AN ACHING EMPTINESS. . . Homicide detective Samantha Brown is a tough, highly decorated cop. But for the past twelve lonely years, since she nearly died of a gunshot wound, she has felt a deep inner longing. A LONG-LOST LOVE. . . The mysterious Lucan, with his timeless ability to seduce women, is focusing on the emotionally battered Samantha, who has awakened his wild memories of a long-ago love. A PASSION THAT WILL BE FULFILLED. As Samantha pursues a deranged killer, her only clue is a medieval cross inscribed “Lucan”—the name of a man who owns a nightclub near the murder scene. Drawn into a seamy underworld, Samantha falls for Lucan, who believes that he’s a vampire and that Samantha is his reincarnated first love. Now she must save this man who seems beyond redemption—and who fulfills her deepest, darkest desires. . . .

Just as medicine is not a science, but rather an art -- a device, practiced in a scientific manner, in its best manifestations -- time-travel stories, some would argue, are not science fiction. But whether they are or aren't, time-travel has become acceptable to science fiction readers as a traditional device in stories some might call admissible in the genre. Here, Frederik Pohl employs it to portray the amusingly catastrophic meeting of three societies.

"I don't give a damn about your games, hearty cheers and physical exercises. This is important or I wouldn't be here!" The other didn't speak—he was surely one of the officials—and Brion could sense his outraged anger. He must have drawn his gun, because the other man said quickly, "Put that away. You're being a fool!" "Out!" was the single snarled word of the response. There was silence then and, still wondering, Brion was once more asleep. "Ten seconds.

One of the greatest and most relevant works of Victorian literature, The Way We Live Now is a powerful satire on avarice and other vices that have come to shape and blemish modern society. Featuring a variety of characters who resort to swindle and deceit all in the interest on monetary gain, The Way We Live Now is a moral rumination that is easily Trollope’s masterpiece.

Mrs Tittlemouse is a terribly tidy little wood mouse. She is always sweeping her burrow, polishing and tidying. It is an endless job and it seems that no sooner has she made a good start than another messy visitor appears to leave their muddy footprints everywhere. Beatrix Potter had in her youth made beautiful microscopic studies of insects, and this knowledge enabled her to produce delightful pictures of the many uninvited guests, from spiders to bees, found in Mrs. Tittlemouse's underground home. The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse is number eleven in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books, the titles of which are as follows: 1 The Tale of Peter Rabbit 2 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin 3 The Tailor of Gloucester 4 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny 5 The Tale of Two Bad Mice 6 The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle 7 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher 8 The Tale of Tom Kitten 9 The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck 10 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies 11 The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse 12 The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes 13 The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse 14 The Tale of Mr. Tod 15 The Tale of Pigling Bland 16 The Tale of Samuel Whiskers 17 The Tale of The Pie and the Patty-Pan 18 The Tale of Ginger and Pickles 19 The Tale of Little Pig Robinson 20 The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit 21 The Story of Miss Moppet 22 Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes 23 Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes

This story is about a bullfrog named Fredrick who is forced into doing something he knows he shouldn't do.This short story is about a bullfrog named Fredrick who encounters a mysterious and uncontrollable addiction that causes him and his friends to change pretty much who they are.

Mychandra follows five days in the life of a man from Wigan, suffering from a modern mental illness.Mychandra follows five days in the life of a man suffering from a modern mental illness. Set against the backdrop of the last General Election, it looks at the Northern town of Wigan through a blurred vision that combines realism with medical insanity.

A politician wakes with a beautiful girl; a criminal briefs his team; a tycoon breakfasts with a Bank official. Then three stories break: an attempted suicide, a hijack, and a takeover bid. They seem unrelated – until Evening Post reporters ask questions. Why is a Jamaican bank in trouble? Who drove the Rolls-Royce seen near the raid? Who was the man with gunshot wounds? As the day wears on, new questions arise – about paper money.

The story of the night Aiden was born has never been told, until now. Fleeing the Hunter's, Kevan and Shannon O'Reilly find their way to Spruce Knoll Colorado, assuming they'll be safe in America. Their unborn son is special, even for a druid, or channeler as the American's like to call their kind. But why the Hunter's, people who are sworn to keep their kind safe, are after them is a mystery.The story of the night Aiden was born has never been told, until now. Fleeing the Hunter's, Kevan and Shannon O'Reilly find their way to Spruce Knoll Colorado, assuming they'll be safe in America. Their unborn son is special, even for a druid, or channeler as the American's like to call their kind. But why the Hunter's, people who are sworn to keep their kind safe, are after them is a mystery. All they know is that if they don't outrun them they'll be killed. Trouble has followed them to Spruce Knoll and just when it seems it may be too late, they discover why.

