The True Story of Butterfish

The True Story of Butterfish

Nick Earls

Nick Earls

"'I'm not about to attack,' she said. She smirked with one side of her mouth and looked up at me through the black spray of her fringe. Her eyes were dark and already she was playing some kind of game with me, or that's how it seemed. Her voice was a little deeper and huskier than I might have expected, so her last line had come out with a hint of something that might have been menace or even seductiveness or just a pitch at adult banter. Whatever it was, it stuck with me and it punctuated the moment and it didn't feel quite right for a conversation with a schoolgirl on my doorstep." When Annaliese Winter walks down Curtis Holland's front path and into his life, he's ill-prepared for a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl who's a confounding and seductive mixture of adult and child. After years travelling the world with his successful band, Butterfish, he's not used to having a neighbour at all, let alone one who appears unimpressed by the slightly chubby ex-rock star next door. So...
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Montana Mavericks Christmas

Montana Mavericks Christmas

Susan Mallery

Romance / Fiction / Chick Lit

Married In Whitehorn by Susan MalleryDuty-bound to protect pregnant amnesiac Angela Sheppard, Deputy Sheriff Shane McBride swore he'd never give his heart. Yet he hungered to call the attractive widow his own. Is it possible a wedding and a baby is due for Whitehorn's brooding man in blue?Born In Whitehorn by Karen Rose SmithDr Jeremy Winters discovered he was a daddy when he delivered beautiful Leah Nighthawk's tiny twins. The hard-hearted doctor would never deny his babies a daddy this Christmas, but will he give Leah the gift of his love?Christmas In Whitehorn by Susan MalleryAfter years on New York's tough streets, the last thing detective Mark Kincaid wanted was some do-gooder disturbing his peace and quiet. His neighbour Darcy Montague is all sugar and spice, endearing herself with loaves of homemade bread. Is Darcy too good to be true, or just the woman to make his heart come alive?
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt

No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt

Doris Kearns Goodwin

History / Biographies & Memoirs / Nonfiction

RetailWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryNo Ordinary Time is a monumental work, a brilliantly conceived chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in the history of the United States. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story lines—Eleanor and Franklin’s marriage and remarkable partnership, Eleanor’s life as First Lady, and FDR’s White House and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin effectively melds these details and stories into an unforgettable and intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and of the time during which a new, modern America was born.Presents a detailed portrait of the daily life of the president and his wife during World War II, a period when the beginnings of modern America were formulated.
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Brit Party Anthology

Brit Party Anthology

Ladd,Ashley

Ladd,Ashley

Maggie had spent a lifetime trying to win the love and affection of her father, but nothing seemed to work. Now he was asking her to seduce and marry one of two men that he had selected for her. But Maggie has other plans…with Alex and Patrick in ‘Maggie’s Menage’. Dana's irritated when her boss slates her to accompany department bad boys, Christopher and Jason, to a meeting in London on her weekend off. Since her job transfer to England, she's hidden her attraction to the much younger ‘Boy Toys’. Three days virtually alone with them will be no fantasy and might instead be an embarrassing disaster. But... Thirty-six year old Jennica thought this was her last chance to have a baby when her boyfriend dumped her. Lovers Alec Russert and Kevin Cosby decide to help her out of her predicament. But, they're the ones in for a shock when Jennica tells them they may be too tame for her sexual likes as she is a submissive and loves to be bound and spanked by her master. Soon they realise they really are much more than ‘Best Mates’. Sadie and Will are vampires who have ‘The Wager’ based on a weekly billiards game they play. Their stakes are always sexual and this week will be no different. But for this week's wager they decide to include a couple of their friends, Dave and Tony, in the payoff. She loved the ménage that her lover Michael Collins had introduced her to, but now here they were, spending a week at Duncan MacLaughlin's cottage in Scotland and Holly Martin wasn't sure she was ready for the surprise he promised her. No details, just a wide grin. The surprise turned out to be ‘Four Play’. When Jon's father dies in faraway India, the Priscilla and Johnathan travel to his isolated tea plantation to settle his affairs. Left alone while Jon struggles to complete the final harvest, Priscilla realises how much she misses his touch. The charismatic Anil Kumar enchants both Priscilla and Jon with his god-like beauty and charm bringing them to a ‘Monsoon Fever’.
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Ain't It Time We Said Goodbye

