The sequel to Fish Out of Water is a sexy, funny mystery about strength, love, and French fries. When the clerk at a burger joint is assaulted for trying to sell a fish burger to a hot blonde, it's just the beginning of a clash between Land and Sea. The world is going mad, and Princess Lecanora is on a special mission to stop it. There are just a few complications... First, life on the land is a bit harder to adjust to than expected, what with the wearing of clothing and the consuming of delicious (but pointless) calories. Second, the most evil magician the world has ever seen wants her as his bride – consensually or otherwise. Finally, a completely inappropriate gun–toting mercenary who goes against every one of her pacifist principles keeps rocking her world. As the forces of darkness gather, Lecanora must come to terms with the lengths she will go to in order to save the sea home she has always known, and the land she has come to love.
Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum meets Splash in a sexy, smart–talking debut about a mermaid in a desert, a city under water, and the secret that no one is supposed to uncover. Dirtwater's straight–talking Deputy Sheriff Rania Aqualina has a lot on her plate: a nicotine addiction that's a serious liability for a mermaid, a soldier–of–fortune ex who's hooked on her Mum's brownies, a gorgeous, naked stranger in her shower, and a mysterious dead blonde with a fish tattoo on Main Street. Heading home to Aegira for a family wedding, Rania has a sinking feeling that's got nothing to do with hydroporting seven miles under the sea and everything to do with the crazy situation. Now, if she can just steal a corpse, get a crazy Aegiran priest off her case, work out who the hell's trying to kill her, and stop sleeping with the fishes, she might be able to unravel the mysteries. And maybe even save her own ass while she's at it. Fish out of Water is Stephanie Plum meets Splash, and the first book in a trilogy about Aegira, an underwater kingdom based on the historical Norse legend of Aegir.
What would you do differently if your days were... NUMBERED Live every day like it was your last. Mathematician and many–time Loser in Love Poppy Devine believes in being prepared. So when she discovers she has breast cancer, all she has to do is dust off the carefully numbered bucket list she prepared years before with her best friend Julia. There are only two problems: Quentin, a gorgeous younger man with rock–star ambitions, wasn't on her list. And take–a–risk Julia, has suddenly come over all disapproving. Together with Poppy's hippy mother Scarlet, the three form an unlikely alliance to help Poppy realise her goals. Sky diving, swimming with sharks, cooking classes in Tuscany, visiting an orphanage in India are all part of the journey. Along the way, Poppy is forced to confront her best friend's grief, her fraught relationship with her mother, and the fact that she really might be using her last available time on earth to make the most imperfect match of her life. But Poppy comes to learn that when your days are numbered there's no such thing as perfect and love really is all you need.
New in the fresh, sexy world of The Seek: he can't trust anyone, so why should he trust his heart? The universe is a very dangerous place when there's a price on your head. The year is 2098, and a quiet revolution has begun in the space stations of New Earth. The ruling Council has dug in to fight for a new home on Eden 13, but a group of rebels is working from the inside to support the embattled Haitites. Reetor is twenty years old and a deserter from the elite Avengers. He has joined The Backlash, and become an outcast, hunted by the Enforcers. On the outside, he has learned that his fears about New Earth are well founded. He has finally found a mission that matters, but he's living on borrowed time. The Backlash desperately needs friends on the inside and Reetor's role is to connect with the rebels and get them the help they need. But something deadly and surprising threatens to disrupt his mission – a lethal bounty hunter with a body made for sin and a heart of pure ice.
From the talented and versatile Ros Baxter comes the first full–length, stand–alone novel in her sexy, engaging, groundbreaking SF Romance series. When everything else is gone, all you have is hope. The year is 2098, and the people of New Earth have been homeless for seventeen years. Ruled by a mysterious Council and adrift in a fleet of space stations, their sole mission is to survive long enough to find a new home. They call it The Seek. Kyntura is the first and only female Avenger – one of the secret, separate elite who stand on the frontline between the refugees of Earth and a universe that would do them harm. For Kyn, fight and pain are the only things that drive out memories of the Apocalypse...and of the boy she left behind when she enlisted. But a young recruit called Mirren and a deadly mission will bring her face to face with all she has tried to forget. As she leads a squad of Avengers in The Seek, Kyntura will have to face her demons – and the boy whose heart she broke a decade before – to confront the truth about New Earth and save the future of humanity.
