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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2001)

It’s always puzzling to know what to do with a book subtitled “A New Verse Translation.” It’s all very well for the moment, of course, but what about in a few years? When the translation is no longer new, will it need a new title? I have similar reservations about terms like “postmodern.” What co...

Beowulf (2001)

Beowulf is one of the oldest, complete surviving epic poems in existent. There are a few others from the same era that have survived in fragments, so the significance of Beowulf remains in regards to English literature. Written in Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) the manuscript of Beowulf is believed...

Beowulf: A Verse Translation (2003)

"Alexander's translation is marked by a conviction that it is possible to be both ambitious and faithful [and] ...communicates the poem with a care which goes beyond fidelity-to-meaning and reaches fidelity of implication. May it go on ... to another half-million copies." - Tom Shippey, Bulletin ...

The Mabinogion (1976)

Хотелось бы эдак где-нибудь в приличном обществе выдать: "А я вот тут вот прочитала сборничек валлийских легенд..." Но не получилось бы. Потому что я никак не могу запомнить, как это называется. Манобигион? Магобинион? Стоп, там в середине были ноги. Ма-ноги-бином.Узнала о существовании эдакой ва...

Cantar de los Nibelungos (2004)

Esta edición presenta la versión española en prosa de una de las obras más sobresalientes de la épica universal, el "Cantar de los Nibelungos ", la única epopeya heroica que se conserva de la época literaria de los Staufer. El poema consta de treinta y nueve cantos, divididos en dos núcleos narra...

Beowulf: A Student Edition (1994)

Beowulf, the major surviving poem in Old English, is composed in a language that is rich but often difficult. This fully annotated edition makes the poem more accessible in its original language, while at the same time providing the materials necessary for its detailed study at both undergraduate...

Beowulf: An Updated Verse Translation (2007)

A verse translation of the first great narrative poem in the English language that captures the feeling and tone of the original.

Beowulf: The Donaldson Translation, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism (1974)

Beowulf is the longest and finest literary work to have come down to us from Anglo-Saxon times, and one of the world's greatest epic poems. Set in the half-legendary, half historical Scandinavian past, it tells the story of the hero Beowulf, who comes to the aid of the Danish king Hrothgar by kil...

The Silent Twin

The cottage was nestled on the outskirts of Haven, down a dog walkers’ country lane. It had taken every ounce of Nick’s strength to reach it. He showed no mercy to his body as it cried out for sleep, forcing it to walk the three miles through the back roads so he would not be seen. He would not h...

Hot as Hell

Cover art: Copyright, 2015, April Martinez. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. Manufacture...

Cosmic Bounty

Somehow, she very much doubted it. The situation gave her a great deal of power. Well, once she was free. “I think,” she said slowly, twisting in Ric’s arms to face him, “we all need to sit down and have a talk. If I’m going to be a part of your world and your lives, then I want to know everythin...

3-Brisingr-3

“No, sir? Didn’t occur to you, I suppose. It’s a pity we have to accept such slow-minded wretches, but that’s what this blasted war has reduced us to, scrounging for leftovers.” “Accept me where, sir?” “Silence, you insolent rascal! No one gave you permission to speak!” His mustache quivering, th...

Complete Works of James Joyce

  There’s music along the river For Love wanders there, Pale flowers on his mantle, Dark leaves on his hair.   All softly playing, With head to the music bent, And fingers straying Upon an instrument.     II The twilight turns from amethyst To deep and deeper blue, The lamp fills with a pale gree...

Broken Road

The Emperor gestured to a girl behind him, who shyly came forward and placed a small bundle in the Empress’s arms.     “I present to you our beloved daughter Margareta, Archduchess of the Holy Roman Empire.”     The courtiers shouted and moved forward as a ...

Rhonda+Nelson+-+The+Soldier

Jeanette squealed with delight and Lizzie whooped for joy. “You’re back early! Winnie didn’t say—” “She doesn’t know.” This was supposed to be a surprise. He glanced around, peered into the kitchen and frowned when he didn’t see her. “Where is she?” Jeanette and Lizzie shared a look. “What?” he a...

The Beginner's Goodbye

Most of us found it difficult to summon up any holiday spirit; temperatures were in the eighties, and the leaves hadn’t started turning yet. But we gathered in Nandina’s office, Irene and Peggy on the love seat, Charles and I in two desk chairs wheeled in from elsewhere. Predictably, Peggy had br...

Dragon Lords 4-Warrior Prince

"What about eyes closed?" Zoran couldn’t help the slight smile when Ualan stopped him from leaving. His brother closed his eyes and spun, blindly throwing the blades as he turned. Four landed in the pattern of a cross on the post, the last landed in between Agro’s feet. Agro jumped back slightly ...

Paolini, Christopher - Inheritance Trilogy, Book 2 - Eldest (v1.5)

What is it? asked Saphira. Nothing. He took a breath, then strode forward, allowing the mountain to swal-80 low him in its depths. 81 HAMMER AND TONGS Three days after the Ra’zac’s arrival, Roran found himself pacing uncon-trollably along the edge of his camp in the Spine. He had heard nothing si...

New Title 1

Birds singing in the distance. The scent of mint and cigarette. Yara cracked her eyes open and took a deep breath. Ouch, she was stiff and her muscles were very sore. She bent her head to the left then to the right. Her shoulder pulsed as if remembering the ghost of excruciating pain.   ...

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‘Now, lass, I know how you feel, but you can’t just run away,’ he told her sternly. ‘Pride’s one thing, but you have to consider the baby. If Cameron’s prepared to help the two of you—’ ‘Why should he?’ Riona asked the question of the doctor, but her eyes winged back to Cameron. He looked cool y ...

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First of all, I had trouble falling asleep. I thought about Julie, Jules, Reynolds, Bruno, and Luke for a few hours. I thought about Ryan because I felt guilty for thinking about Luke. Then I thought about Luke some more. I also thought about that orderly, Jerry Odem, and a plan started to form i...

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Taco takeout indigestion. And stupid, stupid, stupid Ducky. Asking Ted’s advice? AGAIN? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? First he says, “Maggie’s a babe! She’s the one giving you problems? Let me tell you, she’s worth it — even if she does travel with a little brother.” You tell him she’s a friend, not a ...

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He never could get used to those cries. Strangely, however, they didn't seem to affect his father, who was usually busy about the farm or, more often, away on business in Fellburn or Newcastle. Then, in 1887, matters occurred that could have predicted the pattern of his life ahead. It was in this...

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“What do you mean, what am I? What do I look like?” “If I knew that, would I be asking?” Her voice sounded slightly hysterical, even to her, but damn it, she’d never fucked a man with pointy ears and glowing skin before. “But you sure as hell aren’t human.” “Shit. You can see the real me, can’t y...

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Secret Cravings Publishing has started two ebook clubs and we invite you to become a member of either The Cravings e-book Club or the Cravings Paranormal e-book Club. Join now and get two books absolutely free!   As a member, you will receive Taming The Cougar* by Sandy Sullivan and Hunting Jagua...

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MAYBERRY was quite right in thinking that Marion fully intended to marry Owen. Not that she was in love with him, although apart from his boringly serious outlook on life, she liked him well enough.     But despite her somewhat exotic appearance, Marion was essentially practic...

French Decadent Tales (Oxford World's Classics)

He might have said We, like the Pope, and resembled an encyclical. His face, turned out by the shovelful, belonged to that numberless category, the thick-set Southerner, that no breeding can ever refine, and about whom everything is false, even the grossness… He was unable to reply immediately, f...

New Blood (The Blood Saga Book 2)

It didn’t take much for him to beat me of course. Staggering in shock as he reached the house, and stood await, holding open the door for me, I couldn’t help but smile. Small victories after all. There was no denying I was an abysmal mess of blood and dirt by the end of the day. Not wanting to ma...

Committed: An Erotic Valentine's Tale

He was as far inside the airport as current security regulations would allow. Once upon a time he could have met Grace at the gate, but those days were long gone. Now he had to rely on a text message from her as to when she got off the plane and where she was in proximity to him. It didn't help t...

CaughtInTheTrap

Carla hadn’t heard a word from him and she found herself missing him more than she expected to.  In the meantime, Agent Shell allowed her to return to work. However, she was never out of his sight.  Rodney’s watchful eye over her was so different from Zach’s. Rodney didn’t object to going to see ...

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When he released it again he touched the nape of her neck, and Jade tried to think of an ivory-skinned girl with tawny eyes.     ‘It’s been nearly an all-day affair,' she murmured, going up to Curepipe.’ ‘Come,' he said, ‘and while you sit on the balcony I will mix you a drink...

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Heidi squealed once she threw open the door, immediately jumping into Rafe’s arms. Her arms and legs wrapped around him with excitement. “I missed you so much.” “Me too, beautiful, it’s been way too long.” He chuckled as she showered him with kisses all over his face. “Hold on tight, sweetheart. ...

The Scandalous Son

Even though it had been a week since the incident, the words were still fresh in her mind. She hadn’t wanted to come out tonight, but Aunt Millie had insisted.                   Alice had chosen a steel gray colored dress, that was cut a bit too low, showing far more cleavage ...

Unknown

“Do you mean she’s going for good—and you knew she would be?” she asked in astonishment.     “Just that—though I didn’t know exactly when she’d go,” he acknowledged, still gazing out to sea.     “But they haven’t found any treasure—or have they?” she asked ...

Unknown

Her aches and pains and the stress of her situation would have made it hard for her to sleep peacefully in the most luxurious of beds, but stuck in an old armchair it was a wonder she slept at all. And there was nothing better. A large sofa stood at the other end of the room, long enough to stret...

Death of a Pharaoh

It was still dark but at first light he would have a clear view of the large compound to the southwest. Five minutes later, one of his operatives flashed a laser from atop a utility pole only thirty meters from the main entrance of the objective giving him the exact location. Heat sensing devices...

TPG

“Are you fucking kidding me?” Eddie said, water dripping down his face, his T-shirt glued to his body. “You pick a goddam monsoon to do this shit in?” “Get caught in the rain?” Kyle asked with a smirk. “Yeah,” Eddie said. “Just a bit, wiseass.” Kyle stood and shook Eddie’s wet hand and introduced...

Diehl, William - Show of Evil

'I mean, do they have a suspect?' 'Told you all I know,' Stenner said. He drove the few blocks from Vail's Dearborn Park townhouse to the Loft Apartments, pulling up in front of a tall, glass shaft of a building. Behind it, a hundred yards away and beyond the Hilton, the lake shimmered in the lig...

The Future Is Japanese

In a peach grove the House of Second-Hand Carnelian casts half a shadow. This is because half of the house is in the human world, and half of it is in another place. The other place has no name. It is where unhuman things happen. It is where tricksters go when they are tired. A modest screen divi...

Kennedy In Denver (In Denver Series Book 1)

It had become like the Venom suit on Peter Parker; what at first gave me so much power ultimately also came with a lot of consequences. The drive to Kansas City was long and hard, but I felt like I had finally put enough space between myself and Denver. Who the fuck was I kidding? I put as many m...