Ain't It Time We Said Goodbye

Robert Greenfield

Robert Greenfield

For ten days in March 1971, the Rolling Stones traveled by train and bus to play two shows a night in many of the small theaters and town halls where their careers began. No backstage passes. No security. No sound checks or rehearsals. And only one journalist allowed. That journalist now delivers a full-length account of this landmark event, which marked the end of the first chapter of the Stones' extraordinary career.Ain't It Time We Said Goodbye is also the story of two artists on the precipice of mega stardom, power, and destruction. For Mick and Keith, and all those who traveled with them, the farewell tour of England was the end of the innocence.Based on Robert Greenfield's first-hand account and new interviews with many of the key players, this is a vibrant, thrilling look at the way it once was for the Rolling Stones and their fans—and the way it would never be again.
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Deadly Intent at-4

Deadly Intent at-4

Lynda La Plante

Mystery & Thrillers

Anna Travis is back in a new gripping mystery from Lynda La Plante, featuring the female detective every bit as intelligent, ambitious, and flawed as Prime Suspect's Jane Tennison. Ruthless drug trafficker Alexander Fitzpatrick is one of the most wanted men in the Western Hemisphere. But for ten years, there's been no sign of him. Is he dead, or just trying to appear that way? When an ex-colleague from the murder squad is found shot in a dank drug den, Anna Travis is pulled into the case. She's grateful for the distraction after her breakup with DCI Langton and soon finds herself involved with someone new. But as the bodies pile up and the mystery deepens, Travis and Langton must put aside their personal history and work together to track down one of the canniest criminals they've ever encountered.
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Two for Trouble

Two for Trouble

J. R. Roberts

J. R. Roberts

When his old friend Ted Singleton summons him to Sacramento, Clint Adams can't begin to figure out what the tough ex-lawman could want him for. After he rides into town, Singleton's nowhere to be found-and he's approached by two different beguiling women who both claim to secretly work for the U.S. government. But though they both know Singleton, they're working against each other-and they're after the same thing.Caught between two beautiful undercover angels, the Gunsmith has to dig deep and fire fast if he's going to find his friend and get out alive...
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All The Way Down

All The Way Down

DaveKearns

DaveKearns

Bounty hunter Delorean Harper investigates his brother’s killing in a mining accident in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Soon it becomes clear that his brother’s death was no accident, and Delorean has become the next target of a killer who will do anything to cover his tracks. Will Delorean be able to outwit a cold-blooded killer and solve the mystery of his brother’s death – or will he die trying?
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The Triumph of Love

The Triumph of Love

Barbara Cartland

Romance / Contemporary / Historical Fiction

Wealthy businessman John Gardner counts his wife, the widowed Countess Napier, as his finest possession. Beautiful, refined and a devoted mother, the Countess has the one thing that all his money cannot buy – a place in Society. When she dies still grieving for her first husband, the volatile Mr Gardener decides that his stepdaughter, Lady Selina, should become his passport into the titled classes. Eager to fit into a world that values birthright over cash, he decides to marry her off to the highest bidder. But he hasn't bargained for his vivacious stepdaughter's willful defiance. Determined to marry only for love, Selina flees the harsh discipline of Gardener Manor and takes her chances on the open road. Rescued from peril by the Marquis of Castleton, a serious and thoughtful man committed to doing his best for the people of his estate, Selina finds in him an unlikely ally. Equally appalled at plans for his own arranged marriage, the pair join forces against those...
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When She's Bad

When She's Bad

Leanne Banks

Leanne Banks

Deliah is a self made woman with a calm existence, who manages an exclusive spa in Houston. She is supported by a tycoon, although she has never been romantically involved with him. However when a brainy stud moves next door, and the tycoon dies, bequeathing her a baby, things change.
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