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James Carter's proposal of marriage was a surprise to Matilda Trent. Nevertheless, Mattie loved James, and she accepted – intending to prove she could be more to him than just a convenient wife.The result was unexpected – a baby due at Christmas! But before Mattie could tell James she was expecting, she discovered something that forced her to keep her joyful news a secret.
| Автор | Diana Hamilton |
Discovering she was the illegitimate daughter of the prince of Chantaine took some getting used to for Coco Jordan – especially when she was working as a nanny on a Texas ranch! As much as she tried to focus on caring for baby Emma, her newfound fame kept getting in the way. Until help arrived from an unexpected – and handsome – source…
| Автор | Leanne Banks |
The ancient stresses were ready to tear the earth apart, and only Anton Burke was ready. He planned to choose his passenger-list with care. But when the time came, his space-ship Ark was empty—save for the strangest friends a man could have on a journey to the stars. Robert F. Young was a Hugo nominated author known for his lyrical and sentimental prose. His work appeared in Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, Startling Stories, Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Galaxy Magazine,...
| Автор | Robert F. Young |
A thrilling news bulletin, dated September 11, 1996, was recently handed to me by an assistant who is too young to remember the star over Moscow, and it is toward him and others like him that the following history is directed. If it resembles fiction more than it does fact, the similarity is wholly intentional, for it is only through fiction that the past can be brought back to life. Robert F. Young was a Hugo nominated author known for his lyrical and sentimental prose. His work appeared in...
| Автор | Robert F. Young |
In this third culturist book, John Press takes us to a world on the brink of destruction and shoves it over! With pulp fiction excitement on every page, we learn of Quentin Longus' plan to televise prisoners fighting to the death in games called Prison Wars. Proceeds go to the state. Martin Sanger publicized this event from its inception. When Les Christiansen starts to turn Prison Wars into a war between the genders, men rise and society becomes a battle zone. Corrupted by fame,...
| Автор | Martin Sänger |
False River is the story of a black sheep son of an aristocratic Southern family gone to seed. Growing up, Cam Daltry made a name for himself in his hometown by stirring up trouble. But the smirks he'd always been given for his boyhood sins turn to genuine shame when he goes AWOL from the Marines, gets thrown in the brig, and then gets shipped back home to Louisiana with a dishonorable discharge. So he enrolls in college, lands a blueblood girlfriend, and sets out to give the good old...
| Автор | Stinson Carter |
Tony Sage, a financial consultant is about to go to jail for bilking thousands of investors out of their money in a Ponzi Pyramid scheme. Before he goes on trial, he wants revenge on the man who had a one night stand with his wife, Michael Wells, a lawyer with Wells, Carmichael, Lane, and MacGregor. <br><br>What started as a fight in the back of a strip club between the two ended in the murder of Tony Sage. Michael stands accused of the murder because he was found unconscious next to...
| Автор | Ron Hummer |
As a teenager, Adrien was infatuated with Chay Haddon, and was devastated when her family banished him, claiming he'd betrayed their trust. Chay vanished vowing revenge…. Adrien is shocked when, years later, the tables are turned and she finds herself at Chay's mercy. Now rich and devastatingly handsome, he's the only one who can save her from scandal. But he has a price: he'll help her, but only if she becomes his mistress!
| Автор | Сара Крейвен |
Tessa Morgan yearned to be an average teenage girl. She had a protective mother who loved her, a stepdad who annoyed her and two spirited younger brothers who entertained her and started a bit of trouble. She didn't have friends, a social life or a boyfriend.<br><br>The summer of her 16th birthday, all of that changed. When her feet hit the sand of Clowder Beach, she believed she finally had the chance to be normal. Suddenly, she had friends and maybe even a...
| Автор | Darby Jr. Rae |
Hours of great reading await, with adventure tales culled from the pulp magazines of the early 20th century by some of the most renowned pulp authors, including Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), Harold Lamb, William Hope Hodgson, Dorothy Quick, E. Hoffmann Price, and many more! More than 500 pages of fiction! (Search for ?megapack? to find all the other great titles in this series.) <P> Included in this volume: <P> THE BLACK ADDER, by Dorothy Quick<BR> ...
| Автор | Уильям Ходжсон |
The Classic American Short Story Megapack (Volume 1) assembles 34 of the greatest stories ever written by American authors – including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Bret Harte, Sherwood Anderson, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Jack London, and Stephen Crane. Includes multiple stories per author, their most famous short works, along with biographical notes. <P> Complete contents:<P> YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN, by Nathaniel...
