I am that gash in her soul. Once I loved Grace, really loved her. And she loved me, and it was so fucking beautiful. Once. That pendulum swings to and fro. We’re here, and then we’re— No. How can that rare beautiful be rendered irrelevant, intangible when I still feel so damn much? Does all that energy, that glory, that significance simply dissolve? Turn to smoke? To nothing? It can’t. It just can’t. Are the moments that shape us absolutely random? Is time not fluid? I made promises to them, to her. Especially to her. Promises I still burn to keep.

Bella Chase led a simple life. She was a good girl who worked hard at a job she loved, had good friends, and enjoyed her life. She just fell for the wrong guy. A bad boy with a bad reputation. When he maliciously involves her in a crime that goes awry, and someone is killed, it is her life on the line. She has no choice, but to flee. She not only faces life in prison, she faces a death sentence if she talks.Blaze Marino is done with women. They can’t be trusted. Period. Not even the good girls. When his next case lures him to the hills of Tennessee, hunting down another “good girl”, Blaze is torn between taking down this natural beauty, and losing himself inside of her. He, who has vowed to never love, or need again, is drawn to Bella and he just can’t help himself.Terrified, Bella doesn’t know which way to turn. She doesn’t know who to trust.Jaded, Blaze can’t fight the pull of attraction. He doesn’t know if he can trust her. He has to chase her for his job. Or so he keeps trying to tell himself that.

Betrayed! Sir Robert came in peace to claim his lady honourably. But Melissa denied their love, and her father had him whipped from the house. Banished! Forbidden to return, Rob seeks his fortune in the wars, determined to forget the woman who tricked him. Back – for his revenge! As the Wars of the Roses ravage England, Melissa falls into Rob's power and declares she knew nothing of his punishment. He should not trust her – but can he resist such vulnerable, innocent beauty?

AN INVESTIGATION INTO A NUMBER OF HORRIFIC AND APPARENTLY DISCONNECTED MURDERS SWEEPS TWEED ACROSS THE WORLD.The Vorpal Bladeadvances into gripping new territory. Tweed has reverted to his one-time role of Homicide Superintendent at the Yard. He also retains his position as Deputy Director of the SIS. Paula Grey and Bob Newman still assist him.Tweed has suspicions about the strange Arbogast banking family. Roman, the bank's owner; his niece, the brilliant Marienetta; his daughter, the volatile Sophie. Wherever they go, the American Vice President follows. Why?Tweed realizes enormous power lies behind the five murders. But it is shrewed, stubborn Paula Grey, risking her life, who eventually tracks down the wielder of the blade -- by herself, underground in a remote mountainous zone.

HE WAS THE ONLY MacKADE WHO MOVED SLOW Sheriff Devin MacKade had always had his eye on Cassie Connor Dolin. Twelve years of trying to watch over her and her children. Twelve years of being the dependable friend, of seeing his beauty married to a beast. Twelve years of hell. Now he was going to change, although he knew he'd have to be careful, move slow. But if Cassie came any closer, he might just toss her over his shoulder and carry her off! And he wasn't sure either of them was quite ready for that yet. But soon....

Selected by the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association as one of the PSLA YA Top Forty Fiction Titles 2003Nominated in the fiction category for the 2004/2005 Red Cedar Book Awards (British Columbia's Young Reader's Choice book award)Sophie Mandel was only seven years old when she arrived in London on the first Kindertransport from Germany. She has grown up with a friend of her parents, a woman she calls Aunt Em, and despite the war and its deprivations, she has made a good life for herself in England with her foster mother. She has even stopped thinking about the parents she left behind. Now the war is over, and fourteen-year-old Sophie is faced with a terrible dilemma. Where does she belong?In this, the third book about the characters introduced in Good-bye Marianne and Remember Me, Irene N. Watts explores the themes of friendship, family, and the nature of love. Finding Sophie is sure to become a favorite.From...

They are Florida’s most mismatched legal duo—one a glamorous Miami blue blood, the other a Coconut Grove beach bum. And when they get together, you can throw every law right out the window.... What do you get when you mix beautiful people, family secrets, and a yacht washed up on Sunset Key with a hundred grand in cash and a dying man? If you’re Steve Solomon, you see a case that can get Solomon & Lord off the ground. If you’re Victoria Lord, you see a golden opportunity to go out on your own. With her uncle a murder suspect and her hunky ex-boyfriend back in the picture, Victoria is pushing to take control as Solomon struggles to keep from losing it. As an explosive trial looms, they’re fighting against time, the law, and each other—to expose a killer who came to paradise...and hasn’t left. ### From Publishers Weekly Levine's second light legal thriller to feature by-the-book Florida attorney Victoria Lord and her partner/lover, bypass-the-book Steve Solomon, isn't quite up to the level of its predecessor, *Solomon vs. Lord* (2005), but it's still a smart, enjoyable page-turner. Hal Griffin, an entrepreneur and onetime business partner of Victoria's late father, stands accused of murdering an EPA official with a speargun. There's plenty of evidence pointing to Griffin's guilt, and it's up to Victoria to prove his innocence. Spurning Steve's help, she begins an investigation that leads her to uncover long hidden family secrets. Meanwhile, Steve delves into his own family history as he attempts to discover the truth behind his father's scandalous suspension from the Florida judicial bench. Levine once again supplies plenty of quirky characters and witty banter between Steve and Victoria. *(Jan. 31)* Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ### Review "In this follow-up to **Solomon vs. Lord**, a true bright spot during 2005, Levine again shows his acumen, skewing the law and showcasing Florida scenery while delivering an action-packed plot."—***South Florida Sun-Sentinel*** "A smart, enjoyable page-turner.... plenty of quirky characters and witty banter."—***Publishers Weekly***

