5/11/2023 0 Comments All jacked up by lorelei james![]() ![]() ![]() This was definitely a book to read through in one night, because it was just too good to put down. What will it take for Jack and Keely to recognize their pretend relationship has somehow become the real deal?īesides the extra steamy love scenes, ALL JACKED UP is filled with snappy dialogue and lots of tenderness and emotion. Small town Wyoming reminds Jack of the humble upbringing he left behind, and country girl Keely feels she doesn’t measure up to Jack’s big-city expectations. But outside the bedroom they’re as mismatched as ever. Their sizzling lust overtakes their animosity and they shift from butting heads to knocking boots. When the hot-bodied and notoriously hot-tempered Keely begs for his help, he proposes a mutually beneficial deal he’ll oversee her restoration-if she acts the part of his fiancée. Jack is this close to securing a career-defining project, until he learns his bachelor status puts him out of contention. So it figures that the restoration specialist required to update her newly acquired building is none other than uptight Jack Donohue-her brother’s best friend and a certified pain in her Wranglers. One fake combustible engagement…what could go wrong?Īn enemies-to-lovers, brother’s best friend, opposites attract, small town romance from NY Times Bestselling author Lorelei James.Īs the lone girl in the sizeable McKay family, Keely McKay doesn’t need another man giving her orders or advice. ![]()
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5/11/2023 0 Comments Beautiful graves by lj shen![]() ![]() Dominic is different: adventurous, joyous, with lust for life and a passion to make her his. But when the mysterious, handsome Dominic storms into her life, it becomes more difficult to stay in solitude. A shell of the woman she once was, she takes her days one at a time, careful not to allow herself the joy she believes others in her life were robbed of. Guilt-ridden, Everlynne decides to isolate herself in Salem, Massachusetts. Death.Īfter a great tragedy, Everlynne loses all she cares about-her dreams, her family, and her soulmate, Joe. ![]() Shen US12.95 Also available in CD-Audio US21. Shen comes a passion- and angst-charged story about a woman caught. Those words couldn’t ring truer for Everlynne Lawson, whose first brush with romance came with a heartbreak…and the thing that seems to follow her everywhere she goes. 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One fine day, from out of town-and without any warning at all-a magic hat appears in the sky. This is a great read-aloud with its wonderful rhymes and would be a fun bedtime story. ![]() ![]() "Oh the magic hat, the magic hat, it spun through the air." and then what did it do? Wherever it goes it makes magical things happen. ![]() ![]() Although there were no profound reveals (at least not for me), the biography was woven in such a way that, again, not to overuse the term ’empathize’, I felt it did a remarkable job of making Elvis real and tangible. It was an honest account of a human being, caught up in a whirlwind which he himself could have never imagined. Make no mistake, I didn’t get the feeling at any point that this was a sugar-coated tale of the King. Guralnick succeeds in telling Presley’s story, and that of the forces at work around him, in a way that someone – on some other planet perhaps – who had never before heard of Elvis Presley, could come to understand what an endearing and sincere person he really was. I just finished reading it this weekend, and up to – even perhaps especially – the very last chapter the book evoked empathy from me regarding Elvis, his relationships with his family and friends, and his almost naive purity. ![]() ![]() ![]() If ever a biography were to accomplish documenting the beginnings of the life and career of Elvis Presley with dignity, respect, and honest perspective, Peter Guralnick’s ‘The Rise of Elvis Presley – Last Train to Memphis’ would be that book. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Wool omnibus edition![]() ![]() All of this means the old assumptions about indie books no longer hold true, and readers need to be prepared to adjust their expectations accordingly. However, just as iTunes changed how consumers found music and the way in which bands made their bread, ebook readers, and in particular the Kindle, are changing the ways in which authors find their readers and make a living. The traditional argument has been that if a book couldn’t find a publisher it probably wasn’t worth reading. 's Official GeekDad Review: "Howey is among a growing list of authors who are making successful careers of publishing without the assistance of agents and traditional publishing houses. I was completely immersed, watching Howey slowly paint a picture of a society gone wrong through the eyes and discovery of some truly compelling characters." Never mention you might like going outside.īoing Boing's Official Review: "This story is terrific. There are things that must not be discussed. They've lived there so long, there are only legends about people living anywhere else. Thousands of them have lived underground. