![]() ![]() The narration by Brook Daniels and Lucas Webley was fabulous. Though that is not to say there isn’t a ton of chemistry between Archer and Madison Kate. This reverse harem is a bit different than many in that the heroine is intimate with two of the guys but has a hugely contentious relationship with the third Hero. Some of the secrets are revealed but what she finds makes her life even more complicated than it was before and she no longer trusts the guys. The Story: Madison Kate is constantly under fire, from a stalker, a killer and the three guys she has become close to but has never trusted. green eyes) - he is the first one to make a joke or comfort MK but he has lied to her as well. grey eyes) - a nice guy that isn’t always so nice. ![]() blue eyes) - an MMA fighter with secrets. MK is now being stalked and she thinks it is the same person that stalked her mom is after her. Prior to the murder, her mother was stalked. ![]() The heroine: Madison Kate Danvers - Her mother was murdered when she was 11 years old. ![]()
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![]() Free from troublesome opinions or individual interests.īut the girls' carefully controlled existence may not be quite as it appears. ![]() ![]() Obedient girls, free from arrogance or defiance. Under the watchful gaze of their Guardian, they receive a well-rounded education that promises to make them better. The Girls of Innovations Academy are beautiful and well-behaved-it says so on their report cards. Some of the prettiest flowers have the sharpest thorns. ![]() "Enough plot twists to give a reader whiplash." - Cosmopolitanįrom New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young comes the start of a thrilling, subversive new series about a girls-only boarding school with a terrifying secret and the friends who will stop at nothing to protect each other. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I’d soon realize there’s a thin line between love and hate. I hadn’t seen him in years, and now we’re living together because neither one of us is willing to give up the house. The same teenager who’s now a man with a hard body and a hardass personality to match. The same boy who turned into the teenager whose heart I broke years ago. When my grandmother died and left me half of the house on Aquidneck Island, there was a catch: the other half would go to the boy she helped raise. Not when it’s Justin…the only person I’d ever loved…who now hates me. Sharing a summer house with a hot-as-hell roommate should be a dream come true, right? I’ve got all the deets on RoomHate for you now! I’m definitely adding this to my TBR pile.Ĭover designer: Letitia Hasser, r.b.a designsįrom New York Times Bestselling Author, Penelope Ward, comes a new standalone novel. ![]() I knew Penelope Ward was coming out with a hot new romance on February 15th, but the title and cover were hush hush. ![]() ![]() Grass is a landmark graphic novel that makes personal the desperate cost of war and the importance of peace. In Grass, an anti-war graphic novel, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim tells the true story of Lee’s experience growing up in Japanese occupation and enduring widespread suffering. ![]() The cartoonist Gendry-Kim's interviews with Lee become an integral part of Grass, forming the heart and architecture of this powerful nonfiction graphic novel and offering a holistic view of how Lee's wartime suffering changed her. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee's memories. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee's strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. Appeared on best of the year lists from The New York Times, The Guardian, and more Winner of The. Beginning in Lee's childhood, Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Korean folk. Buy a cheap copy of Grass book by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim. ![]() Summary: "Grass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel, offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War - a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history. Keum takes the reader inside some of the human heart’s most inaccessible chambers, places that are all but closed to most visitors and yet she does so almost casually, the stark economy of her. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Successfully navigating the challenges of writing an interracial romance set during the Civil War is difficult enough to do once, but to pull it off twice is truly impressive. To make matters even more complicated, on her mission, she meets and falls in love with fellow undercover agent, Malcolm McCall - a white man. This assignment means allowing herself to be sold back into slavery, an obviously risky move for a freed woman. ![]() ![]() The first book of her newest series, "The Loyal League," is no exception: Released earlier this year, "An Extraordinary Union" follows the story of Elle Burns, a former slave with an eidetic memory who finds herself working as a spy for the Union Army. Whether she’s writing Scottish knights, Indian demi-gods, or American civil rights activists, Cole’s characters shine with unique voices and deep humanity. She splits her time between the East Coast and the Caribbean, lives with a loving partner, and gets paid to let her imagination run wild.Īs the author of multiple historical and contemporary romance novels, Cole has always featured protagonists spanning a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Author (and contributor!) Alyssa Cole is living the dream. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A guide at the Emily Dickinson Museum, Snively wrote and narrated the films "Seeing New Englandly," and "My Business is to Sing," produced by Ernest Urvater, in the series "Angles of a Landscape." She regularly leads discussions on various aspects of Dickinson for the museum's monthly poetry group. Snively has given readings and lectures at the Salem Athenaeum, Marlboro College, University of Louisville, Wesleyan University, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, the Monadnock Lyceum Lecture series in Peterborough, NH, and elsewhere. She earned her BA from Smith College and her MA and PhD from Boston University.ĭr. For 27 years, she directed the Writing Center at Amherst College and is the Associate Dean of Students. She has taught at Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and Amherst College and has received fellowships from the NEA and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. Susan Snively, PhD, is the author of four books of poetry: From This Distance (Alice James, 1981), Voices in the House (Alabama Poetry Series, 1988), The Undertow (University of Central Florida, 1998), and Skeptic Traveler (David Robert Books, 2005). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There is no one to accept the blame for this but Pearl herself, who raised three children single-handed and did make mistakes, oh, a bushel of mistakes. Neither of her sons is happy, and her daughter can’t seem to stay married. “ Pearl believes now that her family has failed.The story is told from the perspectives of Pearl and the children, revealing both traumatic and joyful events and interactions within the family, when as adults they recall their past. When Beck abruptly leaves, Pearl struggles to look after the children, and it is apparent that the family is not coping. This is the story of the Tull family living in Baltimore – Pearl, her husband Beck, and their three children Cody, Jenny and Ezra.Published: 1982 Setting: Baltimore, USA Genre:Contemporary fiction 1. ![]() ![]() And if he's right, it may be only a matter of time before the project destroys…everything. Yet evidence is mounting that this miraculous machine isn't quite what it seems-and that its creators are harboring a dangerous secret.As his investigations draw him deeper into the puzzle, Mike begins to fear there's only one answer that makes sense. And, the scientists insist, traveling through the door is completely safe. The invention promises to make mankind's dreams of teleportation a reality. Using a cryptic computer equation and magnetic fields to "fold" dimensions, it shrinks distances so a traveler can travel hundreds of feet with a single step. ![]() That is until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve.Far out in the California desert, a team of DARPA scientists has invented a device they affectionately call the Albuquerque Door. ![]() Sure, the life he's chosen isn't much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he's content with his quiet and peaceful existence. It's perfectly safe.The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In hopes of retaliation and in hopes of fitting in, he’s going to eat himself to death online for everybody to watch.īut as the day draws closer to when he’s to perform his act, everyone wants to know if Butter will really go through with it or not. See, it’s been hard for Butter to fit in and gain acceptance not just because of his size, but because of how he reacted around a group of popular boys in the past who taunted him because of his size. At least emotionally.Īfter a series of events that prove to Butter how little he is to the rest of the student body - including Anna - he decides he’s going to make a change. ![]() It’s through the protection of the computer that Butter feels comfortable being himself and opening himself up to her. Their relationship is all online, and Butter goes by a nickname on the internet so Anna has no idea with whom she’s really communicating. Except, she doesn’t know it’s Butter with whom she’s developed this friendship/near romance. Over the last year, though, Butter has developed a strong relationship with Anna, who is one of the most popular girls at school. It’s impossible to be ignored when you’re the biggest kid in school, but being fat makes Butter invisible anyway. He knows, too, that he’s an outcast at his school and even with his parents because of that not-so-little number on the scale. ![]() ![]() She has also worked as a documentary filmmaker. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages, and includes children’s titles as well as novels for adults. Her novel The Blue Chameleon won a New South Wales Premier's Literary Award and The Stone Angel was longlisted in the International Dublin Literary Awards. She is particularly popular in Europe, where she has sold over two million books. Katherine Scholes is the author of international bestsellers including The Rain Queen, Make Me An Idol, The Stone Angel, The Hunter’s Wife, The Lioness, The Perfect Wife and Congo Dawn. Only then can hearts be healed, and an unexpected reward be claimed. There are dark secrets to be unearthed, lost dreams recovered. Like the sea itself, the past rises up, refusing to be ignored. A time of devastating tragedy, but also of first love. She finds herself taken back to that extraordinary summer when she met a young man who was sailing the world alone. But as she takes part in the search for her father, the life of her old home draws in around her. ![]() She desperately doesn't want to face the painful memories that await her. Stella heads home to Halfmoon Bay, the Tasmanian fishing village where she grew up. But then one day she receives an urgent message that changes everything. And his name was Zeph.įifteen years later, Stella's life is full of excitement and danger as she travels the world writing magazine articles about women. ![]() 'A truly absorbing book filled with secrets and conflicts.' Woman's Day ![]() |