Pieces of Olivia

Carter arrived at the door to lock it. He shot me a disapproving look. “Nice of you to join us, Olivia. Find your seat. I was just about to pass out the exams.”     I found my row and edged past the other students, ignoring the disgruntled glares of those trying to prepare for...

One Hot Night Old Port Nights, Book 1

She wasn’t really thinking about it, and if he’d taken her directly to his bedroom and screwed her senseless for the rest of the night, it would have been okay with her. The sex in the bar had been outstanding. She never knew it could be that intense, and it made her wonder what she’d been missin...

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She was so deeply engrossed in her work that she failed to hear the knock on her door or see the little office junior peer cautiously round the door and tiptoe up to her desk.     ‘Miss Carmichael. Please, Miss Carmichael.’ Shona’s face was flushed with excitement. She had to ...

Shafted

action!’ Looking into camera one as the theme music came to an end and the canned applause faded, Larry smiled and, reading from the autocue, said, ‘Good evening to all you lovely folks at home, and a warm welcome to those of you who’ve joined us here in the studio for this fantastic new show of ...

Pulp Fiction | The Ghost Riders Affair (July 1966)

The stifling darkness shrouded the car where Illya braced himself against the plunging descent. Breathing was difficult, movement almost impossible. It seemed to Illya as the train lowered that his body became heavier with increased tug of gravity. Suddenly there was the creaking of giant chains ...

Overtime

Isaac was convinced he was about to get traded.     What he got instead was a credit card, a set of tickets and a hotel reservation in Asheville, North Carolina. It took Isaac a few seconds to work out that the Spitfires’ general manager was sending his players to cheer agains...

Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond

That little Dorothy Gale was the sorriest child I ever saw. She wore her hair in two braids that—however tight in the morning her aunt had made them—they seemed to crawl out of their tidy fittings by noon. She had the goshdarnedest big gap between her upper front teeth and a snub nose that seemed...

Like Slow Sweet Molasses

He buzzed the garage door open bringing the car to a stop as the door dropped behind them. Kelsy was out like a shot and dashing upstairs. He remained in his seat cursing the gods that conspired against him. When he left his vehicle, he did so with very little in the way of spirit to climb his wa...

Living History

Although she still indulged my maternal impulse to help her, she was a fifteen-year-old and eager to test her independence. I gave in when she pleaded to be allowed to ride with her friends, instead of always trailing behind in a car driven by the Secret Service. I wanted her to live like a typic...

Fight With Me (Fight and Fall)

I always have been,” I say in defeat.                   I feel so silly admitting that I love Aiden. I know I shouldn’t but I do because we’ve only known each other a short amount of time. Most of that time we’ve spent apart. I guess sometimes love just sneaks up on you when y...

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After lunch there was to be a rehearsal of the fashion show and so, until then, she was free to mope, for that was all it amounted to. So far, it appeared, to Hugo Harrington she was still Tirza Theron, since apparently Cathy and Paige, unaware of the fact that Hugo knew her by this name, had not...

At the River’s Edge The Chesapeake Diaries

Opening her eyes and sitting up, she looked around the room. From the bathroom, she could hear whistling, soft and low, and recognizing the tune, she grinned from ear to ear. She lay back and listened. The guy was not only handsome, buff, smart, and cool, he was incredibly sweet. When he came out...

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LoveUnder Siege Copyright© 2006 Samantha Kane Edited by Raelene Gorlinsky. Cover art by Syneca. Electronic book Publication: November 2006 This book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in part by any means existing without written permission from the publisher, Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc...

The Lily (The Flowering Series Book 1)

I did not know why or how but somewhere deep inside I felt my world shift. It was as though God decided to create a perfect blue sky with a warm breeze insisting that everyone stop, enjoy and soak in the miracle that surrounds us. I sat on my deck in awe of the beauty and simple delights right in...

HEARTTHROB

I mean the kind of people who just won't let you be alone, but who insist on forcing themselves upon you. Duane Winsome was such a person, but he learned his lesson. In any event, I think he did… he certainly should have... In the Los Angeles office building where Duane Winsome worked, he knew al...

Charlotte Boyett-Compo- Windspectre

All characters, events, and places are of the author’s imagination and not to be confused with fact. Any resemblance to living persons or events is merely coincidence.               Prologue     The old folks advise travelers planning on driving Route 44 near the Seekonk-Rehoboth, Massachusetts b...

Tales From Jabbas Palace (Kevin Anderson)

Called a “vile gangster” by some, Jabba’s criminally gained wealth and power has placed him in a dangerous position in his guarded citadel under the twin suns of Tatooine. Though few openly covet Jabba’s wealth, this does not stop them from plotting in secret. The Lady Valarian, the female Whiphi...

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said Winthrop with exasperated finality. “We will efface the whole Barbadoes venture, where you were apparently swayed by vicious company, and I shall endeavour not to remind you how disappointing and costly it has been. You will come to New England with me where I can keep an eye on you, and whe...

TemptingJuliana

Juliana couldn’t fool him. Although she claimed these outings were meant only to give him practice so he could court Lady Amanda, she enjoyed his company. She liked him, whether she was willing to say so out loud or not.     The proof? She’d baked him macaroons.   &n...

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"Put it out," it demanded. "Go on, put it out." And her eyes flashed to the light above the dressing-table to the left of her, then to the switch at the side of the window, and she imagined that her whole body, arms, legs, head, and even her bowels, rushed forward to the central point that was th...

Take This Man: Gay Romance Stories

He checked his watch. Shit. Twenty minutes late. Damned buses. I’ll never get the system down. He took in his surroundings in the unfamiliar neighborhood. The low brick buildings all looked the same. One story, large windows, and all attached to the next. Searching each one for its number, he sig...

Talk About a Dream: The Essential Interviews of Bruce Springsteen

Both writers’ work are informed by struggles with Catholicism, and though they never met, their affinity provided occasion for one of Springsteen’s most thoughtful and wide-ranging interviews. Dr. Percy’s nephew, Will Percy, talked at length with Springsteen about his influences, literary and oth...

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The mistress has been talking about if for some time.''Well, that's news to me . . . and to Amy as well. She doesn't want to go to any boarding school. Anyway, I thought that Mrs Filmore considered Madam DuvaPs Academy for Young Ladies'-he wrinkled his nose now-'the very last thing in education. ...

THE STAR by Arthur C Clarke.azw

Clarke [Copyright © Arthur C. Clark. Reprinted by permission of Arthur C. Clarke ?and Scott Meredith Literary Agency Inc., 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.] Even popular or escape fiction may have a thematic basis; it may make a comment about some aspect of the human condition. Although esca...

Abram's Daughters 01 The Covenant

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher and copyright owners. Published by Bethany House Publishers A...

Abram's Daughters 04 The Prodigal

I "If it's divine guidance you're looking for, Sadie, it can be l|i iiiiid in God's holy book." She went to her dresser and Ipii krd up the black leather Bible Dottie had given her as a L;iit, "Everything I need to live my life each day is right here." |Hic held the Bjfele close. "Sometimes I thi...

Charlotte Boyett-Compo- WIND VERSE- Hunger's Harmattan

She was walking beside her lover, following a trail he knew by heart. He had dressed her once again in the black blouse and short skirt that he seemed to like so well while he was clad in the breechclout that fit his powerful physique to perfection. While he had fashioned boots for her, he was ba...

TheWifeTrap

To his surprise the duke had left instructions with a footman to have him shown immediately to a small study in the rear of the house. The room radiated masculinity, done in warm walnut with pieces of heavy, old-fashioned furniture and prints of birds and game on the walls. The fireplace grate st...

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She contemplated her upcoming evening with Blaize. He’d left her a note telling her to be ready to leave at seven and that she should wear the new gown he would leave on her bed. Other than that, she had no idea what awaited her—apart from another night of sex. She groaned at the thrill of antici...

loose

He kisses tenderly, my ear, my neck, my mouth. Slides my shirt over my head, the movement choreographed with his breath. Then his fingers on the button of my jeans, the hesitation. Will she let me do this? he must be wondering. And my wordless answer, a movement of the hips. Yes, yes, always yes....

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Heritage of Lancaster County 03 The Reckoning

"How much would a quilt like that sell for?" Elizabeth 154 asked, sitting across the frame from Katherine. "Oh, probably over a thousand dollars for a queen size, at a store catering to tourists. If you knew where to go--to a private Amish residence, for instance--you'd only pay about five hundre...

Shafted

Looking relaxed and happy, he hugged her when she came through the door, then waved her through to the kitchen, saying, ‘Great night, wasn’t it? Got to admit I was a bit drunk, so it’s taken a while to put the pieces together in my head. But I think it went really well.’ Nodding at the newspapers...

[Barbara Samuel] Night of Fire(Book4You)

Against the graying stillness of evening the song of the nuns at vespers rang out, a sound Analise diCanio found heart wrenchingly sweet. It was the sound of peace and joy, and she longed to add her own voice to their number, singing praises to God. It was all she had ever wanted. But it was not ...

mywolfprotector

Her friend was all but healed, the sedatives given to her at the research facility gone from her body. She'd been spared the mind-numbing drugs given to Taylor. Physically, she was completely healthy. Mentally, she still needed time. Their time spent in captivity would take awhile to get over, if...

Charlotte Boyett-Compo- Wyndsheer

“Bossy woman.”     “I’m getting cabin fever,” she grumbled.     “When I come back--and provided the men are gone--we’ll go for a walk outside.”     “I can’t wait,” she said as she began filling the sink pan with hot water from the stove....

Heritage of Lancaster County 02 The Confession

So that's how they're going to play this, he thought, pulling his gaze away from Rosie and purposely concentrating on Laura. He waited. But her eyes remained fixed on her lap, more precisely, her hands. Yet he continued to regard her. Would she speak up--invite him at the last minute? Now was her...

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Martin ISBN 0-590-02387-X Copyright © 1998 by Ann M. Martin. All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. CALIFORNIA DIARIES is a trademark of Scholastic Inc. Printed in the U.S.A. First Scholastic printing, December 1998 The author gratefully acknowledges Peter Lerangis for his help in prep...

Male Sex Work and Society

KOKEN DAVID S. BIMBI   “DEVIL WORSHIPPING MALE ESCORT ACCUSED OF KILLING SUGAR DADDY,” screamed a recent headline in the New York Daily News (Murphy, 2012). The piece described a gruesome murder allegedly committed by an 18-year-old male escort who reportedly participated in “satanic rituals.” Th...

Elusive Isabel, by Jacques Futrelle

Grimm sat waiting. There was curiosity in her manner, thinly veiled, but the haunting smile still lingered about her lips. Mr. Grimm bowed low, and placed a chair for her, after which he stood for a time staring down at one slim, white hand at rest on the arm of the seat. At last, he, too, sat do...