| Автор | Джеймс Купер |
[i]The Cowboy Megapack[i] collection 25 tales of western adventure, including two complete novels and 23 short stories! Authors represented include Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), Clarence E. Mulford (creator of Hopalong Cassidy), and many more. The western tales are: “A Texan Rides the Trouble Trail,” by Johnston McCulley “Sixguns to Bowie,” by Robert J. Hogan “The Drive,” by Clarence E. Mulford “Thieves of Black Rock Desert,” by Bill...
| Автор | Owen Wister |
"Good-bye, Mr. Chips" tells the story of a much-beloved schoolteacher and his long tenure at Brookfield, a fictional boys' public boarding school. Mr. Chipping conquers his inability to connect with his students, as well as his initial shyness, when he marries Katherine, a young woman whom he meets on holiday and who quickly picks up on calling him by his nickname, «Chips.» <P> Despite his own mediocre academic record, he goes on to have an illustrious career as an inspiring...
| Автор | James Hilton |
The Second E.F. Benson Megapack collects 11 more short stories and 11 novels by E.F. Benson, spanning horror, mystery, suspense, and historical subjects, including such classics as Miss Mapp and Queen Lucia. <P> Included are: <P> THE OUTCAST<BR> THE COUNTESS OF LOWNDES SQUARE<BR> THE BLACKMAILER OF PARK LANE<BR> THE DANCE ON THE BEEFSTEAK<BR> THE ORIOLISTS<BR> IN THE DARK<BR> THE FALSE STEP<BR> "PUSS-CAT"<BR> THERE...
| Автор | E.F. Benson |
The Rafael Sabatini Megapack collects 20 works by the author of many classic swashbuckling adventures, including Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk, Scaramouche, and more.<P> Included are: <P> Mistress Wilding<BR>Captain Blood<BR> Scaramouche<BR> Historical Night's Entertainment (First Series)<BR> Historical Night's Entertainment (Second Series)<BR> St. Martin's Summer<BR> The Snare<BR> The Trampling of the Lilies<BR>...
| Автор | Rafael Sabatini |
“You’re carrying my baby. You will be my bride…”For two glorious weeks, Cate Everett shared Brody Stewart’s bed. Four months later and the seductive Scotsman is back in town. Will she be living a loveless sham or will he throw his heart into the bargain?
| Автор | Дженис Мейнард |
The H. Bedford-Jones Pulp Fiction Megapack collects 20 classic stories and novels from the «King of the Pulps»! Bedford-Jones, among the most prolific and popular of pulp magazine writers, penned thousands of short stories and more than 100 novels in the early to mid 20th century. His work is full of adventure, mystery, suspense, romance, and action – always a gripping story, well told. <BR> THE HOUSE OF SKULLS<BR> WRITTEN IN RED<BR> YELLOW INTRIGUE<BR> DOWN THE...
| Автор | H. Bedford-Jones |
Pirates! Here are tales of the seven seas (and beyond) by some of the greats of nautical fiction. From classics like «Treasure Island» and "The Ghost Pirates, to pulp tales by Robert E. Howard and J. Allan Dunn to modern swashbucklers set in fantasy worlds, «The Pirate Story Megapack» is a thrill-a-minute compilation of more than 3,100 pages of great pirate tales, both historical and set in fantasy world. And not all pirates sail the seas… Included are:<P> THE GOLDEN DOLPHIN, by J. Allan...
| Автор | R.M. Ballantyne |
The horse has been championed throughout history as a war machine, a means of transport, an adjunct to farming, a source of popular entertainment, and, finally, as a true friend and companion. So it's no surprise that writers throughout history have featured the horse prominently in their fiction. Here are 25 stories and 5 poems of equine fiction and literature, from Anna Sewell's Black Beauty to classic tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Jonathan Swift, and many others! ...
| Автор | Артур Конан Дойл |
Lost: One wife and mother.Finding the wife he’d believed lost forever is a miracle to wealthy CEO Thomas Collier. Yet Rosalind is suffering from amnesia and can’t remember anything including her husband and daughter! As Christmas draws near, can Thomas help Rosalind regain her past?
| Автор | Barbara Wallace |
She’s in love with the boss!Sadie Matthews know she has to quit. But life has other plans. Ethan Hart, CEO of his family's chocolate business, receives surprise guardianship of a baby girl. Now he needs his trusted assistant more than ever….
| Автор | Maureen Child |
Victorian author Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930) is most remembered today for her ghost stories, but she was a prolific and popular author in many genres: not only the supernatural, but mystery and suspense, romance, and especially contemporary fiction were her speciality. She produced more than two dozen volumes of published short stories and novels. For this volume, we have grouped the most famous of her supernatural stories together at the beginning, then moved on to more mainstream...
| Автор | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman |