Ella Medler

It's 1665, and the last wave of the plague has left London barren and lifeless. On his last day of life, a young boy snatches an icy heart-shaped bauble from the arms of a dying man. The frozen heart safeguards humanity's last chance for survival, but it also carries a curse.Dodo, the guardian, awakes inside the time-traveling glass cage humbled and ashamed, yet not regretting the deeds that trapped him there. Gaining his freedom would be easy, but what if, in doing so, he must condemn the good Samaritans who helped him?Only Calidora, ruler of time, could save him, the innocents with generous hearts, and the entire human race from the curse of the Shattered Heart.

Quiet and listless, the glass heart sat hidden under layers of unremarkable clutter, its secret safe. The human hands had touched it often through the strata of debris, but until now, had never uncovered it fully.At last, the yellow duster cut through the grime, and the heart began to shift.It would most likely have frozen over again, up on its high shelf, if the cat's careless pouncing hadn't made if fall into a box full of tinsel.This is how the history of time and place began to change - with the story of the frozen heart.

Following his son's kidnapping and subsequent rescue, Nick Hunter proceeds to track down and eliminate every person involved in the crimes against his family. But where will the chase end? And has he bitten off more than he can chew? Hunter discovers a tangled net of human trafficking and corruption, and world-class players with a penchant for disturbed obsessions.

Episode 5 in the Adamanta series The continued search for Adamanta sends Xander's team to a planet locked in ice. But what else lurks under the surface? With the Beltine starting to realise the humans are using their precious metal in similar ways they know they have to up their game. But how far will they go? Join the Adamanta team as they save some human refugees from a life of slavery and control.

Emma worries her marriage will become humdrum and insipid now that the children have flown the nest. Fretting over it won't make it better, though. Action will. Jonathan wants to surprise his wife with a romantic getaway now that he's got her all to himself. But judging by her plans for rejuvenating their marriage, it looks like she's considered leaving him-that's her Plan D. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so Jonathan goes along with Emma's suggestions in order to win back her love. Plan A sounds exciting, and Plans B and C are not bad either. Plan D might never happen... if he survives Plan A first.

They kidnapped his son. They killed his wife in front of his eyes. Now they want him to carry out the ultimate evil. Will he do it? If it meant saving his son, is there anything a father wouldn't do? A fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat read that will keep you turning the pages to the very end.

Mid-life crisis hits June hard and she decides to re-start her life. Alone. She learns of a 'green' community in which people do just enough to stay alive; no money, no taxes, no worries. It's just one big, happy family. Perfect for her needs. Roy feels the ground slip from under his feet when he learns June intends to leave him. He can't let her throw away their love of many years. Not without a fight. But how can he win her back? On Midsummer's Night, Randy, June's new friend and commune handyman, asks her for a kiss. It feels wrong and right in equal measure. Wrong, because she isn't ready for love yet. And right, because he reminds her of someone... If she asks them nicely, will the divine spirits show her the way?