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Brand-new journal. At least in my mind. After I wrote the last word on the page before this one, I almost put this journal, unfinished, in the box with the others. But finally I decided that was too wasteful. So I’m starting Part Two here. I’ll fold down the corner of this page so I know where th...

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She would abduct Francis Grayson and dump the attractive businessman on a remote mountain in Vermont. And she'd leave him there until her elder sister Louise was safely married. But Kirstie hadn't made any allowance for Francis's quick recovery or his resourcefulness. Nor had it once crossed her ...

The GOD Delusion

The truth of the holy book is an axiom, not the end product of a process of reasoning. The book is true, and if the evidence seems to contradict it, it is the evidence that must be thrown out, not the book. By contrast, what I, as a scientist, believe (for example, evolution) I believe not becaus...

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“So, uh, are you still mad at me?” “I haven’t decided.” Shrugging off his hands, she gathered up the trailing ends of her sheet and headed toward the door. “Where are you going?” he demanded, and the genuine fear in his voice gave her a certain sense of satisfaction. “Into the bathroom.I want to ...

Proposition

So large they were able to bring the shuttle into their own cargo bay and it boggled her mind slightly where she was standing. Sure, she’d watched sci-fi shows growing up; she just never thought they could be real. The Alphan crew watched her as she walked behind the captain. Birds of prey keepin...

Finding Love in a Dark World: A Steamy Post-Apocalyptic Romance

He completely forgot where he was for a minute. He looked around and found himself in Jessa’s bed, but she was nowhere to be seen. Walking through the house, he could see that the essentials were missing. The top drawers of her dresser were open and empty. The once full cupboard was half bare. Th...

Dolly and the Bird of Paradise - Dorothy Dunnett - Johnson Johnson 01

Waiting early that evening to be met at the airport, I couldn’t understand what anyone said, even when they were speaking English. I expected Mrs Sheridan’s car, but she had sent a hired driver who stood about, with a peaked cap and dark glasses and a big placard saying sra rita da godes. It was ...

Transitional Justice in the Asia-Pacific

military occupation (1945–1948), the Korean War (1950–1953), the dictatorship of Rhee Syng-man (1948–1960), a short-lived democracy (1960–1961), a military coup and subsequent dictatorship by Park Chung-hee (1961–1979), the assassination of Park and the brief moment of the Seoul Spring (1979), an...

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I’m a dishrag. We eat breakfast (well, she does). We try to study (well, she does). I can’t concentrate at all. Too tired to focus, too wired to sleep. She keeps asking if I’m OK — if I’m still thinking about the “incident.” That’s what she calls it. I can’t bear to talk about it. I change the su...

Kaiser's Holocaust

The force that most Germans had earnestly believed would be home for the Christmas of 1914 stumbled across the Rhine for the meagre festivities of 1918. They streamed home in their millions, from the blackened wastelands of the Western Front, and later from the lost empire in the East. The nation...

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Tira said, striding into the library the next afternoon, “you have a video communication from a Commander Sullivan Archer.” “Sully?” Dropping her book onto the end table, Ivy jumped out of her seat with a huge grin. Really, though, she hadn’t been able to stop smiling since Kai had confessed that...

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I’d heard it was the place for singles to meet and mingle, and after spending half my life as a staid wife I was definitely, irrevocably, single and feeling the need to express a little wildness. Despite that, I’m not sure, if I’d known what would happen that night, that I would’ve been able to g...

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She lived alone. Calling out was a deterrent strategy in case she had been followed home by an opportunistic thief. The thief was to assume, from hearing her cheery hello, that she lived with a tough, dangerous man or men who wouldn’t stand for Emily being attacked on her doorstep or pushed insid...

Unknown

Things were moving at far too great a pace for her peace of mind.     She found it difficult to relax, only picking at the delicious dishes prepared by Vane Oliver’s splendid cook. Later she walked in the garden, glancing frequently towards the gateway, wondering where they we...

Unknown

Silence, that was, except for the pounding of Lorna’s heart. She was certain it must be audible to Martin Douglas who sat next to her, but when she looked at him he smiled encouragingly, giving no indication that he was aware of her dismay.     No one had known who the quizmas...

Unknown

She had bought some vivid green wool and was looking forward to starting her jumper.     She had seen no more of Brad since they reached home. He had not appeared at dinner and no light shone from beneath his study door. It was her guess that he was upstairs with Helen—probabl...

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Level with the three helicopters, Volcano guided her around them in a circle. Whirlwind, Sedona. Pretend to be a whirlwind.Funsies, cherub. Sure, teach me.They circled slowly at first, gradually faster, until they spun like an out-of-control carousel around the three helicopters. Sedona thought s...

Escape Velocity: The Anthology

He massaged his wife’s fragrant bar soap on his well-defined chest. The right hand barely had to utilize any energy as the gravity of the soap glided down his rippled stomach.        Dillon’s mind lost all focus of the board meeting he would be conducting in a couple of hours. His usually regimen...

John Shirley - Wetbones

"Why Sam. This is an unexpected pleasure." Constance was just sitting up, blinking sleepily at Denver. Shading her eyes against the glare of the sagging sun. Ephram could feel the fear rise in her, as she looked at Denver. "Constance dear, why don't you go into the house and get a chair for Mr. D...

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Most of the food had been grown or raised on Champion land. The centrepiece was a huge sirloin of beef spit-roasted to mouth-watering tenderness and served with a vast array of home-grown vegetables and salads.     The menu included Jessie's famous pumpkin soup and a fish cour...

EdgeOfHuman

He knew that smell, could remember it from his own tours of duty before he'd promoted up and out. With each panting breath pulled into his lungs, Deckard ran further into his own past, one that he'd rather have forgotten. His shoulders barely cleared the narrow space, the black uniform's sleeves ...

Global Futures in East Asia: Youth, Nation, and the New Economy in Uncertain Times (Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific)

Every time we met she sported a baseball cap and sweats. We were struck by her boyish voice, androgynous look, unselfconscious mannerisms, spontaneous laughter, and high energy. Heejin compared her carefree style with that of her best friend in high school who ended up at a women’s college and ha...

Pulp Fiction | The Stone-Cold Dead in the Market Affair by John Oram

If was a cul-de-sac about one hundred and fifty yards long which at one time had housed the carriages of noble families. Now the stables had been converted into lock-up garages with apartments above. Illya drove to the far end of the mews, made a U-turn and parked with the front of the Cortina fa...

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Pulling on her robe, she stumbled out into the kitchen to find Brad shirtless, clothed only in a pair of slacks, attempting to make coffee. He had obviously overcome his embarrassment, and suddenly she wished he hadn’t, as the desire to touch the smooth hard muscles of his back assailed her. &nbs...

Nancy’s Theory of Style

When Eugenia began lagging, Derek swung her up and onto his shoulders. “Hold on!” Nancy had noticed that when she walked with her fabulous assistant and her puny ward people smiled at them and said hello. She pretended to be equally impressed with their grimy spawn in label-laden clothing. “Have ...

Hawkmoon (The Hawkmoon Chronicles)

  The place was a defile feeding a stream to the Shanan, closed at one end where it disappeared beneath slabs of rock. At its narrowest a  single man could touch either wall with a longsword. The stream had frozen making it difficult to stand. They started chipping at the ice underfoot.  A hollow...

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'It is older than ours, of course,' she told Deborah, 'but ours is very much grander. In medieval times their ideas of scale hadn't developed as they did later on.' Her disparaging tones caught Deborah on the raw.     'I suppose it's a matter of taste,' she said, there being n...

Ruby's Song (Love in the Sierras Book 3)

The girl was not a drinker. Two glasses of wine had her practically falling from the table. He’d had to reach out and set her upright more than once. The horror and embarrassment was etched across her features and reinforced by her constant apologies. It gave him a little chuckle.   &nb...

Taking Whatever He Wants: The Cline Brothers of Colorado

Why would he? He acted like he hated me until he told me how much he wanted me. I had my eyes closed when I heard him move away from the bed. I thought he was going to kiss me before he had to go, but he just walked away. I don’t know what happened from the time we finally asleep and when he got ...

Anything She Wants

Spoering My mother had this dress when I was a kid: long, red, and strapless. It ran down the length of her body like a second skin, flaring out at her thighs. The top cupped her breasts like overflowing bowls, and seemed to defy gravity—surely, no dress could contain a body like that. She wore i...

Jane Vejjajiva

Tong came with his uncle, the abbot, in time for the last day of the chanting. They’d brought a lot of luggage, and the abbot said they would be leaving for the airport from the funeral. His followers had invited him to travel all the way to America as their guest. So the abbot thought he would t...

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Moon said.  “It's aruna.  Is that what you're saying?  It has a life of its own, I know.  It thinks.”              Tyson laughed uncertainly.  “Well, that's a new take on it.  But yes, maybe.  I'm not sure myself, Moon.  I'm not sure of what I feel.  I only know there would be consequences involv...

Sylvie Sommerfield - Noah's Woman

And . . . I think it's time you met my son, Gregory." Charles's gaze returned to Gregory, who was perusing him with the same arrogant regard. "Hello, Gregory." "How do you do?" "Glenda . . . I have told you" "I have only come to talk, Charles. There is nothing I want from you . . . except perhaps...

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A Silence in the Heavens

Will Elliot, along with Jock Gordon and Lexa McIntosh, paused by the side of the road to take a breath before moving on.     Will hadn’t slept in a day and a half now—and the half day most recent had been full of fire and speed, shooting and running, hitching rides along with ...

A Changed Man (Altered Book 1)

Telling her was one thing, showing her was another. What if it freaked her out even more and she called the cops on him? It could lead those crazy fuckers right to him. She would be able to tell them she actually saw him do something no one else could do and that could put her in danger. These we...

Behind the Pines (The Gass County Series Book 3)

Repeatedly for the next few miles of dark asphalt and slumbering forest, eyes looking for that one lonely turn-out leading down the gravel path dusted in growing weeds leading up to Sunshine’s bland, white trailer. To call it an RV would be taking it too far, there being nothing recreational abou...

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The men were never done discussing the merits and demerits of their respective models.     "I can't think why you don't get one of your own." It was a favourite hobby horse of Sandy's. "Old Miller down the road gives very favourable credit terms." "I'll wait till I have the re...

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One in particular caught my eye: a long black leather handle gave way to a metal wheel with spikes sticking out of it. The object-no, toy- as James was always so quick to correct me- looked menacing. The spikes threatened torture on the wheel, ropes, whips, handcuffs… My heart began to race. I lo...

A Perfect Night

Wide-eyed, she watched him as he walked towards her without waiting for her response. Less than a handful of hours ago, as the dawn had started to lighten the sky, she had woken him from his sleep whispering to him that she wanted him. She blushed now to recall just how wantonly insistent she had...

Great Irish Short Stories

Hardly had she brought one gentleman into the little pantry behind the office on the ground floor and helped him off with his overcoat than the wheezy hall-door bell clanged again and she had to scamper along the bare hallway to let in another guest. It was well for her she had not to attend to t...

