Download or read book Fantasy in Death written by J. D. Robb and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series, it's game over for the criminals who cross Lieutenant Eve Dallas as she investigates the murder of a virtual reality wunderkind. Bart Minnock, founder of the computer gaming giant U-Play, is found in his locked private playroom, in a pool of blood, his head separated from his body. Despite his violent end, Eve can’t find anyone—girlfriend and business partners included—who seemed to have a problem with the enthusiastic, high-spirited millionaire. Of course gaming, like any business, has its fierce rivalries and dirty tricks—as Eve’s husband, Roarke, one of U-Play’s competitors, knows well. But Minnock was not naïve, and he knew how to fight back in the real world as well as the virtual one. Eve and her team are about to enter the next level of police work, in a world where fantasy is the ultimate seduction—and the price of defeat is death...

Download or read book A Murderous Glaze written by Melissa Glazer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-11-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Maple Ridge, Vermont, Carolyn Emerson plans to ease into her golden years running her paint-your-own-pottery shop, Fire at Will. But when a pesky dead body shows up in the shop, her name may be mud. Carolyn never liked Betty Wickline, but that didn’t mean she wanted her dead. Yet that’s exactly how Betty is found one night in Fire at Will—craftily murdered with Carolyn’s very own awl. Suddenly everyone in town paints Carolyn as the suspect, and her business is drying up. For help, Carolyn turns to her shop club, the Firing Squad, a group of loyal customers and amateur potters. As their investigation takes shape, Carolyn has a brush with death. Now, she and the Squad must piece the shards of evidence together, before Carolyn’s life is shattered. Includes directions for a clay wind ornament project!

Download or read book When I Get Where I m Going written by Cheryl Robinson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author, an inspirational novel about three sisters who rediscover each other-and themselves... After thirteen years in Hollywood, Alicia Day is giving up her dream of stardom and heading home to Detroit-and back to her roots. Hope Teesdale is desperately seeking the truth about her husband's death when she hears from her long-lost half-sister Alicia. Suddenly her idea of family is put into question. Heaven Jetter hasn't spoken to her sister Hope in years. Her spirit is being held captive by an abusive boyfriend. Her only comfort comes from admiring a mysterious man from afar on the streets of Detroit. As the sisters reunite, they're determined to help one another find their silver linings. And realize that they never have to go it alone again...

Download or read book When a Friendship Falls Apart written by Elizabeth Laing Thompson and published by Tyndale House Publishers. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all long for "friends forever"--but what happens when forever ends? They say friends are the family we choose. And that choosing--the joy of loving and being loved by someone who isn't genetically obligated to share life with us--adds priceless worth to our days, but also great risk. Because hurt can happen even in the closest friendships, and sometimes friendships fall apart. The loss can be staggering. As we struggle to digest the pain and confusion, we wonder, How could this happen? And what do I do now? In When a Friendship Falls Apart, beloved author Elizabeth Laing Thompson comes alongside readers as they process their struggling friendships--the faltering, the fractured, and the failed. Blending personal story, biblical examples, and faith-filled wisdom, each page explores questions like the following: How do we guard against the poison of bitterness so we can process the hurt and move forward? When and how do we seek reconciliation? What does forgiveness look like? How do we know when it's time to leave a friendship behind? How do we open up again and entrust our wounded hearts to new friendships? If you find yourself in the midst of a friendship that's falling apart, or you're grappling with past hurts and regrets, this book is for you. May it be a comfort and help, leading you closer to the Friend who will never leave.

Download or read book Peter James 10 GREAT NOVELS written by Peter James and published by Orion. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 4290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10 terrific thrillers from the million-copy, no.1 bestselling author: 'Britain's answer to Stephen King and Michael Crichton' [Sunday Express] Peter James has written some of the most suspenseful, edge-of-the-seat thrillers the genre has seen. Now read ten of the very best: POSSESSION DREAMER SWEET HEART TWILIGHT PROPHECY ALCHEMIST HOST THE TRUTH DENIAL FAITH

Download or read book Express Duet written by Jody Day and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2-in-1 Anthology includes popular Christian Fiction from author Jody Day. Washout Express and the brand new Wedding Express.Washout Express:Bailey Brown has just lost her job, her birthright, and her fiancé. Loaded with enough insecurities to fill a suitcase, she prays for God to show her the way and then hits the road feeling like the ultimate loser.Exit 477: Washout Express. The roadside sign taunts Bailey. Is God confirming she's expressly washed-up? Or does He have something better for her waiting at the end of the exit ramp?View the book video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeRpl5WG7Oc______________________________Wedding Express:Scott West is about to marry the woman of his dreams, but when delayed grief and a life-or-death event jeopardizes their relationship, Scott is forced to ask himself what kind of man he really is. Can he own up to the truth and risk losing the love of his life? And if he does come clean, will it be enough for Bailey? Discover the power of hope, forgiveness, and love in Wedding Express.

Download or read book Sins of the Demon written by Diana Rowland and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louisiana homicide detective Kara Gillian is doing her best to cope with everything that's happened to her over the past year, all while s continuing to hone her skills as a demon summoner. But lately she's beginning to wonder if there's a little too much demon in her world. She has a demon for a roommate, the demonic lord Rhyzkahl is still interested in her for reasons she can't fathom, and now someone in the demon realm is trying to summon her. And there's no way that can end well. Meanwhile, people who've hurt Kara in the past are dropping dead. Kara is desperate to find the reasons for the deaths to clear her own name, but when she realizes there's an arcane pattern to the deaths, she knows that both the human and the demon worlds may be at risk unless she finds out who's behind it all. She's in a race against the clock and in a battle for her life that just may take her to hell and back.Sins of the Demon is the exciting fourth installment of the Kara Gillian series.

