He created the perfect woman but will he lose his soul in the process?
Robotics student Brad Barkley has created the perfect woman. The only problem is she's an android, and her creator realizes too late he may have made her too perfect. After Brad's ultimate failure with women nearly consumes him, he discovers Tricia, his android, may be able to rescue him from a life of loneliness, if he and the human race are willing to pay the price. Views: 19
The DATA Set find themselves stuck in the prehistoric era in the second adventure of the brand-new series!Thanks to Dr. Bunsen's latest wacky invention, the DATA Set are blasted back to the prehistoric era. Gabe is in heaven, but Laura warns that they shouldn't touch anything. She's afraid they could contaminate the past and permanently change the future! But it's hard not to interfere with the locals as the crew quickly finds themselves dashing from flying pterosaurs, stomping stegosaurus stampedes, and a sharp-toothed T-rex! Will they be able to survive in the past...or have their futures been lost for good? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The DATA Set chapter books are perfect for beginning readers! Views: 19
Terran Times Kali has kept an open
mind but now that a dead universe has moved into her body she is having second
thoughts.
Kaliana has lived as a
relay in a tank, processing data streams and having her personal thoughts as
her own. When blowing her tank open is her last resort, Kali chooses death over
whatever the kidnappers had planned. If she is going, she will take as many of
them with her as she can.
Odin has been a Nameless
since the Orb chose the second generation and his duty is to retrieve the body
of the Host. Her act of bravery touches him but when she floats out into space
he has seconds to act.
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A thought-provoking collection of contemporary short stories from the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award 2013.Chris Beckett's thought-provoking and wide-ranging collection of contemporary short stories is a joy to read, rich in detail and texture. From stories about first love, to a man who discovers a labyrinth beneath his house, to an angel left alone at the end of the universe, Beckett displays both incredible range and extraordinary subtlety as a writer. Every story is a world unto itself - each one beautifully realized and brilliantly imagined. Views: 19
Five New York Times bestselling authors cross over to a realm where suspense, desire, and love have no bounds. J.D. Robb: Lieutenant Eve Dallas has always sought justice for the dead, but now, a victim will seek her own vengeance-through Eve.Mary Blayney: An earl and his countess struggle to understand one another, until they spend a day in each other's shoes-and bodies.Patricia Gaffney: To prove her ancestral home is haunted, a woman hires a spirit investigator, but they end up debunking the mystery of love.Ruth Ryan Langan: A couple who dies in a car accident struggler to stay in their daughter's life to save her from the wrong man.Mary Kay McComas: A practical woman is faced with the most impractical ghosts, who can't rest in peace until they find what they have lost. Views: 19
In this sequel to the best-selling If I Never Get Back, Sam Fowler manages to break into the past once again--but this time it's 1875. Gripped by an economic depression, America is a darker place. Again Sam falls in with ballplayers, but spins off on his own seeking the whereabouts of Caitlin, the woman he loves. His knight-like, hazardous quest forces him to ride the rails with tramps, deal with starving miners and the desperate Molly Maguires, work in a Saratoga casino, and venture into the Nebraska prairies. In the end, Sam will have to head into the Black Hills accompanied by Cait, a former slave, and a Sioux guide to face the ultimate reckoning of his life. Like its predecessor, Two in the Field combines authentic research (including accurate details of early baseball), a narrative filled with twists and turns, and memorable characters in a white-knuckle ride through a dramatic period of American history.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 19
Cupid takes a position managing a stressed-out crew at Christmas, and she finds a lawyer with an interest in her stockings.
Cupid launched herself into organizing a branch of Legal Aid only to meet a handsome lawyer who sends her senses into disarray.
Watching the families who needed help and those who were paid to help them was an education. No one stayed unless they had a feel for the job and all of those working with her want nothing more than relief of stress for their clients.
When Tyr arrives as holiday relief, he sweeps through their caseload like magic. His interest in late-night takeout and casual chatter are enough to catch and keep her attention, but when she realizes who and what he is, her holiday season goes from snowbound to hot. Views: 19
This book is the first in the Valdemar series, though it was published after most of them. Here, we get to meet Urtho, the powerful Mage of Silence, and Skandranon, the great Black Gryphon. This book takes place in the last years of the Mage Wars between Urtho and the evil Adept BloodPath-Mage Ma'ar. Also in this book we meet AmberDrake, Skan's close Kestra'chern friend. Kestra'chern's are healers of mind & spirit as well as body. We also meet Zhaneel, a Gryfalcon, and the first of her kind created by Urtho; Kechara, a misborn gryphon that has such a strong Mind gift that Urtho hides and protects her in his Tower; Cinnibar, who is a skilled Healer; Cinnibar's lifebonded, Tamsin; and Gesten, a friendly hertasi that becomes friends with Skan and Drake. Find out in this book how Urtho defeats the evil Ma'ar and how the Cataclysm effects the world for many centuries thereafter Views: 19
