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Praetorian (Eagles of the Empire 11)
by Simon ScarrowIF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!PRAETORIAN is the gripping eleventh novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Essential reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. 'A new book in Simon Scarrow's series about the Roman army is always a joy' The TimesAD 51. Legionaries Cato and Macro have forged a bond that has survived war, rebellion and torture. Yet nothing has prepared them for a daunting mission on the deadliest battlefield of all: the bloody streets of Rome.Traitors are threatening to plunge the Empire into bloody chaos and no one can be trusted. The Emperor has ordered Cato and Macro to go on a deadly mission, working undercover to root out the traitors before Rome tears itself apart.As the true scale of the corruption dawns, they realise they are facing terrifying odds. Two men against many, in a desperate race to save not only the Empire, but each other...
Praetorian (Eagles of the Empire 11): Cato & Macro: Book 11
by Simon ScarrowIF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!PRAETORIAN is the gripping eleventh novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series. Essential reading for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. 'A new book in Simon Scarrow's series about the Roman army is always a joy' The TimesAD 51. Legionaries Cato and Macro have forged a bond that has survived war, rebellion and torture. Yet nothing has prepared them for a daunting mission on the deadliest battlefield of all: the bloody streets of Rome.Traitors are threatening to plunge the Empire into bloody chaos and no one can be trusted. The Emperor has ordered Cato and Macro to go on a deadly mission, working undercover to root out the traitors before Rome tears itself apart.As the true scale of the corruption dawns, they realise they are facing terrifying odds. Two men against many, in a desperate race to save not only the Empire, but each other...(P)2011 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Prairie Bride
by Julianne MacleanThe prairie was hard on a woman... You had to be tough to survive here, and Briggs expected any wife of his to be as stalwart as he. The first woman he had trusted to do the job had failed. So what had made him think a stranger, especially a beautiful one, could ever help him salvage his dreams? Sarah MacFarland's mail-order-bride marriage to Mr. Brigman was heaven-sent. She only hoped that the silent rancher was as honest as he appeared, for Sarah's unspoken past already held enough lies and scandal to last her a lifetime!
Prairie Courtship
by Dorothy ClarkNo one could love a female doctor-Emma Allen knows that well. But her spinsterhood bothers her less than the lack of opportunity to use her medical training. In Missouri, no one trusts a female doctor, either. Then the opportunity arises to join a wagon train headed to the Oregon Trail. A new frontier offers a new hope for the life she wants to lead. But first she must deal with the hazards of the journey-including infuriating wagon master Zachary Thatcher. Zach riles Emma's temper until she's convinced no man could be more wrong for her. Yet when the treacherous trail challenges them, it takes his experience and her skill working together to bring them safely home.
Prairie Courtship & Rocky Mountain Match
by Pamela Nissen Dorothy ClarkNew frontiers…and new challengesPrairie Courtship by Dorothy ClarkEmma Allen’s spinsterhood bothers her less than the lack of opportunity to use her medical training. A wagon train headed to the Oregon Trail offers a new hope for the life she wants to lead. But first she must deal with the hazards of the journey—including infuriating wagon master Zachary Thatcher!Rocky Mountain Match by Pamela NissenWhen blindness strikes carpenter Joseph Drake, the prospect of a lifetime of darkness fills him with despair. But strong-willed teacher Katie Ellickson knows what it’s like to be an outcast, and she won’t give up on him. Joseph thinks blindness is his most difficult obstacle, until he finds a bigger challenge—trying to reach Katie’s heart. Will she let him?
Prairie Cowboy
by Linda FordToo pretty by half-that's Miss Virnie White's problem. Conor Russell has seen what prairie living can do to a delicate female. That's why he's raising his daughter, Rachael, to be as tough as any boy. The new schoolteacher may have good intentions, but harsh reality will make her hightail it out of here soon enough. Delicate-pah! Virnie's not budging. Little Rachael needs nurturing and guidance, in and out of school. And Rachael's daddy. . . ;well, the headstrong cowboy needs to learn that strength comes in many forms. Yet Virnie isn't expecting the lesson God has planned for her-that with faith, two wounded souls can build a real family together.
Prairie Dreams
by Teresa WarfieldTwo hearts bound by memories of the past - and hopes for the future ... LAURA: A tragic accident sent her into the arms of a man who was everything she most desired--and most feared. CALEB: His bitter grudge against Laura's father told him they should be enemies. But her gentle beauty reached beyond his fury... Time heals all wounds, and under his care Laura finds strength and hope--and the warmth of family ties as she is gradually welcomed into his world and his home. But just as their hearts are tempted by love, Laura must face the truth: she is promised to another. Now they must choose between life as it once was--and a passion that holds the promise of a shining tomorrow...
