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This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus • A Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary Wollstonecraft • Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus • The Last Man • Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus • Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary Wollstonecraft • Mathilda • Maria;...
| Автор | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |
Lawyer Romy Bridgeport is used to demanding clients–but millionaire Sebastian Fox wins hands down! All he's ever wanted is a happy marriage and kids–so he's asked Romy to make him into marriage material! Does such a project require all Romy's legal training? Er, no–yet as a valued client, Romy has to take him on…Only, when her work is done, Romy can think of only one suitable wife: herself!
| Автор | Ally Blake |
Mia Fredrickson has no idea what possessed her to share the bed of a complete stranger. Her handsome lover turns out to be Greek tycoon Nikolos Karedes, and when he discovers Mia's secret he insists they marry. But Mia refuses!However, as far as Nikolos is concerned, Mia's resistance is only temporary. He will have again what he enjoyed before–Mia–using his exceptional seductive skills to place her at his mercy!
| Автор | Helen Bianchin |
Ski-lodge manager Elisabeth is the quiet Donnelly twin – sedate, mature, responsible. It wasn’t like her to fall in love with ski patroller Justin Cade, famous for his killer smile, blue eyes, and way with women.But it was just like him to dump her when things began to get serious. Now he’s suddenly back in her life, and the timing couldn’t be worse. Elisabeth has plans to marry a successful businessman, and with Christmas around the corner, she wants to make the holidays special for her adopted...
| Автор | Tanya Michaels |
The Ford family caused Xavier Bordiu's brother's death. Now Sophie Ford works for him! Tempted by her beauty, Xavier will take his revenge in the most pleasurable way…Sophie is still a virgin. But, as Xavier's skillful seduction awakens Sophie's sensuality, he finds the ice around his own heart beginning to melt. This is not the kind of revenge on which the Spaniard has bargained!
| Автор | Susan Stephens |
Wanting to escape her busy life for a weekend, Dr Rachel Harper finds herself stranded in the Outback, working with the area’s only resident doctor, the powerfully charming Hugo McInnes. Hugo has every reason to stay away from Rachel – and Rachel has a secret she must protect. But as the firestorm closes in the heat between them is burning out of control…
| Автор | Marion Lennox |
Working for GP and police surgeon Dr. Blake Pemberton is a close a brush with the law as Nurse Helena Harris ever wanted.Then she finds herself testifying against a gang who threatened her father's life. Blake is determined to protect Helena, and she finds herself falling for the courageous doctor. But can she persuade him to trust her with his heart?
| Автор | Abigail Gordon |
"The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade" is the 1857 novel of Herman Melville which tells the interlocking stories of a group of travelers aboard a steamboat on the Mississippi River making their way toward New Orleans. The novel, which emulates the style of Chaucer's «Canterbury Tales», centers on its title character, the Confidence-Man, a mysterious figure who sneaks aboard the steamboat and successively tests the confidence of the passengers. In so doing the masquerades of the...
| Автор | Herman Melville |
GRISHA, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by the kitchen door listening and peeping through the keyhole. In the kitchen something extraordinary, and in his opinion never seen before, was taking place. A big, thick-set, red-haired peasant, with a beard, and a drop of perspiration on his nose, wearing a cabman's full coat, was sitting at the kitchen table on which they chopped the meat and sliced the onions. He was balancing a saucer on the five fingers of his right hand...
| Автор | Anton Tchekhov |
When Mary Cameron left Australia she was carrying a secret with her–a secret that she has kept to herself for years. But now she's forced to confront the choices she's made.Tom Pirelli is back. Now it's Mary's chance to tell Tom the real reason why she left him…and that he's the father of her child…Mary has to make an earth-shattering decision–one that could change her life, and Tom's, forever!
| Автор | Barbara Hannay |
When Selena Keith is injured in a car crash, Morgan Conroe demands she move into his home! Selena hasn't seen Morgan for two long years, though her love for him still burns strong…. Morgan has always been cool and controlled, but looking after Selena makes him realize what he let go before–and now that his Selena is home, he's not letting her go again….
