![]() The first, pretty and pregnant, is standing on her doorstep. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. Then one early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin's odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. ![]() Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. ![]() ![]() April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But her plans grow complicated when she finds herself drawn to Lord Darius Mekenna, Lachlan's rightful heir. Eager to prove herself, Larkyra accepts by posing as the duke's potential bride. When it's discovered the Duke of Lachlan is siphoning a poisonous drug from the Thief Kingdom and using it to abuse his tenants, Larkyra is offered her first solo mission to stop the duke. Larkyra Bassette may be the youngest of the Mousai, but when she sings her voice has the power to slay monsters. There, the mysterious Thief King reigns supreme with the help of the Mousai, a trio of revered and feared sorceresses. Many whisper of its existence, but few have found this place, where magic and pleasure abound. ![]() The Thief Kingdom is a place hidden within the world of Aadilor. From the award-winning author of the Dreamland series comes a new dark romantic fantasy about a young woman finding hope in her powers of destruction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() * Bernard Law Montgomery versus George Patton * The Duchess of Windsor versus the Queen Mother * English parliament versus King Charles I * Queen Elizabeth I versus Mary, Queen of Scots Spanning five hundred years of political rivalry, spiritual conflict, and ancestral discord, here are ten fascinating true tales of ambition, greed, jealousy, passion, and fear that are as gripping and meaningful today as they were in their own turbulent times. In Great Feuds in History, Colin Evans puts us in the middle of ten of history's most significant struggles-high-stakes personal conflicts that had a lasting impact on the societies around them and on generations that followed. "Evans captures all the drama and controversy in these streamlined accounts brimming with invigorated, well-paced prose." "Everyone loves a good fight, especially on the world stage, and Evans calls these contests with skill and flair." ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This 2021 Harper Collins Paperback is in near mint condition. Jake doesn’t know the half of what Marisa has created-and what she stands to lose. Who is this woman? Why does she seem to know everything about Marisa and Jake? In her quest to find out who Kate really is, Marisa might destroy everything she’s worked so hard to create-her perfect romance, her perfect family, and her perfect self. To make matters worse, Kate’s boundary-pushing turns into an all-out obsession-with Jake, with Marisa, and with their future child. Conceiving a baby is easier said than done, though, and Jake and Marisa’s perfect relationship is put to the test through months of fertility treatments and false starts. ![]() But Marisa doesn’t let it concern her, knowing that soon Kate will be gone, and it will just be her, Jake, and their future baby. Sure, Kate doesn’t seem to care much about personal boundaries and can occasionally seem overly-familiar with Jake. And Kate, their new lodger, is the perfect roommate-and not just because her rent payments will give them the income they need to start trying for the baby of their dreams. “Great, plain and simple” (Stanley Tucci). Parrish comes a twisty psychological suspense about motherhood, obsession, and just how far some will go for the perfect family. ![]() ![]() She’s from money and affluence, though she disdained it. They couldn’t be more different if they were born on different planets. Not that I thought that they would stop on the side of the road and pick flowers, but the bathtub thing? Yeah, wow! (I’m also the one person in the USA that’s never seen an episode of SoA, I think!) So, here we have Nicole, aka Mama, and Detroit, aka Dragon. That being said, the only thing shocking to me is how mobster-esque this seems to me. It is also my first interracial romance book. My thoughts on this…First let me say this is Jordan Marie’s first book. Sometimes, you have to face death, so you can live. Life can tear you into shreds, make you bend until you break. Nothing like what I expected, sassy, smart and sexy as hell. ![]() The Savage MC is the only family I’ve ever had, the only ones I can depend on. ![]() I’m the filth your mother warned you about. Thrown away with the garbage on the day I was born, hooked on crack before I even take my first breath and doing what I had to do just to survive. You have to grab it by the throat and go at it full throttle. Because I’m learning with life, there are no hearts and flowers. In fact, I’m terrified that I might not be strong enough to hold on to it all. ![]() ![]() With him everything is more…It’s more vibrant, more exciting, more…real. He’s hot-blooded, cocky, stubborn as hell, and he drives me crazy. Or I thought I did, but I lived in black and white. All thoughts are 100% my own.Īt one time, I had everything I wanted in life. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() SOUTH TYNESIDE HERALD, GATESHEAD HERALD, NEWCASTLE HERALD This book is amazingly thorough and offers many insights into one of America's most turbulent times. King's life was rich in emotions and intellect. we are sumptuously prepared for the carrying the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr into the 21st Century. We owe a debt to Carson for delivering King to us whole. Praise for The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King, Jr This book brings to life a remarkable man whose thoughts and actions speak to our most burning contemporary issues and still inspire our desires, hopes and dreams. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Mahatma Gandhi and Richard Nixon. Relevant and insightful, this Autobiography offers King's seldom discussed views on some of the world's greatest and most controversial figures including John F. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest orators of the 20th CenturyĬompiled from his own words, this history-making autobiography IS Martin Luther King: the mild-mannered, inquisitive child and student who rebelled against segregation the dedicated young minister who constantly questioned the depths of his faith and the limits of his wisdom the loving husband and father who sought to balance his family's needs with those of a growing nationwide movement and the reflective, world-famous leader who was fired by a vision of equality for people everywhere. * Timeless, inspiring and universal words of wisdom, this collection features the milestone speeches, including 'I have a dream.', of Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nocturn Affairs equips officers to deal with vampire threats with things like garlic mace and stake guns and silver-plated shotgun slugs and ultraviolet-flash vests. Haspil looks like he might hunt vampires with a machete For example, sunlight doesn’t kill vampires, but it can severely burn them. Their invulnerabilities and vulnerabilities aren’t quite so pronounced as in other works. They are still frequently referred to as vampires, but the preferred term is “nocturne” and the usual slang term is “sanger.” Humans who seek out vampires to have their blood drained are called “bleeders.” The nocturns have superhuman strength and speed, as well as the ability to climb on walls and ceilings. After a slow start, things heat up as Alex and Marcus close in on the source of the spiked artificial blood appearing throughout the city, and the mummy and Haspil’s twist on werewolves helps make up for vampires that stick to well-trodden ground.įirst, a little exposition, and then I will talk about what I didn’t like before talking about what I did.Īs in, for instance, True Blood, there has been a “Reveal” of vampires as real following the development of artificial blood, and they have entered quasi-mainstream society after a population explosion. Alex is Menkaure, former pharaoh and resurrected mummy. ![]() Marcus is an “Ancient,” a vampire so old he served as a governor in the Roman Empire. ![]() “Nocturn” being the PC term for vampire after the reveal. Alex and Marcus are officers working the Graveyard Shift in the Miami-Dade Police Department Nocturn Affairs Division. ![]() ![]() ![]() Green Cloth Hardback with Gilt Titles, 346 ppĬondition: Very Good – Good Unclipped DJ, No Inscriptions, Very Good Copy.Publisher Guild Publishing, London 1988.The books were subsequently banned in the UK and the USA for nearly thirty years. ![]() The publication of Tropic of Capricorn and its sister-volume Tropic of Cancer in Paris in the 1930s was hailed by Samuel Beckett as 'a momentous event in the history of modern writing'. Irreverent and ironic, Tropic of Capricorn is both a comic portrait of the irrepressible Miller himself and a scathing attack on respectable America, the very foundations of which he hoped to shatter. Description Tropic of Capricorn by Henry MillerĪ riotous and explosive mixture of joys and frustrations, Tropic of Capricorn chronicles Miller's early life in New York, from his repressive Brooklyn childhood spent amongst 'a galaxy of screwballs' to frantic, hilarious years of dead-end jobs and innumerable erotic adventures. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rudnicki is a consummate narrator and he brings his golden voice, deft pacing and perfect inflections to bear on these stories. Card provides the narrative introduction to each chapter while Stefan Rudnicki narrates the core of the story. As is my typical practices, I went between the Kindle and Audible versions of Empire but the Audible version only of Hidden Empire. blue state), a civil war that results from the chasm and a potential leader who views the only solution to that and other global problems is to become a benevolent dictator, albeit one who keeps the form of democracy. Card reflects on the political chasm of those who are conservative and those who are liberal (red state vs. Some may be pure fiction, such as time travel analyzed in Pathfinder and Ruins, stand-ins for the non-fictional such as the Ender series where he analyzes hatred of and hostility towards those who are different (Ender's Game), then dealing with the consequences of how you treat those who are "other", alien or different than you. ![]() Orson Scott Card does nothing if he doesn't thoroughly analyze a topic through his novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m dropping the best kids book of all time soon! C IS FOR COUNTRY, out Janufrom I can't wait to share it with you all. Experience wide-open pastures, farm animals, guitar music, cowboy hats, and all things country in this debut picture book that’s perfect for music lovers learning their ABCs and for anyone who loves Nas’s signature genre-blending style.įeaturing bold, bright art from Theodore Taylor III, with plenty of hidden surprises for Nas’s biggest fans, C Is for Country is a celebration of song and the power inside us all.” "Join superstar Lil Nas X-who boasts the longest-running #1 song in history-and Panini the pony on a joyous journey through the alphabet from sunup to sundown. The pre-order page for the book describes it as an “ABC picture book” in which the rapper and “Panini the pony” embark on “a joyous journey through the alphabet from sunup to sundown”: The book, illustrated by Theodore Taylor III, is intended for readers aged 3 to 7 years old and is set for release on January 5, 2021. ![]() Lil Nas X has proven he can dominate the Billboard charts, but now he’s about to see if he can exhibit the same mastery over the New York Times Best Sellers list: The rapper announced today that he’s releasing a children’s book, C Is For Country. Photo by David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Photo of Lil Nas X book via Twitter ![]() |