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Intensity
Dean Koontz
Thriller / Mystery / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Past midnight, Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend's family. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside. A self-proclaimed "homicidal adventurer," Vess lives only to satisfy all appetites as they arise, to immerse himself in sensation, to live without fear, remorse or limits, to live with "intensity. " Chyna is trapped in his deadly orbit. Chyna is a survivor, toughened by a lifelong struggle for safety and self-respect. Now she will be tested as never before. At first her sole aim is to get out alive--until, by chance, she learns the identity of Vess's next intended victim, a faraway innocent only she can save. Driven by a newly discovered thirst for meaning beyond mere self-preservation, Chyna musters every inner resource she has to save an endangered girl. . . as moment by moment, the terrifying threat of Edgler Foreman Vess intensifies.
Orphan Train
Christina Baker Kline
Fiction / Historical Fiction / Art
Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train is an unforgettable story of friendship and second chances that highlights a little-known but historically significant movement in America’s past—and it includes a special PS section for book clubs featuring insights, interviews, and more. Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to “aging out” out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse... As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren’t as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance. Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life—answers that will ultimately free them both. Rich in detail and epic in scope, Orphan Train is a powerful novel of upheaval and resilience, of unexpected friendship, and of the secrets we carry that keep us from finding out who we are.
Tell No One
Harlan Coben
Mystery / Suspense / Young Adult
For Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive. Everyone tells him it's time to move on, to forget the past once and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible- that somewhere, somehow, Elizabeth is alive. Beck has been warned to tell no one. And he doesn't. Instead, he runs from the people he trusts the most, plunging headlong into a search for the shadowy figure whose messages hold out a desperate hope. But already Beck is being hunted down. He's headed straight into the heart of a dark and deadly secret- and someone intends to stop him before he gets there.
Time Out
Jill Shalvis
Romance / Contemporary / Chick Lit
Sign up for recreational adult programs now!Class: How to Drive Him CrazyInstructional program for women unexpectedly facing the totally dishy guy from their past. Everyone welcome!NHL coach Mark Diego\'s plan to spend his off-season volunteering in his hometown goes awry when he learns that not only is he coaching teenage girls, but that the program is coordinated by energetic (and five feet two inches of trouble) coordinator Rainey Saunders, his childhood friend—and the woman he could never stand to see dating any other guy….When their tempers flare, Mark and Rainey discover their fireworks don\'t just burn angry—they burn very, very hot! But that\'ll just sweeten the victory. Because Mark always plays to win. And with Rainey, he\'s planning on playing very dirty, too…
Fifth Grave Past the Light
Darynda Jones
Mystery & Thrillers / Romance / Young Adult
The fifth in this fun and sexy New York Times bestselling paranormal series...
Charley Davidson may not look like your everyday, run-of-the-mill grim reaper, but she has vowed to reap grimness wherever she goes despite this unfortunate fact. Sadly, she gets sidetracked when the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, moves in next door. As he is the main suspect in her arson case, she has vowed to stay away from him until she can find out the truth.
However, when dead women start appearing in her apartment—lost, confused and terrified beyond reason—Charley has no choice but to ask for Reyes' help, especially when it becomes apparent that her own sister, Gemma, is the serial killer's next target. With his ability to observe incorporeally, surely he can find out who's responsible. And even if he can't, he is the one man alive who could protect Gemma no matter who or what came at her. But he wants something in return: Charley. All of her—body and soul. And to keep her sister safe, it is a price she might be willing to pay...
Four Past Midnight
Stephen King
Horror / Mystery / Literature & Fiction
The #1 New York Times bestseller—four chilling novellas from Stephen King that will “grab you and not let go” (The Washington Post).
One Past Midnight: “The Langoliers” takes a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to Boston into a most unfriendly sky. Only eleven passengers survive, but landing in an eerily empty world makes them wish they hadn’t. Because something’s waiting for them.
Two Past Midnight: “Secret Window, Secret Garden” enters the suddenly strange life of writer Mort Rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shore of Tashmore Lake. Alone, that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger.
Three Past Midnight: “The Library Policeman” is set in Junction City, Iowa, an unlikely place for evil to be hiding. But for small businessman Sam Peebles, who thinks he may be losing his mind, another enemy is hiding there as well—the truth. If he can find it in time, he might stand a chance.
Four Past Midnight: “The Sun Dog" is a menacing canine appearing in every Polaroid picture that fifteen-year-old Kevin Delevan takes with his new camera, beckoning him to the supernatural. Old Pop Merrill, Castle Rock’s sharpest trader, aims to exploit it for profit, but this creature that shouldn’t exist at all is a very dangerous investment.
Chasing Fire
Nora Roberts
Fiction / Suspense / Fantasy
Little else in life is as dangerous as fire jumping. Flying past towering pillars of smoke, parachuting down to the edge of an all-consuming blaze, shoveling and sawing for hours upon hours, days at a time, all to hold the line and push back against the raw power of Mother Nature. But there\'s also little else as thrilling - at least to Rowan Tripp. The Missoula smoke jumpers are one of the most exclusive fire-fighting squads in the nation, and the job is in Rowan\'s blood: her father is a legend in the field. She\'s been fighting fires since her eighteenth birthday. At this point, returning to the wilds of Montana for the season feels like coming home - even with reminders of the partner she lost last season still lingering in the air. Fortunately, this year\'s rookie crop is among the strongest ever - and Gulliver Curry\'s one of the best. He\'s also a walking contradiction, a hotshot firefighter with a big vocabulary and a winter job at a kid\'s arcade. He came to Missoula to follow in the footsteps of Lucas "Iron Man" Tripp, yet he\'s instantly more fascinated by his hero\'s daughter. Rowan, as a rule, doesn\'t hook up with other smoke jumpers, but Gull is convinced he can change her mind. And damn if he doesn\'t make a good case to be an exception to the rule. Everything is thrown off balance, though, when a dark presence lashes out against Rowan, looking to blame someone for last year\'s tragedy. Rowan knows she can\'t complicate things with Gull - any distractions in the air or on the ground could be lethal. But if she doesn\'t find someone she can lean on when the heat gets intense, her life may go down in flames.
Wicked Garden
Lorelei James
Romance / Erotic Romance
...One woman\'s past and present collide in the ultimate temptation.Eden LaCroix loved Billy Buchanan ten years ago, but he ran out on her the night of prom. Now he\'s back temporarily and Eden believes a hot fling will help her move on from their tangled past. She wasn\'t expecting Billy\'s naughty side--or the return of her sometime lover Jon White Feather--to tempt her to submit to her own dark desires.Although college took Billy away from Eden, it\'s a mistake he can rectify now that he\'s in town to determine the fate of the community center Eden manages. Except reignited sparks keep getting in the way of his objectivity and the flames only leap higher when Eden\'s rock star lover comes home, determined to show Eden--and Billy--the meaning of down and dirty.Eden considers herself a one-woman man, yet in the arms of Billy and Jon she feels truly beautiful for the first time in her life. But does the sexual healing go far enough to prevent her from falling in love again?