From rising star Ros Baxter comes a love story about duty, desire, and dairy products. Ten years ago, Genevieve Jenkins let the Love of her Life ride out of town while she settled for The Safe Bet. Turns out Mr Safe Bet wasn't so safe after all, and life in her small home town of Sweet Pocket got kind of sour. The last thing she needs on top of two kids, a sick mother, a deadbeat ex and a heap of bad debt is for Mr Love of her Life to ride back into town, successful, smart, devastatingly sexy, and all the things that she can no longer be. And it doesn't help that she's dressed as cheese. One–time–bad–boy–now–Crop–King Brodie Brown is back in town on a mission of mercy, but he's keeping his guard up. He can't let this town – or the girl who broke his heart ten years before – get under his skin. He's seen what working the land can do to people, and he built his business, and a whole new life, in the big smoke far away from the pain and despair of a farmer's life. But he loved this town and he loves the people, so when Sweet Pocket calls, he answers. That's just the way it is. But it's only temporary and it's only business. Brodie learned long ago that there is nothing left for him in Sweet Pocket but a broken heart and lost dreams. When the town's future is secure, he'll ride away again – back to his life and his future, and away from the girl who could make both worthwhile.
Lou Samuels is going home for the first time in twenty years. To the mother she can never forgive, the boy she can never forget, and a rural town that needs a saviour. Louise Samuels hasn't been home to Stone Mountain since graduation night, twenty years ago. And she never, ever thinks about all she lost that night. So when her best friend convinces her to go back to their drought-stricken home for their school reunion they strike a deal. One hour: get in, shake your booty, get out. Lou knows all about deals - she manages acquisitions and mergers at the biggest law firm in Sydney. But the deal gets shelved when The Boy Least Likely to Succeed, Gage Westin, brings up long-buried memories, and her estranged mother calls with an SOS. Things get even more complicated when Lou agrees to help the local council but ends up working with the coal seam gas company Gage is fighting for control of his property. When Lou discovers her mother is dying, she starts to wonder if it's time to face the ghosts of her past and make peace with her home. But then things heat up with Gage, the gas company and the council, and Lou is forced to make a deal with the devil to save them all. She's just not sure if Gage Westin, and Stone Mountain, will ever forgive her for it.
If there's one universal truth, it's this: You're always wearing your worst underwear when you land in trouble. Lola's parents told her that everyone can make a difference. And she believed them. She's been fighting the good fights since she was eleven years old. But at 23, Lola falls hard for an Australian stockbroker who thinks Doctors Without Borders is a porno and Joni Mitchell sounds like a harp seal being battered to death. She cuts him loose, but over the next fifteen years, through protests, misunderstandings, humiliating predicaments, and a number of poor underwear choices, their lives and paths continue to converge. Along the way, Lola learns a few important life lessons: Never wear a red lace thong to a strip search. Make sure you take motion sickness pills if you're going to the Southern Ocean to save the whales. And sometimes, Mr Right can be all wrong, and Mr Wrong just needs time to find the right path. Funny, touching, emotional and political, Lingerie for Felons is Bridget Jones meets An Inconvenient Truth, about doing the right thing, finding the right person, and always thinking through your underwear choices.
What if your only chance at survival was to seduce the man who broke your heart? Seventeen years after the Apocalypse, Admiral–class Explorer Tabysha is caught up in a firefight and shot down over Tyver, where ice vampires hunt human warmth. Seeking shelter in an ice cave, she is instructed to stay put and await rescue. But after another ship crash–lands, and the Hunter Gatherers stalk its wounded pilot, Tabi breaks protocol. When it turns out the survivor is the man who stole her heart then skipped out on her ten years before, it seems to Tabi that no good deed goes unpunished, and things can't get any worse. But she's so wrong. As the Hunters pick up the escalating heat signature of the former lovers, Tabi has to tell Asha that there is only one way to repel the creatures stalking them. And it involves picking up where they left off ten years before.
