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Covington Stone – In Honor of Remington Steele: A Stone Faced Colt by Michael Volpi
Covington Stone owns a failing private investigation agency in LA. He’s a handsome mid-30’s guy, blue collar, smart, comes from old school NYC Hell’s Kitchen tough neighborhood. He recently had a stint in the NYPD before moving to LA and inheriting his uncles PI business.
He’s ambitious; wants his agency to grow and to have big-ticket clients, with many employees and offices all over the country. He misses New York City, and is constantly grouchy about L.A.
Problem? He can’t break out of this rut of sleazy, low-end assignments – divorces, cheating spouses, drugs, prostitution, insurance fraud, with each client being more unsavory, unscrupulous, and deadbeat than the last. When he approaches “big ticket clients” like movie stars, high-end attorneys, and big business executives, they always turn their nose down at him.
Depressed and at his wits end, he attends the “Law Enforcement, Investigations and Security Industry Summit” an annual professional convention in which people in law enforcement, investigation, security, etc, can attend to promote their business, learn new tactics, meet new people, mingle, attend panels, and listen to speakers.
This seems to deject him more as he meets several people who lucked into the higher end of the industry, getting the kind of assignments he wants. Drowning his sorrows at a nearby pub, a beautiful brunette sits next to him – Kerrie Barnett, former employee of the James Lindsend Detective Agency. There he learns that she was one of Jamie’s Saints.
She suggests that he get a female partner. Not one for men to ogle, but a beautiful, resourceful, educated woman who will provide him with that ‘in’ with the type of clientele he’s seeking. Covington’s a bit old school macho and thinks that this type of work is too dangerous for a woman, but his conversation with Kerrie makes him rethink that stance.
After interviewing a whole bunch of girls, they’re either vapid or crazy. He’s about to give up for good, when suddenly, Gilberto DaCosta, a rare gems merchant shows up at his office who said that Kerrie recommended him and his “partner”. Partner?
Covington nervously plays along trying to figure out what’s going on, pretending he does have that person, and then right before his lie is about to be blown, all of a sudden appears Sarah Colt.
Forced to solve a jewel heist case, “Sarah” is very secretive about herself and he believes Kerrie sent her. Who was this woman? Was she up to something? Was she hiding something? Was she someone important? Did she have a lot of friends? Or did she upset the wrong people? Or was she dangerous? All Covington could get from the case they were working on together was that Sarah was beautiful, an expert hand to hand combatant, multilingual – she’s got a whole bunch of skills…
Thirty Days Have September by Bibi Paterson
Set in London and Brighton, Thirty Days is a fabulously provocative romance that gives you a very steamy love affair between a hot guy and an unsure heroine, baked goods and some rather unexpected twists and turns along the way.
“I try to think of what I felt like before I met Taylor, but it is as if that girl no longer exists.”
Shy and unassuming, Abigail James loves to bake. She dreams of opening her own dessert café but instead she spends her days working as a data analyst and sneaking in her cakes as the company’s ‘diet assassin’ on the side. Taylor Hudson, the enigmatic owner of Hudson International, has been captivated by Abby’s innocence and quiet charm since the day she started working for the company. However, his history with women is marred by personal circumstances and he has vowed to stay away.
A chance meeting sees Abby’s world turned upside down when, drawn in by Taylor’s chocolate brown eyes and unexpected kindness, she starts on a journey of attraction that will see her heart and soul laid bare. While their attraction is mutual, both Abby and Taylor have their own inner demons that they need to overcome if their relationship can move forward for them to find their own happily ever after.
Due to the nature of the content this book is intended for mature audiences.
Something New by Kemka Ezinwo
Two women are hauled together by their husbands’ partnership but that’s not all they have in common.
After five years of being married to Moses without any children to show for it, Athena is at a crossroad which is further exasperated by an obnoxious mother-in-law who brings in another woman to help the process; to top it off her husband is cheating on her.