Fools Rush in
Kristan Higgins
Contemporary / Fiction / Humor and Comedy
Rewarding job as a local doctor on Cape Cod? Check. Cute cottage of her very own? Check. Adorable puppy suitable for walks past attractive locals? Check! All she needs is for golden boy and former crush Joe Carpenter to notice her, and Millie will be set. But perfection isn't as easy as it looks--especially when Sam Nickerson, a local policeman, is so distracting. Sure, he needs a friend after being dumped by Millie's fortune-hunting sister, but does she really need to enjoy his company that much? He is definitely" not" part of her master plan. But maybe it's time for Millie to start a new list. . .
Hot Rocks
Nora Roberts
Fiction / Suspense / Fantasy
When her notorious past catches up with Laine Tavish, proprietor of the antique shop Remember When, it\'s up to her and an enigmatic stranger named Max Gannon to find out who\'s chasing her-and why. The answer lies in a hidden fortune that will change Laine\'s life...
The Night Mark
Tiffany Reisz
Literature & Fiction / Romance / Suspense
She has nothing to live for in the present, but finds there\'s something worth dying for in the past. From Tiffany Reisz, the international bestselling storyteller behind The Bourbon Thief and The Original Sinners series, comes an enthralling new novel about a woman swept away by the tides who awakens to find herself in 1921, reunited with the husband she\'s been mourning for four years. Fans of Kate Morton and Diana Gabaldon will fall in love with the mystery, romance, and beauty of an isolated South Carolina lighthouse, where a power greater than love works its magic.
Trouble
Samantha Towle
Romance / Contemporary / Suspense
Mia Monroe is running. Running from a person she doesn’t ever want to find her. Running from a past she doesn’t ever want anyone to know. Desperate to find a future, that yesterday, she could only dream of having. Jordan Matthews likes easy. Easy women. Easy life. Then he meets Mia. She’s damaged, troubled and has more baggage than any person can carry. But the more Jordan gets to know Mia-for the first time in his life-he finds himself wanting to try hard for something … for someone … for her. And then life isn’t so easy anymore. Jordan is everything Mia shouldn’t want. A whole bunch of dirty hotness, tattooed, cocky bad boy, who made his money at poker tables and picked his women up in bars. Yet, Mia finds herself falling for him. Then the past Mia was running from, quickly starts to catch up with her. Because that’s the problem with running … you have to stop sometime. And when you stop, you get caught.
The Impact of You
Kendall Ryan
Romance / Contemporary
Needing an escape from her past, Avery chooses a college where no one knows her. Keeping a low profile was the plan, falling for the intense frat boy, Jase wasn’t. Yet she can’t deny how alive she feels when he’s near. Even as common sense implores her to stay away, her body begs her to get closer. Jase, numb from his own family drama, has grown bored with weekends fueled by nameless girls and countless bottles when he meets Avery. Helping her cope with her past is better than dealing with the bullshit his own life’s served up. Determined to drive away the painful secret she’s guarding, he appoints himself her life coach, and challenges her to new experiences. Getting close to her and being the one to make her smile are simply perks of the job. But when Avery’s past boldly saunters in, refusing to be forgotten, can Jase live with the truth about the girl he’s fallen for? Recommended for 17+ due to mature themes and sexual content.
The Mask
Dean Koontz
Thriller / Mystery / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Jane is a very good girl. But #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz shows that appearances can be deceiving—in a deadly way...She appears out of nowhere, a beautiful teenage girl in the middle of traffic on a busy day. Paul and Carol Tracy are drawn to her—she's the child they never thought they could have. But then Carol's nightmares begin—the ghastly sounds in the night...the bloody face in the mirror...the razor-sharp ax. Jane can't remember her past. And as Carol attempts to help her uncover who she was, she has no idea of the horrors that await...
His Secret Past
Katie Reus
Romance
Six years ago, Alexis Baptiste's world was turned upside down when Hunter Cassidy disappeared without a trace, leaving her alone and pregnant. She's finally moving on with her life when he resurfaces, just in time to rescue her from a would-be assassin. Forced to join him on the run to protect herself and her young son, Alexis is now in even more danger: danger of falling for Hunter all over again. Betrayed by rogue CIA agents after infiltrating an infamous drug cartel, former DEA agent Hunter Cassidy has spent years trying to clear his name. He's not proud of the things he's done, and knows he doesn't deserve a future with Alexis, or the son he never knew he had, but he's determined to protect them from the men who ruined his life. Convincing Alexis to trust him--and denying his feelings for her--is going to be the hardest mission he's ever faced.
The Shadows of Christmas Past
Part #3 of "Feehan Christmas Stories" series by Christine Feehan
Romance / Paranormal / Fantasy
Dark magic heats up the holiday season as two sizzling *New York Times *bestselling authors team up for a seductive Christmas anthology!
Magic is in the air this Christmas—but is it good or evil? In this sexy yuletide anthology from two of the hottest names in paranormal romance, animal instincts take over…
In #1 *New York Times *bestselling author Christine Feehan’s “Rocky Mountain Miracle,” the sparks flying on a remote ranch could melt all the snow in Wyoming when an injured horse brings together a rugged womanizer with a dangerous reputation and an irresistible veterinarian rumored to cast spells. But does her magic touch work on animals *and *men?
A small town woman is shocked when the injured wolf she takes back to her kennel turns into a man in *New York Times *bestselling author Susan Sizemore’s “A Touch of Harry.” The only thing more difficult to hide than his stunning escape is the burning desire she feels for this stranger who brings out her wild side.
The Deadly Past
Christopher Pike
Young Adult / Horror / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Suddenly there are creatures from the ancient past in Spooksville. Huge meat-eating lizards attacking people in their cars. Flying reptiles swooping down and lifting kids away. But where have these dinosaurs come from? Adam and his friends discover that a huge doorway has been created between present-day Spooksville and sixty million years ago. It is through this doorway that the dinosaurs are attacking. But who created this doorway?
How can it be closed before all of Spooksville is destroyed?
Guilt About the Past
Bernhard Schlink
Literature & Fiction / Philosophy / Politics
The six essays that make up this compelling book view the long shadow of past guilt both as a uniquely German experience and as a global one. Bernhard Schlink explores the phenomenon of guilt and how it attaches to a whole society, not just to individual perpetrators. He considers how to use the lesson of history to motivate individual moral behavior, how to reconcile a guilt-laden past, how the role of law functions in this process, and how the theme of guilt influences his own fiction. Based on the Weidenfeld Lectures he delivered at Oxford University, Guilt About the Past is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how events of the past can affect a nation's future. Written in Bernhard Schlink's eloquent but accessible style, it taps in to worldwide interest in the aftermath of war and how to forgive and reconcile the various legacies of the past.
Whistling Past the Graveyard
Jonathan Maberry
Mystery & Thrillers / Horror / Comics & Graphic Novels
A lonely, nerdy paperboy encounters ancient evil on the shadowy back roads of his home town.
A little girl spends her nights dreaming of monsters and teaching herself the art of murder.
