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An Offer You Can't Refuse: The absolutely IRRESISTIBLE Sunday Times bestseller . . . Your feelgood read for spring!
by Jill MansellJill Mansell's bestselling AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE is perfect listening for fans of Cathy Kelly and Lucy Diamond. Reviewers love Jill's novels: 'Funny and heartwarming' BellaLola has no intention of accepting when her boyfriend Dougie's snobbish mother offers her £10,000 to break up with him. Then she discovers a secret that makes her think again. Dougie would probably have broken up with her in the long run, and this way she can help one of the people she loves most in the world.Ten years later, though, when Lola meets Dougie again, her feelings for him are as strong as ever. But she broke Dougie's heart and he's about to discover that she was paid to do it. She can never tell him the truth, so can she get him back? Well, Lola's very attractive and very persuasive. But even she's got her work cut out this time...Read for you by Julie Maisey.(p) Isis Publishing Ltd, 2008
An Offer from Mr. Wrong: An opposites attract, faking it romance (Cress Brothers #3)
by Niobia BryantA chef turned secret heir cooks up a fake—and deliciously tempting—relationship in bestselling author Niobia Bryant&’s delectable Cress Brothers novel.Will a fake relationshiphelp a reluctant heir claim his birthright?As the recently discovered secret heir to the Cress Dynasty, chef Lincoln Cress isn&’t exactly fitting in with his new family. A girlfriend for hire would help, and private investigator Bobbie Barnett, who discovered his Cress connection, fits the bill. It&’s a simple deal that has nothing to do with her wavy hair, full lips or how she incites his wickedest appetites. Now Lincoln&’s risking everything—including the Cress family&’s reputation—on a proposal that has nothing to do with business…and everything to do with pleasure.From Harlequin Desire: A luxurious world of bold encounters and sizzling chemistry.You&’ll be swept away by this bold, sizzling romance, part of the Cress Brothers series: Book 1: One Night with CinderellaBook 2: The Rebel HeirBook 3: An Offer from Mr. Wrong
An Offer of Marriage
by Jo Ann FergusonThe Viking threat is a shadow over England. Cyndra, the daughter of an ealdorman (a lord), understands when her father accepts an offer of marriage for her from Morcar, whose lands are far inland away from where the Norse warriors raid. When her heart draws her to Brenwyn, the Morcar's army, she resists, wanting to honor her betrothal vows even though Morcar is abusive. When the Vikings attack, Morcar flees, leaving her and his people behind. She fears for Brenwyn, who may be dead in the battle; then she is astonished to learn that the man she loves is a Viking spy. Born in the eastern part of England known as the Danelaw, he yearns to avenge the deaths of his family by the English. Yet, to Cyndra, he is a gentle warrior whose only battle is to win her heart. Facing the destruction of everything she knows, she must choose between her country and her heart, which longs to belong to its most dangerous enemy.
An Officer But No Gentleman (Undone! #2)
by Bronwyn ScottLondon, 1839Former cavalry officer Captain Grahame Westmore is restless for change, but escorting a diplomat's spoiled daughter to Vienna isn't what he had in mind-though for once he hasn't been hired for his skills in pleasuring women! Independent, fiery and strong willed, Elowyn Bagshaw is not the simpering lady he expected. Used to getting her own way and giving the orders, Elowyn will not be controlled so easily. Grahame soon realizes that he's got a fight on his hands-and it's one they're both going to enjoy!Rakes Who Make Husbands JealousOnly London's best lovers need apply!
An Officer and Her Gentleman (Peach Leaf, Texas #2)
by Amy WoodsReturning home from war is hard—but she may just find some peace with a small-town dog trainer and a new four-footed friend . . .Readjusting to civilian life has been a struggle for former army medic Avery Abbott. Home in Peach Leaf, Texas, for two years now, she still struggles with her worsening PTSD. And then a shaggy mutt named Foggy—and a devastatingly handsome dog trainer named Isaac Meyer—change everything.From the moment Isaac finds beautiful Avery scared and shaking on a country road, suffering from a heartbreaking flashback, he feels a connection to her he can’t explain. Is it her bruised and battered heart? Her easy affection for the therapy dog he finds to help her? Isaac is unsure, but he vows to help her rebuild her life. What he doesn’t expect is that the sensitive veteran he has rescued is going to rescue his own heart right back . . .“Woods’ latest Peach Leaf, Texas novel is enlightening, joyful and heartbreaking . . . The handling of returning veterans’ issues plus the heroine’s falling in love with man and dog are unforgettable.”—RT Book Reviews
An Officer and a Fireman
by K. A. FoxMaddie's ex-boyfriend has gone from creepy stalker to psycho in the blink of an eye. When her home is burned to the ground, she is rescued by the man of her dreams. The only problem is he appears to be gay, living with the police officer who happens to be assigned to Maddie's case.But when she is invited to stay with them until she gets back on her feet, she learns that first impressions can be deceiving. Not one, but both men want her, and she realises they can give her everything she has ever wanted.But can she really enter into a threeway without knowing where it will lead?
