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Thomas and Chloe meet at college, and feel an instant attraction to each other, unaware that many centuries ago they lived and loved each other then. When Thomas and Chloe are drawn into a faux-Druid cult, which meets at a mini-Stonehenge site off campus, he begins to feel a deep compulsion to protect Chloe from the danger he senses lurking there. Its leader, Dyfan, has re-named Chloe "Vala", which means 'acceptable sacrifice", and his intentions slowly become clear.As the college year progresses, Thomas and Chloe find themselves bound to the Clan by Dyfan's strange psychic abilities. Their unlikely help comes from Chloe's perceptive art professor, Jim Walsh, and Thomas' quirky, margarita-making grandmother, Ivy, who seems to know things no one else does. The hair-raising climax takes place at Mystery Hill...where human sacrifices have happened
When Irene Albertine is murdered and falls out of Set-Nohr's mummy coffin at the Night of the Scarab Gala, her shocked father Maximilian hires Diane Phipps, P.I., to find the culprit. She dives into Irene's world and the Albertine Center for Egyptian Studies and Museum and is reminded that things are not always as they seem. Sheriff Cotton is stymied and leans toward U.S. Marshal Buck Dawson's conclusion that Irene was killed for her rare red diamond cartouche. But Diane isn't so sure. Ill-tempered Irene's friends list was short...for reasons to explore. Diane interviews people of interest in Irene's unsettled life, wondering who could bear a grudge. Among many, was it Margaret, Max's love interest, whom Irene had resented? Perhaps Peter, whose student days at Albertine's are threatened, thanks to Irene. How about Mr. Roberts, museum gift shop manager, whom Irene had harassed?After Diane finds coordinates hidden by Irene, she suspects there's more to Irene's travels to Egypt than meets the eye. Also, had the killer also targeted her father by ruining the gala? Danger lurks. Lured to a star party at the Sand Dunes has her being attacked and dumped down a mine shaft. Diane vows: Killer beware!
Gold medals and fame personify the life Angel Meade wants people to see until a pint of blood Ridge Warner donates to keep her alive alters her future and darkens life's luster to a permanent eclipse over her soul.Ridge meets the unexpected in Woodland Park, Colorado, three days before their wedding when he learns more than he cares to know about his fiancée after he agrees to investigate a murder where an IED exploded at the scene.The matter intensifies when Angel's best friend discovers evidence linking Angel to the murder and IED, which draws Ridge back into the case in search of the reason for Angel's treachery.Experience the suspense and unexpected climax in Blood Red Deceit as it shows how one person's ambition succumbs to the relentless grip of deceit.
King Rupert of Rovatha would not know Del Hobin, the tower clock keeper in Wineriver, if he stumbled over him. Del is one of Rupert's faceless subjects in a village starving because of Rupert's demands to support his war against a rival king. Del and his wife lost a son to the senseless war. Now their daughter, Myla, is joining a rebel band in an effort to overthrow both kings. The forest Elves usually avoids contact with the less advanced humans, but the war is destroying their homes, too. It forces the fairy folk to take part in defense of the land. Their methods are different from those of the humans, but Del Hobin holds a secret that rivals even Elfin magic. The tower clock has a strange ability that could put an end to the war, but Del is reluctant to use it for fear of the unknown consequences. Until now Del's responsibility was to keep the clock's secret. The war and the appearance of Mick, an arrogant Elf, make it impossible. Leaving him to choose between accepting advice from a being he never knew existed or risk using Wineriver's Clock on his own.
Jake Williams' life spiraled out of control when a tragedy hit hard. An anonymous act of kindness was the incentive he needed to rebuild his world. Five years later, he returns to seek out and thank the woman who saved his life. Only one problem: he can't find her. Along the way, Jake reconnects with Cassie Blackburn, a local teacher, hoping she will help in his quest. What he discovers miraculously changes his life for the second time.
Eighty-three-year old Lilly Bordelon finds herself alone in a hospital battling a dreaded illness.In the midst of lamenting her dire circumstances, something extraordinary happens that shakes her to her core. Suddenly, she is thrown into a whirlwind of scenarios and emotions as she floats precariously between life and death. As Lilly navigates through the situations in which she finds herself, she is forced to re-evaluate many of her past choices in life and assess her shortcomings. Along the way she learns some valuable life lessons.
Bucky Lew burst through pro basketball's color barrier to become the first Black player in an otherwise white league-and playing was just a start. He wanted to dominate in every single role in the game-from player to coach to general manager to owner.His dream looked to be deferred when Harry Hough, the league's best player, refused to play against him in a regular season matchup that the press billed as a preview of the championship. Not only were their teams the best, Hough was the league's top scorer and Bucky its best defender.All eyes were on the pair. What would Bucky do? Should he just go away or could he rally his teammates around him? What about the fans-the thousands in the arena and those around the league following the rivalry in the papers? Or the league as a whole? Would they support him or move on without him?The stakes were high-it was a fight for the future of the season, the future of the game, and maybe even the future of sports.
