Dare to Fail


Billi P.S. Lim - 1996
    Journey with the author as he takes you through his trials and tribulations and that of many others. A book that speaks for the millions who have tried and failed.

I Spy, I Saw Her Die


Ian C.P. Irvine - 2016
     Alone, desperate, with only three days to live, Ray is a man with not one, but several missions: to save the life of his girlfriend who has been kidnapped by the security services; to prevent a terrorist cyber attack destroying London; to save the Middle East peace process; and to bring one of the most powerful men in the world to justice for the savage killing of an apparently innocent woman, a murder certain powerful people in the British Government are determined to cover up at all costs. Only Ray can stop them all. But as the clock starts to tick, he discovers that nothing is as it seems. Who is the real enemy? And who can he trust? Unless he finds out soon, will Ray’s luck finally run out? Find out for yourself! Written by a cyber security expert, this thriller will make you think twice about our modern world and using the internet. By the time you've finished the book, whenever you next watch television, you'll wonder just who is watching you! It's called 'tele-vision'. Now you'll understand why! Murder, mystery, cyber crime, espionage, conspiracy, a terrorist plot, romance, page-turning, nail-biting adventure... this book has got it all. Be one of the first to read it! What People are saying about ‘ I Spy, I Saw Her Die’ This is without doubt one of the finest crime thrillers I have ever read. Amazon Review (UK) This is great entertainment, a genuinely gripping story that raises the blood pressure. If there is a more exciting thriller out there this year, I look forward to finding it. Amazon Review (UK) Fast moving without any boring padding. Without doubt the best book I have read this year. Amazon Review (UK) Gripping! What an amazing book!!! Gripping from beginning to end, I couldn't put it down. And although I'm not that computer savvy, it made perfect sense. I can honestly say it’s one of the best books I've read. Brilliant a 10/10 Amazon Review (UK) This is a must read! You will never view the internet in the same light again !! This book has it all, murder , mystery, intrigue. I couldn't put it down. As always this author amazes me with his knowledge and with his very fertile imagination.....or is it !!!!!" Amazon Reader (UK) Yet another cracking read from Ian C.P. Irvine! I read it in one sitting!" Amazon Review (UK) Breathtaking! A thriller. in every sense!" Amazon Review (UK) What a book ! And so many twists and turns ...sometimes when books are written up they sound wonderful and are often disappointing but not this book .... Was sad to finish it ...but at least that let me get on with life as I let this book consume my life !!!!" Amazon Review (UK) Compelling and Highly Recommended! This is a captivating and exciting story from Ian Irvine's amazingly fertile mind, which captivates the reader from beginni

Hiding in Sunshine


John Stuart - 2012
    HIDING IN SUNSHINE celebrates one family’s abiding courage in the face of abject treachery -- and a young girl’s faith in the triumph of the truth.

Renegade


Heather Dahlgren - 2016
     Job, house, and boyfriend – in that order. It’s a boring, routine life where there are no surprises and nothing is spontaneous. It’s safe, it’s mundane and she’s fine with that. Crosby Fitzgerald, better known as Fitz from the band Renegade, has a life he never planned for. Popularity, women and success – not always in that order. Everything he does is spontaneous and exciting, because life is worth living to the fullest. A chance meeting with Brooklyn and Fitz alters both of their worlds – ensuring neither will ever be the same. *Renegade is a full-length standalone novel about a sexy rocker, with no cheating, no cliffhanger and a HEA.

Sex & Such (Triple A's #1)


R.K. Ryals - 2015
    All named after jewels and the months they were born. Being the youngest in an all girl family isn't easy. It sucks. It's hard to stand out in a sea of high heels. So when she meets Archie Leopold Smathers in the fifth grade, he seems like the perfect friend; a guy and an only child. Who could ask for more? Senior year, and they're still best friends. It's been a give and take relationship full of comic book mayhem, video games, and sneaking across lawns. Until an embarrassing experience with the star quarterback has eighteen-year-old Amethyst asking Leo to take her virginity, and it puts a whole new spin on their friendship. Can their friendship survive beyond the boundaries of desire and unexpected revelations? Thursday night dance confessions, a neighborhood full of quirky characters, and a comic book store full of off-the-wall advice will teach these two about life, love, sex, and each other in a way they never expected. It takes more than one person to help Amethyst find herself. It takes a neighborhood. Excerpt: "You know something?" he asked. I peered at him, our eyes clashing before sliding away. "You can always count on me. You do know that, right?" My heart heavy, I studied his profile. "You can always count on me, too." Leo had been spending most of our friendship protecting me from things, and that scared me. What happens to a friendship when that protection is gone? NOTE: This is a coming of age new adult book that contains adult language and content.

