Download or read book Bits Pieces written by James R. Taylor III and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-07-10 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annabelle Wolfe is used to doing things her way. But in 1890 Ohio, doing things your way isnt always easy. A woman is expected to marry early and be a dutiful wife and mother. Much to her own mothers chagrin, Annabelle wants nothing to do with such a sedentary life. So By the age of twenty, shes graduated college, studied law, and passed the bar. Unfortunately, now no one will practice law with her, and Annabelle is forced to clerk for her judge father and write detective stories under a male pen name. Life takes an unusual twist when she chances on the dismembered body of a young woman. The police are stymied and, hoping to make her mark, Annabelle decides to catch the killer on her own. But in the coming months, the body count continues to climb as the murderer foils every attempt at capture. Annabelle finds she not only must match wits with a killer who seems unstoppable, but face an equally hostile public who feels that she is doing a mans job. Along the way, Annabelle enlists the aid of her younger cousin Rebecca and jaded lawman Jacob Sullivan. But, in the final showdown, with everything in the balance, it is Annabelle Wolfe alone who must face down the killer to save her friends and stop the bloody rampage.

Download or read book Up for Air written by Laurie Morrison and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen-year-old Annabelle struggles in school, no matter how hard she tries. But as soon as she dives into the pool, she’s unstoppable. She’s the fastest girl on the middle school swim team, and when she’s asked to join the high school team over the summer, everything changes. Suddenly, she’s got new friends, and a high school boy starts treating her like she’s somebody special—and Annabelle thinks she’ll finally stand out in a good way. She’ll do anything to fit in and help the team make it to the Labor Day Invitational, even if it means blowing off her old friends. But after a prank goes wrong, Annabelle is abandoned by the older boy and can’t swim. Who is she without the one thing she’s good at? Heartwarming and relatable, Up for Air is a story about where we find our self-worth.

Download or read book Twilight in the Necropolis written by Stephanie Schoenberger M.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest of drug rehab for Louisiana physicians and enter hell through the backdoor. Dr. Mary Jane, director of the professional health program, sells out health professionals for cash. She calls the program dough for docs. In league with Dr. Pierce Matthews, the sex and drug relapsing director of the Bayou Addiction Recovery Facility (B.A.R.F.), she railroads professionals into his facility. She is assisted by two medical licensing board members also receiving kickbacks. The atrocious conditions are overlooked because of payoffs at even higher political levels. The scheme is creatively financed by insurance fraud, treatments tainted by conflict of interest, spiked urine screens and overcharging. Besides holding the exclusive contract for all medical professionals, BARF also panders to anyone with a buck or insurance. The only prerequisite for admittance is patient vulnerability so the psychological blackmail can commence. Who are the care providers at this mendacity motel? The facility physician is also Pierce Matthews who took a weekend course in addiction medicine and is now an authority. He feeds his patients antipsychotic meds as frequently as he feeds his own opiate addiction. The head counselor is a homophobic racist Baptist preacher, the Komodo dragon in charge of the emotional feast. The administrator is a cock-of-the-walk redneck fine-tuning the fraud. The black single mother is a cocaine widow tossing the bloody bait into this emotional shark tank. The narcissistic female changes her values as often as her underwear. The patients resist the emotional onion-skinning with humor, despite the facility creed of emotional rape with complete invulnerability. But the grim reaper has his scythe poised. Where will his blade fall? Will he cleave corruption or hone honesty? Will liars be lacerated or the truthful torn apart? The one thing for certain is there will be death.

Download or read book JUST SAY I DO written by Lauryn Chandler and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RITA Award Winning Author SUBSTITUTE GROOM SUBSTITUTE GROOM If only Annabelle were getting married… Then her nutty, but wonderful family would stop chanting "poor Annabelle" every time the once-jilted bride walked into a room. Enter one groom. Well, not exactly. Adam had convinced the entire town that he and Annabelle were heading to the altar, but she knew the man she'd once hopelessly fallen in love with as a girl would never really marry her. Adam was just being his usual Prince Charming self by coming to her rescue. But now it was Annabelle herself chanting "poor me"—hoping Adam would just say "I do" for real!

Download or read book Poor Little Bitch Girl written by Jackie Collins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First there's Denver Jones, the hotshot attorney working in L.A. and Carolyn Henderson - personal assistant to a powerful and very married Senator in Washington with whom she is having an affair. Then there's Annabelle Maestro - daughter of two movie stars - who has carved out a career for herself in New York as the madame of choice for discerning famous men. The three twenty-something women used to go to high school together in Beverly Hills and Denver and Carolyn have always kept in touch, but Annabelle is out on her own with her cocaine addicted boyfriend Frankie. Bobby is Frankie's best friend - Bobby Santangelo Stanislopolous, that is, Kennedy-esque son of Lucky Santangelo and deceased Greek shipping billionaire Dimitri Stanislopolous. Now he owns Mood, the hottest club in New York, but back in the day he went to high school with Denver, Carolyn and Annabelle, and hung out with all three of them. Which means that Bobby knows everyone's secrets - and he has some of his own, too.

