Hometown Kelly and the Gizmo Team

Hometown Kelly and the Gizmo Team

Sharon L Reddy

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Fantasy / Philosophy

It was Hell and always had been. He'd worked not to wish he'd died with his parents in the accident he'd been too young to remember. He was alive and they weren't. Because they weren't, he was so rich he was kept alive. As long as he was, others had control of the wealth and used it, in his name of course, to make more. But they didn't know he was there. No one did. He thought.
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Heather Graham's Haunted Treasures

Heather Graham's Haunted Treasures

Heather Graham

Mystery & Thrillers / Romance / Historical Fiction

Heather Graham's Haunted TreasuresThree Haunting Tales of Paranormal RomancePresented together for the first time, New York Times Bestselling Author, Heather Graham brings back three tales of paranormal love and adventure.Lovers and DemonsFleeing the unholy attentions of a creature of the night, Lenore Tyler, a ravishing Confederate smuggler, joins forces with a brave Yankee officer—and discovers ecstasy in the arms of her handsome, virile enemy.And I Will Love You ForeverA beauty, overcome by war, triumphs in love when her strange dreams of a virile and ghostly Viking protector come true.Vanquish The NightAnne Pemberton, a beautiful Texas innocent falls under the haunting spell of a dashing exotic immortal, and is rescued from eternal damnation by the rapturous power of love.
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The Missionary and the Libertine

The Missionary and the Libertine

Ian Buruma

Politics / History / Nonfiction

From Naipaul's India to the last days of Hong Kong, and from the ghosts of Pearl Harbor to Benazir Bhutto, Buruma delivers an engaging and incisive look at the ways East and West understand--and misunderstand--each other. At home in both worlds, Buruma traverses the realms of journalism, literary criticism, and political analysis, to examine the dialogue of fact and fantasy that affects our perception of far-away lands. Whether deconstructing the films of Satyajit Ray or the novels of Yoshimoto Banana, Buruma offers a splendid counterbalance to fashionable theories of clashing civilizations and uniquely Asian values. In twenty-five illuminating, often humorous essays, The Missionary and the Libertine shows us why Buruma's reputation for writing the most compelling commentary on the faultlines of the East-West divide is so secure.
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Tears of Blood

Tears of Blood

James W. Marvin

Westerns

Know what Crow used to say about livin' by your guns? Said it made him like a kind of alchemist. Said he was the first man in history to turn lead into gold. Yeah. Meanest son of a bitch ever. Crow.No other name. Just Crow. Dressed in black from head to toe. The meanest man in the bullet-scarred annals of the West. Nobody ever turned their back on him. A cold voice in the shadows, a vengeful angel of death ...Time was when Crow found himself holed up in Dead Hawk, Arizona. A time when the man in black wound up in jail. Killed a punk kid in self-defense. Then set loose to bring back Mayor Abe Varity and his wildcat wife, Martha. Kidnapped by a band of Apaches. Or were they? Whoever it was, Crow was out on the killing trail and folks had better watch out. Best not to tangle with Crow if you wanted to live ... (A Crow Western #3)
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Battle Fleet (2007)

Battle Fleet (2007)

Paul Dowswell

Paul Dowswell

Sam escapes death in Australia when the truth about his false conviction is finally revealed. But on the journey back to England he faces pirates and a terrible storm, before making the longed-for trip back up the River Thames. Finally reunited with his family in Norfolk, Sam realises how much life at sea has become part of him. So when he hears that Napoleon plans to attack England, he is tempted to join the Navy once more, and finds himself Midshipman on none other than the Victory, preparing for one of the most epic battles in history: Trafalgar.
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Revelation

Revelation

Michael Duncan

Michael Duncan

"We have lost much of what we once were." A new alliance...After escaping the dwarvish prison in Brekken Dahl, Aaron, Lorik, and two dwarves continue their quest to recover the Book of Aleth, now fallen into enemy hands. To avoid Therion's forces, the band forges deep under the shattered hills into long-forgotten passages, where foul creatures wait in the darkness. An ancient prophecy...Although each step is fraught with danger and betrayal, the mission must succeed. The travelers encounter beings, both friend and foe, straight from myth and legend. And when a member of the group falls, a new ally of a race thought extinct joins the quest. In the ruins of Kellen Dahl, a discovery is made...to restore hope and a future a new protector must rise.
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Office Seduction

Office Seduction

Lucia Jordan

Romance / Adult Fiction / Erotica

Allison Sanders had the hots for hunky new co-worker Brand Wilcox, but was she going to do anything about it? She was used to having male attention around the office but Brand didn’t seem ready to make the first move. Was he still trying to make up his mind, or should she take the plunge and make it up for him? She’d never been the pushy kind, but for a man like Brand, any woman wouldn’t mind becoming very pushy indeed…An erotic romance short (approx. 4,400 words) containing HOT sex and Adult Content.Preview:“We’ll see,” he growled, and the next second, he seized her lips in a kiss. Allison gasped, straining against him till her breasts felt crushed against his hard chest. His lips were firm yet giving, and she tugged on them hungrily, meshing tongue with tongue as the kiss deepened into something hot, heavy and thrilling.“Yes baby,” Brand rumbled, as Allison grew bolder, got sloppier with her tongue, swapping saliva like a fiend. “I like wet. And speaking of such…”His hand moved underneath her skirt to rub against the panel of her panties. “Nice and wet,” he said deeply in approval, his fingers pulling aside the fabric and touching her right where she wanted him to. She bucked into his hand, gasping out his name.
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Oh Claire! (To Be Perfectly Claire Book 1)

Oh Claire! (To Be Perfectly Claire Book 1)

Giulia Napoli

Giulia Napoli

Erotic and hot! Our fiercely passionate, stunningly beautiful author, Giulia Napoli, has outdone herself with this unusually sensual, titillating tale. It is the story of the attractive, young American woman, Claire, who evolves into a stunning, sophisticated, continental enchantress, and who finally becomes a unique, exotic, ravishingly-sexual creature in an extraordinary setting. Oh Claire! tells of Claire’s relationship with Elliot, the urbane, cosmopolitan, confident man who centers her life - from intense passion to slowly developing true love - amid fierce sexual desire and personal change. Claire becomes the every woman that so many women strive to be, a dedicated lover and exciting companion to the particular man who is the focus of her desire. Whether you’re female or male, whether you live on the coasts or in fly-over country, whether you’ve never been outside your home region or have traveled all over the world, Oh Claire! will deliver you to a place of charm, delight and erotic bliss to which you’ve never been, but for which you’ve always longed. A superb book that you’ll want to read again and again. It goes without saying that Oh Claire! is an adult story containing open discussions and scenes of intense sexuality, erotica and sexual relations. Oh Claire! - Publisher’s Summary: Oh Claire! is intelligent erotica at its best. This well-written, well-edited novel spans much of the universe of sensuality and sexuality including fetishes, piercing, tattooing and body modification, BDSM, sensory deprivation, submission, punishment, dominance, and riveting heterosexuality and tasteful bisexuality. The erotica is woven through a solid story of growing love and personal evolution. The reader is treated to a detailed, deeply moving look inside the minds of the characters and gets to know them at a depth rarely seen in erotica.
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