Best Novels

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Scarlet lives in North London in a working-class neighborhood slowly becoming gentrified. Divorced, but now married to upwardly mobile advertising executive Brian, she spends her time obsessing over the welfare of her daughter Camille and such issues as food irradiation and pollution. Deeply unhappy with her family, her life, and her world, Scarlet confides in Constance, her friend and neighbor who runs in dubious circles of borderline criminals. Constance’s life is complicated by an on-again, off-again liaison with a Turk named Mehmet. When their neighbor Barbs disappears, both women are forced to reassess their convictions – and their lives…. More >>

Pillars of Gold: A Novel

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Baseball player Brett has off-season orders from his team; get into rehabilitation for his shoulder if he wants another season in the Major League. He and his lover Benj take off to the boonies to stay with physical therapist Ralph, a tough-talking, routine setting kind of guy, and Jean, Ralph’s Cajun lover, who cooks as well as he loves. Brett and Ralph butt heads from the beginning, speaking two different languages. Ralph wants Brett to be more in touch with his feelings, Brett wants Ralph to give him his therapy and leave him alone. Benj and Jean get along far better, with Jean showing Benj around the kitchen and reassuring him when things with Brett get hard to deal with. Before Ralph can even begin to work on Brett’s shoulder, though, Brett is faced with an even more difficult physical challenge, one that does more than threaten his career. He and Benj have to work through some tough issues, making decisions that will affect the rest of their li… More >>

Bases Loaded: A Going for the Gold Novel

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The novel is ostensibly set against the backdrop of the Berlin Tunnel (Operation GOLD, covername: PBJOINTLY). The yarn is told from both ends of the tunnel. One end is the story of the Americans who worked the tunnel, and how they fought for a sense of purpose against boredom and the enemy both within and without. This side of the story is told with a pace and a black humor reminiscent of that used by Joseph Heller (Catch-22) and Richard Hooker (M*A*S*H*). The other end of the tunnel is the story of the Russians whose telephone calls the Americans are intercepting. Their end of the tale is told in the unnarrated transcripts of their calls. They are the voices under Berlin…. More >>

Voices Under Berlin: The Tale Of A Monterey Mary

• ISBN13: 9780060891084
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One look at the centuries-old document she receives from a mysterious stranger is all it takes to plunge Lola Sanchez—a brilliant bibliophile and owner of the Red Lion bookshop—into the adventure of an already adventurous lifetime. The ancient writings tell of a stolen fortune in Montezuma’s gold—and of the thief’s transformation from conquistatore to alchemist . . . to werewolf. Riches beyond imagining possibly await the stalwart globe-trotter who can solve the intricate riddles hidden in the artifact’s crumbling pages. But a deadly curse is buried there as well. On a dangerous quest through the dark shadows of history, Lola and her dashing companion, Eric, will have to unravel the twisted strands of her own family’s fantastical past—and stay a step ahead of the villainous treasure hunters who would eagerly kill for the secrets she possesses and the Aztec gold she seeks. … More >>

The King’s Gold: An Old World Novel of Adventure

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The legend continues! Stand by for more adventures with the world’s greatest secret agent, as his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever! Modern-day King Midas, Auric Goldfinger, plans on ruining the economies of the Free World and using his own vast hordes of gold to control the planet. Bond must use all his rugged charms and brutal skills to stop Goldfinger before he brings western civilisation to its knees! This new edition also collects the very rare newspaper strips Risico, From A View To A Kill, For Your Eyes Only and Thunderball! Not only that, it also features a brand new introduction by Goldfinger Bond girl, Shirley Eaton!… More >>

James Bond: Goldfinger

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Richard S. Wheeler turns his great storytelling talent to an epic tale of riches, greed, and love set against the backdrop of the greatest gold stampede in American history, The California Gold Rush of 1849…. More >>

Sierra: A Novel of the California Gold Rush

• ISBN13: 9781416572602
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The international bestseller! The book beaches were made for!When New York billionaire Adam Gold moves to London, every red-blooded woman wants to get him into bed…and down the aisle.Karin is a successful fashion entrepreneur and London’s most glamorous socialite. Her name is synonymous with style and class, and Adam Gold could be her perfect accessory — but can the whispers surrounding her ex-husband’s death keep her from her prize?Erin, a young, naïve country girl with literary aspirations, never dreamed of traveling in such lofty social circles until she finds herself in the role of Adam’s personal assistant and protégé. As her sights grow higher, the promise of riches, and lust for her handsome boss, threaten everything she once valued.Molly, a fading eighties supermodel, can’t seem to leave her glory days, or her expensive drug habit, in the past. Ultracompetitive, unabashedly ruthless, Molly will risk everything to s… More >>

Gold Diggers: A Novel

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Drawing faithfully on Madama Zoia’s actual correspondence and on accounts of her early life, Zoia’s Gold tells the story of a remarkable woman and her bewitching world…. More >>

Zoia’s Gold: A Novel

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Relive the California Gold Rush of 1849! They were rough in those times! They fairly reveled in gold, whiskey, fights and fandangoes, and were unspeakably happy. The honest miner raked in from a hundred to a thousand dollars out of his claim a day, and what with the gambling dens and other entertainments, he hadn’t a cent the next morning if he had any type of luck. –Mark Twain… More >>

California Gold 1849: My Family’s Story: A Historical Novel

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A Clash of Cultures When Cayatu, a beautiful, young Chumash woman begs protection from the Franciscan priests at Mission Santa Barbara she s forced to live a captive life, with only the love of a Chumash man and the friendship of a Mexican woman to sustain her. While the Spanish priests and soldiers fight among themselves for power, land and the souls of the Chumash, Cayatu fights to preserve her old way of life. Against a backdrop of romance and intrigue in Santa Barbara s early mission days, Dream Helper tells of the clash between the Christianizing zeal of the Spaniards and the idyllic, spirit-driven world of the fiercely proud Chumash Indians…. More >>

Dream Helper, A Novel of Early California, Winner of the 2008 IBPA Gold Medal for Best Regional Fiction in the West Pacific Region