Vampire in Conflict

Vampire in Conflict

Dale Mayer

Business & Investing / Home & Garden / Paranormal Fiction

The blood farm is gone. Those behind it have either died, been caught, or are on the run. Time to return to the real world.Only normal life isn't quite what Tessa expected. Good thing, because there is no 'normal' anymore. She's different. Her family is different. Her friends are different. The world around her is different. Trying to find her place is not easy. She wants nothing more than to be a normal teenager and join Cody and his friends on a Friday night out.Cody wants the trouble to be over so he can get back to living the life he used to with one major addition—Tessa.Only Ian and Jewel aren't healing well, Rhia is acting out of character, and Jared keeps tripping over dead bodies. Then there's David, who'll do anything to help Jewel...even something he knows he shouldn't do.Something is wrong, and once again it's up to Tessa to figure out what is happening under the surface of this 'normal' life.Warning: This book ends with a...
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Time Thieves

Time Thieves

Dale Mayer

Business & Investing / Home & Garden / Paranormal Fiction

Time has a way of solving many problems - but it also has a way of creating many more... Sari grew up with a secret that involved her missing father... The only other person who knows the truth refuses to acknowledge it. Sari can't forget what happened. Ever. She lost someone she loved. Fifteen years later, the possibility of reversing the series of events drives her to keep searching for answers. Especially now that she's finally returned to where it all happened and with the people - one in particular - that she'd been forced to leave behind.Fifteen years ago, Ward was devastated when Sari's mother fled to France with Sari. Even at ten, they'd been sweethearts. But the mystery of what happened back then had lain fallow.... waiting for someone to stir up the soil. And damn if Sari wasn't the best at doing just that...Sari and Ward are out of time. Can they solve the mystery of what happened? Or do they become the next victims...
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Tori

Tori

Dale Mayer

Business & Investing / Home & Garden / Paranormal Fiction

This is the second book in the new paranormal fantasy series Glory. Hurt and betrayed, Tori has gone into hiding. Anything to give her time to heal from losing the love of her life. Devon came looking for her—for all the wrong reasons. He needs her help to save a large band of locals caught behind a weird energy pattern. As an energy worker, she can't turn her back on those in need. She will help him, but only if he disappears from her life forever. He agrees, but has no intention of honoring his promise. She's finally let him back into her life—he has no intention of screwing up a second time. Tori isn't big on forgiveness, but she is big on Devon. Only the weird energy pattern was a problem—a big problem—and the start of something sinister. Before she can work out what's going on, the stakes go up, and she realizes there might not be a future for either of them.
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Brandon's Bliss

Brandon's Bliss

Dale Mayer

Business & Investing / Home & Garden / Paranormal Fiction

Brandon, the newest member of Levi's team at Legendary Securities, heads to Africa. Bullard purchased a new holding there, but, shortly after arriving, went missing. Kasha has worked for Bullard for five years. She's familiar with most of those who work for Legendary as well. Brandon proves his worth almost immediately, planning her boss's rescue and staying right by her side in the days that follow while they determine what imbroglio Bullard's stepped into. Accident or a deal gone horribly wrong, it seems Bullard was running guns and now his newest holding is under attack. Their emotions, heightened by danger, run hot as Brandon positions himself instinctively at Kasha's side—which is exactly where he hopes to be permanently if they can just find a way out of this rapidly escalating mess.
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Vampire in Crisis

Vampire in Crisis

Dale Mayer

Business & Investing / Home & Garden / Paranormal Fiction

This is the 8th book in the popular Family Blood Ties series and continues the saga of Tessa and Cody as they battle both humans and vampires alike. This book ends in a cliffhanger the same as the other books in the series.Tessa's world exploded.She survived Deanna's inheritance. She sees more, hears more ... understands more. But more is not always better. Cody doesn't like what's happening around him. Tessa has walked through hell and she has a lot more to go before she's clear. He plans on standing by her side – her guardian – whether she wants him to be there for her or not. Jared can't believe all trails lead him into trouble. He'd escaped once. Tried to stay out of the mess since. But a friend is missing, and when he tries to get help, the person he confides in goes missing too. The vampire world was never ready for Tessa before. The new Tessa? No one is ready for her.
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The Lily and the Rose

The Lily and the Rose

Jackie French

Children's Books / Home & Garden

The war is over. But can there ever truly be peace? 'Thestory is equal parts Downton Abbey and wartimeaction, with enough romance and intrigueto make it 100% not-put-down-able.' - AustralianWomen's Weekly on Miss Lily's Lovely LadiesAustralian heiress Sophie Higgs was 'a rose of no-man's land', founding hospitals across war-torn Europe during the horror that was WW1.Now, in the 1920s, Sophie's wartime work must be erased so that the men who returned can find some kind of 'normality'.Sophie is, however, a graduate of the mysterious Miss Lily's school of charm and intrigue, and once more she risks her own life as she attempts to save others still trapped in the turmoil and aftermath of war.But in this new world, nothing is clear, in politics or in love. For the role of men has changed too. Torn between the love of three very different men, Sophie will face her greatest danger yet as she attempts an impossible journey across the world to save Nigel, Earl of Shillings - and her...
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Year in the Valley

Year in the Valley

Jackie French

Children's Books / Home & Garden

′Here in the valley, food is part of our lives ... When I eat a peach I remember the smell of the soil as I planted the tree ...′ Jackie French brings vividly to life her wonderful experiences living in the Araluen Valley, an extraordinary part of the NSW Southern Tablelands. Sprinkled in between her stories are natural remedies and tips for the home, and over eighty wonderful recipes Jackie has derived from the valley′s four seasons. During spring you can try asparagus omelette, artichokes Araluen, or orange-blossom jam. In summer, there′s mulberry crush, peach sorbet and the classic Aussie tomato sandwich. From autumn comes harvest tart, verjuice veal and a basil aphrodisiac! And in winter you can choose from hearth cakes, duck stuffed with dried peaches and Jackie′s favourite carrot soup. Though the valley has changed over the years, its remarkable smells and tastes, the unique rhythm of days and...
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Quarrel with the King

Quarrel with the King

Adam Nicolson

History / Home & Garden / Religion & Spirituality

Spanning the most turbulent and dramatic years of English history--from the 1520s through 1650--Quarrel with the King tells the remarkable saga of one of the greatest families in English history, the Pembrokes, following their glamorous trajectory across three generations of change, ambition, resistance, and war. With vivid color and fascinating detail, acclaimed historian Adam Nicolson recounts the story of a century-long power struggle between England's richest family and the English Crown--a fascinating study of divided loyalties, corruption, rights and privilege, and all the ambiguities involved in the exercise and maintenance of power and status.
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Hitler's Daughter

Hitler's Daughter

Jackie French

Children's Books / Home & Garden

The bombs were falling and the smoke rising from the concentration camps, but all Hitler’s daughter knew was the world of lessons with Fraulein Gelber and the hedgehogs she rescued from the cold. Was it just a story or did Hitler’s daughter really exist? And If you were Hitler’s daughter, would all the horror that occurred be your fault, too? Do things that happened a long time ago still matter? First published in 1999, HITLER’S DAUGHTER has sold over 100,000 copies in Australia alone and has received great critical acclaim, both in Australia and the twelve counties where it has been published. HITLER’S DAUGHTER has also won or been shortlisted for 23 awards, both in Australia and internationally, including winner of the 2000 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Younger Readers. HITLER’S DAUGHTER has also been dramatised by the MonkeyBaa Theatre, and in 2007 won the Helpmann award for Best Presentation for Children and the Drovers Award for Touring Excellence.
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