Search Result:

1916-ish

Romance, time travel and daring adventure await Australian student Ingrid Calloway as she journeys to France in this Young Adult alternate-history novel from Ebony McKenna. Little does Ingrid know that when she joins in a war-games re-enactment with her exchange brother and sister, it will turn into the real thing. Real guns, real dangers and real bullets put them in mortal peril in the midst of the First World War. Suddenly Ingrid's fighting two battles at once; one for her personal safety and [more...]

Keywords: romance, time travel, adventure, history, France

5th Realm, The

Lisette's Beaulieu's private school classmates have always made the 15 year-old Creole orphan feel like a freak. But Lisette never believed them until she accidentally raised the dead in a cemetery late one night. When she discovers that her mother's family is alive and practicing Voodoo in the bayou, her world spins farther out of control. She must master her new found powers to save her best friend, Scooter, and the mysterious boy, Eric, she's come to love.

Keywords: Voodoo, school, orphan

Abbey's Tale

An immigrant from Ireland, Jeremy McKetcheon took the place of a wealthy New Englander drafted into the Union Army during the Civil War. Jeremy, terribly scarred by a shell that set fire to his tent, is now a reclusive lighthouse keeper on an island off the coast of Maine.

Beautiful but blind from birth, Abigail Morrison and her father are tossed overboard on the way to the island. Jeremy attempts a rescue in the frigid waters changing all their lives forever.

Keywords: Civil War

About a Baby

Timing is everything… Small-town veterinarian Hallie Scott loves all creatures great and small except for boa constrictors and Basil Outlaw, the man whose Christmas Eve rejection slammed the door on her last chance to have a baby of her own. Baz Outlaw doesn't believe in love or family but his life is empty without Hallie. A year later he shows up under her tree prepared to give her everything but he's too late. Motherhood is out, Hallie's started a new life and Baz is harboring a small secret t[more...]

Aden

Book Seven of The Vampires in America Series

She was seeking revenge. What she found was a vampire who swept her into the darkest depths of passion. Chicago, Illinois...the windy city. Home to football greats, dinosaurs named Sue, and, when the sun goes down...powerful vampires battling for the right to rule the city and beyond.

Born into slavery, Aden is one of the most powerful vampires in North America, waging war on others of his kind in a struggle to become the next Lo[more...]

Keywords: vampire, slavery

Adventures in Time

The de Vargas sisters fight for social justice in their world in a ridiculously improbable fun fantasy romp that delightfully skewers the hypocrisies and injustices of today by satirising them in a Victorian setting.

Keywords: fantasy, social justice, Victorian

Affliction

The Soul Seekers Series Book 1

Twenty-two year old Honor Melanie (Mel) Sullivan has an affliction. Due to childhood trauma and inappropriate social behavior, she is diagnosed with Aspergers, a form of autism. But, Mel knows Aspergers is not her true affliction. She prefers not to gaze into a person’s eyes because she is a soul reader, and what she sees can be frightening. It can also get Mel into trouble. After a brush with the law, Mel leaves her family home in Southern California an[more...]

Keywords: Aspergers, trauma, human-trafficking

After the Fall

When the world ends, what's left to care about? Taylor Stone is no hero. She has three simple rules for life after the plague: Keep moving. Keep to yourself. Don't get involved. The plague took a particular joy in killing the women of the world, making it that much harder for the few who survived. The only thing that matters since she escaped from a small farm outside of Pittsburgh is the truth waiting at the end of her journey home. The rest of the world, or what's left of it, can go straight t[more...]

After the Winter

Rudderless after betrayal by her former fiancé, Montreal heiress Sally Ryder discovers her deceased mother had a secret life and she has a half-sister. Helena has written to Sally, inviting her to Midwinter, an isolated estate in Quebec. But before they can meet, Helena and her husband die under disturbing circumstances.

Sally decides to visit nearby Waverley nevertheless. She is unexpectedly snowed in and becomes entangled with a handsome doctor in an effort to uncover the truth abou[more...]

Keywords: Canada, death

Afterimage

Book Two of The Image Series

Nothing is going well for Alek Dragovich, enforcer for the Undead. His position in the Directorate is in jeopardy, but he has little interest in the Directorate's schemes until someone tries to kill him.

Dhampir Marya Jaks, the offspring of a vampire and his mortal wife, can detect vampires, thereby making her a perfect vampire killer. When Marya learns that Drago has deemed her a threat to the vampire community and has ordered her termination, [more...]

Keywords: vampire