![]() ![]() ©2012 Natasha Anders (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. From the depths of her anxiety, Theresa must seek an empowering truth about the husband who calls her, with such cold affection, his cara, his beloved. Most damning is that Theresa senses, in Sandro’s treatment of her, the behind-the-scenes machinations of Jackson Noble, her cruel father. Or that Theresa overhears her husband on the phone with a mystery woman. ![]() Never mind that Sandro has yet to introduce Theresa to the large family that means so much to him. But before he’ll grant her request, Sandro demands something from Theresa: a son. Desperate to escape a relationship that has proven to be as stubbornly passionate as it is cold and hateful, Theresa summons up the courage to ask for a divorce. Eighteen months into their marriage, however, Sandro has turned to ice. ![]() The Unwanted Wife, which became a self-published bestseller, is the first title in Anders’s forthcoming Unwanted series. No one had ever looked at her and seen perfection - until now.ĭelicate, titian-haired Theresa Noble has met her father’s associates in the past, but the gorgeous, Italian-born Sandro De Lucci leaves her speechless. : Unwanted Wife, The (The Unwanted Series) (9781480529731) by Natasha Anders and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Since making her publishing debut in 2012, Natasha Anders has been drawing praise and attention as a new voice in romance. ![]()
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This answers two needs that I see – one, for genre fiction that’s just as diverse as the world today, and another, for exciting dystopian books for kids of 10 and up who really want to read them but maybe aren’t quite ready for full-on Hunger Games yet.Ībove World by Jenn Reese. ![]() I’m highlighting one of my very favorite series from 2014, a dystopian series that’s very happily good for older elementary and middle school kids, as well as teens. You can go over there to see lots and lots of posts on the topics, both wonderful book lists and thoughts about why diversity in publishing, especially for kids, is so very important. ![]() It is (OK, yesterday was) the second annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day, hosted by Valarie of Jump into a Book and Mia of Pragmatic Mom! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I've read it several times over the years, and while I can't say as mjp did, I don't care for it, it's definitely far from a favourite. But I was surprised and perhaps confused by Pulp, the way its written - the pastiche, the themes and the characters. I started my Bukowski habit with a novel - Factotum - and read all I could afterwards, enjoying both fiction and poetry. Maybe even a personal critique-cum-epitaph-cum-eulogy. I think it can only ever be interpreted as not only a last novel but really as a conclusion to a career and perhaps a message from Bukowski to many who knew him - either personally or through his writing. I think mjp was saying that if Bukowski hadn't been so ill and really knowing what his prognosis was, then he wouldn't have written Pulp when he did. ![]() ![]() Over 135 recipes and craft projects for a wide variety of purposes, goals, and desiresĬlear instructions for creating your own botanical magic starter kit The rich history and lore of scent-related magic and its use in prayer, meditation, and shamanic journeying This book is suitable for beginners but also has lots of new information for the experienced practitioner. Amy Blackthorn-the force behind Blackthorn’s Botanicals-guides readers on a journey into the hidden realms of plants and their magic powers, from rose-scented rosaries to the lingering aroma of frankincense and the cleansing energy of white sage. Blackthorn’s Botanical Magic is a fresh, groundbreaking guide to the transformative powers of essential oils for use in spellcraft, divination, and the cultivation of ritual power. Enter the magical world of scent and aromas. ![]() ![]() The fictional short story works of the late Dennis Etchison have graced the public since 1961 and can be found in a wide variety of publications–including, but definitely not limited to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mystery Monthly, Escapade, Fantastic Stories, Fantasy Tales, and Weirdbook. So what it is about a specific author that makes them so special? Why are people like Dennis Etchison voices within horror and what did they leave behind as a creative legacy? The answer may seem to be nothing more than simple common sense, but I know I learned something new or at least found something inspirational about the way he grew up and lived his life. With a unique voice and the ability to paint a realistically terrifying image of the scenes that play through their head, an author can snatch the very breath from the lips of their readers. ![]() For authors like Dennis Etchison, who had prolific writing careers and a popular reputation within the genre of horror, it’s hard to believe that there was ever a time when they weren’t completely brilliant. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Joe’s friend’s son, Seymour (young, bright, top of his class in physics at Stanford), has been arrested and charged with the murder of a white man from Redondo Beach. But, inevitably, a case gets in the way: Easy’s friend Mouse introduces him to Rufus Tyler, a very old man everyone calls Charcoal Joe. And he’s taken the money he got from the Rose Gold case and, together with two partners, Saul Lynx and Tinsford “Whisper” Natly, has started a new detective agency. He’s ready-finally-to propose to his girlfriend, Bonnie Shay, and start a life together. in the late 1960s, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins finds his life in transition. Picking up where his last adventures in Rose Gold left off in L.A. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is clear that publishers need to check the authenticity and rigour of academic work – and, of course, to make money. Restrictions on scope, themes and article types are a way of maintaining a journal’s structure, providing consistency to readers and streamlining the review and editing processes. But one aspect of publishers’ stranglehold on information remains: their control over who can deliver it. While progress might be slower than some would like, it is advancing. ![]() ![]() The feeling that everyone ought to be able to read publicly funded research has encouraged academics, librarians and funders to begin removing subscription paywalls. Academic publishers’ traditional role as the gatekeepers of information has been challenged recently by the open-access movement. ![]() ![]() ![]() I thought it was perfect and I loved, loved, LOVED Frisco. I loved this book, like seriously loved this story. ![]() not to care for his niece, not to learn to accept his limitations and certainly not to fall in love. And there is no way he’s going to accept offers of help from his neighbor Mia Summerton. He knows even less about parenting than about how to mend his broken body. But the unexpected appearance of his abandoned niece leaves Frisco with little time for anything but dealing with the five-year-old girl. ![]() How can he function in combat when he can barely walk? Still, despite the doctor’s warnings, Frisco is determined to achieve a full recovery. But now a bullet has threatened that existence. but could she heal his heart? Being a navy SEAL is more than a career to Alan “Frisco” Francisco - it is his whole identity. ![]() ![]() ![]() This idea - using computers to spy on people and groups perceived as a threat, both at home and abroad - drove ARPA to develop the internet in the 1960s, and continues to be at the heart of the modern internet we all know and use today. In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine uncovers the secret origins of the internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project.Ī visionary intelligence officer, William Godel, realized that the key to winning the war in Vietnam was not outgunning the enemy, but using new information technology to understand their motives and anticipate their movements. The internet is the most effective weapon the government has ever built. Print Surveillance Valley - The Secret Military History of the Internet ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What he uncovers means changing his life as he knows it, but Hawk is willing to do what it takes to be with the one man he’s never been able to forget-even if that man isn’t human. But when Jacob avoids him at every turn, his only choice is to dig a little deeper for the truth and try to find a way to get Jacob to trust him. He knows there’s something between him and the vampire the instant he meets Jacob. He came to find the vampire who saved his mother’s life when he was a kid, the one he hasn’t been able to forget after all these years. ![]() Hawk didn’t come to Silver Creek to expose Jacob’s clan of vampires. But Jacob knows Hawk is there for a story, and the last thing he wants to do is give away his clan-even if he can’t keep his eyes or hands off Hawk. One look at the man tells him he’s found his soulmate. But when sexy writer Hawk Verity comes to town, Jacob is more than intrigued. After all, it was a human who killed his family just after he was turned. ![]() It is the 1st book in the The Soulmate Series, series. He’s been alive for over 200 years-years he’s spent saving humans from peril, but never getting close to any of them. Soulmate is tagged as futuristic, science fiction, angels, young adult, fantasy, urban fantasy, humor, paranormal. Jacob Westington is the leader of his clan of vampires. But what if the one you’re destined to be with is human? We only have one rule: don’t tell humans who we really are. ![]() |