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Spitfire Women of World War II (2007)
Hanging in the sky over the English Channel – more precisely, pulsing towards London at 390 mph – it looked pitiless. With no-one on board, it could hit a primary school or a country ditch and not know the difference. With no-one on board, you could shoot it down and still not have the satisfacti...
To Yank a Tiger by the Tail
Most would have bundled up in their cable-knit sweaters or donned coats to prevent the chill from overtaking them. Tiger shifters had no such worries. Their blood ran warmer than humans’ did. Dax rubbed his palms across Zhara’s suitcase and worried about what she wore. No doubt she’d spent an eve...
Venice Vampyr - The Beginning
Isabella asked as Raphael put her black cloak across her shoulders and handed her a pair of long gloves.His brother had finally realized that Dante only had Viola’s best interest in mind. And if he interpreted Raphael’s occasional smirks correctly, he was pleased with the developments between the...
Secrets of the Heart
—SIR HUGH WALPOLE,FORTITUDE DEVLIN SAT IN the massive library at Ravensmoore contemplating, for the thousandth time, his decision to leave medicine. Only weeks away from completing his education and he’d quit. That’s what it came down to. He missed medicine. Misery had befriended him. “You have v...
I Stand Before You (Judge Me Not #2)
You’re not to blame for what happened.” I tell Kay this, again and again, but she continues to try and stop me. “No—” I place one finger on her lips and cup her chin in my hand. “Shh…” I shake my head. “There is nothing you can say that will ever co...
Court of Foxes
What to do? What to do? She dared not confide even in Jenny: for this would be an edict of the gang and none dare raise a voice against it. She could not possibly get him away, weak and helpless as he was, even could she have eluded the sentries, and she had no money for bribes; the only possessi...
Touch the Heavens
Resting her head against her hand, she drank in the technical information on aerodynamic theory. A headache was lapping at her temples and she sat back, raising her shoulders, trying to get rid of the accumulated tension. Where had the first four months gone? Dan had been right: the pressures at ...
Sometimes It Is Rocket Science
“I know.” “He ate my hash browns when I had my back turned trying to flag down our waitress.” ”Sorry about that.” She grimaced as her brother shoved a forkful of dripping waffles into his mouth. At least they’d managed to avoid any media attention. The last thing she n...
A Land More Kind Than Home
SHE SHOWED up at my door on Monday evening, the day after Christopher died, and when I saw her standing out there I could tell that she’d been crying. “You told me before that I could come and talk to you,” she said. “Well, of course you can, girl,” I said. “Come on in here.” I closed the door an...
Rebel Sisters
It had happened to her a few times over the past two days, but somehow she had steadied herself. Dr Rutledge passed her and glanced over, mildly curious, as Muriel took a few slow, deep breaths before she continued up the stairs. By mid-afternoon her head was reeling and her throat was sore. She ...
Cold River Resurrection
She wanted to reach over and touch Jennifer, but decided instead to sit at her desk and watch Jennifer sleep. I really like Jennifer, hope Dad does too, but he sometimes is too quiet for his own good. Oh, I know that she’s a Šiyápu, but that doesn’t matter, there are some ...
Two Bears are Better Than One (Alpha Werebear Romance) (Broken Pine Bears Book 1)
Jill –––––––– With the cubs asleep in their multitude of rooms, and the Spectravision turned off from the front desk – Arrow discovered the thrill of pay-per-view the night before – Jill, Rogue and King made their way downstairs just after midnight. The agreement was that they could swim after ho...
Flynn's Kiss (Disarmed & Dangerous)
He’d been silent after the incident with Rosie, but it reinforced Liberty’s conviction that under his ice-chip eyes and controlled features there was a warm-blooded, compassionate man. Small indicators pointed the way…the touch of his hand to reassure her, the stroke of his finger down her sunbur...
Head Start (Cedar Tree #7)
This whole ordeal has been mind-boggling from beginning to end. I’m standing in the doorway, watching Kendra reach over and stroke the hair away from Franka’s face and it about does me in. These women have come through the other end of a nightmare of epic proportions, and yet for each of them the...
Transcendent
This was happening. The door swung open almost instantly. A short but sturdy, powerful-looking man stared at us from just behind it, his dark brown eyes scanning from Zane to Zoey. To me. They stayed on me, penetrating with an intensity that made hairs prickle along the ba...