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Banished to the Harem
by Carol MarinelliA black eye and a night in prison was not how Sheikh Rakhal Alzirz expected his latest fling to end, but it was worth it, for the pleasure of meeting his next conquest!His return to the throne imminent, Rakhal seizes the chance to discover if Natasha is as fiery between the sheets as her flaming red hair, but his recklessness has consequences....Natasha might be carrying the Alzirz heir, so Rakhal whisks her away to the desert to await the truth. In the meantime, he has a vacancy that needs to be filled!
Banishing the Dark (The Arcadia Bell series)
by Jenn BennettIn Book Four of the beloved urban fantasy series Romantic Times calls one "for your keeper shelf," the ultimate mother-daughter fight is about to go down.Complicated does not begin to describe Arcadia Bell's life right now: unnatural magical power, another brush with death, and a murderous mother who's not only overbearing but determined to take permanent possession of Cady's body. Forced to delve deep into the mystery surrounding her own birth, she must uncover which evil spell her parents cast during her conception...and how to reverse it. Fast. As Cady and her lover Lon embark on a dangerous journey through her magical past, Lon's teenage son Jupe sneaks off for his own investigation. Each family secret they uncover is darker than the last, and Cady, who has worn many identities--Moonchild, mage, fugitive--is about to add one more to the list.
Banishing Verona: A Novel
by Margot LiveseyA couple begins an intense affair, only to be separated abruptly-and perhaps irrevocably-in this surprising, suspenseful love story Zeke is twenty-nine, a man who looks like a Raphael angel and who earns his living as a painter and carpenter in London. He reads the world a little differently from most people and has trouble with such ordinary activities as lying, deciphering expressions, recognizing faces. Verona is thirty-seven, confident, hot-tempered, a modestly successful radio show host, unmarried, and seven months pregnant. When the two meet in a house that Zeke is renovating, they fall in love, only to be separated less than twenty-four hours later when Verona leaves abruptly, without explanation, for Boston. Both Zeke and Verona, it turns out, have complications in their lives, though not of a romantic kind. Verona's involve her brother, Henry, who is tied up in shady financial dealings. Zeke's father has had a heart attack and his mother is threatening to run away with her lover, all of which puts pressure on Zeke to take over the family grocery business. And yet he finds himself following Verona to Boston. As he pursues her, and she pursues Henry, both are forced to ask the perplexing question: Can we ever know another person?Deftly plotted and filled with unexpected twists, Livesey's Banishing Verona marks the arrival of another lyrical and wise novel from a writer whose work "radiates with compassion and intelligence and always, deliciously, mystery" (Alice Sebold).
The Banishment (The Daughters of Mannerling Series #1)
by M. C. BeatonIn this Regency romance series opener by the bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries, a family&’s future rests on a daughter&’s engagement.Isabella Beverley is blessed with unparalleled beauty but, unfortunately, has been raised in the most snobbish and haughtiest of families. And when her father gambles away their fortune—including Mannerling, the exquisite family mansion—Isabella discovers there is very little sympathy for her plight. As the eldest, Isabella is chosen to court Mr. Judd, the roguish bachelor who won Mannerling. Surely no sacrifice is too great to regain their home? But tempting her away from Mr. Judd is Lord Fitzpatrick, an Irish rake who fears Isabella can never love a man as she does her home—but is nonetheless determined to convince her to choose man over manse!&“Another easy entertainment from a veteran romancer.&”—Kirkus Reviews
Banishment: A Novel Of Regency England - Being The First Volume Of The Daughters Of Mannerling (The Daughters of Mannerling Series #1)
by M.C. BeatonIsabella Beverley is blessed with unparalleled beauty but, unfortunately, has been raised in the most snobbish and haughty of families. And when her father gambles away their fortune - including Mannerling, the exquisite family mansion, Isabella discovers that there is very little sympathy for her plight. As the eldest, Isabella is chosen to court Mr. Judd, the roguish bachelor who won Mannerling. Surely no sacrifice is too great to regain Mannerling? But tempting her away from Mr. Judd is Lord Fitzpatrick, an Irish rake who fears Isabella can never love a man as she does her home - but is nonetheless determined to convince her to choose man over manse!
Banishment (The Daughters of Mannerling Series)
by M.C. BeatonIsabella Beverley is blessed with unparalleled beauty but, unfortunately, has been raised in the most snobbish and haughty of families. And when her father gambles away their fortune - including Mannerling, the exquisite family mansion, Isabella discovers that there is very little sympathy for her plight. As the eldest, Isabella is chosen to court Mr. Judd, the roguish bachelor who won Mannerling. Surely no sacrifice is too great to regain Mannerling? But tempting her away from Mr. Judd is Lord Fitzpatrick, an Irish rake who fears Isabella can never love a man as she does her home - but is nonetheless determined to convince her to choose man over manse!
