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Romantic Thriller
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Monique Bagwell, narrator. Read on the run by K.M. Hodge, he swallowed hard as he took her in. Damn, he adjusted his thrift store tie and smoothed out his suit, suddenly concerned about his own appearance and what she might think of him. She blushed under the weight of his heavy inquisitive gaze, but regained her composure and walked towards him with her hand extended in greeting. Special Agent Bailey? He took her hand in a firm grasp and smiled. Please, call me Alex. You must be Catherine. Do you want to sit at the bar or get a table? The bar is fine. Alex, ever the consummate gentleman, nodded and held out his arm to let her go ahead of him. He couldn't help but notice her toned calf muscles flex as she took her seat at the bar. He shook his head to try and regain his focus. The bartender, Nin, smiled at Catherine as she took her seat at the bar. Usual, Nin asked. Catherine nodded and he turned back to pour her a glass of tonic with a twist of lime. When he returned with it, she took a sip of her tonic water and set it back down. Without thinking, Alex ordered another drink. He had begun to find it harder and harder to keep it together. And tonight's drinks were only adding fuel to the fire that was already threatening to turn into an out of control blaze.
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Audiobook
Thriller
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Bibles and Ball Bats by Israel Allen Chapter 3 Coach Reigns walked over and began shaking hands with each of the kids So we all followed most of the boys mumbled their names So I couldn't understand them all There was a Vitaly and a Vasil and an Ian then I came to Oksana I know it has nothing to do with why we were there and I felt a little guilty about it But I was already crushing hard When she shook my hand and I looked into her gray eyes. I Felt my cheeks go red She smiled and I smiled back and nodded Try not to look as stupid as I felt. I am Oksana Again, tell me your name Lucas I said She was still shaking my hand and I really didn't want to let go I was holding on Looking into her eyes When I felt someone pull my hand away and start shaking it. I Am Anatoly, but you call me aunt Are you listening? Yes, she's very beautiful, but I am talking to you. Do you hear me? Aunt I said it's nice to meet you aunt He had gotten me moving again, but my cheeks were as hot as blazes while I shook the rest of their hands I Wanted to look back at her to see how she reacted But I was too embarrassed
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Audiobook
Historical Non Fiction
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The Many Worlds of Benjamin Franklin By Frank R. Donovan Ben sailed out of Boston Harbor in September 1723, and in three days was in New York. This strange city of high-gabled houses built by the Dutch did not offer much opportunity for a printer's assistant. Only half the size of Boston, it had one printer in the entire town. He was William Bradford, who would later be ranked as a pioneer of American journalism. Bradford told Ben that he did not need a new hand, but that perhaps his son Andrew, who was in the printing business in Philadelphia, might be able to use him. So, without pause, Ben set out for Pennsylvania. Since he did not have enough money for coach fare or a coastal voyage, he walked across New Jersey and hitchhiked down the Delaware in a large rowboat, spending most of one night pulling on an oar. He arrived in Philadelphia on a Sunday morning, dirty and tired, with only a few copper coins in his pocket. On the day Ben arrived, the streets were filled with clean-dressed people on their way to church, sober Quakers who seemed to him much like the strict Puritans of Boston. But Franklin had little inclination for church-going that morning. He was hungry. And he hurried to a bakery, where he spent three pennies for three large rolls. Then he walked down Market Street, with one of the rolls under each arm, as he munched on the third.
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Thriller
Mystery
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Robert and Roberta Grady continued deeper into Chinatown, where the fog became thicker, and the streetlights few and very far between, until the brick buildings oozed and the alleys echoed with each footfall and cobblestone. Robert, we're here. This cross street is Stockton. According to Falden's Guide to Old San Francisco, Stockton was one of the streets that bordered the Barbary Coast. Sailors in particular had caused to dread the area because it was there, she paused and looked around, right here, that the art of Shanghaiing was perfected. She glanced up from the trifold brochure just long enough to look at her brother. As recent as 1920, people who had ventured into the old Barbary Coast district were still being reported missing, she said and stuffed the paper into her handbag. That was just eight years ago. It's okay if you want to head back to the hotel. I'm beginning to get the creeps anyway. But when she turned around, her brother was gone. Robert Grady, this isn't funny. You're scaring me. Come out this minute. Roberta's voice sounded muffled, and the fog was rolling in around her ankles. Robert didn't answer, and didn't come out from a clever hiding place. She didn't want to admit it, but she'd lost all sense of direction and was completely disoriented. A disembodied voice drifted out of the fog. Are you lost? Roberta turned her head first left, then right, peering into the now head-high fog. Hello? Who's there? A small boy emerged from the dense mist. Just me, ma'am. Daniel. Startled, hand placed over her heart, she took a step back at the sound of the voice. You scared the daylights out of me, young man, Roberta said, still looking around, expecting Robert to step out of the fog any minute. Not lost? I'll be on my way then, the boy said as he turned around to step back into the fog. No, wait. Do you know an easy route to Mark's Inn and Hotel? The boy stepped a little closer to Roberta. Indeed I do. Sometimes I run messages for them. She opened her handbag and reached in. I'll pay you five dollars cash if you'll take me there right now. She held out a five dollar bill. Daniel snatched it from her hand.
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Audiobook
Thriller
Mystery
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The 40-by-40-foot viewing window of the shark tank at the Dungeness Bay Aquarium attracted a crowd the third Thursday of every month. That's because it was cleaning day. Every head in the crowd was moving like spectators at a tennis tournament. Except instead of a ball, they were following the path of a 9-foot, 800-pound Thresher shark as it circled. At the bottom right corner of the giant viewing window, two divers could be seen. Marty was wearing a black dive suit and was scraping algae from the plexiglass. Em was wearing red and faced into the tank poised with a cattle-prod-like instrument should the shark get too close. From the crowd, a little boy saw it first. Mommy, look! The shark is yawning! Every eye turned to look at the shark and the crowd gasped as one. The Thresher had expanded its circle, increased its speed and locked its jaw open at twice the regular size, something it did only during feeding. Em was furiously elbowing Marty until he responded with a tap on the shoulder, a signal that they should surface. The tour guide never turned her back on the crowd, ignoring oohs and ahhs as she passively talked. She paused until the crowd settled down. As I was saying, the Thresher shark's tail is nearly as long as its body and is used to thresh the water, killing its prey. Em remained in the water while Marty tossed the scraping device into the cement surface. Suddenly she began frantically pivoting right to left. She'd lost sight of the shark. Marty paused and turned around at the sudden movement of his partner, and in that moment was struck on the side of the head by a huge blue tail. Em doubled her efforts when the shark banked in a sharp turn, grabbed Marty by the tank and shoving him onto the lip of cement, shrugged out of her tank and kicked furiously as she pulled herself to safety. An aquarium employee carrying a phone casually walked across the roof of the tank building, totally distracted by the different machines that maintain the quality of water for the various tanks. When he spotted the two gasping divers at the lip of the shark tank and the blood running down Marty's face mask, he ran to a pole in the middle of the roof and slammed the palm of his hand against a round red button, then ran to his side.