An Officer and a Fortune (The Fortunes of Texas: The Hotel Fortune #5)
by Nina CrespoHis homecoming was temporary. Until he met the woman who changed everything.Captain Collin Waldon is on leave from the military, tending to his ailing father in his final days. Knowing his stay in Rambling Rose will be short, Collin is not looking for romantic entanglements—especially not with Nicole Fortune, the beautiful, free-spirited executive chef of Roja Restaurant in the struggling Hotel Fortune. Yet these two unlikely lovers seem perfect for each other, until Collin’s reassignment threatens their newfound bliss…From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness.The Fortunes of Texas: The Hotel FortuneBook 1: Her Texas New Year’s Wish by Michelle MajorBook 2: Their Second-Time Valentine by Helen LaceyBook 3: An Unexpected Father by Marie FerrarellaBook 4: Runaway Groom by Lynne MarshallBook 5: An Officer and a Fortune by Nina CrespoBook 6: Cowboy in Disguise by Allison Leigh
An Officer and a Gentle Woman
by Doreen Owens MalekMENINBLUEPRETTY AS A PICTURE...Michael Lafferty had arrested socialite Alicia Walker for murder. He was supposed to be helping convict her...but instead, all he could think of was seducing that innocent look right off her pretty little mug shot.AND FRAMED LIKE ONE, TOO.In all his years on the force, he had never seen stronger evidence, so why was he so positive that Alicia was innocent? And how could he prove that she'd been framed, without making them both guilty of crossing the line...and falling in love?Love in the line of duty.
An Officer and a Gentlewoman: The Making of a Female British Army Officer
by Heloise GoodleyWhen Heloise Goodley ditched her City job and decided to attend officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, she had no prior military experience. On her arrival she was a complete novice: she'd never fired a rifle, she couldn't march; she couldn't make her bed; she couldn't even shine her shoes.An Officer and a Gentlewoman charts Goodley's absorbing journey through Sandhurst and on to Afghanistan and gives an insight into the array of bizarre military behaviours and customs at this esoteric and hidden institution. With wit and sensitivity Goodley details her experiences as a cadet and the painful transition from civilian to soldier. Moreover, she rejects lazy preconceptions and sheds new light on what has hitherto been a bastion of maleness - the British Army.
An Officer and a Gentlewoman: The Making of a Female British Army Officer
by Héloïse GoodleyWhen Heloise Goodley ditched her City job and decided to attend officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, she had no prior military experience. On her arrival she was a complete novice: she'd never fired a rifle, she couldn't march; she couldn't make her bed; she couldn't even shine her shoes.An Officer and a Gentlewoman charts Goodley's absorbing journey through Sandhurst and on to Afghanistan and gives an insight into the array of bizarre military behaviours and customs at this esoteric and hidden institution. With wit and sensitivity Goodley details her experiences as a cadet and the painful transition from civilian to soldier. Moreover, she rejects lazy preconceptions and sheds new light on what has hitherto been a bastion of maleness - the British Army.
An Officer and a Hero
by Elizabeth AshtreeThe Officer: Captain Kaitlin McCord, an attorney in the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps.The Hero: Master Sergeant Daniel Wilson, a paralegal assigned to Captain McCord.The Problem: The captain meets the handsome enlisted man before she knows he'll be working for her. But as a JAG attorney, she's well aware that a relationship with a subordinate is a court-martial offense.The Passion: Despite everything, Kaitlin can't help falling in love with him-a Gulf War hero, a man who values family, a man of honor. A passionate lover...The military code of conduct requires them to stay apart. Their own feelings draw them together. It's the greatest conflict they'll ever face.IN UNIFORM
An Officer and a Lady: And Other Stories
by Rex StoutA collection of early stories from the man who created Nero WolfeBill Farden is an experienced burglar. He gains entry to the house without effort, and his ears tell him the inhabitants are asleep. He pockets the silver and moves to the kitchen, to fill his stomach with strawberry shortcake. When the cook tiptoes downstairs, Bill disables her with chloroform. Upstairs, he ties the man of the house to his bedframe. In the next room he finds a little girl, and is touched by her helplessness until she pulls a gun on him. The nine-year-old is Major Wentworth, of the Girls&’ Military Auxiliary, and the revolver is as long as her arm. In these early stories, a young Rex Stout showed the talent for comic action that would make the Nero Wolfe novels enduring classics. In Stout&’s world, there is no thug more dangerous than a determined little girl.
