Meet Jack provides a sneak peek into the first of the Acts of Justice series, Melancholy Jack. You'll meet Jack briefly through the eyes of Nina (his mother), Jason (his best friend), Allie (his wife) and Dr. Ellen Foster (his psychologist).Melancholy Jack, the first in the Acts of Justice Series, is available. The second book, And So He Plays His Part, is scheduled for release June 2015.In 2008 in east Charlotte, a man walks out of his house in the early evening hours and is never seen again. Then, eight years later, almost to the day, clues to his final resting place are accidentally discovered by a storm water crew working near a creek. A very bizarre suicide. Another one in the psecret psociety pshort pstory pseries.Based on a true story.Approx. 1300 words.Mr. Malloy: Not present.Sex: No.Violence: No.Drug usage: Suspected.Strangeness level: Extremely high. Views: 557
“A true modern take on the marriage of convenience! Some of the wittiest characters I’ve had the pleasure to meet in a long time!” The Literary TimesClay Granger, a billionaire extreme sports star, thrives on taking risks and pursuing thrills. When his friend Izzy Fabrioni finds herself pregnant, alone, and broke, Clay proposes an arranged marriage that should solve all her problems while making his own life a bit more bearable. As one of the most eligible bachelors in the world, he's found himself hounded by matchmakers and gold-diggers. A wife—in name only, of course—should be just the ticket to get them off his back. Wary but desperate, Izzy agrees to the insane plan. It's just another escapade for Clay… until he discovers that sharing his life—and bed—with sweet, sexy Izzy makes the “in name only” part of the deal a whole lot harder than he had anticipated.Book 2 of the North Moon Bay series, The Marriage Arrangement is a complete, full-length marriage of convenience romance novel that can be read on its own or as part of the series.“Gifted storyteller Patricia Ryan holds us spellbound with her mesmerizing new love story, The Marriage Arrangement. When a daring sports star/thrillseeker discovers his best friend is pregnant by another man, he persuades her first into a marriage of convenience and then into unexpected love. Ms. Ryan’s wonderfully textured characters leap right off the page and straight into your heart in this splendid reading experience.” RT BookReviews“Engaging characters, snatches of humor, dynamic sexual tension, and a thrilling plot… wonderful reading.” RendezvousContemporary Romance and Romantic Suspense by Patricia Ryan: (Other authors have started publishing in this genre as “Patricia Ryan,” which has led to confusion. Any full-length contemporary novel that is not on this list was written by someone else.)Hot City Nights BooksA Burning TouchDeep in the NightArm CandyNorth Moon Bay BooksThe Black SheepThe Marriage ArrangementMy Best Friend’s GirlSingle TitlesPure and SimpleGood to be BadAbout the Author: Patricia Ryan is the USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen romances and mysteries, including the #1 national bestseller Still Life With Murder, written as P.B. Ryan. A RITA® winner and four-time nominee, she is also the recipient of two RT BookReviews Awards. Subscribe to her newsletter by visiting patricia-ryan.com. Views: 546
Poseidon, the God of the Seas and the Oceans, is summoned to mount Olympus in order to appear in front of the Council of Gods and explain the reasons for the horrible event which took place in the Aegean Sea, south of the island of Delos.Poseidon finds himself accused for a horrible event which took place south of the island of Delos and which if not properly explained to the Council of Gods, may have grave consequences for the continuation of the luxurious and care free life he is privileged of enjoying. He knows he is basically guilty of severe neglect of duty, but he is not prepared to admit to such negligence nor to any sort of wrong doing. So he carefully prepares an untrue, yet believable story and he gets ready to face Zeus and the rest of the Council of Gods. Views: 535
A short novel about a princess and a brigade of knights that must defeat a mysterious dragon living at their kingdom's border.For years the kingdom of Mendolon has had a dragon living at its border, guarding his territory. He has tended to live quietly and not directly threaten anyone… until now. As of late the dragon has been breathing fire into the edges of the kingdom and striking fear into the hearts of the people. The realm’s chief knight, Michael de Bolbec, wants to lead a brigade of knights into the dragon’s territory to hunt down the creature and destroy him. Mendolon’s king, Sebastian, is hesitant with the plan, but will only agree to it on one condition… his prized daughter, Belle, must accompany the brigade of knights and claim the victory for the dragon’s death. The plan seems simple, but things are not always as they appear… Join the adventure in this short suspense novel. It serves as a prequel to Tony Myers’ next full length adventure novel. Views: 528
IMAGINE . . .living in a constant state of yesteryear, when the worst days of your past were the “good ol’ days.”MEET . . .Milton, a man burdened with guilt and shame; Annette, his wife and Sheila, her fiery and irresistible sister who staked a claim on Milton that never subsided.A tumultuous story of love, deceit, and the dark side of humanity...When We Were Young!IMAGINE . . .living in a constant state of yesteryear, when the worst days of your past were the “good ol’ days.”MEET . . .Milton—a man so burdened with guilt and shame that he is unable to find peace; and worse yet, he cannot remember any real happiness.Annette—the woman whose love for Milton remained pure for an entire lifetime...even as he carried on an illicit and at times torrid affair with her closest friend before, during, and after her marriage to him.Sheila—the fiery, irresistible lover who staked a claim on Milton’s lust that never subsided. Her roller-coaster, lifelong friendship with Annette would torment her, even in death.A tumultuous story of love, deceit, and the dark side of humanity...When We Were Young! Views: 526
