildflowers, A Place Called Home, and Bardville, Wyoming), her western historical romances, and her mystery series "Caught Dead in Wyoming." Readers praise her books for memorable and believable characters, as well as touches of humor added to romance, women's fiction, and mystery. Patricia's newest releases are the romantic comedies THE CHRISTMAS PRINCESS, the fourth book in The Wedding Series (set in Chicago and Washington, D.C - because she's not always writing westerns) and THE SURPRISE PRINCESS, the fifth book in The Wedding Series, and JACK'S HEART, the fifth story in the Wyoming Wildflowers contemporary western romance collection. For news of upcoming releases, including anthologies with fellow authors (or to hear more about her nontraditional career path), visit her website at www.PatriciaMcLinn.com or say hello on Twitter or Facebook. Views: 12
Amos Posner has a lovely house in the upscale Hamptons beach community of eastern Long Island. But recent events in Amos’s life are preventing him form enjoying it. His employer, an international trading firm, fired him after making him the scapegoat for some shady business deals. His wife, a highly successful Manhattan lawyer, has not taken kindly to his job situation, and their marriage is under considerable stress. Amos is spending most of his time at the beach house, alone, and not at all happy. So he is highly vulnerable when a beautiful woman approaches him on a bus – the Hampton Jitney – from Manhattan to the Hamptons and persuades him to show her around the area on her day off from her job as a psychiatric resident at a Manhattan hospital. When Amos reluctantly agrees, he gets far more than an ego boost. He gets a nightmare beyond imagination. And the cascading events could cost him more than the loss of his job and his wife. They could cost him his life.ReviewNail-biting tension as an innocent man digs himself an ever deeper hole in the murder of a sexy Hamptons visitor. I may never park at Montauk's scenic overlook again!'- Helen Simonson, New York Times best-selling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand"Retzky and Dostoyevsky -- what? Both have used the power and fascination of murder. But murder turned inside-out. Retzky's is a study of guilt, of small panicked mistakes that lead to more innocent death. And the fact that it all happens in the off-season Hamptons? Delicious."- Clark Blaise, author of The Meagre Tarmac and Southern Stories"VANISHED IN THE DUNES is an exquisitely crafted mystery that keeps the reader guessing until the very last page. Allan Retzy's characters inhabit the upper echelons of Hamptons society, but below the smooth, calm surface of their privileged lives, nothing is what it seems. On a chilly morning in May, Amos Posner's day begins with a quiet ride home to Amagansett on the Hampton Jitney -- but ends in unexpected catastrophe. His actions set in motion a chain of events that will forever alter his life and his perceptions of human nature and its deep-rooted folly. A masterful, exciting debut!"- Kaylie Jones Author of A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries and Lies My Mother Never Told Me About the AuthorIn his debut novel, Vanished in the Dunes, Allan Retzky draws on his technical and business background and his extensive international experience with multiple cultures to explore flaws that lead his characters into tense, terror-filled situations. Views: 12
Over the time Rose has lived in Silver Falls, she’s developed a lot of friendships. Dr. Jane has been one of the best. The problem is she has a secret. One that she’s finally done carrying, so she tells her husband everything.
Rose and Simon return home from their honeymoon to the fight between their friends. Before Rose is able to catch her breath another body is found. Putting the last of their honeymoon on pause, Rose and Simon join up with Zee and Carver to solve the murder. Just who killed Jane's ex and why? They need to find out before their friend is arrested for a murder they know she didn't commit. Views: 12
Josh Cross has finally escaped his frightening roots in Faraway Washington. Thanks to kind carnies from Carnaval de le Nuit, he has been warmly welcomed into their fold and has blossomed completely from the ugly duckling he once was. Several months have passed since he obsessed over the rash of murders and disappearances back home. The carnival has traveled around from show to show, touring tirelessly and has collectively decided to spend an entire month set up in Enchantica, Louisiana. Upon arrival, Josh finds himself enthralled with the town, the weather, and the beautiful scenery. At first opportunity, he takes off to explore his new surroundings. Faraway is the furthest thing from his mind, but the memories come rushing back when he finds himself face to face with someone he knows to be missing and presumed dead from his hometown. She claims her name is Alice, but he knows that she is lying. He can tell she recognizes him too and suspects she is being held against her will. A small hyperactive man with tufts of white hair demands that Alice come with him, and the pair disappears into a thick swampy forest. Fearing for "Alice's" safety, Josh follows. Deep in the forest, a shocking secret is revealed to Josh; a secret so terrifying he wants nothing more than to convince himself it is all a terrible nightmare. Anything but a dream, the horror triggered by Josh's discovery is all too real. Just like that, he is once again thrown into darkness in a land as fantastical and fearsome as any Wonderland or Never Never Land ever could be. Wondernever is part two of the Fairytale Diaries. Part one is No Happily Ever After. Views: 12
Together for the first time, in ebook form, the stunning, cutting-edge thrillers with a chilling supernatural twist from Japanese master of suspense – THE RING is the famous novel that spawned the famous big-budget blockbuster US horror movie of the same name. Asakawa is a hardworking journalist who has climbed his way up from local-news beat reporter to writer for his newspaper's weekly magazine. A chronic workaholic, he doesn't take much notice when his seventeen-year-old niece dies suddenly – until a chance conversation reveals that another healthy teenager died at exactly the same time, in chillingly similar circumstances. Sensing a story, Asakawa begins to investigate, and soon discovers that this strange simultaneous sudden-death syndrome also affected another two teenagers. Exactly one week before their mysterious deaths the four teenagers all spent the night at a leisure resort in the same log cabin. When Asakawa visits the resort, the mystery only deepens. A comment made... Views: 12
