Our marriage is playing tricks on my heart because suddenly I’m wishing my happy ending can be with the husband who doesn’t think love is for him. He’s shown me I’m a sucker for praise, and lucky for me, he loves giving it to me. Better to amicably divorce later than own up to our screwup, right?Īll I’ve ever wanted is my happily ever after, and now I live with a serial hookup artist who never planned on settling down.īut then, why is Elliott so good to me? He takes me on dates, makes me laugh, and touches me like I’m someone to cherish. My parents had the perfect marriage until my mom passed, and since I’d hate for my father to discover what I did, Elliott and I decide to pretend we’re in love and stay married for six months. Riley lives in California with her awesome family, who she is thankful for everyday. If shes not writing, youll probably find her reading. A lover of sexy stories, passionate men, and writing about all the trouble they can get into together. He doesn’t want to let them down by telling them it was a drunken mistake. Riley Hart is the girl who wears her heart on her sleeve. We definitely aren’t supposed to wake up married…only, we do.īefore we can figure out what to do, Elliott’s family finds out. We’re not supposed to run into each other in Vegas or get drunk together. It’s definitely not Elliott Delgado Weaver, the shameless flirt who keeps asking me out. If there’s a jerk close by, I’ll find him. The one who’s looking for love in all the wrong places. When it comes to The Vers, the queer podcast I host with my best friends, I’m The Romantic.
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This print is of Papia (now Pavia) in Northern Italy. Some images represent actual cities, and other images are purely imaginative. These woodblocks include views of cities and towns, battles, kings, and saints. The woodcut illustrations were made in the workshop of Michael Wolgemut, with an unpredcedented number of 1,809 illustrations. Published and printed by Anton Koberger, the godfather of Albrecht Durer and the most successful German publisher of his day. This epic history divides human history into seven ages. It is a well documented incunabulum, one of the first to successfully combine illustrations and text. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel it appeared in 1493. This work by Schedel is an illustrated world history which is based on the Bible, which follows the story of human history related in the Bible and includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. He won’t allow anyone to take her from him. He’ll have her, and he’ll keep her safe from the threat that looms over her. Knox is used to getting what he wants, and he wants Harper. Unpredictable, elusive and complex, she draws Knox and his inner demon like nothing ever has. Harper does neither, which unexpectedly amuses him. He’s also used to people fearing and obeying him. And when an unknown danger starts closing in on Harper, it seems that Knox is the only one who can keep her safe.Īs Prime of his Las Vegas lair and a successful businessman, Knox Thorne is used to being in control. No one seems to know what breed of demon Knox is, only that he’s more dangerous than anything she’s ever before encountered. She’s not so sure she wants either of those things. The billionaire also wants Harper in his bed. Compelling, full of secrets and armed with raw sexuality, Knox Thorne is determined to claim her as his anchor, creating a psychic bond that will prevent their inner demons from ever turning rogue. That changes overnight when she discovers that her psychic mate, or ‘anchor’, is a guy who’s rumoured to be the most powerful demon in existence. Part of a small demon lair in Las Vegas, tattooist Harper Wallis lives a pretty simple life. The first book in Suzanne Wright’s bestselling witty, paranormal romance series, Dark in You. ‘ It’s been two minutes since my last fix and I need Suzanne Wright to give me more!’ Edgy Reviews There’s sea monsters, mystery, kidnapping, and murder. Technology is now capable of providing humans with a substance that when inhaled, allows a person to breathe underwater. The main character, for instance, possesses an ability to use sonar. Some people possess “dark gifts” which are supernatural talents that make them slightly more than human. Who doesn't love a good scene where the character almost gets eaten by a murderous squid? If you enjoyed Rick Riordan’s son-of-Poseidon type of mythology), you’ll enjoy this series. The book is accessible to both male and female readers and is full of suspense, excitement, and dangers found deep in the ocean (drowning, monsters, hypothermia, etc). The division of people adds an interesting quality to the book and seems to comment on how we as humans fear and thereby cause conflict with people who are different from us. This sci-fi/dystopian YA novel is set in a world made up of land-dwellers, ocean-dwellers, and uncivilized "barbaric" people who are suspicious of everyone else. Rip Tide is the second book in Kat Falls’ Dark Life series. But the villagers view their friendship with suspicion. When Pea meets Claude, a neighbour who seems to love the meadow as she does, she wonders if he could be their new papa. Overwhelmed by grief, isolated from the other villagers, and pregnant again, Maman has withdrawn to a place where Pea cannot reach her, no matter how hard she tries. At once moving and gripping, elegant and spare, The Night Rainbow is a daring novel about a child faced with the baffling world of adult grief. Their mother is too sad to take care of them she left her happiness in the hospital last year, along with the first baby. Pea’s father died in an accident, and now she only has her little sister, Margot, for company. Under