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Exodus From the Alamo: The Anatomy of the Last Stand Myth
For the most part, the real story of the Alamo is not about romantic heroics or an alleged, deliberate self-sacrifice, but concerns the consequences of sheer folly. A fatal mixture of overconfidence, unpreparedness, and miscalculation ensured that an easily avoidable mistake—deciding to remain in...
Finding Home
“Can I come in?” he asked from the other side. “Yes,” she replied, still working tangles from her hair. Colt walked in carrying a small bag and placed it on the counter. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her back to his front, meeting her gaze in the mirror. “Toiletries in the bag,” he ...
Angela's Hope (Wildflowers)
She knew from Clive and Gabe that Ted was very handy and creative. She also found his company pleasant. He was nice to have around. She knew that Clive was preparing to leave in a week for Oregon but he promised he would be back with her chickens. She wondered why he was s...
The House of the Mosque
He crawled over to the hauz and played with the water. It was the first time he’d ever ventured so far from his room. In the beginning everyone used to watch him like a hawk, but after a while no one paid any attention to him. He stared into the water at the red fish, who stared back at him with ...
Love Found [Pack Law 6] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) (2013)
His wolf was clamoring for dominance, telling him to claim his mate by biting the tender place where her neck and shoulder met. He let a growl rumble up from his chest as he fought for supremacy. Biting Alyson there would claim her as his. His wolf didn’t want to wait until she was ready, but Ryl...
August 9th
Caroline is going to have a brother! Maggie’s due in the middle of December and her pregnancy, so far, has been relatively smooth. The timing is perfect since the Valley pretty much shuts down between Thanksgiving and New Years and I’ll be able to take most of December off. Times sure have change...
Observatory Mansions
Eyes closed. Lying still.Today, though, I’m sitting by her bed and I tell her that I’ve had to sell some Orme land. Nothing else could be done. There are increasingly less farmhands. All the young are being encouraged to work in the city, where they are paid higher wages, they say there’s nothing...
Black Thursday (2014)
Never mind that pretty much everyone in the Michaels family had already handled the note. “And you say you got that email from this CC person, when?” he asked. “Yesterday,” I said, scrolling through my phone until I located the email and handed it t...
Fogtown (2011)
It heard a mighty flapping of wings, looked to see what kind of bird was making the noise, and was attacked by a red-tailed hawk. The predator sank its talons in the dove’s neck and yanked it from the pole. Flying off with the stunned creature, the hawk zoomed over the New College law school camp...
Rookie Mistake (California Dreamers #4)
I don’t want to see anyone in my current state so I ignore it. Maybe if I’m lucky whoever it is will go away. Apparently I’m not that lucky. There’s more knocking. I’ve lived in my tiny studio apartment for the last five year...
King's Crusade (Seventeen)
‘Uh-huh,’ said Banks distractedly. ‘Okay! Let’s go for another round,’ he told the monk. Yonten nodded amiably and took a biscuit out of his robe. She found Jackson seated behind one of the workstations in the lab. Reznak was leaning against the back of the Harvard profess...
The Way We Roll (2012)
However, the second day he worked out for them, he went back into a little freeze. I didn’t know if it was nerves or what, but as I sat in the hotel room and watched his performance, I could have jumped through the tube and choked him. He had it in him—I couldn’t understand why he froze. And when...
His Four Poster Bed (Bedroom Secrets Series Book 2)
Todd will drive you. I responded quickly, my heart racing.I love you. Be there soon. I stood in the center of my apartment. I’d tidied up the kitchen and left my good wine out on the counter. The refrigerator was empty; I’d wanted to make sure nothing rotted. I wasn’t about to leave Billie with a...
Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World
MONSTERS OF GENEVA On the eve of the infamous lost summer of 1816, eighteen-year-old Mary Godwin took flight with her lover, Percy Shelley, and their baby for Switzerland, escaping the chilly atmosphere of her father’s house in London. Mary’s young stepsister, Claire Clairmont, accompanied them, ...
Big Porn Inc: Exposing the Harms of the Global Pornography Industry
Amy was a victim of sexual abuse by her uncle. He later uploaded images of the abuse, picturing a little child being forced to perform sexual acts with an adult man, including oral and anal penetration, and masturbation. Amy’s images became known as the ‘Misty Series’, which have been globally tr...