Sherlock Holmes journeys to America for an encounter with the ghost of a murdered woman.
A samurai sails to a forgotten island to battle the living dead.
Special ops soldiers fly the void to fight space pirates.
A heartbroken junkie seeks vengeance for his murdered friend.
Whistling Past the Graveyard is the first print collection of short fiction by New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry. These creepy tales of horror, suspense, adventure and mystery take readers to the troubled little town of Pine Deep, to the Feudal Japan of the Samurai, to the angry red planet of John Carter of Mars, and elsewhere. These are strange journeys through nightmare land, with a five-time Bram Stoker Award winner as your guide.
Secrets From the Past
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Literature & Fiction / Historical Fiction
At thirty, American photojournalist Serena Stone has already made a name for herself with her unique and dramatic coverage of wars in the Middle East, as she follows in her famous father's footsteps. But after his unexpected death in France, she has leaves her job at the renowned photo news agency that he founded. She's tired of dodging bullets and exploding landmines. Leaving the front lines behind, Serena returns to New York, where she starts work on a biography of her celebrated father.
Hunted Past Reason
Richard Matheson
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Horror / Mystery & Thrillers
Hunted Past Reason is a major literary event: Richard Matheson's first new novel in seven years -- and a gripping tale of madness, paranoia, and murder. It's supposed to be just an ordinary camping trip, two old friends hiking through the wilderness toward a remote cabin in the woods of northern California. But the enforced isolation of the hike soon exposes long-hidden rivalries and resentments between the two men. The deeper they get into the primeval wilderness, and the further from civilization, the greater th
The Past Through Tomorrow
Robert A. Heinlein
Science Fiction / Children's / Fiction
Here in one monumental volume are all 21 of the stories, novellas and novels making up Heinlein's famous Future History—the rich, imaginative architecture of Man's destiny that many consider his greatest and most prophetic work.
Contents:
Introduction - Damon Knight
Life-Line
The Roads Must Roll
Blowups Happen
The Man Who Sold the Moon
Delilah and the Space-Rigger
Space Jockey
Requiem
The Long Watch
Gentleman, Be Seated
The Black Pits of Luna
"It's Great to Be Back!"
"—We Also Walk Dogs"
Searchlight
Ordeal in Space
The Green Hills of Earth
Logic of Empire
The Menace from Earth
"If This Goes On—"
Coventry
Misfit
Methuselah's Children
Escaping the Past
Tammy Falkner
Romance / Paranormal
She thought she was finished running, but some secrets are hard to hide...
Lou Smith lives the perfect life, has the perfect family, and the perfect job, only none of it's hers.
He's come home to attend his dying mother...
Brody Wester hasn't been home in twelve years. When he's forced to return to attend his dying mother, he finds his mother is not the only one in need of his attention.
Lou has a past, and it's coming to find her.
Shattered Past
Lindsay Buroker
Fantasy / Science Fiction
An elite forces officer with a dreadful reputation.
A bookish paleontologist with a love for mysteries.
An ancient stronghold full of secrets that will take both of them to unearth.
Professor Lilah Zirkander (yes, she’s related to the famous pilot, and no, she can’t get him to autograph your undergarments) is looking forward to a summer in the paleontology lab, researching and cataloging new fossils. But that summer takes an unexpected turn when the king sends her into the Ice Blades to a secret mine where ancient dragon bones have been discovered. Rumor has it that they’re cursed and dangerous, but Lilah is more concerned about dealing with the outpost commander, a fierce officer with the temperament of a crabby badger.
As punishment for irking the king, Colonel Vann Therrik is overseeing the hardened criminals working in the remote Magroth Crystal Mines. He would like a chance to redeem himself—and escape the loathsome duty station—but nothing is going his way. Cursed fossils have delayed production, miners are trying to escape, and now a scientist has shown up, making demands on his time. Worse, she’s the cousin of his nemesis General Zirkander. As if one Zirkander in his world wasn’t bad enough.
Investigating the fossils leads Lilah and Vann into the depths of Magroth Mountain where centuries-old secrets lurk, and a long-forgotten threat stalks the passages. To have any chance at survival, they’ll have to work together and perhaps learn that neither is what the other expected.
Shattered Past is a stand-alone novel set in the author’s Dragon Blood world.
It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future
Saul Bellow
Literature & Fiction / Nonfiction
Saul Bellow's fiction, honored by a Nobel Prize and a Pulitzer, among other awards, has made him a literary giant. Now the man himself and a lifetime of his insightful views on a range of topics spring off the page in this, his first nonfiction collection, which encompasses articles, lectures, essays, travel pieces, and an "Autobiography of Ideas." It All Adds Up is a fascinating journey through literary America over the last forty years, guided by one of the "most gifted chroniclers in the Western World" (The London Times).
Chisel Hedgehog Book 1 Search for the Past
Perry Crompton
Summary: An awful mistake begins a summer-long crazy, great, and tragic adventure to search for clues to solve a mystery, and pure optimism in spirit and song maintains hope for forgiveness and success.Chisel’s whole summer will turn out to be one perilous adventure after another, in places like the jungles of Volcano Island, The Haunted Woods, Look Around Mountain, and The Cave of the Tooth.Summary: An awful mistake begins a summer-long crazy, great, and tragic adventure to search for clues to solve a mystery, and pure optimism in spirit and song maintains hope for forgiveness and success.Chisel’s whole summer will turn out to be one perilous adventure after another, in places like the jungles of Volcano Island, The Haunted Woods, Look Around Mountain, and The Cave of the Tooth.Chisel will have to develop plans of escape including disguises #1, 2, and 3, use his flying skateboard hot-air-trash-bag-balloon-plane, and create the worst stink bomb recipe in the world to subdue his pursuers. He must overcome his own fear, and despair, always looking on the bright side of life by singing his songs of optimism. Then when all seems lost he must decide whether to follow mysterious images that appear to him.Each day follow Chisel on the Master Map, listen to the songs he sings, and enjoy the pure “hootbalootin” fun, adventure, and optimism. Then journey with Chisel as he builds the world’s largest tree house (to shoot tomatoes at the Flying Squirrels with his giant sling shot), discover with him how to make gum with amazing flavors like buttered popcorn and pepperoni pizza, and see if he can find the treasure of Pootan’s Forest.Then envision Chisel saying, “Hope is free, and hope is mine, today I grab it and will not let go! And if anyone has lost it, come see me. I have plenty you can borrow.”You’ll find all this and more in Chisel Hedgehog’s tragic, but amazing, Crazy Great Summer!Show More Show Less
Journey Into the Past
Stefan Zweig
Literature & Fiction / Biographies & Memoirs
After nine years of separation from his native country because of the First World War, Louis finally sets foot in Austria and meets the woman he had been in love with. Previously divided by class and wealth, both are now married, and they must find out whether their love could survive the hardships, betrayals and the lapse of time.