Temitope has been married to Olamide for ten years. Although she has two daughters she desperately needs to give birth to a male child that will inherit her husband’s empire and secure her marriage. She is worried that a mistake she had made is costing her the opportunity of doing so and will do anything to ensure no other woman takes her place. One thing is certain they’ll do anything to keep their marriage… but will they succeed? Meanwhile, Moses starts a liaison with Cynthia who is in a contract marriage with Olamide and now she is pregnant…
Resident Stalker 911 by Shea Kelly
Resident Stalker 911 is book #1 in the QUIKFLIK SERIES, the series is designed for those people who like to read a book fast! You might want to sit and read a full story in your lunch break, when you’re traveling or when you have a little respite from the kids. Shea Kelly does a great job in bringing this short story to life. Dorothy is being stalked – but who by? Her life is dull, uninteresting and sometimes depressing, her father ran off with her best friend which she believes killed her mother so Dorothy is now convinced that every man who comes into her life is out to betray her. She lives her life in a bubble and relies on dating websites for entertainment. Watch out for the twist…
An Abysmal Sleepcation by Paul Tannen
Almost everything that happens during sleep— including most of our dreams, the thoughts we have throughout the night and memories of brief awakenings—is forgotten by morning. For Greg Mallet, 28, it’s quite the opposite. Greg was unexpectedly awakened after three years in an accident-related coma. Greg doesn’t remember who he is, nor does he recall his life before the accident. All that he remembers is the abstract dream life he lived while in the coma, which provided him with a very unusual alternate reality. Along comes Shannon Brewster, a lonely, mildly depressed, young female psychiatrist with self-esteem issues; a non-existent social life and her stressful job as a psychiatrist in the mental health unit of a hospital in Portland, Oregon have taken a toll on her psyche. Shannon takes a strong interest in Greg and his rehabilitation. Can their unlikely bond free them both from the misery of their minds?
Forager (Forager – A Dystopian Trilogy) by Peter R Stone
Eighteen-year-old Ethan Jones lives in Newhome, a town built upon the decaying ruins of post-apocalyptic Melbourne, ruins haunted by the ferocious Skel, a nomadic tribe of degenerate savages. The Skel are ramping up their attacks on Newhome’s foraging teams and infesting Melbourne’s ruins in ever greater numbers. Is this part of a larger plan that could spell the town’s doom? Meanwhile, the last thing Ethan expects when he and his companions rescue a two-car convoy from the Skel is a Japanese teenage girl with an outlandish dress-sense, who after they take her back to Newhome, goes to great lengths to ingratiate herself into his life. But is it in gratitude for saving her life or is she seeking something more? And what a quandry she places him in, for he knows the rules, that no man is permitted to be alone with an unmarried woman. But how can he drive such a gentle soul away when she touchs his heart so deeply, even though she clearly carries the pain of a broken heart.
You’re Not Hot, You’re Beautiful by Sam Botta
Are you amazed that the one that you wanted to marry would not commit to you?
She’s terrific in every way, she has the right job with the home and lifestyle that she thought would be additional attractors for the right guy, in addition to her intelligence, independence, sense of humor, her travel… she’s even a foodie and she has terrific family and friends: The whole package! In the realm of contemporary fiction, dating and relationships work out. Why is real life not like fiction? Your health, mind and body, love and romance are based on real life.
Find the right him by being the right her. Sam Botta has cracked the code!
Hunting Dreamgirls: Dating Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads by David Woolf
HUNTING DREAMGIRLS is the box set adventure into the mysterious world of dating gorgeous Blondes, Brunettes and Redheads. Just when you thought you knew everything about the opposite sex, a revolutionary new book comes along to change the way you think about pursuing dreamgirls within a code of honor. Technique and methodology are blended with the secrets of attraction, and the art of seduction. Dating advice for men will never be the same when a man realizes that, at heart, he’s a hunter. He seeks opportunities to meet up with beautiful women, and learns how to find the best hunting grounds and the most effective ways to date these beauties. Then when he’s gained the necessary skills, he comes face-to-face with her, and finds a way to prevail. So, have courage. HUNTING DREAMGIRLS will help you in your dating adventurers, and know that the “good life” awaits you… like a hungry tiger.
The Love of You, a Novel by Catherine Crumber
Hampton Roads, Virginia will never be the same now that Simone, Mya, Tracey and Colette have teamed up with the wise and sassy Mother B. Rich for prayer. Wayward spouses, silver tongue devils, tormenting past and sheer mendacity will have to step aside for new beginnings, true love, restoration and healing of the heart.
Hands-On Therapy by TL Watson
After yet another failed attempt at meeting a worthwhile man, in-charge businesswoman Marie Reid drunk dials a so-called sex therapist. Not one to back down from a challenge, she keeps the meeting even after sobering up and vaguely recalling some reference to spanking. When the guy shows up with endless blue eyes, sexy bare feet, and a commanding demeanor that literally wets her appetite, Marie’s reluctance vanishes in a wave of lust. But submitting to just a few deliciously sinful nights of hands-on therapy has her already falling for her very hands-off counselor.
***This novella is an erotic romance and contains sexual situations suited to an 18 and over audience.***
