Alexei has a secret—a secret that makes him different from every other boy in his class. Very different, in fact, from any child he has ever seen—boy or girl. So far, nobody else knows his secret. Not even his foster parents or his sisters.While he has managed to keep it that way for more than a year, it is starting to get more and more difficult to keep his secret with each passing day. More especially now that he is into a new school year at a new and very strict school, a school where h...

Eleven-year-old Vasya Gergiev suffers at the hands of monsters both in the house where he is held prisoner and on the streets of Prague. Taken from a Polish orphanage by Tomek Markovic, a minor player in a major child prostitution operation across Europe, Vasya undergoes the physical and mental anguish of sexual abuse.Undercover police officer Yuri Seminkov has managed to infiltrate the child smuggling organization headed by Markovic, his task being to arrange the purchase and sale of ‘mer...

For Alex and Carolyn, a simple swimming getaway after football trials turns into a parents’ worst nightmare, when their younger son, nine-year-old Jordan, disappears.Within hours, they realise he’s become the victim of some bizarre kidnapping plot, one without a ransom demand, just a strange note apologizing for the boy being taken.When Jordan is not quickly found, Alex and Carolyn’s family begins to disintegrate. Most of the blame is placed on their twelve-year-old son, Joshua, who was su...

Tinker, a young intern elf at Christmas Village, is uncommonly clumsy and lacks a basic belief in himself. Santa asks Father Chris to try to help Tinker find his particular ability—his gift.Father Chris invites Tinker to share his cottage, but when Tinker nearly sets fire to the cottage, Tinker insists on moving. When assigned to take care of the reindeer, Tinker experiences two more mishaps. As a result of these mishaps, the other elves taunt and tease Tinker. Alone and lonely, Ti...

**The panic unleashed by a mysterious contagion threatens the bonds of family and community in a seemingly idyllic suburban community in this shocking novel from the award-winning author of The Turnout and Dare Me."An engrossing, disturbing, panic attack of a novel" —Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper**The Nash family is close-knit. Tom is a popular teacher, father of two teens: Eli, a hockey star and gi...

A Leigh Koslow Mystery Short StoryPart of the USA-Today and Kobo Top-5 bestselling Leigh Koslow Mystery Series[6673 words]Newlywed Leigh is only too happy to tag along when her new husband's career takes him to a weekend convention in Niagara Falls. But true to her typical luck she quickly finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, with potentially deadly--and almost certainly watery--results!Originally published in the anth...

As one of the seven lightning-struck women, Nadie Morgan knew that her fate would be forever changed and revolve around a certain dragon.From the first time Dante Bell saw Nadie, he knew that she was the one for him. There's just one problem: there’s another in his life Dante’s waiting on, as well.When Jace Goodwin, a bear shifter and Mediator, finally comes back to the human realm after years away, his first stop is Dante's Circle, where he not only finds his dragon but al...

The first of the five-part MEDORAN CHRONICLES offers a new slant on magical parallel worlds – it's Harry Potter meets X-Men, with a twist of Narnia. With just one step, 16-year-old Alex Jennings's world changes - literally. Dreading her first day at a new school, Alex is stunned when she walks through a doorway and finds herself stranded in Medora, a fantasy world full of impossibilities. Desperate to return home, she learns that only Professor Marselle can help her... but he's missing. Wh...

This is the boxed set of books 7, 8 and 9 of the bestselling Kate Redman Mysteries, by crime writer Celina Grace.CREED (A KATE REDMAN MYSTERY: BOOK 7)Joshua Widcombe and Kaya Trent were the golden couple of Abbeyford’s School of Art and Drama; good-looking, popular and from loving, stable families. So why did they kill themselves on the grassy stage of the college’s outdoor theatre?Detective Chief Inspector Anderton thinks there might be something more to the case t...

The Fedosov Family is in crisis. After expanding their mining operations to South Africa, a mob of protesters and reporters gather outside their main building. Alexey Fedosov is in control while his brother, Demitry, is away. He gives an exclusive interview to one reporter, an American called Desiree Bishop.Desiree knew all about Alexey Fedosov. He was stunningly handsome, with jet black hair and grey eyes the color of thunderclouds. His shoulders were broad and his long legs magni...

From mousy PA…Alexandra Hill is worlds away from Max Goodwin’s usually glamorous staff, but this CEO needs a secretary – and fast. So he hires Alex, with one condition: a makeover! Alex turns from dowdy secretary to stunning beauty – and Max’s thoughts turn from professional to very personal indeed… To boss’s wife!Max’s playboy lifestyle couldn’t be more different from Alex’s convent school upbringing, but Alex doesn’t want to be just mistress to a billiona...

Re-release of the same title, if you have the previous version please keep your money.Heading to a bar after a dance performance, intergalactically famous dancer, Raven, ran into a little girl beside the dead body of her grandmother. His one good deed in helping out the little girl, his one good deed would leads him into the arms of a dragon prince. Raven soon learns that once a dragon claims its mate, it will keep him closer than gold.