The White Light
Pattimari Sheets Cacciolfi (pen in past-diamond)
Fantasy / Psychology / Mystery
Travel this road, enter the mysterious world beyond the white light and see if Tessie and Toni follow the light. Do they both go through the white light?The White Light is a book which is thrilling in every word that lingers in the mind and make you want more when the ending comes. In fact, fans have asked for more, suggesting a series perhaps. Tessie and Toni as teenagers put a wish into an old antique dresser after reading a Wizard's book - eighteen years later their wish materialized and things began happening to them that caused them to wonder if they had made a mistake with their long ago wish. Toni all of a sudden falls into a coma and goes to the white light which tells her to go back because she has things to do. Does she go back or does she go into the light and takes the hands of those waiting on the other side. Bob enters into their life and the adventures begins - all the way to Texas and Miami, Florida where strange happenings change the course of their lives forever.We promise you that you will led on a trail of suspense - from beginning to end.
Half Past One
Audrey Valiant
A short story with a Twilight Zone of yesteryear feel. A nuclear explosion leaves a group of people scrabbling for survival. How they cope is anything but expected.INSIDE — Exclusive Interview: Finola Hughes on GH’s Devane Intervention! How She Felt About Losing Tristan Rogers! Where Does She Keep Her Emmy? Why and When She Signed A GH Contract! Thoughts on Cartini! The HIV-Syringe Debacle! And Our Love Affair Exposed! GH: Nurse’s Ball Returning? Plus: Is Y&R’s Maria Arena Bell in Trouble? Find Out! Y&R: Sharon Pregnant With Victor’s Kid? Inside Crystal Chappell’s Kick-Ass B&B Storyline! Emmys: Best Drama Reel Submissions! Plus: My Daytime Emmy Nominations Predictions! Major ABC Exodus: GH Publicist Out? Last Week's Reviews, Unbelievable Blind Items, and Next Week's Cheat Sheet!
Never Stay Past Midnight
Mira Lyn Kelly
Romance / Contemporary
"You are so wrong for me."
Levi had to agree--he was. He was leaving Chicago in a few short weeks. He didn't do commitment--ever. But everything about this night, this girl, was so good. So right. Until at 11:59 p.m. she got out of his bed, got dressed and left!
What had he done? Things had hardly started and she was off! Yet he was bored with simpering women he couldn't get rid of. Elise was a breath of fresh air. How was he going to find her...and get her back in his bed--for the whole night this time? It seemed Mr. Levi-and-Leave-Them might have found the one woman to leave him begging for more....
Murder the Past
Laura Haley-McNeil
Suspense / Romance
When Alice’s husband, Chuck, dumped her for a beautiful, richer version, Alice wanted revenge. She had the opportunity, but she never acted on it. Now, Todd’s time machine gives her a chance to correct the past. Will she take it? And, if so, what are the consequences?Charlie Eastman, whom everyone repeatedly mistakes for a Texas Ranger, is the protagonist in this fast-paced, contemporary authentic Texas mystery. Set in West Texas today, The Grave On Peckerwood Hill is chock full of authentic dialect, historically accurate facts and geography, and natural humor. The story begins with two teenage boys from drastically different backgrounds sneaking out of their homes after midnight during an ice storm and unwittingly videoing their own murders. Lacking clues, a sheriff begs the help of Charlie Eastman, a retired corruption investigator for the governor’s office. Eastman declines, citing a recent mental breakdown. Unfortunately, Eastman has an auto accident that traumatizes Austin Blackie, a champion stud bull owned by the wealthy widow of Red Pirtle, a simple plumber who launched the do-it-yourself store craze in the fifties. After convincing Eastman that he rendered the bull impotent—“His pecker’s broke,” she tells him—the old woman and a mysterious tattoo artist scam Eastman into searching for her brother, whom she hasn’t seen for seventy years. The case partners Eastman with Doc Page, the red-haired town doctor whose terrible, swift tongue and smell of Noxzema cleansing cream drives him wild. A statue of three enormous peanuts on the town square that locals call Gooberhenge and a one-eared donkey that's mistaken for a unicorn lead Eastman, Doc, and the tattoo artist to the missing brother, who is protected by Central American mercenaries. During the search, Eastman discovers a strange stash of Nazi-plundered relics, the solution to the river bottom murders, and the man responsible for the New London school explosion that killed hundreds of children. The Grave On Peckerwood Hill is second cousin to No Country For Old Men, yet it is more than the pursuit of an evil force sporting an eighties haircut. The protagonist, Charlie Eastman, is Harry Potter in mid-life crisis. He’s a magnet for everything he wants to avoid. The story is as multifaceted as a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode with a mix of humorous, sociopathic characters. Fans of Elmore Leonard should find it to their liking.
Billiards at Half-Past Nine
Heinrich Böll
Literature & Fiction / Travel / Short Stories
Böll’s well-known opposition to fascism and war informs this moving story of a single day in the life of traumatized soldier Robert Faehmel, scion of a family of successful Cologne architects, as he struggles to return to ordinary life after the Second World War. An encounter with a war-time nemesis, now a power in the reconstruction of Germany, forces him to confront private memories and the wounds of Germany’s defeat in the two World Wars.
Past Crimes: A Compendium of Historical Mysteries
Jennifer Ashley
Romance / Historical Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
Step into the past through three historical mysteries that reach from Imperial Rome to Victorian London.
A Soupçon of Poison
(Kat Holloway Victorian Mysteries)
Kat Holloway, a young cook who is highly sought after by the wealthy of Victorian London, becomes embroiled in murder and must clear her name. Only the mysterious Daniel McAdam, who is much more than he seems, can come to her aid.
Blood Debts
(Leonidas the Gladiator Mysteries)
Leonidas, freedman, once the most popular gladiator in Rome and champion of the games, now must fight for his life outside the arena. A man who owed him money was murdered, and Leonidas is a prime suspect. With the assistance of Cassia, daughter of a Greek scribe who has been bestowed upon him as his slave, Leonidas fights for justice in the back lanes of Imperial Rome.
The Necklace Affair
(Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries)
Captain Lacey agrees to help a society matron discover what has become of her cherished diamond necklace and to clear her maid, who has been arrested for its theft. Lacey quickly becomes enmeshed in scandal and past secrets, and finds himself competing with the underworld criminal, James Denis, for the necklace's retrieval.
This collection includes three novellas of about 25,000-30,000 words each.
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Past Prologue: Where are our Children (A Serial Novel) Episode 4 of 9
Gary Sapp
Sometimes the game of future's past is played by bending the rules.But the citizens of the city of Atlanta have broken them all.Thomas Pepper draws close...dangerously close to discovering the answers to the three questions that every Person of Color in America wants to know: Who killed the first Black president of the United States? Who is the Caretaker? And what is the Whirlwind?Special Agent Christopher Prince and his childhood friend Dr. Angel Hicks Dupree learn that their lies and worse...all of their truths have come back to potentially destroy them both.And while one player tragically exits the game forever, another experiences a rebirth that you will have to see to believe.
