Action Comedy

Verity King has a problem with her husband. He’s been turned into a frog, and contrary to opinion, that’s not an improvement. A cryptic message, a severed finger in her fridge, and no signs of forced entry make it clear to Tempest why he was called, but Mr King’s worrying transformation is just the first act. Almost before he can add up the clues, a second victim confirms the theme and Tempest finds himself up against someone performing modern retellings of the Grimm Brothers’ Fairy Tales … with real live human characters. Tempest also has a new partner and it’s not his old army...

Is two Jacks too many, or the perfect pair? Curvy, beautiful Brienne always thought she was playing the good girl, but never really believed that good girls finished last until now. While on a routine trip home to get a quick change of clothes, she surprises her boyfriend at the worst possible time... But Owen and Lyle Jack are quick to make the most of this opportunity. They've had their eye on super-smart Brienne and they're not just going to let her slip away! Can Brienne really keep two men happy without risking a spectacular crash and burn.... Or burning her own heart in the process? ...

THE PENSION JOB, is a light and entertaining crime story full of suspense, adventure, and humour. Joan and Brian have been married for almost 40 years and have worked hard all their lives to save for a comfortable retirement. When they are presented with an exciting pension proposal that promises inflation-proof returns, they are immediately drawn in. But when their retirement date approaches and they contact the company to arrange for the pension payments, they hear nothing. After months of searching for their investments, they realise they have been duped and their choices are suddenly ...

DRAGONS LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . Dragons don't need doctors. We are immortal, invincible, unbreakable. So how do I get close to that beautiful doctor I know is my fated mate? Well, I got a plan . . . And soon I'll have what's mine. After all, that's what fate means, right? Drama and madness, fire and brimstone, action and adventure. Sweetness with a touch of darkness. No cheating. No cliffhangers. And a guaranteed happy ending. This is dragon-love, Annabelle Winters style.

DRAGONS LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . I stole the Red Diamond and summoned my Dragon before it was ready. But the beast did not give me the strength I needed to straighten my broken body, make me handsome like I once was, like my mate deserves in a man. Now all I want is to burn myself to ashes, float away on the wind. But fate won't let me turn away. Won't let me give up. And you know what? Neither will she . . . Drama and madness, fire and steam, action and adventure. Sweetness with a touch of darkness. No cheating. No cliffhangers. And a guaranteed happy ending. This is dragon-love, ...

Nobody's supposed to see the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee before her Silver, yet Ben and Georgie do exactly that. Who in their right mind would agree to move into a mansion with their narcissistic ex-boss after stealing his job? Ben, apparently. When he joins Isaac’s Dungeons and Dragons party, the adventures begin in the cellar, but get disturbingly real when the players find a space-age capsule in the attic filled with vintage clothes and artefacts. The gang's first foray into the hermetically-sealed space ends in a mad scramble to escape before the computer initiates evacuation protocols...

It's 1939, in New York City. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat: smuggling himself out of Hitler's Prague. He's looking to make big money, fast, so that he can bring his family to freedom. His cousin, Brooklyn's own Sammy Clay, is looking for a partner in creating the heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit the American dreamscape: the comic book. Inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams, they create the Escapist.

In space, no-one can hear you croak. Chief Frog 127 is a prime example of his species: a cunning, ruthless sneaker, hell-bent on clawing any advantage possible from a harsh and uncaring Universe. He might not be of high rank in the Space Force of the Glorious Hegemony of the Frogopolis, but by the Swamp God, he is one frog who is going places. What does it matter if sometimes he feels that something is badly, deeply wrong? After all, everyone has bad dreams. But when 127 meets the strange alien known as the Prophet, his glorious trajectory turns out to be far weirder and more dangerous than...

I have it bad for my grumpy boss. Mr. Mavis is thirty-five. He shouldn’t be grumpier than an old man complaining about the summer heat. I witness his tender side when his daughter’s around. I’ve watched the grump from afar for years. I’m the reason he’s the way he is. As much as I want a second chance with him, I know that can’t happen. Secrets, lies, and tragedy keep us apart.

After putting their own needs on the back burner to raise their families, Sylvie, Doris, Alice, and Marge struggle to find purpose now that their children are grown, and their husbands are gone. Loneliness pushes them together while they knit away the rest of their days. Then one night, a whiskey-filled pact catapults these ladies onto the adventure of a lifetime. Each widow gets one wish, one wild adventure she’s dreamed of doing her whole life. With their wishes tucked away on notes inside their knitting basket, they pull them out, vowing to do whatever it takes to help each other.