| Автор | Susan Fox P. |
Emergency rescue!The only person that can save Sister Eleanor Lewis, seriously injured and held hostage, is emergency consultant Rory Hunter! Rory’s the father of Eleanor’s baby, only he doesn’t know it, and he has to rescue them both before time runs out…
| Автор | Carol Marinelli |
His vow of vengeance:Vido Pascali could never forget his impoverished childhood–or Anna Willoughby's part in it. He would have revenge!His settling of old scores:Vido became a millionaire and bought Anna's family home–hiring Anna as his cook! How convenient that an irresistible attraction still simmered between them….His passionate revenge:Anna soon discovered some harsh truths: Vido had seduced her as retribution–and she'd gotten pregnant!
| Автор | Sara Wood |
"The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories" by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (translated by Constance Garnett). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our...
| Автор | Anton Tchekhov |
‘Hollywood drama, family secrets and heart ache. This story will not disappoint’ – Shelli (Goodreads)Lights. Camera. Cowboy. Helga Hansen is the movie star of the moment. Wealthy beyond her wildest dreams, beautiful and girlfriend of sexy Myles of the world-famous band 'The Knights' life could not be better. Until Myles cheats on her, that is. Then her latest movie is – again! – a career-threatening flop. She’s sacked her friend/agent in a fury. And, to make matters worse, her...
| Автор | Kristina O'Grady |
‘I didn't want to put it down’ – Shari (Goodreads)One sizzling night… One life-changing moment!Beth Copeland has made a terrible mistake. She slept with her long time crush Mark Asher…the man she couldn't get out of her head, the man she dreamed about…the man who recently broke up with her best friend, Kelsey Woods!Beth is consumed with guilt and is certain she will never let that one night of passion be repeated, but sometimes a gorgeous cowboy is hard to resist…The second blazing...
| Автор | Kristina O'Grady |
"The Cossacks" is one of Tolstoy's greatest works. In this semi-autobiographical work we meet the central character of Olenin, a young man of twenty-four who has yet to make anything of himself in life. Olenin joins the Russian army and is assigned to a remote post. There he falls in love with a beautiful young Cossack woman who has already been promised to another man, a Cossack warrior. What will become of Olenin? Will he fight for the love that he has found? Read this gripping...
| Автор | Leo Tolstoy |
Piers Redfield, billionaire businessman, is the ultimate predator – in the boardroom and the bedroom – and he's way out of Emma's league.But when Emma bravely stands up for a friend, Piers knows he has to have the feisty brunette. He'll sweep her off to Paris and give the young waitress a weekend she'll remember forever. However, Emma is not just a woman for a weekend.And soon Piers finds his desire for her is beyond his control.
| Автор | Maggie Cox |
He wanted her as his mistress… but as the mother of his child? Tara was millionaire Australian hotel magnate Max Richmond's mistress. She loved Max for himself, not for the gifts he gave her, their glamorous life, or even their intense lovemaking.But now, she was expecting his baby, the question was, should she stay or should she go? Tara was convinced there was no place for a pregnant mistress in Max's life, or was there?
| Автор | Miranda Lee |
In collecting «The Cossacks», «Sevastopol Sketches», and «Hadji Murad» together in «The Cossacks and Other Stories» we find several episodes in which Tolstoy draws upon his own experiences and attempts to portray a contemporary Russian society. Tolstoy, who had served as a second lieutenant in an artillery regiment during the Crimean War, recounts his experiences there during the Siege of Sevastopol in the three episodes of «Sevastopol Sketches.» In «The Cossacks» Tolstoy again draws upon his...
| Автор | Leo Tolstoy |
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a master of the short story. The son of a former serf in southern Russia, he attended Moscow University to study medicine, writing short stories for periodicals in order to support his family. What began as a necessity became a legitimate career in 1886 when he was asked to write in St. Petersburg for the Novoye Vremya (New Times), owned by millionaire magnate Alexey Suvorin. Chekhov began paying more attention to his writing, revising and developing his own...
| Автор | Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Anton Tchekhov |