![]() ![]() WARNING: This book is intended for readers eighteen years old and over. The warring Morelli and Constantine families have enough bad blood to fill an ocean, and their brand new stories will be told by your favorite dangerous romance authors. "Amelia Wilde has proven once again why she is my mortal enemy-I would kill to have written this dark, sensuous retelling of Persephone's journey to becoming Queen of the Underworld." –Kayti McGee, USA Today bestselling author "Summer Queen is a sexy shot of antihero goodness-this is the kinky, delicious retelling of the year!" –Sierra Simone, USA Today bestselling author "Breathtaking, intense, and scorching hot, KING OF SHADOWS is the modern myth I've been waiting for." –New York Times Bestselling Author Skye Warren Praise for Amelia Wilde's King of Shadows trilogy. SECRET BEAST is a new full-length novel from USA Today bestselling author Amelia Wilde about revenge, family secrets, and the redeeming power of love. He'll make her earn her freedom in degrading ways, but in the end he needs her to set him free. The college student must spend thirty days with the ruthless billionaire. Haley Constantine will do anything to protect her father. ![]() The beauty will sacrifice everything for her family. Even if it means using an old man who dreams up wild inventions. He'll get revenge on the Constantine family and make millions of dollars in the process. Leo Morelli is known as the Beast of Bishop's Landing for his cruelty. The beast hides a dark secret in his past. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Halfway through the story, werewolves make an appearance. Written mainly in sentence fragments with an excess of exclamation points, the narrative is a mish-mash of occult motifs. He goes to live with insensitive Uncle Dervish, who regales his newly orphaned nephew with stories about the "long and bloody history" of the house that Grubbs will now call home. Grubbs is sole witness to his family's execution and his narrow escape, by means he doesn't quite understand himself, nearly drives him mad. He feels guilty about this when, just a few pages later, Gretelda, Mom and Dad are killed in appalling fashion by Lord Loss, a "demon master," and his grotesque familiars-Vein and Artery. Grubbs seeks revenge against the informant, his sister, Gretelda, by smearing her bath towels with rat guts. Readers meet teen narrator Grubitsch Grady ("Grubbs") in a bad spot-he's in the principal's office, caught smoking cigarettes-but things are about to get far worse. ![]() The author of the popular Cirque du Freak books launches another no less gruesome series with this first installment in the Demonata books. ![]() ![]() Her brutal world is populated with a fascinating array of characters who often meet dismal and bloody fates. " Kristoff again graces his story with hilarious asides, vicious competition, and a protagonist as relentless as she is fearless. But as conspiracies unfold within the collegium walls, and the body count rises, Mia will be forced to choose between loyalty and revenge, and uncover a secret that could change the very face of her world. Upon the sands of the arena, Mia finds new allies, bitter rivals, and more questions about her strange affinity for the shadows. When it’s announced that Scaeva and Duomo will be making a rare public appearance at the conclusion of the grand games in Godsgrave, Mia defies the Church and sells herself to a gladiatorial collegium for a chance to finally end them. ![]() ![]() And after a deadly confrontation with an old enemy, Mia begins to suspect the motives of the Red Church itself. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she’s no closer to ending Consul Scaeva and Cardinal Duomo, or avenging her familia. Assassin Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church ministry think she’s far from earned it. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1957, 14-year old Homer ‘Sonny’ Hickam Jr. He is now an award-winning author (University of Alabama’s Clarence Cason Award, the Appalachian Heritage Writer’s Award) and an enduring inspiration to those aspiring to explore the unknown. is alive and well, aged 73, a Vietnam war veteran, retired NASA aerospace engineer who worked on the Hubble Telescope and trained Space Shuttle crews. Our 21st century lifestyles, immeasurable benefits of technology are a great debt of gratitude we owe to pioneers like Homer Hickam and the spirit of the Rocket Boys from Coalwood town, West Virginia – all who walked a path few dared, and inspired generations to work for their dreams. An Asia Times interview with Homer Hickam, the legendary ‘Rocket Boy’ from 1950’s USA, as India’s ISRO space agency prepares to deliver 103 satellites in a world-record single rocket launch, early February, 2017. ![]() ![]() ![]() She married Lord Andrew Cavendish, younger son of the 10th Duke of Devonshire, in 1941. Her parents were David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale (1878–1958), son of Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, and his wife, Sydney (1880–1963), daughter of Thomas Gibson Bowles, MP. Known to her family as "Debo", Deborah Mitford was born in Asthall Manor, Oxfordshire, England. She was the youngest and last-surviving of the six Mitford sisters, who were prominent members of British society in the 1930s and 1940s. David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdaleĭeborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, DCVO (born Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford and latterly Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire 31 March 1920 – 24 September 2014) was an English aristocrat, writer, memoirist, and socialite. ![]() ![]() ![]() Peavey, onetime Baltimore socialite millionaress, who, for a brief but poignant moment, was retained as the Reichls' maid. The journey begins with Reichl's mother, the notorious food-poisoner known for-evermore as the Queen of Mold, and moves on to the fabled Mrs. In other words, the stuff of the best literature. if you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were." Tender at the Bone is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by unforgettable people, the love of tales well told, and a passion for food. For, at a very early age, Reichl discovered that "food could be a way of making sense of the world. It is in this setting that Ruth Reichl's brilliantly written memoir takes its form. For better or worse, almost all of us grow up at the table. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unhandsome, he knows that no woman wants him. He is formalising his betrothal and trying with little success to forget about a secretary that has no right being female. But the Earl has another reason for going to London. But when she realises that he is going to visit a brothel in London to take care of his ‘manly’ desires, Anna sees red and decides to take advantage of the opportunity to also take care of her ‘womanly’ desires with the Earl as her unknowing lover. Secretaries are always male never female as Anna well knows but the real downfall of her career is the realisation that she is falling in love with Edward de Raaf the Earl. For the widowed Anna Wren, that means taking a job as female secretary for the Earl of Swartingham. There comes a time in a womanrsquo s life when she must do the unthinkable and find employment. ![]() ![]() He was slower to evolve throughout the book compared to many romance heroes. Stephen Hastings was an interesting character. Her ex is a dickwad, her son has special needs, and Emmy does her best to stay afloat. As a single mother myself I immediately felt connected to her character. Several times during the story I wanted to give her a high five or a hug for putting her son’s needs first. Now that we’ve got that cleared up I’ll continue with the review.Įmmy Barton is a strong single mother. I mention this in case you as a reader also go into the book with that preconceived notion. ![]() For the record Emmy Barton and her brother live a comfortable lifestyle and is on equal (or at least closer) footing with Stephen Hastings in their youth. Based on the synopsis I (incorrectly) assumed that our damsel in distress Emmy Barton had always been just that…a damsel in distress. ![]() ![]() One of my favorite tropes (damsel in distress) mixed with one of my least favorite (virgin) – an interesting combination but it worked out for the better.Īlright- so first I’ll admit that when the story begins I was confused. ![]() ![]()
![]() We enjoyed hearing about the small differences in life on Artemis. Maybe the name recognition or pronunciation would have been more difficult. It would have made even more sense for a Kenyan god to be selected. ![]() We wondered why Artemis was chosen and not the Latin equivalent, Diana. We’re not the ones to live in the Old West it seems.Īrtemis is the Greek goddess of the moon. ![]() ![]() But also, the lack of justice wasn’t attractive. First of all, no paper books! That would be hard for bibliophiles like us. None of us would want to live on Artemis. Only instead of angry Native American tribes, cholera, or snakes, it was temperature, pressure, and lack of oxygen. There was one sheriff, a lot of vigilante justice, and death from the elements was just a hair’s breath away. We did wonder about the education system and how you’d put together a school system for so few children. At the same time, we didn’t want too many details because it would have weighed down the story. We had a lot of questions about life on Artemis. It seems a few other readers were in the same boat as me. ![]() I loved Weir’s first novel, The Martian, and I had to see how his Sophomore attempt measured up. One of my librarian friends told me her SciFi/Fantasy group was reading Andy Weir’s Artemis and I groaned because I knew she would talk me into reading it and coming to the meeting. ![]() |