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"The Flu -- that's what everyone called it -- culled the primate population of the planet. It struck hard and fast, wiping out the whole of the population. For reasons he can't understand, Twist is left alive to face the apocalypse alone. Well, not entirely alone -- his neighbor's gassy Labrador, Rowdy, tags along for the ride. Twist and Rowdy are forced to face the new post-apocalypse world together, holing up in the local library and scavenging supplies to outlast a long, cold Wisconsin winter. Twist has to adapt to the emptiness and isolation of an empty world and come to terms with the fact that he might be the only person left alive in the entire world. In a world where boredom and loneliness are the greatest threat, Twist must survive, keeping the hope that others might be alive, as well"--Page 4 of cover.
Chosen for their unique DNA profiles and taken from their homes as children, seven teenagers have endured a decade of experimentation, surgeries, and gene-splicing as part of the world-changing project of a geneticist bent on creating the next evolution of man. As a result of the experiments, each of the seven is imbued with the potential for a different superhuman ability. As they near adulthood, the experiment finally begins to show results, but the effects are worse than any of them could have predicted. When an attempt to escape the lab goes horribly awry, the seven are forced to face down the paramilitary army of the syndicate that founded the experiment that created them, or lose the only family they have left: Each other.
Texas football, Vietnam, and mega mergers serve as a backdrop for this coming of age story of Jack Conners who becomes disillusioned with football and is instantly immersed in the atrocities and loneliness of war. The historical fictional piece takes place circa 1963-1990 and follows Jack's career from college to a horrific tour in Vietnam, law school, corporate law, and finally returning to his roots in South Texas. It is a coming of age story when times were simpler and goals more attainable. Throughout the book is the lingering loss of boyhood friend, Sean Rogers, who is paralyzed at thirteen from a diving accident and his death at eighteen. Jack becomes disillusioned with football and qu...
In this gripping and heart-wrenching story, you will meet Sean. He was raised by a hustling, well-connected mother and was taught early about street survival. When his mother is brutally murdered, Sean is thrust into a cold world all alone. An old friend of his mother takes Sean under his wing and introduces him to a life of drug dealing at its highest level. Sean becomes "King Sean" and rises up the drug game's totem pole. King Sean makes a solid name for himself in the street game. The only weakness he has ever had is a childhood friend and also the love of his life—a beauty named Sunny. Sunny has a struggle with drugs, and along her road to recovery, Sean falls victim to the vice as wel...
Bestselling author Franklin White creates a topsy-turvy world of passion, betrayal and turbulent emotions, where the characters must do all they can just to keep from drowning in a sea of uncertain loyalties and loves. Lala Paige is floating along in life with a great job, wonderful friends, and Keith, her boyfriend. When Keith decides he can't remain totally committed to their relationship, she struggles to make sense of her unravelling life. But what will she do when she discovers the real reason Keith's skipping out?
In 1496, Father Koutrakos is the acting abbot on the monastic island of Mount Athos, Greece. A monk arrives, hoping to give confession, but the father soon learns the monk is actually Satan in disguise. He has come to confront the man, so after revealing himself, Satan lays forth his angelic confession. He wishes to know if he can be absolved of sin and of his very existence. His opinions of mankind and his angelic point of view on spiritual matters cause Father Koutrakos to question all he has come to believe. Five hundred years later, failed book scout Sean Wilde receives a strange phone call. Someone is willing to pay him a lot of money if he will steal a rare book. Sean is soon caught up in an international book heist involving a mysterious book collector, an Italian thief, and even the Smithsonian. The devil's confession is desperately sought, but will Sean be prepared to fathom what he finds?
Some heroes aren't born...they're built. Westley Worthington has it all. Piles of money, good looks, a head for business, and a seemingly limitless supply of women who want to please him. And that's just the way he likes it. Until a brush with death causes him to rethink his priorities, and consider someone besides himself for the first time in his privileged life. Cordelia Cross has never had it easy. Her duty to her family has her working as an assistant to a man she can't stand just to pay her sister's medical bills. When her arrogant boss alienates his last true friend, she finds herself promoted from schedule-managing coffee grabber, to the newest member of West’s inner circle. Tempers, and passions, ignite as the two start spending time together, until a shocking accident puts their newfound attraction on ice. When West is faced with the toughest trial of his life, Cordelia helps him realize that he has all the tools he needs to be a force for justice. Together, they must turn West into the hero no one ever thought he could be. KEYWORDS: Superhero, Billionaire Romance, Shifter, bbw, steamy, military, genetic engineering, science fiction romance, scifi romance
The immediate post- World War II convergence at Haverford College of pacifist Quakers and returning veterans led the writer to become a conscientious objector and anti-war activist. In 1965 he was deeply affected by the self-immolation at the Pentagon of Norman Morrison, his friend and fellow member of Stony Run Friends Meeting in Baltimore. He recounts how that event heralded the bitter atmosphere of the years that followed as opponents of the Vietnam War were driven into increasingly radical beliefs and behaviors. Returning to college teaching in 1972, he has sought to illuminate the relationships between literature and opposition to injustice and war.
Orphaned in Iowa, Annie Kennedy moves to Boston to stay with her spinster aunt. She longs for romance to fill the void left by her parents' death. But when she falls hard for Steven O'Connor, the man who broke an engagement to her sister, Annie is worried. Will he break her heart too when he discovers who she really is? With heart-pounding romance, intense family drama, and emotional twists and turns, A Love Surrendered is everything Julie Lessman's many fans have been waiting for.