Francis: 3998 books

Steve and Carol are thrust into a parents worse nightmare... “911 what is your emergency?” said the operator. “It’s our son! He’s barely breathing! Send an ambulance. Hurry, Hurry!” said Steven as he held our son in his arms rocking him back and fourth. Tears were streamed down his face in rivers. “Come quick!” he screamed into the phone. "Hurry!"

How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region,...

I never knew the depths of love until she came into my life and bonded hers to mine on our wedding day. Our journey together is a celebration of a love and happiness that is sealed by two people and confirmed by devotion.

The short story “Anybody’s Dog” tells of a boy’s goodbye to a childhood pet dog, one that he didn’t fully understood at the time. The boy’s grandfather helps ease their separation and in the process helps the boy to understand his canine friend. The setting is a long walk in the woods. When...

Before I could respond my werewolf lover shed his clothes, squatted down, transformed and darted out the door. Transforming for me was still a little bit rough. I got the basics of it down quickly enough, but I was nowhere near as graceful as Jack. Where he just shrugged right out of his clothes,...

“Good morning, Dirk.” Ben called out from the stairwell. “Glad to see you here so early. I heard you normally came out here before everyone else, so I counted on it. There’s something I’ve been meaning to ask you.” “Uh... sure, boss. What is it?” Dirk stammered a little, obviously...

It has been far too long since Anne and husband Mike last enjoyed a long, sexy, erotic encounter. Luck strikes when the in-laws offer to take the kids for the weekend, and the two horn-dogs get to tear each other up for three full nights. The two of them remind each other why they fell in love. Mike...

Harlequin® Historical brings you three new titles for one great price, available now for a limited time only from October 1 to October 31! This Harlequin® Historical bundle includes Engagement of Convenience by Georgie Lee, Defiant in the Viking's Bed by Joanna Fulford and The Adventurer's Bride...

e-artnow presents to you a collection of the most beloved and touching tales of Thanksgiving: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott) The First Thanksgiving (Albert F. Blaisdell, Francis K. Ball) Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner (Lucy Maud Montgomery) The Genesis of the Doughnut Club (Lucy...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Pietro Ghisleri. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by F. (Francis) Marion...

Jim Wormold, an under-employed vacuum cleaner salesman living in 1950s Cuba, is struggling to pay for his teenage daughter’s increasingly extravagant lifestyle. So when the British Secret Service asks him to become their ‘man in Havana’ he can’t afford to say no. There’s just one problem…he...

This book is a treasure chest of 36 classic Gypsy Folk Tales and Stories, and makes fascinating reading for those interested in folklore in general, but especially for those interested in the Roma, or Gypsy, people. Within you will find Gypsy stories from Turkey, Romania and Bukowina. Stories like...

The twelve stories comprising In Shadows Written: An Anthology of Modern Horror takes us into the hearts and minds of thirteen award-winning authors. Explore the wide reach of horror fiction of the early 21st century. “Familiar” by Ken Pelham. Is it research or witchcraft? Science or magic?...

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The story is set on an island separated from the rest of the world, on which evolution has taken a different course. "The Nightmare" resembles Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Land That Time...