If you like murder, comedy, drama, romance, intrigue, and something that doesn't make your brain work too hard, this is the book for you!Jennifer Parson loves life. She loves insulting her psychologist about how fat and useless he is. She loves telling all the other patients that she is amazing, a doctor, a philanthropist and thoroughly better than any of them can ever be. They should be blessed to be in her company. Yes, life is good.Then her psychologist decides to suddenly retire, and is replaced by the very irritating ‘Heavy Debbie’, as Jennifer describes her.Thoroughly irritated by Heavy Debbie’s new approach to her treatment, Jennifer doesn’t understand why she is being questioned about every aspect of a life she led several years ago. It must, of course, be Heavy Debbie’s incompetency and lack of understanding about the science of psychology.But when Jennifer receives her first and only visitor several years after being admitted to Grove Hospital for the Mentally Ill not long after the arrival of her new psychologist, her life starts to become a little … well, less good.Paranoia kicks in as Jennifer begins to realise she is no longer safe. Her perfect escape is no longer perfect. He is coming for her.A crime/thriller/satire told in duel narratives, The Institution is a story about hiding from your fears, life ending obsessions and murder. With a little splash of comedy to lighten the mood. Views: 551
For all of those who are wondering what Morgan and Drew are up to these days, this is for you. You followed Morgan through her life of pain and then happiness in Underestimated. You followed Drew through Underestimated Too with his own trials and tribulations where he too found happiness in the end.
Now read along with An Underestimated Christmas to find out if the happiness is still going strong. We pick up the story with Nicholas being nearly five and Wes being three. How do Morgan and Drew handle everyday life with a family? Will this Christmas be the best one ever, or the last?
Never underestimate the ability to lose it all. Views: 551
Our Sun is becoming increasingly unstable. Already, Mercury and Venus have been hit with CMEs (Coronal-Mass Ejections) and had their orbits affected. A small one is heading towards Earth: Will we avoid the fate of Mercury and Venus?North Africa is devastated by the impact. Mankind is spurred to find a way for humanity to escape. Will we make it in time?Earth is doomed. Our Sun is becoming unstable and humanity needs to find a way to leave earth in large enough numbers to ensure our survival out among the stars.Significant advances in energy generation and the development of the Space Elevator allows mankind to establish bases on the Moon. Using material launched from the Moon, Humanity begins construction on two huge Generational-Style ships.Each ship is a pair of cylinders ten miles long and 1 mile in diameter connected at each end to form one complete ship. Many thousands of people will live and work aboard these huse ships for the many generations that it will take to reach the planets around neighboring stars.Follow the adventures of several people as they promote the project or fight against it. Who will ultimately win? Views: 549
“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
Snapper Jack was rescued from Swamp Island. He meets Sizzer the Crocodile that sees two of everything. Lazy Susie who goes around in circles and a Bob tailed Lizard that thinks Jack is his dad!A northerner by birth, Willow moves south when she inherits her grandfather’s ice cream shop. From the slow southern dialect to the crazy drivers, Willow finds herself at odds with what most call “southern charm.” She becomes obsessed with cook-offs and bake-offs, wanting those trophies for her mantle. With the chili cook-off just around the corner, Willow manages to provoke one of the judges to a fit of road rage. When that judge ends up face down, dead, in a bowl of Willow’s chili, police chief Grice looks to the newest town resident as his number one suspect. Willow must find out who wanted Ms. Delonda Posey dead before the good citizens of Turtle, OK run her Yankee bottom out of town. Views: 542
In the frenzy of general elections, candidates were busy vying for media attention. The outcome had been ever so slightly manipulated by a sinister foreign hand. A calculated plan had been carried out,by a group, so bent to destroy the will of the people. Several forces, both from living and dead resonate and lead to uncovering of world's first bloodless plot.What is a home? It is a familiar base that protects you, provides for you, while making great demands on you as time goes on. The servant slowly becomes more of a master. Letting go of the past is a frightening thing, which is as it should be. That keeps us from racing into uncertainty with too much risk. But too much reliance upon a past home prevents a new one from having a chance to form. We push our children out of their nest as part of our parental duties. Who, then, will push us out when we are the only one in the nest? Views: 542
