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Her father's dream. Her crossroads. And a man who sees just her . . .Megan Calhoun doesn't stick with anything long. She's the daughter of a billionaire—why pretend to be somebody else?Until she finds out her father's will says she has to. She has to last a year in the oil patch, in the dust and heat of West Texas, working for her daddy's company. Otherwise she's cut off without a cent—and no way to earn one.The only upside is her new pal Rowdy Baker, ex-football star, Calhoun engineer, and grade-A stud. If she has to live in a trailer, his doesn't sound so bad.Rowdy knows the roughnecks running the rigs won't take kindly to a smartass blonde rookie whose last name matches their paychecks. He can't control his attraction to her. And with everyone from the foremen to the stockholders spitting mad at the Calhouns, he expects trouble ahead.But Megan has never been scared in her life. And with Rowdy to help her plot, she has the chance of a... Views: 7
"First you dream, then you die…"
In Bad Dreams the modernist horrors of Clive
Barker and Freddy Krueger fuse with fairytale fears that last into adulthood to
form a nightmare from which there is no waking up.
Anne Nielson, an American journalist, comes to London to
investigate the strange death of her sister, Judi. She soon becomes trapped in a
netherworld of sado-masochist clubs, suburban swingers, and drug-dealing
would-be master criminals. Here she meets the Monster, an immoral life-taker who
lives at the center of his own twisted dream and feeds on the living memories
and fantasies of other people. Sucked into the world of the newly damned, Anne
is hurtled toward a final confrontation where she has only the dead as
allies.
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From Publishers Weekly
This sporadically gruesome and nearly always frightening
horror tale is not for the squeamish or faint of heart, but readers enthralled
by things that go bump in the night are in for a treat. When journalist Anne
Nielson goes to London to investigate the death of her sister Judi, a
drug-addicted prostitute, she finds herself enmeshed with the denizens of Judi's
nightmarish world: dealers, pimps, sadomasochists and, most horribly, the
Monster, a member of the Kind-a ghoulish race kept eternally alive by eating
humans and ingesting their dreams. Newman (The Night Mayor) pits his
spirited heroine against this fiend in several brutal, shocking and tense
encounters. One might expect that the immortal Monster would have the upper
hand, but Anne, certain that he killed her sister, proves a formidable foe. Will
her dreams be won by the Kind? Fans of the genre should enjoy finding out.
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From Kirkus Reviews
Riotously inventive horror fantasy, the second novel by
the author of the wildly original The Night Mayor (1990). Newman trumps
up some superbly clever devices here, and at last creates a heroine we can care
about, or almost care about, before she fades into the Dreamscape. The American
sisters Anne and Judi Nielson and their half-brother Cameron Nielson III (a
famous minimalist composer), children of Nobel Prize playwright Cameron Nielson,
live in London, where Anne writes and Judi, a junkie S&M prostitute, hires
herself out to be beaten. In the first chapter, Judi is eaten alive while
turning a trick, or has the blood and most of her flesh sucked out of her, as
well as her mind and memory, by Mr. Skinner, a vampire known as the King of the
Cats, or leader of the Kind, who was once a master of the now-vanished Immortal
Empire. Very few vampires still walk about, and Mr. Skinner himself has only one
rival, Ariadne, a sexy vamp much older, smarter, and more powerful than he. Anne
tries to trace Judi's path through the whoreworld to find out just how her
sister's corpse had aged into a very old woman's. Judi's prostitute friend Nina
leads Anne to the mansion of Amelia Dorf ("It was the kind of quietly well-off
residential street where mass murderers live…''-a kind of Karloffian
understatement) where an S&M party is in full swing, ruled by the Game
Master, Mr. Skinner. We'll say no more, only that Mr. Skinner's vampirism is a
boldly invented passionate state that can barely be contained by human form;
that the Old Dark House becomes a dream house in which rooms lead into mindrooms
into dreamrooms; that at one point Mr. Skinner falls into a feeding frenzy and
eats up the whole party, then licks his lizard-long tongue at Anne and begins
chasing her through the walls… When you meet Mr. Skinner, remember that he bears
the memories of all his victims, and that when you join him you join all of them
as well. Comforting.
