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Bud's Christmas Wish


Ashley Nemer - 2012
    Things are never what they seem and people are seldom what you THINK them to be if all you base it on is what your eyes see and not what your soul knows. There’s a fine line between destiny and duty, but when both are blended with love, who knows what miracles can occur at Christmas.

Lover Boy: Boys of Summer


Kali Hart - 2021
    

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John Wyndham - 1979
    Among the forty-odd men and women selected for the project are a pestologist named Camilla and the narrator. Within hours of the group's arrival on the sunny isle their radio has been destroyed. Within days several members of the group are dead. Dream turns to nightmare as they discover the island is overrun by a species programmed to resist and dominate any invader.

Rock Star's Curvy Beauty


Sara Hazel - 2019
    The way he moves onstage makes me dream about him offstage in all those ways a good girl like me isn't supposed to. But now the Rock Star has had a contest and I've won 3 days with him. Just the two of us. Can I stay just a fan when he looks at me in a way that makes me think he's ready to pounce? Asher: Her curves. Her smile. The sound of her voice. I've become obsessed with Mia Wilson. She covered my song and stole my heart in the process. I'm going to help her become a star, but I also have other plans for Mia. This woman must be mine. I'll do whatever it takes to show her how perfect she is. She'll be my future wife and mother of my children. Rock Star's Curvy Beauty is a standalone short romance novella in Sara Hazel's CURVES FOR THE ALPHA series. It's INSTALOVE and CONNECTION like you crave.  It makes no apologies for the sugary sweet steamy goodness you'll find within. Yeah, it might be a little cheesy, but that's on purpose! <3  This story is OVER THE TOP and filled with YOU-KNOW-WHAT!  This story is light on drama and heavy on steam, and that's how I like it. Sara Hazel writes red hot over the top instalove stories of curvy women who learn they can have it all -- adventure, career, and love.  There is always a hot strong man who sees the brilliance in the heroine's smile and wants to make her his wife.  He can even be a little obsessive about it!  Every story has a HAPPY EVER AFTER (HEA) and there's absolutely NO CHEATING!   *If on fire/over the top Instant love isn't your thing then you probably want to look away or you might melt! ---- *BBW *Sweet *Steamy *Safe

666 (31 Horrifying Tales From The Dead Book 4)


Drac Von Stoller - 2013
    It was Halloween and Samantha`s contractions were unbearable so her husband rushed his pregnant wife to the hospital to deliver their new bundle of joy. Mike told the doctor and nurse to take great care of his wife. The doctor and nurse reassured Mike they would take very good care of her and not to worry. Mike waited patiently in the waiting room as the doctor and nurse delivered their beautiful baby. After a few hours the baby finally arrived and the doctor entered the waiting room and told Mike to come in the room and see his new baby. Mike entered and his wife was all smiles and said "Honey, it`s a boy!" "I think he looks like a Johnny. What do you think?" asked his wife. "Johnny sounds fine to me," replied Mike. Mike was so excited and held his baby boy in his arms as tears rolled down his cheeks and said "Darling, I think he likes me." Mike stayed the night in his wife's room with their new baby, but as they were both sleeping, an unforeseen force came in their room that was about to change their lives forever, when they both woke in the morning. Morning came, and Samantha was discharged from the hospital, and time for their new baby to be raised in their new home. It wasn't until after little Johnny turned 6 years of age that things around the Delany Estate turned deadly. The first sign that Johnny had the mark of the beast was June 6. It was the 6th month, 6th day, and Johnny was 6. All the numbers represented 666.

Angel in Paradise: A Montana Sky Contemporary Short Story (Montana Sky Series)


Debra Holland - 2015
    Estranged from his family, Rafe settles in Seeker’s Island off the coast of Florida, where he runs a successful riding stable.Attorney Angel Howard must obtain Rafe’s signature on documents for his deceased grandfather’s estate, or the Flanigan family will lose the ranch. Receiving no response to letters, she flies to Seeker’s Island to confront him. Rafe stubbornly refuses to discuss the paperwork, and Angel won’t leave until he does. As the two clash, their attraction is as strong as ever. But can they get past old pain to rekindle their romance and save the ranch?Montana Sky Series in Chronological Order:2015Angel in Paradise1880sBeneath Montana’s SkyMail-Order Brides of the West: Trudy
Mail-Order Brides of the West: Lina
Mail-Order Brides of the West: Darcy1890sWild Montana Sky
Starry Montana Sky
Stormy Montana Sky
Montana Sky ChristmasA Valentine’s Choice
Painted Montana SkyGlorious Montana Sky
Healing Montana Sky (January 2016)Sweetwater Springs Scrooge
Sweetwater Springs Christmas

The Avoidable Orphan


T.M. Clark - 2015
    He’s a man of the African bush, and coping with ‘girlie feelings’ was always Helene’s department, not his. When an orphaned baby elephant is found, Rodger sees an opportunity that might help him reconnect with his children. But interfering with the orphan goes against his usual conservation methods. It will require a new approach to save both the baby and his family.

A Haunted House and Other Short Stories


Virginia Woolf - 1944
    Gathering works from the previously published Monday or Tuesday, as well as stories published in American and British magazines, this book compiles some of the best shorter fiction of one of the most important writers of our time.

Loss Leader


Simon Haynes - 2010
    Join the crew as they discover all is not as it seems...Originally published in Andromeda Spaceways #3

Stories of the Raksura, Volume 1: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud


Martha Wells - 2014
    When she fails to return, her consort Moon, along with Stone and a party of warriors and hunters, must track them down. Finding them turns out to be the easy part; freeing them from an ancient trap hidden in the depths of the Reaches is much more difficult.The Tale of Indigo and Cloud explores the history of the Indigo Cloud Court, long before Moon came to Court. In the distant past, Indigo stole Cloud from Emerald Twilight. But in doing so, the reigning Queen Cerise and Indigo are now poised for a conflict that could ruin everything.Stories of Moon and the shape changers of Raksura have delighted readers for years. This world is a dangerous place full of strange mysteries, where the future can never be taken for granted, and must always be fought for with wits and ingenuity, and often tooth and claw. With two brand-new novellas, Martha Wells shows that the world of Raksura has many more stories to tell...Contains: The Falling World #3.6The Tale of Indigo and Cloud #0.1The Forest Boy #0.2Adaptation #0.4Appendices

Dalal ICSE Chemistry Series: Objective Workbook for Simplified ICSE Chemistry for Class-9


Viraf J. Dalal
    Viraf J. Dalal is an excellent book for every student of ICSE Chemisty.

A Sting in the Tale: A Collection of Short Stories


Matt Shaw - 2015
    Stories included: A Mother's Love Plane Crazy The Last Will & Testament of Norman Fielding Lost Love Road Rage

Lost in the Funhouse


John Barth - 1968
    Though many of the stories gathered here were published separately, there are several themes common to them all, giving them new meaning in the context of this collection.

In Our Time


Ernest Hemingway - 1925
    Contains several early Hemingway classics, including the famous Nick Adams stories. This volume introduces readers to the hallmarks of the famous Hemingway style: a lean, tough prose enlivened by an ear for the colloquial and an eye for the realistic."In Our Time" provides key insights into Hemingway's later works.

All You Zombies


Robert A. Heinlein - 1959
    It further develops themes explored by the author in a previous work, "By His Bootstraps", published some 18 years earlier.