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'So you haven't accepted him yet?' 'I'll give him my answer tomorrow.' 'But you're going to move in with him?' 'That's what he wants.' Tom pursed his lips as he studied her. 'What are you planning? I can tell you've got something cooking.' 'It's none of your business.' Accepting the rebuff, Tom c...

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When he saw her get out of her car he turned to sidle through into the house but she called out to him, darting swiftly across the strip of drive. 'What do you think you're doing?' Her voice wasn't loud, so much as sharp.     He faced her—a slim child , in jeans and patterned ...

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Steve-o was already there, as were a few other people she'd seen around town but hadn't yet met. Mitch made brief introductions, to her relief telling people her name was Elizabeth and not Lizzie.     'Here you go. Should be your size.' Mitch handed her a pair of overalls. 'Yo...

Cheyenne McCray - Point Blank (Lawmen Book 4) (2015)

It was a mild January day with only a hint of a chill.     He made it up the hill and to his truck, certain he hadn’t been seen. A different car was parked where her tail had been, and even from a distance, Brooks could see the asshole had binoculars, directed right at Natasha...

Last India Overland

He’s got them at the bottom of a box of old photography magazines. He doesn’t even know where they are any more.” Kelly was quiet for a long time. Finally she said, “You could be really rich, Mick. You could help people.” You know, she’s probably right. If I ever get back to Kitsilano, that’s wha...

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A glance at the dial told her that his air output was almost back to normal and she smiled as she filled in the am half of the chart.     'Great! No nasty turns today. Hurry and get up now. Your Uncle Sean will be here before we've had breakfast if we're not quick.' He scrambl...

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She turned and offered a teary smile, one that pulled at Gina's heartstrings. 'I am just feeling sentimental. Remembering.' 'Oh, Nonna.' She slipped an arm around her frail shoulders. It was the third morning of their stay at the villa, and although her health had improved rapidly since leaving h...

Off the Beaten Path

There was a bottle of cold beer in his right hand and a half a pack of cigarettes lying on the table in front of him. That is why he loved places like this, it didn't matter what the pompous city council said, and the people that came to a dump like this didn't give a shit if you smoked ten packs...

The Troubles

The sunlight sparkled with silver and golden streams filtering down upon the wild, unbridled forest sunken under our elevation, lighting the jade overgrowth of leafy trees whilst they eclipsed the existing life below. A gentle wind blew and stirred a cascade of miniscule undulations upon the fore...

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Fairfield Towards the end of the month, when the sugaring was in full progress and the smoke from the sugar bushes made pale blue wavering ribbons against the hillsides, a horseman left the Snydersbush stockade and rode full gallop the eight miles south to the falls, turned west along the Kingsro...

WorldLost- Week 1: An Infected Novel

I was all alone at our place up north and the thought of living by myself in the middle of nowhere was going to drive me nuts. The move was a lot of things all at once; traumatic, exciting, scary and enlightening. I had dreamt about this move for many years. It wasn’t exactly how I wanted to end ...

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Dani straightened her back from bending over to watch Cheryl compose a complicated pattern of pieces of wool and twigs and scraps of material into a collage, and smiled complacently.     They had been so lucky. So very lucky. Dani moved a paint pot that teetered dangerously cl...

Moon Bound (Glorious Darkness Book 1)

His calls have been as prompt as his so-called incentive. I kept watching them again and again, hungry for more of her, pausing the footage just to stare at her face. It haunts me in my dreams. How happy she looks, how different than the girl I've broken. She's healed or as near to healed as she ...

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The operation was ruined all because of some nosey tourist. Didn't anyone respect signs warning people away? He'd almost choked when he saw that cute bottom boy walking up the path. Fuck, his dick had gone tight just thinking of the afternoon he'd seen the guy and his partner on the beach. The ma...

The Wedding Favor

Blinked. Got her bearings.     And then she got royally pissed. “What are you doing here?”     Before Winston could answer, Adrianna stepped around him. “He’s my guest.”     Vicky gaped. “You invited him? Why would you do that to me?” &n...

Villoo aunty mutters every foul word and curse she knows, going back to Jesse’s great-grandfather. I fight back with what I think is scientific detachment. ‘Look, I know Jesse’s patterns of speech, okay? She’d never say something stupid and crude like that. If she wanted to insult Shinaz, she’d t...

See Bride Run!

Business had been so slow that Annie had already cleaned her station, wiped down the booths and tables, filled the condiments, as well as the salt and pepper shakers, and cleaned the laminated menus with vinegar and water. “There’s no need for both of us to stay,” Darla said. “Weren’t you plannin...

The Fighter's Girl

It was going on ten, and people made their way down the sidewalk toward the club. It was Saturday night, so that was also a factor in the numerous scantily clad individuals ready to lower their inhibitions and expectations. The three of them climbed out of the truck, and Izzy adjusted her skirt a...

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Evolve Two: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead

Connor noticed that there were no other exits in the room and that the far wall was solid stone, rough and brown, flaked with black. This room was at the back end of the courthouse, which had been built into the very edge of the underground. Connor imagined that he could feel a kilometer of metal...

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It never seemed to occur to him that once he had reached that condition Helen's work would be finished and she would be gone. Either he refused to face the prospect or he was convinced that by then she would have changed her mind about him. He was, she realized, an incurable optimist.   ...

Best European Fiction 2013

The girl in front of me is hot, is a babe, and I think she’s younger than me, but she looks older, with her French manicure.You can tell she double-majored and speaks four languages. Plus she’s thin, nicely thin, dressed in H&M, but tastefully. Unpretentiously. An element of surprise: danglin...

Unknown

There were hollows in the cheeks, shadows under the eyes.     'I look exhausted.' Lisa spoke out loud, addressing her reflection in her bathroom mirror. 'I am exhausted.' Looking at herself critically, she saw a face which was abnormally pale after weeks of winter. Also, there...

Shadow Keeper

Carson said. “And we’re going to be with our ladies.” “I can’t wait to see Lisa.” I let out a hard breath. “Too bad Monica insisted in going along on our date.” “It’s not a date, man.” Carson turned down the volume in the King Cab. “It’s just friends grabbing something to eat and catching a movie...

The Beautiful Anthology

I wanna be Faith’s strung-out junkie. My dreaming veins singing a better tomorrow. What I don’t want: to be dust, rust. Roadtripping with demons – Oblivion or bust. Don’t wanna be that one suicide bullet locked and loaded in the chamber of grief’s gun. Don’t wanna be your blood-lusting grave, you...

Volume 3: Ghost Stories from Texas (Joe Kwon's True Ghost Stories from Around the World)

I grew up in Spokane, Washington. My grandmother raised me. We lived in a typical 1970's home. My bedroom was on the far end of a long hallway and it faced the living room. From my bed I could see down the hall and I could see the back of a comfy chair. Everything else was blocked from my view by...

The Barrier: The Teorran of Time: Teen Fantasy Action Adventure Novel

A lingering of shadowy mist echoed across the high buildings, which began to cast an afternoon cool on the streets below.  Shaz maneuvered through the people, shouldering his way around merchant tables and animals. As he rounded a corner he caught another glimpse of the shadowy figure and moved a...

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For weeks—it seemed more like months—he’d been looking for some quiet place where he could work undisturbed. He didn’t care what sort of place—it could be a cottage or a bungalow or even a caravan. But it must be somewhere quiet. That was essential. But apparently impossible. Cottages which were ...

Watching You: KJ Elite Inc.

I mean, I would bet that no one ever made their way out here but all of a sudden there’s a stalker and I’m here hiding and everyone and their mama wants to come-a-knockin’! Literally.     It really isn’t fair.     Tommy and I had settled onto the bed and la...

Tales of the German Imagination from the Brothers Grimm to Ingeborg Bachmann (Penguin Classics)

This surprised me no end, and despite the stir my appearance aroused on the street I dutifully presented myself at the district command post. ‘Excuse me, sir,’ I rattled my teeth and shook the bone dust from my feet, ‘there must be some mistake here. I expired back in 1797 in the Great Revolution...

Oklahoma kiss

       The reader is specifically warned against using any of the plant or herbal medications mentioned herein. They are included only to give the authentic flavor of the times. Readers are implored to seek the advice of a doctor before undertaking any experiments in their use.    ...

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Wind it up! You know how my hair gets all frizzy and awful when the wind goes through it,” she said.Craig didn’t take his eyes off the road as a slow grin spread across his face.“Well, I’m the one driving, so I get to pick the music and also whether we have the windows down or not,” he replied. “...

PINNACLE BOOKS NEW YORK

I could not decide whether he was lost in thought regarding the robbery and subsequent events or whether, in keeping with his frequent practice, he had thrown his brain out of gear and switched his thoughts from the case on the theory that further cogitation would not be advantageous. When I had ...

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The detective standing in front of me looked like a television cop on the best shows; tall, dark, handsome and upset. Unfortunately he also looked very familiar. I’d seen all too much of Ray Fernandez last winter when Dennis had been killed. Ray was the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department homicid...

Taming Her Italian Boss

Gone was the sunshine of the previous day, replaced by a low, drizzly fog. It would probably clear up by the afternoon, but that didn’t help him now.     There would be no walk this morning, no playing ball games in the street or a nearby square. Unsurprisingly, there weren’t ...

Love Play by Rosemary Rogers

Come back here and sit down.' Sara stood staring at the doors with their winking gold handles that were always to be touched with gloved hands. She didn't want to turn around to face him — he couldn't make her! 'And . . . and if I don't want to? If I refuse, will you have your feudal servants car...

Sub for a Week

I kept looking back on what he'd said about subspace. The idea of my mind going blank still intrigued me, but it was also somewhat worrisome. What did I have if not my thoughts? My awareness? It's the same concern that kept me from becoming a heavy drinker. The possibility of not knowing where I ...

Closer to the Heart (The Heart Trilogy Book 3)

The schedule was gruelling and she could barely keep her eyes open at the end of each day. Her dreams were filled with Mitchell and the baby she hoped was theirs. Zach had hardly been down to see her as his clubs were busy and apart from a weekend with Julia who came to visit her only friend was ...

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It was only a very mild attack, he said. Eliot had taken his capsule and Matheson had only summoned him as an extra precaution. A period of rest, and her father would be as well as he had ever been, but both he and Sonya knew that was not saying very much. Eliot Vincent was living on borrowed tim...

I Never Thought I'd See You Again: A Novelists Inc. Anthology

Not really. Oh, they might have a thought of it in the back of their mind, an inkling that it’s coming, a hint that it’s a real possibility. But to actually hear it spoken out loud, to have the doctor force out that very well-practiced look of sympathy, squeeze you on the arm and say, “I’m sorry,...

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'Things seem bleak and lonely at the moment, without hope, but we shall do everything we can to help make those feelings better. If you'll let us and work with us.' The fifteen-year-old wiped the back of her hand across her face, smudging her already running mascara. 'I don't know.' Ginger handed...

