Dan Foster is looking for love… in all the wrong places. After another night trying to find Mr. Right or even, Mr. Right now, he returns home to the safety and comfort of his best friend and gets more than he knew he wanted.Drew Baxter has been in love with his best friend for years. Tired of being the one to give Dan solace after another failed attempted hook-up, Drew lets his heart lead his head and his actions.Can two best friends who know everything about one another cr...

This is a book of 5 short stories. As the title suggests, they are of darker subject matters, some with surprise endings. They are all easy reads as I do not try to overexercise my vocabulary skills...or it could be that those skills are somewhat limited.

Declan Morrison is a man of self-control. As the semi-reluctant leader of the up and coming rock band, Station Zero, he is forced to be the responsible front man keeping the boys in line. But responsibility comes at a price and that price is often lonely.When Tate Newman walks into an audition as Station Zero's new drummer, he turns Declan's world upside down and forces him to question his boundaries and restrictions.The want, the need and the drive to be more to Tate than ...

This is a book of 5 short stories. Four of these stories are fiction and one is based a true life experience. The fiction stories are fun and all have a bit of a surprise ending. The real life story has a very intriguing question at the end. They are all easy reads as I do not try to overexercise my vocabulary skills...or it could be that those skills are somewhat limited.

The second edition of Benefits Management has been updated with current examples, further insights from experience and recent research. It shows how the enduring challenges achieving business value from information systems and technology projects can be addressed successfully. The approach, which is synthesized from best practices, sound theories and proven techniques from a range of management disciplines, is exemplified from the authors' extensive experience of working with a wi...

A heartfelt, raw and brutally honest account of a couple's struggle to raise their severely autistic son while trying to maintain stability and a normal family life for their daughter. It captures their son's journey to adulthood as well and their own emotional turmoil as they navigate their way through financial difficulties, eating disorders, isolation, sleepless nights and endless tantrums. Told with warmth and humour, this is a story about perseverance, patience, acceptance and ultimat...

With the golden glow of the candlelight kissing his cheeks, he hovered over a spirit mirror, a flat, exquisitely lustrous “shew-stone” fashioned out of raven-black obsidian. Gazing intently upon his reflection in the dark volcanic glass, he chanted in hushed tones as he ran his fingers across the engravings on the oat-colored wax wheel next to him, the Sigilla iEmeth, which featured a septogram and runic carvings and symbols in minuscule print. Contrary to what one might expect, it was not...

" Une saga romantique qui réchauffes les cœurs. " smallthings.frAngleterre, 1941. Accusée d'avoir agressé le père d'un de ses élèves, Lara Penrose, une jeune enseignante, choisit pour évi- ter la prison de partir enseigner en Australie.Quand elle arrive à Shady Camp, bourgade reculée au nord de l'île continent, c'est le choc. D'abord, il n'y a pas d'école. Et puis la région est infestée de crocodiles.Mais Rick va régler le problème. Dès leur première rencontre, Lara...

Une jeune Londonienne, que son mari ruiné trompe, part refaire sa vie en Australie. Elle ignore un détail : elle est enceinte...Londres, 1954. Estella mène une vie des plus confortables... jusqu'à ce qu'elle découvre que son mari, en plus d'avoir fermé son cabinet d'avocat et dilapidé leur fortune, la trompe.Le cœur brisé, Estella décide de refaire sa vie en Australie, où un poste de vétérinaire l'attend. Mais la jeune femme n'est pas seule à effectuer la traversé...

Qui est cet homme qui s’est écroulé aux pieds de Béatrice Corning ? Décharné, barbu, tatoué, rongé par la fièvre, il vient de faire irruption chez le comte de Blanchard, l’oncle de la jeune fille. Passé le premier choc, elle découvre qu’il n’est autre que le comte Reynaud St Aubyn, que l’on croyait mort aux colonies. Prisonnier des Indiens durant des années, le gentleman s’est mué en une bête sauvage que Béatrice va devoir apprivoiser peu à peu. Et ce retour inopiné provoque bien des remou...

Silence Hollingbrook aime tous les enfants dont elle s'occupe à l'orphelinat, mais sa préférence va pour Mary Darling, qu'elle a élevée comme sa fille. Un jour, l'enfant est enlevée... pas Mickey O'Connor, un voleur sans foi ni loi, qui prétend en être le père ! Si Silence ne veut pas être séparée de Mary, elle doit accepter d’habiter chez Mickey, celui qui, neuf mois plus tôt, l'a compromise et a brisé son mariage...

Désireuse de récupérer des lettres compromettantes chez le duc de Montgomery, Bridget Crumb s’est fait engager à son service comme gouvernante. Mais ce don juan sans scrupule va évidemment remarquer cette jeune femme sérieuse et distante, dont il devine la sensualité à fleur de peau sous sa sévère robe noire. Il décide donc de la séduire. Partagée entre la nécessité d’accomplir sa mission secrète et le trouble dangereux que le duc éveille en elle, Bridget se laisse entraîner dans une avent...