Darcy, Tara and Lindsay are the best of friends who reconnect every summer for a few weeks of catching up and living easy. The summertime is anything but boring for these three strong women who indulge in the best of what's in season: romance, excitement and the time of their lives.From BooklistLindsey, Tara, Darcy, and Elle met while playing on the beach at the Hamptons as children and have kept up their friendship ever since despite their different lifestyles. Lindsey's working-class family has deep roots in the Hamptons, and she is the glue that keeps her friends together: wealthy Darcy, intellectual Elle, and Tara, the daughter of a high-profile African American attorney. On the surface the women have little in common, and their families never interact, yet they come to count on each other as they stand together during family hardships and love's disasters. Bailey delivers a delightfully relaxing read filled with captivating characters and extravagant lifestyles that will make the reader reluctant to leave the novel's charmed world and return to reality. Patty EngelmannCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reservedReview"If readers thought Becky Bloomwood of Shopaholic fame was bad, wait until they meet Alana-Marshall Hughs... The author of Party Girls and Girls' Night Out again delivers a lighthearted, entertaining comedy." Views: 4
With more than 1.5 million books sold, Dan Gutman's Baseball Card Adventures series brings the greatest players in history to life! Featuring black-and-white photographs and stats throughout, plus back matter separating fact from fiction, Willie & Me is the perfect mix of history and action for every young baseball fan.Stosh thought he was finished traveling back in time. But then Ralph Branca shows up in his room one night, begging for Stosh's help. In 1951, Branca pitched a ball to Bobby Thomson that would become the "Shot Heard Round the World," a home run that won the National League pennant for the New York Giants and changed the lives of Branca and Thomson forever. Branca says the Giants were cheating, and he needs Stosh to use his power with baseball cards to go back in time and set things right.Stosh is determined to help, but he quickly learns that you can't change just one little thing in history. If he erases the Shot Heard Round the World, he may... Views: 4
The New York Times bestselling authors take a nostalgic journey into the Cape Light of Christmas past.As Cape Light dwellers get ready to deck the halls for a Christmas to remember, curmudgeonly Lillian Warwick is confined to bed, injured after a nasty fall. Cared for by her daughters, Emily and Jessica, she lets her thoughts drift back to the holiday season of 1955, when she first met Oliver Warwick, the dashing man who would become her husband. Recounting those romantic early days, she is reminded of a time when she had much to be grateful for-and recognizes the mistakes she's made since. And to cap off this life-altering season, there just might be a winter wedding on the horizon. Views: 4
Mark Albet is thrust into a world of vampires and angels as he struggles to understand the reason behind his wife’s murder. While Mark struggles in his new reality he gets help from his longtime friend, Sarah. Mark’s feelings for Sarah grow but his love for Sarah can never be revealed to her because each Asuune only gets one true love and Sarah already knows who hers is. Views: 4
When her beloved grandmother is almost killed during a home invasion, Piper Kennedy isn’t surprised that she’s a suspect—especially since Luke Ransom is on the case. The handsome detective she once loved thinks she knows more than she’s telling about the attack. And given her crooked past and the heartbreaking way she’d been forced to betray Luke years ago, Piper understands why he doesn’t trust her. But when attempts are made on her life, Luke insists on keeping her safe and finding out who wants her dead. And Piper and Luke soon realize a remorseless criminal will do anything to keep them from the truth...or an unexpected second shot at a future. Views: 4
When Noelle Stevenson saw the positive results of her pregnancy test, she didn't know what to do. The baby's father was gone, killed serving his country in Iraq. And nineteen-year-old Noelle was barely making ends meet putting herself through college and working part-time. So when her take-charge boss, Devlin Hunter, offered to marry her -- in a purely temporary business arrangement -- how could she possibly refuse? Dev wanted to do the right thing for a woman in need. But he didn't anticipate that his beautiful bride, wed in a marriage of convenience, would stir his hardened heart. This platonic partnership was rapidly headed down the road to romance.... Views: 4
A TIDAL WAVE IS FAST APPROACHING. AND THAT'S THE LEAST OF HER WORRIES. Wilderness guide Kate Garrett is having the bad day of the century. The worst storm in Florida's history is about to hit land, and she's been taken hostage by a gang of escaped convicts. Worse, her children are stranded on low ground and her ex-husband can't be reached. Now Kate must race against time to guide the prisoners through the swamp and save her children from the tidal wave. She can't afford to be distracted by Shane Warren, the powerful convict who claims to be helping her, even as he keeps her from escaping. But Kate does have one advantage: there's no deadlier force in nature than a mother fighting for her young.... Views: 4
First published in 1931, Salvador Dali's REVERIE is an extended, ritualistic masturbatory fantasy focusing on Dulita, a mythic girl-figure of his childhood. With unwavering hallucinatory power Dali describes how Dulita is seduced and finally violated in the cow stables of an old castle, on the Day of the Dead, amid erogenous piles of excrement and rotting straw. This special ebook edition of REVERIE also includes Dali's confessional essay "How To Become Erotic Whilst Remaining Chaste", detailing his many sexual obsessions and revealing the origins of Dulita as a key icon of his erotic imaginings. Views: 4
He came to her in dreams… In the modern wilds of Ireland lies the hidden realm of The Wicket Wood. Here the solitary unicorn lives alongside other mystical tribes of ancient legend-shifters and fairies, gargoyles and dragons. It is a magickal paradise meant to separate two realities-and yet, in the ethereal fabric of dreams, a magnificent love is born that transcends all boundaries. Bound by the delusions of a madman, Tess Laurent longs for freedom, for the safety of her sister, and a man she fears doesn't even exist. And yet, her desire for her breathtaking dream-lover knows no bounds. Cursed to live as the mystical unicorn, Zarnak, a once powerful sidhe warrior, cannot escape his tormenting dreams of a mortal maiden. Consumed by the need to experience the exquisite touch of her silken flesh, he hungers for her with a savage intensity. Caught between heaven and hell, the lovers' worlds collide as fate throws them together…and an explosive passion unlike any other embraces them. Surrounded by enemies, they embark upon a treacherous journey that will shake the foundations of their lives, leading them to the most wondrous gift of all. Views: 4
In 1887, Elizabeth Berry, an attractive young nurse from the grim Oldham workhouse, found notoriety throughout the nation after the death of her daughter, perceived by many to be the cruellest of murders - performed with an ice-cold callousness that was almost beyond belief. There were many who protested her innocence in the affair, but there were also suspicions surrounding another death related to the nurse: that of her mother. Suddenly Elizabeth Berry's dark story began appearing darker still. Was she in fact a coldblooded serial killer? In his new book celebrated crime author Bernard Taylor, investigates the disturbing life of Elizabeth Berry endured during an era of grinding poverty when Victorian England was obsessed with the exploits of murderers and forensic science was in its infancy. He takes a fresh look at the demise of Berry's husband and two other young children, deaths that for a long time were considered to be of natural causes. For the first time we discover the... Views: 4