The harder you fight, the harder you fall when Opposites Attract... Lingerie for Felons – Ros Baxter If there's one universal truth, it's this: You're always wearing your worst underwear when you land in trouble. She is determined to make a difference in the world; he is all about the bottom line. But sometimes Mr Wrong just needs to time to find the right path. Funny, touching, emotional and political, Lingerie for Felons is Bridget Jones meets An Inconvenient Truth, a contemporary romance about doing the right thing, finding the right person, and always thinking through your underwear choices. Rescue Nights – Nina Hamilton English surgeon Andrew Wentworth left behind a successful career and a failed engagement to join the Cairns Rescue Helicopter team, but it's not shaping up to be the rejuvenating working holiday he expected. Rescue paramedic Kate Spears is used to proving herself in a man's world, so informing the handsome surgeon that all his orders now come from her is deliciously satisfying. But she soon finds that Andrew cannot only take everything she throws at him, he keeps coming back for more. Opposites attract in this medical romantic suspense set in the high adrenalin world of the Cairns Rescue Helicopter team. This is Now – Maggie Gilbert A gritty, urban New Adult Cinderella story where the princess can do her own rescuing – she just needs someone to believe in her. Sister to car thieves, ex–girlfriend to a drug dealer, high school dropout, no–hoper and loser – Jess is on the sidelines, watching her life become one epic fail. Then she meets Sebastien, a gifted cellist from a very different walk of life. Sebastien is clean and strong and talented. He seems to think she can do anything, and Jess, despite her fears and the secrets she hides, is starting to believe him. But just as Jess dares to hope, the secrets in her past and the lies in her present catch up with her. All seems lost and she has to make a choice. Between past and future. Between home and hope. Between now and never. And this is now.
Brand new stories with the characters you love from THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL. It's the anniversary of Phoebe's death and Steffy is overwhelmed by the memories of her twin. Rick knows just how Steffy is feeling. He, too, is thinking of Phoebe and the accident. When Liam sees Rick and Steffy comforting each other, he is furious and demands that Steffy choose either Rick or him. Brooke tells Rick that Steffy will break his heart. Steffy's head is spinning with all their words as she jumps on her motorbike and speeds away. Are they right? Is she dangerous to anyone who gets close to her?
Donna is convinced that Eric is the man she needs to get her life back on track. But then Ridge returns to Forrester Creations determined, it seems, to tease and taunt her. When Donna, Eric and Ridge travel to the South of France for a photo shoot, Donna thinks that, finally, Eric is about to reveal his love for her. But a yachting accident changes everything ...
Love at first sight is all very well, but sometimes it takes a second chance...Three stories featuring second chance romances, with happy–ever–after endings guaranteed! Second Time Sweeter – Ros Baxter Ten years ago, Genevieve Jenkins let the love of her life ride out of town while she settled for the safe bet. Turns out Mr Safe Bet wasn't so safe after all. The last thing she needs is for Mr Love of her Life to ride back into town, successful, smart, devastatingly sexy, and all the things that she can no longer be. Brodie Brown is back in town on a mission of mercy, but he's keeping his guard up. He can't let this town – or the girl who broke his heart ten years before – get under his skin. But he loved this town and he loves the people, so when Sweet Pocket calls, he answers. But it's only temporary and it's only business. When the town's future is secure, he'll ride away again – back to his life and his future, and away from the girl who could make both worthwhile. I've Got You – Louise Forster She's at risk of drowning in more ways than one – and he's the last person she expects to pull her out of the water. Belle Fabrini is sailing through the Whitsunday Islands to see her grandfather, when she's caught in a freakish storm. Luckily, Kabe Hunter finds her and hoists her on board his yacht just before a huge wave threatens to end her life. Belle hasn't seen Kabe since high school, a time she spent crushing on Kabe in a big way. Now he's sitting across from her in a tiny cabin wearing nothing but a towel. But Kabe has a reputation for loving and leaving gorgeous tourists, and Belle doesn't need any more complications in her life. But Kabe has no intention of losing Belle, now that he's finally found her again. Ravenous – Eden Summers She's a small–town caterer, he's a big–city chef, but they don't need a kitchen to make things sizzle... Erin McDonald likes her simple life in her small town: no drama, no fuss, no uncertainty...until Jesse Hackett breezes back into town. Erin never quite got over how he left for the bright lights of the big city, and took her heart with him. Jesse never regretted his decision to leave small–town life behind and chase his big–city dreams, but he's always regretted leaving Erin behind. No woman has ever compared, and once he convinces Erin to let him touch her again, he's never going to let her go.
Man Drought - Rachael Johns After the death of her husband, Imogen Bates moved to the small rural town of Gibson's Find and poured her heart and savings into restoring The Majestic Hotel to its former glory. Local farmer Gibson Black once dreamed of having a family, but he's learned not to dream anymore. He won't have anyone-least of all a hot redhead from the city-change a thing in his town. Imogen has never been one to back down from a challenge. She's determined to rebuild the pub and create a future for the little town. But can she create a future for Gibson and herself, too? Second Time Sweeter - Ros Baxter The last thing Genevieve Jenkins needs on top of two kids, a sick mother, a deadbeat ex and a heap of bad debt is for Mr Love of Her Life to ride back into her small home town of Sweet Pocket. One-time bad boy Brodie Brown is back in town on a mission of mercy, but he can't let this town-or the girl who broke his heart ten years before-get under his skin. Brodie learned long ago that there is nothing left for him in Sweet Pocket but a broken heart and lost dreams. When the town's future is secure, he'll ride away again-back to his life and his future, and away from the girl who could make both worthwhile. Catch Me A Cowboy - Jaquie Underdown When Emily Wolfe gets a chance to compete on a reality dating show she decides to risk it all for love in the biggest game of her life. The city girl is surprised how much she enjoys switching her high heels for cowboy boots. And she's falling hard for Wil Parker, the sexy, rugged farmer at the centre of the show. Amidst the chaos, tantrums and editing tape, the heat and passion between Emily and Wil reaches boiling point. But can they survive the imminent explosion, let alone the fallout?
