Weather Fiction

The Deverauxs and Vassars have been fighting for hundreds of years, but somehow Andre and Juliette fell in love. More than that, they're mates. Destined to be together for eternity until betrayal tore them apart. When business sends Andre Deveraux to Savannah he comes face to face with Juliette for the first time in sixty-five years. Their crash course renews old memories and desires. With Juliette stranded and the hurricane of the century roaring to shore, Andre has no choice but to offer her a lift.

On the outside, wealthy werewolf Laurent Deveraux has it all. A close-knit family. Immortality. Good looks. More money than he could ever spend. But none of that matters when the love of his life died so long ago. Life is all about going through the motions until he comes face to face with the woman who haunts his dreams. Cayenne doesn't know why she dreams of the wickedly handsome werewolf, but she intends to find out. Before she can get her answers, her past catches up with her. Now they're both on the run.

Billionaire werewolf Sebastian Deveraux needs a mate. According to his brothers, he's spent too much time in the spotlight. That's code for not putting the Pack first. They're right, but evenings with a starlet are easier than admitting the truth to himself. He found his mate. And she'd run from him. Amanda St. James is back in Louisiana for her father's funeral and not a moment longer. The place is steeped in memories, daydreams, and dangerous desires. It doesn't matter how smoking hot Sebastian is, she refuses to end up like her mother.

It’s the height of summer in Moreland, and Grace Griffin and her fellow warden Tom Eely are sweltering in the heat until they answer a strange call for help that comes through on the amazing Griffin map. After teleporting to Oakwell, they find the town paralysed by a freezing snowstorm, which is ruining the famous summer market that brings in visitors and trade. Using their mystery-solving skills and amazing inventions, can Grace and Tom find the cause for the weird weather and restore summer from the snow?

Once there were two cocks, one on a dunghill and one on the roof, both of them conceited; but which of the two did the most? Tell us what you think - we'll keep our own opinion, anyway. The chicken yard was separated by a board fence from another yard, where there lay a manure heap, and on this grew a great cucumber, which was fully aware of being a forcing-bed plant.

From the time he was a small boy in Vermont, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera would capture for others the wonder of the tiny crystal. Bentley's enthusiasm for photographing snowflakes was often misunderstood in his time, but his patience and determination revealed two important truths: No two snowflakes are alike; and each one is startlingly beautiful.

Pregnant in a pandemic. My life is never dull. While Alan and I set about the pleasant task of selecting a name for our baby, Faye interviewed candidates for the role of maternity leave assistant. Our plans were going well until a friend was murdered. The evidence pointed to a hitman, a professional killing. A further murder underlined the fact that the stakes were high, that someone had a secret to hide.

This story was told to Anthony Weathers years ago. Upon hearing it, he felt compelled to write a story based on these true events. Why Ruin Another Life is set in the 1950s in Black Mississippi. It is a generational journey about how lives can be altered by an event or person. Hattie sets in motion a chain of events that unravel, that induced a domino effect. This single event had a profound and lasting impact, triggering a thunderstorm for years to come, and the lessons learned came at a high cost.

A snowstorm is coming to Jeremy Cooper's little town. As mayor, he decides to gather everybody together to make sure everybody is safe. But when one member of the community is overlooked, Jeremy has to decide what to do about the legendary Ugly Trudy Pitter. Also includes an author's note.

An atypical rainmaking machine is investigated, picked by a new General to the NSC. But the General fails to arrive. The Colonel and Irina go to Minnesota to follow up on the defrosted child and find themselves on a rollercoaster. The Colonel leaves aging hippie Mike in charge to deal with the NSC Chiefs. A premature visit from the head of Mike and Cynthia’s national professional body becomes a nightmare, as orthodoxy meets outliers.

El título de estas memorias procede de unos versos de Miguel Hernández: «... un día / se pondrá el tiempo amarillo / sobre mi fotografía». A través de más de 1700 minutos, pese a que el autor dijo una vez que no le gustan nada los libros gordos y que «es mucho mejor no fiarse de las memorias», El tiempo amarillo brinda al oyente una mirada muy personal sobre varias décadas de nuestro país, y también sobre sí mismo.

City girl Paula married her lovely farmer, the only problem is he comes with a farm...Another heart-warming rural romance from the queen of Australian storytelling. Self-reliant Sydney girl, Paula, is looking forward to a new life in the country. Just married to sheep farmer Dan Woodcroft, she can't wait to escape her protective family and exchange her busy existence for a new life down on the farm in rural South Australia. But life on the farm proves rather different to what she was expecting.

Set in Rhode Island, Winner of the National Book Award tells the story of twins who could not be more different. Abigail Mather is a woman of passionate sensual and sexual appetites, while her sister, the book-loving local librarian Dorcas, lives a quiet life of the mind. But when the sisters are sought out by the predatory and famous poet, Guy DeVilbiss, who introduces them to Hollywood hack writer and possible psychopath Conrad Lowe, they rapidly become pawns in a game that leads to betrayal, shame and ultimately, murder.

During the tense aftermath of the Rodney King riots, pioneering African American filmmaker and social activist Maynard Duncan dies of natural causes - or so it seems. But Charlotte uncovers a possible connection to a nurse recently convicted of killing several elderly Black men. Her investigation becomes more complicated when she digs up secrets from Duncan's past that cast light on the darkest sides of Hollywood.

L.A. está seco como un desierto, Oscar, el patriarca de la familia Alvarado, está obsesionado con el clima y solo quiere un poco de lluvia. En realidad, alberga un secreto que lo distrae de todo lo demás. Su esposa, Keila, desesperada por tener una vida con un poco más de intimidad y un poco menos de Weather Channel, siente que no tiene más remedio que terminar su matrimonio.

From a light breeze cooling a hot brow to a gale that blows apart buildings, no other natural phenomenon affects people as directly as wind. DeBlieu explores how wind has aided the rise and fall of empires, the discovery of continents, and the establishment of religions. Wind provides surprising, delightful insights into a force that constantly reshapes who we are and how we live. Suzanne Toren’s narration lends a voice of quiet, thoughtful authority to a subject you’ll never view the same again.

At the height of tourist season, an armored car drives off a crowded pier and sinks to the bottom of San Francisco Bay. By the time divers find the wreck, the cash is gone and the driver has vanished. The police are convinced it's an inside job, but local merchant Vera Young, whose boyfriend drove the armored car, claims it was much more than a simple heist. Vera swears the missing driver is innocent and wants him found before the police can throw him in jail. Private investigator Cape Weathers reluctantly takes the case but warns Vera that her boyfriend is likely guilty - or dead.

Is the Chinese curse just a myth? Soon after an ancient talisman is smuggled out of Hong Kong, a container ship filled with Chinese refugees runs aground on Alcatraz, the crew murdered. The Chinese Triads suspect one of their own, a female assassin named Sally known to have connections with a San Francisco detective named Cape Weathers. But when Sally goes missing, Cape becomes the focus of Triads’ attention, and soon the FBI has him on their radar.

A former U.S. senator vanishes days after his son goes missing. When they're both found dead on a golf course in Mexico with body parts missing, the senator's estranged daughter Rebecca resolves to discover what happened. When it looks like the daughter may become the next victim, private investigator Cape Weathers takes up the case.

A movie producer hurtles to his death from the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, an apparent suicide that shocks the film community and jeopardizes a $200 million production.