![]() ![]() Grant is a master at world-building, and this universe is rich with details that make it feel realistic and believable. ![]() The Masons must find a way to get the news out and inspire the living to rise before being destroyed by the dead. As they follow Ryman’s path to the White House, the Masons uncover a disturbing string of orchestrated outbreaks, and find evidence of a broader conspiracy implicating the very organizations designed to keep Americans safe from the zombie plague. Their team is chosen to cover Senator Peter Ryman’s 2040 presidential bid, which seems uneventful until a suspicious attack on the campaign trail. Twenty five years after the zombie apocalypse, Georgia and Shaun Mason run the small but successful After the End Times news blog. Do you think 2012’s political drama is suffering from a lack of the living dead? If so, check out “Feed” by Mira Grant, which is the first in the deliciously titled Newsflesh Trilogy. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She has her eye on one house in particular-with room for kids. Having given up on marriage, Emily dreams of adopting children someday. ![]() Recovering from a twice-broken heart, Emily Gaffney, a young teacher, is staying at the inn while she looks for a home of her own. Determined to move forward, she begins dating again, and finds companionship when she takes on a boarder who is starting a new chapter herself. The Rose Harbor Inn barely seems the same without Mark, but Jo Marie can't bear to lose herself in grief once more. ![]() Though Mark finally confessed his love for her, innkeeper Jo Marie Rose is unsure if he's ever coming back. Nine months ago, Mark Taylor abruptly left Cedar Cove on a perilous mission to right a wrong from his past. Summary "The much-anticipated conclusion to Debbie Macomber's beloved Rose Harbor series, set in the picturesque town of Cedar Cove, Sweet Tomorrows is a vibrant and poignant novel of letting go of fear, following your heart, and embracing the future-come what may. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jackson (“The Cask of Amontillado”), Stephanie Kuehn (“The Tell-Tale Heart”), Emily Lloyd-Jones (“The Purloined Letter”), amanda lovelace (“The Raven”), Hillary Monahan (“The Masque of the Red Death”), Marieke Nijkamp (“Hop-Frog”), Caleb Roehrig (“The Pit and the Pendulum”), and Fran Wilde (“The Fall of the House of Usher”). Whether the stories are familiar or discovered for the first time, listeners will revel in both Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales, and in the 13 unique and unforgettable ways that they've been brought to life.Ĭontributors include Dahlia Adler (reimagining “Ligeia”), Kendare Blake (“Metzengerstein”), Rin Chupeco (“The Murders in the Rue Morgue”), Lamar Giles (“The Oval Portrait”), Tessa Gratton (“Annabel Lee”), Tiffany D. Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.Įdgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction. ![]() ![]() Half of the stories are read by their authors and the other half are read by professional narrators all are delightful and, of course, haunting.' - Paste 'His Hideous Heart is an audiobook dream. ![]() ![]() In 1996, he carried a torch in the 1996 Summer Olympics torch relay. ![]() In the 1980s, Pelzer married his first wife, Patsy (a pseudonym), with whom he had a son. His teachers stepped in on March 5, 1973, when 12-year-old Pelzer was placed in foster care. Pelzer's books describe the abuse he suffered for several years of his childhood, including continual mistreatment and beatings by his mother, who he said thought of it as a game. He is the son of Catherine Roerva Christen Pelzer (1929-1992) and San Francisco fireman Stephen Joseph Pelzer (1923-1980). Pelzer was born in San Francisco, California on December 29, 1960, and was the second of five boys. This book brought Pelzer fame, and also been a source of controversy, with accusations of several events being fabricated coming from both family members and journalists. His 1995 memoir of childhood abuse, A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive, was listed on The New York Times Bestseller List for several years, and in 5 years had sold at least 1.6 million copies. ![]() Pelzer speaking to Airmen while visiting troops in Southwest Asia.ĭavid James Pelzer (born December 29, 1960, in San Francisco, California) is an American author of several autobiographical and self-help books. ![]() ![]() Heartbroken and plagued by doubts, she meets a man who gives her a mind-blowing explanation for her predicament. Liam has no choice but to find the strength to fight his desires, fight the joining, and fight fate.Īfter the unthinkable happened, Lucky's "hallucinations" have been working double-time. Stopping the joining cold means Liam's life is in danger from the Soul Seekers and the ruthless Minister Gagliardi who now has designs on Lucky. ![]() Fighting Fate is an #ownvoices young adult interracial romance between an Indian American heroine and an Irish empath hero.