the sweltering heat of the summer sun, five-year-old Pea - and her vivid imagination - run wild in the meadows behind her home on the edge of a small village in Southern France. He follows Preacher over the border, not wholly innocent of the danger, but clearly far from comprehending its depth. But when a man known as Preacher steals the money a neighbor was saving to purchase his wife and children’s freedom, Elijah is determined to make things right. Elijah is such a sensitive child that his parents are more determined than most to shelter him from harsh truths. It’s hard for Elijah to fully comprehend the horrors his parents and other adults escaped they are spare with their stories, clearly wanting to protect their children. Eleven-year-old Elijah was the first free child born in Buxton and feels certain he’ll never live down the moment in infancy when he threw up on famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Just over the Canadian border from Detroit, Buxton is a small town established by runaway slaves. READ ABOUT ELIJAH OF BUXTON BY CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS, 2008 JANE ADDAMS CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD HONOR TITLE FOR OLDER READERS… Features black-and-white spot art and decorations by Betsy Peterschmidt. Naomi Shihab Nye’s warmth, attention to detail, and belief in the power of empathy and connection shines from every page. This accessible, exquisite novel shines with gentle humor and explores themes of moving, family, nature, and immigration. At each stop, Siddi finds a small stone that he later slips into Aref’s suitcase-mementos of home. They visit the camp of a thousand stars deep in the desert, they sleep on Siddi’s roof, they fish in the Gulf of Oman and dream about going to India, they travel to the nature reserve to watch the sea turtles. But rather than pack, Aref and Siddi go on a series of adventures. His mother is desperate for him to pack his suitcase-but he refuses. He does not want to live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his parents will go to graduate school. He does not want to leave his elementary school, his friends, or his beloved grandfather, Siddi. This is Naomi Shihab Nye’s first novel set in the Middle East since her acclaimed Habibi.Īref Al-Amri does not want to leave Oman. In this brief novel, told in short chapters by the acclaimed poet and National Book Award finalist Naomi Shihab Nye, Aref Al-Amri says good-bye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of Muscat, Oman, as his family prepares to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Insightfully evoked, Alex, James and their friends will leave a lasting impression on readers. Well-observed details shore up the Southern backdrop, important for the social networks that bind the characters and inform their actions. It always happens.” Wilson follows the two brothers as the school year unfolds, Alex growing into himself and falling in love with one of James's male friends, James discovering compassion and acting on it. But James isn't all that connected to his emotions: when first met, he's in a motel room with a girlfriend and has had sex with her, but is “filled with a strong desire to be rid of her, for good. As the novel begins, high school junior Alex's half-hearted suicide attempt (he swallowed a bottle of household cleaner at a party) has left him ostracized at school and bewildered his parents meanwhile, his older brother, James, a popular athlete, feels angry and ashamed. Author (What They Always Tell Us We Now Return to Regular Life). Martin Wilson What They Always Tell Us Paperback Februby Martin Wilson (Author) 143 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 8.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 19.93 29 Used from 3.48 6 New from 9.98 Paperback 8.63 22 Used from 1.40 10 New from 4. Set in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Wilson's searching debut maintains a level of urgency as it explores the bonds between two brothers. She collected a lot of very interesting friends.She had a lot of reality that was far more interesting than fiction." Gore Vidal "The surprises here are deliciousÉBrilliant, weirdly original, hilarious." Irwin Shaw "A terrific jobfierce, gamey, vixenishas if it was bled, not written." Dawn Powell "This story of an Anglo-American liaison dangereuse is both truly horrible and horribly funny." Christopher Isherwod "A lively comic novel about an American girl abroad.Miss Dundy has perfect pitch for the nuances of snobbism both at home and abroad she can distill the essence of a wilted supper club or a Soho saloon. She introduced a whole style, the freed American girl landing on old Europe, starting in Paris and moving on to London. Thinking they're going to find out their children's feelings and activities, parents ask politely vague questions and get nonreflective one-syllable answers. Such situations include rescuing an old and hard-worked horse, chasing black snakes, feigning sickness to avoid school, and saving an unsympathetic cat from drowning. And yet Penrod Schofield and Sam Williams are still able to prove their inventiveness and ability to sustain any exploit that may have tantalizing results. But when these boys have opportunities for dubious experiments or neighborhood skirmishes with other children or travels of discovery, adults pull back on the reins and check any impulsive advances. There is no boredom (not even an invalid's) comparable to that of a boy who has nothing to do.writes the great Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Booth Tarkington in his book "Penrod and Sam." When adults of the parental kind have plans and chores and schedules, an 11-year-old boy's life is dull and unexciting. |