A Brandt and Donnelly Caper: Case File OneState trooper Brandt's new assignment to infiltrate a sex-cam operation puts him in a very uncomfortable position, especially since he'll have to perform naked on camera for his audition. Fortunately his partner and best friend, Donnelly, has his back—whether that means helping Brandt shop gay boutiques for sexy underwear or offering Jäger and encouragement while he researches porn.Despite his mortification...

After conditions at home in Georgia become unbearable, Elizabeth goes to Colorado to become a mail order bride. When she arrives, a man by the name of Richard picks her up from the train station and informs her that the man who sent for her has married someone else. She's distraught because she has nowhere else to go. Richard takes her to his pastor's home, where she finds kindness and loving care. Will Elizabeth find the love that she has always wanted?

Emigration comes at a cost, even more so when it's forced. Traditions, culture, belongings, everything must be abandoned. What endures? 1904. A Manx family subsists on a small-hold farm. Their lives are bound by tradition and love, steeped in folklore and belief in faeries. The grandparents, son William, Euphemia and their six children share a tiny cottage. The men work as miners. Despite poverty and the tragic loss of three sons, Grandad upholds the Manx belief: "Traa dy liooar." Like the...

From the author of the beloved novel Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder comes another quirky and irresistible crime novelStrange things are happening behind the bright pink facade of Bayside’s premier laundromat, Joyful Suds, home to Joy Moody and her twin daughters.For much of their lives, Joy has been lying to Cassie and Andie. What started as a colorful tale to explain how the twins came to live with her grew over the years and was always somethi...

Can a computer program understand love better than the human heart?Archer, the AI at the dating service Q*pid, realizes humans don't always make the best choices, so it begins making some unconventional choices for them.Fox Kincade is the last of his group of friends to be single, so he's delighted when he discovers a new match in his Q*pid app—one that, according to the new AI wizardry, should be the love of his life. Instead of the woman he's expecting, he's paired with D...

Having learned to appreciate Muslim life while living in Pakistan, Peter Mayne settled down to live in the back streets of Marrakesh in the 1950s. Rather than watch from the shelter of a hotel terrace, he rented rooms, learned the language, made friends, and became embroiled in conspiratorial picni, hashish-laced dinners and in the enchantments and misunderstandings of the street, with its festivals, love affairs, potions and gossip. By turns used, abused and cherished by his neighbours, M...

Both Cassisus Calhoun and Maurice Gerald would love to marry Louise Poindexter. Louise, however, is preoccupied by the murder of her brother, and marriage is the last thing on her mind. All signs suggest that the assassin of Henry Poindexter is none other than Maurice Gerald, and as if this was not enough for Louise to contend with, a horse with a headless rider is seen visiting the Poindexter plantations.'The Headless Horseman' is a novel written by Mayne Reid, based upon south Te...

Meet Jessica Blackwood, FBI Agent and ex-illusionist.Called in because of her past to offer expertise on the mysterious 'Warlock' case, Jessica must put all her unique knowledge to the test as they try to catch a ruthless killer.Needing to solve the unsolvable, and with the clock ticking, they're banking on her being the only one able to see beyond the Warlock's illusions.The first in a brilliant new series, Angel Killer will have you feverishly turning the...

A wonderful introduction to a collection of Michael Mayne’s previously unpublished pieces, sermons and addresses.With insight and wry humour Michael Mayne shows us how to see the things of God in art and in science, in poetry and in architecture, as well as in the scriptures and in liturgy. He makes the Christian understanding of life intelligible and attractive for people inside and far outside the churches. He teaches us to notice, to wonder, to be astonished. We learn to trust, ...

The Headless Horseman is a novel by Mayne Reid written in 1865 or 1866 and is based on the author's adventures in the United States. "The Headless Horseman" or "A Strange Tale of Texas" was set in Texas and based on a south Texas folk tale. Fully illustrated.

‘An heroic book. Begun in health as a meditation on a lifetime’s faith and experience, it ends in mortal sickness with Michael Mayne facing death. But his courage, his humour and his tone of voice do not desert him; humbling and inspiring, it is a validation both of his faith and his humanity.’Alan Bennett‘A testimony to the power of faith and hope not to banish but to grow alongside pain and loss as a realisable potential of consciousness. It is a brave and moving account ...

The story follows the adventures of a young protagonist named Henry Hulton, who finds himself caught up in the conflict between American patriots and British loyalists. Henry encounters a mysterious and fearsome figure known as the Headless Horseman, who rides through the night seeking revenge on those he believes have wronged him.As the narrative unfolds, Henry becomes entangled in the Headless Horseman's quest for justice and faces various challenges and dangers. The novel explores theme...