While looking for the man who shot them six months earlier, two U.S. intelligence officers search islands in the Indian Ocean only to get entangled in a web from which escape is difficult.A body washes ashore on a remote island in the Maldives. Normally the incident would go unnoticed by intelligence organizations; however, this corpse is carrying the passport of Craig (Coop) Cooper, a spy working for the U.S. Agency.Coop, who is very much alive, is determined to discover the dead man's true identity. He books a flight to the city of Malé, while his partner Zoe Fields heads to Israel in search of the gunman who, six months ago, put a bullet into both her and Coop.Coop and Zoe search for a missing connection between these happenings, only to find deception and betrayal while getting entangled in a web from which escape is difficult.
When Diana marries Clay, it is the event of the year in Garden City. She is marrying a prosperous landowner. She considered Evan, but the only advantage the fervent evangelist had was his golden handsomeness. No, she made the right choice; Clay will continue the rich lifestyle to which she is accustomed. He knows the elegant Diana is not the ideal farmwife, but Clay wants her anyway. When drought and manmade disasters destroy the farmland, reality sets in and Diana decides to save herself, leaving Clay to fight against the church and state to keep control of the land.While the heartland is dying, Evan struggles with his spirituality. He becomes a problem for the church, and Clay offers him asylum, complicating his own situation. The two men are in the midst of battles, Clay in the visible world, and Evan against unseen principalities. Diana's sister, Jan, believes in Evan's crusade. She wants to build up his following, organize the campaign, yet not understanding Evan's true goal.As they each work toward what they perceive as right, circumstances, and world events may in the end determine their fate.
A group of young men rents downstairs while a group of young women rents upstairs in a New Jersey beach house for the summer of 1971. One of the girls, Eileen Meredith, is found murdered in her bedroom at the house. Local Detective Hanahan, on the verge of retirement and needing a murder case like he needs a hole in the head, takes over the case. Things ebb and flow as suspects arise and excite the detective's interest. At last, with the help of one of the house's inhabitants, a strange plan takes shape to draw out the murderer. Will it succeed?
Born and bred to be crewkin, Renna is devastated by the death of her ship and most of her kin. Crewkin have aspects of family and crew. They are raised in a closed society developed to guide spaceships on the decades-long voyages between asteroid mining colonies and the sun's planets. When disaster hits her ship, her company's medical department advises the few surviving kin to commit suicide and join their kin in death. Renna refuses. Knowing she will never join another crewkin, she resolves to stay in space doing the only job she knows. She seeks a berth on one of the short-haul shippers running between the planets, but integration into a 'norm' crew seems impossible until she joins the crew of the Vagrant Spirit, whose captain seems as desperate for any crewman as Renna is for a ship's position. This job, this journey, will propel her into a new world.
Landing in Charlottesville, Virginia, itinerant girl carpenter Wesley Whitestone scores the ideal job with the ideal boss, the restoration of a historic plantation house. But she stumbles onto a drug operation run by the owner and his family, and the violence escalates. She's joined by an unlikely companion, and together, they evade determined, deadly hunters. What follows is a prolonged chase scene, from Virginia to Arkansas to Missouri, Kentucky, Georgia, and back. She's aided by receiving occasional otherworldly 'messages' that guide her. Throughout their travels and travails, she spices the adventures with appropriate literary quips, from her 'useless' college major. Wesley is tough, competitive in a man's world, capable of strengths she didn't know she possessed. But she's also quite open to romance, as long as it's on her terms.
On a dark Alaska winter night, Annabeth Neilson is working late at her brand-new job, an animal rescue organization, when she is confronted by a gunman demanding something. What? She has no idea. Why? She has no idea. Though they never met, Malcolm Cooper steps in to help and it turns out the handsome man isn't just the man who saved her from a fate she cannot bring herself to consider, but is also her new boss.Though grieving multiple losses over the past year, Cooper teams up with Annabeth to unravel the mystery of what the tall gunman was after. Instinct suggests things aren't what they seem at the humble non-profit but finding evidence of their theories proves nearly impossible. The trail of clues, scant as they are, takes the pair from the animal shelter to a remote Alaska town accessible only through a one-way tunnel that closes down each night, to a cabin in the woods and back again. They must get to the bottom of the gunman's demands before becoming victims of his bullets. Will Cooper's grief and Annabeth's guarded heart prevent them from uncovering the truth-and their feelings for each other-before it's too late?
Growing up in an orphanage for boys, Guylan was told his parents had been killed in an accident. After he proposes to his beloved Nela, Guylan discovers there are much more than skeletons in his family's closet. When a mysterious stalker invades his privacy, the doors to the truth of his past are opened. He's the great-grandson of a powerful Scottish Druid, able to travel through time, who bestowed a blessing years ago-or was it a curse-on Nela's family. Guylan is faced with challenges forcing him to travel back in time to save the family he never knew. However, changing the past, bringing back the dead, directly affects the future. When all is said and done, will Nela still know him, be part of his life? Or will he have forever lost her love?
