Showing results for "Lynch" in Literature & Fiction

Upon a time. Remember the faery stories you were told as a child? Tales of tiny, magical, winged beings and elves, wicked witches and goblins. Demons... What if one day you found they were true? What if, when you became an adult, you discovered they were all based on fact? What if you met the fantasy and it was all so very real? That's what happened to Thom Kindred. The wonders were revealed to him – but so were the horrors; for not far behind the Good, there always lurks the Bad.

When he catches his fiancée in bed with another man, Jackson is set adrift on a sea of hurt and confusion. A lonely raft on the tossing waves of heartbreak, if you will. Good thing that Alexis—the cheating wench—previously booked two non-refundable tickets for a romantic cruise on the Sundance. It was supposed to be a sexy four-night Mexican getaway with wine tastings, duty-free shopping sprees, couple’s massages, amazing food, and long nights tangled in the sheets of a deluxe cabin with a sea-view balcony… all paid for with Jackson’s money.

Dr. Rhea Lynch is deputized as special assistant deputy coroner when the full-time coroner is shot. The shooter, a young man, claims that his sister has been abducted; Rhea believes him and attempts to help find the truth. A bizarre chain of events follows that embroils the doctor in a mystery that puts her own life at risk.

Recent graduate Fiona Gillespie is stuck working in a grimy pub in London's East End and living in a horrid flat. It's only while she figures out what she wants to do career-wise that she realizes it's easier said than done. When she sees an advertisement for a job at a plush Mayfair hotel, she jumps at the chance. Determination and a spot of luck land Fiona her dream role, and it comes with accommodation included. Her job and living situation sorted, things are on the up. Unfortunately, her personal life is lackluster.

Alice Brown has just landed her dream job as property manager at Davenport Manor, a British stately home. However, her dream job soon threatens to become a nightmare when she discovers her boss, Jeremy Davenport, in a compromising position. Her shock is exacerbated when Jeremy, far from being embarrassed or apologetic about what happened, manipulates the situation until somehow, she’s the one in the wrong. He and his best friend Ethan Hayes, the head of security at Davenport Manor, give her an ultimatum.

A diary and a cache of letters from 120 years ago introduce Caroline and James to the sad story of their forebears who gave up the people they loved out of Victorian ideas of honor and what was fitting. Are they doomed to do the same? In 1893, Captain Rodney McKenna chaperoned the young Melissa Blaze to India - he to rejoin his regiment and she to find a husband.

Bianka's struggle against her destiny, laid down by the gods of ancient Greece, leads her down a dark and terrible path. Cursed to live as a vampire, she is consumed by an insatiable thirst and a lust for more than blood. Torn between a hunger for vengeance and a desire to end her tormented existence, she unlocks Pandora's box - and changes everything.

Regina Brooks thinks finding a box of abandoned kittens on Christmas Eve is a disaster in the making. Fortunately, her hunky neighbor Ric is eager to help her out - in any way he can! A sweet and sexy short Christmas story - with kittens.

Dana's been crushing on Drew Fischer for as long as she's been working at his company. His gorgeous head of security, Lex Bradshaw, occupies her dreams as well. But even in her wildest dreams, she never expected to be propositioned by both of them - together!

Chris is a young man brought up with three girls, and a girl is what he wishes he had been. The girls dress him as one of them, and he revels in the life that opens up for him. If you don't want to know what it is that men do when they're in bed with other men, you should not listen to this book - but Chris finds that girls, too, are not without their attractions. He falls in love with one, but she is denied to him; he falls in love with another and loses her, too.

Pearl is born into a strict Christian sect. A normal young woman and sexual being, she is seduced by another church member and disgraced. What follows is a life of debauchery in which Pearl enjoys (and is enjoyed by) both men and women. But Kat Carlton is a Christian writer if she is anything, and what we see at the end is the triumph of love; human love and God's love.

The Chakin teach Andrew Matthews how to transfer people between bodies. Breaking a solemn promise, he turns his daughter, Lottie, into David Walters in order to seize David's fortune - and, along the way, enjoy the carnal pleasures of the beautiful female body that was forbidden him. The Chakin cross the seas to release David from his bondage as a woman, and David is grateful to them...but the gratitude is not total. Has David, in becoming a man once more, lost more than he gains?

Michael lived in the shadows of the closet; to the world he was a straight man, but he was paralyzed by fear of having his lust for men exposed. It was a life of temptations he never pursued when life dealt him a blow that gave him a chance to reset his life. He must now face the consequences of his life choices, experiencing the hidden desires he had denied for years. He tried to tell himself he was bisexual till his curiosity allowed him to find his true self.

US Marshal Matthew Gabriel is hunting down Kyle McGregor, a ruthless killer who took the lives of both his parents before his very eyes. After McGregor escapes from a prison facility in California, Marshal Gabriel has a showdown with the convicted felon that leaves him nearly half dead in the woods of Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino mountains. Before passing out, the Marshal vows to bring McGregor to justice for his crimes.

Lailah’s neighbour, Loulou, is well known for hosting wild, extravagant events, so as Lailah heads over there for the much-anticipated annual Halloween bash, she thinks she’s prepared for pretty much anything. Soon after arriving, though, she discovers Loulou has outdone herself - and presented Lailah, who, as well as being an actual vampire, has come in fancy dress as one, with the opportunity to have a little joke at her own expense.