Gary Duba’s having a bad day. There’s a snake in his toilet, a rabid raccoon in the yard, and his girl Krystal’s in jail for getting naked at a Waffle House and licking the manager. Gary’s a redneck living in a trailer by the swamp. But he’s got dreams, big dreams. Every time he tries to get ahead, fate deals him a low blow. But then he gets lucky... With his best friend, Floyd, Gary sets out to sell his prized Barry Bonds rookie card to raise the $500 needed for bail. But things always find a way of getting out of hand.

La obra está dividida en siete tratados y cuenta en primera persona la historia de Lázaro González Pérez, un niño de origen muy humilde; aunque sin honra, nació en un río de Salamanca, el Tormes, como el gran héroe Amadís; quedó huérfano de su padre, un molinero ladrón llamado Tomé González, y fue puesto al servicio de un ciego por su madre, Antona Pérez, una mujer amancebada con un negro, Zaide, que le da a Lazarillo un bonito hermanastro mulato.

Barry and Beth, high school sweethearts separated by time and circumstance, find themselves reunited at the Blue Loon Village senior living center in Minneapolis. Now both seventy, they rekindle their relationship only to discover how differently time has shaped them. Beth has blossomed into a free spirit with a goth flair, while Barry has transformed into the curmudgeon he swore in his youth he’d never become.

🧬 TRUE BLOOD meets BLADE in this addictive dystopian paranormal romance box set. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “So intense I couldn't stop reading!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Gripping, dark, and HOT.” 📦 Get the first 3 full-length novels in the Alpha Claim series by New York Times & USA TODAY bestsellers Tamara Rose Blodgett & Marata Eros—a gritty, genre-bending journey where DNA is destiny, passion is punishment, and trust can kill. 🩸 What’s Inside: 🔥 Alpha Claim 1: Punished Narah Adrienne never expected to be claimed by a brutal alpha, but in a future ruled ...

Action explores the ways that a modern-day writer can successfully tell an action story that not only stands apart, but wins the war on clichés. Teaming up with the former co-host of The Story Toolkit, Bassim El-Wakil, legendary story lecturer Robert McKee guides writers to award-winning originality by deconstructing the action genre, illuminating the challenges, and, more importantly, demonstrating how to master the demands of plot with surprising beats of innovation and ingenuity.

He’s a grumpy machinist. She’s an uptight efficiency expert. They’re going to use every tool in their arsenal to save the factory – or kill each other trying! George is a simple guy. He likes bowling, watching football, and remodeling his house. He’s worked at the same place since he was eighteen and for him, a job is just a job. Until his union steward tells them that management is considering outsourcing their jobs to Mexico. Cassandra is the leading efficiency expert for Thomas Industries. She’s got a reputation for being tough, fair, and getting results. She’s determined ...

Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a "lucky" bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didn't specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck.

Savage. Soldier. Enforcer. I'm the one my club trusts to deal out justice with a stone cold heart. Then I learn I'm a father. I’m weeks away from getting out of prison and rejoining my MC brothers when four words shatter my world to pieces: I have a daughter. And unless I can come up with some serious cash for a crooked judge, he’ll make my little girl disappear in the system. No one f*cks with my family. This judge wants to take my daughter? Fine, I’ll take his. I track her down. I take her. She's a handful, but I mange to keep her sweet ass right where I want it -- tied up in my ...

INSTA-LOVE, FATED MATES, DRAGON SHIFTERS . . . OMG ARE YOU GUYS READY?! Male dragon shifters are on the hunt again . . . On the hunt for survival. On the hunt for their fated mates. They search far and wide . . . High and low . . . Here and there and everywhere. But sometimes their mates are right in front of them. Clear like sunlight. Curvy like the full moon. Is it really as easy as that? Um, no. Not with these women! But dragons never stop, never give up, never let go. Not until they lock things down . . . Through eternity and beyond. Always and forever. After all, that's what fate means...

It's almost been a month since the R-04 virus eradicated twenty-five percent of the world's population and then began to chew away at the remaining survivors, one by one. There are enough of them left standing to unite and to fight back against the undead, but they're so busy fighting amongst themselves for possession of what is left of the world that they knew, that the sanguines are slithering in between the cracks of humanity and feasting on the excess of bad blood that's now flowing freely due to human hands. Some hate in the name of love Others fight for power over things that are ...