Hope: 1476 books

Elijah paced back and forth across the office of Owen Clarke—his lawyer. He felt like an animal caught in the headlights, just waiting for the inevitable blow that would crush him. A whole team of lawyers, and this was the best they could come up with? If it wasn’t Owen sitting at the desk in...

Mia loved her job. Writing an advice column for sexually troubled people was a task she was perfectly suited for. She had a therapy degree and an uncanny ability to place herself in other’s people’s shoes. Every day, her inbox greeted her with a new challenge. Monday morning was no exception....

Michael closed his eyes and took a deep breath, reminding himself for the umpteenth time this was no big deal. He’d stood in the middle of heated boardrooms and barked out orders. He had stared down presidents of multi-billion-dollar corporations. Certainly, he could do this. At least, he was fairly...

            I sat in the hard leather loveseat in the lobby of the office. There were two other people there also waiting. Like me, they were dressed professionally, and I wondered if they were also here for an interview. I looked around. The office was nice with the usual copies of well-known...

Lucia nursed her drink while she sat at the bar. She dangled the cherry in front of her lips, sticking her tongue out to grab the fruit into her mouth. She knew that she had the attention of every man in the room. But there was only one man that she wanted to come over to her. He had been sitting...

Samantha’s morning started out all wrong. Oversleeping meant she had to spring out of the bed and frantically put herself together in order to get to the TV Station on time for work. “Why didn’t you wake me up?” she yelled to her husband as he dragged himself to the bathroom. He shrugged...

            “Amy, I need you to work tonight. Samira called out. Again.”             I looked up at the head pediatric nurse. “Sure, Connie. I can do that.”             She gave me a relieved smile. “Thanks. I asked you first because I knew...

The big city was a scary place. When I first got off the bus, and gazed at the wild world around me, I thought I was going to pass out. The giant crowds of people sweeping past me on the sidewalk, the mean faces, the noise. Everything was breathtaking for a girl like me raised in Red River, Tennessee. Gawking...

Molly stepped into the science lab, ready for another busy day of work. “Good morning, Kim,” she said to her boss. Kim greeted her with a smile. “Good morning! We’ve got some really interesting work today. The subject is already in the observation room and ready to begin.” “Great....

Mia loved her job. Writing an advice column for sexually troubled people was a task she was perfectly suited for. She had a therapy degree and an uncanny ability to place herself in other’s people’s shoes. Every day, her inbox greeted her with a new challenge. Monday morning was no exception....

Something about summertime always made Tami horny. Even as a teenager, she loved having the hot weather as an excuse to wear provocative clothing. Low cut blouses, short miniskirts, bare feet. These were her summertime uniform. Preparing for her date with Tim, she considered that they’d be...

The whir of the helicopter drowned out every other noise around Caleb, even his own thoughts. It was a welcome respite. An intricate web of tactical planning had filled the recesses of his mind for the past 24 hours, but it was time. No more planning. It was another routine operation; go in, grab...

Mindy had been waiting for this concert for months. So when the announcer came over the loudspeaker and said, “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Tammy Sweet!” she nearly leapt out of her skin with joy. When Tammy took center stage under the spotlight’s glare, the gigantic crowd went...

Are peanuts capable of murder? Carolina Slade will bust this shell game. Big money, big politics, crime, greed, and big farming--Slade, an agriculture department investigator in the steamy state of South Carolina, once again finds herself planted in a dangerous mystery. Her assignment?...