Chasing Ever After

Chasing Ever After

Stephanie Hoffman McManus

Romance / Contemporary / Chick Lit

Andrew Reid had his life figured out. He had a beautiful fiance, a duty that gave him a sense of purpose and a plan- serve his country for four years and then marry his high school sweetheart and live happily ever after. Sadie Anne Pierce had everything her heart desired, the love of Clayton West. She had to sacrifice her life of privilege to be with him, but that didn't matter because he was the only thing she needed. This is the story of two people who thought they had it all. This is the story of two people who lost it all. When Drew's dream of happily ever after died, so did the boy that he was. He threw himself into being the best Marine he could be, and as one half of a scout sniper pair, Ace was born. Following their eight years in the Marines, he and his best friend Spade joined two others to form the band Ashes and Embers. After a year of playing every bar and club in Boston, and traveling all over the east coast to get their music out there, earning reputations as notorious players along the way, they finally got the break of a lifetime. When near tragedy struck and brought all of the band members home to Boston, Ace met Sadie. Their shared pain and grief for Jaxyn brought them together, but it wasn't enough for Sadie to give the playboy rockstar, whose name she'd been hearing for months, a chance, so she denied the attraction and fought the pull she felt toward him. Ace knows all about fighting for what he believes in though, and he believes in Sadie. He's not afraid of a challenge and he doesn't give up. Ever. Even if it means chasing after a stubborn red head determined to run from him. Can two people who lost so much, find more than they ever hoped to dream for again?
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Ultimatum

Ultimatum

Anders de la Motte

Mystery

A follow up to his “breakneck” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) MemoRandom, this gripping new thriller from the internationally bestselling author Anders de la Motte takes you deep inside the world of police intelligence: a world of secrecy, betrayal, and deadly competition, where one second you’re on top, and the next you’re fighting for your life.David Sarac of the Stockholm Police Force’s Intelligence Unit, weeks after his violent encounter with the enigmatic high-level informant, Janus, is recuperating from his gunshot wounds. While the hunt for the elusive Janus has ended, the secrets and lies linger. The mysteries of that night deepen when David’s nurse slips him an anonymous letter; the writer wants to swap secrets with David to bring someone powerful to justice after a betrayal at the Janus shoot-out. David’s only clues are two photos enclosed with the letter: a snapshot of a happy family and another of a dead...
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The Road to Oxiana

The Road to Oxiana

Robert Byron

Robert Byron

In 1933 Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana—the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. The Road to Oxiana offers not only a wonderful record of his adventures, but also a rare account of the architectural treasures of a region now inaccessible to most Western travelers.
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Stonewall Hinkleman and the Battle of Bull Run

Stonewall Hinkleman and the Battle of Bull Run

Sam Riddleburger

Sam Riddleburger

Stonewall Hinkleman (yup, that?s his real name) hates participating in historical reenactments with his Civil War?obsessed parents. And they drag him to one every weekend. He can?t play his Game Boy but he has to play his stupid bugle (?cause he?s a bugle boy?how lame can you get?) to lead the battle charges. Who wants to pretend to fi ght in some old war anyway?But one day, Stonewall finds himself transported back in time to the actual Battle of Bull Run?and he?s not alone! Mr. Dupree, an ardent Confederate from Stonewall?s time, has also traveled back in order to change the outcome of the whole Civil War. Stonewall needs to use all of his knowledge of the battle to stop Dupree and save the course of American history as we know it.
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Mars

Mars

Ben Bova

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Science

Jamie Waterman is a young Navaho geologist who is picked for the ground team of the first manned expedition to Mars. He will be joining an international team of astronauts and scientists. But once the crew land on Mars, they soon discover they must battle not only the alien land on which they have invaded but earthbound bureaucrats as well. When they come face to face with a chasm ten times as deep and large as the Grand Canyon, all twenty-five astronauts must face the most shocking discovery of all...
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Grand Canary

Grand Canary

A. J. Cronin

Nonfiction / Literature & Fiction

Destiny brings two lonely people together in this moving love story by A J Cronin, one of the master story-tellers of our time. Dr Harvey Leith, brilliant research scientist, awakes from a drunken stupor to find himself aboard a liner bound for the romantic Canary Islands. His past life is in ruins, and his hopes for the future are shattered. But he meets the lovely Mary Fielding on the ship, also looking for a new purpose in her life. It seems to her that they have met somewhere before, in some other place, and that they are meant for each other. There is only one problem – she is already married. Dr Leith's life becomes inextricably involved with those of the other passengers and he gradually begins to forget the bitterness of the past. In the sultry atmosphere of Grand Canary he finds he has to conquer himself to achieve happiness.
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