The House At The End Of The Street -- Jennie Jones Gemma has a burning need to stay in Swallow's Fall and make a home. All Josh has ever wanted is to get out. Gemma Munroe's dream is finally within her grasp -- owning the toy shop in Swallow's Fall and settling there permanently. Only one person can get in her way: Josh Rutherford, the love of her life who kissed her and left her ten years ago, is returning home. Josh will only be in town for five days. He'll finally sever the ties to an unhappy youth and then he'll leave forever. It's all in the plan. Everything...except for Gem. Set In Stone -- Ros Baxter Lou Samuels is going home for the first time in twenty years. To the mother she can never forgive, the boy she can never forget, and a rural town that needs a saviour. Louise Samuels hasn't been home to Stone Mountain since graduation night, twenty years ago. And she never thinks about all she lost that night. So when her best friend convinces her to go back to their drought-stricken home for their school reunion, they strike a deal. One hour: get in, get out. But things become more complicated than she ever could have anticipated... No Place Like You -- Marnie St Clair She went from having everything to having nothing -- except what she really needed. Lily Schofield has never had to think about money, until she's suddenly left destitute by her father's shady dealings. Lily has only one place to go: Mirabook, her mother's country estate, where she spent every childhood summer running wild with the station manager's son, Josh. Until that last time, ten years ago, when everything went horribly wrong. Josh Farrell may have worshipped his summer friend, but that was before he found out what she and her family were really like. But now Lily is back in town, and all Josh can see is the truckload of unfinished business she brought with her...
Donna is convinced that Eric is the man she needs to get her life back on track. But then Ridge returns to Forrester Creations determined, it seems, to tease and taunt her. When Donna, Eric and Ridge travel to the South of France for a photo shoot, Donna thinks that, finally, Eric is about to reveal his love for her. But a yachting accident changes everything ...
Brand new stories with the characters you love from THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL. It's the anniversary of Phoebe's death and Steffy is overwhelmed by the memories of her twin. Rick knows just how Steffy is feeling. He, too, is thinking of Phoebe and the accident. When Liam sees Rick and Steffy comforting each other, he is furious and demands that Steffy choose either Rick or him. Brooke tells Rick that Steffy will break his heart. Steffy's head is spinning with all their words as she jumps on her motorbike and speeds away. Are they right? Is she dangerous to anyone who gets close to her?
What would you do differently if your days were... NUMBERED Live every day like it was your last. Mathematician and many–time Loser in Love Poppy Devine believes in being prepared. So when she discovers she has breast cancer, all she has to do is dust off the carefully numbered bucket list she prepared years before with her best friend Julia. There are only two problems: Quentin, a gorgeous younger man with rock–star ambitions, wasn't on her list. And take–a–risk Julia, has suddenly come over all disapproving. Together with Poppy's hippy mother Scarlet, the three form an unlikely alliance to help Poppy realise her goals. Sky diving, swimming with sharks, cooking classes in Tuscany, visiting an orphanage in India are all part of the journey. Along the way, Poppy is forced to confront her best friend's grief, her fraught relationship with her mother, and the fact that she really might be using her last available time on earth to make the most imperfect match of her life. But Poppy comes to learn that when your days are numbered there's no such thing as perfect and love really is all you need.