Love Lust

Justin’s phone number no longer worked. My heart swam in misery, I retrieved the phone, dialed it a tenth time to prove it to myself. Yep. Bad number. At some point in my remaining ten minutes of break, Opal gave my back a small rub and said something about this, too, passing. This, too, would no...

Devi

Her doorbell chimed and she sighed, reluctant to get up. “It’s open,” she called out. The familiar masculine scent that had surrounded Rhodes told her who it was before he’d even made it through the house. Turning her head, she watched him step out onto the patio. “Kind of dangerous, don’t you th...

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She played self-consciously with the fragile stem of her glass, glancing at the time on her watch. Almost two o’clock. Her friends abandoned her at The Blue Bird hours before, leaving her to sit in the dark club by herself, feeling strange and out of place. Yet she wasn’t alone. Other patrons pac...

Delicious

Marsden came in the morning. She took great care with her toilette and selected an especially fetching gown. She told herself it was because she always felt more powerful when she looked more beautiful—only to be peeved when he sat down to business with scarcely a glance at her. “I’d like for us ...

The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 2

We were telling you about the Tang Monk, who acquired again the service of Pilgrim Sun; master and disciples thereupon embarked on the road to the West, united once more in heart and mind. After they had rescued the princess of the Precious Image Kingdom and been sent off by its king and official...

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Not far from hysterical laughter, Georgina nearly retorted : ‘No, I’m Dr Livingstone.’ She stopped it in time, though, and murmured: ‘Yes, sir. Mr Roper, I presume.’ She hoped she didn’t sound facetious, and that he would not take it as effrontery.     He did not.. He extended...

An Involuntary Spark

She rounded the corner heading towards her office as she recounted the hilarious, and very much needed, lunch she'd had with Naomi. That girl was always a trip and a half, but Amiira loved her wild antics and her heart of gold. Naomi was one of the people in her life that she could count on with ...

The Grey Tier

Apparently, I wasn’t the only one. When I glanced at Simone while singing one of Adele’s latest, she was visibly swaying to the music. I watched as she ordered another drink for herself and Dwight. A few minutes later, in the middle of my acoustic version of a La Roux song, she got up and grabbed...

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She was cutting mimosa from the garden trees when he came along the beach from the Crescent Hotel, dressed informally this time in light trousers and an open-necked shirt. It was very hot, and even the wind which blew up with unfailing regularity each afternoon at that time of year had failed to ...

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'Have you been in touch with the renal unit?' 'Yes, I contacted them a while ago. They're going to arrange for him to be admitted. I think things are difficult over in the unit at the moment, but they say that they'll be able to find a place for him. I imagine things will stay troublesome until t...

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She grabbed the phone next to the bed, and keyed in the realtor’s phone number. She had questions to ask, questions that needed answers. She waited for one ring to go through, and then another. On the third she heard someone on the other end pick up. “Hello, Crest Harbor realty. How may I help yo...

Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History

“And with what are these on fire? With the fire of passion, say I, with the fire of hatred, with the fire of infatuation…”     The Buddha is a title—The Enlightened One, or The Awakened One—given a prince named Siddhartha Gautama, born about the year 563 B.C. in a kingdom on t...

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Sophie would simply tell the truth. Well, not quite all of it. She couldn't go as far as confessing having simply invented a fictitious wedding date. She had her story in place by the time she parked outside St David's Medical Centre on Tuesday morning.     I rang Greg to disc...

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'Mind if I come in with you?' he said. 'I want to hear a report from Jenny, and creep in to have a look at Ellie before I head off.' 'Of course you must come in,' Lucy told him. 'I'd even offer you more coffee, except that we're already swimming in it, aren't we?' 'No, no coffee,' he agreed. 'A g...

Pulp Fiction | The Hollow Crown Affair by David McDaniel

Solo! What A Surprise!" It was obviously a clue—everyone agreed as far as that went. Illya held to the opinion that it was a direct hint and they would be expected to follow it up at once, winning Napoleon to his side in short order. The pine suggested Maine to both of them, but Mr. Waverly point...

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“I am glad to hear you say that, Mr. Saxilby,” she said quietly. “When—when will you begin?”     “Why not now?” Charles asked coolly. He had taken the first, most difficult hurdle in deciding that he would come to Windygates. Having done that, he saw no reason for delay. But, ...

Always Us (We Were Us Series Book 2)

Andrew said. “This couch is hideous!” He flopped down on the pea green and orange floral couch. I’d taken the cover off to wash it and hadn’t put it back on yet.     It was the Friday after he’d walked out of my apartment. We hadn’t really talked. Neither had Michelle and I. W...

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Gooey face cream of white wax and honey, guaranteed by Godey's Lady's Book to remove freckles ... but impossible to get off! The dog no one believed could spell ... until he proved himself by rescuing two not-so-smart little girls. Itchy, long flannel underwear that wrinkled under the girls' whit...

After the Rain (The Twisted Fate Series Book 1)

The sunset was quite spectacular, and Marcus couldn’t quite remember when last he’d sat in silence, doing nothing while watching the sun go down… had he ever done this?     The landscape around them was surprisingly flat. The rich rust color of the sand that surrounded them de...

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She wouldn’t admit to herself that this feeling was in part due to Rex’s unspoken disapproval, and it did not salvage even a shred of self-confidence to find next morning he was leaving.     She came downstairs shortly before ten o’clock to find the big hire car at the door an...

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Abram's Daughters 05 The Revelation

The X-rays soon showed exactly what Abram had suspected, but having her thumb straightened and reset was not as painful as she might've thought, although at the moment the throbbing had a strong pulse of its own. Still, she was of good, strong stock and wouldn't let this get the best of her. Good...

Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding on the Ground: Victims and Ex-Combatants (Law, Conflict and International Relations)

Complex problems call for innovative and integrated interventions. The staples of post-conflict peacebuilding—including: disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR); security sector reform (SSR); rule-of-law initiatives; and transitional justice mechanisms ranging from prosecutions to tr...

Snatched

‘I was due on when I said it, and you know what a bitch I can be. I get a right temper on me about the stupidest things, but I don’t mean half of what I say – you know that. Come on, mate, let’s not fall out like this.’ ‘It doesn’t matter,’ Sue assured her, giving her a small smile of forgiveness...

39 Clues - 05 - The Black Circle

But not if it was because someone was screaming outside her hotel-room door. "Telegram for Mr. Cahill!"The words were accompanied by a thunderous knocking. Amy bolted upright in a panic, a terrifying thought racing through her mind. Madrigals!The yell came again."Message for you!"Amy, her brother...

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She phoned to say she'd be held up, a committee or something, she'll be back about half-past six. And John is staying on for a lecture. Terry is down at Tony Barnham's and Elsie-had to go to the dentist's, and so I thought, tea for two before the fire. Isn't it lovely? And look'--she pointed" --I...

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I am not a medical doctor. Therefore I am considered a psychologist." A rather devious answer, I thought, but I let it pass. I was reminding myself that Michael, who was nobody's fool, had been impressed by this man. I could not help wondering why Van Zant was not creating a similarly favorable i...

Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves (True Stories)

Amy Kathleen Ryan Dear Teen Me, I know you hate to be told what to do with your face. Elderly men in particular love telling you to smile—for which you reward them with a sarcastic smirk. Good work. They should mind their own business. But since I’m you, and your face is mine, I have every right ...

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Or something. He walked in the door and for the first time in recent memory noticed that his daughter is a human. “Why the long face, Sunshine?” he asked. I was so shocked, I actually confided in him. I said that Dawn’s been acting weird and I didn’t think she wanted to be my friend. His reaction...

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Panicked civil servants scrambled for bomb shelters or tried to evacuate from the huge building, streaming to designated rendezvous points. Others frantically grabbed telephones to call their families and loved ones. Despite the evacuation signal, many functionaries and bureaucrats remained at th...

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He looked fearfully surprised, in a dazed kind of way, and then let me ease him down onto a stool. I can’t bear to see people hurt. It’s the retriever instinct, Daddy used to say. Then I remembered I wasn’t supposed to, and looked round at Mr. Lloyd and at Johnson. Johnson wasn’t hurt: he had jus...

FIRE AND FOG

The Bells at Thor's Funeral I was dreaming that I was Little Nell tied to the railroad track, and a huge locomotive was roaring down on me. Struggling to get free, I woke myself up-but the roar continued. The roar was real, not a dream. I confess I am rather slow in the mornings. It did not occur...

Chilling Effect

He felt vaguely guilty about using the car without seeking permission from Isaac’s mother, but he reasoned that Cathy Palmer had enough on her plate trying to get a handle on her son’s aff airs and—not to be cruel—Isaac had no use for the vehicle anymore. He killed the engine and slipped the key ...

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Guards, investigators and officers of all ranks ran up and down the corridors questioning everyone. I just kept shrugging, showing them my empty hands and pointing at the collar around my neck. In any case, didn't they see the hound was all of 120 levels out of my league? The interrogators scratc...

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey

We make deposits into it and build up a reserve from which we can make withdrawals when we need to. An Emotional Bank Account is a metaphor that describes the amount of trust that's been built up in a relationship. It's the feeling of safeness you have with another human being. If I make deposits...

Ana Leigh - [The Frasers 4 - Jed] - One Night with a Sweet Talking Man

Helena was totally exhausted and intended to sleep around the clock. Heavily sedated, Rory continued to sleep, so Cassie and Lissy collected their children and went back home with their husbands.     Garth refused to sleep under a different roof than his wife and newborn daugh...

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I want to teach and it's an amazing opportunity that's been offered to me, practically on the doorstep, you could say. What is wrong, Ben?" The boy took her hand as they walked across the frost-spangled ground towards the wood, and in an affectionate gesture he leant his head against her arm for ...

Catch a Falling Star

She pulled out the magazine again and stared down at the cover. “Well, maybe he’s used to being in People magazine, but we’re used to the Jensens’ ginger ale, so I guess it’s all relative.” 147 I squeezed her shoulder. “Thanks for showing me. He might be used to being in those silly things, but i...

Bear of Interest

He didn’t want his error to make the group or Trent vulnerable to outside scrutiny.  He hadn’t slept all night thinking about it. And when he’d gotten a phone call from Detective Hardy reminding him he needed to drop by the station and sign his statement, well, it had sent him into a panic. He dr...

THE ROBE

'The House of Eupolis has ever been respectable. You must not offend my daughter!' 'Must not--indeed!' crowed Quintus. 'And who are you--to be advising the envoy of the Emperor what he must not do? Be gone, fellow!' He thrust out an arm toward Phoebe and Ino. 'You, too!' he barked. 'Leave us!' De...

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She’d refused to so much as speak to her mother, and after a few minutes of being studiously ignored, the older woman had left, along with the police and the bystanders that had gathered temporarily to watch Cullen being arrested. Now that the initial shock was wearing off, Ivy was standing there...