Past Sins
Thomas Grant Bruso
Officer Jack Ballinger receives a phone call from the chief of police in the early morning hours regarding a dead body at an apartment building in a quiet neighborhood in the small upstate New York town of Black Falls. A female student lies in a pentagram outlined in her own blood, clutching a rosary. Ballinger and his former partner Officer Cory Ryan interview tenants in the building about the girl's death, but are met with more questions than answers.When another body is found in the same apartment building a few hours later, Jack knows something is wrong. As he ciphers through a patchwork of unexplainable clues, the investigation detours when Ryan disappears from the case and cannot be found.With his future as an officer in question, will Ballinger be able to deal with the truth of these crimes once he dscovers everything he thought he knew was a lie?
With Love from the Past
Lauren Smyth
The story begins in darkness—literally—as Ari wakes up to realize that staying locked in her room won't pay her electricity bills. So when she's offered a job with the National Drug Enforcement Bureau, she's forced to accept or starve. This is her last chance for a new start. Except, the next day, one of her teammates is dead.The police call it a suicide, but Ari knows better. The night of her teammate's death, she found a cryptic riddle taped to her door that poses five possible killers: Ari, her three teammates, and a mysterious "other" who just might be the city's top drug dealer. Nobody can be trusted. Suddenly, Ari finds herself dragged into a wild game of anonymity, desperation, and regret that leaves her with a choice: forgive and accept her past, or try to keep it hidden no matter who it hurts.
Past Master
Jeff Carter
Self Help / Spirituality / Classics
An SF story about slavery. Time travel! Slaves! Masters! Beatings!An SF story about slavery. Master Legion travels back in time to free slaves. Other slave owners are not as nice.
Candy Canes of Christmas Past
Leslie Meier
Christmas past meets Christmas present in this holiday whodunit set in Tinker's Cove, Maine, featuring reporter and sleuth Lucy Stone—and a not-so-cold case of murder. For fans of cozy mysteries and the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author's ever-popular Lucy Stone series. Twenty-some years ago, Lucy Stone arrived in Tinker Cove, Maine, and discovered her knack for solving mysteries. It happened when she met Miss Tilly, the town librarian, whose mother took a fatal fall down the basement stairs one Christmas Eve. The "accident" left a cloud of suspicion on Miss Tilly's father—and a slew of other suspects . . . The only clue was a glass candy cane found smashed to bits by the victim's body. Now, as she unlocks the doors of Christmas past, Lucy must learn the mystery of the glass candy cane to expose secrets, scandal—and a killer who got away with murder . . .
Shadows of the Past
Jakes Penn
"Shadows of the Past" is a gripping and suspenseful thriller that follows the journey of Sarah Thompson, a determined young woman who stumbles upon a dark secret that has haunted her family for generations. As she delves deeper into the mystery, she uncovers a vast conspiracy that stretches far beyond her imagination. Sarah joins forces with Gabriel, a clever and intriguing ally (a private investigator), to disentangle the web of lies, motivated by a passionate desire for justice and armed with uncompromising resolve. Together, they make their way across a perilous environment populated by formidable foes and unanticipated allies while dodging the conspirators' prying eyes. Sarah and Gabriel set out on a persistent quest for the truth as the plot develops throughout seven thrilling chapters, with their every move being led by their unflinching pursuit of justice. They encounter many obstacles along the way, face their worst fears, and form enduring friendships...
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
Mildred D. Taylor
Children's / Historical Fiction
The saga of the Logan family—made famous in the Newbery Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry—concludes in a long-awaited and deeply fulfilling story.In her tenth book, Mildred Taylor completes her sweeping saga about the Logan family of Mississippi, which is also the story of the civil rights movement in America of the 20th century. Cassie Logan, first met in Song of the Trees and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, is a young woman now, searching for her place in the world, a journey that takes her from Toledo to California, to law school in Boston, and, ultimately, in the 60s, home to Mississippi for voter registration. She is witness to the now-historic events of the century: the Great Migration north, the rise of the movement, preceded and precipitated by the racist society of America, and the often violent confrontations that brought about change. Rich, compelling storytelling is Ms. Taylor's hallmark, and she fulfills expectations...
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
Terrance Hayes
A powerful, timely, dazzling collection of sonnets from one of America's most acclaimed poets, Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award winning author of Lighthead"The right poetry collection for right now." - The Los Angeles TimesIn seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by the country's past and future eras and errors, its dreams and nightmares. Inventive, compassionate, hilarious, melancholy, and bewildered—the wonders of this new collection are irreducible and stunning.
Layers of the Past
Altonya Washington
Romance / Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
Huron Base has a name synonymous with power and intimidation. He's made no apologies for doing what's been necessary to survive a life rooted in poverty and pain. Endeavors drenched in blood and marked with bone have become his trademark in spite of his desire to be more-to be better. When he meets troubleshooter, Kamari Grade that desire receives the spark it's been waiting on. It's the spark that motivates Huron to once again strive to rise above his circumstances and at last become the better man he wants to be.Change however, has its consequences...and its dangers. Many of Huron's associates aren't so supportive of his new found...desires. They are especially wary of his new found love. Kamari is a recognizable force in her field-one that keeps her too enmeshed in the circles of law enforcement that Huron's associates strive to avoid. Huron knows that Kam doesn't care who he was, only who he is- the man she loves. Still, he won't allow that to blind him to what has to be...
Voices from the Past
Paul Alexander Bartlett
Steven James Bartlett Senior Research Professor of Philosophy, Oregon State University and Bartlett is known for his fiction, including When the Owl Cries and Adiós Mi México, historical novels set during the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and descriptive of hacienda life, Forward, Children!, a powerful antiwar novel, and numerous short stories. He was also the author of books of poetry, including Spokes for Memory and Wherehill, the nonfiction work, The Haciendas of Mexico: An Artist’s Record, the first extensive artistic and photographic study of haciendas throughout Mexico, and numerous articles about the Mexican haciendas. Bartlett was also an artist whose paintings, illustrations, and drawings have been exhibited in more than 40 one-man shows in leading museums in the U.S. and Mexico. Archives of his work and literary correspondence have now been established at the American Heritage Center of the University of Wyoming, the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection of the University of Texas, and the Rare Books Collection of the University of California, Los Angeles. I am deeply grateful to my wife, Karen Bartlett, for her faithful, patient, and perceptive help with this long project
A Darker Past
Jus Accardo
Young Adult
The past is Darker than they thought...
Between helping her mother with the Darker Agency and laying the smack down on monster baddies, Jessie Darker puts the “normal” in paranormal. But lately, things have gotten a little crazy...even for a smart-assed half-demon teenage girl.
For starters, Jessie’s been contracted into fifty-five years of annoying servitude. To a demon. Then there’s Lukas Scott, her sexy new boyfriend. Once the former incarnation of Wrath, he’s been going through some...uh, changes. Like residual anger. And trading chaste hangouts for lusty make-out sessions.
But it’s when Lukas and Jessie accidentally release a Very Nasty Demon that things get really bad, setting into motion a chain of death and mayhem that threatens both Earth and the Shadow Realm. Jessie has exactly four days to fix it...before all of Hell breaks loose.