Įmpath Liam Whelan is determined to protect Laxshmi "Lucky" Kapadia, the girl he loves, at all costs-even if it means breaking her heart to keep her alive. The exciting sequel to Soulmated, Book 1 in the Joining of Souls Series. ![]() For fans of Jennifer Armentrout or Melissa Landers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is the first book in a series of linked standalone books following the three owners of Lovelight. This sweet, steamy romance has a happy ending. Lovelight Farms is a romantic comedy about a handsome and freckled data analyst, an upbeat and messy Christmas tree farm owner, and a small town with the best hazelnut lattes on the east coast. He just came home for a hot chocolate and somehow landed a farm and a serious girlfriend in the process. Lovelight Farms Pdf DownloadĮnter best friend Lukas Peters. To make the farm look like a romantic vacation destination, she lied in the application, saying she owned Lovelight Farms with her boyfriend. With the extra publicity and the $100,000 cash prize, she was able to save the farm from its financial woes. ![]() To save the Christmas tree farm she has loved since childhood, she enters a competition with famous influencer Evelyn St. Lovelight Farms is really not the magical winter wonderland of the Stella Bloom’s dreams. And shows that have mysteriously disappeared. A hostile takeover of the Santa’s barn by a family of the raccoons. ![]() ![]() ![]() The plans were delivered and the Rebels launched on attack on the Death Star, with Luke taking R2-D2 in his X-wing. Back on the Falcon, they fled to the Rebel base on Yavin 4. Through some smart trickery, they evaded capture and rescued Leia and during the heroes’ escape, C-3PO and R2-D2 saved their friends from being crushed in a trash compactor. Instead, the small band’s ship, the Millennium Falcon, had been caught in the space station’s tractor beam. The planet was gone, destroyed by the Death Star - which now held Leia captive. Then, an adventure unfolded: R2-D2 was actually the custodian of the stolen Death Star plans, and Luke, along with new companions Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and the droids left to bring them to Princess Leia on Alderaan.īy the time this new group had arrived at Alderaan, however, it was too late. ![]() The scavengers sold the droids to Owen Lars, a moisture farmer, who charged his nephew Luke Skywalker with care of the droids. ![]() The two droids bickered - Artoo called Threepio a “mindless philosopher” - and separated, but both were eventually recovered by Jawas. C-3PO and R2-D2 made a daring escape in a life pod, landing on the desert world Tatooine. ![]() Antilles was a Rebel, however, and his ship was boarded by Imperials upon the theft of Death Star plans. In the intervening 19 years after the rise of the Empire, C-3PO and R2-D2 stayed in the service of their master, Captain Antilles. ![]() ![]() His Only Wife is a life-affirming, must-read novel about a young woman's search for independence in a man's world, and the rules she just might have to break along the way. ![]() The fact that she doesn't know Elikem seems a small price to pay for a marriage that offers her family financial security and provides the key to a lifestyle she has always wanted.īut when Afi arrives in Accra, Ghana's gleaming capital, she realises her fairy-tale ending might not be all she had hoped for. ![]() In one of the most talked about and hilarious debuts of the year, Afi Tekple, a bright young seamstress from a small town in Ghana, is convinced by her family to marry a man she has never met.Įlikem Ganyo is a wealthy businessman whose family has chosen Afi in the hope that she will distract him from a relationship with another woman they think is inappropriate. Show more Genres FictionAfricaContemporaryAudiobookRomanceGhanaLiterary Fiction. 'Vivid, witty and utterly absorbing.' Daily Mail For readers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Candice Carty-Williams, His Only Wife is the story of an indomitable and relatable heroine that illuminates what it means to be a woman in a rapidly changing world. A N OBSERVER, TIME MAGAZINE & NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2020 A REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Still the wraith pours across the continent, reshaping the land and animals into fresh horrors. Wraith is the toxic by-product of magic, and for a century using magic has been forbidden. With Osprey missions becoming increasingly dangerous and their leader more unstable, Wil can’t trust anyone. They assume the identities of nobles from a wraith-fallen kingdom, but enemies fill the palace, and Melanie’s behavior grows suspicious. Wil and her best friend, Melanie, infiltrate Skyvale Palace to study their foes. With them, Wilhelmina means to take back her throne. Ten years later, they are the Ospreys, experts at stealth and theft. When the Indigo Kingdom conquered her homeland, Wilhelmina and other orphaned children of nobility were taken to Skyvale, the Indigo Kingdom’s capital. Genres: Action & Adventure, Fantasy & Magic, Orphans & Foster Homes, Romance, Royalty, Young Adult ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tired of being hunted by the vampires, slaves to the queen, I decide to fight back. One man there to save me, the other to claim me should the queen succeed in her quest for my blood.īut every time she nearly succeeds in my demise, my dark angel swoops in, pulling me back to safety. I was oblivious to the true roles of the two men in my life-the Angel of Light and the Angel of Death-as my existence hung in the balance. Then one day, my life is turned upside down by a prophecy naming me the one true queen. ![]() The queen always gets what she wants, and she wants me dead. In the new world, where the old world is long forgotten, an evil queen sits on the throne, and anyone who challenges her reign is a mortal enemy-I am that enemy just by breathing. ![]() |