The Easter holidays are coming up and Max can't wait to go back to the farm to see Ben, Eleanor, Francis and Linden and escape a life she is convinced is more cursed than anyone she knows. She is even more excited to receive an invitation to attend a meeting at Spyforce HQ in London and Max and Linden board one of Spyforce's invisible super fast jets to make the trip. On reaching Spyforce headquarters they meet an extremely interesting collection of characters. But nothing shocks Max and Linden more than finding out that Alex Crane is real! Mr Blue is once again up to no good. Spyforce have come across information that Blue has invented a concoction, that when eaten, controls minds. Max and Linden, along with Ella and Alex and the team at Spyforce, must once again foil the evil work of Mr Blue before he creates an army of kids under his control.

Review“Wynveen’s knowledge and love of music infuse his work, but … it is in crafting the story -- of having dreams come true, of failure, of knowing one’s true home -- that Wynveen shows his talent as a writer…. Wynveen has succeeded in writing a lyrical novel about families, dreams and the harsh realities of real life.” -- The Calgary Herald“Tim Wynveen takes us on the road with a wannabe rock star who lives and finally loses his dream. Sweeter Life is tender and wise, a novel about the trials of creating and performing, but also about discovering the greater music of friendship and love." -- Cynthia Holz“…a wholly satisfying novel…. Sweeter Life is a fine piece if storytelling, full of memorable characters and the kind of rewards promised by the title.” -- eye magazine“Wynveen crafts the interactions among his characters as carefully as if he were creating a multi-layered chord…. Wynveen’s greatest accomplishment in this book is his power to make music manifest on the page…. [Wynveen] is unafraid to take narrative risks, to try his hand at increasingly complex structures. This third book should win him the wider readership he deserves.” -- *The National Post“A thoughtful novel about loss, creativity and survival…. A powerful meditation on what it costs to be an artist -- and to love one.” -- Marnie Woodrow, les Ailes*“Wynveen’s themes of overweening ambition and of emotional damage as the price exacted for failure, come together in a harmonious whole…. Sweeter Life marks a new and innovative chapter in Wynveen’s career.” -- The London Free Press“[Wynveen] lays into his subject the way T-Bone Walker used to lay into a solo, and with the same invigorating results…. Sweeter Life is suffused with he... Product DescriptionTim Wynveen, winner of the Commonwealth Writers Best First Book prize, has outdone himself with his new novel, masterfully weaving themes of creativity, memory, time, loss and reconnection into the fragmented lives of the Owen familyTen years after their parents die in a car accident, Cyrus, Isabel and Hank Owen are still trying to put their lives in order. Hank, the eldest, is in prison. The second-born, Isabel, is on the verge of divorce. Cyrus, the youngest in the family, is consumed by a crazy dream -- to one day become a rock star. Three siblings; three solitary figures looking for a way forward; three separate melodic lines that, when they meet, cause more dissonance than harmony.As the story begins, Cyrus quits school and hits the road with the Jimmy Waters Revival, a curious entertainment that combines the southern fire of a Jimmy Swaggart with the oral narratives of a modern-day Homer. Even within his adopted musical family, Cyrus struggles to find his way, too caught up in his dream to see his life for what it really is, and after twelve years of wandering, he returns home a broken man.Yet his time on the road has taught him how important it is to strike a balance between individual and group, soloist and ensemble -- lessons that will serve Cyrus well when he tries to make a new start with Hank and Isabel. As he pays more attention to the needs of his fractured family and old friends, he begins to create for the first time in his life the sweet and elusive music of human connection.

Jack Tanner thought being a noble meant he could live happily ever after with Madeline, the love of his life. But King Richard is captured, and he must marry the conniving Lydia for her money so Derbyshire can pay its share of the ransom. All hope seems lost. Except that Madeline won’t let it be lost. Can she out-maneuver Lydia to win Jack back or has her chance at happiness been destoyed?

Christina Blackburn posed for a painting that ruined her life. Ever since, she vowed to suppress her passionate nature and keep her identity a secret. Now she has come face to face with the notorious painting-and its dangerously handsome owner.  

No, I hate him. I hate this dirty filthy male. Andrea Hen does not lower herself to the shameful level of sex with a man, and a ugly cripple of one at that. How dare he blackmail me? If only he wasn't quite so hung... I suppose I could just touch it. Once.