Showing results by publisher "ACX" in Genre Fiction

Meg Giry grew up with tales of the Opera Ghost, a spectral being said to haunt the Paris Opera House. But when he rescues her from rape in the streets of Paris, Meg learns that the stories are true, that the ghost, also known as the Phantom of the Opera, is a real man, with his sights set on her best friend, Christine Daae. Despite being warned to stay away, Meg is drawn deeper into a world that has remained secret for years....

The complete list of narrators includes: Louise Anne Bateman, Ryan Kirwan, Lynne Fallowell, Victoria Bowes, Joshua Plank, David Plank, Kathy Stokes, Bernard Tagliavini, Jonathan Hope, David Burton, Gabi King, and Shaun Blake.

Haunt is a tripping-balls Los Angeles noir, where a mysterious dame drags you through a time-warping bizarro hall of mirrors. She's the girl of your dreams - too bad she's dead. Or, is she?

Opening with young Caleb Lewis witnessing an event that will shatter his happy family, the novel follows this young boy through a series of traumatic events, the divorce of his parents, and the death of both of his siblings in the chaos that surrounds the Vietnam War. Caleb himself falls into a dark place. Brilliant, athletic, and charismatic, he begins to use his talents to manipulate those around him. Turning his back on everyone, Caleb descends into a world of drugs, sex, and violence.

In the late 1800s, aging Texas Ranger Billy Dixon decides it's time to turn in his badge and settle down with the widow Tucker. On his last hunt, he rescues young Colt Patterson, an innocent victim from certain death. Billy takes him under his wing and teaches him how to survive in the harsh and brutal desert. The Apache tribe is crowded into the hellhole the white men called Bosque Redondo, where they are starved and treated like animals.

Set during the 1970s glam rock scene in Hollywood, Wham Glam Thank You Ma'am follows best friends Jemmie and Dara, who will do anything to get into Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco after they hear a rumor that their favorite rock star is going to be making the scene. No tickets, no ride, no I.D. - no problem! Nothing will deter them from meeting their idol.

Seventeen stories of small-town America that will make you laugh. Guaranteed. If you grew up in the rural Midwest, you've met big, easy-going Sheriff Tip Tungate, with his uniquely local sense of justice. You've sat in front of hulking principal Butch Bauer, who runs "the best sports program in the state", and seen his football trophies in the display case behind him. You have eaten baked beans and chocolate cake at the church carry-in supper, been embarrassed by a revival, and seen what happens in small towns to intellectuals who won't shut up.

It has been nine years since the collapse of civilization. The number of survivors remaining has grown scarce and the world's inhabitants are mostly the undead. A tight-knit group is beginning to wonder how much longer they can hold out and what the point of continued survival is. As one man attempts to find ways to keep his team together he is faced with a sudden series of horrible challenges, which make him begin to doubt the same things, as well as himself.

Escaping their lives in California, Clark and his best friend Rudy load up a temperamental V.W. bus and - with a year's supply of LSD - head south of the border for a carefree adventure. Ride along with them from Tijuana to Cancún as they make friends and enemies, explore Mesoamerican ruins, and drink far too much tequila.

When he was in his first year of secondary school, something extraordinary happened. He stumbled, completely by accident, into a Great New World, a world of fantastic sex, opportunity, and Fetus Factories. That's what this book's about. And it's written by the man himself, Axol O'Lerpler.

S group of Soviet Georgians develop a strain of common bacteria and create an epidemic against the Russian High Command. Robert Cook, a microbiologist in La Jolla helps track down the perpetrators through France, Moscow and the Georgian republic. The novel features the sights, sounds and tastes of those lands, while bringing in enough science to interest the lay reader who likes a galloping thriller...

Hey all, this is a continuation of the best-selling parody of Jimmy Fallon's Thank You Notes.

If you enjoy his humor, you'll love ours. This audiobook is chock full of things that just really piss people off. So vent with the authors and join in the party.

Hadley Finch is devastated when her CEO husband leaves her for a much younger woman after two decades of a happy marriage. When her extreme efforts to win back her husband's love fail, Hadley begins a quest for the next great love of her life with the help of her friends-the Tribe Of Blondes. Not a hair color, it is a resilient, optimistic spirit of light and love that gives the Tribe its name and fuels their passionate choices and personal triumphs.