Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 19 October 2010
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Bad Boy
A distraught woman arrives at the Eastvale police station desperate to speak to Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks. But since Banks is away on holiday, his partner, Annie Cabbot, steps in. The woman tells Annie that she's found a loaded gun hidden in the bedroom of her daughter, Erin--a punishable offense under English law. When an armed response team breaks into the house to retrieve the weapon, the seemingly straightforward procedure quickly spirals out of control.
When Oz Blackstone is offered a major role in a cop movie shooting in Edinburgh, he cannot resist taking centre stage. Oz has had a brief liaison with Susie Gantry, a beautiful and self-possessed business woman, and is now pregnant with his child, so will Oz finally silence the call of the wild and settle down to a cosy family life?
A Thousand Words for Stranger opens with a Prelude, in which two Enforcers are following a Clansman and Clanswoman -- the Enforcers are the police of the Trade Pact between various planets, but the Clan (a group of humanoids with powerful mental abilities) aren't part of that Pact. Then the Clanspeople are attacked, and the woman wanders off on her own. In Chapter 1, we find out that this woman is Sira, who is mindblocked and has no memories, only strange compulsions which govern her behaviour.
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.45 | Fiction literature | 4 October 2010
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Fairytale
When he was a young boy, Adam Reid stumbled into an enchanted forest where a beautiful fairy showed him the image of a woman who was destined to be his beloved. Years later, the adult Adam had dismissed this childhood incident as a delusion until he opens his door to discover Brigit Malone, the woman of his destiny.
Sex at Work: Attraction, Harassment, Flirtation and Discrimination
After nearly two generations of law, politics, and business practices aimed at balancing the roles that men and women play in the workplace, sex remains a major controversy in business. Mari Florence considers all the company policies, both good and bad, and helps make sense out of a confusing array of sexual mores and motives. Mari Florence is a Los Angeles-based journalist and author. Her previous books include The Enterprising Woman and the SO/HO Desk Reference Guide.