In a lonely place along a coast with a strange reputation, Wishfield Porterman faces the disappearance of his sweetheart and finds that her father isn't interested in helping. Amidst one of the greatest hurricanes ever to hit in that area, he learns about family secrets hidden by time and seclusion, only to become one of them.RESPONSIBILITY is the first in a series of Christ-centered character quality books about the Carson family. Each book in the series demonstrates how the Carson family learn biblical character qualities while honoring Jesus Christ along the way. The Carson family includes Mr. and Mrs. Carson, their son, Phillip and twin daughters, Eleanor and Allison. In "RESPONSIBILITY" Phillip learns a valuable lesson in what it means to be responsible and how important it is to ask for forgiveness. Phillip agrees to take care of his best friend's hamster, named Henry, while his friend Caleb and family are on vacation. Will Phillip learn what it means to be responsible in time before his friend comes back from vacation? Does Phillip learn how to honor Jesus Christ in being responsible? Views: 539
It's not actually illegal to be a wild mage. Terec reminds himself of this, often. Nor is it illegal to go north. He reminds himself of that, too. Terec was born with a wild talent for fire, and can no longer suppress it. Soon he will not be able to hide it, and he fears it will burn out of control, no longer singeing his bed-linens but hurting those he loves. If you head south from his family's lands, you go to Astandalas of the emperors, heart of the empire, rich with magic. You go seeking fame and fortune and adventure. If, on the other hand, you head north, towards the edge of the Empire, the edge of the known world, the edge of the Wild ... well. You might find adventure, but you won't be looking for it. Views: 522
HALLOWED GROUND is a collection of Gothic and Lovecraftian short stories, poems, and essays set in idyllic Minnesota frontier towns, remote Irish fishing villages, a city carved from a decaying giant's corpse, and other vistas both familiar and foreign. It's like Lovecraft but without the racism, or Bram Stoker but with a sense of humor.HALLOWED GROUND is a collection of Gothic and Lovecraftian short stories, poems, and essays set in idyllic Minnesota frontier towns, remote Irish fishing villages, a city carved from a decaying giant's corpse, and other vistas both familiar and foreign. Explore themes of place, humanity, identity, and things with too many teeth. Learn what fairies are really like and how a hanged man can give you phenomenal cosmic knowledge in just twelve easy payments if you call today! It's like Lovecraft but without the racism, or Bram Stoker but with a sense of humor, or that weird guy who lives in a van but with an ability to concentrate for more than five minutes. Views: 521
Paul O’Shaughnessy is an American con man on the run from the FBI, hiding out in Bogotá, the Colombian capital. He’s running his latest scam from a bar stool in the lounge at the Hotel Tequendama, and when he finally gets a fish on his line, he reels in a pocketful of hot emeralds, and a lot more trouble than he bargained for.CIRQUE DU FLAIREPietro Augustus Flaire's Dazzling Spectacle of Delectation! Stimulation! and Stupefaction!Amidst the Clouds andAmong the Firmament!When she is accosted in the street by the bedazzled and flamboyant Eitenne Allard, a funambulist for the Cirque du Flaire, who claims his employer, Pietro Augustus Flaire, has bewitched his twin sister, Elodie, and has concocted a most nefarious scheme involving the apparent disappearance of a favoured spectator, Astrid Darby and her clever young wards, Xander Knightly and Juliana Coffin, are drawn into a surreal and shocking mystery upon the famous flying carnival. Amongst cavorting clowns, frolicking funambulists, exotic beasts, a gruesome freak show and a mysterious snake charmer with an uncanny instrument, Astrid, her wards and Agent Asher Key of the Ministry of Defence attempt to thwart the charismatic Flaire's dastardly plot. They are soon to discover, however, that their considerable skills are little match for the ringmaster's adroit and deadly tricks. Views: 516
I believe in love at first sight... because I am a mother.
