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Hot Summer's Knight
said Berenice.“I checked the riverbanks near the castle first. I’ve been up to the mill, and I was on my way down to the bridge,” Gareth replied.“Did you see any sign of Jessamine?”“None. I don’t expect to find any, either,”“I suspect you’re right. We saw nothing, no sign of anyone on the fore...
Tutti Italia: A Novel
“Hey! I didn’t think you wanted to go. You didn’t text me back.” She kept the accusation out of her voice because she was so happy that he was going to go with her. “Yeah, sorry about that. I ran out of phone minutes and I need to get some more but the store’s closed. ...
Buried Truth (2011)
“Taking your time returning my call, Cloudman. Didn’t you get the message I left with your aunt?” Bill gripped the phone and turned away from Heather but she followed him, her face etched with concern. “It’s a matter of time before you’re caught and sent back to jail, Oscar.” Oscar laughed into t...
Orphan Moon (The Orphan Moon Trilogy Book 1)
The sun will rise at my back tomorrow as I head west into that gaping frontier which waits beyond the outer fringe of civilization. From studying the map Mr. Waddell gave us, we’ll follow the Oregon Trail most of the way until it leaves us in the vicinity of the Great Salt Lake where The Trail th...
Howling at the Moon: The Complete Series
Frantic, I turned and reached for Warren, but the bed was empty. Night had turned into day, and everything that happened had to be a dream. The room felt cold and distant, and I was wrapped under the blankets, shielding my naked body from the cold. Glancing out the window, the sunny sky was now o...
West of Sunset (2014)
He’d sworn off even beer, and the ceaseless drumming and swaying infiltrated him like a sickness. He wrote Scottie and Ober and Max, read and smoked and slept. At breakfast Palm Springs shimmered like a mirage. After the salt wastes of the desert the Sierras were a welcome respite, the crawling a...
Julie & Kishore
At the start of my last year of high school I was sent on a work experience course one day a week at a veterinary clinic. I always loved animals and knew in some way I would end up working with them, this course easily set my career path on track. At the end of that year as I finished school fo...
Six (2015)
We can’t allow electronic messages of any kind. I’ve ordered Colonel Peterson to deliver this memo to you personally. If you wish to reply, you must write the message by hand or by typewriter (as I’m doing now) and give it to Peterson, who will carry it back to Colorado. L...
Beck (BBW Bear Shifter Moonshiner Romance) (120 Proof Honey Book 4)
By ten she was sitting at a table in the Lemon Drop Café in town, and he was seated opposite her. They spent hours there, talking and drinking far too much coffee, and then they went on their way. He called her the day after that again. And they followed the same routine. By the fourth day, Will...
Finding Abbey Road (2016)
Most of the plane seems to be asleep. Some seats still with their little rectangles of screen blaring blue light. Caleb is out, now. We’re snuggled against each other’s shoulders. It took us awhile: two movies and a bunch of video games and even the crossword puzzle in the airplane magazine befor...
Soulstice (The Souled Series)
Jon, my step-dad, came out of the kitchen to greet me, drying his hands on a towel. “Is everything okay?” Mom appeared behind him, her brows lifting slightly in question. I definitely got my blues eyes from her. Dad’s had been steely blue, and when ...
Alistair (Tales From P.A.W.S. Book 1)
The boy scrunched up his face and concentrated. He had never once beaten Alistair, but tonight he was close. Alistair stared at him with his piercing blue eyes, his spidery white fingers casually moving a pawn. “You think I’m a monster, don’t you, Joshua?” &nbs...
Gladly Beyond
As usual, the Colonel rocked back on his heels, thumbs in his jacket lapels. Dante and I were on our way to visit the Certosa but, as it was near the Colonel’s villa, we had swung by. I wanted to give him word of my acceptance in person. Dante decided to wait with the car,...
Apocalypse Cult (Gray Spear Society)
He was already thinking about the quick dinner he would prepare for himself before going to bed. He had jars of peanut butter and jelly and a loaf of fresh sourdough bread. He might also make a fruit smoothie from some overripe apples and bananas if he felt ambitious.An unexpected breeze caught h...
Lucia Victrix (2013)
In order to get into Mallards more speedily, Lucia left Grebe vacant in the space of two days, not forgetting the india-rubber felting in the passage outside the Office, for assuredly there would be another Temple of Silence at Mallards, and stored her furniture until her new house was fit to rec...