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"An archaeological dig has turned up an artefact in the shape of a granite circle. Unknown to those on the dig, it is a wishing stone of ancient provenance.
Wishes have unforeseen consequences, and the magic ability of the Granite Circle is discovered more by accident than design. Emma and Pauly find themselves trapped in the Arabian desert in the power of people traders. Pauly falls in love with Emma. Jenny finds herself on a Mediterranean Cruise. Lord Dundrum, sponsor of the archaeological dig, wants to steal the Granite Circle as it has a place in his family history. Wizard Drowe wants to keep the Granite Circle out of human hands and, maybe, use the powers for his own purposes. Shay wants to escape bondage and pursue his romance with Grace.
Romance and adventure mix with humour in a fast action-paced story."
"'Next steps are better than consequences'
Pub owner and ex-fence Mike Bishop has a problem. Drug dealer Ned Davies and wannabe gangster Ash Jones want to run the county line from Liverpool to Aberystwyth. Hot head Ash assaults rival Ned in The Anchor, the pub Mike owns. The assault of Ned leads to retaliation and more violence. Mike is loyal to Ned, his best customer, and also to an old mate Louis Beaumont, the father-in-law of Ash Jones. Louis is married to Ruth. Because of what happens to Ash, an emotional Ruth Beaumont swears vengeance. She hires Big Beard Mo to kill Ned. Mike needs to keep the peace between Ned, the Beaumonts and the dangerous Big Beard Mo. Mike also has to convince his fearful wife and a suspicious policeman from the past, persuade them that he remains reformed and innocent. Mike will only survive if he is cautious and treads carefully.
Crawling Back is the sixth hard hitting thriller from resident Red Rattle Books hardman Jim Lawler."
"Espionage and passionate erotic romance in a mysterious far away land. Aletta has returned and she’s going to rock Martin’s world. Her relationship with Peter in turmoil, Aletta needs to make some space to get her life back together and find the strength to fight for her love.
Out of the blue, she decides to visit her ex-boyfriend. He has always been there for her, even after she’d left him he’d remained her best friend and soul partner. Working as a teacher and an occasional reluctant spy in the mysterious Azerbaijan, Martin, had long given up hope of ever seeing Aletta again. Martin, and Aletta’s world is turned upside down, as they discover their passion has never died. Aletta’s return launches them on an erotic sex charged journey of self-discovery.
Can she use her present to re-live her past and find the strength to face her future? Can Martin survive losing her again?
Girl Returned follows the lives of six friends working in a the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan."
"The Irish police owe the French Gendarme a favour. When Capitaine Trouvenon requests an Irish policewoman with, amongst other qualifications, big boobs and an ability to shoot, for an undercover job at the Cannes film festival, they select Madeline Curtis (Maddie), a detective sergeant who speaks fluent French and who meets their criteria.
Maddie, a single mother, is just back from maternity leave and reluctantly takes the assignment. She also decides to take her baby to France (without permission).
Don Gatos, an Italian Mafia chief, has gone into film production and has made his paramour, young beautiful Lollie, the star of his movie. The movie has been selected for the Cannes Film Festival and he wishes to attend as the film producer. Don Gatos does a deal with the French police to enable him to attend at Cannes.
Brayden is the chief of an Irish crime cartel based in Spain. He is in business with Don Gatos.
To coincide with the film festival, Brayden and Don Gatos set a meeting with a Balkan crime cartel in Cannes. Ostensibly the meeting is to discuss a peace agreement. The Balkan crime cartel has been growing more powerful and they want to assassinate Don Gatos as part of a move to increase their reach in Europe. They send a team to Cannes.
There is concern that the Balkan cartel may kidnap Lollie to pressurise Don Gatos. The French police assign Maddie to protect Lollie. She is required to work undercover as an actress.
Brayden asks Paddy, an Irish assassin, to use his skills to protect Don Gatos.
Howlett, consiglieri to Brayden, suspects that Brayden may be plotting a double cross so as to align with the Balkan cartel. But he has been left out of the loop and now fears for his own safety.
There is romance in the air. Paddy has fallen for Kate, a receptionist on Brayden’s yacht, the Blue Boat.
Alex, the male star in the movie falls for Maddie. Maddie is drawn to the handsome Capitaine Trouvenon."
"Small town, rural America. A man walks into a hospital for help, except this man can't be helped. He will die horribly, and he is just the first of many. Dr Jamie Metcalf fights viruses. He was the rising star of the Army Medical Corps Rapid Response Unit before he gave it up for his family. He swore he'd never go back but an outbreak has started, unlike anything seen before, and if it can't be contained then the loss of life will be unthinkable. For this is something new, something lethal, perhaps something unstoppable; and it's not from round here..."
"During Mardi Gras 1973, Stewart Butler (1930–2020) fell in love with Alfred Doolittle—a wealthy socialite and schizophrenic from San Francisco. Their relationship was an improbable love story that changed the course of LGBTQ+ history. With Doolittle's money, Butler was able to retire and devote his life to political activism in the cause of queer liberation. A survivor of the horrific Up Stairs Lounge arson, Butler was a founding member of the first statewide lesbian and gay rights organization in Louisiana and an early champion for transgender rights, playing a key role in the eight-year struggle to persuade PFLAG to become the first national LGBTQ+ organization to include trans people in its mission statement.
In Political Animal: The Life and Times of Stewart Butler, author Frank Perez traces Butler's amazing life from his early childhood in Depression-era New Orleans, his adolescence at Carville where his father worked, his first unsuccessful attempt at college, his time in the army as a closeted gay man, his adventures in Alaska, his transformation into a hippie in the 1960s, his love affair with Doolittle, his decades as a gay rights advocate, and ultimately, his twilight years as an elder statesman.
Based on Butler's own personal papers, including hundreds of letters, and dozens of interviews, Political Animal paints an intimate portrait of a legendary figure in gay politics and the times in which he lived."
