The image inspired a reminiscent smile that evoked admiration and misery. On opening, an array of magical treasures compelled her to cast the spell.įreeing her spirit, she drew a deep breath, focusing her thoughts on a familiar subject a young woman riding on the wind as a falcon. Mystical creatures on the carved box elicited her fingertips to trace the surface before placing it in the center of the circle. The scraping of the straw-broom finished humming its mystical chant as the witch laid it near the altar. The cloaked figure opened a ceremonial circle with a sprinkle of salt. – the oldest sister, who is now a witch, must convince her youngest sister to return home.įire danced in the cabin’s hearth as sage perfumed the cold air. Taglines: #paranormal, romance, hot read, shifter royalty, hot read, shapeshifter Excerpt for the series Genre: Paranormal-Shape Shifter’s Romantic Suspenseģ book box set – Banished Hero, Banished Scoundrel, and Banished Witch Publisher: Amazon and Smashwords Publishing
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When he is abruptly left completely isolated in an unfamiliar vastness, he must dig deep within himself to find what it takes to survive and return to Sarah, his only reason for living. Book 1 in the Yellowstone Romance Series I am not good with words, but you make my heart sing. Before he settles down, he must prove to himself that, despite being a novice time traveler from the 21st century, he can make it on his own in the Yellowstone wilderness of 1835.Ĭonfident he will learn everything he needs to know from his trusted companion Elk Runner, Chase is surprised to discover through a vision that it is actually others who put their confidence in him. : Yellowstone Christmas (Yellowstone Romance) (9781096681342) by Henderson, Peggy L and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible. Both his heart and his mind will forever be with the woman he loves. This is a companion novella to Yellowstone RedemptionĬhase Russell knows where he belongs. In short, the Amish in this novel make their trials and tribulations look too easy. In trying to plumb what the Amish might feel as they’re victimized by the outside world’s violence, Williams runs into the same challenges confronting Jessica Dickey when writing “The Amish Project,” her play about the aftermath of the 2006 Nickel Mines massacre of Amish schoolgirls. He feels guilty, for example, because the daily prayers he says for his daughter are eating into time he could spend praying for others he worries that writing is overly narcissistic.Īll this goodness may be true to Amish life, but it’s not inherently dramatic. While Jacob tells us he can be prideful and angry, he seems saintly. We watch this gathering storm through the diary entries penned by Jacob, an Amish farmer and carpenter who is father to Sadie and a younger boy. The twin Foxes on this sign at Stevenage, Hertfordshire, were, I was told, poachers with a remarkable alibi – no one could tell them apart.Īpparently during the last century the twins led almost identical lives. Titled ‘Double Trouble’ and from ‘B.D.R.’ of London, S.W.5., the photograph accompanying the letter shows the ‘Twin Foxes’ not two of the same animal but identical twin brothers, the apparently infamous Albert Ebenezer and Ebenezer Albert Fox. In amongst the ‘Yours etc… Letters and Pictures to the Editor’ section I found the following letter. Thus it was that, back in 2008, I was rifling through a packet of old documents I acquired, initially only to secure an ancient darts rule book, when I came across a cutting from the newspaper Reveille for the week ending 6th March 1971. Inspiration for the pieces I have written over the years for the PHS Newsletter often arrives via an odd cutting found amongst a collection of old papers that I purchased or found wedged between the pages of an ageing pub tome bought from one of the numerous (but sadly rapidly reducing) second-hand bookshops I visit on my travels every year. All-NEW ADVENTURES OF THE LEGENDARY THIEF BY CO-CREATOR CHRIS CLAREMONT! You think you know all there is to know about Remy LeBeau, the Ragin’ Cajun, the mutant known as GAMBIT - but legendary X-scribe Chris Claremont has an ace up his sleeve with this new series! Before he joined the X-MEN, Gambit encountered a mysterious girl named ‘RO - the mutant STORM regressed to her child self by the nefarious NANNY - and the two went up against the forces of the SHADOW KING! Now, revealed for the first time, Gambit finds his path to becoming the heroic X-Man millions of fans call their favorite! Joined by rising star artist Sid Kotian, Chris weaves a story of action, intrigue and revenge that made Gambit the mutant he is and forged his relationship with Storm. By the time he was awarded the Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, in 2013, for his novel Au revoir là-haut, he had seven books and numerous other awards under his belt.Ī departure from his previous works, Au revoir là-haut is a picaresque novel featuring two former French soldiers of WWI, left behind in 1918, who manage to pull off a scam with fictitious war memorials.Įven before Lemaitre enjoyed a large success with Au revoir là-haut, he had won over many fans of the roman noir genre with his crime drama series about the detective Camille Verhœven, among other crime stories. Since the publication of his first book Travail soigné in France in 2006, Lemaitre has been publishing novels at an astounding rate. His literary career is rather unusual: founder of a training agency, he used to teach American and French literature to librarians before dedicating himself, in his fifties, into the process of writing thrillers. Born in Paris in 1951, Pierre Lemaitre has established himself as a standout writer of the French contemporary roman noir genre. Swallowing the rock of guilt lodged in his throat, he stared down at his boots, trying to screw up some courage. Lot of losing going on, he thought grimly. And he was scared spitless of losing her. That he was losing himself in his need to settle a score. Not of the fight he was scared that Stephanie was right. Yet the choice he’d made to see this thing through blurred the lines so badly, it was hard to say where one ended and the other began.įor the first time in his life, he was scared. He walked slowly along the dimly lit hallway, then stopped in front of her apartment door. Possibly the very last time, if this solo mission ended the way he suspected it would. But he didn’t have it in him to leave without seeing her one last time. Yet here he was, drawn like a storm-battered ship to the welcoming waters of a calm home port. The last thing Stephanie Tompkins needed was for him to show up again. or is it? New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins brings the feels and the laughs to her latest romance. Princess Flora could be a new chapter in her love life, but Millie knows the chances of happily-ever-afters are slim. At first, the girls can't stand each other, but before Millie knows it, she has another sort-of-best-friend/sort-of-girlfriend. The only problem: Mille's roommate Flora is a total princess. Here, the country is dreamy and green the school is covered in ivy, and the students think her American-ness is adorable. Her Royal Highness is Rachels eleventh novel. When not writing about fake royals, shes reading about the exploits of real ones and tracking some of their bigger scandals via her SexyHistory stories on Twitter. Soon, Millie is accepted into one of the world's most exclusive schools, located in the rolling highlands of Scotland. Rachel Hawkins lives in Auburn, Alabama with her husband and son, three cats, and numerous abandoned craft projects. Heartbroken and ready for a change of pace, Millie decides to apply for scholarships to boarding schools. Regal romance abounds in this flirty, laugh-out-loud companion novel to Prince Charming, by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins, now in paperback! Millie Quint is devastated when she discovers that her sort-of-best friend/sort-of-girlfriend has been kissing someone else. Even though she runs faster than him, Jess begins to think Leslie might be okay - she's clever and funny and not a bit soppy. Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the class, but when a girl named Leslie Burke moves into the neighbouring farm his life changes forever. It is more dreadful than anything Jess had ever dreamed of, but as he struggles to cope with his grief and anger, he finds that his family value him more than he'd thought and that, still King, he could even save Terabithia for the future. They are invincible - until tragedy strikes. And it is Leslie who invents Terabithia, the secret country on an island across the creek where he can escape his troublesome family.The only way to reach Terabithia is by rope-swing where Jess and Leslie become King and Queen, defeating giants, sharing stories and dreams, and plotting against their enemies. He controlled the money she earned as a school teacher. He decided where she lived and how her children would be treated. Carolyn's every move was dictated by her husband's whims. Over the next fifteen years, Carolyn had eight children and withstood her husband's psychological abuse and the watchful eyes of his other wives who were locked in a constant battle for supremacy. But arranged plural marriages were an integral part of Carolyn's heritage: She was born into and raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), the radical offshoot of the Mormon Church that had settled in small communities along the Arizona-Utah border. When she was eighteen years old, Carolyn Jessop was coerced into an arranged marriage with a total stranger: a man thirty-two years her senior. The dramatic first-person account of life inside an ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect, and one woman's courageous flight to freedom with her eight children. |