Chance Bonner awakens one morning shouting out the name of a fictional-and alien -character he had invented in a story he had written months before. In his short story, the character had been his unknown twin brother. His outburst is witnessed by one of the denizens of his psyche, who protects this knowledge, instinctively knowing that this event is not borne from Chance's imagination, but in fact, arises from his awesome intuition: Chance must have a twin somewhere in this world. As an unsuspecting Chance descends the stairs from his bedroom to his kitchen, he is totally unaware that the creatures residing in his own mind have now targeted his mother as his weak link. They strive to undermine her self-confidence-and her Buddhist faith. Their goal? To use Nan Bonner, Chance's mother, to undermine Chance's own confidence and courage. Join us in another epic battle between Chance Bonner and the elemental forces, both internal and universal, which strive to destroy his happiness...and his future. In this episode something huge is introduced: chaos.
WEBSITE BLURB (Please limit to 200 words): Carolina Woods- "Where You Live Your Dreams." After years of work and routine, isn't this what retirement is all about? And Carolina Woods seems to have it all: situated alongside a thriving university town where one can find culture, leisure activities, intelligent companionship and more. "And more," aye, there's the rub; for Carolina Woods is no run-of-the-mill retirement community-it is enchanted. Something not mentioned in the brochures or by the staff. The Woods, as it is known by staff and residents, has a way of revealing everyone's underlying nature. Be it the inner, playful child, the political fascist, or sex machine, The Woods will peel back the protective layers until all is revealed, to the joy, bafflement, fear or delight of all-and especially for you, the reader. Come take a walk in The Woods.
The sudden death of his wife and son leaves Micah wishing he had died, too. Only a promise to his dying wife keeps him alive. In an attempt to deal with his grief, he sets out to reach a place of peace, but storms, earthquakes, human misery, and flood show him peace is a state of mind, not a place.
When doing research for Lion in the Heather, I forced myself to read all of Sir Walter Scott's first novel, Waverley, every verbose word of it. Let's just say it is no Ivanhoe. Known as a poet, but in desperate need of money, he sold out to write popular romantic fiction and chose as his subject the Scottish Highlands just before the defeat of the clans and the attempt to wipe out their culture by the British victors. His tale was all the rage in 1814 and went a long way toward restoring all things Scottish, from kilts to bagpipes.In my story, Lady Euphemia Longleigh has just completed reading Scott's book and is besotted by the idea of brave warriors wearing plaids. The past comes to life when she is abducted by a Scottish laird in full regalia and taken across the border to be his bride. Of course, her father, the Duke of Bellevue, is in hot pursuit to keep that from happening. But it turns out that Phemie would rather stay with her laird.
...third in the trio after Letitia Munro and To Plough Van Diemen's Land, telling true stories of Australia's founding convicts. It continues the tale of a pioneering family transforming the world's biggest prison into a land of free enterprise and pride.Having grown up in the shadows of their parents' pasts, children face the traumas of holding heads high in a society of change, a change intent on sweeping convict pasts under carpets as even educators lie to them. Parents agonise over preparing the next generation to cope. Must they deny their children their very heritage?The Terrible Truths takes you into the hearts of true characters unwittingly creating the culture of today's forthright Australians.
A loving couple chooses a derelict old Hospital to turn into a family home. Stanford Lodge had a proud past. Its heritage must be preserved. Guts and dreams in satisfying its old inhabitants, inspire lovers-yet a labour of love is not all joy. How much can dedication bear?
Jealousies and tensions in the AWB acting company explode when the body of one of their actors is found on the stage of the Bouwerie Lane Theatre, a sword from their current play, Hamlet, embedded in his chest. Mark Louis, an actor in the company, must use all of his investigative skills to exonerate Don Lovett, his best friend and fellow actor, who is accused of the murder. But where can he start? The body was found in the locked theatre and only four people have keys to the building, none of whom can possibly be a suspect. Little by little, Mark comes to what seems to be an impossible conclusion. With the help of New York City Detective Moriarty, the two men put on a little play of their own to unmask the murderer.
Searching for an escape from the construction rat race and a troubled marriage, craftsman Liam McLeod drops out at age 70 and builds a retreat in a hidden, stony mountain cleft. He seeks peace, but the doubts remain, and he is unable to lose his sense of duty and a newfound faith in the demanding, constant toil to survive. His odyssey is complicated by an attractive, mature therapist after he's injured, and the routine of building, planting, surviving, is disrupted. His grown children, his estranged wife, a brother and a rural minister help him find perspective. Traveling the road untaken turns out to be an adventure laden with consequences. He accomplishes a lot, learns a great deal about human nature, and also about himself.
For just over twenty years, Emma Williams, alone, has raised her mixed-race child, Daniel, in Jamaica. His British immigrant father is BJ Johnson, a renowned authority on racial divisions in 1970's Britain, a prolific writer and respected public speaker. When he reappears in Emma's life, BJ expects to pick up where they left off in 1950, but after her initial joy at seeing him again, Emma becomes totally confused and feels unable to distinguish between what was and what is.Will they be able to overcome the present complications in what both considered to be the love of their lives? Will their son Daniel's efforts to bring them together again be successful? Even though they both remember how their love was overpowering and all-consuming, BJ feels they will find it all again, but Emma cannot clearly see what the future holds for them together. Confusion reigns. With so much to discuss and so little time to do it, will love conquer all?
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