5/10/2023 0 Comments Prince of wolves by quinn loftis![]() ![]() Fane will now have to fight for the right to complete the mating bond, something that is his right by birth but is being denied him by a crazed Alpha. Just as Fane and Jacque are getting to know each other, another wolf steps out to try and claim Jacque as his mate. ![]() The problem is Fane is not the only wolf in Coldspring, Texas. Little does she know that the flame she is drawn to is actually a Canis lupis, werewolf, and she just happens to be his mate the other half of his soul. When a mysterious foreign exchange student from Romania moves in across the street, Jacque and her two best friends, Sally and Jen, don’t realize the last two weeks of their summer are going to get a lot more interesting.įrom the moment Jacque sets eyes on Fane she feels an instant connection, a pull like a moth to a flame. Jacque Pierce was just an ordinary 17-year-old girl getting ready to start her senior year in high school in Coldspring, Texas. Okay, so maybe to a lesser degree, but it feels very similar to me. ![]()
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![]() It was a beautiful summer - a kind of halcyon time: I'd been given my first feature film and was surrounded by these amazing girls. "It was a film with a whole lot of love in it, that one. So I was determined to be able to make a second film after that one and was very relieved to discover that people trusted me to continue. I remember my producer at the time, Paul Webster, saying to me that only one in 10 first time filmmakers makes another film and that terrified the living c*** out of me. "Pride & Prejudice feels like a long time ago. His latest, Darkest Hour, looks destined for similar success following nine BAFTA nominations and a Golden Globe win for Gary Oldman's lead performance as Winston Churchill.Īhead of its release, we sat down with the affable filmmaker to reflect upon each of his films - from the heady days of Atonement to the depths of 2015 failure Pan. ![]() ![]() The director notably scored four Oscar nominations for his debut, the aforementioned adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 novel, in 2005 - a staggering accomplishment for a first-time director. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Vicarious by Jon F. Merz![]() ![]() "The Kensei is an action novel with real bite. Did I mention vampire ninjas?"-Jason Pinter, bestselling author of The Fury and The Darkness ![]() A bullet train slice 'em, dice 'em mixture of action, suspense, and vampire ninjas. "If James Bond, True Blood and Kill Bill created a mutant hybrid of a book, it would be The Kensei. Merz's THE KENSEI (A Lawson vampire Novel #5): ".a fine stalking session in vampire-noir land.a series and talented writer I'll be sticking with all the way." - Mort Castle, author of The Strangers and On Writing Horror Merz's novels move at a break-neck pace, twisting through a landscape of thrills and terror." - Douglas Clegg, author of The Infinite and The Priest of Blood "A powerful novel by a man who knows the turf already." -NYT Bestselling author Robert. "Lawson is more like Jason Bourne than Dracula, making this a vampire mystery with broad appeal." -Booklist ![]() But Ava’s in trouble and Lawson is the only person standing between her and a deadly assassin named Frost.Ī special Christmas short story featuring Lawson in 5600 words of action and mayhem. It’s the day before Christmas and Lawson’s spending it with his least favorite person in the world: Ava, a wealthy Council member who has always hated him. ![]() 5/10/2023 0 Comments Supernatural book joe dispenza![]() ![]() When I heard the news of Stewart’s passing, I began a frantic search for where I’d laid the book because, even though it’s not my favorite, I just knew I had to read it now.Ĭharity Selbourn and a friend from her former teaching days are on a much deserved holiday in the south of France. The needed fact was, unfortunately, quickly clarified and with several other books waiting for my attention and possible reviews, I reluctantly put this one aside. With the reading going smooth as silk, I was soon lost in the opening scenes. ![]() Did I have the book and could I look it up? Of course I had a copy – several, in fact, I think – and I was happy to pull it out and start reading. She needed to know a fact from it but didn’t have her copy handy. A few months ago, a friend of mine asked me to help her clarify something from this book. ![]() ![]() He has written for theater publication Backstage and the newspaper Beijing Scene while living and performing in China at venues such as The China World Trade Center. ![]() His most recent publication "Trumpocalypse Not". He has been a member of several American and international musical acts, including The Undertoad of Pomona, CA with Edward Tessier In addition, he is the author of several novels, published works of journalism, and works of non-fiction. He is the CEO of Salvus corporation, owner of Extablisment Media (which has released over 30 albums and hundreds of Youtube videso since 2014), and publishes his work at website Ideasmilliondollar. Kevin James Salveson (born November 02, 1968) is an American musician, author, CEO, and former Morgan Stanley stockbroker. ![]() The Undertoad, Silphium, that dog, FAZI, The Vituperios, KAL Extablisment Media, Colony Records, Salvus Corp ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Book dread nation![]() Jane manages to convince the town’s sheriff and preacher that Katherine is a white woman, ensuring that Katherine will be treated well. In Summerland, Jackson is taken away, and Jane and Katherine are tasked with serving the white community and defending the wall around Summerland. The mayor admits that Baltimore isn’t safe, and it’s only a matter of time before everyone in the Eastern cities are killed or forced to flee. Jane and Jackson are caught, and the mayor of Baltimore sends them and Katherine to Summerland, a faraway frontier town in Kansas. His younger sister has gone missing, and as rumors start to spread of entire families