![]() ![]() ![]() Goldin casts a searing light on small-town politics and how bias can affect the way people view rape victims and their alleged assailants. With this third impressive novel, Megan Goldin has once again shown why she is such a rising star in the crime fiction genre. ![]() Rachel’s suspenseful and insightful investigation into Scott and Kelly’s families eventually leads to answers about Jenny’s fate. Hannah continues to leave Rachel cryptic notes, but refuses to meet in person. Despite the time-consuming Blair trial, Rachel is intrigued by the cold case. After leaving the diner, Rachel finds a note on her car from a woman named Hannah, who wants her help in proving that Hannah’s older sister, Jenny Stiles, then 16, didn’t accidently drown 25 years ago, as was ruled, but was murdered. At the start of this outstanding thriller from Goldin ( The Escape Room), Rachel Krall, the producer of the popular true crime podcast Guilty or Not Guilty, stops after a long drive at a diner near Neapolis, N.C., where she’s planning to cover the high-profile trial of Scott Blair, an Olympic swimming contender accused of raping 16-year-old Kelly Moore. ![]()
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![]() Let's just say it was challenging to keep things professional. But once again, there was no actual massage.The man I now affectionately called "Moody" kept calling me to come back.It took three times before I finally gave him the massage he'd ordered. ![]() That appointment, we talked a lot, developing a stronger connection. What I didn't realize was that he would be younger than I'd imagined, single, stunningly gorgeous, and mysterious.Despite the fact that Dax had booked a massage, it never actually happened, since our first appointment was unexpectedly cut short by a comedy of errors.Certain I'd never see him again after that day, I'd done nothing but think about the captivating man.To my surprise, he called a second time. rom any before it.From the outside, I'd correctly assumed the owner was rich. ![]() ![]() ![]() From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel.The day I showed up to Dax Moody's sprawling home, I had no idea what was coming.As a traveling massage therapist, I was used to entering the houses of strangers.But this assignment was different f. ![]() ![]() ![]() While it revolves around the lives of the same three women as the TV series (Joanna, Freya and Ingrid Beauchamp) and their lives in North Hampton, New York, the plot of the novel is much different than that of the TV series. Written by Melissa de la Cruz, author of the “Blue Bloods” series, this novel is extraordinarily fast paced. I purchased the first book in the series, titled “Witches of East End”, right away, but didn’t get around to reading it until recently. When the series was cancelled abruptly after the second season’s cliffhanger ending, I decided to read the book series to find out what happened to the Beauchamp witches. ![]() I fell in love with it after the first season and immediately jumped into the second season as it premiered on Lifetime. Last summer I began watching the TV series “Witches of East End” on Netflix. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Unhoneymooners spent 14 weeks on the NYT Bestseller List. Christina Lauren will write the screenplay. Roomies Īndy Fickman will direct and produce the music-driven romantic comedy "Roomies" with Jenna Dewan via her company, Everheart Productions. Like books in the Beautiful series, all of the Wild Seasons books to date have hit the New York Times list. Lauren has been praised for writing delectable heroes and strong-willed heroines to match. The series centers on a group of friends following graduation from college. The first novel of the series, Sweet Filthy Boy, earned the Romantic Times Book of the Year award for 2014. The second series by the authors debuted in 2014. The rights later reverted to the authors. In 2013, Beautiful Bastard was optioned by Constantin Film for a film adaptation. Together, they present workshops and have been speakers at events such as RT Booklovers Convention, Book Expo of America (BEA), and Romance Writers of America (RWA), and are frequent guests at San Diego Comic-Con International. Īuthor of eighteen New York Times Bestselling novels, their work is currently translated in over 30 languages. In 2017, Holly Root founded Root Literary. The pair met in 2009 while writing fanfiction online, and, in 2010, became co-authors, signing agent Holly Root from the Waxman-Leavell Literary Agency in 2011. Beautiful Bastard series, Wild Seasons seriesĬhristina Lauren (the combined pen name of Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings) is an American author duo of contemporary fiction, teen fiction and romance novels. ![]() ![]() This first volume of music inspired by the landmark historical fiction series The Work and the Glory offers thirteen new songs that highlight episodes from this inspiring story. Sheet music available here. Titles include: This pageant can be segmented to suit your needs as far as performance length and situation. This double cantata for 2 narrators and mixed chorus includes 9 titles, some arrangements of previously published music as well as some completely new titles. Lund Joseph Smith and the Restoration (accompaniment CD) Stringham, Mabel Jones Gabbott Come Unto Me All Ye Heav y LadenĬompact disc including gorgeous, sacred choral arrangements performed by the Deseret Chamber Singers and Orchestra. ![]() 17 songs written for primary aged children detailing the events in the Book of Mormon. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now an elite assassin for a powerful business syndicate called the Tribe, she gets plenty of chances.