They had the same lament as most women, where were all the good men? Four friends, drinking, lunching, complaining about bad dates, ignorant men and a bleak dating future when they decide, it’s time to stop complaining and do something about it. It’s time to create the perfect man.Erika kills vampires, but not in the usual manner. Her way leaves a body behind, the demon cleansed from the vessel it tried to control. Mitch is a Hunter and Erika's trainer. However, Mitch is ever the traditionalist and focuses more on the physical training and not on Erika's unique ability. Adonis has no qualms about training Erika to use her ability. As long as she uses it to achieve his goals.Buffalo, New York is a long way from Dallas, where the events surrounding the Spiral X nightclub are fading from memory, but the Eternal War knows no boundaries, and battles aren't always won with a stake to the heart.

The Aldens are asked to be extras in a movie while visiting the Alamo but things are not picture perfect. They have to discover who stole a precious ring from the beautiful star, Claire, and they find out many people are jealous of her.

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Fyodor Volkov had risen from nothing to be wealthy beyond his dreams. But the zombie plague had forced him to retreat to his vacation house in the suburbs of Moscow, and he soon found himself scrabbling for subsistence like everyone else.This is the seventh story in the series. A new story will be released each week through the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012.Every housewife needs an alias. Donna Stone has one--and it happens to be government-sanctioned.Oh sure, you need to be ruthless to take on Russian mafia bosses, rogue dictators, and terrorists set on destroying the world. But it takes real killer instincts to survive suburbia. Try juggling the fifth grade phone tree during a shootout with skinhead arms dealers, or driving carpool while being chased by Chinese double agents.Donna’s life wasn’t always this complicated. Five years earlier she was just another woman with two preschoolers, a baby bump, and an adoring husband: Carl, with whom she lived happily ever after in a McMansion in the Orange County, California community of Hilldale. But Donna’s life was changed forever the night she delivered her baby: Carl’s car blew up on the way to the hospital.Turns out Carl was a “hard man”—an assassin—for the black ops organization known as Acme Industries. The hit on Carl was carried out by the Quorum, a terrorist cell he was tracking. The Quorum’s motto: “Show me the money.” Governments and corporations do as they’re told—or suffer bloody consequences.Carl left something behind that the Quorum wants badly. To protect herself and avenge Carl’s death, Donna joined Acme. Whereas her hostessing skills rival Martha Stewart’s, her marksmanship is second to none.A good thing, too, because the Quorum has planted a sleeper cell in Hilldale. For Donna, that’s too close for comfort. Will she be able to save her family before the Quorum blows up Los Angeles?Acme’s way of flushing out the Quorum is by “bringing Carl back from the dead.” But terrorism makes strange bedfellows--and brings new meaning to that old adage “Honey, I’m home…”*Not her real name."Adorable is not usually the word that comes to mind with a title like The Housewife Assassin’s Handbook, but it was just what I needed to pull me out of my reading doldrums. From the handy little homemaker/assassin tips at the beginning of each chapter to the thankless job of being a single parent with catty neighbors, this book hits all the right notes. Donna works for the good guys, Acme Industries, undercover by taking down drug lords and terrorists with a matter-0f-fact attitude while worrying about making it to her carpooling duties.Granted, the book ended with a hook that made me want to immediately get the next one, which is always a smart move and I was excited to see that there are actually 11 books in the series (including a prequel). I now want a week at the beach to read them all. Think Alias meets Desperate Housewives meets The Scarecrow and Mrs. King. Live a little, add some spice to your life, give this little book a try and give yourself a reason to smile. I know I did and now I’m completely smitten." -- Barbara Vey, BarbaraVey.com

After Karen's class decorates a haunted house for Halloween, they begin to hear spooky noises.

Until a frantic phone call from a friend with mysterious government ties, Lily thinks her biggest quandary is fixing the problems in her struggling marriage. After she learns the world as they know it is about to end, she faces the difficult task of convincing her husband Ethan that it’s really happening. Can they repair their relationship while trying to survive the apocalypse?Until a frantic phone call from a friend with mysterious government ties, Lily thinks her biggest quandary is fixing the problems in her struggling marriage. After she learns the world as they know it is about to end, she has the difficult job of convincing her husband Ethan that it’s really happening. As they scramble to survive the approaching solar event, and prepare for the aftereffects, their marriage remains on a shaky foundation. They face the daunting task of repairing their relationship while trying to live through the apocalypse.

A collector of antiquities gets more than she bargained for when she receives a gift from a former romantic rival that begins a horrific series of events.A 300-line poem about a man who decides to visit such a graveyard in October near midnight, in hopes of seeing a ghost. He stumbles across the field as a storm approaches.I've got to tell you that he sees only parts of what might be a ghost - not a very satisfying result, and then retreats to his car. That's all. Yet this is one of the finest and most affecting modern poems for reading out loud. It will haunt you.

