The Seduction Charade

The Seduction Charade

Penny Jordan

Romance / Contemporary / Fiction

Read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Penny Jordan, now available for the first time in e-book! Originally published as Substitute Lover in 1987. Awakening his reluctant mistress Gray Chalmers needed Stephanie to pose as his lover to help him resist the attractions of a beautiful but married woman. Gray knew Stephanie, knew she didn't even like being touched. Yet he insisted she return to play the part of the femme fatale. Gray had never pried into the bitter marriage Stephanie had endured to his cousin. He'd offered only comfort in the ten years since its tragic ending. So Stephanie agreed to his demand, only to find her long buried feelings—and her body's dormant desires—fully awakened...
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The Winchesters

The Winchesters

James Lincoln Collier

James Lincoln Collier

Fourteen-year-old Chris Winchester is torn between two worlds. By birth, he's part of the indomitable Winchester clan, owners of the enormous electronics factory that employs nearly everyone in town. Yet Chris' father gave up his stake in the business to work for the Peace Corp. When he died, Chris, his mother, and twin sisters moved into a tiny gatehouse on the Winchester estate—poor relations living on family goodwill. While his cousin Ernest is groomed to take over the family fortune, Chris attends public school and makes friends with the kids in town. He can't understand why a crisis at his uncle's factory makes people suddenly hate him, but a wage cut and a threatened strike have everyone's nerves on edge. In the eyes of the townspeople, Chris is guilty by association, for he bears the Winchester name. When things turn ugly, Chris discovers that his family can get very tough. Power is like a muscle, his uncle explains, that must be flexed to keep it strong. Chris...
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The January Zone

The January Zone

Peter Corris

Peter Corris

Politician Peter January is having trouble staying alive so he hires Cliff Hardy to help him. Hardy dislikes the role of politician's 'security consultant' but he dislikes bombers, hit men and hatemailers even more.Protecting January leads to protecting his assistant, Trudi Bell, which is a more enjoyable assignment. It also takes Hardy to Washington DC where the threats are real and the rules are different.To stand close to January is to stand close to danger and corruption, but there are even greater evils and Hardy cannot back away...'Cliff Hardy is... as Australian as two-up and Fosters.' - The Australian
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Bride of the Tiger

Bride of the Tiger

Heather Graham

Mystery & Thrillers / Romance / Historical Fiction

Rediscover this classic story of adventure and romance by New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham, now available for the first time in ebook!Rafe Tyler needs answers. Two years ago, his brother was lured into danger by Tara Hill's bewitching beauty, and he disappeared. Rafe has to know what really happened, and he can only find out by being as ruthless as he believes Tara was.Originally published in 1987
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Death of a Dormouse

Death of a Dormouse

Reginald Hill

Reginald Hill

'So far out in front that he need not bother looking over his shoulder' Sunday Telegraph The balding policeman on Trudi Adamson's doorstep brings the worst news possible: her husband Trent has been burned to death in a freak car accident. Suddenly a widow after years of marriage, Trudi soon discovers there's a lot she didn't know about her late husband. Why did he resign from his job without telling her? And where is all his money? As shock piles upon shock, Trudi is forced to re-examine her belief in Trent, and ultimately in herself. Compelled to leave the cosy nest of her old life, she is out in the open and fighting for her survival.
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The Final Nightmare

The Final Nightmare

Jack McKinney

Jack McKinney

The Robotech Masters' war against Earth has become even more desperate: the Protoculture Matrix is now degenerating, transforming into the Flower of Life, which is sure to draw the savage, merciless Invid across the galaxy.Meanwhile, Dana Sterling, half-alien commander of an elite Hovertank unit, is waging a desperate personal war to uncover the meaning of her strange Visions, and the secrets of her alien heritage.Humans lock in mortal combat with the Masters' clone hordes in a clash of tremendous war machines. Zor Prime, reincarnation of the discoverer of Protoculture, struggles to regain his lost memories and unlock his tormented past. As the apocalyptic war comes to the final, decisive battle, Dana Sterling realizes to her horror that . . . EVEN VICTORY SPELLS UTTER DISASTER!!**
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The Pastel City v-1

The Pastel City v-1

M. John Harrison 1971

M. John Harrison 1971

In the distant future, a medieval system rises from the ruins of a technology that destroyed itself. Armored knights ride their horses across dunes of rust, battling for the honor of the Queen. But the knights find more to menace them than mere swords and lances. A brave quest leads them face to face with the awesome power of a complex, lethal technology that has been erased from the face of the Earth--but lives on, underground.
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Hot Winds From Bombay

Hot Winds From Bombay

Becky Lee Weyrich

Becky Lee Weyrich

“Weyrich writes a sensuous love story!”—Affaire de Coeur The night Persia Whiddington meets handsome Zachariah Hazzard, they find passion in each other’s arms. But the heat of their desire is too briefly realized before fate tears them apart. Still, Persia’s heart remains with Zachariah. Determined to reunite with her true love, the young beauty sets out on a journey from the cold climes of Maine to the sultry heat of Bombay. But can she reclaim Zachariah’s heart before the imminent dangers of her journey claim her life?
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My God and My All

My God and My All

Elizabeth Goudge

Romance / Children's Books / Short Stories

The captivating story of the world's favorite saint is now retold for a modern audience by one of the great novelists of our time.Perhaps more than any other figure in Christian history since Jesus Christ, Saint Francis of Assisi has captured our imagination, for his is a story of extreme self-sacrifice, of love to God and man. How could this wealthy, handsome youth cast away all the advantages that were his by birth and choose instead a career of poverty and humility? How could he attract members of all strata of society to his mission? And how, when his order became established throughout Europe, could he renounce great personal power and humbly continue his life's work?Here is Francis, from his twelfth-century boyhood to his life as a missionary roaming the very boundaries of the known world. Here too are the men and women who followed him—Bernard de Quintavalle, the rich businessman; Peter Cathanii, the lawyer; Brother Giles, the farmer's...
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