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Secrets of a Soldier explores the wartime history of one remarkable family through the dramatic story of Paul Bonenfant, a soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces during World War One. Paul bravely serves in many brutal battles, including the battle of Vimy Ridge, and becomes a skilled and decorated war hero. He reconnects with his brother, Joey, who has become an influential military personage with shadowy connections to a powerful covert international organization and, on a brief leave, meets beautiful, adventurous Bea and falls in love with her. Paul and Bea get married despite the uncertainties of his life as a soldier and Paul finds strength in his love for her as he struggles thro...
A twist-filled mystery thriller set in a near-future Seattle. Scottie, a rocky year into adulthood, is skidding toward the bottom spot on New Seattle’s popularity sorting -- the People List. When a brand finally comes her way, it’s a calamitous one: Scottie is blamed for the death of the longtime #1, a charismatic stage actress named Delilah. Scottie is convinced someone murdered Delilah. She’ll have to prove it alone, her only confidante her AI chip, Cece. The clock is ticking. The People List will update in a week and last place brings a one-way trip into the frozen wasteland outside the town gates. The sensible move: work on her brand. The risky move: pursue a killer. KEYWORDS: AI, dystopia, mystery thriller, science fiction, sci-fi heroine, scifi standalone, near-future scifi, social satire, for fans of Black Mirror, science fiction mystery, dystopian novels, personal brands, genetic engineering, neural implants, female sleuth
The Persephone Theory By: Namir Thompson The Persephone Theory is one of the most interesting stories to read and by far one of the best books to mix comedy with horror and history. The Persephone Theory begins with the Greek myth coming to life as the goddess of harvest and fertility, Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, is taken by her uncle Hades to live in the underworld to become its queen, but is allowed to live amongst the humans possessing the one called Persephone. This Persephone is argent to those who love and hate her, and make all who stand in her way pay with their own blood. Persephone, mad at existence, leaves her children behind to face their own demands and are granted everlasting life. The children of Persephone roam on Earth, daring any and everything to stop them or die trying. They leave the message that power is being abused, people are being used as puppets, and that life is an everlasting cycle of rebirth and vengeance.
She's caught between a hot Brit and a hot Scot. Let the battle commence. I'm in love with my best friend, but Jessica O'Connor sees me as only a friend. The fact that we had sex once, and it was bloody awful, doesn't help. But she finally ended her engagement with Domhnall Sterling, the Scot she took up with two years ago. Do I have a chance now? Maybe. If I can show her we have chemistry. The sort that will burn so hot she'll forget all about that damn Scot. Grey Dixon has been my best friend since college. He's sweet and smart, the kind of guy I would love to fall for. I love Grey, but not in that way. Well, probably not. If only we had sexual chemistry… When Jessica's ex turns up at my ...
Three love stories, a magical setting—welcome to the village of Lochalshie! This trio of laugh-out-loud romantic comedies set in the Scottish Highlands features the stories of Gaby and Jack, and Katya. When Gaby flees a broken engagement, she takes refuge in a faraway village in the north-west of Scotland. Then fate puts a red-headed man with more than a passing resemblance to her favourite fictional hunk Jamie Fraser in front of her, and sparks fly in Highland Fling. In Highland Heart, Katya’s relationship started promisingly… an-easy-on-the-eye guy who ticks all her boxes for brains and beauty. But their long-distance liaison takes its toll and when there is a charmer who doesn’t b...
Reproduction of the original: By Blow and Kiss by Boyd Cable
Where we start isn’t always where we end up. Katie Scheller hit rock bottom when her extramarital workplace affair landed her behind bars as federal inmate 09902089. On the other side of her pain and heartache, however, waited God’s redemptive plan and ultimate purpose for her life. Step into Prison, Step Out in Faith tells the captivating story of a woman transformed by God’s grace, love, and mercy. Charting his presence at every turn in her life, Katie powerfully combines hard-earned lessons with biblical teachings in a raw, soul-stirring testimony that proves God truly works all things for good. When you surrender to God’s perfect plans and let the Holy Spirit guide your steps, you become a witness to the overwhelming power of his hand in your life. Follow Katie’s venture from hopeless defeat to spiritual freedom and allow her story to spark real hope in your faith journey.
Eric Sumners, a rich businessman in the Pacific Northwest, has it all: smart, handsome, successful, and happily married to a beautiful woman of perfect artistic and social taste. One day, on a whim, he decides to give his wife a luxurious sailboat. But when someone as rich as Eric decides to do something, the side-effects on regular people's lives can be spectacular. Suddenly, down at the waterfront, the grandiose opportunity created by Sumners spawns ever-expanding waves of hope, but also conjures up deep currents of jealousy, greed and hidden desire. Suspense, romantic and professional intrigue, aspirations and dreams, are soon engulfed as The Big Tide sweeps all before it with the promise...
A Death at the Potawatomi Club (HB) By: Stephen Timbers On a quiet morning at the prestigious Potawatomi Club, Charlie Bailey arrives for his weekly game of golf. After entering the empty locker room, the last thing Bailey expects to find is his family friend Scottie Bradshaw, feckless son of a prominent family, face down in the locker room pool. Scottie’s death is ruled an accident—he was a heavy drinker, after all—but Bailey isn’t satisfied with the police’s ruling, and decides to do some investigating of his own. Little does he know that his snooping is putting him—and those he loves most—directly in the crosshairs.