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If you follow the trail of clues left behind by our ancestors for thousands of years, what do you find?

" Sunny Kincaid is a terrific thriller, rich with sinister, scary, and funny characters. The story started out as a screenplay that garnered a lot of interest in both the project and the writer. Sunny Kincaid is a deep, relatable, and often tragic character study, while at the same time offering a terrific thriller thru-line, eclectic dialogue, and an ironic mix of humor and violence.

Ixora Ishikawa (female lead character) and James Anthony Nicholas Taylor III (male lead character) are detectives in the small, quiet town of Tylerville, Texas. Humdrum country life comes to a screeching halt when a teenager is found stabbed to death with a Scottish Claymore. It is up to Ishikawa and Taylor to find out who is responsible... But what other things will they uncover in the process?

Memory and history have been Penelope Lively’s terrain in fiction over a career that has spanned five decades. But she has only rarely given listeners a glimpse into her influences and formative years. Dancing Fish and Ammonites traces the arc of Lively’s life, stretching from her early childhood in Cairo to boarding school in England to the sweeping social changes of Britain’s 20th century. She reflects on her early love of archeology, the fragments of the ancients that have accompanied her journey - including a sherd of Egyptian ceramic depicting dancing fish and ammonites found years ago on a Dorset beach.

Vincent van Gogh fakes his death. Ellis Spenser longs to paint. Holly Carter conceals a famous lineage. Theo van Gogh gains his health, but loses the woman he loves. Mimi Calais says she's a vampire.... Tom Spencer hatches a plan. Ellis and Tom Spencer oversee the drug safety organization in one of the world's largest and most respected companies, Pratt Pharmaceuticals. Tom's deviant plan for their future begins to splinter when Ellis meets Holly Carter, a lonely Southern woman who has come to New York to pursue art while furthering her pharmaceutical career.

For as long as she can remember, 17-year-old Peyton Bound has struggled to remain strong despite being lost in the whirlwind of her emotionally disturbed mother's life...then she finds Matthew Adler at a frat party. He's the first boy who kisses her with open eyes; Peyton finally sees herself in their sparkling reflection. She's sure that her fairytale moment has finally arrived, the day when everything will magically fall into place, and the burdens of her disturbing childhood will begin to lift.

Twenty-one-year-old narcoleptic Angel Duet knows her father harbors secrets. He loves and protects her, but his suspicious refusal to discuss her mother's death drives Angel to worship an image created from the little history she does have: her father's sketchy stories and her mother's treasured photography, studies of clouds that have hung in the their foyer for more than twenty years. When her father's girlfriend moves in, the photographs come down, and Angel's search for truth becomes an obsession.

A subtle, fleeting glance, the smell of amber in a cozy bedroom, the velvety sound of your lover's voice as he whispers to you, and the delicate sensation of fingertips on damp skin...these are the little things that, when melded together, take our fantasies from slightly arousing to passionate desires. The beautifully written stories in Friday Night Fun take you through an enticing variety of situations that will stimulate your curiosity and sense of wonder.

It is Charlotte's first night at boarding school. But when she wakes up, the girl in the next bed is not the person who was sleeping there the evening before. And the new building outside her window seems to have metamorphosed into a huge, dark cedar tree! Somehow, Charlotte has slipped back forty years... A classic time travel mystery from acclaimed author Penelope Farmer.

A steamy, best-selling tale of Long Island lust, written as a daring literary hoax by Newsday columnist Mike McGrady and two dozen of his colleagues. For talk show host Gillian Blake, the suburbs have long been a paradise. On the radio, she and her husband are Gilly and Billy, local media stars and "New York’s Sweethearts of the Air". At home they’re the envy of their neighbors. Only in the bedroom is their life less than perfect. When Gillian learns that her husband has a mistress, she takes revenge the only way she can. With each lover she takes, her lust multiplies.

A collection of five varied and sexually explict stories gay erotic stories that show that when a man loves a man, anything can happen! Join Andy, Andul, Anthony and Neil, Colin and Alban, and a very mysterious rock star for an unforgettable experience. Includes: Diary of a Love Brother by Cynthia Lucas, Night Shift by Garland, >Something’s Wrong by Penelope Friday, and Sense Memory by J L Merrow. This collection of erotic short stories was produced by Xcite Books winner of the ETO best Erotic Book Brand 2010 & 2011 and Jade Erotic Awards: Erotic Publisher 2010 & 2011.