To have the body of your dreams, you need to be fanatical- about your exercise, nutrition, and mindset. The Z-Factor is the manifesto of Z-Fanatical, the revolutionary 3-Dimensional fitness program. In 6 weeks, Z-Fanatical will completely reshape your body and approach to fitness (and life). The Z-Factor provides a practical exercise, nutrition, and mindset plan. Get Ready to Get Fanatical!To have the body of your dreams, you need to be Fanatical- fanatical about your exercise, fanatical about your nutrition and fanatical about your mindset. The Z-Factor is the manifesto of Z-Fanatical, the revolutionary 3-Dimensional fitness program.In six weeks, Z-Fanatical will completely reshape your body and approach to fitness (and life). Exercise and nutrition are not enough to attain the body you have always desired. It is your mindset that will make or break you. The Z-Factor provides a comprehensive and practical exercise, nutrition, and mindset plan.Learn the LIFEPROOF workout that can be done by anyone, anywhere, at any time- for maximum results, in the shortest period of time. Discover the two taboos of nutrition that presently destroy your attempts to look your best.Apply the six, evidence-based, mindset mastery lessons that will systematically take you from being lazy to a fanatic- exactly where you need to be to finally have the body and life that you deserve. Get Ready to Get Fanatical! Views: 518
Isolde dreams of heroic deeds and yearns to live the life of a shield-maiden. When the wanderer Skaldi turns up at her doorstep, he brings horrific news. The Black Witch has returned and she is calling out to Isolde. With no other choice, Isolde must put her trust into the mysterious Skaldi as she is plunged into her worst nightmare... but this is only the beginning.The Black Witch has returned and she is whispering for Isolde...Isolde dreams of heroic deeds and yearns to live the life of a shield-maiden. However, in the sleepy town of Eyndale, those dreams may as well be dead. She envies the stories of her long-deceased mother and wishes that her father might see her for the grown woman she has become.When the wanderer Skaldi turns up at her doorstep, he brings horrific news. The animals have been rotting in the fields and the barbaric armies of Ravenscar are flooding down from the north. Something dark is being whispered on the wind. It hisses and laughs as it seeps down through the ancient forest. The Black Witch has returned and she is calling out to Isolde.With no other choice, Isolde must put her trust into the mysterious Skaldi and chance the foreboding woods. But they soon find themselves being hunted when ancient curses come back to life. Isolde is plunged into her worst nightmare, but this is only the beginning.The Black Witch is for fans of The Witcher, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Narnia, Maleficent, Seventh Son, Merlin, Snow White and the Huntsmen, The Dark Crystal, and Dungeons and Dragons. Views: 518
DIANE D The Musical Drama is a sequel to DIANE D In The Headlines and DANGEROUS DANA A Suspense Thriller. It is a suspense, drama, psychological, thriller about a family owned Charity and Entertainment Organization. This story involves 3 generations of the Diaz-Davidson family. The family's Charity and Entertainment Organization performs shows around the country and the world to raise money.DIANE D The Musical Drama is a musical, drama, psychological, thriller about a family owned Charity and Entertainment Organization. This story involves 3 generations of the Diaz-Davidson family. The family's Charity and Entertainment Organization performs shows around the country and the world to raise money for charity. DIANE D The Musical Drama involves fistfights, violent tempers, arrests, superhuman strength, jail time, hospitalizations and mental illness.The lead character of this story is a young, gorgeous, sexy, attractive Dominican female named Diane Denise Brown as known as Diane D. Diane D is around 24 years old. She was born in the Dominican Republic. She now lives in New York with her family and is married to Michael, a handsome black man from New York. Diane D is a professional gymnast, a professional dancer, tap dancer and a singer. She is also a personal trainer and has some background skills in the martial arts. She is a very athletic person. She also works in a hospital. On her spare time, she rides motorcycles with her Jamaican cousin Dana of ‘DANGEROUS DANA‘. Diane D’s parents, Mary and Barry and Mary’s parents, Margarita and Tomas, own and run a Charity and Entertainment Organization which was started by Margarita and Tomas back in the Dominican Republic. Diane D sings and dances on stage for her parents and grandparents’ Charity and Entertainment Organization. Her two brothers Nicolas and Mickey sing and play guitars for their family‘s organization and her husband Michael is the leader of a band that plays for the organization. The Charity and Entertainment Organization also have an All-Boys Baseball Team, an All-Boys Basketball Team, an All-Boys Dirt Bike Competition Team and an All-Boys Break Dance Team which includes around 60 boys altogether ranging from ages 10 - 14 from different backgrounds and cultures. The Charity and Entertainment Organization’s All-Boys Teams also includes a set of strikingly handsome identical twin hunks Mike and Mitch who are 12-years old. Mike and Mitch are half-white and half-Puerto Rican. They are tough. They are juvenile delinquents. They constantly get into fights with other boys. Their break dance team do break dance