Adventure Drama

Lord Ackley's grand estate is on the brink of collapse, burdened by debts that imperil his family's legacy. In a last-ditch effort to save his home, he makes a Faustian bargain with the formidable Duke Manchester, trading his daughter's hand in marriage for a lifeline to solvency. Aislinn, Lord Ackley's beautiful daughter, is oblivious to the dark forces driving her family's fate. She's swept off her feet by the charming Duke Manchester, but their love is forbidden, and the consequences of discovery are deadly. As the Ackley family's secrets begin to unravel, a sinister presence lurking ...

Smith is center stage in this suspenseful conclusion to The Secret Billionaire Society. Discover the reasons behind the actions. Are the motives charitable or not? Five years ago, Smith began the Initiative, a covert operation. They tracked and kept watch on con artists, compiling a list of suspects. If one pounced, they jumped in to save the victim. Yet, Smith only wanted one of them to pay his dues. Would the clueless billionaires help their cause? **Smith's Revenge is best read after reading one of the seven books.

In the sun-drenched streets of Cyprus, a game of deception, power, and betrayal unfolds in the international espionage thriller Playground:Cyprus. When Anton, a Ukrainian IT engineer, finds himself accidentally entangled in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, his life turns dangerous. Unwittingly, he comes into possession of suitcases filled with millions in cash, the dirty secret of Nikolai Gromov, a Russian businessman with a shadowy past. As Anton's quiet life in Kyiv is upended, he's forced to flee, with the Russian underworld and international agents hot on his trail. Meanwhile, Olga,...

They say oil and water don’t mix, but the same can be said when three branches of law enforcement find themselves working the same murder investigation. When a former Senator is found murdered in Big Fork, Montana, the local sheriff and Richard “Rottweiler” Chase are first on the scene. They start an investigation but are sidelined when the FBI arrives and takes over the case. But that changes when the Senator’s widow, no fan of the FBI, hires Chase and his company, Fortitude Security, to find the killer. Despite the rocky start, the three eventually form an alliance and discover ...

A historical fiction book set in San Francisco during the early 20th century. Colonel Rupert Winter first encounters young Cary Mercer under dire circumstances in 1903. Cary, embroiled in financial turmoil following a stock market crash, is found dead in his college dorm room. Years later, in 1906, Colonel Winter meets Mercer's brother, who becomes central to an unfolding plot involving deception, danger, and high-stakes financial drama. Colonel Winter returns to the United States from the Philippines in 1903 and visits a Harvard dormitory where he encounters the aftermath of a tragic ...

Sam Shane is a teenager, working at the local theatre operating the spotlight on the Christmas pantomime when a dead body is found in the roof space. Against a background of theatre history and pantomime production this is a gently humorous novel about life in theatre. It is aimed at teenagers but would also appeal to adults with an interest in theatre production.

Three former top ten books, expanded and together in one sizzling special edition! I’m just a piece of candy to the women I entertain and I love it. That's until she walks into the club. Suddenly, I want more. I want her. Nobody knows my real name. On stage, I go by Candy. And when I dance, I go all the way. Women scream my name and throw money at me. I take home any woman I want. Sometimes, I take two. Carolina is the stuck up neighbor who drove me nuts with her prissy ways and big blue eyes. Sure, it was high school the last time I saw her. But our families have been going to the same...

The first time they meet, she pelts him with bunchberries. The black wolf would suffer the sticky mess for an entire day if it meant listening to her sweet laughter and the soothing sound of her wings... but he had a job to do. ~ Priss Starwillow & the Wolf In addition to tales in the Tsuga Kingdom, featuring Priss Starwillow and her handsome black wolf, enjoy this eclectic mix of genres, characters, and worlds in this pretty collection of thirteen stories from the author of The Starlight Chronicles paranormal romance series. Meet the giant Greek god Tityus in his underground grotto, ...

Action explores the ways that a modern-day writer can successfully tell an action story that not only stands apart, but wins the war on clichés. Teaming up with the former co-host of The Story Toolkit, Bassim El-Wakil, legendary story lecturer Robert McKee guides writers to award-winning originality by deconstructing the action genre, illuminating the challenges, and, more importantly, demonstrating how to master the demands of plot with surprising beats of innovation and ingenuity.

Young Roxana Weston is off to boarding school, first in nearby Hallowell and then in Boston, where an evil manstealer is out to kidnap some of her new friends. Based on the lives of real people.