An Officer and a Maverick
by Teresa SouthwickThe Curious Case of Detective Dreamy Rust Creek Ramblings By now, you've all heard about Lani Dalton, everyone's favorite Ace in the Hole bartender. Observed singing and dancing fully clothed in the park fountain on the Fourth of July, she was hauled off to jail dripping wet by dashing detective Russ Campbell. Readers, what would you do if you found yourselves in the strong arms of the law? Since then, Lani's been reluctant to revisit the Case of the Spiked Wedding Punch. Because helping the arrestingly handsome Russ crack the case could risk breaching family confidentiality-and Lani never breaks a promise! So why does Russ keep showing up at the Ace? We at The Gazette would never kiss and tell, but reports of Lani and Russ's mutual distrust are greatly exaggerated...
An Officer and a Millionaire (Man of the Month)
by Maureen ChildMr. January: Hunter Cabot, Navy SEALVital Statistics: Tall, rich and...married?Mission: Find out who's been sleeping in his bed.The broad-shouldered military man had no patience with games. Margie-Cabot?-had to go. She'd been masquerading as his spouse for nearly a year, living in his house while he'd been overseas. Now all his skills were focused on payback: it would be sweet, swift and sexy. But first he'd have that "wedding night!"
An Officer and a Spy: A novel
by Robert HarrisRobert Harris returns to the thrilling historical fiction he has so brilliantly made his own. This is the story of the infamous Dreyfus affair told as a chillingly dark, hard-edged novel of conspiracy and espionage. Paris in 1895. Alfred Dreyfus, a young Jewish officer, has just been convicted of treason, sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island, and stripped of his rank in front of a baying crowd of twenty-thousand. Among the witnesses to his humiliation is Georges Picquart, the ambitious, intellectual, recently promoted head of the counterespionage agency that "proved" Dreyfus had passed secrets to the Germans. At first, Picquart firmly believes in Dreyfus's guilt. But it is not long after Dreyfus is delivered to his desolate prison that Picquart stumbles on information that leads him to suspect that there is still a spy at large in the French military. As evidence of the most malignant deceit mounts and spirals inexorably toward the uppermost levels of government, Picquart is compelled to question not only the case against Dreyfus but also his most deeply held beliefs about his country, and about himself. Bringing to life the scandal that mesmerized the world at the turn of the twentieth century, Robert Harris tells a tale of uncanny timeliness--a witch hunt, secret tribunals, out-of-control intelligence agencies, the fate of a whistle-blower--richly dramatized with the singular storytelling mastery that has marked all of his internationally best-selling novels.
An Officer's Duty
by Jean JohnsonJean Johnson--the national bestselling author of the Sons of Destiny novels--returns to the world she introduced in A Soldier's Duty with a terrible vision of the future... Promoted in the field for courage and leadership under fire, Ia is now poised to become an officer in the Space Force Navy--once she undertakes her Academy training. But on a trip back home to Sanctuary, she finds the heavyworld colony being torn apart by religious conflict. Now Ia must prepare her family and followers to secure the galaxy's survival. Her plan is to command a Blockade Patrol ship. Her goal, to save as many lives as she can. But at the Academy, she discovers an unexpected challenge: the one man who could disrupt those plans. The man whose future she cannot foresee...
An Officer's Duty (Theirs Not to Reason Why, Book #2)
by Jean JohnsonJean Johnson--the national bestselling author of the Sons of Destiny novels--returns to the world she introduced in A Soldier's Duty. After having a terrible vision of the future, Ia must somehow ensure the salvation of her home galaxy long after she's gone... Promoted in the field for courage and leadership under fire, Ia is now poised to become an officer in the Space Force Navy--once she undertakes her Academy training. First, however, she travels back home to Sanctuary, a heavyworld colony being torn apart by religious conflict. Ia must prepare her family and followers for the hardships they will endure in order to secure the galaxy's survival. Her assignment is to command a Blockade Patrol ship. Her goal, to save as many lives as she can. But at the Academy, she discovers an unexpected challenge: the one man who could disrupt those plans, the man whose future she cannot foresee. And time is running out for Ia, for the galaxy is on the brink of the Second of the Second Salik War...