Prairie Fire
by L. J. MaasIn this sequel to Tumbleweed Fever, the story of Devlin Brown, an ex-outlaw, and Sarah Tolliver, the woman of her heart, continues. Sarah and Devlin must convince the ranchers around them to destroy the wire fences that contain their cattle to avoid certain calamity. Amidst the beautiful and sometimes unforgiving land of the Oklahoma Territory, Sarah and Devlin begin a new life. Adventure and mysticism abound as they revisit the Choctaw camp. Sarah must decide whether she will undergo the clan rituals that will allow her to join with the former outlaw in a ceremony that will bind their hearts together forever. Each woman must undergo an incredible test of her individual skills and all the while race against time to prevent a premonition from becoming a frightening reality.
Prairie Heroine
by Gloria Jean HansenLife is tough for a widow with three kids trying to farm on the drought striken 1930’s Manitoba prairie. Even with pressing Mariah’s two young sons, Jonathan and Seth, into helping, the ends never seem to quite meet. Still grieving for her dead husband, Mariah is unprepared for her reaction to a weary man who shows up unexpectedly asking for a drink of water. One thing leads to another, and soon Jonas becomes a fixture in their lives. At first, Mariah isn’t sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. Only time would tell.
Prairie Hills: Letters from the Enemy/Treasure in the Hills/The Dreams of Hannah Williams (Romancing America: South Dakota)
by Linda Ford Susan May Warren Paige Winship DoolyRide the hill dotted prairie with three independent women. Emma Delaney is doing fine on her own until her daughter decides to play matchmaker. Hannah Williams relishes her freedom until a local rancher tries to solve all her problems for her. Lilly Clark is content with her choices until siding with an immigrant against prejudice puts her at odds with the whole town. Will each woman surrender when faith and love call to them?
Prairie Marriages: A Bestselling Romance Anthology
by Debbie MacomberTogether for the first time in one box set, two classic Western romances from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber.MontanaFirst published in 1998Her grandfather wants her to come home, and Molly thinks she just might. His ranch will be a good place for her sons to grow up, a place to escape big-city influences. Then she learns—from a stranger named Sam Dakota—that her grandfather is ill. Possibly dying. Molly packs up the kids without a second thought and makes the long drive to Sweetgrass, Montana.Once she arrives, she immediately has questions about Sam Dakota. Why is he working on her grandfather’s ranch? Why doesn’t the sheriff trust him? Just who is he? But despite everything, Molly can’t deny her attraction to Sam—until her ailing grandfather tries to push them into marriage.Moving to the state of Montana is one thing; entering the state of matrimony is another! Some borders aren’t so easy to cross…Dakota FarmFirst published in 2012 as The Farmer Takes a Wife.Dave Stafford reckons he’s got enough to offer a woman: he’s decent and hardworking, and his farm in Buffalo Valley does all right. But there aren’t many women in town, so he places a personal ad. And he gets one single reply. Only Emma Fowler, a woman from Seattle, is interested. But when she arrives in North Dakota, she’s a little different from the picture she sent—and that’s not all Emma hasn’t been completely honest about. Emma is desperate to change her hectic, stretched-thin life, for her own sake…and for her three-year-old daughter. She’s been lonely, too, and is hoping that this practical match will be the solution for her bruised heart. Dave and Emma will discover they can make a family, once they get used to the fact that they are husband and wife!
Prairie Song
by Jodi ThomasA beautiful Confederate widow and her niece travel through Texas to settle on their inherited property and meet two unlikely beaus--one a Union officer and the other an outlaw--who help them stake their claim.
Prairie Song: A Novel, Hearts Seeking Home Book 1 (Hearts Seeking Home #1)
by Mona HodgsonThe first step in a challenging journey is often the one that means the most. Though it means saying goodbye to the beloved friends and spiritual mentors of her St. Charles, Missouri quilting circle, Anna Goben is certain that she needs to enlist her family in the Boones Lick Company wagon train. The loss of her beloved brother in the Civil War has paralyzed her mother and grandfather in a malaise of grief and depression and Anna is convinced that only a fresh start in the Promised Land of California can bring her family back to her. Although the unknown perils of the trail west loom, Anna's commitment to caring for her loved ones leaves no room for fear--or even loving someone new. During the five-month journey, trail hand Caleb Reger plans to keep a low profile as he watches over the band of travelers. Guarding secrets about his past and avoiding God's calling on his life, Caleb wants to steer as far from Anna as she does him, but she proves to be just as he assessed her from the beginning-- independent, beautiful trouble. Led by a pillar of hope, the group faces rough terrain that begins to take a toll on their spirits. Will the wilderness of suffering lead them astray, or will the gentle song of love that echoes across the prairie turn their hearts toward God's grace and the promise of a new home?
