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A woman escaping her past...Kristy Gallagher has slayed a monster before. When she could no longer live with her husband's abuse, she plunged a knife into his neck. Then, she fled his family's criminal empire-changing her name and traveling to the far...

Seventeen years ago, Tara and Grayson shared a whirlwind romance in Falmouth. When Grayson left, Tara was left with a broken heart-and a daughter he never knew about. Now, fate is giving them a second chance.Grayson is back in town, working for a top...

Someone is murdering Marines on their way to GuadalcanalIt's 1942, and America's fastest, finest troopship U.S.S. James F. Bridger is five days out of Pearl and headed for the Solomon Islands to take part in the war for the Pacific. The ship is...

"From Hawaii to California to Baja, The Seamount Stories rollick with adventure and romance. And Martello's flavorful imagination gives the fun depth. Afterwards, you'll be buzzed on poetry and hungry for fish tacos."-Dave Morgan, Surf...

Surviving the shipwreck was the easy part 1629. Shipwrecked on an uncharted reef thirty miles off the coast of Australia, two hundred men, women and children scramble ashore on tiny, hostile islands. There is no fresh water and the only food is what they...

""Dutch The Diver: Or A Man's Mistake"" is a novel written by George Manville Fenn and first published in 1883. The story is set in the 19th century and follows the adventures of a Dutch diver named Dirk Petersen. Dirk is a skilled diver who makes a...

The Adventures Of Naufragus is a novel written by Horne Moffat J. and first published in 1827. The story follows the adventures of a young sailor named Naufragus, who is shipwrecked on a deserted island in the South Pacific. Stranded and alone, Naufragus...

Belfast and Alaska 1889.  A young woman haunted by her mother’s death embarks on an Alaskan adventure to escape an unwanted marriage.Cunning and determination get her there in the guise of teaching at the Tlingit Indian mission. But Alaska...

GRACE ON THE HORIZON is the second full-length novel in The White Sails Series. Grace and Seamus, united by their past experiences, are adrift on a raft of shame in the sea of 1830s London society. After a personal tragedy, Grace's desperation to leave...

"A first-rate collection of novellas that will break your heart and fill you with hope at the same time." --Denver Rocky Mountain NewsIn the tradition of William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez comes Wives and Lovers, from the author the Boston Globe...

איידער די פאָגס געקומען - פֿאַר ער אנגעקומען דאָרט אין ווינטער - ער האט געפֿונען סורפיסע און מנוחה אין די שטענדיק שייַנען פון אַ לייַכטטורעם אויף די קליין קאַנט, אַ ליגע אונטער זיין וואוינארט. אפילו אין די דאַרקאַסט נעכט, און אין די טומאַלז פון שטורעם,...

מאָבי דיק איז די געשיכטע פון אַ ירילי קאַמפּעלינג מעשוגענער וואָס נאָכגיין אַן אַנכאָולי מלחמה קעגן אַ באַשעפעניש ווי וואַסט און געפערלעך און אַננאָואַבאַל ווי די ים זיך. אָבער מער ווי בלויז אַ ראָמאַן פון פּאַסירונג, מער ווי אַן ענציקלאָפּעדיע פון...

"ניין, אָבער איר וועט, אין קריק פֿאַר איר האָבן געמאכט מיר הערן צו וואָס ער זאגט פון מיר. האר יוחנן וויל צו באַקומען אַ דערלויבעניש צו בויען אין די מויל פון די פאַל. ער האפענונגען צו זען ווי אַ שטאָט ספּרינגס אויבן די האַווען דאָרט אונטער די שאָטן פון...

Confident of victory...The illusion is shattered.Victory was just within reach.But it was snatched away.Now the crews of the Alopias and Folau turn to their last resort.They hope promise made will be fulfilled, but have learned that hoping hasn't worked...

It was a cordial visit with Queen Elizabeth I, but it set in motion events that threatened execution in the dreaded Tower of London. Young Captain Garret Connachan struggles with an assassination mission involving a Spanish Viceroy, sensing he offers so...

In 1914, fear and paranoia rule the high seas. Young Iain Cosgrove sets sail for a research trip aboard Lady Balgay, the last of Dundee's once-grand sealing fleet.Fueled by rum and the crew's eerie tales, they obsess over ancient superstitions, which...

Deadly Grand Prix racing. Daring deep dives. Double-crossing diamond thieves.When dive boat operators AJ Bailey and Reg Moore are hired to explore a newly discovered wreck on the island of Bonaire, the treacherous depths are not the only danger they face...

...for there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.The 500+ page book of the American classic, this beautiful Reader's Library Classic Hardcover edition of Moby-Dick takes you on a legendary voyage...

Red flags flutter at the mastheads of the Channel Fleet ships gathered at the Spithead anchorage.It is 1797, across the calm waters of the Solent the great naval base of Portsmouth lies impotent. Worse, unrest is spreading - to Plymouth, backdrop to...

"Ride with British Naval Captain Joseph Duncan as he sails the Atlantic in search of enemy French ships while battling treacherous waters, mercurial weather, and ever-shifting winds. Set in 1795, this nautical tale is filled with fierce sea conflicts,...

MR. PETRIE, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A PIRATE?Before December 2, 2002, Roger Petrie would have laughed off such a question as absurd. Although he and his older brother Tom were sea-faring men, their experiences in the Navy and Merchant Marine were a far cry...