A collection of five mixed and varied erotic short stories, including 'The Florist' by Eva Hore. Melissa is determined to have her way with John the hunky Florist. With a plan in mind, she arrives late one evening to pursue her intention. As Melissa embarks on her seductive task, events take a very sudden and unexpected twist.

When Charlotte Rainsford, a retired schoolteacher, is accosted by a petty thief on a London street, the consequences ripple across the lives of acquaintances and strangers alike. A marriage unravels after an illicit love affair is revealed through an errant cell phone message; a posh yet financially strapped interior designer meets a business partner who might prove too good to be true.

A collection of five erotic stories with mixed and varied themes, including 'Fantasy X': Long time married, Dee and Kyle know how to keep the passion between them alive. Every so often, they have a fantasy night, and this time it's a fantasy of Dee’s....

Trunk's anything-but-standard business advice will help new generations of workers in their efforts to get to the top and fly past their in-the-dark coworkers. Containing 45 tips and one rant, Brazen Careerist asserts that you must have a take-charge attitude and Machiavellian ethics in order to rise to the top of the business world.

Sie kommen aus unterschiedlichen Welten. Hat ihre Liebe eine Chance? Über den Sommer arbeitet Raven als Haushaltshilfe bei einer reichen Familie. Als der älteste Sohn für die Ferien aus England nach Hause kommt, braucht es nur einen Blick. Gavin und Raven verlieben sich. Ihre Gefühle sind tief, sie sind echt, doch Gavins Familie tut alles, um die beiden auseinanderzubringen. Mit Erfolg! Mit gebrochenem Herzen versucht Raven, ihr Leben wieder aufzunehmen. Zehn Jahre später steht Gavin auf einmal wieder vor ihr. Hat ihre Liebe eine zweite Chance?

Ihre Liebesgeschichte beginnt mit einem Brief...einem Brief von einem kleinen Mädchen, das sich eine Freundin für seinen Vater wünscht. Sebastian Maxwell hat vor einigen Jahren seine Frau verloren und erzieht seine zehnjährige Tochter Birdie nun allein. Als die Fremde an seiner Haustür auftaucht, denkt er nicht an die Liebe. Doch nach einem Blick in ihre blauen Augen schlägt sein Herz schneller, und er beginnt das erste Mal seit Langem an ein neues Glück zu glauben. Aber dann muss er feststellen, dass alles auf einer Lüge basiert.

Liebe und Hass - zwei Seiten einer Medaille. Als ihre Großmutter stirbt, erbt Amelie ihr Häuschen direkt am Meer - allerdings nur die Hälfte. Sie muss es sich mit Justin teilen, dem Jungen, dem sie mit fünfzehn das Herz gebrochen hat. Und der sie seitdem hasst! Als sie sich nach zehn Jahren das erste Mal wieder gegenüberstehen, ist unter der Abneigung die alte Verbundenheit zu spüren. Doch Justin hat für seinen Urlaub am Atlantik seine Freundin mitgebracht... Eine prickelnde und gleichzeitig gefühlvolle Liebesgeschichte von Bestseller-Autorin Penelope Ward.

Riley Kennedy ist genervt. Immer wieder landen ihre E-Mails bei ihrem Kollegen Kennedy Riley. Doch statt sie einfach weiterzuleiten, gibt dieser stets auch noch seine unpassenden Kommentare dazu ab. Als sie sich auf der Weihnachtsparty dann gegenüber stehen, will Riley die Gelegenheit nutzen, ihm endlich ordentlich die Meinung zu sagen. Doch ehe sie sich versieht, hat sie der attraktive Kennedy zu einem Weihnachtdeal überredet: Er spielt ihren Freund auf der Weihnachtsparty ihrer Mutter, dafür begleitet sie ihn auf eine Hochzeit.

Ein arroganter CEO, der nicht an die Liebe glaubt - bis er sie trifft! Auf dem Weg zu einem Vorstellungsgespräch passiert es: Elodie erwischt mit ihrem alten Jeep den glänzenden Mercedes eines reichen Schnösels. Es ist Abneigung auf den ersten Blick, als ihr der arrogante - wenn auch leider attraktive - Geschäftsmann die Schuld gibt. Nach einem hitzigen Wortgefecht muss die temperamentvolle New Yorkerin sich sputen, um noch pünktlich zu ihrem Termin zu erscheinen - und staunt nicht schlecht, als sich ihr Unfallgegner als ihr zukünftiger Arbeitgeber entpuppt.