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He’d lived in New Orleans for five years and never once remembered it being this cold. Not cold enough to snow at least. There was a couple of winters that he thought his fingers were going to freeze off walking from his dorm to his classes, but there had been no snow involved. The coffee in his ...

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　　孟古一脸黑线。“陈若雨，你在玩扮家家酒吗？” 　　“不是玩的。我的要求很低的，不用太多花样，我就想你为我做一件事，一件让我感动开心的事就行。”陈若雨急急忙地说，想想又补充一句：“而且还不用你动脑筋想，我都帮你想好了，准备好了，你做了就行。” 　　“是吗？”孟古不太相信。 　　“真的。” 　　“很简单，适合30岁的男人做的？” 　　“嗯。”陈若雨点头，一脸期待看着他。 　　孟古还是不放心，“你先说说看。” 　　“你先答应。” 　　他看着她，她也看着他。四目相对，两个人似乎都想坚持。 　　陈若雨心里打鼓，忽然觉得自己有点任性。这样会不会让他讨厌？她有些忐忑，正想先让步，却听见他说：“好吧...

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She stood on the bank, arms crossed on her chest as she watched a red-orange leaf float in the small millpond, dragged inexorably to the dam by the strong current. Finally the leaf plummeted over the spillway, then spun downstream. It would likely get hung up on a rock, a fern, driftwood or a pat...

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She continued with Melanie’s schooling, making silent and very slow progress with her. But it was progress all the same, and she was convinced that behind the shutters that the little girl had apparently put up to keep the world out there was a very active and intelligent brain.    ...

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Evans been near enough to see Finn Toller's face in that firelight he would have been reminded of a famous folklore professor, whose lectures at one time he used to attend. When some pupil would propound to him a question that was more audacious than behooved the subject, this good man would frow...

Tiredness Kills - A Zombie Tale

    Scott Morris was in heaven!   As he gazed around the huge 'hangar' type building he felt his excitement bubbling up like an underground spring! This wasn't just any old Show at Birmingham's NEC: this was the Show! The Gadget Show. And the only thing that was almost bursting his bubble right n...

The Moth

Her legs are tucked up underneath her in these kind of billowy, white summery pants, and she’s looking at me funny. And I’m on the couch looking back at her funny, because in the middle of the coffee table between a box of tissues and the African primitive carving is a bottle of Maker’s Mark bour...

I Remember You (An Erotic Romance) - Isis Cole

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Mallenport and Hester returned on Sunday afternoon. Both were in excellent spirits, Mrs. Mallenport from having seen her beloved H.E. again. Hester from the mile-long queue of partners that had waited to dance with her. James Fitzgerald, the ever-dutiful, or ever- devoted, I didn’t know which, ha...

When Love Calls

I knew exactly what their presence meant. It meant Angie had informed them of my plans and now they were all there to get to the bottom of things. “Hey,” they sang in chorus. That unnerved me even more. These three in cahoots was never a good sign. “We just came by to see what you needed us to do...

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on the following Monday. His operating list was due to start at 8 a.m. sharp, so he wanted to be in the operating room by a quarter to eight. That would give him fifteen minutes to change into a scrub suit, have a few words with his waiting patient—the first on the list, who would be lying on a s...

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The pains in her arms, legs and especially foot were growing. She’d need to get that checked out before infection set in. They’d need to go soon. She was starting to feel a little woozy. “I’m Henery the Eighth I am, Henery the Eighth I am, I am. I got married to the widow next door, she’s been ma...

Witch Finder

The smell of the spilt wine filled the air, the stench of magic mingling with the fumes of alcohol and rosemary. He felt hot and cold with fear at the thought of all that she could have taken. Not just the memory of the river – but more, perhaps. The memory of why he was here. The memory of his t...

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He used to be my trainer. Name's Jack. Jack is back. Hey, man, I think I'm going to write a song about you." I bumped fists with all of them, and some of the tension seeped out of the compartment, but I could tell that I still made them uneasy, and the reason for that had nothing to do with white...

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Of course he knew exactly the attractive picture he made on that marvellous black horse, probably rode it for the effect alone.     He turned in the saddle to make sure she was coming, then as if reading her thoughts, he grinned and winked wickedly before turning away.  &...

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'Then I should stop.' 'Yes.' She was finding it hard to breathe and every sense in her body seemed concentrated on the slow slide of his fingers. 'But I don't want you to.' 'Is it good?' 'Of course.' She closed her eyes weakly. 'You know it is.' She let him continue a few more minutes then said r...

Her First Fisting

Dirty thoughts of some man – no one in particular – flitted into her mind. The mystery man would caress her, lick her, dominate her…he’d do anything she asked to make her come.She circled her clit slowly with one finger, enjoying the sensations that crept up on her, but not wanting to get off jus...

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Fire On High

MOMIDIUMS DIDN'T WALK so much as they oozed. As a race they were relatively short. Humanoid in general appearance, but bearing more than a passing resemblance to slugs in the general shape and contour of their bodies. They had fairly pale complexions, with skin so light that once could see the th...

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Nobody can seal the technology away, because now that people are talking en mass first one government will allow general usage, then another, and another, and soon the rest will have to open up to the possibility either to keep their businesses from falling behind, or because of sheer demand by t...

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And, mark you, the common folk's righteousness, no' ours! This will ring round the land — that it was the Edinburgh wifies who did it, no' John Leslie and James Graham!' 'For that I will thank God, at least!' 'You say so ? I wonder.' He had to shout above the uproar. 'I say, I wonder. Think you i...

HisBootsUnderHerBed

Inside the mission, Father Chavez and Elena whispered in the deep shadows of the wall.     “He must be warned, mi hermana,” Chavez murmured. “Tell him there can be no delay. He must go at once.”     Elena nodded, and after wrapping a shawl around her head a...

Taken By The Pack

“Is that the first cock you’ve tasted since college?” “Yeah. Almost a year. Why did you two wait so long to blackmail or sexmail me?” Danny kissed Brandon’s neck. “We don’t need you for sex. We have each other, and if we choose to share or play, we can find plenty who are out and eager.” Justin t...

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She ran up the stairs up to Polly’s room on the second floor, ran along the corridor and knocked, and waited. What if Polly was unconscious or…? Polly wasn’t unconscious or dead. But she was obviously unwell. She opened the door for Emily and then lay on the bed looking paler than ever, with blui...

MORTAL COILS

“Nothing is fair where this family is concerned. These trials will test who you already are; there is nothing you can do to prepare. You must simply be yourselves and live your lives.” She glanced at her watch, and a second later the hallway clock chimed the quarter hour. “This includes work.”   ...

Dirty Aristocrat: British Billionaire Bad Boy Romance

I really thought I could wing it and he wouldn’t know, but it was not to be. ‘No,’ I whispered.‘What?’ he bit out incredulously.‘It’s true. I never have,’ I admitted.‘How can that be?’‘That’s how it is,’ I said in frustration.He continued to stare at me. Neither of us moved, then he took a long s...

Kissing Snowflakes Abby Sher

This fun, sweet, wintertime book is filled with humor and romance. The picturesque montain ski lodge is the perfect place to spend winter break...if you have a boyfriend! Otherwise, that cozy leather couch in front of the crackling fire looks a lot less inviting.

The Children's Book of Christmas Stories

THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS From "In the Child's World," by Emilie Poulssen, Milton Bradley Co. Publishers. Used by permission. F. E. MANN Founded on fact. "Chickadee-dee-dee-dee! Chickadee-dee-dee-dee! Chicka—" "Cheerup, cheerup, chee-chee! Cheerup, cheerup, chee-chee!" "Ter-ra-lee, ter-ra-lee, ter-ra-...

Clipped (The Clipped Saga, 1) by Devon McCormack

After their first delicious encounter, they’d fucked their way into Dedrus’s room. They savored each other for a third time. It was just what Kinzer needed: a good fuck to make him forget about al the other horrible shit he had to deal with. Kinzer descended onto Dedrus’s swel ing cock, his tongu...

The Unforgiving Minute

The law in Hungary stated that no Hungarian money was tobe taken out of the country. I felt that there would be enoughshops in the railroad station to spend the forty dollars’ worthof Hungarian money in my pocket. There was no limit to whatforty dollars would buy in Hungary in 1985. To compound t...

Darker Than You Think

He didn't know what was fact and what illusion. He couldn't define the danger to Rowena—he dared not believe that whispering. But this time he intended to take a hand in whatever happened—and not as a pawn of the Child of Night Something checked him at the door. Some dim unease drew his eyes back...

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Av. Mem de Sá, 126, Lapa Rio de Janeiro - RJ CEP 20230-152 REVISÃO Mara Regina Domotor CAPA & DIAGRAMAÇÃO Leonardo G. Filho Caleidoscópio Araújo, Luciana 1ª Edição Janeiro de 2015 ISBN: 978-85-8473-226-5 Todos os direitos reservados. É proibida a reprodução deste livro com fins comerciais sem...

Boy Crazy: Coming Out Erotica

He was nervous of course, but not, this time, because he was starting his career as a chorus boy in pantomime, but because he wasn’t. It was only his third job since leaving drama school and—he still hardly dared to believe it—he was Romeo. Romeo, with all the expectations that that entailed, wit...

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"Can’t you handle that kind of commitment?" Kali, trying to control the slowly subsiding fit of chuckles, shook her head and leaned back onto the pil ows again. She peered at him through the lenses of her glasses and thought about men who had accidental y been born into the wrong century. Just he...

Beg Me to Slay

Tegan was certain she saw that damned Hingo demon, and he wanted to be sure he didn’t lead it right to her place. The speedometer crept up while he kept replaying the night in his mind.     “Watching for flashing lights?”     He shook his head. “Nope. Tails...

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So this was what it felt like to be in love! She should have known, she could have known by the unbearable excitement she had felt whenever he had come near her, but that he could turn her inside out and upside down by merely holding her close and kissing her face and lips, she had not known. &nb...

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The ever-present rifle was braced barrel-up to Wil’s left, knife at work against a whetstone between his up-thrust knees. His feet were bare and he’d shed his coat. By the way his dark hair glistened in the lamplight, he must’ve had a bath. Dallin squinted a little, noted the clean clothes and co...

Finding Me: Book 1: All I've Ever Wanted (A New Adult Romance Series)

They were sitting in Chris's car. A beat up mutt of a car whose lineage was more 'junkyard' than 'store front.' The car’s door handle was held together by wire and duct tape. The rest of it quickly deteriorated from there.     'See that? Right there! Told you....now pay up!' C...

Soldier Up

and God help the poor bastard that broke them.                   By this time tragedy had struck the Clayton household as Johns dad has passed away earlier in the year.  He had Alzheimer’s and for the last few months of his life the quality of it was horrible.  His mom couldn’...