Prairie Wife
by Cheryl St. JohnNo mother should have to bury her childAmy Shelby had learned this sorrow well. Her heart had gone into the ground a year ago along with her boy's tiny casket. And not even her husband, Jesse, wrestling the same pain, could resurrect any hope in her. Jesse Shelby mourned two losses—his baby son and his openhearted bride, for when their child died, Amy retreated behind a wall of grief as wide as the Nebraska prairie. But could a chance for a new family heal their wounded marriage—and guide them back to the comfort of each other's arms?
Prankster
by David Connor E. F. MulderPoplar Plains Town Councilman Sam Smart isn’t focused on his secret Santa, but rather a secret prankster, as his constituents seek vengeance against a jokester pulling off pranks all over town. The prime suspect? Sam’s high school crush Kirby Dumas, who just returned to town.One nice, one naughty, Sam and Kirby were known as Smarty and Dumbass. When Kirby abruptly fled after confessing his love for Sam and also to a whopper of a prank pulled on a teacher, Sam is left to wonder what could have been.Why did Kirby leave? Was it the joke or something else? Why has he returned? To pick up where he left off with his pranks, or to pick up where he left off with Sam?
Praticamente Imperfetto
by Mary FrameLei è una poliziotta in fuga. Lui è il suo vicino di casa noto per i suoi scherzi. Quando qualcuno cerca di uccidere entrambi, devono collaborare per sopravvivere. Cosa potrebbe mai andare storto? Ci sono solo tre cose di cui Gemma McDougall è sicura: la prima è che non si libererà mai del suo sedere da latino-americana; la seconda è che la sua carriera è più importante delle relazioni sentimentali schifose (e non esistenti) che ha dovuto subire per tutta la sua vita adulta; la terza è che otterrà la prossima promozione a detective anche se questo dovesse ucciderla. Ma poi il suo lavoro quasi la uccide davvero ed è costretta suo malgrado a un congedo per malattia. Ci sono solo tre cose di cui Sam London è sicuro: la prima è che non ha idea di come si gestisca una normale relazione adulta e che con ogni probabilità morirà infreddolito e solo, dilaniato da cani selvatici; la seconda è che giocare a Drinking Jenga, per quanto divertente, porta a incursioni a tarda notte nel cortile del vicino e a essere minacciati con la pistola dalla figlia del suddetto vicino; la terza è che non ha idea dei guai in cui si è cacciata Gemma McDougall ma sa che, in un modo o in un altro, lui non ne resterà fuori. Vi innamorerete di questo strambo giallo romantico perché è piacevole e un po' pazzo e vi farà ridere di gusto. Comprate Praticamente Imperfetto per illuminare la vostra giornata con amore e risate.
Prazeres Comestíveis
by Jan SpringerAnos atrás, Allie Masters se perdeu na paixão ardente de um relacionamento com seus dois chefes ultra-sexy. A fim de recuperar sua independência, ela foi embora. Max e Nick foram muito satisfeitos por sua linda assistente. O ato de fazer amor era de tirar o fôlego e ambos os amigos compartilharam de bom grado a mulher com quem queriam passar o resto de suas vidas. E então ela os deixou. Agora Max e Nick decidiram seduzir Allie de volta a suas vidas.
PreView
by Alanna CocaArchitect Ryann Phillips lives a normal life-except for her psychic dreams. Few of her premonitions make sense, or even cause her to lose sleep, until she dreams about a vicious murder and is compelled to warn the would-be victim. Attorney Trevor Kearney doesn't believe it when Ryann claims his client's ex wants her dead. Nevertheless, he's intrigued by her ability to hold up to his questioning, and by the unexpected attraction he feels for the beautiful woman. He reluctantly agrees to work together to keep his client safe...and to spend more time with Ryann. Ryann hasn't met anyone who infuriates and arouses her like Trevor does. He may question her psychic visions, but there's no doubting their sexual chemistry. As they grow closer, their relationship could put them in the path of a killer and inadvertently set the course of events in motion...Refreshed version of PREJA VU, newly revised by author.53,000 words
Preacher's In-Name-Only Wife
by Mindy NeffIn Name Only?Dan Lucas thought he was safe from the matchmakers of Shotgun Ridge, Montana. As the preacher, he was supposed to perform weddings, not take part in them! But when beautiful photojournalist Amy Marshall came to him with her plight, he found her offer impossible to refuse.Amy needed to marry Dan to fulfill the terms of her grandfather's will. However, she hadn't bargained on becoming an instant wife and mother, when Dan unexpectedly received custody of an orphaned baby. Brand-new feelings for both had Amy facing a difficult decision. Was she about to let her marriage become real...body and soul?