Detective Constable Lyttle's life is turned upside down when he comes across a killers' confession. What began as a seemingly uneventful evening soon turns into a fight between life and death. Will justice be served or will it all go up in flames?On September 20, the zombie virus was released into the dense population of transients on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. It spread like unstoppable wildfire in all directions, decimating everything in its path for six full weeks before outside measures were taken to cleanse the scourge. This story takes place in that final time. Told through the eyes of a native Angelino, it offers a unique perspective to the events as they unfolded and to the aftermath of the virus. When it comes to safely navigating 747's Edgar Reynolds is a consummate professional. It's his personal life that's in shambles after a string of affairs he couldn't be bothered to hide. None of that matters to him the morning he wakes up to discover he's smack dead in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Now what's important is that he survives long enough to hijack a plane from LAX and flee the end of the world.

Sully O'Quinn and the team from DL Security find themselves in a race to find a killer and recover a stolen fortune. It started as a simple protection job to escort a shipping executive to a clandestine meeting. But Sully and his team are set up to take the fall for a daring heist and murder committed in the middle of hyperspace. Was the killer still on board, or has one of his team double crossSully O'Quinn and the team from DL Security find themselves in a race to find a killer and recover a stolen fortune. It started as a simple protection job to escort a shipping executive to a clandestine meeting. But Sully and his team are set up to take the fall for a daring heist and murder committed in the middle of hyperspace. Was the killer still on board, or has one of his team double crossed him? A fleet of pirate ships is waiting at the down jump location and are expecting a big payday. The team won't live long if they can't come up with the money.

Archie was plucked from the obscurity of a chemist shop to lead a life of service in a palace. His noble but immature owner is an orphaned princess with immediate problems she can't manage and a future that holds many surprises including a realisation that objects like Archie have lives and loves of their own.Archie, still an innocent in the ways of humans, was plucked from the obscurity of a chemist shop by a regal hand just out for a little retail therapy, to lead a life of service in a palace. He was chosen to serve a noble but immature owner, Crystal who is an orphaned princess with immediate problems she can't manage and a future that holds many surprises, including a realisation that objects like Archie, a hot water bottle, have lives and loves of their own. Hot water bottles are meant to have a beautiful cover and one is especially chosen and made for Archie. She is Terri who becomes the love of his life and part of the plethora of living objects that populate the palace and know everything that happens, even if the humans who live and work there don't. But before Crystal comes to know that in Archie's world there are rewards for those that know about the wider reality and disappointments for those that don't, she has to make her way through the awkwardness of being an immature nineteen and the dangers of being led astray by a punk servant with advancement on her mind. Jade, one of the Queen's more risky attempts at social interaction, is ambitious and has an agenda in which Crystal is to play a major part. Jade's plots are uncovered and the steps Crystal's Grandmother the Queen subsequently takes to not only keep Crystal safe from Jade and her own immaturity break some rules themselves and lead to some unfortunate consequences for Jade. But Jade never gives up and with some ingenuity creates some surprises for the Palace. Crystal's indiscretions are a potential scandal and grist to the mill of the tabloids so the Queen does what's required as Crystal rails against her Grandmother's plans for her. Crystal also has her first love affair with an apparently suitable young man from a fine family but where Crystal is concerned nothing is as it seems and there are surprises in store as her lover Richard Holland reveals more than he should and causes Crystal and the Palace a great deal of trouble. When Crystal travels to New Zealand on her gap year accidents just seem to befall her at every turn. The shifting dynamic of the object/human relationship leads to changes of attitude on both sides as Crystal grows up and into a role she was not born to. Without Archie and Terri who do their best for their difficult owner and the presence of Jeff, a handsome royal protection officer with a past in under cover work that may come back to haunt him, likes older women and his motor bike. He doesn't care about Crystal one way or the other and will do what it takes to fulfil his duty to be her minder while she resents his very existence. Without Jeff and his ability to deal with the crises Crystal creates, Crystal and the Crown may be lost.

This is the story of a man who is divorced from a rich woman. He has moved on and made a new life for himself. Then his ex-wife gives him custody of his son. The son, nine has two small girls for friends and when of the father needs a woman to mother his son he hires the mother of the two girls to care for the boy. A love story of the finest kind!John, smothered by a rich wife, takes everything including his self-respect. He gains his divorce and begins to the road to recovery. This gives him a chance to spread his wings. Two years later, he is given custody of his son. Needing a housekeeper and childcare for his son, he engages a divorced woman with two young girls. They soon become a family. Follow along as John builds his businesses; A Mom and Pop store, a Warehouse, and a Pig farm, with all helping him reach his goals. This turns into something big, when he gets the chance to work for the woman who owns the warehouse he rents. This is a story with many characters and it has twists and turns, encompassing the next ten years. It is a true romance tale with love shining through on most every page while the children reach young adulthood.

