Download or read book Away from Lisa Larkin written by Darrin E. Atkins and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cynical reporter Joshua Sloat accepts an unpaid investigative assignment, a seemingly typical case of a man leaving his wife for someone more glamorous and interesting. With his newspaper job at stake, he follows all leads in the matter of Ana's husband, which takes him from San Francisco to Thailand, Zimbabwe, Russia and Finland. His love to his editor in jeopardy, his money dwindling, ruffians beating the hell out of him because of what he unearths, and implications of multi-national interference and cover-ups cannot force him away from the misery and mystery of a woman named Lisa Larkin.

Download or read book People Die in the Tenderloin written by Darrin Atkins and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Francisco crime reporter and investigator Joshua Sloat endures the greatest challenge of his career when San Francisco comes under siege and everyone looks to him to find a way out.

Download or read book The New Toyan Ranch written by Darrin Atkins and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dora Toyan fell in love up in the mountains, fell in love with a man named Theodore, a man instrumental in helping her and her family build the New Toyan Ranch and construct it to the exact designs of the Toyan ranch that preceded it by nearly twenty years.

Download or read book The Famous Liar written by Darrin Atkins and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-07-28 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon her father's death, a woman named Jill requests Joshua Sloat's assistance when her stepmother challenges the will and trusts. The stepmother's large financial contributions to mayoral candidates result in her obtaining free legal representation by powerful law firms. Many obstacles hinder Joshua and Jill's attempts at finding the truth behind the lies and deception that are rampant in the case. Soon the peace and tranquility of the city are in jeopardy and only the investigative skills of Joshua Sloat can help make things right again. Sloat also tries to reunite with his longtime girlfriend Tamara, a respected newspaper editor who could have some involvement in the case.

Download or read book San Francisco Crime Stories written by Darrin Edwin Atkins and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Pause The written by John Larkin and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2015 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Declan seems to have it all: a family that loves him, friends he's known for years, a beautiful girlfriend he would go to the ends of the earth for. But there's something in Declan's past that just won't go away, that pokes and scratches at his thoughts when he's at his most vulnerable. Declan feels as if nothing will take away that pain that he has buried deep inside for so long. So he makes the only decision he thinks he has left: the decision to end it all. Or does he? As the train approaches and Declan teeters at the edge of the platform, two versions of his life are revealed. In one, Declan watches as his body is destroyed and the lives of those who loved him unravel. In the other, Declan pauses before he jumps. And this makes all the difference. One moment. One pause. One whole new life.

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Download or read book Philip Larkin and His Audiences written by G. Steinberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-01-13 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Larkin, one of England's greatest and most popular twentieth-century poets, is nonetheless widely regarded as a misanthropic, provincial recluse. This volume re-examines that critical view and argues that Larkin's poetry, far from demonstrating his misanthropy, highlights his profound awareness of and concern for readers.

Download or read book The People We Keep written by Allison Larkin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Little River, New York, 1994: April Sawicki is living in a run-down motorhome, flunking out of school, and picking up shifts at the local diner. But when April realizes she's finally had enough-enough of her selfish, absent father and barely surviving in an unfeeling town-she decides to make a break for it. Stealing a car and with only her music to keep her company, April hits the road, determined to live life on her own terms. She manages to scrape together a meaningful existence as she travels, encountering people and places she's never dreamed of, and could never imagine deserving. From lifelong friendships to tragic heartbreaks, April chronicles her journey in the beautiful music she creates as she discovers that home is with the people you choose to keep. "Allison Larkin knows her characters so well," (Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor Park) and brings her "tender, and real" (Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones The Six) prose to this unflinching, lyrical tale that is perfect for anyone who has ever yearned for the fierce power of belonging or to understand the profound beauty of a family found along the way"--

Download or read book One Perfect Lie written by Lisa Scottoline and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Brennan is applying for a job as a high school government teacher, ready to step in as an assistant baseball coach, and his references are impeccable -- but everything about him is a lie. Widow Susan Sematov is proud of her son Raz, a high school pitcher being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college. Heather Larkin is a struggling single mother who lives for her son Jordan's baseball games. Mindy Kostis fills her days with social events and too many gin and tonics, unaware her husband and her son, Evan, are hiding secrets that might destroy all of them.

Download or read book Pretend I m Yours written by Jessa James and published by Jessa James. This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartbroken, destroyed, and on the edge of despair. Thats how I felt for two years after my wife died, leaving me all alone with our baby. I sucked it up and kept going for my little girl but I wasnt living. I was only existing. Then I met Larkin, my gorgeous blonde neighbor. Shes got curves that my hands ache to hold, and toffee-colored eyes that beg me to do unspeakable things to her. I dont want to want her. I dont want to look at her, and I definitely dont want to long for her. I want to avoid her. Except I cant. Everywhere I go, everything I do, I am brought back to Larkin. And when we finally cave, falling into bed together... Its f**king explosive and passionate and deep. It feels as essential as breathing. Im starting to fall in love with Larkin but it was never supposed to turn into this. If I want a future with Larkin, I have to figure out how to let go of the past. And nothing has ever felt so good and hurt so bad.