The Banishment (The Daughters of Mannerling, Book #1)
by Marion ChesneyGreat houses can take over people, even, it is rumored, their souls. Such is the case with the haughty Beverley family. Mannerling, an exquisite seventeenth-century mansion, is the pride and joy of the arrogant Sir William Beverley, his chilly wife, Lady Beverley, and their six snobbish but beautiful daughters: Isabella, Jessica, Rachel, Abigail, Belinda, and Lizzie. Notorious throughout Hadshire County for their arrogance, the Beverleys have few friends and many enemies. When Sir Beverley manages to gamble away his fortune and estates--including Mannerling--to the roguish bachelor Mr. Judd, the family is devastated by the loss of their riches--and most of all by the loss of Mannerling. After their banishment, Isabella, the eldest daughter, sees no alternative but to court the dreadful Mr. Judd and restore her family to Mannerling and their proper position. The arrival of the charming and handsome Irishman Lord Fitzpatrick, however, forces Isabella to choose between true love for herself and loyalty to Mannerling and her family. From "the best of the Regency writers" (Kirkus Reviews) comes the debut of an irresistible new series. This sixth charming and accomplished Chesney Regency series promises to capture the hearts of loyal fans and newcomers alike with cunning capers and treacherous traps set for the latest eligible bachelor-in-residence at Mannerling. You will find many more appealing historic romance novels by this beloved author in the Bookshare collection. They are filled with fascinating historic detail, humor, wisdom and understanding of human nature. Look for such titles as: the complete six volumes of the Six Sisters series beginning with #1 Minerva, the Rake's Progress from the A House for the Season series and Back in Society from The Poor Relation series. Marion Chesney also uses the name M. C. Beaton (Marion Chesney Beaton), and you'll find many more books to complete some of these series by searching under her other name.
Banjo: A Story Without a Plot
by Claude McKayLincoln Agrippa Daily, known to his drifter cohorts on the 1920s Marseille waterfront as Banjo, passes his days panhandling and dreaming of starting his own band. At night Banjo and his buddies prowl the rough waterfront bistros, drinking, looking for women, playing music, fighting, loving, and talking. When Ray, a writer, joins the group, it triggers Banjo's rediscovery of his African roots and his feeling that, at last, he belongs to a race weighted, tested and poised in the universal scheme.Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.
Banjo
by Graham SalisburyIn the spirit of of Where the Red Fern Grows and Because of Winn Dixie, this is a contemporary classic in the making about a boy and his dog, and a choice that will test their loyalty and trust.Danny Mack is a rising rodeo star in rural Oregon. He lives on a ranch with his older brother, their dad, and his faithful border collie, Banjo.Late one night, Danny is awakened by gunshots. Banjo has been wounded. The neighbors claim he was going after their livestock, which gives them the right to shoot the dog or have him put down. Dad reluctantly agrees. They must obey the law. Danny knows Banjo is innocent, and comes up with a desperate plan to save him--but something goes terribly wrong.Days later, on a distant ranch, Meg Harris finds a frightened dog alone in the woods. Banjo. She takes him home and searches for the dog's owner, furious that he was abandoned. She's not going to give Banjo up easily.Told by Danny and by Meg, this fast-paced, heartrending novel explores the deep connection between humans and animals, and reminds readers that you can't judge an animal--or a person--before you know their story.
Banjo Granny
by Sarah Martin BusseGranny’s heart is set to see her new grandbaby, but how can she ford a fast river, climb a steep mountain, and cross a wide desert? With a dose of determination, a well-stocked banjo case, and the charm of a simple bluegrass song-that’s how! Part tall tale, part lullaby, this rhythmic story, illustrated with warm pastoral paintings, celebrates the meeting of grandmothers and grandbabies everywhere.