Monster's Past
Laura Greenwood
Romance / Fantasy / Paranormal
The search for answers may lie in dreams of the past. Anja has never been able to answer the question of what she is, but now she's at Blackthorn Academy, she's determined to find out—even if it means facing the dreams that plague her nights. The moment Cethin meets Anja, he knows she's more than just a classmate, he just hopes that she can see beyond his twisted lineage and won't run screaming when she discovers she's his mate. Between the nightmares, the new class load, and the charming dark warlock plaguing her thoughts, there's no doubt that Anja has her hands full, but can it help find her the answers she's looking for? Monster's Past is book five in the Blackthorn Academy for Supernaturals shared world, featuring a heroine with no clue about her past, a cinnamon roll dark warlock determined to help her, and more.
Locomotive to the Past
George D. Schultz
Have you ever been totally flummoxed? One imagines that we all have at one time or another. But, as dumbfounded, as Jason Rutkowski?On September 11, 2001, hes beside himself — when so many people, in the Detroit area, appear to be completely unconcerned about 747s being flown into skyscrapers. An overwhelmingly-bewildering situation, for him! To add to his problems, hes summarily sent home early, from his job.He spots an old-time locomotive — in the middle of a field! He boards the train — and it begins to move! When it pulls into Michigan Central Depot, close by downtown Detroit, hes in 1942! A few months after Pearl Harbor! Here is a young man who — for his entire lifetime — has been beaten down, Mostly, by an overbearing mother, and an unprincipled employer. And now hes confronted with having to face life — in a totally-unfamiliar culture! In amongst a world of people — all of whom are perfect strangers!
Just Past Two
Elia Winters
Abby Burke put her wild days behind her, determined to be the adult she thought she needed to be. It was just a phase, right? But when her college reunion reveals her...adventurous...past to her straitlaced gentleman of a husband, Abby is terrified he'll reject her. Except Sam is more than intrigued by what has his normally bold wife flushing with embarrassment...and desire. So when he and Abby stumble onto an especially hot scene that takes them over the edge, he proposes a challenge: confess their deepest fantasies and fulfill them together.As their playful explorations escalate, their forays into exhibitionism and kink shift the way they see each other and their relationship—for the better. But when Sam finds himself longing to see her pleasured by other men, and Abby's all in, they wonder if this will make their marriage stronger or end up tearing them apart.Each book in the Comes in Threes series is STANDALONE:* Three-Way Split*...
Ghosts of Past and Present - From "Short Cuts", a short story collection
Erik Boman
Thriller / Mystery / Science Fiction
Following a chaotic business meeting, Liam flees the city for the quiet of a childhood beach.Stuck in the rain, he discovers lost and precious memories - but his memories don't return alone..._____________________________________________________________Erik Boman is a writer from Oxford. He is the author of "Short Cuts" and was awarded with the A.M. Heath literary prize in 2011.Referencing some of the characters from my book of Flash Fiction, Daemons Lurk In Plain Sight. This Novelette paves the way for my trilogy that is set in the same world.Everything is a mystery to Fox, she doesn't even know her last name. The Gods throw her a curve ball when her brother Jasper is infected by a Spear Daemon and the only way for her to save him, is to give herself to the Lord Death. He gives her the answers she has been looking for, she didn't expect to fall in love with him.
Rescue Girl
Al Past
Ana and Matt are enjoying married life and being parents to their 12-year-old twins, with another child on the way.Nothing stays simple forever though.Oleg Serbanov hasn't forgotten that Ana made him look like a fool and is devoting his almost unlimited resources in pursuit of vengeance.He has money, personnel, and a searing hatred that won't let him rest until he has his revenge...
Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle
Natan Last
An entertaining and eye-opening look at the history of crossword puzzles, who constructs them, and why crosswords matter as both a reflection of and influence on our culture
"Should be at the top of every gift guide for word nerds and puzzle enthusiasts everywhere.” —Chicago Review of Books
“A gridful of insight and pleasure.”—Stefan Fatsis, bestselling author of Word Freak and Unabridged
From Wordle to Spelling Bee, we live in a time of word game mania. Crosswords in particular gained renewed popularity during the COVID-19 lockdown, when games became another kind of refuge. Today, 36 million Americans solve crosswords once a week or more, and nearly 23 million solve them daily. Yet, as longtime New Yorker crossword contributor Natan Last will tell you, the seemingly apolitical puzzle has never been more controversial—or more interesting.
A surprisingly ubiquitous influence in the worlds of art, literature, and technology, as Last demonstrates, the puzzle and its most popular purveyors—including publications such as The New York Times, still the gold standard for word games—have in recent years been challenged for the way they prioritize certain cultures and perspectives as the norm, demoting others to obscurity. At the same time, the crossword has never been more democratic. A larger, younger, more tech-savvy, and solidaristic group of people have fallen in love with puzzle solving, ushering in a more inclusive community of constructors and challenging the very idea of what is "normal."
With a critical eye toward the puzzle's history, Natan Last explores the debates about the future of the crossword and investigates those who are determining its next phase, ultimately asking if the crossword can help us reshape the world. Across the Universe interrogates all the ways words—and the games we make using those words—change our culture, while bringing us into the world of those pushing for the crossword's much-needed evolution.
Past Transgressions
Dave Sinclair
Retired spy. Trained killing machine. Pacifist. Retired MI6 spy Mason Nash moved to a sleepy English town so he could leave his former violent life behind. He soon learns that past transgressions have a way of catching up with you. When hired killers invade his peaceful new existence Nash is forced to fall back on his old ways to find out who sent assassins after him and why. What he uncovers sends him on a globetrotting quest involving old friends, a new clandestine spy agency and a world-wide conspiracy where no one is quite who they seem. Nash finds out how hard it is to adhere to non-violent ways when everyone is trying to kill you. A page burner of a novel full of action and wit, Past Transgressions is definitely not your regular espionage thriller.
Past This Point
Nicole Mabry
Karis Hylen has been through the New York City dating wringer. After years of failed relationships, she abandons her social life and whittles her days down to work and spending time with her dog, Zeke. Her self-imposed exile ends up saving her life when an untreatable virus sweeps the east coast, killing millions.Alone in her apartment building, Karis survives with only Zeke, phone calls to her mom, and conversations with two young girls living across the courtyard. With the city in a state of martial law, violence and the smell of rotting corpses surround her every day. But her biggest enemy is her own mind. As cabin fever sets in, vivid hallucinations make her question her sanity.In addition to her dwindling food and water stash, Karis must now struggle to keep her mind in check. When a mysterious man enters the scene, she hopes she can convince him to help her make it to the quarantine border. With the world crumbling around her, Karis discovers...