Download or read book Shoal Survivor written by JK Couzins and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Sam is a still-not-full-grown salmon, he stands out from the rest of the crowd: a family of dolphins has adopted him. His bubble-brother, Dave, a juvenile Bottle Nosed Dolphin, is also Sams best bubble-buddy. They now set out on an adventure unlike anything they have known before. An adventure that stretches loyalty to breaking point, where friendships are forged in unusual places, and where attachments are formed and some are broken. There is guppy-love and jeopardy, humour, fear, stress, games, pursuit, intimidation, fun and plenty of surprises along the way. The bubble-buddies, through no fault of their own, get caught up in a plot of revenge: they are kidnapped, rescued, almost eaten, and just when they thought it was all over, war erupts. Where experienced politicians, diplomats and soldiers fail, our unlikely pair of heroes saves the day. Follow your imagination and meet to an amazingly eloquent swordfish, an irritated octopus, roguish hammer-head sharks, a sight to fright, and a fun-loving over educated blue whale. And thats just the beginning: there are battalions of barracuda, pirate Viper-Fish, rogue sharks, military manta rays, and schools of diplomacy. Enter into this fascinating world and join the bubble-buddies on an underwater adventure.

Download or read book Beware the Bustle written by Sophronia Belle Lyon and published by Findley Family Video Publications. This book was released on 2019-12-28 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fun See Tokiyo discovers the “paths between,” secret routes the slave empire must be using to transport slaves and spin its web of control. But the Alexander Legacy Company is distracted by a new enemy when the White Ones seek to make all men bow to their superior nature through fashion and commerce. Constance Lugg may have assassinated Britain’s Prime Minister and paved the way for Trevor Newsome’s meteoric rise. Even Fun’s wife Annabelle and their leader, Phoebe Moore Campbell, might be sucked into this mass conformity. Can Fun fight bigotry and escape the horrors of ethnic cleansing while pursuing a new technology that can help the Desert Demon and his devotees command land, sea, and air in their quest for domination?

Download or read book Tempting a Proper Lady written by Debra Mullins and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sensational Debra Mullins launches a new Victorian Era-set series with Tempting a Proper Lady—a wild and passionate romp about a proper wedding planner who join forces with a dashing gentleman to stop the wedding of the year, and the romantic chaos that ensues. Brimming with sensuality and electric sexual tension between the protagonists, Mullins’s Tempting is a tempting treat indeed, especially if you like the novels of Lorraine Heath and Julie Anne Long.

Download or read book Death on the Isle written by M.H. Eccleston and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amateur sleuth Astrid Swift investigates a maritime mystery in this cosy crime adventure set on the Isle of Wight. The sailors are ashore, and murder is afoot. It's summer in the Isle of Wight, and the islanders have little more to do than munch crab sandwiches, sip pints of Wight Squirrel, and complain about the hordes of tourists arriving for the world-famous Cowes Week regatta. But when the local busybody drowns in the harbour, what was set to be a relaxing sailing festival starts to turn deadly. This is a case that only art restorer Astrid Swift and her new art-club friends can solve. Soon she is embroiled in an investigation involving a grand seafront mansion, a dead billionaire's nautical paintings, and a sailing prodigy who mysteriously went missing at sea three years ago. The Isle of Wight has a reputation for being England's most welcoming island, but even a friendly community can hide a killer... Praise for the Astrid Swift mysteries: 'Feelgood fun.' The Times 'I romped through The Trust... A cosy debut set in a house brimming with secrets... An enchanting murder mystery.' Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal 'Macabre murders, quirky characters and delightful settings combine in a way that would make Midsomer proud.' Crime Fiction Lover 'A feisty heroine, an ingenious plot and a cast of quirky characters that soon feel like your best friends, make The Trust a cozy crime to savour.' Merryn Allingham, author of The Bookshop Murder 'Intelligent and gently humorous, with a suitably eccentric cast of characters.' M S Morris, author of the Bridget Hart books