Banjo Grease
by Dennis MustThe author of Brother Carnival and The World&’s Smallest Bible examines small-town life in this collection of sixteen stories. There is an inexplicable gravity in a small town. It can be read and enjoyed like a favorite book for most of its inhabitants. Comforting are its streets and institutions, its wedding and obituary announcements. Banjo Grease is about life and death in a mill town where at each epiphany and rite of passage, the narrator yields a ration of innocence. Characters portray class as a marker as strong as race and gender, and distrust that they will ever escape in their lifetimes. Faulkner uses the term &“eager fatalism.&” These stories&’ cumulative effect asks: When exchanging naiveté for worldliness, what is lost in denying one&’s past?&“These stories float through the reader like frozen images. Each one fits into the others unevenly as jagged glass. This is the essence of great fiction at the end of the century; Ray Carver and Thom Jones plowed into some stupendous force that whips along with a tilted wild energy.&” —Kate Gale, author of The Goldilocks Zone &“Dennis Must&’s first collection of short stories is no ordinary debut but the mature work of a fully accomplished literary artist. Moreover, his originality, his deep irreverence, and his compassion for working-class men and women . . . Strivers and seekers of dreams, signal him as an inspired author in a new American grain―a visionary, poet, and realist.&” —Tom Jenks, cofounder and editor, Narrative Magazine &“Dennis Must&’s stunning collection Banjo Grease is just what one hopes for: a series of intriguing, interlocking stories whose cumulative force goes beyond the sum of its parts.&”— Geoffrey Clark, author of Two, Two, Lily-White Boys
Banjo Man
by Sally Goldenbaum Adrienne StaffAdrienne Staff and Sally Goldenbaum pluck the heartstrings in this tender story of a young nun learning how to be a woman in love.After a childhood under her father's strict rules, followed by five years as a nun, Laurie O'Neill wants a little independence. So she ventures to visit a friend and is greeted by a handsome, shirtless, banjo-pickin' guy named Rick Westin. Life in a convent certainly hasn't prepared Laurie for the effect of Rick's sleepy grin and bare chest. How would a "normal" girl react to such temptation? Laurie's instincts terrify her, but she didn't shed the habit just to watch other people live their lives.Rick Westin has built quite a reputation as a banjo player, but in all his days on the road he's never met a woman like Laurie. Something about her vulnerability and captivating innocence makes him want to sing. He'll do anything to be with her--and agrees to take things as slowly as she needs. But when Laurie seems to lose her courage in the face of true love, Rick has no choice but to trust her heart to make the right decision.
Banjo of Destiny
by Cary FaganNominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program. Jeremiah Birnbaum is stinking rich. He lives in a house with nine bathrooms, a games room, an exercise room, an indoor pool, a hot tub, a movie theater, a bowling alley and a tennis court. His parents, a former hotdog vendor and window cleaner who made it big in dental floss, make sure Jeremiah goes to the very best private school, and that he takes lessons in all the things he will need to know how to do as an accomplished and impressive young man: etiquette lessons, ballroom dancing, watercolor painting. And, of course, classical piano. Jeremiah complies, because he wants to please his parents. But one day, by chance, he hears the captivating strains of a different kind of music -- the strums, plucks and rhythms of a banjo. It is music that stirs something in Jeremiah's dutiful little soul, and he is suddenly obsessed. And when his parents forbid him to play one, he decides to learn anyway -- even if he has to make the instrument himself.
Banjo's Dream: A Little Brown Dog's A-Z Book Of Inspiration
by Marshall RamseyAn A-Z children's book starting a little brown Border Terrier who taught his owner how to dream. Yes, Banjo was a real dog. He was a little brown dog with a big Border Terrier heart. We were his third family--he was the rescue dog who rescued us.
Bank: A Novel
by David BledinEvery July, a fresh crop of college graduates clad in spiffy new suits fills the offices of investment banking firms, each newly minted analyst longing for big money while sacrificing anything that resembles a normal life. In this enormously entertaining first novel, a lovable, stressed-out guy nicknamed Mumbles tells the story of how he and his cohorts not only struggle to survive corporate purgatory, but also find satisfying ways to strike back at the system. Fueled by a constant flow of Starbucks coffee, Mumbles and his friends take on such tasks as secretly filming a despised colleague's boardroom romp with an assistant, creating footage they plan to broadcast at the company's holiday party. But true gratification comes only when they actually start standing up to the bank's evil minions, those who have no qualms about piling on a weekend's worth of work on a Friday afternoon. With sharp comedy, episodes of inspired hijinks, and its glimpse into a world of fleeting elevator romances and not-so-infrequent nervous breakdowns, BANK is a touching and lively novel that is, at its heart, about figuring out what really matters in life.
Bank Holiday Monday
by Henry SuttonA holiday weekend in Norfolk, England, conjures up an unsettling past in this “intelligent and unusual novel” by the author of Get Me Out of Here (The Times Literary Supplement). The vast marshes on the coast of Norfolk hold many secrets. Henderson, haunted by this landscape since childhood, is finally returning for an August holiday weekend with his wife, Laura, their five-year-old son, and Laura’s cousin, Alice. They are joined by another couple of old friends, and all seems set for a relaxing break. But as the weekend progresses, the dynamic of this friendly group becomes as slippery as the land. Each day, Henderson leads them on journeys across the marshes, revisiting the volcano-shaped dune and the fairy woods. But among the prehistoric forest remains where he played with his sister as a child, Henderson is forced to confront his shocking past, while Alice is reminded, all too vividly, of why she fled the Australia outback. Meanwhile, Laura battles to keep the group from splitting apart before the bank holiday is over, fearing irredeemable harm not only to her marriage but also to her little son.