Blast from the Past
Cathy Hopkins
'Cathy's warmth and gentle humour shine through – a really enjoyable read.' Judy Leigh, author of A Grand Old Time 'Funny and feelgood' Good Housekeeping On a trip of a lifetime to India, Bea is given an unexpected fiftieth birthday present – an hour with a celebrated clairvoyant. Unlucky in love, Bea learns that her true soulmate is still out there ̶ and that he's someone she knew in a past life. Returning home, Bea revisits the men in her life and can't resist looking up a few old lovers – the Good, the Bad and the... well, the others. As Bea connects with the ones that got away, she suspects that her little black book has remained shut for a reason. But one man out there has her in his sights.They say love is blind and maybe Bea just needs an eye test... Funny and wise, this is the perfect read for anyone who believes in finding love, no matter what their age.
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Of Battles Past (Amgalant #1)
Bryn Hammond
Historical Fiction / Speculative Fiction
China has executed Ambaghai, the Mongols’ khan, on a hurdle with donkey ears and tail from the theatre, in mockery of the horse peoples of the steppe. It cries for hachi.China has executed Ambaghai, the Mongols’ khan, on a hurdle with donkey ears and tail from the theatre, in mockery of the horse peoples of the steppe. It cries for hachi. ‘Hachi means that which is owed, or felt due. It can mean an act of humanity. It can mean vengeance. It meant justice.’The Mongols go to war for Ambaghai’s hachi, in a century when no steppe people is fit to tackle China. They believe battles are won by the just, and the size differential doesn’t bother them. They are wrong, but the Mongol God comforts them with an omen. Temujin, the baby of that battle day, has in his hand his people’s future victory. The Chinese have crossbows, but the Mongols have belief.(Where Amgalant starts. Of Battles Past and the next, When I am King, can be found together in Amgalant One: The Old Ideal)
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Ark: Echo from the Past (Tales of the Executioners)
Mark James Wooding
Short Story. Not for children. The second in a collection called Tales of the Executioners about the vampires in the elite "police force". Ark has been an Executioner for two hundred and fifty years, and has always done his duty, but when he's handed an assignment with a familiar perpetrator, will he be able to follow orders?Introducing the field agents of the DAM (Department of Adventure and Mysteries). This is the first part of a 5-part series in which Shakespeare Crush and Isaac Maxwell Pound take on the demons of another dimension. The story begins with the mysterious disappearance of field agent Seth Hogan and leads up to the uncovering of a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of government.
Someone from the Past: A London Mystery
Bennett, Margot
Sarah has been receiving threatening anonymous letters, seemingly from a former lover. Just one day after revealing this information to her co-worker Nancy, Sarah is found shot in her bedroom by one of her past flames, Donald. Hearing the news and desperate to clear any evidence of Donald’s presence at the scene due to her own infatuations, Nancy finds herself as the key suspect when she is discovered in the apartment. As the real killer uses the situation to their advantage, Bennett crafts a tense and nuanced story through flashbacks to Sarah’s life and loves in this Gold-Dagger-award-winning, Hitchcockian story of deceit and murder.
Shadows of the Past
Shadows of the Past (retail) (epub)
A tragic death brings good fortune to an orphaned child – but at what cost?Liverpool, 1928. Fifteen-year-old Annie Anderson was adopted by Sylvia and Hugh after the death of their own daughter. Annie is told that her own mother in childbirth and her father died before she was born.A chance encounter introduces Annie to local lad Andrew Fraser. Their friendship blossoms, but once Annie's adoptive parents learn of it they forbid her from seeing him. When Annie asks why, it sets her on a path to discover more about her origins – but will what she learns bring heartache or joy?Don't miss this rich and vivid saga by one of Liverpool's best-known novelists, perfect for fans of Kitty Neale and Katie Flynn.
Unveiling the Past
Part #2 of "Ghost Detective Novels" series by R. W. Wallace
Not everyone can attend their own funeral. Not consciously and calmly, anyway.Even Robert, a long-time ghost and something of a pro when it comes to final rites, finds it disconcerting. In the company of his long-time friend and fellow ghost Clothilde, Robert watches as his mother accompanies his remains to the grave — thirty years after his demise.But why does Clothilde's frail old uncle do the same? Does he know about the link between Clothilde and Robert's deaths?A funeral won't put the past to rest — only solving the mystery of their own murders can bring closure.And Uncle Lucien seems to hold vital clues... Unveiling the Past is the second novel in the Ghost Detective series, following Robert and Clothilde in their continued search for justice.
The Planetsider: Uncover the Past. Fight for the Future.
Part #1 of "Planetsider Trilogy" series by G J Ogden
"The strong action sequences and thoughtful worldbuilding make this one worth picking up for fans of plot-driven SF." - Publishers WeeklyA story of self-discovery, belonging and hope.
After The Fall the scattered pockets of civilization that survived choose to live in ignorance of the past. No-one wants to know what caused the apocalypse. No-one, except Ethan. As a boy, Ethan believed in the guardians - mysterious lights in the night sky that, according to folklore, safeguard survivors from The Maddening. This horrific sickness mutated men and women into Roamers; savage nomads, stripped of their humanity. But when a Roamer attack killed his parents, Ethan's faith was shattered and replaced with a hunger to know the truth.
One night Ethan watches a light grow bright in the night sky and crash to the planet's surface near a ruined city. There he finds Maria, a descendant of the pre-Fall civilization which is trapped off-world and unable to return to the poisoned planet. Maria has risked everything to find a Planetsider; a man or woman with an inborn resistance to The Maddening. She begs Ethan to help to save her people, and in return he will finally learn the truth.
But the revelations come at a terrible cost and Ethan finds himself drawn into a war that has raged for generations. Who will he choose to save and can he himself be saved?Powerful, thought-provoking and emotionally absorbing, The Planetsider is a gripping, post-apocalyptic thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end.
Gia & the Blast From the Past
Part #4 of "The Gustafson Girls" series by Becky Doughty
Fiction / Contemporary / Romance
When Gia comes face to face with a past she didn't know she had, will she trust in a future she can't control? MEET GIA GUSTAFSON Gia, the youngest Gustafson girl, is officially coming of age...but now what? She feels like she's standing still while everything and everyone around her is moving at lightning speed. Her best friend, Ricky Zander, is acting like a stranger, her grandparents have grown old overnight, and her older sisters have all found their happily-ever-afters. Because life isn't confusing enough, the gorgeous new guy at work is doing his best to sweep Gia off her feet, and Ricky is none too happy about it. So when a stranger she'd recognize anywhere shows up unannounced on her doorstep, Gia isn't so sure she's ready to grow up after all. MEET THE GUSTAFSON GIRLS Orphaned by a drunk driver, it's the G-FOURce—the Gustafson Four club—that unites the sisters when their differences would tear...
Half Past Normal (Love for the Holidays: Valentine's Day Book 1)
Brynn Paulin
Romance / Contemporary / Fiction
It wasn’t my idea.
If I’d been completely sober, I might have stopped the crazies who burned the male effigy at the Anti-Valentine party I went to. I mean, that’s not really my thing. I don’t hate men. I’m just a normal, single girl trying to get through college without being noticed. Because everyone in my family is famous. And then the party and the stunt made national news. And there I was, front and center on the Film at 11.
It's okay. I’ve got this. I’ll dodge the paparazzi, and soon they’ll tire of me. I’ll sink back into obscurity.