disappearing without explanation, Jane agrees to go snooping around the mayor’s estate with Jackson to find out where his sister might have been taken. However, Jane’s ex-lover Jackson needs her help. To thank her for her services, Jane and her classmate Katherine are invited to the mayor of Baltimore’s house. ![]() Jane struggles to stay out of trouble, and one night at a lecture, she finds herself in the middle of a shambler attack within the walls of Baltimore County, a place that is supposed to be shambler-free. When Jane is 17, she attends “Miss Preston’s School of Combat for Negro Girls,” where she is trained to defend white women from the undead, or shamblers. The focus abruptly shifts to dead soldiers rising and attacking the living after the Battle of Gettysburg. ![]() Those present at her birth assume that Jane is the child of an adulterous affair. Jane McKeene is a Black child who was born to a white woman. ![]() ![]() ![]() We learn a sweeping, terrible history - the French occupation, the war, the stark division of the country, the rising power of the Communists, the brutality of the regime, the dangerous exodus of citizens - but always she brings it back to an intimate level. Bui is the narrator and only occasionally a character in the book, which focuses on her parents - their upbringing in Vietnam, their escape to the United States, their difficult life here. “Family is now something I have created.”Īnd family - complicated, difficult, sometimes tragic family - is at the heart of this intense and moving memoir. Thi Bui’s graphic novel about her family’s exodus from Vietnam begins in New York, where she is giving birth to her son - a tiny, jaundiced mite who has a “faraway face with old man eyes.” Over the next few days, as she struggles to breast-feed and care for the newborn, “a terrifying thought creeps into my head,” Bui writes. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the novella, Larson’s first published work of fiction, James and his contemporaries travel to investigate a haunted house on a fictional island off the coast of England, an expedition that takes a surprising and deadly turn when evil manifestations emerge. His new book, “No One Goes Alone,” which Penguin Random House Audio will release as a stand-alone audiobook in late September, is a historical novella that follows the ghost-hunting exploits of the 19th-century psychologist and philosopher William James. But with his latest project, he’s crossed over into the supernatural, and into a new narrative format. So far, all of Larson’s terrifying stories have been based on historical records and facts. “I love to be scared,” he said of his grisly subject matter. Over the last three decades, Erik Larson has written books about a serial killer, a killer storm, a murderous homeopathic doctor, a teenage gunman and one of the most deadly maritime disasters in history. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Heart of fire by linda howard![]() The dig was being funded by the Frost Archaeological Foundation, the very foundation she worked for, and she had been almost giddy with excitement when she submitted her name for consideration for the team being chosen to work on the Ouosalla site. ![]() She had never wanted anything as much as she wanted to help excavate the buried ancient village that had only recently been discovered on the African coast of the Red Sea. She had paid her dues, earned the fight to work on the Ouosalla dig in east Africa it was the biggest new archaeological find in decades, and her mouth literally watered at the thought of being involved. She had a good view of the city, and normally she loved it, both the pastels of daytime and the glowing neons of night, but she was too angry right then to even see it. She stood rigidly still in the late spring heat of Los Angeles, her hands braced on the rim of the waist-high concrete wall. ![]() Her anger was so overwhelming that she felt as if she had to be outside so it could expand. ![]() She slung her canvas bag onto the foyer table and stalked straight through the living room to the balcony. It was less than two years old, and she usually felt a surge of pleasure and achievement on stepping over the threshold, for the condo wasn't only great looking, it was hers, but today wasn't a usual day and she didn't even notice the cool, soothing interior. ![]() Jillian Sherwood was tight-lipped with anger as she let herself into her condo. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments The ability by mm vaughan![]() For, if nothing else, Dulcia Genever did teach her son one valuable lesson: Revenge is a dish best served cold. Yes, he will keep his promise-Christopher Lane will die-but not until he has watched Chris lose his mind waiting for Ernest to appear. Delve into the extraordinary abilities of the twelve-year-old mind in this fast-paced, superhero-tinged spy novel (Publishers Weekly), the. ![]() Meanwhile, alone in Darkwhisper Manor, Ernest Genever is enjoying watching Chris's torment. ABOUT MMV M.M.Vaughan MEET THE AUTHOR The daughter of South American parents, Monica Meira Vaughan grew up in Spain before moving to London at the age of five where she learnt English by watching Sesame Street and reading every Roald Dahl book she could get her hands on. Chris's teachers are already concerned enough about him, especially when Chris starts to wonder if the boy may not be a figment of his imagination after all. But now that the threat of Dulcia Genever has been dealt with, his friends are too busy working for the police, entering the minds of some of the country's most dangerous criminals, to sympathize. ![]() ![]() ![]() There is no escape from the guilt, not even on his return to Myers Holt-the secret London academy where he and five others are being trained to use their mental powers, their Ability. Telekinetic preteens use their powers for good-and evil-in this mind-bending sequel to The Ability, which Publishers Weekly called a "fast-paced, superhero-tinged spy novel." Everywhere that Christopher Lane turns, he sees the face of the boy he killed. ![]() |