Author: T. Coraghessan Boyle
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 9780747528906
Category : Love stories
Languages : en
Pages : 51
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The Bloomsbury Birthday Quids are small editions of short stories by major writers, in a format and style of the Bloomsbury Classics. Printed on high-quality paper, designed by Jeff Fisher, the books should become collectors' items. This title is She Wasn't Soft by T. Coraghessan-Boyle.
Author: Harry Edge
Publisher: Hachette Children's
ISBN: 1844569969
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
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New Yorker, Luke Kite has been estranged from his multi-millionaire father, Jack, for years. The result of a one night stand, he has never been acknowledged as heir to his father's globally successful business, Kite Industries - unlike his English half-sister Megan, the apple of her daddy's eye. But when his father is mysteriously killed on Luke's 17th birthday, Luke and Megan are brought together as they uncover the dark secrets, and corruption at the heart of their father's multi-billion business empire. Jack's death was not an accident, nor was the hit and run incident that Megan herself, narrowly escaped the day he died...The threats don't end there, as Megan again becomes a target for killer when she's staying at Jack's London flat. Again she escapes death, and another girl is killed in her place, but now Megan is on the run. Using her best-friend's identity, she travels to New York, to Poland, and Tokyo in order to escape whoever wants her dead. Luke, too, is wary of all those around him, even his mother and his reliable Uncle Mike, his dad's brother. Who can he trust and how can he protect his half-sister? In a tense game of cat and mouse, Luke needs all his resources to narrow down his enemies and those of Megan...what he discovers destroys what little faith he has in his so-called family, and in his own identity as no one is quite who they seem. As the action draws to a nail-biting conclusion, Luke and Megan discover a bond that that will carry them through the danger and subterfuge they have ahead of them, and the Kite Identity is born...
Author: Erick S. Gray
Publisher: Urban Books
ISBN: 164556570X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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Veteran urban author Erick S. Gray weaves a tale of college students exploring love in relationships that are exciting but might end up being more dangerous than they realize. Nea and Amber are two college freshmen attending Clinton Hill University in South Carolina. The roommates come from different worlds: Nea is from Brooklyn, New York, and Amber is from a small town called Tyron, North Carolina. They build a friendship in the first semester of school but take different directions regarding love. Nea is coming off the death of her boyfriend, who was murdered before her eyes two weeks before her first day of classes. She meets Van, a wealthy white boy and talented painter who becomes enamored by her, and she becomes his muse. Nea believes it’s love. However, everything isn’t what it appears. Amber is engaged to Henry, her hometown boyfriend from high school. However, when she meets Homando, an African American student at her school, she begins to doubt her relationship. Homando is intelligent, charismatic, outgoing, and different from what she’s used to—but he also sells drugs to support his way through school. The two create a bond, both sexual and mental, and she falls in love with Homando and becomes engrossed in his world. But some forces are against their interracial relationship and will stop at nothing to ruin Homando’s future and end their sexual tryst by any means necessary. And then there’s Tiffany, a rebellious student. Tiffany comes from a strict, religious family, and now that she is in college, her liberated, promiscuous side has come out to play. She begins a series of affairs, including one with her middle-aged professor. Tiffany juggles these three men in her life like she’s in a carnival act, forgoing her family and spiritual relationships because she’s having too much fun. But the same thing that makes you laugh will eventually make you cry.
Author: Mia Kay
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 1460394380
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
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Wounded FBI agent Gray Harper will honor his dead partner by returning to work—as soon as the Bureau shrink clears him for duty. In the meantime, a long vacation in his best friend’s hometown sounds like the perfect distraction. But Nate Mathis has another plan. His twin sister, Maggie, has a stalker, and Gray’s the only one Nate trusts to catch the bastard. Admitting she's scared would bring the cavalry, and Maggie Mathis has always taken care of herself. She certainly doesn't need a bodyguard. As far as she knows, Gray's in town to work as the Mathis family's new business manager. That she's always found her brother's friend handsome is something she'll keep to herself. Gray's real job would be a lot easier if he didn't have to keep his intentions from Maggie. It would also be easier if he didn't want to sleep with her. He certainly shouldn’t have kissed her good-night. There never should have been a second date. All too soon, the line between responsibility and pleasure blurs. Gray hates to think of Maggie in danger. He hates that he thinks about Maggie too much, and of the day he won't be there to protect her. Secrets aren’t easy to keep from those you love, but Gray needs to guard several with his life…before he risks losing Maggie forever.