The ancient secret of fusion energyis rediscovered in a breathless thrillerabout the magic and mystery of theEaster Island statues.Cyd and Alex return to Montana to settle down and lead a quiet life. Robert, a close friend working in Chile, turns up...

The Cruize Of The Daring V1: A Tale Of The Sea is a novel written by Francis Claudius Armstrong and published in 1860. The story follows the adventures of the crew of the Daring, a ship that sets out on a mission to explore the seas and encounter various...

It started as a bet in a tropical casino poker parlor and ended as the adventure of the lifetime for two novice sailors. Pat Taylor and Tracy Palmer never dreamed when they set out on a boat-buying mission that they’d end up with a magnificent...

Persoval Aton Kryton has returned home to Northern California a changed man. After many years addicted to methamphetamine, what's left of his family casting him away to the East Coast. He's made good, achieving a longtime dream of a black belt in aikido...

It's spring in Bar Harbor, and Brittany Keating is on top of the world.After twenty years of emotional abuse, Brittany has finally set a restraining order against her husband, Conner.With the divorce proceedings in motion, Brittany uses her newfound...

The Copperfields were once the most beloved family on Nantucket Island. Twenty-five years ago, their lives changed forever. And they never saw one another again.Not until now.In the spring of 1997, Julia watched as a judge sentenced her father, the...

For a magical trip through time, read "Legends in Ink" by Leonie Becker. It's a fascinating collection of stories that will last for generations. Immerse yourself in a web of stories, where every word has been carefully chosen to have an impact that...

La famille Zermatt, comptant deux parents et trois enfants est victime d’un naufrage au large de l’Indonésie. Ils échouent sur une île déserte, plutôt paradisiaque et vont s’y installer petit à...

Henry ist ein reisefreudiger Seestern.In drei Geschichten wird von seinen Abenteuern erzählt.Auf seiner Italienreise lernt Henry endlich seinen Cousin Antonio persönlich kennen. Aber er trifft auch auf die böse Zangenkrebsgang und muss sich mit ihr...

On Waves of Glory places the reader beside Count Guy de Kersaint, one of France's greatest ship commanders during the mid-1700s, as he pursues a courtship with Marie on shore and learns the mariners' lore at sea. Clashing in sea battles, surviving...

Minds. Seas. Dimensions.All will Shatter Like Glass.His muscles elastic and his mind fragmented, Connor Durham awakens on an unknown beach. In the distance before him is a black tower whose peak rises to meet the clouds. In the water behind him are...

In 1664, Juup Vanderdecken captained his ship into a gale to be dashed upon the rocks of Mystic Point... and was cursed to eternal damnation, drowning over and over again.But every seven years, he is freed to walk the land and seek the true and faithful...

The moment you start reading you won't be able to put it down.Step into a riveting WWII saga as Peter Wayman and Anne Colyer's lives are upended by the German Luftwaffe during 'The Blitz.' Follow their journey from London's East End to the nuclear...

'Swashbuckling adventure on the high seas doesn't get much better than this.' Nelson DeMille, New York Times bestselling author'Broad comedy, high drama, plenty of action.' Daily MailIt's 1805 and Admiral Sir Jacob Fletcher faces his most...

Iona, a Selkie, was brought forth from the ocean to protect seals from the evils of men. It's a compulsion she cannot deny, and she's lived a solitary life defined by her duty. Cian is a Kelpie, a creature that can shift between a man and a horse. Born...

Wenn alle Träume geträumt sind, bleiben nur noch die Albträume.Caspars Leben könnte nicht besser sein! Seine Probleme lösen sich von alleine und nach einem ausgedehnten Urlaub in der Werft seiner Eltern kehrt er nach Entwerdar zurück. Als schließlich...

In 1913, a powerful and dangerous storm descends on the Great Lakes - and three sisters find their lives transformed amid the chaos in this "superb, character-driven adventure" (Publishers Weekly). Great Lakes galley cook Sunny Colvin has her hands full...

The Island of Surprise is a novel written by Cyrus Townsend Brady and published in 1915. The story is set on a mysterious island in the South Pacific, where a group of American tourists find themselves stranded after their yacht is wrecked in a storm...

The Early Life Of Old Jack: A Sea Tale is a novel written by William Henry Giles Kingston and was first published in 1859. The story follows the life of Jack, a young boy who grows up in a coastal village in England during the 18th century. Jack is...

On the first day of her honeymoon a young woman inadvertently discovers that she's a descendant of a pod of mermaids once revered for their unrelenting disruption of the slave trade across the Atlantic. As the tensions rise between the remaining mermaids...

Something stirs deep beneath the ocean waves...Three crews set sail, not knowing what awaits. Each has a different reason for their adventure, but all find that not all is as it seems. The ancient submarines that take them to the deep were left behind...

For centuries the vast expanse of the ocean has been the bane of man. The dark depths haunting, calling errant sailors, hiding secrets. Promising riches, but also tragedy. Not all things evil hide beneath the waves. Sometimes it lies in wait on the...

WordBridge Publishing has performed a public service in putting Joseph Conrad's neglected classic into a form accessible to modern readers. This new version addresses the reason for its neglect: the profusion of the so-called n-word throughout its pages...

The search for the third Sister of Power takes Viktor Brandewyne to Mexico and the Devil's daughter. She sends him to find devil's hoof but doesn't explain exactly what it is. All Viktor knows is that she will use it to try to enslave him once he brings...