Book Preview Acknowledgments As always, I’m deeply indebted to everyone who helped get my book from that first spark of an idea to a complete novel. Heaps of thanks to my agent, Helen Heller, and my editors: Anne Groell at Bantam US, Anne Collins at Random House Canada, and Antonia Hodgson at Time Warner … Read more
Book Preview Acknowledgments With thanks… To my agent, Helen Heller, for always keeping me on track. To Anne Groell at Bantam US, for helping me bang this one into shape. To Antonia Hodgson at Time Warner UK, for suggesting the perfect “kick” for my flat ending. To Anne Collins at Random House Canada, for her … Read more
Book Preview PRAISE FOR KELLEY ARMSTRONGAND Dime Store Magic “Armstrong must have decided one day to throw every genre she could imagine—mystery, horror, supernatural thriller, romance and chick-lit—into her writerly cauldron. What she conjured up is the hilariously hip Women of the Other-world series.” Calgary Herald “Sexy supernatural romance … This story’s special strength lies … Read more
Book Preview PRAISE FOR KELLEY ARMSTRONG AND Stolen “Long before American author Stephenie Meyer came on the scene—four years before, to be precise—Canadian fantasy novelist Kelley Armstrong began paving the way with Women of the Otherworld.” Winnipeg Free Press “A taut, sensual thriller that grips from the first page. Elena Michaels is at once sublime … Read more
Book Preview I’ve been fighting it all night. I’m going to lose. My battle is as futile as a woman feeling the first pangs of labor and deciding it’s an inconvenient time to give birth. Nature wins out. It always does. It’s nearly two a.m., too late for this foolishness and I need my sleep. … Read more
Book Preview I DON’T KNOW WHO was more anxious—Daniel or Kenjii—but they weren’t making this emergency helicopter evacuation any easier. I patted Kenjii and she shifted until her full hundred pounds of German shepherd rested squarely on my feet. When I tried to wriggle away, she moved closer and pinned my legs. I sighed and … Read more
Book Preview SERENA STOOD ON THE rock ledge twenty feet above the lake, singing in a voice known to bring tears to the eyes of everyone who heard it. Everyone except me. “For God’s sake, Seri,” I said, “just dive already.” Serena stuck out her tongue and shifted closer to the edge, toes wrapping around … Read more
Book Preview One AFTER FOUR NIGHTS ON the run, I was finally safe, tucked into bed and enjoying the deep, dreamless sleep of the dead … until the dead decided they’d really rather have me awake. It started with a laugh that slid into my sleep and pulled me out of it. As I rose … Read more
Book Preview One WHEN THE DOOR TO my cell clicked open, the first thought that flitted through my doped-up brain was that Liz had changed her mind and come back. But ghosts don’t open doors. They will, on occasion, ask me to open one, so I can raise and interrogate the zombies of supernaturals killed … Read more
Book Preview Twelve Years earlier . . . MOMMY FORGOT TO WARN the new babysitter about the basement. Chloe teetered on the top step, chubby hands reaching up to clutch both railings, her arms shaking so much she could barely hang on. Her legs shook, too, the Scooby Doo heads on her … Read more
Book Preview A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire A Blood and Ash Novel Jennifer L. Armentrout From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes a new novel in her Blood and Ash series… Is Love Stronger Than Vengeance? Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was … Read more
Book Preview Captivating and action-packed, From Blood and Ash is a sexy, addictive, and unexpected fantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Laura Thalassa. Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy’s life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to … Read more
Book Preview The storm haze shrouds the sky Spinning snowy whirlwinds Now it howls like a beast Now cries like a child Suddenly rustles the rotten thatch On our run-down roof Now like a late traveler It knocks at our window. —A. S. PUSHKIN The storm haze shrouds the sky Spinning snowy whirlwinds Now it … Read more
Book Preview By the shore of the sea stands a green oak tree; Upon the tree is a golden chain: And day and night a learned cat Walks around and around on the chain; When he goes to the right he sings a song, When he goes to the left he tells a tale. —A. … Read more
Book Preview NOT A PENNY MORE NOT A PENNY LESS SHALL WE TELL THE PRESIDENT? THE PRODIGAL DAUGHTER A QUIVER FULL OF ARROWS BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT EXCLUSIVE JEFFREY ARCHER This edition published 1994 by BCA by arrangement with Harpercollins publishers All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval … Read more
Book Preview DIANA HAD BEEN HOPING to get away by 5:00, so she could be at the farm in time for dinner. She tried not to show her true feelings when at 4:37 her deputy, Phil Haskins, presented her with a complex twelve-page document that required the signature of a director before it could be … Read more
Book Preview On the heels of the international bestseller Only Time Will Tell, Jeffrey Archer picks up the sweeping story of the Clifton Chronicles…. Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried family secrets, and forced to accept that his desire to marry Emma Barrington will … Read more
Book Preview Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less Shall We Tell the President? The Prodigal Daughter The Eleventh Commandment A Quiver Full of Arrows The Collected Short Stories To Cut a Long Story Short Beyond Reasonable Doubt Volume One – Belmarsh: Hell Volume Two – Wayland: Purgatory Volume Three – North Sea Camp: … Read more