An Officer, a Baby and a Bride
by Tracy MadisonSteering clear of military men was Rebecca Carmichael's mantra. Until the night she and air force captain Seth Foster took their pen-pal relationship to the next level. But the mother-to-be never expected the sexy soldier to show up on her Portland doorstep months later with an engagement ring!Convincing Rebecca to marry him had been his mission ever since Seth found out she was having his baby. And it wasn't easy getting the won't-budge-an-inch, terrified-of-loss woman to realize they belonged together. Well, Seth could be just as stubborn-maybe even more so. Which meant using every weapon at his command to get Rebecca to make that leap of faith and trust her future to a man who prized family above all else....
An Ofrenda for Perro
by Judith Valdés B.Losing a pet is hard, but this picture book told through a Day of the Dead celebration will show readers that the love they have for their beloved companion will always remain.Benito loves Perro. But when Perro passes away, Benito is heartbroken. During the Day of the Dead celebration, he tries to understand the meaning of the flores de cempasuchil, candles, pan de muertos, photographs, and sharing memories of departed loved ones. By creating his own special altar for Perro, he realizes that his love for his beloved companion, and the happiness Perro gave him, will always remain.Told with honesty and hope, this heartfelt book is the perfect story for any child coping with loss, and for those who celebrate--or want to learn more about--Día de los Muertos.
An Olaf Stapledon Reader (Casebooks #18)
by Robert Crossley Editor[from the back cover] "Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950)--philosopher, novelist, educator, and social activist--had an imagination unlike that of any other author. Along with H. G. Wells he is remembered as one of the most original pioneers of twentieth-century science fiction. This anthology of Stapledon's work offers many of his fictional gems, including sections of his best-known novels, Last and First Men, Darkness and the Light, and Star Maker, and the complete text of a novella, The Flames: A Fantasy and the story "Old Man in New World." Many previously unpublished writings, such as Stapledon's essays, poems, memoirs, and letters round out this collection. Robert Crossley is professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of H. G. Wells and Olaf Stapledon: Speaking for the Future (also published by Syracuse University Press). He is the editor of Talking Across the World: The Love Letters of Olaf Stapledon and Agnes Miller, 1913-1919."
An Old Captivity
by Nevil ShuteYoung pilot Donald Ross has little in common with the Oxford don who has employed him on an expedition to the Arctic - and still les with his beautiful but stubborn daughter, Alix. Once the three of them reach the treacherous shores of Greenland their destinies are bound by the events that unfold.
An Old Captivity
by Nevil ShuteYoung pilot Donald Ross has little in common with the Oxford archaeologist who has employed him on an expedition to the Arctic--and still less with his beautiful but stubborn daughter, Alix. But once the three of them reach the treacherous shores of Greenland, in search of the ruins of early Viking settlements, their destinies are inextricably bound by the events that unfold there.
An Old Captivity
by Nevil ShuteAn Old Captivity, first published in 1940, is Nevil Shute’s engrossing novel of an archaeological expedition to Greenland. Replete with Shute’s attention to detail, the book centers on pilot Donald Ross, who has spent time flying seaplanes in the far north of Canada. Upon his return to England, he is offered a job flying a seaplane for a proposed survey in Greenland. The survey is commissioned by an Oxford don, Professor Lockwood, who will be accompanied by his daughter Alix. Adventure follows the crew and a romance develops between Ross and Alix.Donald Ross is a young pilot, out of work and in desperate need of a job. So, despite the extreme danger involved, he jumps at the chance to fly Oxford professor Cyril Lockwood and his daughter Alix to the frozen wilds of Greenland to study Viking ruins. But the perils of the journey are nothing compared to what will happen when they arrive. Ignoring the warnings of the terrified natives, who believe the ruins are haunted, the explorers set up camp there and undergo a strange and mystical experience that will lead to a discovery that none of them could ever have foreseen ...One of the best-loved novels by Nevil Shute, An Old Captivity (1940) blends romance and aeronautical adventure with a unique and compelling strain of fantasy into a page-turning story with an extraordinary conclusion.