Author: Jayne Ann Krentz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110121435X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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With her hallmark blend of sparkling style and wit, intricate suspense, and steamy passion, Jayne Ann Krentz is truly one of a kind. One of today's premier storytellers, she has more than twenty-three million copies of her novels in print. Now the phenomenal New York Times bestselling author spins her latest scintillating tale: a story of two people bound together by that most binding of ties--a business contract. Elizabeth Cabot is all business. She knows how to maximize her investments and cut her losses--in both her career and her personal life. So when she discovers that Jack Fairfax has deceived her, she's determined to end their relationship. Putting a stop to their budding romance is easy. But breaking up their business deal will be more difficult. Despite all her efforts, she has no luck disentangling herself from Jack's client company, Excalibur. But the situation becomes even more strained when a new obstacle emerges: a lethal act of sabotage that could put both of them out of business for good. Elizabeth is no fool. If she can help Jack save Excalibur, she'll recoup her substantial investment plus millions in profit. Putting her emotions aside, she insists on helping him search for the scientist who's disappeared with a valuable new crystal that could revolutionize the high-tech industry. She'll go in, solve the problem--and get out. The trail leads Elizabeth and Jack to a fringe film festival, but their goal is as elusive as the shadowy black-and-white images from classic noir films. Life starts to imitate art, and double-dealing seems to be the name of the game. For these business adversaries turned reluctant partners, keeping an eye on each other--and the lid on a sizzling attraction--seems the only insurance against further treachery. But with millions at stake, trust can turn to betrayal in the blink of an eye.
Author: R. E. Blythe
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
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About the Book When a teenage boy is accused of murder, one private investigator must find enough evidence to support a “justifiable homicide” defense. Hard Secrets, Soft Heart sheds light on the universal subject of child abuse, a topic is still often taboo, especially in the African American community. But no matter how shattering, if some secrets are kept, there can be even more dire consequences. About the Author R. E. Blythe is now in his fifties, but he has wanted to write a book ever since he was a young man with his dream being to become a professional author. Growing up, he was a computer geek. He left the corporate world to pursue his dream.
Author: Robert Baty
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509257403
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Obituary writer Max McQuinn runs into trouble when he falls for Daphne Swan, the seductive widow of Archie Gibbs, a thief who took the secret of an armored car heist with him to the grave. Daphne pleads ignorance about the money, but Archie’s crew suspect he told Daphne where to find it. Meanwhile, Max is getting in way too deep. He wants the story, but he also wants Daphne. And is willing to cover up murder because of her. But is she playing straight with him? Or is she just using him to protect her so she can find the treasure? Caught between deception and desire, Max learns the hard way that the next obit he writes may be his own.
Author: Elizabeth Gill
Publisher: Quercus
ISBN: 162365517X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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This is the inspiring story, set on the cusp of the 20th century, of four people struggling to leave the past behind them and find happiness together. In a small village in the north of England, Dennes Eliot has worked hard to create a better life for himself. Now a respectable worker at the local foundry and boarding with his friend Nat, he tries his best to forget his shameful beginnings. Grace Hemingway knows all about the foundry her father runs, and loves the community built around it. But as her parents are grooming her for a stunning London marriage to a man she's not yet met, and her friend Alexandra she bear to leave the place she calls home?
Author: Kenneth Rhienhart
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456789880
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Read how Kenneth comes to his new home in North Oxfordshire England with his mother and stepfather, the new home being a small farm where Kenneth knows who will be expected to do all the work. Read how through all the hardships he manages to remain happy and bring excitement into his life by creating explosions, doing mind blowing experiments and building soapboxes. Read how accident prown Kenneth is and even on his first day at his new home he manages to collide with some escaping cattle and end up face down in a muddy stream. Read about the amazing illnesses he reads about in a Victorian home doctor book, that he manages to "get" and amazingly survive from, including an extremely dangerous strain of eboli. Read and laugh!
Author: Dave Dumanis
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595171656
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Christy Miyabi is a 9-year-old ballet dancer, an orphan, and a genius. She's also under contract from Death himself to murder a person a year for a week. Or so she believes. This poker-faced tall tale follows Christy across the country as she dutifully slaughters strangers, friends, relatives, and the President, finds true love, and fulfills her dream of making it on Broadway.