Then he shows up—my twin brother’s manager. He’s going to fix my reputation—thank you, I didn’t know it needed to be fixed. It was just one dumb party!
And apparently, he’s my date for Valentine’s Day, too. That ought to be fun. He doesn’t even like me. That’s okay. I don’t like him either.
Kill the Past, Destroy the World
Rory Mackay
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Spirituality
An old sorceress returns to her homeland, determined to seek revenge for the sins of the past, while embroiled in a plot that will jeopardise the future of her world. Blurring the boundaries between good and evil, this intriguing short story serves as prelude to the epic fantasy/science-fiction novel "The Key of Alanar". Rory Mackay is author of the critically acclaimed novel "Eladria".Written in celebration of 150 years of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)Alice falls into a world of mad computer programs when she doesn’t do her Mathematics homework. Will she find her way back? Will she find her Bunny? Or will the Ultimate Viruses of Power have their way?
The Way Past Winter
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Way Past Winter is a riveting adventure about magic, an eternal winter, and one girl's unbreakable determination to reunite her family.Mila, her sisters, and her brother, Oskar, live in a small forest cabin, surviving in a world gripped by frost and snow. When a mysterious man shows up on her doorstep, Mila and her family grant him shelter for the night. But in the morning, the man is gone—and he's taken Oskar with them.• Written by award-winning and internationally recognized author Kiran Millwood Hargrave• Inspired by European folklore• Middle grade novel that explores deeper topics—grief, inner strength, and the unbreakable bonds of familyDetermined to save their brother, Mila and her sisters set out on a mission to rescue him. But challenges await them at every turn: wolves with the speed of demons, tempestuous gold, an untrustworthy mage—and always the...
Forgetting the Past
Brenda Kennedy
Romance / Contemporary / Fiction
When Ava Emerson wakes up from a coma, she has no memory of the past 25 years. The only things she knows are the confusing stories told to her by her split family and her two best friends, Chase and Skylar. Learning that her husband, Connor, died in the car accident that caused her amnesia, Ava is sad and heartbroken.When Ava Emerson wakes up from a coma, she has no memory of the past 25 years. The only things she knows are the confusing stories told to her by her split family and her two best friends, Chase and Skylar. Learning that her husband, Connor, died in the car accident that caused her amnesia, Ava is sad and heartbroken. When her nightmares become terrifying memories, Ava becomes determined to move on and start a new life for herself, away from the town that holds the secrets to her past. With the encouragement of Chase, Ava and Skylar open a bed and breakfast together in the heart of Savannah, Georgia. When a tall, dark, and handsome Xander Jamison walks into her life, will Ava feel safe enough to let him into her broken and empty life? Will Ava be able to move on and live her life free of a haunting past? Is Xander the man that Ava thinks he is? Or does he hold his own secrets?
Past Due for Murder
Victoria Gilbert
Mystery
For fans of Miranda James and Jenn McKinlay, the third conspiratorially delightful third entry in Victoria Gilbert's critically acclaimed Blue Ridge Library mysteries.Has a curse fallen on the small town of Taylorsford, Virginia? After a young woman goes missing during a spring bonfire, library director Amy Webber must wade through the web of lies only to find a truth that she may not want to untangle.Spring has sprung in quaint Taylorsford, Virginia, and the mayor has revived the town's long-defunct May Day celebration to boost tourism. As part of the festivities, library director Amy Webber is helping to organize a research project and presentation by a local folklore expert. All seems well at first—but spring takes on a sudden chill when a university student inexplicably vanishes during a bonfire. The local police cast a wide net to find the missing woman, but in a shocking turn of events, Amy's swoon-worthy neighbor Richard Muir becomes a...
Living in the Past
Jane Lovering
A wish to turn back time comes true for two archaeologists in the Yorkshire moors in this time-slip romance by the award-winning author of Hubble Bubble. The loss of the love her life is just one reason that history teacher Grace Nicholls would love to turn back the clock. It's just that an archaeological dig at a Bronze Age settlement isn't what she had in mind. But, encouraged by her best friend Tabitha, that's exactly where she finds herself—in the wind, rain, and sleet of the muddy moors. Professor Duncan McDonald is the site director, and his earnest pursuit of ancient artifacts makes him appear single-minded and unreachable. He has his reasons. But when a woman on the site goes missing, it seems that Duncan's own distant history might be coming back to haunt him. As they dig deeper, Duncan and Grace get more than they bargained for—and come to realize that the past is much closer than either of them ever...
Future Past (Gift of the Ancients Book 2)
Bianca D’Arc
Fantasy / Paranormal / Romance / Paranormal Romance
Rose is telling fortunes at a New Age shop when Jeff crashes into her life with questions only she can answer and danger following their every move. He takes her on a wild helicopter ride to safety at a secret military base where he is stationed with his unit. With danger following their every move, can they find and keep the love they both foresee in their future?
Unveiling the Past
Kim Vogel Sawyer
Christian Fiction / Historical / Historical Fiction
Mysteries, family secrets, and the love of a true Father are found at the heart of this gripping novel from the best-selling author of Bringing Maggie HomeNewlyweds Sean Eagle and Meghan DeFord are no strangers to pain and loss. As cold-case detectives, they know intimately the anguish family members endure after the murder or disappearance of a loved one. But when a new case hits too close to home, it threatens to pull loose the fragile cords of their young marriage. Sheila Menke was just a girl when her father left for work and never returned. An investigation revealed he had embezzled enough to start a new life elsewhere, but Sheila could never accept the court's criminalization of her father. Meghan reluctantly takes the case, secretly fearing it will stir up buried feelings about her own biological father. And while Sean investigates the mysterious death of two young brothers, he longs to start a family. But Meghan worries that with a...
Ghosts of Halloween Past (A Shifter Chronicles Story, Sequel to Blind Devotion)
M. D. Grimm
(A Shifter Chronicles story, sequel to Blind Devotion)Wolf shifter Sheriff Jack Ulger and cougar shifter Travis Kuger protect the shifters and their human allies living in Haven, Montana. They have known each other for almost two decades but weren't always friends. One Halloween night, as teenagers, that changed when Travis saved them both from an abandoned mill and the ghosts haunting it.Years later, it's Halloween again, and Travis never shared the ghostly experience with anyone, least of all the skeptic Jack. But he soon regrets the omission when Jack becomes trapped in the same abandoned mill while trying to find two lost kids. Jack must now protect the children, fight off a spiritual attack, and find a way to freedom. Travis knows something is wrong and enlists the help of their friends, and he can only hope they'll be in time to save Jack from the dark entities.Second Edition with revised text.
The End of Eternity
Isaac Asimov
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers / Science
Andrew Harlan is an Eternal, a man whose job it is to range through past and present Centuries, monitoring and, where necessary, altering Time's myriad cause-and-effect relationships. But when Harlan meets and falls for a non-Eternal woman, he seeks to use the awesome powers and techniques of the Eternals to twist time for his own purposes, so that he and his love can survive together.