Bank Job (The Lieutenant Reardon Mysteries #3)
by Robert L. FishLieutenant James Reardon hunts for a gang of killers terrorizing San Francisco's banks The men enter the Jerold Avenue branch of the Farmers & Mercantile Bank wearing matching suits, hats, and plastic masks. They demand cooperation, and their machine guns ensure that they get it. Less than three minutes after they enter, they leave, their bags bulging with the shipyard payroll. A passing cop tries to stop them, emptying his revolver as they peel away, and catches a bullet in the heart for his trouble. This is the gang's first job in San Francisco, and it has been baptized with blood. Taking the criminals down falls to homicide lieutenant James Reardon, who has never encountered such determined thieves. The gunmen leave no trace behind, but witness testimonies suggest there may have been an inside man. To break up the gang, Reardon will have to follow them across the country, and put his neck on the line.
The Bank Job
by Alex GrayAlex Gray, author of the superb Detective Lorimer novels, brings you a brand new 3,000 word prequel to her Glasgow-set series. The Bank Job is a gripping short story that reveals the event that inspired the young Lorimer to become a policeman. Praise for Alex Gray's Lorimer series: 'Brings Glasgow to life in the same way Ian Rankin evokes Edinburgh' Daily Mail 'Gray is the new master of Scottish crime writing' Scottish Daily Express
The Bank Job.: A Detective Lorimer short story (DSI William Lorimer #11)
by Alex GrayMeet Detective William Lorimer, the star of author Alex Gray's bestselling Glasgow-set crime series. The Bank Job is a gripping 3,000 word short story that reveals the dramatic event that inspired the young William Lorimer to become a policeman. Alex Gray's acclaimed series brings Glasgow to vivid life in all its grit and glory and this story is the perfect introduction to her winsome detective, as well as a treat for all fans of the series.Praise for Alex Gray's Lorimer series:'Brings Glasgow to life in the same way Ian Rankin evokes Edinburgh' Daily Mail'Gray is the new master of Scottish crime writing' Scottish Daily Express'Cracking storylines and well-rounded relationships' Daily Record'A gritty, fast-paced read' Sun
Bank Job
by James Heneghan Norma CharlesNell has been in foster homes all her life -- most of them have been horrible. She finally gets moved to a home she likes, and the ministry threatens to close it down unless an expensive renovation is made to the house. Nell and the two boys in the home, Billy and Tom, decide to raise the funds themselves. How do kids get large amounts of money quickly? By robbing banks, of course. Their first few heists are successful, but when they almost get caught on their sixth robbery, the friends start to fight about whether they should continue. The bank jobs that were meant to keep their family together just might tear it apart.
Bank Job
by Lisa WorrallBank teller Riley Summers isn't sure how his life turned into the very thing he swore he'd never let himself become: stuck in a dead-end nine-to-five job in his small, boring hometown. The only bright spot is his new lover, Jesse. But that's before a sinfully handsome bank robber shows up at his teller's window, offering Riley all the excitement he could possibly ask for.
Bank of Fear
by David IgnatiusHit men stalk computer analyst Lina Alwen and financial investigator Sam Hoffman in pursuit of the knowledge the pair may have regarding a late Iraqi dictator’s billions. From London to Switzerland, and from Baghdad to the mysterious corners of the just-budding Internet, this spy thriller covers the map to uncover a world of corruption.
The Bank of Fear: A Novel
by David Ignatius"Sizzling…engrossing all the way." —Los Angeles Times Book ReviewHit men stalk computer analyst Lina Alwen and financial investigator Sam Hoffman in pursuit of the knowledge the pair may have regarding a late Iraqi dictator’s billions. From London to Switzerland, and from Baghdad to the mysterious corners of the just-budding Internet, this spy thriller covers the map to uncover a world of corruption.
Bank On It
by Sherryl WoodsAmanda Roberts was ignoring the rules every woman knows. She agreed to meet a strange man at night, in a dark, creepy place, a cemetery, no less. If she hadn't been so depressed over her love life, she might not have risked it. But this rendezvous promised to boost her ego with the hottest story of her reporting career. Amanda's anonymous source was supposed to deliver the goods on a crooked fast-lane bank operating in slow-paced Atlanta, where it was allegedly breaking trade embargoes and brokering big bucks arms deals. Instead, Amanda found her financial "Deep Throat" joining the dead in the graveyard, his account closed forever. Now this tough, sassy investigative journalist has to go without an informant or a partner into a deadly lair of local politics and international intrigue, where the true color of greenbacks is a deep, bloody red.
Bank Robber: Book 17 (Horrid Henry #17)
by Francesca SimonNumber One for Fiendish Fun!This book contains a SCANDALOUS newspaper, a new school, a birthday party and a TERRIBLE cheat!Four utterly hilarious and totally brilliant Horrid Henry stories by Francesca Simon, with illustrations by Tony Ross. An irresistible introduction to reading for pleasure.