Download or read book Shark Island written by Joan Druett and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wiki Coffin, linguist aboard the U.S. Exploring Expedition, the famous voyage meant to put America at the forefront of 19th century scientific discovery, brings many skills to his job. Whether he's translating native languages, assisting his good friend Captain George Rochester as unofficial first mate, or upholding the rule of law as deputy to the sheriff of the port of Virginia, Wiki is never far from the action aboard the seven ships that make up the expedition. But when they encounter a wrecked sealing ship and its desperate crew on the shoals of remote, uninhabited Shark Island, Wiki has little idea just how many of his skills are about to be put to the test. As soon as they board the wreck, a dead body turns up with a dagger firmly inserted between its shoulder blades. And it's not just any dead body: the victim of the brutal murder is none other than the enigmatic captain of the doomed voyage. What's more, Wiki's colleague and nemesis Lieutenant Forsythe is suspected of the crime. Knowing full well that Forsythe is capable of such violence, Wiki nonetheless believes him innocent and is duty-bound to prove it for the good of the expedition. Was the murder a case of mutinous sealers taking the law into their own hands? Did the secrets of several mysterious long-ago voyages finally come back to haunt a dishonest and dishonorable captain? Or is Shark Island home to something more sinister than a few lonely goats? Something isn't quite right about the crew of the wrecked ship, and Wiki will stop at nothing to find out just what it is that they're hiding, and, in the process, unmask a vicious killer.

Download or read book Perfect Wreckage written by Catherine Cowles and published by The PageSmith LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My past taught me to play it safe. To stay far away from handsome men who promised it all. My life was good without them. Stable, secure, predictable. But one kiss showed me that I’d been playing it safe for far too long. One night and all I wanted was more of his wildfire. One challenge and my carefully constructed walls tumbled down. Amidst the rubble, I realized there was more to this man than I ever dreamed. When everything fell apart, he showed me what it meant to stay. How to truly live. But some demons don’t stay buried. The past can come knocking when you least expect. And the life he’s showing me might be shorter than either of us expected…

Download or read book Handsome Devil written by Delaney Diamond and published by Garden Avenue Press. This book was released on with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They might both get what they want in this marriage of convenience—if they don’t kill each other first. Annabelle Buchanan waltzes into Dante Escarra’s office with a singular goal—to persuade him to accept her audacious one-year marriage proposal. Her objective? Taking control of her father’s real estate empire. But Dante is her ex-husband, and their past is littered with hurt and anger. Dante never once contemplated reuniting with Annabelle, because she broke his heart and left him devastated years ago. But her offer is a tantalizing chance to add an iconic Houston building to his real estate portfolio—a prize he covets more than he’s willing to admit. As they pursue their respective goals, the lines between business and heart blur. Can they make their marriage work the second time around, or will they both end up with broken hearts—again?

Download or read book Written in Blood written by Sheila Lowe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood forensic handwriting expert Claudia Rose must help Paige Sorensen, the young widow of a rich older man, prove to her stepchildren that she did not forge their father's signature on his will, and breaks one of her cardinal rules of business by getting personally involved in this case. Original.

Download or read book Wild King and the Three Cities written by Drew G. Mitchell and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild King and the Three Cities is about five combatants. Regalia is a tribesman in Nepaga, one of the many different private military companies that are the tribes. Amman is a bow and bombs user of the military order familie, a group of orphan protector and rescuers. Nae Koola is a powersmith of Tubal, a smithing guild that can be located in Onnota. Beretta is a huntress and botanical expert. Rawl is a former knight turned experience patroller and respected Onnota citizen.As they battle and conquer foes of human form and animal persuasion, from bandits to monstrosity and their evolutionary statuses, which are known by the weapons that can be forged from them. There are strange weapons for offense or defense, starting at monstrosity being of a physical effect; terror, being of a magical effect; and originals made into living weapons being the last but a mix of both. Our story follows them through each city, town, and the wilds in between.

Download or read book An Improper Deal Elliot and Annabelle 1 written by Nadia Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romance story of a Hollywood superstar and his assistant.

Download or read book State of Siege written by Tom Clancy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by greed, a group of U.N. peacekeeping soldiers becomes involved in activities on the wrong side of the law. When their tour of duty ends, the mayhem begins. Calling themselves the "Keepers," the rogue soldiers -- outfitted with stolen U.N. arms and ammunition -- devise a shocking scheme to get the world's attention... Meanwhile, Op-Center head Paul Hood has cleared out his desk. But his retirement is short-lived. Demanding one hundred million dollars in ransom, the Keepers have taken over the U.N. -- where ambassadors from ten nations have gathered for a gala function at which Hood's daughter will perform. This time the Keepers have made it personal. And the Op-Center forces will strike with deadly vengeance...

Download or read book Your Money s Worth written by Connie Suttle and published by SubtleDemon Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-02-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock smashes ice. Fire melts rock. Water quenches fire. Ice freezes water. —The elemental demon version of rock, paper, scissors. Parke Worth: Murders, unexplained fires, Industrial espionage and walking myths meant my first days as Chancellor of everything paranormal were packed and stressful. Cassie King-Worth: A rushed marriage, a forced trip back to an Alabama law school and the wakening of a terrible race long thought dead meant my first days as a married elemental demon were full and terrifying. Tossing in the werewolf Grand Master, the General for the Earth Sprite King and murderous family members means I have the makings of a new, Mystic War on my hands. Now, to convince my Chancellor husband that something needs to be done…