Wolf's Wager


Isabella Hunt - 2018
    Winfyre Ridge. Away from the horrors, wars, and darkness. A place to live free and prosper. To start over. If you can get there. Reagan Grace fled from a city laid to waste. She’s trying to get what’s left of her family to that mountain haven by any means necessary. But after a thousand-mile trek, the last thing she expected was a chance encounter with a bored alpha shifter. One who claims her by a toss of the dice. Luke “Swift” Swiftlore could smell the secrets on Reagan a mile away. Hell only knows what risk he’s taking in letting this pretty refugee in. Now he has to keep her close and see if he can get her to cop to what she is. Good thing he’s a creative bastard. Only Reagan doesn’t know either, except that her strange gifts ensured her family’s survival. But something else does. Something that has her scent, has tracked her, and will tear Winfyre apart to find her.

Love Hard


B.B. Hamel - 2018
     Get all the bad you need, right here in one collection! Step Bride I’m the mobster’s forbidden bride. I don’t know why he wanted to get married, but I couldn’t stop saying yes over and over again. And it gets worse. My crazy mother eloped with his mafia father. We’re one big happy family, right? I need to divorce him. I need to stop wanting him. I need to get out of this situation before both our families are torn to pieces. Bastard's Baby I had that bastard’s baby and now I need his help. The Russians are at war with the Italians, but I know Vince is my only chance. When I run away from home and ask him for help, I’m risking my life to save my son. If the cocky jerk Vince Mori can’t learn what it means to be a father, I might be totally screwed. Kissing the Killer The killer took me, but I won’t be his.  He came in the night, killed my abusive father, and carried me away. Now we’re on the run. If the mafia finds out what he did, we’ll both be finished. He destroys everything in his path. I know if I let him, he’ll ruin me too.  But I have to give myself over to him, or we both might end up dead. Packing Heat They want to kill me, but he wants to knock me up. Either way I’m screwed. Rafa says getting me pregnant will stop the mafia from coming after me. He says it’s the only way to protect me, but I’m worried he just wants to take my body again and again. I can’t say no. If I do, the mafia will kill me, and he’s the only one trying to protect me. But worst of all, part of me wants him to do it . . . Bow Down I want to take on the world, but that arrogant bastard just wants to take me. Young, tall, and handsome, Wyatt Carter is no normal politician. He’s a notorious former bad boy turned State Attorney General, and I need his help if I’m going to crush my father’s mafia. I'll bow down to him, but first he has to lay the world at my feet.

From Suits to Kilts


Callie Berkham - 2019
    An injured man who means to save her. An old enemy intent on killing them both. A year after her parents’ funeral, historian, Abby Davis, discovers her parents’ legacy is an orb. Noting the top of the ornament is out of alignment, she twists it and is immediately whisked straight onto an ancient Scottish battleground. Without thinking, she drags an injured Scotsman to safety but loses the orb to an English Officer along the way. The Laird, Iain MacLaren, thought he had died on the battlefield. After a Sassenach angel of all things, hauls him off the field, he realizes he isn’t dead. Instead, he finds himself in the company of the strange woman who saved him. To repay her kindness, he sets out to reclaim her lost treasure while evading the English and certain death. If Abby doesn’t retrieve her time device, she will be forever stuck in the past. But perhaps, with Iain by her side she might not even care.

Cursed: The Complete Series, #1-3


Claire Farrell - 2013
    Verity (Cursed, #1)Sixteen-year-old Perdita Rivers has spent her entire sheltered life being told what to do. Lately, she’s felt ready for a change, and the universe seems to agree. Her new best friend’s brother is the boy of Perdita’s dreams. Literally. Even though he plays hot and cold, she’s sure there’s more to it, but she’s kind of distracted by the sense she’s being followed - not to mention the rumours of wild animal sightings that seem to mean more to her new crush’s family than they should. Perdy’s on a mission to find the truth, but maybe the truth is the danger she should hide from, after all.Clarity (Cursed, #2)Perdita’s still dealing with the consequences of her actions when her enemies change their targets with no warning, but it’s the unexpected betrayal of those closest to her that hurts the most. When her world shifts beneath her, Perdy has to figure out how to stay standing without losing any more of herself to the werewolves.Nathan’s watching everyone pull away from him, but he can’t control his destiny. He’s trying to protect his loved ones, but something always seems to get in the way. A public attack has everyone talking about wolves, and all eyes are on his family. His grandfather has lost his mind, and Nathan’s caught in the crossfire, but all of his choices will cost him a sacrifice. One way or another.Nobody’s watching Amelia… Big mistake.Adversity (Cursed, #2.5)Kali is the seventh of seventh, both blessed and cursed. With a father willing to sell her, and a life already mapped out for her, she’s desperate for an escape. But her way out can only come from the most unavailable person she knows, and stealing happiness comes with a price that many generations will bear.Amelia’s haunted by disturbingly vivid dreams about a gypsy girl but ignored by everyone else in her life. She’s desperate to prove herself. To show everyone she can help. So when her brother and best friend display the influence of the curse on their free will—or lack of it—and a spirit warns of Perdita’s fast approaching death, she knows she has to do something. Yet she can’t ignore that something huge is happening to her too, and her journey leads her back to where it all began, but not everyone wants her help, after all.Purity (Cursed, #3)Perdita’s life has gone back to normal in all of the worst ways, while Nathan doesn’t even recognise himself anymore. Still, they’re both trying to make do the best way they know how.But when they finally catch sight of that flicker of light at the end of the tunnel, Vin plays his final, most deadly, hand.