Father John controls everything inside The Fence. And Father John likes rules. Especially about never talking to Outsiders. Because Father John knows the truth. He knows what is right, and what is wrong. He knows what is coming. Moonbeam is starting to doubt, though. She's starting to see the lies behind Father John's words. Then a fire engulfs life as she knew it, and Moonbeam is forced outside The Fence into a world she does not recognize.

An unwilling heroine, Storm, discovers that she needs to stop the one person she loves to save the people who depend on her. She hires a man with no conscience. Thorne likes money and women not necessary in any order. He's cruel, sardonic and beautiful as a fallen angel. Storm has to swallow her fears and let this merciless stranger do his dirty work. But things don't go as planned and very soon Storm is faced with a choice, desire or death. And Storm's plans come under siege as she goes from hunter to hunted, with one man after her life and the other her heart.

A splash of the sea and the salt in the ocean air signals the beginning of the greatest whaling adventure of all time. This is literature's great voyage. The challenge of a man against the wonders of nature's ocean, of a man against his own weakness and strengths, and of a man against a demon, or perhaps his God, as he searches for his nemesis, the great white whale.

Edited and Corrected Wade Garrison took his vengeance against the men who took the life of his unborn child and tried to kill his wife and son. When the last man was dead from Wade's Sharps Rifle, he took off his badge and rode out of Harper, Colorado a wanted man disappearing into the Montana Territory.

A letter from my mom, I was so overwhelmed by this new discovery. And I have so many more memories that I lost than I even realized. It breaks my heart to realize that. I really hope that Cameron and Rebecca can help me remember them. Then there's my fear of going back to Bakersfield. I really need to defeat that. It terrifies me, but I know it's something I need to get past. But first I need to read that letter from Mom. What could she have wanted me to know if she were killed with my father? I'm afraid to find out, if I'm honest. What if I didn't live up to her desires for my life? What ...

Dragon shifter romance from bestsellers HP Mallory and JR Rain Five years ago, I was banished from my father’s kingdom even though I was his favorite of his three daughters once upon a time. Then my father lost his mind, and with no one else willing to take care of him, I took the responsibility upon myself. We’ve been running ever since. My two sisters, each queen of their own bordering territories, want ownership of my father’s lands, and they’ll stop at nothing to assume that ownership. Even if it means killing my father and me. Which is why we’ve been kidnapped by mercenaries....

Echoes of Betrayal: Protocol Clean Slate thrusts Alabama-based P.I. Jack Campbell into a harrowing world of international espionage after his boss and best friend, Daniel Draper, is gunned down in front of his family. What begins as a routine domestic case involving a suspicious Army Captain and his Air Force wife spirals into a high-stakes investigation fraught with danger and betrayal. Jack must navigate a labyrinth of deadly alliances and hidden agendas, where each step closer to the truth uncovers deeper layers of conspiracy that threaten not only his life but also the security of the ...

It is a comedy of errors when two bumbling kidnappers kidnap the wrong women in this sequel to The Silver Spurs Home for Aging Cowgirls. Will they get what’s coming to them or will they find out messing with a felon’s fiancée and fiery mistress is more trouble than it is worth? Throw in four rascally seniors, a donkey race, an irate felon, a double dealing coyote, and a run for the border with a cool three million in the back of a pickup truck, and you’ve got a roller coaster ride of laughs and adventures. Haven’t read the first book? Don’t worry, you can read this story as a ...

I don't believe in fairytales. But I will do anything to sweep this girl off her feet. I'm kind of a big deal. As in, everyone on the planet knows who I am, and they have since I was fifteen. You'd think that doing whatever I want, not to mention the constant stream of women, would be pretty fun. And they were. For a while. But now I've seen it all - and it's enough to make a man pretty jaded. When there's a human stampede outside my concert, I jump out of my car to help. That's before I see the girl who nearly got trampled - the tiny, young, adorable superfan. So I invite her backstage... ...

This is the 2nd book in the 10-volume TY WARD ACTION/ADVENTURE SERIES. A visiting football team trashes the Abilene, Texas nightclub where Ty works as a bouncer, which results in Ty being laid off for a month while repairs are made to the club. Ty seizes this opportunity to take a vacation and see parts of the western USA. You'll be amazed at how awful a trip can be once you read about the incredible ordeals which arise in TY WARD'S HOLIDAY FROM HELL. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired Canadian real estate lawyer from Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Always a tall skinny runt ...