Download or read book The Promise written by Nathalie Guerin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successful and independent, 37-year old Lily has become what she had always planned to be. With her fifteenyear career as an IT project manager, from the outside Lily's life couldn't look better. But all is not as it seems. Although Lily puts on a happy face for her family, friends, and coworkers, inside, she feels bored, trapped, and lonely. She constantly dreams of suicide, and each time she goes home, she thinks of how easy it would be to close her eyes and end it all. Worse, Lily has begun hearing a mysterious voice in her head. Thinking she's gone crazy, Lily does whatever she can to avoid the voice- to no avail. The voice reminds her of an old friend who committed suicide and of the promise she made after his death. Now she is forced to confront herself and her circumstances and make a decision: to live or to die. But just when Lily decides her life is worth living, a routine physical reveals a lump on her throat. Will she find a way to face her demons and make peace with herself, no matter how much time she has left?

Download or read book A Gentle Cause of Chaos written by Emily Delacote and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We follow Janie Thwaite from her mother's apron strings to a passionate love affair in the sexually tense atmosphere of Mr. Williams' Institute of Education.

Download or read book Burning Bridges written by Laura Anne Gilman and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscover the world of the Retrievers and the Cosa Nostradamus, in book 4 of the popular series by Laura Anne Gilman. Wren Valere used to be almost invisible. But now she’s not only being seen, she’s getting involved. Recent attacks against nonhuman Fatae have escalated into hate crimes against magic users in general—humans included. With the Mage Council distracted by internal power struggles, Wren reluctantly steps up as spokesperson for the fragilely united Fatae and lonejack communities. And, because the cosmos deems her without enough complications, her partner-lover Sergei is drowning in his own problems. And she can’t help him—she’s the cause. With lives on the line—including her own—Wren is going to have to break the lonejack credo, ditch her long-cherished invisibility and take a stand. But burning bridges can be deadly… Originally published in 2007

Download or read book Sweet Cream Ladies Ltd written by Flo Fitzpatrick and published by Encircle+ORM. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two out-of-work actresses could make a killing with their new business idea—if only people didn’t start dying first . . . The plot hatches during a margarita fest at a Manhattan cafe. Create a contract-killing business. Get rid of pesky ex-husbands and professional rivals—and get off unemployment as well. But when an intoxicated Babs Harrison announces to the patrons of that diner that she and buddy Bootsie Kittredge are becoming hit-women, Bootsie wonders if the sanity train has left the station. Then the top three intended victims on the ladies’ list are murdered. Bootsie and Babs must deal with skeptical detectives, mob bosses, auditions, agents, a fake psychic and a magician with the uncanny ability to know where the ladies are at any given moment—all while trying to prove they are innocent. The question is—are they? “Sweet Cream Ladies, Limited. You call—we kill!” “A fun read.”—The Meandering Reader

Download or read book The Fault written by Jerry Sacher and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2023-04-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Micah Duma is an unemployed actor spending his days waiting in line at talent agencies, looking for jobs at any restaurant or retail establishment in Los Angeles that will hire him until he gets his big break. Don Gibbs is one of the city’s most popular and successful restaurant owners, too busy to look for love. He’s a man who guards his feelings and hides his secrets well, until the day Micah walks into his place looking for a job. Don hesitates to hire him, but gives him a chance and soon finds his ice-cold feelings are beginning to thaw, especially after Micah steps in at the last minute to help him when the café is left shorthanded. The two begin courting, spending stolen moments together, but there are people in their lives who would do anything to keep them apart. The during a black-tie event, secrets come out in the open and even Mother Nature threatens to destroy the love between them. In a ruined city, will the two manage to find each other ... and a lasting relationship?

Download or read book Pivotal written by Nikki Vallance and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four lives. Three siblings. Two secrets. One Pivotal moment. When a mysterious bequest throws the lives of four women into chaos, they seek support from hypnotherapist, Dr Kath O' Hannon. Thorough a process of self-discovery, their new found knowledge weighs heavily, as they unpick four decades of life choices, and are forced about the next stage of their journeys.A Pivotal is a split-narrative, relationship mystery portraying the impact of a life-changing moment on four women with seemingly unconnected lives.

Download or read book Stardust written by Joseph Kanon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mesmerising tale of old Hollywood glamour, post-war espionage and a man's determination to learn the truth about his brother's death.

Download or read book Chilli Birds written by John McGinn and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giles Morton has a predictably plain life. Suzie awaits to spice things up. An enchanted seduction leads him into a crazy voyage of inner self-discovery. Saucy secrets abound as he battles for his very existence against Suzie's alter ego. The future of the human race lies in the mind and imagination of one hapless man from the suburbs... ,

Download or read book A Late Divorce written by A.B. Yehoshua and published by Halban Publishers. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yehuda Kaminka, a retired teacher, returns to Israel from the U.S. to divorce his estranged wife who was committed to a mental asylum after she stabbed him. This impending divorce inevitably throws into turmoil the couple's three children and grandson. Yehuda's nine days, leading up to Passover, are remembered by different members of the family: A.B. Yehoshua's brilliance reveals itself in these different voices, each a minor masterpiece.

Download or read book The Anatomy of Loneliness written by Chikako Ozawa-de Silva and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : disconnected people and the lonely society -- Subjectivity and empathy -- Too lonely to die alone : internet group suicide -- Connecting the disconnected : suicide websites -- Meaning in life : exploring the need to be needed among young Japanese -- Surviving 3.11 -- The anatomy of resilience -- What loneliness can teach us.