Sophia Hampton - Withdrawal (Satan's Cubs Motorcycle Club Book 2)

She’d found a note on the counter saying he had gone out and not to worry about dinner because he was taking care of it. It seemed like a nice gesture, but after what she’d found in the closet when she was pulling out some jeans made the whole nice thought go to hell. She was nervous and felt her...

Tampa Black: Part !

So far, this was proving to be a hell of a vacation. Little did he know, his own empire was crumbling, and some casualties that he had taken were irreplaceable.                                                 CHAPTER 11 FAMILY BUSINESS                   Sitting on the trunk of...

A Tale of Fur and Flesh

“All phenomena shall transpire in their own time,” Great Bear told her. Looking out into the wilderness through the mouth of the cave, she listened to Great Bear’s low rumbling voice and no longer felt anxious.  “What does that mean?” Lally asked, folding her hair into a pillow beneath her head. ...

Star Wars - Ewoks - The Ice Princess!

Usually the forest rang with the laughter of the Ewoks as they played in the snow, but not this year. The Ewoks were in mourning.     When the first snows had come, Princess Kneesaa, Wicket and Teebo had been making a slide when the princess had tumbled over and had been bitte...

The Call of Destiny (The Return of Arthur Book 1)

Recently he had talked about it so enthusiastically that Hector suggested the family spend a couple of days there during the school holidays. ‘There’s the old castle at Tintagel, and lots of walks and incredible views and marvellous beaches. We’ll take the car and leave the caravan behind – do it...

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Liddesdale and Teviot and the swift-flowing Yarrow reflected the sun, day after day, with never a cloud to trouble the blue sky overhead. It was exceptional weather. The secret forests and the lonely hills of the March lands seemed full of peace, although there was little peace in Susan’s tempest...

The Cowboy's Summer Love

Thomas A. Kempis   Travis awoke with a start and looked at the clock beside his bed. The big red numbers said five-thirteen. He would need to get up soon. They were in the middle of the second cutting of hay and there was plenty of work to be done. He hadn’t been much help on the ranch lately, an...

The Splendour Falls

Thinking about sanity made me think of John, and of what he’d said the night before. While I was here, maybe I should find out more about my dad and my family. And the best place to start anything was at the beginning. Accepting the plates I brought from the table, Clara said absently, ‘You could...

Earthquake

Of course, surely the great Daniel wouldn’t answer his own door—this is a . . . a secretary, an aide, something. But when he sees us his mouth tips up in a smile that crinkles the sides of his eyes.     “Tavia. At last.”     I stare at him in confusion, but...

Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan

I’d started the drive in the dark, and the light was still barely enough to take photos by, and it was so foggy—that mountain fog that hangs so heavy it seems impossible you can’t push it aside with one hand and let it swing shut behind you—that when I saw the man on the carousel it took me ten s...

Wounded Birds (The Grayson Series Book 1)

Most of them are books about architecture, photography, and horses. “Horses,” I whisper.     He sits down on a plush love seat and pulls me next to him. “I grew up on a ranch breeding horses.”     “Who runs it now?” I ask. He leans closer, and a slight trac...

Red Solstice (Alfheim Book 1)

We go down through the town, passed the church in the square.  The library where John works is in the town hall but they are not open yet.  I had not thought of it before, as everything had seemed so normal, that it was an odd place for my brother to work, but I suppose they did have a decent mus...

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'Would you have dinner with me one evening?' Anna showed her surprise and his smile faded. 'No, perhaps not. Lunch then, Anna?' 'I. . .'she began, overwhelmed by the invitation and wondering what he really wanted of her. He was old enough to be her father, of her mother's generation rather than h...

Frightmares: A Fistful of Flash Fiction Horror

His abdomen was punctured with multiple holes, each looking like the exit wound a bullet might make and sections of his skin had been peeled away in strips three inches long by a quarter-inch wide, as if someone had used a vegetable peeler on him. He squatted next to the Chief Pathologist. “What ...

Crusade

1288 Garin’s eyes fluttered open. Sunlight stabbed down into them and he winced, throwing an arm over his face. The movement made his head  throb. A sloshing, creaking sound filled his ears. The bright light was blocked out by a shadow. He blinked up at the hulking silhouette.    &...

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“We weren’t really worried. Fiona telephoned us that Stuart hadn’t returned, so we just assumed you’d both taken shelter somewhere. I knew you’d be quite safe with Stuart.”     Judith grinned. “Does that mean that my reputation couldn’t possibly be in jeopardy if I was with St...

Gateway to Nifleheim

said Claradon, pointing. “The mist forms at the circle’s center.” He turned to Ob. “What is the hour?”Ob looked up at the night sky. “Less than one bell to midnight. Right on time.”“It’s forming too fast to be natural,” said Claradon.“So now you’re an expert on mist formation?” said Ob.“It’s sorc...

Burned

Her stomach felt a little sick yesterday, but it passed after she took two Alka-Seltzer tablets. Evelyn had come to work sick and sneezed all over the work area they shared. Lincoln begged her most of the morning to go home. She couldn’t afford to take any more time off before Regan’s wedding. Ev...

Spring Fires

After shrugging on a robe, she went in search of her father. She found him in the dining room, sitting at one end of the oval cherry table, sipping coffee as he perused the morning paper, the evidence of his completed meal lying to one side.     "You were sleeping so soundly, ...

Shy...

Camille said. She let go of Nadia and rubbed her own pussy against Brent’s knees as they fucked in front of her.   “Tell me why you like it,” Nadia said as she bounced on her husband’s cock and Camille ground against his leg.   “It is big.”   “What else?”   “It is fat and thick.”   “What else? Te...

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The hour was late for one associated with the great detective. Seizing a robe and stepping into my bedroom slippers, I descended to the sitting room eager to learn what Holmes's first move would be, or possibly had already been. But my progress came to an abrupt halt when, through the half-open d...

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Gerry felt a quiver of alarm shoot through her that grew with every minute of the fifteen it took him to come and see her. Were the twins ill? Was Teddy keeping back from her that something had happened to one, or both, of them?     ‘Are the twins all right?’ was her first que...

Sword and Sorceress XXVII

Shadow and Twilight have grown from the helpless kittens Lin Mei found into useful partners in her adventures. Given her periodic errands for the Emperor’s Intelligence service, Lin Mei does lead an adventurous life. Catherine Soto sold her first story to SWORD & SORCERESS 21, and she has bee...

To Get To You

Miller     Published by Less Than Three Press    All rights  reserved.    No part of this book may be used  or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except for the purpose of reviews.    Edited by Samantha M. Derr    Cover designed by Megan Derr    This book is a w...

Dark Wood: Legends of the Guardians

Aryaunna had no trouble riding her, despite that she’d not saddled her. Aryaunna held to Sita’s mane at the base of her neck to keep steady as she leaned down against the mare. The sun shown brilliantly, glistening off of the covered white earth like a million diamonds covered the earth rather th...

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BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine

Since the concept of an “angel in the house” took hold in Victorian times, Western culture has elevated the image of woman as domestic goddess while consistently undervaluing, if not just plain denigrating, the actual content of domestic work—a contradiction that has often made, in the modern age...

Hooked

It's fucking filthy back here. Large dumpsters full of black plastic bags stand pushed up against the outside of each building, creating a maze of sorts as I weave in and out of them in the darkness, only a single streetlight illuminating my path.     He's standing there under...

The Perfect Match

It had been several weeks since her quarrel with Guy and the only comfort she could offer herself was that since she had now experienced the worst shock that life could possibly give her, things could only get better. But alas not yet. No, she was quite definitely not feeling anything like better...

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Located off 1st street, very near downtown, it combined a backyard atmosphere with that weirdness that makes Austin a special place. Huge oaks provided welcome shade; the only drawback was the owner was an Aggie. Ethan was always tempted to bring burnt orange decorations to hang on Frankie's wall...

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  ~Salem Witch Trials May 10, 1692   Page Entry…   MeLora had triumphed. In her evil heart, she felt like she’d bested her mother and her aunt by sleeping with John Connor. She laughed with the thrill of it all and hungered for more. She’d stolen Elsbeth’s husband and willingly surrendered her vi...

Dangerous Women

One arm drifted in the sluggish current as the river plucked at it. A fetid scent drifted to the people standing on the levee, though the odor likely had more to do with illegal sewage than the corpse. Rain plopped onto the mud in scattered drops as the flatboat inched out to the body, a thick ro...

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Lady Latham smiled at her. “Well, maybe you were right to fight for your independence. But don’t tell Sir Arthur I said that.” Natalie pantomimed locking her lips and then throwing away the key. She was beginning to like Lady Latham very much. “You ought to go out there and lure your Steven away....

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During that week she got to know her family, from the usual wards’ distrust of anyone outside their tight circle to their inherent thrift. Yes, thrift. Thrift was something they all eventually achieved. House-mothers and house-fathers perforce preached it—they had to. Every cent saved meant more ...

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That’s what. He changed me. Made me guarded. Cautious. True, we didn’t go out for very long. True, I broke up with him when he turned into an abusive jerk. But you know what, Nbook? “Breaking up” is the wrong phrase. You don’t break. Not totally. Now when the breakee still wants to get back toget...

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Those are some of the most stomach churning words to make into a sentence, but that is what I heard over the phone earlier that day. “Who is it, Marie?” “This guy I work with in accounting, he is really a sweetheart of a guy, and girlfriend, and he is really hot.” That meant he was dull and borin...

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He handed over Matt’s batch of envelopes and newspapers and shook his head in response to Phil’s enquiry. No, there was nothing for the senhora. See, the plantation packet was secured separately with string, and there were just these few for the Senhores Drew and Crawford. He was sorry, but in a ...

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Jenny was very gay and they helped Mrs. Murdoch to bring in the plates from the kitchen, watching while Charles carved the large joint of roast mutton as they would have done if they had really been part of his family.     Adele Abercrombie sat in a high-backed chair at the he...

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“Who’s Doctor Graham?” Melanie taunts as I round the counter top. “No one,” I replied, ignoring her attempts to bait me into a session of ‘let’s pick on the weird girl.’ “C’mon, Elizabeth, give us the dirty details.”  Both she and David are doing their best to control their giggling, but I’m not ...

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The raucous argument brought Katie up out of her bed in a hurry. The sun had not yet broken over the mountains behind the house, but there was enough light for her to see by. She struggled up, dressed quickly in a faded blue blouse and a wraparound skirt, and scrambled into her chair.   ...

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"Hip ... hip! ... hooray!" I hung over Mollie's front room window sill, crushed between her and Doddy, and waving my flag to the procession passing below. Fellbum Victory Procession. Bands playing, lorries laden with men and girls, and rows of couples joined arm in arm, dancing along the width of...

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If you were in Wyoming, you could have a Wyoming steak fry,” said Maurice next morning. “You’re not a prude, darling?” “She’s not a prude,” said Johnson firmly. “But she doesn’t want to start her morning watching you get out of the bath either. Shut the door.” “She could do worse,” Maurice said, ...

