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|  | | Introducing The Last Gift In 1792, Paris is in flames and the hungry guillotine waits . . . .
In The Last Gift, the reader is woven into the fabric of the French Revolution, one of the most chaotic and violent social upheavals of all time. Strong and resourceful heroines, an intrepid hero and a complex and terrifying nemesis are ingredients in a tale of passionate love, bright courage and dark revenge that carries the reader from the royal palace to the shadow of the guillotine.
Jubilee is an innocent young American girl in Paris with her family. One summer afternoon Jubilee’s world comes tumbling down. She is secretly in love with Jake, her father’s handsome, young business partner, and though he asks for her hand in marriage, something is wrong. That same day Jubilee’s father discovers something ugly and mysterious that involves both Jake and her father’s French business associate Edouard Larousse. That night Jubilee’s parents are murdered and she is abducted and imprisoned in a brothel. Marie, a resourceful and worldly-wise veteran of the Paris underworld, befriends Jubilee and helps her escape—but not before something even more horrifying happens that changes Jubilee’s life forever.
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| |  | | Murder on the Waterfront Lady Margaret Chesterleigh is an artist and amateur sleuth. Thomas Monahan is a hardboiled Irish cop. Together they solve a crime of international proportions.
Chapter 1 Journal Entry: 4 November 1935 A man died in my arms tonight. I must write down all the details before they recede into the mists of memory. I am now safe at my writing desk in a warm library, but the cold streets are still settled in my bones and my hands are still shaking a little. I was walking home after an artist's journey when I decided to get a cup of coffee at Curly's, an all-night cafe near the Embarcadero.
I am well known on the waterfront and therefore safer than most lone women at night. The danger is sufficient, however, that I remain acutely aware of my su | |  | | The Hands of the Buddha A Modern Interpretation of the Dhammapada
This ancient book of Buddhist wisdom is older than the Bible. Rewritten in clear, clean modern language, the words of the Buddha will connect with the modern reader. The Dhammapada has been called the distilled essence of Buddhism. In 423 brief verses, said to be actual sayings from the Buddha himself, you will find inspiration and guidance.
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