The harder you fight, the harder you fall when Opposites Attract... Lingerie for Felons – Ros Baxter If there's one universal truth, it's this: You're always wearing your worst underwear when you land in trouble. She is determined to make a difference in the world; he is all about the bottom line. But sometimes Mr Wrong just needs to time to find the right path. Funny, touching, emotional and political, Lingerie for Felons is Bridget Jones meets An Inconvenient Truth, a contemporary romance about doing the right thing, finding the right person, and always thinking through your underwear choices. Rescue Nights – Nina Hamilton English surgeon Andrew Wentworth left behind a successful career and a failed engagement to join the Cairns Rescue Helicopter team, but it's not shaping up to be the rejuvenating working holiday he expected. Rescue paramedic Kate Spears is used to proving herself in a man's world, so informing the handsome surgeon that all his orders now come from her is deliciously satisfying. But she soon finds that Andrew cannot only take everything she throws at him, he keeps coming back for more. Opposites attract in this medical romantic suspense set in the high adrenalin world of the Cairns Rescue Helicopter team. This is Now – Maggie Gilbert A gritty, urban New Adult Cinderella story where the princess can do her own rescuing – she just needs someone to believe in her. Sister to car thieves, ex–girlfriend to a drug dealer, high school dropout, no–hoper and loser – Jess is on the sidelines, watching her life become one epic fail. Then she meets Sebastien, a gifted cellist from a very different walk of life. Sebastien is clean and strong and talented. He seems to think she can do anything, and Jess, despite her fears and the secrets she hides, is starting to believe him. But just as Jess dares to hope, the secrets in her past and the lies in her present catch up with her. All seems lost and she has to make a choice. Between past and future. Between home and hope. Between now and never. And this is now.
If there's one universal truth, it's this: You're always wearing your worst underwear when you land in trouble. Lola's parents told her that everyone can make a difference. And she believed them. She's been fighting the good fights since she was eleven years old. But at 23, Lola falls hard for an Australian stockbroker who thinks Doctors Without Borders is a porno and Joni Mitchell sounds like a harp seal being battered to death. She cuts him loose, but over the next fifteen years, through protests, misunderstandings, humiliating predicaments, and a number of poor underwear choices, their lives and paths continue to converge. Along the way, Lola learns a few important life lessons: Never wear a red lace thong to a strip search. Make sure you take motion sickness pills if you're going to the Southern Ocean to save the whales. And sometimes, Mr Right can be all wrong, and Mr Wrong just needs time to find the right path. Funny, touching, emotional and political, Lingerie for Felons is Bridget Jones meets An Inconvenient Truth, about doing the right thing, finding the right person, and always thinking through your underwear choices.
Whether the fault of tedious teachers or hammy actors, Shakespeare is often seen as dry and impenetrable. In this fast-paced introduction, Ros King sets out to remind us of the sheer beauty and sophistication that can make Shakespeare's works a joy for any audience. Exploring his invention, wit, along with his uncanny characterisation, King argues archaic language should be no barrier to the modern reader. With summaries of The Bard's life and background, explanations of the plays' origins, and instructions on how to read his poetry, Shakespeare: A Beginner's Guide provides all the tools the general reader needs to embrace our greatest writer.
Prize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo paints a spellbinding and eerie picture of society’s collapse, and the relationships that persist after everything as we know it disappears. After nuclear disaster, Rowenna and her young son are among the rare survivors in rural north-west Wales. Left alone in their isolated hillside cottage, after others have died or abandoned the towns and villages, they must learn new skills in order to remain alive. With no electricity or modern technology they must return to the old ways of living off the land, developing new personal resources. While they become more skilled and stronger, the relationship between mother and son changes in subtle ways, as Dylan must take on adult responsibilities, especially once his baby sister Mona arrives. Despite their close understanding, mother and son have their own secrets, which emerge as in turn they jot down their thoughts and memories in a found notebook. As each reflects on their old life and the events since the disaster which has brought normal, twenty-first century life to an end, The Blue Book of Nebo becomes a collective confidante, representing the future of their people and a new history to live by. In this prize-winning and best-selling new novel, Manon Steffan Ros not only explores the human capacity to find new strengths when faced with the need to survive, but also the structures and norms of the contemporary world.
New in the fresh, sexy world of The Seek: he can't trust anyone, so why should he trust his heart? The universe is a very dangerous place when there's a price on your head. The year is 2098, and a quiet revolution has begun in the space stations of New Earth. The ruling Council has dug in to fight for a new home on Eden 13, but a group of rebels is working from the inside to support the embattled Haitites. Reetor is twenty years old and a deserter from the elite Avengers. He has joined The Backlash, and become an outcast, hunted by the Enforcers. On the outside, he has learned that his fears about New Earth are well founded. He has finally found a mission that matters, but he's living on borrowed time. The Backlash desperately needs friends on the inside and Reetor's role is to connect with the rebels and get them the help they need. But something deadly and surprising threatens to disrupt his mission – a lethal bounty hunter with a body made for sin and a heart of pure ice.
Offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to direct marketing. Containing examples and checklists, the book starts by showing how to create a database, and then moves on to cover each branch of direct marketing in turn.
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