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A fight erupts between the Flatliners and Toppers when Aimee goes to the homecoming dance with Raphael and a supernatural event terrorizes the students. Both gangs must use their martial arts skills against it. At the same time, Middleburg real estate moguls are buying up the Flats and evicting tenants so they can search for a priceless treasure prophesied in ancient Chinese writings. Raphael and his impoverished gang vow to find it first and use it to buy back their homes. Meanwhile a handsome half-angel, half-human comes to town, planning to take Aimee away from Raphael. As Raph and his ...

It’s tough being a teenager anywhere, but especially in a place where something sinister is going on and kids must use martial arts and newly acquired supernatural powers to fight dark forces taking over their town. Star-crossed love and ancient evil meet in the deceptively quaint village of Middleburg. The last thing Ignacio expects to find, when his parents move him there from South Central Los Angeles, is a gang war—but the posh, preppie Toppers and the working-class Flatliners do not take up guns and knives to settle disputes. Instead they use deadly martial arts. When Raphael, ...

All Eden Bancroft has ever been to her high-profile politician husband is a trophy wife, born and bred for the part. She believes she has no choice but to play it—until she meets a talented chef and restaurant heir who makes her feel loved for herself alone.

Architect Jonathan West is on a big project when he learns his wife, Patrice, has been unfaithful. On a fishing trip in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, he’s wondering what to do about his marriage when he sees a ghost ship. On it is a spectral woman, gazing at him with a plea in her eyes. Jonathan buys a house on the beach near the sighting and finds an old sea chest washed up there. Its contents, which include a miniature portrait, reveal it belonged to Kate Russell, captain of the Royal Thomas, which sank in 1721. It’s the same woman Jonathan saw on the ghost ship, and her journal ...

Grinders Corner explores the world of taxi dance halls in the 1960s in all its raw hilarity. Saucy, sassy and sexy—and occasionally romantic—it follows the adventures of three young women trying to survive in the glitter palaces of Los Angeles. Like lambs led to the slaughter, Uptown, a newly divorced English major with panic anxiety disorder and no job skills, Voluptua, an out of work actress, and Mouse, a former child star trying to make a comeback all struggle to make enough tickets to pay the bills. Things get complicated when Uptown falls in love with a customer who happens to be a...

Innocent Cleome Parker is unprepared for Drake Stoneham, an arrogant gambler who, in a card game, wins her grandfather’s inn. Her mother is an invalid, and Cleome must provide for her whatever the cost. As the illegitimate offspring of a madwoman, she has always been an outcast but she convinces the handsome gambler to hire her as innkeeper. Drawn to Drake like steel to a lodestone, Cleome fights her desire for him as their daring adventures take them across 1830s England, plunge them into political intrigue, and inflame the passion between them again and again. “The Lodestone is the ...

When Charlene Keel became a stewardess in 1965, flying was a luxury. Glamorous air hostesses served gourmet, five-course meals (including lobster, chateaubriand and champagne) in china plates and crystal goblets. Passenger seats were wider and offered more leg room (even in coach), movies were free, and nobody got X-rayed or patted down before boarding. It was before the days of bomb threats and political correctness, and pilots never had to break up fist fights between passengers. There's a lot to be said for the good old days. We hope you'll enjoy this journey back in time, and have a few...

The luxurious lifestyle U.S. army officers enjoyed in Iran in 1960 seduces Scott Fallon from the moment he arrives. When he falls in love with the daughter of an Iranian general, he gives American arms and oil interests—and the CIA—a way to force him into an assassination plot. Although carrying Scott’s child, she must marry the man her father picks for her. Assigned a special mission for the Shah, Scott becomes a friend of the royal family—and the CIA honchos are delighted to have a man in place, should termination become necessary. Scott Fallon is a hero who fights the system when...

Two young women, one a fragile southern beauty groomed to take her place in society, the other a tough little ecstasy machine who sells her favors to earn money for tuition. Julie is a privileged Daughter of the Old South and a contender for Homecoming Queen. When she learns she’s pregnant (thanks to her football hero boyfriend) she turns to her roommate Amanda for help, and her psychology professor for comfort. Society debutante and campus prostitute—only one will survive as secrets and lies are exposed during Homecoming Weekend.