![]() Because this alpha male might need more than just one night in her bed to satisfy him… ![]() And when she propositions him for a one night stand, he knows he should turn it down. ![]() Just the two of them, alone, in muddy, wet clothing that needs to come off…īut Beth Ann isn’t the spoiled princess he thought. He’ll just have to teach the sexy blonde a lesson-a weekend of roughing it out in the wild. He’s even more annoyed when Beth Ann isn’t grateful for the rescue. She can’t even find her way out of the woods without the help of a handsome, but scowling, Marine.Ī die-hard survivalist, Colt Waggoner’s none too pleased when he’s sent to find the town’s pampered princess. Of course, even the best laid plans go awry when she’s stranded in the woods in the middle of a downpour. That means opening her own salon and not taking the help that her ex-fiancé seems determined to offer. ![]() Now Beth Ann is determined to show the small town of Bluebonnet, Texas, that she can take care of herself. ![]() The problem? No one in town seems to believe her when she says it’s really over. Beth Ann Williamson has finally had it with her on-and-off fiancé of nine years. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Though the three have formed an incredible bond, they know difficult choices must be made. How does a young girl not only read but understand Shakespeare? Why do good things keep happening in her presence? And why aren’t Jo and Gabe checking the missing children’s website anymore? But the more time they spend together, the more questions they have. ![]() Jo enlists the help of her reclusive neighbor, Gabriel Nash, to solve the mystery of the charming child. With concerns about the child’s home situation, Jo reluctantly agrees to let her stay-just until she learns more about Ursa’s past. The girl calls herself Ursa, and she claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises. ![]() In this gorgeously stunning debut, a mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again.Īfter the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestseller. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when I finished and reread the book, I did suddenly realize how much this kind of structure owed to, particularly, Agatha Christie. And I didn’t consciously channel that when I was writing. ![]() ![]() “I read a huge amount of it as a kid, you know, Agatha Christie, Josephine Tey, Dorothy L. ![]() “I love classic crime,” she told NPR’s David Greene during her “Dark Wood” publicity tour. Unsurprisingly, Ware said last year that she was a big fan of the golden-age mystery writers. (My favorite thing about that book, which centers on an amnesiac and a bachelorette party gone very wrong, was learning that the British call such gatherings “hen parties.” One London reviewer described the story as “the hen party from hell,” which makes you think things might end in nuggets and dipping sauce.) Both of Ware’s novels resemble classic locked-door mysteries: Her first takes place in a remote English country house and her latest on a cruise ship in the North Sea - a horrifying enough prospect for some of us even before the protagonist witnesses a murder and is accused of losing her mind. Agatha Redux: The British crime writer Ruth Ware has two best sellers this week - her new novel, “The Woman in Cabin 10,” enters the hardcover fiction list at No. 4, while her debut, “In a Dark, Dark Wood,” remains No. 8 on the trade paperback list after nine weeks. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This magnificent effort is a reminder of why Connelly is one of today's top crime authors. ![]() With every switch between McEvoy's voice and the villain's, Connelly ratchets up the tension. , soon joins the hunt, but as the pair uncover more about the killer and his unsettling predilections, they realize that they too are being hunted. The Scarecrow By: Michael Connelly Narrated by: Peter Giles Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins 4.6 (940 ratings) Try for 0. FBI agent Rachel Walling, with whom he worked on a serial killer case in 1996's The Poet THE SCARECROW by Michael Connelly RELEASE DATE: Downsized from the Los Angeles Times, crime reporter Jack McEvoy decides to ride one last big story to the moon. What starts as a story about the wrongful arrest of a young gangbanger for the brutal rape and murder of an exotic dancer turns out to be just the tip of an iceberg that takes McEvoy from the Nevada desert to a futuristic data-hosting facility in Arizona. With 14 days' notice to tie up loose ends, he decides to go out with a bang. Bestseller Connelly comments on the plight of print journalism in a nail-biting thriller featuring reporter Jack McEvoy, last seen in 2004's The Narrows ![]() ![]() ![]() In French, I'd say "Circulez, y a rien à voir" aka "Move along, people, nothing to see". This book sucks - it sucks so badly that I don't understand how it could be so popular. She will have to choose - him, or redemption for her soul. This cursed mortal girl ends up falling in love with the Devil. She also grows to understand that there is beauty to be found in wrinkled faces, that old people aren't withered and dry, but rich and wise and loving in ways she can never be. ![]() That living without being able to make lasting human connections is hell. Over a span of 300 years, she finally understands that growing old is, in fact, not a curse - that living forever, stuck at 23, is. The Devil offers her immortality and eternal youth and in exchange, she can never be remembered by anyone. ![]() A naive 23-year-old girl makes a deal with the Devil because she thinks getting married and growing old is the worst thing that could ever happen to her. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mas em seu estilo - o romance ficcional -, não há paralelo no Brasil. ![]() ![]() Jorge foi superado, em número de vendas, apenas por Paulo Coelho. Seus livros foram traduzidos em 80 países, em 49 idiomas, bem como em braille e em fitas gravadas para cegos. A obra literária de Jorge Amado – 49 livros, ao todo – também já foi tema de escolas de samba por todo o País. Verdadeiros sucessos como Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos, Tenda dos Milagres, Tieta do Agreste, Gabriela, Cravo e Canela e Tereza Batista Cansada de Guerra foram criações suas. Jorge é o autor mais adaptado do cinema, do teatro e da televisão. Integrou os quadros da intelectualidade comunista brasileira desde o final da primeira metade do século XX - ideologia presente em várias obras, como a retratação dos moradores do trapiche baiano em Capitães da Areia, de 1937. Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (Itabuna, 10 de agosto de 1912 - Salvador, 6 de agosto de 2001) foi um dos mais famosos e traduzidos escritores brasileiros de todos os tempos. His work dealt largely with the poor urban black and mulatto communities of Bahia. He was the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, his extensive work having been translated into some 30 languages and popularized in film, notably Dona Flor and her Two Husbands, (in Portuguese, Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos) in 1978. Jorge Amado de Faria was a Brazilian writer of the Modernist school. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is author Sara Holland’s debut novel and although, this is not a spectacular debut it does shine in some parts. The prologue is intriguing and hooks readers right away. Review: Everless is another YA Fantasy read and of course, my first book in September! This book introduces us to a mythical land where blood is time and time is money. Her decisions have the power to change her fate-and the fate of time itself. Soon she’s caught in a tangle of violent secrets and finds her heart torn between two people she thought she’d never see again. When Jules discovers that her father is dying, she knows that she must return to Everless to earn more time for him before she loses him forever.īut going back to Everless brings more danger-and temptation-than Jules could have ever imagined. ![]() A decade ago, she and her father were servants at Everless, the Gerlings’ palatial estate, until a fateful accident forced them to flee in the dead of night. No one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember. The rich aristocracy, like the Gerlings, tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries. Synopsis: In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency-extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one’s own lifespan. ![]() Fans of Victoria Aveyard, Kendare Blake, and Stephanie Garber will devour this lush novel’s breathtaking action, incredible romance, and dangerous secrets. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As the village's defenses weaken and evil from the forest creeps nearer, Vasilisa must call upon dangerous gifts she has long concealed-to protect her family from a threat sprung to life from her nurse's most frightening tales. But Vasya's stepmother only grows harsher, determined to remake the village to her liking and to groom her rebellious stepdaughter for marriage or a convent. And indeed, misfortune begins to stalk the village. Fiercely devout, Vasya's stepmother forbids her family from honoring their household spirits, but Vasya fears what this may bring. Then Vasya's widowed father brings home a new wife from Moscow. Wise Russians fear him, for he claims unwary souls, and they honor the spirits that protect their homes from evil. Above all, Vasya loves the story of Frost, the blue-eyed winter demon. "A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up."-Naomi Novik, bestselling author of Uprooted Winter lasts most of the year at the edge of the Russian wilderness, and in the long nights, Vasilisa and her siblings love to gather by the fire to listen to their nurse's fairy tales. Katherine Arden's bestselling debut novel spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice. ![]() ![]() You can find more information on the New Zealand scene here. Note: New Zealand Comics and Graphic Novels is not a complete list of New Zealand cartoonists and comics creators, but a snapshot from 2012 (and only a partial snapshot at that). ![]() Newsarama discussed revisiting his classic work with him. The first New Zealand graphic novel was published in 1982 and recent years have seen New Zealand graphic novels on bestseller lists and winning top book awards. To whet readers’ appetites for his new comics and to celebrate its tenth anniversary, Horrocks and Drawn & Quarterly are bringing out a new, expanded definitive edition of Horrocks’ most famous and acclaimed work, Hicksville. Go here for more New Zealand comics linksNew Zealand has an active and diverse comics scene and New Zealand comics creators have gained significant followings both locally and internationally. New Zealand Comics and Graphic Novels is now out of print,īut the entire book is available for download here. ![]() It was put together in 2012 to be distributed at the Frankfurt Book Fair and other industry events and includes profiles and contact details of 65 creators, along with a brief introductory essay on the history of New Zealand comics by Tim Bollinger. ![]() New Zealand Comics and Graphic Novels is a 100-page directory of New Zealand cartoonists and comics creators. ![]() ![]() While attempting to retrieve it, they also encounter another trio of teens: Vanessa, Reeve and Skeet each with their own superpowers who compete with them for possession of the Ishibo. The trio encounters a large, talking tree who offers to send them home if they can retrieve a stolen branch of hers that has been turned in to a dangerous weapon called the Ishibo. Each region, however, harbors dangers and obstacles that the group struggle to overcome, while also discovering that they each possess superpowers Adam has both super strength and agility, Mira can communicate with animals, breathe underwater, and swim like a mermaid, and Kai can cast and manipulate fire, as well as being a technical whiz. Īlong the way, they encounter a strange character that they call "Weirdie" or "the Weird Guy", who teleports them to different regions whenever they ask 'help please'. ![]() After emerging from an underground bunker they find themselves in a deep forest and venture forth to discover who they are and how to get home. ![]() Plot Season 1 Īdam, Mira, and Kai are three teenagers who awaken in a room with no memories of themselves or each other the only clue to their identities are their names written on small slips of paper in their pockets. On August 31, 2020, the series was cancelled. The series premiered on Netflix on June 8, 2018. ![]() ![]() The Hollow is a Canadian animated adventure mystery series created by Vito Viscomi. ![]() |