He shunned commitment and saw women as trophies, that is, until he met Ursula. A South African of East Indian descent, Ursula had grown up under the shroud of apartheid and had nurtured a healthy supply of caution in the process.
I was greeted by Barney Fife, the same corporal who gave the speech about the importance of establishing a workday routine to the unruly women of G Unit. “Baker, you made it over.” He spoke with a clipped voice but without malice.
It might have blown away after it died, because he couldn't find any trace of it when he looked outside. ... In 1972, Cornoyer passed the puck to Paul Henderson with thirty-four seconds left in the game, so they scored the winning goal, ...
He was looking at Giles and I could see that he reckoned it wasn't worth going for me. So then I said he was to pack up and we would put him on a train: he'd got twenty minutes to get his stuff together. I introduced Giles then – as ...
Karen Andrea Campbell was living the American Dream A married mother of two active daughters in high school, a productive career, and an active outdoors lifestyle in the Pacific Northwest. Until she was convicted of felony DUI manslaughter.
Contributors in this colledction book inlcude Janet Kuypers, P. Keith Boran, Rex Bromfield, Jon Brunette, Eric Burbridge, Benjamin Card, Jim Carson, Michael Cavazos, Benjamin Christensen, Brittany Clark, Kenneth DiMaggio, Annabelle Dura, ...
In this follow-up to A Heart's Awakening, star-crossed lovers DeAndra Blake and Judge Damon Kessler are forced to finally confront their feelings for each other, while they hide out and try to identify the culprits that have been menacing ...
A must-read.” —Gillian Flynn “Stunning and relentless. This is Jaws at 35,000 feet.” —Don Winslow “Falling is the best kind of thriller…Nonstop, totally authentic suspense.” —James Patterson “Amazing.
Iplayed with the banana peel, peeking at Damien. He raised his brows, creasing his forehead. He looked uncertain. There is nopower in the worldthat could revive the dead. We both heal the ones that have a pulse, may it be weak, ...
In Falling, Christopher Pike explores the depth and breadth of human emotion through two brilliantly etched characters: Kelly Feinman, who pays a terrible price to understand the nature of true evil; and Matt Connor, a classic anti-hero who ...
PRAISE FOR FALLING AND CHRISTOPHER PIKE “ Pike concocts literary crack cocaine for adrenaline junkies jaded after too many a milder thriller . Stylishly written ... the corkscrew plotting and twisted imagination provide the ( guilty ) ...
A stunning thriller that sees Yorkshire-based DC Karen Sharpe brought to the very edge of her sanity.
All these images slipped through the cracks in Leo's cranium, falling into the dark hole that closed once the plates realigned. How many other events lay in wait for him beneath the shifting strata; horrors unknown, happiness never ...
The New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House, Jemima J, and Sister Stardust presents a novel about the pleasure and meaning of finding a home—and family—where you least expect them.
With his unparalleled ear for teen dialogue and emotions, Doug Wilhelm's new novel is a captivating look at falling apart, falling in love, and all the falling in between.
Thirty minutes before a flight to New York, the family of the pilot is kidnapped and in order for them to live, all 143 passengers onboard must die in the first novel by a former flight attendant.
"Alexander de la Grip is known in the tabloids and gossip blogs as a rich, decadent, jet-setting playboy who spends most of his days recovering from the night before.
The long-awaited new novel from the bestselling author of The Cazalet Chronicle, now in paperback.
A powerful, disturbing book about racial tensions, intolerance, and the seductive appeal of right-wing extremism, this story explores the difficult pathways of love, fear, anger and forgiveness.
‘Amazing . . . Intense suspense, shocks and scares plus chilling insider authenticity make this one very special’ LEE CHILD 'FALLING is the best kind of thriller (for me as...