performances and hip-hop dancing. They also play sports with the Charity and Entertainment Organization’s All-Boys Teams like baseball, basketball and ride in the dirt motorbike competitions. They have tween girls and girls of all ages screaming for them all the time. They are young heartthrobs. Older girls even admire them. Mike and Mitch usually ignore their female admires. They have no interest in girls at the moment. They just want to be boys, hang with other boys and do boy things.Diane D, her brothers and her husband do other charity events with their family’s organization, but there is a dark side to Diane D. She has a very bad temper. She can be very violent and vicious when she is pushed. She can be a physically strong person, especially when angry, just like her cousin Dana. Diane D would get into a violent fit and vicious rage under certain circumstances. She loses her cool when she catches two of her back-up dancers drinking. She loses her cool on a TV Talk Show when male audience members ask her personal questions. She loses her cool and threatens her Jamaican lover’s girlfriend over the telephone telling the young woman that she’s going to come to her place of residence. The young woman becomes shocked when she hears Diane D describing her place of residence. She becomes horrified to discover that Diane D knows exactly where she lives and maybe even knows how she looks like, because as far as the young woman knows, Diane D has never seen or met her before, or has she. Views: 503
What Disappears is a gripping multi-generational tale that begins in Tsarist Russia in the late 19th century and ends in Paris with the start of the First World War. Jeannette Dupres, one of two identical twins born to a Jewish family in dire political and financial straits, is spirited away as an infant by a Catholic family in France. The other twin, Sonya Luria, who was told her sister died at birth, has her life upended by the 1903 pogrom in Kishinev. The sisters are reunited in the doorway of Anna Pavlova's dressing-room, when they both get jobs in Paris with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Sonya as a seamstress and Jeannette as an extra ballerina. In a relationship that ebbs and flows as it evolves, the twins' deepest, darkest secrets and dearest hopes are revealed, affecting not only them but also leaving their mark on the lives and fates of Sonya's three daughters. Peopled by the greatest dancers, artists, writers, designers, and trend-setters of the Belle... Views: 494
A vampish romance, this is a short story with fangs! A gentleman from Eastern Europe is looking for a new home. In his search he discovers Juliet, a delicious young estate agent who finds him equally irresistible. There is just this one little obstacle to their mutual happiness...A fantasy "Short Story" about a gambling Seawardsman named Loudin, and the Lion Lord of Westland. These events happened a handful of years before The Wardstone Trilogy begins. You will find both characters in the #1 bestselling fantasy epic The Wardstone Trilogy, which starts with book one, The Sword and the Dragon. A Wardstone, "Flash Fiction" story called, The Blood of Coldfrost, is also included in this download. Views: 493
Down-on-his-luck thrift store worker Adam finds a magical flute whose powers work through him to return the dismal, dirty world back to its original splendor."Shakuhachi" is a short yet gripping story about a young man whose dreary, predictable life is permanently altered after he comes into possession of a magical flute. When he learns about the flute's fantastical powers, he sets off on a journey that will change both him and the world forever. Views: 470
A Sci-fi vs Fantasy tale where an alien plague takes out most of the worlds population and magic tries to right itself as the dominant science.Treyson McAlister on a dream vacation amongst castles and lochs in Scotland searches for and finds a sword hidden long ago by his grandfather. All seemed well on his get-away from a job he hated until the planet’s population is devastated by an alien plague leaving him without communication or air flight home to his very pregnant wife.Unbeknownst to him the world experiences what is known as a Renewal which occurs every ten to fifteen millennia. It also ushers in an age-old battle not between good and evil, but between magic and technology. Being heir to the ancient sword Treyson is chosen to lead the fight to restore magic to the dominant force of science. But he first decides to find a way home, to determine the fate of his wife and unborn son. Views: 468
The Feud is the deliciously ironic (and sad) tale of how two literary giants destroyed their friendship in a fit of mutual pique and egomania.In 1940, Edmund Wilson was the undisputed big dog of American letters. Vladimir Nabokov was a near-penniless Russian exile seeking asylum in the States. Wilson became a mentor to Nabokov, introducing him to every editor of note, assigning him book reviews for The New Republic, engineering a Guggenheim Fellowship. Their intimate friendship blossomed over a shared interest in all things Russian, ruffled a bit by political disagreements. But then came the worldwide best-selling novel Lolita, and the tables were turned. Suddenly Nabokov was the big (and very rich) dog. The feud finally erupted in full when Nabokov published his hugely footnoted and virtually unreadable literal translation of Pushkin's famously untranslatable verse novel, Eugene Onegin. Wilson attacked his friend's translation with hammer and tongs... Views: 464
Anthology containing:
Poor Folk
The Double
Notes From The Underground
Crime and Punishment
The Gambler
The Idiot
The Possessed (The Devils)
A Raw Youth
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
The Brothers Karamazov Views: 463
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