Download or read book Ocean Park written by Michael Walsh and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2015-10-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Detective Matt Conley ever wanted was to raise a family in Ocean Park with his stunning and ambitious wife Lisa. When a corpse is found in his church, Matt begins a journey that reveals corruption and decay in his city and deceit in his marriage. As he searches for the murderer of a local businessman, a gang war erupts for control of the city’s drug trade, and the body count rises. With his reluctant new partner, Detective Lloyd Kendricks, Matt weaves his way through the puzzling connections between street gangs, politicians, bikers, and a private kink club. Will their unlikely alliance be enough to return Matt's beloved hometown to its halcyon days? And when the day ends, will he find the faith he needs to rebuild his crumbling marriage?

Download or read book Jaycee s Bakery written by Leanne Stanfield and published by Leanne Stanfield. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jaycee is trying to provide for her family. Jeremy is determined to stop an arsonist. Neither of them is looking for love. When a heartbroken Jaycee Laughton returns home to reunite with her family, she finds them in dire financial straits. Using her talents to open a bakery in idyllic Larkin Bay seems the perfect way to forget her cheating boyfriend and help pay the bills. She just never imagined an arsonist would target her hometown and threaten her dream. Two years ago, charming Jeremy Matthews was widowed by a pyromaniac’s fire. Now he's in Larkin Bay and is determined to catch another arsonist. But he can't ignore his fiery attraction to Jaycee. Things are heating up between them until all the clues to the arsonist's identity point to one of Jaycee’s beloved family members. Now, Jaycee and Jeremy must set aside their past hurts to protect Jaycee's Bakery, save her family, and safeguard Larkin Bay. The stakes are high when you're playing with fire. Jaycee’s Bakery is the first book in the Larkin Bay Romance series. It is a feel-good, full-length, standalone novel.

Download or read book Stolen Angel written by David Grace and published by David Grace. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Peter Howard stumbled across a kidnapped little girl in the middle of nowhere he intended to merely follow her home and then call the police, but then the man who was holding Lisa captive pulled a gun. The next thing Peter knew Lisa's captor was lying on the ground, bleeding, Lisa was in his car, and Peter was driving off madly into the night. Peter soon discovered that Lisa "s captor was the brother of the local police chief and that Peter himself was now wanted for kidnapping her. If the police caught them they would give Lisa back to her abuser and by the time Peter could get someone to listen to his explanation of what had really happened Lisa would have disappeared forever to keep her from telling any outsider her story. When Lisa told Peter her address he realized that her home was only a three hour drive away. Surely, the safest thing to do was just get her away from the local cops and take her home, just deliver her safe and sound into her parents " arms. But unknown to Peter the men who had kidnapped Lisa and sold her to the pedophile were already hot on their trail and not about to let Peter escape to tell anyone what he knew.

Download or read book Rag and Bone written by Lisa Woollett and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Beautiful, like a muddy journey through time . . . a really important book' RAYNOR WINN, author of The Salt Path Lisa Woollett has spent her life combing beaches and mudlarking, collecting curious fragments of the past: from Roman tiles and Tudor thimbles, to Victorian buttons and plastic soldiers. In a series of walks from the Thames, out to the Kentish estuary and eventually to Cornwall, she traces the history of our rubbish and, through it, reveals the surprising story of our changing consumer culture. Timely and beautifully written, Rag and Bone shows what we can learn from what we've thrown away and urges us to think more about what we leave behind.

Download or read book Meow Matrimony written by Lisa Lickel and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dead Reporter Found In A Foyer. Can Ivy Solve This Mystery Before Her Wedding Day Ivy Preston has waited a long time to get married. This time she plans to do more than make it to the altar. But when Ivy tries to do a good deed and stumbles over a body, she and her former fiancé, Stanley, are accused of the crime. Ivy hopes she's not the only one who believes in their innocence. Worse than being framed for murder, when one of her beloved kittens falls ill, Ivy must face her greatest fears. How will she ever parent a child if she can't even take care of a cat. . .and for that matter, how will she be the type of wife her devoted fiancé needs? Through the love and support of her mom, fiancé, and friends, Ivy is determined to clear Stanley's good name, and her own. With nuptials looming, Ivy hopes not only to find a killer, but to make it to her own wedding.