Re-read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Penny Jordan,previously published as The Inward Storm in 1984 It had been partly her own naivety, and partly her dislike of his cut-throat job, thathad broken up Kate's marriage to gorgeous yet ruthless tycoon Jake Harvey two years ago.But ever since their whirlwind wedding ended in heartache and separation, Kate had grownup and moved on. Or so she thinks, until Jake sweeps into her life again, and the heat between theminstantly reignites! Jake knows exactly what he wants—his wife, back in his bed!—andKate is certain of the passion they will find in each other's arms again. But once she'sback in her husband's bed, will she ever want to leave?
【A story by New York Times bestselling author becomes a comic!】No way… Is that him? Two years have passed since Kate left her husband, Jake. While she is still trying to overcome the pain from her married life with him, she hears that Jake is going to become the manager of the chemical plant in the small town of Yorkshire, where Kate now lives. Kate is asked to host his welcome party, and Jake comes to the party knowing that Kate is there. And he’s brought a beautiful woman, the daughter of a local potentate, with him!
A bright new future means leaving their past at the door, in this dramatic reunion romance by Louise Fuller! She’s saved from ruin. And plunged into temptation… Talitha St. Croix Hamilton’s disappearance from his life has haunted billionaire Dante King. Now he has a chance to put their relationship on fresh footing—by hiring her to curate his new art collection. The catch: Talitha will work from his villa in Siena! With her family shouldering huge debt, Talitha can’t refuse Dante’s deal. He’s more committed to empire building than to her. That’s why she left! Yet with their chemistry as hot as ever, she knows if she falls back into Dante’s bed, she’ll want to stay for good… From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.
Re-read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Penny Jordan,previously published as Too Short A Blessing in 1986 Why wouldn't Jonas Chesney just leave her alone with her memories? Why was thisarrogant new neighbor so determined to intrude on Sara's emotions—and arouse herpassion? After her fiancé's sudden death more than a year before, Sara had resolved neverto fall in love again. But she'd reckoned without the strong-willed Jonas Chesney… To her own surprise, Sara found her body awakened by his caress—and she responded with a fervorso intense it promised to overshadow her past!
Read this classic Harlequin Presents from NYT bestselling author Penny Jordan! A marriage of convenience—to her enemy! Once Joel and Lissa had known each other as teenagers. She’s spent the intervening years wanting to forget him! Only now they are fighting over custody of her sister’s young daughters. And Joel has a shocking proposal to break the deadlock: they get married! She might have loved him once, but this is the man she’s hated for years! But for her sister’s sake she’s sworn she’d do anything for her nieces…even this? Originally published in 1985.
Chris had tried to forget Slater James. He'd betrayed her in the worst way possible - with her cousin. And when her cousin had become pregnant, he married her. Now Slater was widowed, and Chris had to face him again, as guardian of his six-year-old daughter. To her surprise, he seemed set on a passionate vendetta, claiming she owed him. Owed him what? Only little Sophie knew the truth. The trouble was, since her mother's death, she hadn't uttered a single word. Originally published in 1984
The Bond That Never Was Two decades ago, the producers of the James Bond movies hired legendary crime novelist Donald E. Westlake to come up with a story for the next Bond film. The plot Westlake dreamed up – about a Western businessman seeking revenge after being kicked out of Hong Kong when the island was returned to Chinese rule – had all the elements of a classic Bond adventure, but political concerns kept it from being made. Never one to let a good story go to waste, Westlake wrote an original novel based on the premise instead – a novel he never published while he was alive. Now, nearly a decade after Westlake’s death, Hard Case Crime is proud to give that novel its first publication ever, together with a brand new afterword by one of the movie producers describing the project’s genesis, and to give fans their first taste of the Westlake-scripted Bond that might have been.
J. M. Coetzee is, without question, one of the world's greatest novelists. This volume gathers together for the first time in book form twenty-nine pieces on books, writing, photography and the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. Stranger Shores opens with 'What is a Classic?' in which Coetzee explores the answer to his own question - 'What does it mean in living terms to say that the classic is what survives?' - by way of T.S. Eliot, J.S. Bach and Zbigniew Herbert. His subjects range from eighteenth and nineteenth century writers Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson and Ivan Turgenev, to the great German modernists Rilke, Kafka, and Musil, to the giants of late twentieth century literature, among them Harry Mulisch, Joseph Brodsky, Jorge Luis Borges, Salman Rushdie, Amos Oz, Naguib Mahfouz, Nadine Gordimer and Doris Lessing.
This book is the culmination of patient research and mature reflection of a profoundly original mind and has earned universal recognition and honour over the last few decades.
Lawyer and journalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Louis Houck is often called the “Father of Southeast Missouri” because he brought the railroad to the region and opened this backwater area to industrialization and modernization. Although Houck’s name is little known today outside Missouri, Joel Rhodes shows how his story has relevance for both the state and the nation. Rhodes presents a more complete picture of Houck than has ever been available: reviewing his life from his German immigrant roots, considering his career from both social and political perspectives, and grounding the story in both state and national history. He especially tells how, from 1880 to the 1920s, this self-taught railroader constructed a network of five hundred miles of track through the wilderness of wetlands known as “Swampeast Missouri”—and how these “Houck Roads” provided a boost for population, agriculture, lumbering, and commerce that transformed Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area. Rhodes discusses how Houck fits into the era of economic individualism—a time when men with little formal training shaped modern industry—and also gives voice to Houck’s critics and shows that he was not always an easy man to work with. In telling the story of his railroading enterprise, Rhodes chronicles Houck’s battle with the Jay Gould railroad empire and offers key insight into the development of America’s railway system, from the cutthroat practices of ruthless entrepreneurs to the often-comic ineptness of start-up rail lines. More than simply a biography of a business entrepreneur, the book tells how Houck not only developed the region economically but also followed the lead of Andrew Carnegie by making art, culture, and formal education available to all social classes. Houck also served for thirty-six years as president of the Board of Regents of Southeast Missouri State Teacher’s College, and as a self-taught historian he wrote the first comprehensive accounts of Missouri’s territorial period. A Missouri Railroad Pioneer chronicles a multifaceted career that transformed a region. Solidly researched, this lively narrative also offers an entertaining read for anyone interested in Missouri history.
