Melting Fire

Melting Fire
Author: Anne Mather
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2014-08-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460347986

"I want to live my own life!" But Olivia's bid for independence was swiftly rejected. Richard replied with the hard assurance of a successful businessman. "I've paid for your upbringing, Olivia, and everything you possess. I expect to collect the dividends from my investment." Olivia gazed at him in disbelief. She was his stepsister, the only person he truly loved. She had always been spared his ruthlessness. Why now did Richard intend to control her, to use her in a way that both shocked and frightened her…?

A King's Cutter

A King's Cutter
Author: Richard Woodman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1493060449

It is 1792 and Nathaniel Drinkwater is back in the Royal Navy, this time appointed to the 12-gun cutter Kestrel, commanded by the inscrutable Madoc Griffiths. With the gathering menace of the French Revolution, he is involved in secret and dangerous operations off the French Coast, including the rescue of émigrés and the landing of agents. As Europe plunges deeper into war, Kestrel takes part in the struggle for supremacy in the Channel and Drinkwater has some sinister encounters with Edouard Santhonax, a man who is stirring up interest with British government agents. Through Drinkwater’s initiative the network of intrigue is discovered, but the Royal Navy is paralyzed by mutiny. Will Kestrel have to stand alone between the Dutch Fleet and disaster? Events come to a climax at Camperdown, and in the aftermath of the bloody battle Drinkwater and his opponent come face to face.

Desire's Captive

Desire's Captive
Author: Penny Jordan
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2020-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1867203936

Re-read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Penny Jordan! Saffron lived a life of luxury as a millionaire businessman’s daughter – until she met darkly charismatic Italian Nico Doranti. Swept away by her own longing, she finds herself kidnapped by him! Nico’s cold, hard exterior masks his true motivations. For despite himself, he cannot ignore his urge to both claim Saffron and protect her. And when the truth comes out, Nico knows their passionate connection has branded Saffron as his – and he’ll do what he must to prove it! Originally published in 1983. Mills & Boon Modern – Seduction, glamour and sinfully seductive heroes await you in luxurious international locations.

JEWEL IN HIS CROWN

JEWEL IN HIS CROWN
Author: Lynne Graham
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2018-07-13
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 4596282129

【A story by USA Today bestselling author becomes a comic!】Ruby works as a receptionist in the English countryside. One day a prince named Raja from the Middle Eastern country of Najar appears in front of her, seeking a political marriage. Her mother is the former wife of the King of Ashur, a neighboring country. In order to fulfill the conditions of a newly established peace treaty, Raja has come to retrieve Ruby, the sole heir of Ashur. But she flatly denies his offer, not wanting to become like her mother, who suffered through so much. Sure this would incur Raja's wrath, she is surprised that responds with a devilish, enigmatic smile…

The Collapse of Complex Societies

The Collapse of Complex Societies
Author: Joseph Tainter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1988
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780521386739

Dr Tainter describes nearly two dozen cases of collapse and reviews more than 2000 years of explanations. He then develops a new and far-reaching theory.

Turn and Jump

Turn and Jump
Author: Howard Mansfield
Publisher: Down East Books
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2010-08-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 0892729724

Before Thomas Edison, light and fire were thought to be one and the same. Turns out, they were separate things altogether. This book takes a similar relationship, that of time and place, and shows how they, too, were once inseparable. Time keeping was once a local affair, when small towns set their own pace according to the rising and setting of the sun. Then, in 1883, the expanding railroads necessitated the creation of Standard Time zones, and communities became linked by a universal time. Here Howard Mansfield explores how our sudden interconnectedness, both physically, as through the railroad, and through inventions like the telegraph, changed our concept of time and place forever.

MILLION-DOLLAR AMNESIA SCANDAL

MILLION-DOLLAR AMNESIA SCANDAL
Author: Rachel Bailey
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2019-07-01
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 4596169462

April is a world-famous jazz singer, but she loses her memory in a car accident. While she’s in the hospital recovering, a very attractive hotelier named Seth appears and tells her that before her accident, she signed away her label to his younger brother in exchange for his hotel. April finds this hard to believe, but she realizes that hotel might be the secret to recovering her memories. She leaves the hospital and goes to the Lighthouse Hotel, where Seth gently helps her recover. But is he just manipulating her in an attempt to get the hotel back?

Flesh

Flesh
Author: Kylie Scott
Publisher: Kylie Scott LLC
Total Pages: 1
Release: 2018-01-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0995434344

Ali has been hiding in an attic since civilization collapsed eight weeks ago. When the plague hit, her neighbors turned into mindless, hungry, homicidal maniacs.Daniel has been a loner his entire life. Then the world empties and he realizes that being alone isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.Finn is a former cop who is desperate for companionship, and willing to do anything it takes to protect the survivors around him.When the three cross paths they band together; sparks fly, romance blooms in the wasteland and Ali, Daniel and Finn bend to their very human needs in the ruins of civilization.Lust, love and trust all come under fire in Flesh as the three battle to survive, hunted through the suburban wastelands.

My Fair Concubine

My Fair Concubine
Author: Jeannie Lin
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459230566

The USA Today–bestselling author of The Dragon and the Pearl “combines wit, seduction, skill, and intelligence in a tantalizing take on ‘My Fair Lady’” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Yan Ling tries hard to be servile—it’s what’s expected of a girl of her class. Being intelligent and strong-minded, she finds it a constant battle. Proud Fei Long is unimpressed by her spirit—until he realizes she’s the answer to his problems. He has to deliver the emperor a “princess.” In two months can he train a tea girl to pass as a noblewoman? Yet it’s hard to teach good etiquette when all Fei Long wants to do is break it, by taking this tea girl for his own . . . “Lin has a gift for bringing the wondrous and colorful world of ancient China to readers. The history and culture of the era are beautifully bound together with a classic romance theme. Those yearning for new worlds and age-old adventures will savor Lin’s novel.” —Romantic Times