Lady Mara, a lovely ladybird and Rona the spider, are the best of friends. But when Rona decided to go and find Kibbe, the Terrible Witch and become her apprentice, the whole village turned against her. Mara helped her leave and eventually went after her. Both had lots of adventures on the way to Kibbe, but the Terrible Witch had an old book of spells, and a magic ingredient for her soup...
There's a traitor on the planet Tartarus! With the insider's aid, Dar-kan hira-Gurd -- the beautiful, sadistic, dangerous Ghendarian commander -- invades the City of the Ruler. She usurps the throne of Ahn-eld, then plots her long-awaited revenge upon Malkis of Tartarus. Acting on a gut instinct that the planet is under attack, Richard Hughes, commander of Astrella II, risks battling Ghendarian warships in a desperate attempt to rescue Malkis and Rona. But in order to save his wife, his world, and his friends from the brutal and merciless invaders, Malkis is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice! Ransom of Tartarus is the third book in the Tartarus Trilogy. Books one and two of the trilogy are Judgment on Tartarus and True Son of Tartarus.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE O’Connor, a vivacious, free-spirited young journalist known for her penetrating celebrity interviews, is bent on unearthing secrets long ago buried by the handsome showbiz team of singer Vince Collins and comic Lanny Morris. These two highly desirable men, once inseparable (and insatiable, where women were concerned), were driven apart by a bizarre and unexplained death in which one of them may have played the part of murderer. As the tart-tongued, eye-catching O’Connor ventures deeper into this unsolved mystery, she finds herself compromisingly coiled around both men, knowing more about them than they realize and less than she might like, but increasingly fearful that she now knows far too much.
Paul Drummond and Billy Sparks make their third trip to Shumbus, the strange land within the Earth. When they arrive, Argo takes them on a journey to a land of people forgotten in time, who hold a key to the history of Shumbus…if only they can escape from them and get back home.
Meet Morris Feldstein, a pharmaceutical salesman living and working in western Long Island who loves the Mets, loves his wife Rona, and loves things just the way they are. He doesn't enjoy the news; he doesn't like to argue. Rona may want to change the world; Morris wants the world to leave him alone. Morris does not make waves. But one day Morris is seduced by a lonely, lovesick receptionist at one of the doctors' offices along his sales route, and in a moment of weakness charges a non-business expense to his company credit card. No big deal, you might think. Easy mistake. But the government's top-secret surveillance program, anchored by a giant, complex supercomputer known as NICK, thinks differently. Eventually NICK begins to thread together the largely disparate and tenuously connected strands of Morris's life.
Romance and family drama set in Italy, against the magical backdrop of Bellagio, Verona and Rome. Books 1-4 of the Italian Summer Series are now in one boxed set: It Takes Two All That Glitters Fool's Gold Roman Encounter It Takes Two Rona Fernández's visits to the charming Gioberti's restaurant had raised some eyebrows but nobody was overly suspicious of why she would go alone each evening. Not even her husband. Besides, a harmless flirtation every now and then isn't such a bad thing. As long it stays that way. All That Glitters A chance encounter at a luxury hotel leads to a sizzling romance between unlucky-in-love Andrea Brunelli and the gorgeous Riley James. But her nights of passion lead to more than she had bargained for and Andrea soon discovers that there is a price to pay. Is her passionate new romance all that it is set up to be or is there more to it than meets the eye? Fool's Gold Leo Carrera takes a chance when he invests in Andrea Brunelli's business. It seems to be a wise decision but falling for her isn't, especially when the feelings aren't mutual and she seems to attract every loser in sight. But he's a patient man and he's willing to wait. Andrea knows that having Leo by her side has been the biggest help, especially during the last few rocky months. He's been a tower of strength, her steady rock, her go-to guy. The only problem is that sometimes, the way he looks at her makes her skin tingle, sets her heartrate rocketing and her pulse racing. But he's so calm and laid back, he barely realizes the effect he's having on her. So when another business associate takes an interest in her, what's a girl to do? Roman Encounter Gina Morosini has spent her life pleasing others and putting her own dreams and wishes on hold. People gravitate towards her with their own problems, never stopping to wonder what might be going on in her life. When the pressure intensifies and her personal life falls apart, a week in Rome provides the escape she desperately needs. Christian Russo is a stud. Over-confident and self-serving, he's only interested in doing what's best for him. And right now, working for a training company in Rome isn't it. He can do better, and he knows it. But even a player like Russo needs help sometimes, especially when his résumé needs to sparkle. Asking the quiet mouse of a woman for help works out well for him and leads Gina and Christian on a journey that neither of them expected. womens fiction romance,family sagas series,inspirational romance series,fiction books for women,womens fiction beach reads, romance books set in italy,genre fiction family sagas and romance
Fresh from Los Angeles, Mrs Pearl Collingwood and her daughter Rona arrive in the frenzied no-man's-land of Heathrow airport: from the nearby village of Bedmansworth, Edward Richardson jets in and out of it faster than his marriage can tolerate. Yet precisely where village and airport overlap, there exists a world bubbling with intrigues and assignations, with wit, pathos and excitement, that all readers of Leslie Thomas will recognize as his alone.