Spellbound


Patricia Simpson - 2009
    A week before her wedding in Scotland, Tara Lewis stumbles upon a hidden tomb and accidentally awakens a spellbound knight. But Tara refuses to acknowledge the chivalrous shade. She doesn't believe in the spirit world-or true love for that matter-until the touch of the handsome knight awakens her troubled heart. To gain his freedom, the knight must recover a valuable Psalter and deliver it to its rightful owner. But completing his quest proves difficult. Hugh finds himself hopelessly attracted to the woman who freed him and duty bound to protect her-from an ancient enemy, a modern threat, but most of all from a forbidden love that could ruin both their futures. As Tara's wedding day dawns, she and Hugh must make a fateful choice. Will they keep their promises or follow their hearts? Or will the ancient spell that binds them destroy their one chance at happiness?

Are You Mine?


N.K. Smith - 2013
    With only one good friend to her name, she has navigated the complicated halls of high school and is now faced with the timeless question: Now what?Fox Harrington, a fun-loving, socially charismatic graffiti artist uses his passions to color his world exactly how he wants it. He knows exactly where his life is headed. That is, until he meets Saige.A summer project links the two together, making a tentative friendship bloom into romance, but despite their affection for each other, fundamental beliefs and ways of thinking threaten to destroy all they have built.In this tender story of young love, N.K. Smith delivers a striking tale of two people standing on the precipice of adult life.

My Father's Island: A Galapagos Quest (Pelican Press)


Johanna Angermeyer - 1990
    Like her father, she came to love the Galapagos and to dream of having a life there. Her experience was filled with the perils and incomparable pleasures of living on the Galapagos.

Seeking Karma


Melanie Cole - 2014
    It is not recommended for readers under the age of 17. ******************************************************* Trent Evers has spent the past eight years of his life, dreaming about the same girl. He doesn’t even know her name. What he does know, is that she was there for him, on the toughest night of his life. She stayed with him, holding his hand, humming to him, until the police showed up. Desperate for a distraction, he drowns himself in alcohol and random girls. It’s not enough, though. When he sees her again – at a McDonalds of all places – he’s determined to make her his. He doesn’t care that she’s dating one of his frat brothers. No one is good enough for her, especially not Aaron Jones. He’s on a mission. Now, he has a new distraction! Make her remember him, and make her his. Unlike Trent, Karma Davis had a perfect childhood. She grew up in a loving home with her parents, and sister. Her life begins spiraling out of her control, three months into her relationship with Aaron Jones. He’s not the person she originally thought him to be. He’s controlling and abusive to her – both physically and mentally. Fearing for her life, Karma makes a plan to break it off with Aaron – once and for all. But Aaron is not the type of person who can take no for an answer. Karma’s terrified of what Aaron will do, if he finds her. Desperate for freedom, she moves off of campus, and rearranges her entire schedule. Will all of her efforts, be enough to get rid of Aaron? She hopes so. When she meets her new neighbor Trent, she knows he looks familiar, but she cannot place where she knows him from. She reluctantly forms a friendship with him, but soon realizes that friendship with Trent is not enough. She wants more, but can she trust any guy after Aaron? She’s determined to try.

Last Call


Rob Cornell - 2011
    Just ask Ridley Brone, a California private investigator who returns to his Michigan hometown when he inherits his estranged parents' multi-million dollar estate. The songs his mom and dad wrote made them rich, but their popular karaoke bar, the High Note, made them famous. Now Ridley owns a bar he doesn't have a clue how to manage, and his every effort seems only to further tarnish his parents' legacy. Then Ridley's high school love, Autumn, shows up asking for help. She suspects her husband of having an affair and wants Ridley to find the truth. Itching to do the kind of work he knows, Ridley takes her case. But after he finds her husband murdered, the karaoke bar feels like vacation compared to the hard job of proving Autumn's innocence. Last Call is 72,000 words (about 300 pages) of hard-boiled karaoke noir—perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton, or Harlan Coben.

Dom's Ascension


Harley Stone - 2017
     The Mariani family has one shot to take over the Las Vegas crime syndicate, and it begins with an elaborate dinner designed to impress their allies. When their head chef disappears, Dominico Mariani is tasked with guarding the new hire, a striking spitfire with a tendency to speak her mind. Annetta Porro is thrilled to land her dream job at a five-star Italian restaurant, even if her new boss seems overly concerned about her safety. With a chivalrous, handsome bodyguard by her side, she may keep her life only to lose her heart. His decision could destroy an alliance, but her sacrifice will shape the future of a city. Full-length novel, no cliff-hangers, no cheating, happily ever after ending.