THIS NOVEL IS A ROMANTIC AND SCIENTIFIC ADVENTUREAnyone who has a cell phone or PC has heard about the computing cloud where everything is stored. In this story it is revealed there is also a psychic cloud that connects us all.Dave, a scientific attorney, and Tina a school teacher, interested in metaphysical ideas, and how they develop their relationship through the exploration of ESP.Anyone who has a cell phone or PC has heard about the Love Story: In The Cloud, is a Sci-fi, legal thriller filled with romance, adventure and paranormal experiences. Anyone who has a cell phone or PC has heard about the computing cloud where everything is stored. In this story Ken Renshaw reveals there is also a psychic cloud that connects us all. The psychic cloud is the science part of this sic-fi thriller. This in not a Harlequin-type love story. It about Dave, a logic-oriented attorney, and Tina, a metaphysically-oriented woman, who explore channeling, past lives, and ESP as their differences dissolve and they fall in love.The story is about the paranormal. Dave and Tina meet aliens, trance channels, past-life therapists, and discover their ESP love connection that transcends space and time.This is a legal thriller. Dave puts ESP on trial in a thrilling trial involving a psychic spy. A terrorist plots to murder Dave during the trial.It’s also an adventure story about Dave piloting a sailplane. He takes Tina on a romantic flight above the clouds. Later, he soars across the Mojave Desert and into the Sierras in a thrilling flight. The novel practically vibrates with the relentless activity of all these interconnected plot-threads moving to a highly satisfactory end.

Selections made by Mr. Michener from his great novel Chesapeake.

Lord Trinity Blacknall stalks the night hunting for rogue vampires that take human lives. He and his brothers demand order. But one night something calls to him which he has never felt before. And he finds a lady in grave danger from a beast he cannot name. As he tries to save the lady, her blood taunts him with savage cravings and it takes all his tremendous willpower not to become her attacker.Evil stalks Lady Beth, and only a dark and powerful creature of the night can save her.Lady Beth never sleeps at night because evil lives with her. She spends her evenings forced to make the rounds in London society until dawn.At a party far from home, she finds herself in danger. Her friend is lost and she must search the dark woods for find her. But there are predators in the woods, and soon she is being chased by a monster. Lord Trinity Blacknall stalks the night hunting for rogue vampires that take human lives. He and his brothers demand order. But one night something calls to him which he has never felt before. And he finds a lady in grave danger from a beast he cannot name. As he tries to save the lady, her blood taunts him with savage cravings, in ways he has never felt before, and it takes all his tremendous willpower to stay her savior and not become her attacker. *This is the 1st installment of Wicked Lord; all 3 parts are finished.

A novel for teenage girls who are Roman Catholic. Coerced by her mother, Stacy attends a religious conference and has a mystical experience which starts her on the road to conversion. She will find herself swept up in a romance with the wrong guy, but her new-found faith will eventually guide her in choosing the right partner.Guest Ranch is a short story. It opens with a married couple visiting the ranch. The husband is in a bad mood because he had been stopped and fined for speeding in the town. It takes him awhile to warm up to the experience of the ranch and a young guide. However, he gradually gets into the spirit of things.The story is in the western genre.

When she agrees to accompany her ex-boyfriend Nick Jamieson, a conservative Republican lawyer who is desperate to make partner, on a weekend business trip as his fiancee, Tess Newhart, an outspoken woman of the world, discovers that opposites really do attact. Reprint.

Aunt Eloise invites Nancy, Bess, and George to New York to help a friend who has been swindled out of a sizable sum of money. There, the girls see a performance of a magicians' group who stun their audiences with clever sleight-of-hand tricks. Because the magicians temporarily remove people's wallets and handbags, Nancy feels the actors aren't above suspicion. Her hunch is borne out and a whirlwind chase ensues.

A humorous look at one woman's battle with a sewing project.A short, fun summer romance novella. Kaliyah Simon just broke up with her cheating boyfriend, and now that summer break is here, all she wants is a quiet, boy-free summer. To focus on work, reading, and her tan. But then she meets up with her old high school nemesis, Isaiah Winters, on the way home, and he seems more interested in being friends than enemies. Can Kaliyah lower her walls and get over seven years of pushing Isaiah away and find out what it would be like to actually be with him? With her best friend going boy-crazy, a twenty-first birthday looming on the horizon, Isaiah continually showing up on her doorstep, and an ex that seems to want her back, Kaliyah’s summer promises to be anything but quiet.

After a party, a chain of events occur for two seventeen year olds. Rane and Elaina, one a werewolf and the other not knowing they exist, must come together to face the consequences from a night of partying.

The highly anticipated second novel from Edward Mullen - author of The Art of the Hustle, and Destiny and Free Will.The greatest tragedy the world has ever known turned out to be the ultimate catalyst for change. In the wake of World War III, which decimated most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors vowed to not continue to repeat the same mistakes of the past. Fortunately, they had something previous generations did not have – advanced technology.The year is 2117 and this once shattered civilization has become prosperous again. Innovative forms of technology have enabled them to abandon the old model and re-engineer a better way of living for all. Brain implants and genetic modifications have made an entire population educated, healthy, and kind.Despite the benefits of this technology, it has created some unforeseen side effects that threaten humankind’s existence. When technology proves to be inept at solving the world’s problem, a new hope emerges in the unlikeliest form – a young orphan girl.

Pray it was only a dream.Mitch Osborn can't shake the feeling that a nightmare he's been having is somehow true. If it is, his life is over . . . like that of the woman he may have killed.A new piece of short speculative fiction that came to me after seeing the movie "Inception" and having a particularly harrowing dream soon thereafter.From Kenny Kemp, award-winning and best-selling author of DAD WAS A CARPENTER, I HATED HEAVEN, and LIGHTLAND.