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Martin The author gratefully acknowledges Peter Lerangis for his help in preparing this manuscript. ISBN 0-590-29839-9 Copyright © 1998 by Ann M. Martin. All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. CALIFORNIA DIARIES is a trademark of Scholastic Inc. Printed in the U.S.A. First Scholastic p...

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Martin The author gratefully acknowledges Jeanne Betancourt for her help in preparing this manuscript. ISBN 0-439-09547-6 Copyright © 1999 by Ann M. Martin. All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc. SCHOLASTIC, CALIFORNIA DIARIES, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trad...

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Most of the time. Not so much now. Alicia bemused him, frustrated him, dazzled him at different times. Any one of which he could handle. But all at once? He hadn't been this disoriented since his first inverted spin in navigator training. More than ever he needed balance to handle the situation, ...

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Well, maybe it had a little to do with Cal being gay. Ian wasn’t sure if bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (and hence, likely to impose upon the sleep of best friends and roommates) were card-carrying gay traits. Cal was the only gay man he'd ever lived with, but none of Ian's straight friends or room...

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But in a strange way, she liked the cold cutting through her clothes, making her shiver, making her eyes tear. She needed the discomfort, the pain. You like the pain. That’s why you were drawn to Cullen Sharpe in the first place. This was different, though.  Cullen and his father had left her alo...

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Joe said, smiling at the sight of his wife curled in the platform rocker by the radiator with Adam, dead asleep, draped over her shoulder like a sack of flour. “I wish it could be Bermuda, or even the Poconos.” “I like it just fine right where I am,” she replied, cupping a hand about the baby’s h...

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I walked the Welsh valleys—so different now than in their black heyday—and the streets of Washington were home to me for years. I grew up in the Pennsylvania coal fields, where the shadows of history and Philadelphia’s old money fell heavily upon us. I even went to Attock Fort and old Lahore. Whe...

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She snatched a thick towel, wrapped it about her slender body and stepped out of the steaming, fragrant water, hurrying to answer the shrill summons before the caller rang off. She wondered if it might be Mark. He had driven away earlier without arranging a time to call for her the next morning. ...

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September 14th, 1993. Have I really been on tour with Neil for three months?I turn my head to look up at Neil sitting in the last row of the stadium. Sound check ended an hour ago and he’s just been sitting there, staring off into space. But that’s Neil. Only a stupid girl would try to change him...

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Kate had come in her old Morris 1000 and the heater was not as efficient as in the car’s younger days. It was the one thing which Jerome’s garage hadn’t improved. Kate had dithered with excitement when the telephone call came. Her car was ready for collection or—the man’s voice at the other end o...

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“Hello,” she greeted them as Katie came up the steps and John threw the mooring ropes up to Clay. “You haven’t been rescued again, have you, Katie?”     Her cousin tugged at her long hair gently and half smiled. “No, we’ve only been for a spin, Miss Inquisitive,” he teased. &n...

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records here—and one thing emerges right away: all three of the crashes took place when the planes approached from the southwest; when the runway was being used in the direction from Cannes towards Nice." "How many runways are there?" "Only the one—that's the point, you see. Most of the airport i...

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Within seconds, though, awareness reappeared and they shook themselves like men and women awaking from a peculiar dream. Those who happened to be in company met the concerned or alarmed or curious looks of their companions with disarming smiles, forced in some cases, and comments such as, “Sorry,...

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She would have laughed if this weren’t so tragic.     “What the fuck just happened?”     “Did he just say what I think he did?”     Jasmine turned to the girls flanking her sides. “Shut up. This has to be a game. There is no way that he ...

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A Kitty in the Lion's Den

He hadn’t slept at all, and in fact had his thoughts occupied with images of Kettah. The sound of movement in his room alerted him to the fact she was up, and every muscle in his body grew taut. All fucking night he had been keeping his senses tuned to what was happening outside, and inside. He h...

Layla Nash - A Valentine's Chase (City Shifters: the Pride)

When Rafe could focus through the panic of losing his mate, gratitude that all of the shifters would immediately drop everything to help find Meadow almost overwhelmed him. But then he would remember that she was missing, and BadCreek probably had her, and everything else would fade away. Only ra...

Indigo

I hedge, knowing the explanation is weak. “I just have to find the right time.”       “Well,” Shawn says, shaking his head again. “For what it’s worth, I think you’re making the wrong decision, lying to her like that.”       I know he’s right, but at the mo...

Weekend in Weighton Final Amazon version 12-12-12

Like a high jumper in reverse, I curved my legs and lower back past the top bar of the cradle, landing heavily on the steel platform. Springing forward from the hip-hop landing, my chest crashed into the bar on the other side. Only the steel tubes stopped me from toppling straight back out. The b...

Wolf3are

Never before had I heard or seen so much activity outside of my suite. Compound staff walked to and fro, setting up booths for the trials. Armed guards stood sentry at the main gate while the staff carried their supplies inside of the reservation.There couldn't possibly be a better time to mount ...

A Beautiful Fate

My mind was clouded with questions. My emotions bounced back and forth from fear and worry about what was going to happen to me and then to giddiness and butterflies whenever I thought of Ari. I lived more for the nights now than for the days. Admitting my preoccupation with Ari made me angry wit...

Unknown

Jennifer and Rupe said goodnight. They looked a charming couple going out together. Jennifer wore a dark blue calf-length dress with three pleated tiers that skilfully minimised her pregnancy. Her hair was curled softly about her face and her big dark eyes were highlighted. Rupe wore a formal sui...

GRANDMA'S ATTIC SERIES

Carter's Fright 25 4 When Grandma Needed Prayer 35 5 The Stranger 45 6 The Big Snowstorm 55 7 Grandma and the Slate 63 8 A Pig in a Poke 71 9 Grandma's Day Off 79 10 How News Spread 89 11 Charlotte 97 12 The Slate Pencil 107 13 What Shall We Write About? 113 14 The Cover-Up 119 15 The Haircut 125...

Oscar

The van carrying them screeched to a halt in front of the entrance. Hell on earth awaited them beyond the razor wire and the ten-foot gate that would separate them from the world that they knew. The sentry on the other side opened the gate wide enough for the van to pass through, shutting it as s...

Unknown

This was such an uncommon occurrence that both Taryn and her aunt rushed outside to see what was happening.     ‘Miss Penreath?’ One of the drivers got out and looked questioningly at the two women.     ‘I’m Miss Penreath,’ replied Taryn.    ...

Ann H

Damn if it hadn’t been one hell of a time. Reed found them in the nick of time. Her uncle and cousin were around the corner when they got into the truck. Yet, that wasn’t what had him speechless or stumped. Heading here, he learned Missy’s last name was Wycough, but that was what had him shaking ...

BOH 8-21-07 (00178434).DOC

Not wanting to put off her move, she dragged a reluctant Katy to the apartment. Now she smiled at Katy’s sour face. “Why don’t you take the forks, knives and spoons out of that box and arrange them in the silverware container.” Ever since Mike had spilled the beans about Cyn moving to the apartme...

Unknown

Tonight, she managed a leisurely supper and was watching television in the residents' quarters when she was called to Orthopaedics to see a male patient who was complaining of chest pain. She swung her legs off the sofa, slipped on her shoes and her white coat and hared off to investigate.  ...

Unknown

'He's picking me up at a quarter to seven.' 'You mean Simon Wells, the injured partner?' Fenella questioned, aware of an overtone of embarrassment in her mother's voice.     'Yes,' she replied. 'Either one or both of us visit him whenever we can,' and she went upstairs to chan...

Unknown

- D door behind her and done gone and left that child to find the body! When she dropped her hands in anger for Thelma's supposed conduct, she suddenly saw the woman's crumpled body, hidden a little behind James's, and realised that the murderess was dead too. But, thought Gussie suddenly, if bot...

Back To Me

No…I had flat out lied to her. I didn’t tell her about my phone call with Blake, nor did I share the information he gave me. I had martyred Tom like he was some kind of damn saint! Even worse I made up that cockamamie story about electricity and old houses; that it was just a blown fuse. Someone ...

Homeland Security (Defenders of Love Book 2) (2015)

It wasn't the first time he had touched her but the intensity of it blew her away. If he hadn't left when he did she probably would have torn his clothes off.     The house was silent. Clara and Kaiden were likely both sound asleep. She rolled over and switched on the little l...

The Juggler And His Rose

The strange, distorted head mounting the amorphous shape came out of nowhere. It stood menacingly quiet while it kept hold of Tammy’s squirming body that let out cries sounding like that of a burning victim’s last gulp of air. Somehow he knew he should have listened, but kept on his stubborn ways...

Unknown

'Jim called me to come....' 'Do you expect me to believe that?' He repeated Aaron Wade's question almost word for word. 'I saw you talking to Ben Wade this afternoon when I followed you up the hill. I don't doubt he made an efficient town crier,' he said sarcastically.     'I ...

Perfect Imperfections

Beth fiddled with her phone in the elevator of Le Méridien hotel.     “I don’t see the need and anyway it’s too late now. Moreover, Kim is a smart person. I am sure she knows I would invite Dave, no matter what their relationship is. Kim will have to just deal with it.”  ...

Seducing Megan: Prossers Bay Series Novella

They’d sparred and laughed and sparred some more. Jordan got her, and the realization made her heart feel light for the first time in years. When he dropped her home a few hours later, he undid his seatbelt and turned to face her. “Would you like me to take Lisa home?” Touched that he’d even thou...

RICHARD POWERS

Klarpol's magic gamboge grew, riddled through with movement. Banana leaves played like children in the undergrowth. Dreamlike bananas floated up to tickle the insouciant moon. Adie grafted Rousseau's peculiar tangerines onto her proliferating trees. Orange Christmas ornaments decked her branches....

My New Billionaire Stepbrother

With the wedding behind them, her mom and her new husband, Ryan, would be on their honeymoon for a couple of weeks, so Jennifer planned to stay there for the rest of her break from school. Finals were the next week, so she had most of the week to get all her things together and put them into stor...

Princess of Thorns

Real, and divinely beautiful.     Sleep drags at me, but I struggle to keep my eyes open, not wanting to miss a moment of my death.     I wonder how the god will summon my soul from my body, and if it will hurt the way it does when ogres steal a soul. I won...

Unknown

They thought she was drowned. When she coughed and struggled the men looked at each other in amazement and began to talk loudly in a language she didn’t understand. Minella opened her eyes to try and see what they looked like. They wore bright jerseys and round black caps like French fishermen, b...

The Haunter of the Threshold

Horace asked.     “Very strange,” she admitted, gazing at the termination of prints.     Thirty-three steps in, and thirty-three steps back. Then... It was as though the person who’d delivered the envelope had appeared and then vanished into thin air.  ...

Unknown

Daisy Miller, when she called in to see her on her ward round the next morning, looked cheerful. 'How was the movie?' asked Annabel.     'Great.' Daisy beamed. 'Well, from what I remember. I was too excited about all the famous people in the audience to notice much. And I was ...