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Devour

by David Temple

Master Chef Michael Rogan owns a world-renowned restaurant, is married to his college sweetheart, and has a daughter beginning college. His life is as picturesque as their mountaintop retreat overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. That is until Frederick Dalton, an old Army buddy turned Warden at San Quentin Prison, drifts in from the past with an odd request. He will release Michael’s estranged father—serving time on Death Row for the murder of his wife 30 years ago—in exchange for one small ... more

3 Boys and a Boat

by Peggy W. Fellouris

The novel is a beautifully written story describing the lives of three boys whom the reader soon falls in love with, as they mature. It happens all under a slow growing mystery; a mystery that begins first as an annoyance and ends in tears of happiness. Strange and interesting events occur and readers of all ages become mesmerized until the end. The first page and the last tie the ribbon around this wonderful story. It is not your standard story . . . they become your boys.

The Man in the Black Cashmere Coat

by Peggy W. Fellouris

The man in a black cashmere coat is introduced immediately in the story and continues to appear throughout. Most people in life comment that someone is looking out or over us throughout a lifetime. Some say, It must be my fairy godmother. If something goes wrong during the week, one often hears, I must be cursed. Others feel it is simply intuition. In the former book, the young man thought the person he saw and felt might be a mentorthat is, until he learned the truth, which surprised us all. No... more

Diminished Capacity

by Leighton Rockafellow

An up and coming lawyer in Tucson, Arizona, Larry Ross takes just about any case that walks through his door. But his next client may prove to be more than even he can handle. Tom Rogers has just been accused of brutally murdering his business partner, Art Mendoza. Larry decides to represent Tom in the capital murder case, even though it looks like Tom is guilty. But while waiting for the trial, Larry makes a tactical error and accepts another high-profile case-a complicated products liability c... more

Cracks

by Mike Klaassen

He was looking for an opportunity to run away from his foster parents. Instead, he embarks on a journey that will either land him in jail or get him killed. Sixteen-year-old Bodie McCann is on a youth-rehabilitation spelunking trip in the Ozarks of Arkansas. When an earthquake crushes the adults, he finds himself stranded in the wilderness with four other juvenile delinquents. Tensions escalate as they struggle to feed themselves and escape the dangers of the wild. After the boys discover a mari... more

All Messy: A book of short stories

by Denise D Gibson

The waking hours of one person is like a montage, the events coming sometimes at a fast speed, those blink-and-you’ll-miss bits, and some at a slow crawl, those “Will I ever get out of this hellhole?” moments. At times, one of these two dominates the day. Sometimes, both can happen all at once. But there is a story in all those seconds, minutes, hours. There is always a cause, and there is always the effect. They say that the root of all evil is money. But what really drives the ... more

Midnight Mission: An Eco Avengers Series

by Dawn Wynne

Frankie, a black and white cat, Mindy a three colored Australian Shepherd, and Jagger the raccoon is an unlikely triad. Best friends, they belong to everyone in the suburban neighborhood of Blue Hills and to no one. The threesome scavenges their meals from various members of the community and pays their dues by keeping the neighborhood safe. While trolling the neighborhood one night when they stumbled upon a lost baby sea turtle. The trio decides they must help the sea turtle, whom they name She... more

When Bodies Fall

by Deborah Court

Jane has become thirty years younger. She is a scientific miracle whose body may hold the secrets of eternal youth. Pursued by those who wish to study her, she flees to the Isle of Skye. There, as Maggie Dunn, she hopes to build a new, anonymous life. Her fledging plan is shattered when she becomes embroiled in the investigation into a violent death, and a wily Scottish police detective threatens to uncover and expose her secrets.

Summer's Lie

by Deborah Court

When Jane wakes up in hospital, her hair is gone, along with her memory. She is the only survivor of a group of people who fall ill after a noxious, chemical fog blankets Toronto. As the weeks pass it becomes clear that, impossibly but undeniably, Jane is getting younger. She becomes a scientific specimen of immense importance, and she must flee the hospital and take on a new identity in order to have any hope of a normal life. Her memory is restored, but her past life is gone. Will she escape t... more

The Wendals

by Austin Kennedy

When Austin finds out his best friend Steve's home is being foreclosed on, which would force his friend to move out of state, he and his group of best buds, the Wendals, set off on a journey to save their pal, and to keep the Wendals together; setting them on a collision course with a notorious and dangerous local bank robber. Set in Southern California in the late nineteen nineties, The Wendals is a Young Adult novel about an extremely tight-knit group of teenage boys, who have a serious kna... more

Comprar anillos de compromiso

by jacqueline guan

Es muy estresante comprar un anillo de compromiso. Hay muchos estilos y calidades disponibles para anillos de compromiso. Puedes comparar anillos de compromiso. Comprar anillos de compromiso online tiene muchos beneficios y es muy fácil. Comprar un anillo de compromiso en línea puede ofrecerle una amplia gama de calidades y estilos.

How Much It May Storm

by A.N. Willis

Colorado, 1943: With a brother gone to war, Dinah must learn how to fend for herself. She spends her days working an abandoned mine and her nights longing to escape her dying town. When Dinah sees a young soldier out in the snow—a soldier who looks just like Edward Gainsbury, a man who supposedly died in 1918—she follows him into the woods. But what she discovers will force Dinah to confront the true history of her town and the dangerous darkness hiding inside those she least suspects.

Strange Deaths of the Last Romantic

by Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev

"The first time I committed suicide I was ten years old.

There have been many more suicides since."

Adam is cursed. He cannot die.

But one man’s burden is another man’s blessing, and there are people who are out to harness Adam’s special talents.

However, Adam soon discovers that immortality comes at a cost; every time he dies, he loses a... more

Crooked: Honest Criminality

by Bronwen John

Ashia ‘Ash’ Cox isn’t your average teenager. She’s a sixteen-year-old con artist headed for greatness – until celebrity criminal Harry Holmes destroys the family and life she loves. Taking matters into her own hands, Ash links up with Esther Crook – a legendary con who has her own motivations against Holmes and his associates. After a little persuasion, Esther puts together a new crew using Ash as ‘the insider’. The crew feel the heat of the criminals on one side and the encroaching crime a... more

Bad Romance: Part I

by Ellington Baddox

High school junior, Jezebel Bedeau, always seems to find herself in some form of danger. On October 21st, she finds herself involved in a lethal situation. Jezebel, her boyfriend, and her three best friends embark on an extra credit project to hunt down the Malibu Beast. The night quickly takes a turn for the worst. They vow to keep it secret but the vow is broken. As Jezebel and one of her friends continue the search, they enlist the help of the most popular boy in school, Craig Edwards. He pro... more

The Last One on the Run

by Don Daglow

What if you had the power to get every homeless person off the streets and give them shelter and support? What would you do? "I know that Good and Evil walk hand-in-hand. Kindness and Cruelty arrive on the same plane. The Spirit that helps one person haunts another. But when Evil, Cruelty and Horror take all the seats at the table, what can one person do?" Government has gotten serious about helping the homeless. Crews roam the streets of San Francisco. Air conditioned buses sweep peopl... more

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