Precinct 13
by Tate HallawayRecent college grad Alex Conner is thrilled to have landed a job as the Hughes County coroner/medical examiner in Pierre, South Dakota. But when her first day on the job ends with a missing corpse, Alex starts to wonder if she would have been better off collecting unemployment... When the cops made some cryptic comments about being careful with the body they brought in, Alex just thought the boys in blue were messing with her. That is, until something freaky happens that no amount of med school could have prepared her for. By the time Alex gets herself together, the body has disappeared and the other residents of the morgue start talking her ear off. After working up the courage to report the missing body, Alex is transferred to the mysterious Precinct 13 where she discovers that her new co-workers--including a cute technomage named Jack--are paranormals just like her. Now, Alex is being encouraged to use her ability to speak to the dead to solve crimes. And despite being in the middle of nowhere, Hughes County sure does have a lot of paranormal activity...
Preciosa Lily
by Dawn BrowerO que Lilliana Marsden quer – ela consegue. Randall Collins concorda em ajudá-la em troca de um beijo. O que Lilliana Marsden quer – ela consegue. A coisa que ela acredita mais desejar é ir viver em Charleston na plantação da família. O problema? Os pais se recusavam a ouvi-la. Lily decide fazer seus desejos se tornarem realidade e quem melhor que um belo capitão de um navio americano para ajudá-la? Randall Collins acha Lilliana encantadora e rapidamente cai sob seu feitiço. Quando ela lhe pede para levá-la com ele na sua próxima viagem ele se vê aceitando – por uma mísera quantia. Um beijo como pagamento e ele a levará para onde ela quiser. Enquanto navegam as fagulhas entre eles voam. Lily encontrará algo mais desejável que ter a própria plantação. Será que Rand poderá convencê-la de que ele é a melhor escolha?
Preciosa de Naranja: Un Romance de Harén Inverso en una Prisión Paranormal (Penitenciaría Sobrenatural de Scorchwood #2)
by Jb Trepagnier¿Qué Fae? He hecho una lista de cosas que hacer en prisión. Recuperar mis recuerdos perdidos y averiguar con precisión qué me hizo Magnus Rathmore. Matar a Magnus Rathmore. Escapa de la Penitenciaría Sobrenatural de Scorchwood. Averigua qué traman los Fae y acaba con esas zorras. Mata a cualquiera que me impida completar mi lista. He hecho aliados en prisión. Sé la verdad sobre mi Dragón de fuego, Fergus. Todos hemos sido agraviados en lo que sea que haya sido este complot en el que me han incriminado. No he perdonado a Rathmore por lo que le hizo a Roman. Mi lista de asesinatos está creciendo, pero por suerte, he hecho amistad con algunos psicópatas en prisión. Tengo un Lobo, un Demonio, un Vampiro y a Fergus perfectamente dispuestos a ayudarme a completar mi lista y matar a cualquiera que se interponga en mi camino. No incrimines a una psicópata y luego la secuestres en prisión. Las psicópatas tienden a reaccionar mal ante eso. Es hora de dar algunas lecciones a algunas personas.
Precious Bane: Large Print (Virago Modern Classics Ser. #298)
by Mary WebbThis is the story of us all at Sarn, of Mother and Gideon and me, and Jancis, and Wizard Beguildy, and the two or three other folk that lived in those parts, that I did set out to tell. There were but a few, and maybe always will be, for there&’s a discouragement about the place. It may be the water lapping, year in and year out—everywhere you look and listen, water; or the big trees waiting and considering on your right hand and on your left; or the unbreathing quiet of the place, as if it was created but an hour gone, and not created for us.
Precious Blessings
by Jillian HartLawman Jack Munroe didn't want to see the truth about his troubled little girl, especially when she was caught shoplifting in Katherine McKaslin's Christian bookstore. Being a single father was hard on a man's faith and patience, and he didn't need the all-perfect Katherine telling him how to impose discipline. Yet, he began to see the positive effects Katherine had on his daughter...and on him. Jack hadn't been looking for a relationship, but this strong and beautiful woman made him wonder if God wanted him to risk a second chance at love.