īut while on assignment in Miami, Nena ends up saving a life, not taking one. Stolen from her Ghanaian village as a child, Nena Knight has plenty of motives to kill. Before she can reclaim her life, she must leverage everything she was and everything she is to take him down and end the cycle of bloodshed for good"-Ī smash debut novel from rising star Yasmin Angoe, Her Name Is Knight features an elite assassin heroine on a mission to topple a human trafficking ring and avenge her family. ![]() ![]() Nena can't resist the temptation of vengeance-and she doesn't want to. Meanwhile, she learns a new Tribe council member is the same man who razed her village, murdered her family, and sold her into captivity. Tasked with killing a man she's come to respect, Nena struggles to reconcile her loyalty to the Tribe with her new purpose. She emerges from the experience a changed woman, finally hopeful for a life beyond rage and revenge. But while on assignment in Miami, Nena ends up saving a life, not taking one. Now an elite assassin for a powerful business syndicate called the Tribe, she gets plenty of chances. About the Book "Stolen from her Ghanaian village as a child, Nena Knight has plenty of motives to kill. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Anita, by the end of Bullet, had at least TWELVE men plus others that she slept with on a “pinch” or because she had some sort of “emergency.” I don’t think Laurell can draw that line. However, I think there comes a time when you need to draw a line between a few and way too fucking many. Even though I think that’s 3 too many but, as a female, I can appreciate having many men woo and love me. I also liked Nathanial a lot as well as Micah so I was fine with those four men. I enjoyed reading about Anita Blake and even enjoyed the love triangle between Jean Claude and Richard. ![]() Okay, the first, I want to say 8, books were great. 8 years later, I finally have the chance to come back to it and I’m not sure what the fuck I was thinking at that time. I told myself to come back to it later and finish the series. I remember reading this series back when I was in high school, many, many years ago, and I caught up to, I think the most recent at that time, which was Skin Trade (I think, not 100% sure) and I was still engrossed enough to continue with the series. Plus, I don’t want to write like a 500 page essay about the pros and cons about this series. Oh mannnn, what to say about Anita Blake? So many things to say yet so little time to say it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pudgins (1st Edition) by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen, Margaret Bradfield Paperback, 154 Pages, Published 1951 by Scholastic Book Services ISBN-13: 978-9-0, ISBN: 9-4 The Good Samaritan The Life and Work of Friedrich Von Bodelschwingh by Margaret Bradfield 224 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-13: 978-0-7581-8775-8, ISBN: 0-7581-8775-0 It's Beginning to Rain The Ongoing Story of En Hakkore by Margaret Bradfield 52 Pages, Published 2013 ISBN-13: 978-9-6, ISBN: 9-Xīuilding an Ark The Story of en Hakkore by Margaret Bradfield Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2008 by Zondervan House. Pudgins (1st Edition) (Nancy Pearl's Book Crush Rediscoveries) by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen, Margaret Bradfield, Nancy Pearl Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2015 by Two Lions ISBN-13: 978-1-4778-2733-8, ISBN: 1-4778-2733-1ĩ00 Buckets of Paint by Edna Becker, Margaret Bradfield Hardcover, 22 Pages, Published 1949 by Abingdon Press ISBN-13: 978-3-1, ISBN: 3-3 Pudgins (Nancy Pearl's Book Crush Rediscoveries) by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen, Margaret Bradfield, Nancy Pearl Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2015 by Two Lions ISBN-13: 978-1-4778-4942-2, ISBN: 1-4778-4942-4 ![]() ![]() ![]() Number one, two and three were already killed. The Mogadorians eventually followed them hereon Earth. Each child was tagged with number from one to nine and there was a spell that was cast that the Mogadorians do need to kill them in order for it to be successful. Upon reaching the earth they had to move separate ways for it to be harder for them to be tracked in cases the Mogadorians come. John and Henri were sent to the earth along with other eight children and eight Cepans when the Mogadorians invaded their planet in the hope that one day hey will come back on their planet and start again. John and Henri have been here on Earth for ten years now and always switching places for they are trying to avoid a group of other aliens, the Mogadorians, who are pursuing them. ![]() In their world every new born is assigned a Cepan to guide the child in learning the things around them especially their powers. Henri serving as the guardian (or Cepan in the Loric language) of John. The books follows the story of two Lorics, from the planet of Lorien, living with us, humans. ![]() ![]() ![]() It feels deliberately intellectual and lacking in personality. The book is just very difficult to enjoy. It is set across the span of many years, through the partition of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, but these times of tremendous upheaval and horror were narrated coldly. However, there is a confusing mess of characters introduced throughout the book and I found it hard to warm to anyone. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness essentially follows two main characters in South Asia - Tilo and Anjum - the former is dragged into the center of an independence movement, while the latter is intersex and living among ghosts. ![]() A reader who puts beautiful, complex writing over plot and emotional pull a reader who doesn't mind looking back over almost 500 pages and realizing very little has happened, even if it was told with pretty language. These kind of books have a special place in the heart of a certain type of reader. It took me a couple hundred pages of squinting hard to see the truth: there is no story. Perhaps it was a mistake to put it off and opt for Roy's newer release instead, but all I can say is my expectations have significantly lowered after reading The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.Īt first, I thought the story was slow, dense and hard to follow. It's been on my mental longlist of books to read since before Goodreads existed. I, like many people, have heard of the success of Roy's The God of Small Things from twenty years ago. ![]() |