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But when Liza arrives on the first day of the bake-off, she realizes there's a catch: all of the contestants are young Asian American men her mother has handpicked for Liza to date. With college just around the corner, Liza agrees to help out at the bakery's annual junior competition to prove to her mom that she's more than her rebellious tendencies once and for all. Yang is the owner of Houston's popular Yin & Yang Bakery. The one thing mother and daughter do agree on is their love of baking. Yang's traditional values, especially when it comes to dating. Compared to her older sister Jeannie, Liza is stubborn, rebellious, and worst of all, determined to push back against all of Mrs. Smart, kind, and pretty, she dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. To her friends, high school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect. ![]() ![]() ![]() What are some examples of symbolism used by the author in the novel and how does the symbolism help you to better understand the characters and their motivation?Īt the opening of the story, Isabel believed she and her sister would gain their freedom upon the death of their enslaver, Mary Finch, as outlined in her will. ![]() What are some of the allusions (references to factual people, places, and events) present in the novel Chains?. ![]()
5/10/2023 0 Comments Comes the Blind Fury by John Saul![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He thereafter enrolled to several colleges including Antioch in Ohio, Montana State University, Cerritos in Norwalk, and San Francisco State College, but didn’t last longer enough in any of them to actually graduate. The book appeared on New York Times Best Seller list for the better part of the year, winning awards and later on being developed into a video game-The Blackstone Chronicles-that’s still being played all around the world as we speak.īorn on Feb 25th, 1942 in Pasadena, California, Saul was raised in Whittier before graduating from Whittier High School, 1959. One of his works includes The Blackstone Chronicles, a six-book serial novel he published on a monthly basis for six stretches. Year after year he has been voted in as the lead author for Ballantine Books/Random House. Millions of his books are now available worldwide in print and translated in 29 different languages. For over 35 years, John Saul has been publishing at least one New York Times Best Seller each year. ![]() ![]() ![]() They rejected the mythology and believed that the change into animals was a diseased condition brought on by melancholia or drugs. However, a number of ancient writers such as Galen and Virgil provided the first descriptions of lycanthropy. ![]() Lycaon (hence the word lycanthropy) displeased Zeus and the deity changed him into a wolf. The oldest report of a man changing into a wolf was from ancient Greek mythology. Origin of the Werewolf: Like the vampire, and unlike Frankenstein’s monster, the werewolf was an ancient figure found in the folklore of people worldwide. There is also a disease, lycanthropy, in which people believe that they change into a werewolf when in fact they do not. By definition, the werewolf is a human being who at various times (usually at the full moon), either voluntarily or involuntarily, changes into a wolf or wolflike creature and assumes many of the characteristics of the wolf, especially its viciousness. ![]() That relationship was largely established in the 1930s with the production of two werewolf movies by Universal Pictures and the inclusion of the werewolf and the vampire together in three monster mash films during the 1940s. The werewolf is one of several monsters closely associated in the public mind with the vampire. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Clean sweep book series order![]() It’s smart, vicious, and lethal, and putting herself between this creature and her neighbors might just cost her everything. But the enemy she’s facing is unlike anything she’s ever encountered before. Before long, she has to juggle dealing with the annoyingly attractive, ex-military, new neighbor, Sean Evans-an alpha-strain werewolf-and the equally arresting cosmic vampire soldier, Arland, while trying to keep her inn and its guests safe. ![]() ![]() And now, something with wicked claws and deepwater teeth has begun to hunt at night….įeeling responsible for her neighbors, Dina decides to get involved. Under the circumstances, “normal” is a bit of a stretch for Dina. Meant to be a lodging for otherworldly visitors, the only permanent guest is a retired Galactic aristocrat who can’t leave the grounds because she’s responsible for the deaths of millions and someone might shoot her on sight. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast.īut Dina is…different: Her broom is a deadly weapon her Inn is magic and thinks for itself. ![]() ![]() On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. ![]() |