San Diego Lightfoot Sue

San Diego Lightfoot Sue

Tom Reamy

Tom Reamy

Before his untimely death in the late seventies, Tom Reamy won both the Nebula and John W. Campbell awards for his evocative, startling and innovative fiction. This posthumous collection of his best short stories can be strictly categorized as neither science fiction nor fantasy; it is speculative fiction at its best.
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Fantasy Girl

Fantasy Girl

Carole Mortimer

Romance / Contemporary / Fiction

Read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book! "I always get what I want." "I always get what I want." Adam Thornton's words strike fear into Natalie Faulkner's heart. The survival of her modelling agency depends on keeping Adam happy. But when her own sister—the face of Thornton's Cosmetics—puts her firm in jeopardy, Natalie will do anything to save it. As ruthless in the boardroom as he is in the bedroom, Adam agrees to help Natalie as long as he gets what he wants. And what he wants most of all is Natalie—as his mistress! Originally published in 1983
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Mysteries of Motion

Mysteries of Motion

Hortense Calisher

Hortense Calisher

In Cabin Six the half-dozen men and women--and one stowaway--who are passengers on the first American space shuttle for civilians are entering the space age as we all are, with our personal histories at our backs. Tom Gilpin, social reformer and cult hero; Veronica, the sexual explorer; Mulenberg, the businessman; William Wert, the diplomat who will be head man on arrival; Soraya, survivor of Iran's revolution; Lievering, possible survivor of the death camps--share all their secret histories. "Reader," says Tom Gilpin, "ride with us. Not for our sake alone, not for yours...(but) for the sake of that once gentle brown humus from which we all come."
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Summer Storm

Summer Storm

Joan Wolf

Joan Wolf

When Mary O'Connor and Kit Douglas met, they were young and struggling-he with an acting career, she as an academic. Their marriage seemed perfect until the lure of Hollywood and a starlet drew Kit away, right when Mary needed him most. Now he was back in her life and the passion returned. But was he here to end their marriage-or save it? Contemporary Romance by Joan Wolf; originally published by New American Library/Rapture Romance
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Forbidden Love

Forbidden Love

Maura Seger

Maura Seger

A sequel to her book Defiant Love, this book tell the story of Guyon's younger sister who is living with him and his wife after the battle of Hastings in 1066. While out walking one day after an illness, she manages to get taken for ransom by a Saxon neighbor to be used as a pawn in getting his cousin released from her brother's prison."You, my lady, are hostage for the safe return of my cousin who languishes in your brother's prison."Thus did Roanna D'Arcy learn the reason for her capture by Colin Algerson, a Saxon lord. But she was no meek prisoner. She would fight him at every turn - even as she would fight her own overwhelming attraction to this man who called himself her enemy.
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Juvenile Delinquent

Juvenile Delinquent

Richard Deming

Richard Deming

Manny Moon, the agile one-legged detective, is back on a case involving the son of his old friend Ed Brighton.Young Joe Brighton had been found by the police standing over the dead body of Bart Meyers, president of the Purple Pelicans—a juvenile gang to which Joe belonged. The knife used to kill Bart belonged to Joe's father, and the police believed they had an open-and-shut case. But Manny didn't think Joe was a killer and when he started investigating he uncovered some very dangerous information that exposed a gang of dope peddlers. Manny had to keep one step ahead of them to save his own life and clear Joe from the murder charge.
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The Dark Place

The Dark Place

Aaron Elkins

Mystery & Thrillers

ReviewA thundering adventure...to be savored. (Publishers Weekly) Product DescriptionThe Dark Place finds forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver on a trail that stretches from prehistoric times--to present danger.
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The Digging Leviathan

The Digging Leviathan

James P. Blaylock

James P. Blaylock

Science Fiction. Southern California -- sunny days, blue skies, neighbors on flying bicycles ... ghostly submarines ... mermen off the Catalina coast ... and a vast underground sea stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Inland Empire where Chinese junks ply an illicit trade and enormous creatures from ages past still survive. It is a place of wonder ... and dark conspiracies. A place rife with adventure - if one knows where to look for it. Two such seekers are the teenagers Jim Hastings and his friend, Giles Peach. Giles was born with a wonderful set of gills along his neck and insatiable appetite for reading. Drawing inspiration from the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Giles is determined to build a Digging Leviathan. Will he reach the center of the earth? or destroy it in the process?
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Michaela Thompson - Florida Panhandle 01 - Hurricane Season

Michaela Thompson - Florida Panhandle 01 - Hurricane Season

Michaela Thompson

Michaela Thompson

Northern Florida in the Eisenhower era, complete with Johnny Ray on the jukebox and a Womanless Wedding—interrupted by an explosion at a moonshine still.Lily Trulock, owner of Trulock’s Grocery & Marine Supply, leads a pretty quiet life until a stranger comes to town. The new guy’s not what he appears, but then, some of St. Elmo’s residents aren’t either. Before she can say, “down the hatch,” Lily’s at the center of a vicious murder and a no-holds-barred bootlegging war—with a nasty storm on the way.
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Trust in Summer Madness

Trust in Summer Madness

Carole Mortimer

Romance / Contemporary / Fiction

Read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book!In bed with her ex!Three years ago, Jarrett King walked out on Sian Morrissey, breaking their engagement and leaving her completely devastated. Now he's returned and is expecting Sian to hop back in his bed! Jarrett is certainly living up to his playboy reputation. But Sian still feels a passion for him that she can't deny...Originally published in 1983
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