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Great White Throne
Now that the bag was off my head and no one held a gun, I could take in the room. It looked ancient. The walls were pale, dusty stone, probably placed there a thousand years ago. The plain brown rug on the wood floor covered the stairs the Mahdi’s men and Aisha had gone down, the stairs I felt su...
Retribution
Se still wanted to talk to him, and he preferred to get it over with before Rave and Mel arrived back on the ship. Things were turning in his favour, and he didn’t want to strain the new start with tension between him and Se.He walked onto the ship’s deck and watched Se work. He’d missed her, too...
Sin Incarnate
Lorna forced back panic and pushed to her knees, allowing the blanket to fall from her breasts. Still, he didn’t pause in picking up his belt, and began wrapping it around his waist. “You are leaving?” she asked. A corner of his mouth lifted in disd...
Private Island: Why Britian Now Belongs to Someone Else
Signal Failure Privatised railways On a mild, wet February morning, a work gang of ten men moved around a stretch of railway line near the village of Goostrey, between Crewe and Manchester airport. Against the extreme green of fields and the whipped grey of rainclouds their synthetic orange work ...
A Christmas Together (2014)
Considering the eclecticism of her penthouse’s decor, he’d expected the space to be packed with machines. Instead, all it contained were a stationary bike, rowing machine, ceiling-anchored punching bag, and a set of candy-colored kettle bells. Polished wood lined the floor near him, and a giant b...
The Ultimate X-Men
He took another sip of his Scotch and then sighed. “Remy, you remember the last time Cornelia and I saw you?” ‘Airport. ’ ’ Hayward nodded. “We were returning from the best specialists in the country. Cornelia had only two months to live at that point.” “What?” Remy almost stood, but instead move...
Consume (The Devoured Series)
They left us alone and I was thankful. We arrived at the backdoor of a shack soon after we left and Franz held it open for us. The inside seemed bigger when we entered. There was a wide open space in the middle of all the bustling people looking for action. The majority of the people present lo...
Alice in Time (2010)
At least that’s what it feels like. My good mood is slightly marred, though, when I walk into the kitchen and see Dad sitting at the table finishing his toast and marmalade. I find it difficult to look him in the eye when I remember what he said about me last night. ‘And how’s my little Princess,...
The Mage of Trelian (2016)
He knew they were waiting for him to talk to them, to tell them what had happened, to be glad that he was back. But all he could see was Helena’s face in his mind; all he could hear was her voice screaming at him to go, go right now! And then the sound of her dying as he fled like a coward. You c...
The Wrong Cowboy (2014)
Standing beside the charred ruins, Marie wanted to run over and start pounding on that stove. It had become her worst enemy. The inanimate object had taken on an evil personality, fighting her every time she had to build a fire in its belly. If it wasn’t filling the cabin with black smoke—open da...
The Doctor's Damsel (Men of the Capital Book 3)
He had to break it off. Even if it meant he’d be just another jerk who’d used her and thrown her away—the thought made him ache, but he knew it would never work. He could let her down now or wait for her to be more invested, more committed. When she was completely disillusioned with him and shook...
Acting Brave (Fenbrook Academy #3)
I rolled over and tried to cling onto sleep for just a little longer. I was just dozing off again when my phone rang. I groped for it and answered it without opening my eyes. “The script’s arrived,” said Jasmine. I sat up so ...
Soul Seeker (The World of Lasniniar Book 1)
The secret door in the chamber of the Stariquenya had closed behind them of its own accord. Iarion hoped this would further confuse their pursuers, who would assume they remained somewhere in the maze of Mar Valion. He and his companions wanted to be long gone from the dark lands before Saviadro ...
The Bear Who Loved Me (2016)
The clearest shift came in his eyes, which went from green to a dark brown. Then his nose seemed to stretch a bit, his neck and shoulders might have thickened, and nothing at all changed with his mouth. At least not until she caressed his lips. He licked her. A long twist ...
Amalfi Echo
A chain, linked through the cuffs, tethered her to the floor. Scattered through the hall of an old desert fortress in Algeria, other prisoners were similarly cuffed and tethered, the passengers, mostly American, of a hijacked airliner. The soft, crumbling walls of the ancient hall muffled scatter...