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From Library Journal
When her sister is found dead in London's Soho district,
journalist Anne Nielson begins a private investigation that leads her to a
sordid underworld of prostitution, drugs, and kinky sex before plunging her into
a terrifying nightmare world inhabited by an immortal killer who feeds off the
lives and dreams of his victims. Graphic descriptions of sex and violence place
this novel by the author of The Night Mayor (Carroll & Graf, 1990)
firmly inside the boundaries of splatter fiction. Newman's heady surrealism and
knife-edge prose, however, give the story a sophistication that is unusual to
the genre. Recommended, with qualifications, for libraries with strong horror
collections. Views: 7
CROSS FIRE OF THE IMMORTALS The Annunaki, a power-hungry and hate-driven alien race, have returned to take over Earth. This time, permanently. And the hard-core human rebels who fought to repel these self-proclaimed gods have paid a terrible price. Just when they are needed most-as the postapocalyptic threat surges to terrifying new levels-the Cerberus operation lies broken, its key members missing. PROGENY OF HATE Ullikummis has chosen Earth as ground zero for a terrifying family reunion. A son born of cruelty, genetic manipulation and infinite power, for 4,000 years the stone god has waited, plotting his revenge against his father, Enlil, the most sadistic of the Annunaki. As father and child unleash their armies in a clash of titanic proportions, the bravest of the rebels, Kane, is humanity's last hope to halt this deadly war of the gods. Endgame has finally arrived...but who will be the winner? Views: 7
Keith Stoner, ex-astronaut turned physicist, knows the signal that his research station is receiving from space is not random. Whatever it is, it’s real.And it’s headed straight for Earth.He’ll do anything to be the first man to go out to confrint this enigma. Even lose the only woman he’s ever really loved.And maybe start a world war. Views: 7
Barb Carico’s life is all about business. Now that her best friend has tied the knot with her high school sweetheart and Barb’s new partner, she’s busier than ever. Managing Jesse Sullivan’s career and public persona can be a handful. Add in an aging mother who goes through home health nurses like candy, Barb’s hanging on the edge.Her one salvation? Hunter Martin, prodigal son of Martin Family Dairy and, hopefully, Jesse’s next sponsor. A promise his father had already made before Hunter took over the public relations department. After his brother’s death, Hunter’s become an instant dad to his seven-year-old niece. More responsibility. For Hunter, the rodeo weekend with Barb is the perfect excuse to relax.When their dinner turns into drinks and then a quick trip to a Vegas wedding chapel, both Barb and Hunter agree their nuptials were a mistake. A mistake they consummated the next evening. As soon as they’re home, the marriage will be annulled. That’s what they both want. Or at least what they tell themselves.Upon their return, Hunter finds that distant relatives are suing him for custody of his niece. The only way for him to keep custody is to design a life that matches the promise of a perfect family. For that, he needs Barb to stay married to him. Hunter would give her anything to go along with the charade.Barb doesn’t know anything about being a wife or mother but she needs one favor. A favor she’ll trade her lifestyle, independence, and even risk her heart to make come true.Sensuality Level: Sensual Views: 7
What's a cowboy to do when he falls for the woman he's investigating? Find out in the latest Coltons of Texas romance! Soul-scarred Texas Ranger Jake McCord is no stranger to hardship and heartache. Assigned to solve a kidnapping case, Jake enters Colton Valley Ranch as a horse whisperer...and watcher. His primary suspect? The victim's daughter, Alanna Colton. Alluring Alanna is the picture of competence and compassion as she trains horses and helps troubled teens work the ranch. Jake is immediately drawn to her, and their mutual attraction only intensifies as he struggles to keep a clear head on the case. But his troubles are just beginning, as others on the ranch arouse suspicion and threaten all Jake and Alanna hold dear. Views: 7
Light of the Spirit: Book #4 of the Muse Chronicles Views: 7
SUMMARY: My mom said, "Never, ever pick up hitch hikers..." America, tomorrow Multinational corporations control the media, the government and maybe even people's thoughts. Sinister religious cults are growing in power and influence day by day, and politicians are little more than media celebrities. In the polluted dustbowl of Middle America, Eddie Kalish makes a terrible mistake when he stops to help a pretty nurse stranded in the desert. Little does he realise that this simple act of kindness will catapult him into a vicious, all-out corporate war to gain possession of a mysterious artefact. Will country boy Eddie be able to get out alive? Too wild to be true – or too close for comfort? Welcome to the Dark Future. Views: 7
