Readers who were wooed by the first installment in Dodd's contemporary Prescott sisters trilogy, Just the Way You Are, may be disappointed by this unlikely, terrorism-based tale. Orphaned, separated from her siblings and shuttled through foster care, landscaper Pepper Prescott relies on her inborn wiliness and the militaristic self-help strategies of author Jennifer Napier, an active U.S. General, to overcome life's challenges.
American Assassin – Novel by Vince Flynnby Vince Flynn
Prior to becoming a CIA superagent, Rapp was attending Syracuse University along with his girl friend. When she is killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 the doors are open for his recruitment. This novel reveals Rapp’s early years and follows the formation of a new group of clandestine operatives headed by Irene Kennedy as they seek to stem the rise of Islamic terrorism before it reaches American shores. Read by George Guidall. Unabridged.
A wild ride through the dark heart of American health and health care, plus sex, drugs, and stem-cell wars.
Physical is the story of a hard-living, happily married, middle-aged American (the author) who gets a three-day “executive checkup” at the Mayo Clinic and is thereby forced to confront his mortality, not to mention glove-wearing doctors and the pair of dominatrix-esque technicians who supervise his stress test quite strictly. James McManus must understand his revised actuarial odds in the light of his not-so-long-lived forebears and the fact that his youngest children are only six- and five-years-old.
Carl Hiaasen, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author, has earned a reputation for perceptive, sharp-edged suspense that also cuts to the bone of environmental issues. His novels have been translated into many languages and are touted worldwide for their quirky characters and surreal adventures set in the ravaged cultural wasteland of southern Florida.
“Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to.” – Katie Forde When the new Lady Cardross begins to fill her days with fashion and frivolity, the Earl has to wonder whether she did really only marry him for his money, as his family so helpfully suggests. And now Nell doesn't dare tell him the truth...