She will make his bloodline suffer.Bridget Sinclair was a Chosen One, a true witch who had done well to escape the fiery fate that awaited her. When the Witchfinders capture her, Matthew Hopkins has finally discovered the one thing he had spent a lifetime searching for.Bridget Sinclair was a Chosen One, a true witch who had done well to escape the fiery fate that awaited her. When the Witchfinders capture her, Matthew Hopkins has finally discovered the one thing he had spent a lifetime searching for. A witch granted unholy powers. As Bridget fights to save herself from the stake, will she be able to charm the Witchfinder into loving her or will she succumb to the fires meant to send her to Hell?No matter the outcome, Bridget swears an oath to the very Goddess who created her. Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder General, will suffer long after her time on earth is done.

This is the first short story in a short story adventures series about two bothers named Matt and Mark. In this story they decide to check out an old farmhouse that they have been told to stay away from. This is one adventure they soon won't forget.This is the first short story in a short story adventures series about two bothers named Matt and Mark. In this story they decide to check out an old farmhouse that they have been told to stay away from. This is one adventure they soon won't forget. Inside the farmhouse they find creatures created by the farmer who is also a witch. Matt is put into a trance and Mark must do his best to save his brother and get them out alive.

Hitler won WWII, and I can't stop the cannibalistic monster inside of me from ripping the world into pieces. No one can. Not even Jack Spencer, the descendent of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill. People are dying.People deserve to die.Come on Jackie, catch me.Tau was bigger than the other children and stronger than the rest, at the age of 10 he was as big as a 16 year old boy, having "Sullen", "Smoldering" and "volcanic" blue eyes with a black hair in a "square-cut mane”As big as a giant and massive, his skin was bronzed from constant exposure to the sun, a tall man standing 6.5 feet tall, mightily shouldered and deep hairy chest, with a massive corded neck and heavily muscled dangerous lines of limbs. His brow was low and broad, his eyes a volcanic blue that smouldered as if with some inner fire.

A peaceful outing to a secluded beach is shattered when a little girl vanishes-Awarded Shortstory-What had started as the perfect Sunday had turned into a nightmare.The three had spent the day at their favourite beach - a secluded spot between rocky outcrops that hardly ever drew many people. It wasn’t good for swimming. It was too shallow for too far and then it suddenly became deep with dangerous currents. John didn’t mind. He couldn’t swim and for his four-year-old daughter Emily the shallows were ideal. Perfect.Except, Emily had vanished.

This is a personal compilation of prose and poetry I have written.In this third novel in the Jack and Lynn Preston series, Lynn struggles to deal with the murder of her husband and granddaughter. Their political crusades are over as she searches for something to overcome her depression; something that uses the computer hacking skills Jack taught her. Jack’s friend invites her to join his detective agency as an online investigator and undercover operative. Soon she discovers the satisfaction of getting revenge for victims of abuse and financial fraud by hacking into the offender’s personal accounts to get them in legal and financial trouble. All is well until a menace from her past shows up; someone out for her own revenge. But Lynn has help - Jack’s spirit who talks to her. Revenge, Inc. has all the suspense, action, romance, and humor you have come to expect from this author.

Bad girl gone good! Good girl in peril! Six months after events transpiring in The Temptation of John Haynes, former She-demon E’steem is now on the side of the angels. Further down the down the straight and narrow path, she’s attacked by D’lilah a young ambitious she-demon out to move up the ladder in the Hierarchy of Hell. And the only way she can do that is by killing E’steem.it is about the first job I had at 20 years old and it goes on to describe some of the things I did and learned as I went on to over six years at that job. it is witty and has some good times in there as well as the small, but sobering affect of the ups and down of the job. I focus more on the good things for the most part because there was some fun things I have done while working for a dry cleaners in my neighborhood and beyond. I truly felt that job was the job that gave me freedom in ways no one could ever know as I had went onto other things afterwards.

1975 - 1976Mathilda, 16, thinks there must be more to life than going to school in a small Bavarian town. Her parents refuse to emigrate to some fascinating exotic place, so she gets organized to become an exchange student.Rotary sends her to South Africa, a country she really doesn’t want to go to – apartheid and all – but it’s her only option.In Victoria Bay, a coastal town on the Indian Ocean, she gets confronted with every day apartheid life – from a white perspective – but she sees things with the eyes of someone who hasn’t been brainwashed by apartheid propaganda.She stays with an elderly, conservative Afrikaans couple; a young English speaking family with a book shop in which subversive activities are taking place, and with farmers in the Freestate. She goes to school, makes friends, acts in a play and soon finds out that in South Africa things are much more complicated than just being black or white. She tries her best to live her own truth.Denzil, an architecture student and mystery man crosses Mathilda’s path. The 2 of them fall madly in love and, by total coincidence, Mathilda discovers his secret.Winner of the South African Writers' Circle's Award for the best self-published book in 2005

James Winter, a sixteen year old boy, fiddles with a device that was minding its own business. Now, his third eye has opened, he has began to witness another realm close to the human's. To top it all, he seems to be the keystone to this inter-realm war.James Winter is an ordinary boy on a vacation trip with his best friends and cousin-Then he discovers a device on top of a mountain- and dares to put it on… Now, he soon learns that there is a war raging on in another world so close to ours- and its consequences could be devastatingly fatal to the humans.The worst part is, somehow, he is caught right in the mess of it all...