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Between the Devil and Desire 2 by Lorraine Heath
mobi |eng | 2008-12-30 | Author:Lorraine Heath [Heath, Lorraine]

Chapter 12 Olivia rolled over in bed and shielded her eyes from the sunlight creeping in through a part in the draperies. She remembered how unhappy her brother would be ...
( Category: Historical September 27,2017 )
Rouge Warrior by Richard Marcinko
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-06-03 | Author:Richard Marcinko

Chapter I NEVER SET OUT TO MAKE ENEMIES. BUT I HAVE ALWAYS been both an aggressive and a mission-oriented creature, so I will do whatever it takes to get the ...
( Category: Action & Adventure September 27,2017 )
Sleeper Spy by William Safire
epub |eng | 2011-10-19 | Author:William Safire [Safire, William]

NEW YORK “You’re eating up your advance on these expenses down in Memphis,” Ace told Irving sternly, “and I don’t see a line on paper.” “Yeah-yeah. Big story takes time.” ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense September 27,2017 )
The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
epub |eng | 2012-08-23 | Author:T.C. Boyle [Boyle, T.C.]

The fire snapped and fanned itself with a roar. Sparks and white flecks of ash shot straight up into the funnel of the ravine, trailing away into the night until ...
( Category: Contemporary September 27,2017 )
The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-06-02 | Author:Salley Vickers

28 Chartres When, twenty years later, Agnès looked back on this period of her life, it seemed to her that she had descended into an intractable hellish nightmare and then ...
( Category: Women's Fiction September 27,2017 )
The Brutal Language of Love by Alicia Erian
epub |eng | 2001-09-27 | Author:Alicia Erian

On the Occasion of my Ruination It was summer, as I suppose it tended to be. I was living with my mother, who had taken a job as a secretary ...
( Category: Contemporary September 27,2017 )
The Learners: A Novel (No Series) by Kidd Chip
azw3, epub |eng | 2008-02-19 | Author:Kidd, Chip [Kidd, Chip]

From the other side of the wall: a bald, beckoning scream. I had heard a thing like that only once before, when I was eight, on a Saturday afternoon. I ...
( Category: Contemporary September 27,2017 )
Elizabeth, Captive Princess by Margaret Irwin
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-09-27 | Author:Margaret Irwin [Margaret Irwin]

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Elizabeth had won. Mary had at last graciously allowed her sister to leave London, and as though it were merely to satisfy her desire for rural solitude. So ...
( Category: Contemporary September 27,2017 )
A Treatise on Shelling Beans by Wieslaw Mysliwski
epub |eng | 2013-12-03 | Author:Wieslaw Mysliwski [Mysliwski, Wieslaw]

9 Did you just arrive in this world? Because everything surprises you. Yes it does. I’m not pinning anything on you. I’m just listening to what you say. I can ...
( Category: Contemporary September 27,2017 )
IBID by Mark Dunn
epub |eng | 2004-09-27 | Author:Mark Dunn [Dunn, Mark]

3. “I want you to meet a young friend of mine: Jasmine.” Much too young, it turned out. Jonathan came to realize that Davison’s first inning “Winny” home run had ...
( Category: Humor & Satire September 27,2017 )
Shadow Baby by McGhee Alison
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-09-15 | Author:McGhee, Alison [McGhee, Alison]

Crystal and Johnny live in a two-person family. I live in a three-person family—Tamar, me, and Baby Girl—although Tamar would disagree. Tamar would say, “It’s you and me, kiddo. Get ...
( Category: Literary September 27,2017 )
To Wear The White Cloak: A Catherine LeVendeur Mystery by Newman Sharan
epub |eng | 2000-10-01 | Author:Newman, Sharan [Newman, Sharan]

On the other side of the river, Bertulf and Godfrey were seated under a chestnut tree drinking a bowl of cider. “Not as good as what we get at home,” ...
( Category: Mystery September 27,2017 )
Perfect - 02 by Ellen Hopkins
epub |eng | 2011-09-13 | Author:Ellen Hopkins [Hopkins, Ellen]

I felt about her. Talk about one-sided affection. What in God’s name do I do now? Turn down Stanford? I could have gone east to school. Some place far, far ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction September 27,2017 )
The Keeper of Secrets by Amanda Brooke
epub |eng | 2013-01-01 | Author:Amanda Brooke [Brooke, Amanda]

8 The hardest part about arranging the meeting was providing Rick with sufficient excuse to return to Knotty Ash one last time. Considering how much he had complained about the ...
( Category: Contemporary September 27,2017 )
Once a Runner by Parker John L
mobi |eng | 2009-04-07 | Author:Parker, John L [Parker, John L]

THREE DAYS LATER, a befuddled Coach Cornwall called Cassidy into his office and told him that due to circumstances over which he, as track coach, had no control, Quenton Cassidy ...
( Category: Genre Fiction September 27,2017 )

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