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The irrepressible Jacky Faber, condemned for life to the English penal colony in Australia for crimes against the Crown, has once again wriggled out of the grasp of British authorities. Back on her flagship, the Lorelei Lee, she eagerly heads back to England in the company of friends and her beloved Jaimy Fletcher. But when the voyage is waylaid by pirates, storms, and her own impetuous nature, Jacky is cast into a world of danger that extends from...
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The mine is an impartial killer, and defusing it requires steady nerves, steady hands, and an intrepid flirtation with death. Haunted by the mine that destroyed his first command, H.M. Submarine Tornado, Lieutenant-Commander David Masters now defuses mines on land and teaches the same deadly science to others.
885) H.M.S. Surprise
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Presents Jack Aubrey's life as he is put in debtor's prison, ultimately escapes, and heads to the East Indies asea again.
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Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard - Joseph Conrad - Joseph Conrad, who knew the human nature inside out, telling the story of Nostromo and portraying his personages is ironic and even slightly derisive...⍾Every man, somewhere deep inside, has his own share of rascality... And every human doing has two sides...⍾⍾Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions. Only in the conduct of our action can we find...
888) Moonfleet
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First published in 1898, and now a major TV series, Moonfleet is a riveting adventure story full of drama, mystery, revenge, pursuit, smuggling, pirates, and romance, sharing its literary canon with Treasure Island and Kidnapped. The tiny village of Moonfleet is nestled along the English coast, and every one of its inhabitants lives off the sea in one way or another. When local young man John Trenchard accidentally stumbles upon treasure stashed in...
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When her position with the government is eliminated, Charity Styles is faced with an uncertain future. The only part of her previous life that she truly enjoyed was sailing her classic sloop. The cruising lifestyle is wonderful and helps keep her mind centered, as she sails from one anchorage to another, looking for her true calling.
But there are hidden dangers: marauding pirates, psychopaths, and drug smugglers run rampant throughout the Caribbean,...
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The Bell Family of Bluestar Island series concludes with a charming second-chance romance! As summer winds down with the promise of a long-awaited wedding, the island's new yoga instructor is drawn into an arrangement with the one man who wants nothing to do with her. In this summertime novella, Summer Turner has returned to Bluestar Island and opened the Beach Love Yoga studio. Anxious to expand her clientele, she is not expecting her former friend...
891) Cross Current
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From Publishers WeeklySalvage boat captain and sometime sleuth Seychelle Sullivan returns in Kling's follow-up to her well-received debut, Surface Tension, this time to aid a frightened Haitian waif named Solange. Seychelle-who's plying the South Florida waters on her tugboat, the Gorda, with her mechanic cum lover, B.J.-discovers the girl on a swamped boat and makes saving her, both from danger and from immigration officials, a personal crusade....
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Paradise isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Few people know this as well as Jesse McDermitt, retired Marine and former government operative. In the aftermath of an intense mission in coastal Mexico, Jesse wants nothing more than to get back to his boat; to just sail away and forget all about the firefight and his warrior past. The Caribbean sun is warm, the azure water inviting, he has the woman of his dreams at his side, and everything seems...
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A lifelong dream becomes a nightmare...When his wife Grace and their new sailboat go missing, Nathan Fitzgerald will do anything and everything to get her back.Nathan, a high school football coach in the Florida Keys, is in way over his head. Turning to strangers when authorities are reluctant to help, he begins a frantic international hunt.Buckle up, as Graceless takes you on an exhilarating chase around the Caribbean with twists and turns at every...
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It'd been a long time; a lot of things had changed. Since sailing away from Cane Garden Bay, Jesse McDermitt had changed. Waking one morning, the smell of rum still on his breath, Jesse realizes he doesn't much like the change anymore. The mask which he'd freely put on didn't fit right. It was the mask of a drifting, womanizing, boat bum, and it concealed his inner turmoil. Peeling off the mask, he soon realizes what a mess he's in. Weeks of rigorous,...
895) The Holiday Cruise
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'Buy this book now and read it!' Rachel Gilbey 'A truly fantastic read I couldn't put it down.' Jessica Bell 'This was even better than her debut.' Rachel Burton author of The Many Colours of Us The high seas are calling! As if it weren't enough to be cheated on by her husband of ten years, Yorkshire lass Hannah Davis is losing her beauty salon business too. Luckily, her big sister is there to pick up the pieces, but Hannah is desperate to find some...
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A lifelong friend finds something deep in the Everglades that is so very odd, that when he calls Jesse McDermitt, at first the semi-retired former special operator is in total disbelief. But he is also very intrigued, and the duo set out on another adventure reminiscent of their childhood days. But their youthful quest had been all about fun and make-believe. This one was real, waiting nearly a century to be discovered. There is another party interested...
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Denis Farenc tente le tout pour le tout pour préserver la nature et la Méditerranée qu'il aime tant.
Denis Farenc, cadre à la retraite, entretient avec la Méditerranée un lien fort, qu'il transmet à ses petites-filles lors de mémorables sorties en bateau. Mais au fil des années, il observe la dégradation de cette mer mutilée par des pratiques humaines. Et que dire du reste de la région qui s'appauvrit irrémédiablement, d'o disparaissent...
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After licking her physical and emotional wounds for several months, Charity Styles finally has a shot at redemption when her handler offers her a mission. It's dangerous, sure, but Charity also knows that it's meant as a test of her self-control. In the jungles of Venezuela, a land baron controls the native population with an iron fist ... and a security team with over-indulged libidos and quick trigger fingers. The indigenous people live in fear-all...
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Derrière le rideau de velours pailleté, l'univers du personnel... Ici, le crime rode.
Si le Sultan vous invite, il faut accepter. C'est un paquebot luxueux qui promène avec fierté ses charmes entre l'Atlantique et la Méditerranée. Dans ses salons, des acheteurs d'art sans scrupules qui conversent avec fébrilité. Dans ses cales, des œuvres fabuleuses, introuvables qui attendent leur destin : une vente aux enchères très privée, sur l'océan....
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The band of Viking brothers, The Oathsworn, are here. These are the first 3 epic novels in Robert Low's brilliant Oathsworn series. The ultimate Viking series. Launch into the world of the Oathsworn, led by Einar the Black, and new recruit Orm Bearslayer, whose story this is and whose adventure is unforgettable. In The Whale Road, The Wolf Sea and The White Raven you will experience bloody revenge, violence and true Viking grit. In time with the massive...
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