Living a complete lie, holding on to a secret that could cost me the most important thing in my life was about to surface. I couldn’t breathe without Maddie. Maddie was my life. The saying about dying for your child is the absolute truth. The other things you would do are comparable to that of death. I know, I did those things. I did unthinkable things, all for Maddie. I continued the lie, the secrets with the one man who had no right. People say you always have options. That’s a lie. I had no choice. I did it all for her... for my Maddie.
Adult content...Sex /adult language. Views: 512
Pandimora loves the faerie realm Aisywel, but she's a bit of a rebel; has little interest in faerie lore, loves to eavesdrop and hops portals into the earth realm against the advice of the high elders. All in all her independent spirit isn't going well in the faerie realm. What she knows about herself as a faerie will be sorely tested when she's kicked out of her beloved home.Drew Maddox is a rough Private Investigator who believes what his eyes can see and his senses feel. He has very little use for imagination and flights of fantasy annoy him, yet when a naked woman suddenly appears on the road in front of his truck it sends his brain tumbling and his life into a spiral of myth he can barely comprehend. Pandimora wears her name well, causing her own flurries of Pandemonium just by existing. Born to a mother rumored to have the madness in her, Pandimora is different than most fairies in the Realm of Aisywel. She has little regard for the incredible histories of her people, nor of the supposed rules. While not an outright rebel, she skirts the laws of Faerie propriety, but no more so than when she overhears a conversation her ears should never have found. A high elder, one of the strongest and most magical of her people has committed a crime – and now he knows that she has heard, and seen him. Pandimora has fled, but not before the elder, Lukais wraps his dark tentacles of power around her, poisoning her and barring the doors to her realm – forever. Hurt and grieving, Pandimora awakens on a snowy road – moments from being hit by Drew Maddox’s fast moving truck. Her senses muddled, her powers muffled and her entire sense of self shaken, Pandimora reaches out to Drew in desperation, finding in him the young boy she once danced with in a field. With cord of attachment fully realized between them, Faerie magic is at play, pulling them both deep into a mire of intrigue and deceit – one that sets this unlikely pair against an entire realm of mystical beings with their own rules, trials and meanings. “Find Me” is Book One in the new Faeries Lost Trilogy – an epic journey into the center of the unknown and the hearts of two souls that can never be. Views: 507
Imagine meeting the one, the person who takes your breath away, makes your heart skip, and leaves you weak, shaking with desire. Imagine losing them moments later. What would you do?Robert’s an ordinary guy, working his way across the known universe, living a hollow life. Then he meets her on Runalli-4 and everything changes.Imagine meeting the one, the person who takes your breath away, makes your heart skip, and leaves you weak, shaking with desire. Imagine losing them moments later. What would you do?Robert’s an ordinary guy, working his way across the known universe, living a hollow life. Then he meets her on Runalli-4 and everything changes.Join Robert as he quests through space and time, to the edge of existence and beyond seeking the woman who sparked the fires of true love in his heart, only to vanish moments later.Join Robert on Runalli-4.Reviews:“I read this while in a airport waiting for a flight and when they called us to the Gate, I was actually upset to put it down.”— Jaclyn R.“I didn’t want the story to end but it ended fantastically.”— Mars P.“The protagonist has a depth of character that unfolds throughout the yarn. The plot is intriguing and gripping, making this a one-sitting read; because you won’t want to put it down.”— Curtis LarsenAnd remember to stay on the lookout for more Science Fiction and Fantasy stories from Roland Byrd! Views: 506
Seven Threads is a mini-collection to introduce new readers to the work of Australian fantasy author Jason Fischer.Seven Threads is a mini-collection to introduce new readers to the work of Australian fantasy author Jason Fischer. Stories in this collection include the Aurealis Award winning novella "Defy the Grey Kings" and "The House of Nameless", winner of the Writers of the Future contest.Follow these seven threads through Fischer's fantastic worlds, through grim futures, through heroics and heartbreak. Described by reviewers as "an impressive talent" and "a strong new voice with a distinctive vision", these stories of Fischer's are a great sampler and a taste of his unpredictable imagination.“If you haven’t been reading Jason Fischer, your literary diet is lacking in zest, zing, and essential vitamins." - Gardner Dozois, multiple Hugo Award winning editor. Views: 499
