Sylvia Trocadero, a junior-level corporate lawyer, is a rising star at Taylor & Hitch Investment Strategies. She's a talented, intelligent young woman with a brilliant academic background, superb debating skills, and an uncanny intuition. Success both in her career and personal life seems assured until her bosses give her a daunting assignment.She's tasked with persuading a bestselling novelist to sign a multi-million dollar contract which the writer persistently rejects for some m...

What if you met a complete stranger only through the sense of touch? Disillusioned with his life in the town where he lives, a man resigns his job and determines to start again elsewhere.  With the bright prospect of a new job and a new home awaiting him in another city, he patiently bides his remaining time in the cold, empty town that has been such a lonely existence for him.  But on the seventh to last day of his job, he accidentally brushes up against a ...

"Kyle's pace slowed significantly as he drew near the group. His gaze was fixed on the girl wearing a mauve wool cap out of which fell feathery, light brown hair down past her shoulders. She was sitting on the bottom step off to the side and was looking away from the school, ignoring her boyfriend's silly behavior on the landing. Her arms were crossed in front of her, holding them close to her stylish, grey wool coat, trying to keep warm. The grimace on her face suggested she was bare...

Sylvia Trocadero, a junior-level corporate lawyer, is a rising star at Taylor & Hitch Investment Strategies. She is a talented, intelligent young woman with superb debating skills, a brilliant academic background, and an uncanny intuition. Success in both her career and personal life seems within reach until her bosses give her an unusual assignment.She is tasked with getting a bestselling novelist to sign a multi-million dollar, ten-year contract. She meets the man in Paris, deter...

An interstellar explorer investigating a mysterious emanation in deep space comes under attack by marauders and is severely injured. The explorer's vessel gradually loses power, stranding him helpless in a sector far from civilization. Unable to move and left for dead, all hope seems lost until an enigmatic figure suddenly appears on board... Part of the Psychological Adventure Series: stories that put the reader into the shoes of the character through their thoughts, feel...

In The Disciple of Las Vegas, forensic accountant Ava Lee is hired by the richest man in the Philippines to recover $50 million from a Canadian land swindle. With the billionaire's reputation on the line, she follows the money from Vancouver to Las Vegas, to the Costa Rican accounts of the Moneida, a First Nations band that owns The River, a poker web site. After uncovering an illegal online gambling ring, she confronts one of the world poker greats, David "The Disciple" Douglas, and his p...

"The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" were originally published in 1843 and "The Cask of Amontillado" in 1846. Even today, these stories have the ability to scare the unwary.Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was an American writer in the Romantic style and is best known for his stories of mystery and the macabre.

First of 2 exclusive bundles, including books 1 and 2 of the wildly popular Ava Lee Series plus the never before published prequel.This bundle includes:In The Water Rat of Wanchai, Ava travels across continents to track $5 million owed by a seafood company. But it’s in Guyana where she meets her match: Captain Robbins, a huge hulk of a man and godfather-like figure who controls the police, politicians, and criminals alike. In exchange for his help, he decides he wa...

Nebula-winning author of the Alex Benedict series: A woman steals a starship to find her long-lost clone-sister in a "masterly" novel of first contact ( Library Journal).We are alone. That is the verdict, after centuries of Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence missions and space exploration. The only living things in the Universe are found on the Nine Worlds settled from Earth, and the starships that knit them together. Or so ...

Imprisoned and condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition, an unnamed man is cruelly tortured by his captors even as an enemy army encircles the city.A pioneer of the short story genre, Poe’s stories typically captured themes of the macabre and included elements of the mysterious. His better-known stories include “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, “The Masque of the Red Death” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”.HarperCol...

The charming new bestseller from the No.1 bestselling author of The Canal Boat CafeRobin’s reinvention of her parent’s guesthouse is a hit. Bookings are up and the carefully themed rooms are hugely popular with the guests. Life in Campion Bay is turning out to be much more eventful than she ever imagined – it’s far from the sleepy seaside town that Robin remembers.She’s secretly thrilled to have a charismatic new guest in the shape of Will, the attractive ma...

Roxy just wants a good night's sleep, but Esur is determined to wear her down and make her come to him, even if she doesn't know what she is doing.Assigned as Inventory Master to the newest Sector Guard base on Teklan, Roxanne is sure only of one thing, if the seductive singing in her mind doesn’t stop, she is going to go nuts. With a little investigation, she finds the source of the nocturnal music.