Publisher: The Rubriqs Press Limited
When customer complaints on Christmas Eve about tenfold inflated bank balances herald not early gifts, nor a botched system upgrade, but the most sophisticated cyber attack in history, new National Bank CEO Rob Tanner finds himself in the eye of a ‘Black Swan’ storm no one predicted, but anyone could have anticipated. Ten Days. Seven Deadly Sins. Zero Ri$k
Dating doesn't get easier, even when you're dead . . . Though her progeny was a hopeless romantic, the concept of a forever mate was lost on Leila. She'd gone down that path once before decades ago and was in no hurry to do it again. She'd presumed she was over the hurt and pain, that is until the male who'd destroyed her heart, her very spirit, walked back into her bar. She'd thought if she never saw him again, it would be too soon. That was until one touch set her soul ablaze with desire. But could she trust him with her heart when he'd already destroyed once before? Maelstrom had walked away from Leila a lifetime ago for the sake of his brethren and stayed away due to an oath he'd sworn to protect those secrets. But when they unexpectedly meet again, he finds he is no longer able to resist her. When dangerous circumstances threaten those Leila loves, he would do anything to protect her and her family. Even if it means he must sacrifice all to keep her safe . . . Contains mature themes.Show book
At nineteen, she was an Instagram celebrity. Now, at thirty-five, she works behind the cosmetic counter at the "black and white store," peddling anti-aging products to women seeking physical and spiritual transformation. She too is seeking rebirth. She's about to undergo the high-risk, elective surgery Aesthetica™, a procedure that will reverse all her past plastic surgery procedures, returning her, she hopes, to a truer self. Provided she survives the knife. But on the eve of the surgery, her traumatic past resurfaces when she is asked to participate in the public takedown of her former manager/boyfriend, who has rebranded himself as a paragon of "woke" masculinity in the post-#MeToo world. With the hours ticking down to her surgery, she must confront the ugly truth about her experiences on and off the Instagram grid. Propulsive, dark, and moving, Aesthetica is a Veronica for the age of "Instagram face," delivering a fresh, nuanced examination of feminism, #MeToo, and mother-daughter relationships, all while confronting our collective addiction to followers, filters, and faux realities.Show book
The London Season is for finding your match . . . unless your wayward fiancé refuses to marry you. What's a quiet country wallflower to do? Compelled by duty . . . Kelly Collins wants nothing more than to return to her quiet life in the countryside. When the fate of her family and home are in jeopardy, she has no choice but to travel to London in search of her wayward fiancé. But the man she finds in London is not the boy she remembers from her youth. He arouses feelings in her she never imagined. Before long, it isn't just her home, but also her heart, that is at risk. Prisoner to the past . . . The aloof Theodore, Earl of Willingham, knows that nothing good comes from marriage. He scoffs at the notions of love and happily ever after. Then the captivating Miss Collins unexpectedly reenters his life, and another side of him starts to awaken. But Theo is haunted by a painful past that refuses to be forgotten. Can he master his darkest demons, and accept that he and Kelly really might be . . . meant to be?Show book
When divination fails, will disaster automatically follow? To take her place as a seer, Sibyl first has to pass an exam proving her ability. But not all exams end well. When Sibyl fails her seers exam, she escapes to a family farm to come to terms with her failure. Her stay doesn't bring the relief she expected; instead, she's reminded all over again how much hard work there is to do on a farm in rural Aotearoa New Zealand - and what dangers there are, too. While Sibyl's unable to divine the future, it seems that everyone around her has already done so. Even so, they may not be able to prevent disaster. Can Sibyl see her way past disaster to a new future? This novelette is a prequel to Seers and Salt, the first novella in the Woodside Cosy Urban Fantasy series.Show book
Unlock Your English Potential with "A Matter of Choice"—A Detective Story for Grammar Learners!"A Matter of Choice" makes learning English tenses fun and easy! Follow Detective Cooper Blackwood as he investigates the theft of a priceless painting and rekindles a past romance. Each of the ten chapters focuses on a different tense, making grammar learning immersive and engaging. This unique approach combines a captivating storyline with practical exercises, perfect for elementary to pre-intermediate ESL/EFL learners. Get the ebook and audiobook today and start your language learning journey!Show book
Mary Rackham was born in Norwich on 14th August 1848 to a merchant family. Little is known of her early life and her biography only re-appears in September 1871 with marriage to Fairman Joseph Mann, a farmer with 800 acres. Mary moved to Shropham, Norfolk and became involved with the workhouse, visiting the sick and other unfortunates of the parish, her observations and experiences a valuable source for her later stories. She took up writing, partly to offset the dreary village life of her surroundings, in the 1880s and published her first novel, ‘The Parish of Hilby’ (1883) at her own expense. It was well received by the critics. Thus began a career that spanning three decades provided thirty-three novels, hundreds of short stories, and fourteen plays. Her work was largely focused on rural life in Norfolk and centered on the fictional town of Dulditch, with grim but authentic accounts of poverty and deprivation. Her marriage produced one boy and three girls. With her husband's death in 1913, she moved to Sheringham. She is regarded as a major contributor to East Anglian literature with particular praise given to her short stories. Mary E Mann died on 19th May 1929. She was 80. Her grave-marker is a carved open book with the epitaph ‘We bring our years to an end, as if it were a tale that is told’.Show book
