I'm finally home after struggling through my brother's illness and death. But, home is definitely a bit different. My best friend (the only person alive now that knows my secret) has a new boyfriend; and he has a friend. Shane Maxton: bad boy, tattooed rock god, eye candy extraordinaire. He is also New York City's most arrogant, self-serving, son of a, well, a definite one-night stand kind of a guy.
But, it doesn't matter to me because I've spent my existence looking for the love of my life, my angel. And, there is nothing that Shane Maxton can do to change that.
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THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY - Book 13
Fans around the world adore the best-selling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea.
Precious Ramotswe is haunted by a repeated dream: a vision of a tall, strange man who waits for her beneath an acacia tree. Odd as this is, she’s far too busy to worry about it. The best apprentice at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors is in trouble with the law and stuck with the worst lawyer in Gaborone. Grace Makutsi and Phuti Radiphuti are building the house of their dreams, but their builder is not completely on the up and up. And, most shockingly, Mma Potokwane, defender of Botswana’s weak and downtrodden, has been dismissed from her post as matron at the orphan farm. Can the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency help restore the beloved matron to her rightful position?
As wealthy and powerful influences at the orphan farm become allied against their friend, help arrives from an unexpected visitor: the tall stranger from Mma Ramotswe’s dreams, who turns out to be none other than the estimable Clovis Andersen, author of the No. 1 Ladies’ prized manual, The Principles of Private Detection. Together, Mma Ramotswe, Mma Makutsi, and their teacher-turned-colleague help right this injustice and in the process discover something new about being a good detective.
BONUS MATERIAL: This ebook edition includes an excerpt from Alexander McCall Smith's The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon. Views: 658
Marian Caldwell is a thirty-six year old television producer, living her dream in New York City. With a fulfilling career and satisfying relationship, she has convinced everyone, including herself, that her life is just as she wants it to be. But one night, Marian answers a knock on the door . . . only to find Kirby Rose, an eighteen-year-old girl with a key to a past that Marian thought she had sealed off forever. From the moment Kirby appears on her doorstep, Marian’s perfectly constructed world—and her very identity—will be shaken to its core, resurrecting ghosts and memories of a passionate young love affair that threaten everything that has come to define her.
For the precocious and determined Kirby, the encounter will spur a process of discovery that ushers her across the threshold of adulthood, forcing her to re-evaluate her family and future in a wise and bittersweet light. As the two women embark on a journey to find the one thing missing in their lives, each will come to recognize that where we belong is often where we least expect to find ourselves—a place that we may have willed ourselves to forget, but that the heart remembers forever. Views: 657
The Second World War is drawing to a close, but the world is far from safe. Left to fend for themselves, women and children are forced out of their homes in East Prussia to make way for the advancing victors. As the Russian soldiers arrive, the women know that they are still very much in danger, and that for them, the fight for survival is only just beginning. Facing critical food shortages and the onset of a bitter cold winter without heat, the women send their children into the nearby forests where they secretly cross the border into Lithuania, begging the local farmers for work or food to take back home to their waiting families. Along the way the children find cruelty, hardship and violence, but also kindness, hope, and the promise of a new and better future. Based on meticulous research, this stunning and powerful debut novel by Alvydas Slepikas tells for the first time the story of the 'wolf children' and the measures many families were forced to take in order to survive. Views: 657
A collection of Jenno's Facebook sayings, as well as comments on life and her village of Widdlington. Jenno's friends and acquaintances leap on to the pages, scattering a confetti trail of apostrophes and points of suspension...A collection of Jenno's Facebook sayings, as well as comments on life, and her village of Widdlington. Jenno's friends and acquaintances leap on to the pages, scattering a confetti trail of apostrophes and points of suspension.There is a picture on every page. Views: 657
BT, Gary and Mrs. Deneaux race to the Talbot compound in a desperate bid to turn the tides of a lost war. Is Michael dead? Is the question plaguing the Talbots as they prepare for the final showdown with a merciless enemy hell bent on their absolute destruction. Views: 657
In an isolated Fisherfolk village too many people are dying. Ja'Nil,a despised orphan,is sent to the capitol to find a healer, but the Queendom is falling apart and travel is dangerous. The road s filled with slavers, tricksters, warlords, and werewolves. Who is friend, who is foe? Ja'Nil must reach deep within herself to find the courage to save her village-and incredibly, the realm.In the country of Cancordia, on the planet D’az, in an isolated Fisherfolk village set on the edge of the sea, people are dying for lack of a healer. The world seems to be falling apart. Every attempt to communicate with the rest of the country is met with silence. No one from the outside has visited them in a long time. Someone must find out what is going on; someone must bring back help.A crusty and bitter old sea captain is persuaded to take the job. The orphan girl, Ja’Nil, is reluctantly recruited as her assistant. In fact, Ja’Nil is so reluctant that she has to be kicked, prodded, pushed and finally tossed onto the ship. But Ja’Nil is resilient, and life at sea and on the road has its exciting, if deadly, moments.The further Ja’Nil travels and the more people she meets, from traveling players, to warlords, to deadly slavers, to lords and ladies with mysterious and powerful gifts, the more she realizes that it is not just her small Fisherfolk village that is in trouble, but the entire country of Cancordia. She realizes something else, too. As incredible as it sounds, she is the one who must save her world. Views: 657
Noah's Ark has never been found...until now. Inside the colossal boat, an archaeologist discovers the power of an ancient creature that could finally rid Oahu of law-breaking werewolves. A horror comedy novel.Academicessaywriters.com has the capacity to turn around your misfortunes by enabling you to get a good essay in record time. It is never easy to trust someone with your most important and urgent essay. It also takes a lot of professionalism and dedication to deliver a paper that will be a top contender for marks. These are the qualities that we have instilled in our writers over time and it is these qualities that will be employed in crafting your essay. Your trust matters to us because it is from the trust that a long lasting working relationship is natured. Views: 657
When the environment is ravaged by rising sea levels and monstrous storms, America is divided and survival becomes more precious than love.When the environment is ravaged by rising sea levels and monstrous storms, America is divided and survival becomes more precious than love.When seventeen-year-old Nada and Isaac stumble upon a handsome stranger in the woods, their cozy alliance and romance begin to unravel. This stranger promises Nada the impossible in exchange for helping him rescue his sister from a prison in the last corner of civilization in the western United States. But this rescue operation is wrought with complications, including the fact that the girl they are supposed to save is the ex-President's daughter. This mission puts everyone's life at risk, especially Isaac--the one person who has always been there for Nada. Now Nada and her small tribe must choose between a somewhat comfortable existence in the mountains and the chance at a life free of fear and starvation. Views: 657
What does driftwood suggest to you? What did Peter think after he had betrayed Jesus? Why is Jesus The Amen? This is a collection of poetry and prose meditations inspired by scripture and written over forty years. Some are humourous, some theological, some challenging. They may be read just for enjoyment or as a basis for your own meditations.There are many people whom society counts as worthless, cast up like driftwood on the shores of life. This suggested the title meditation. The expression 'God's Handiwork' suggested a hobby. The paralytic man let down through the roof to be healed by Jesus may have been scared rather than hopeful. The biblical names of God all have deep meaning. This book is a collection of meditations on scripture written over a period of forty years. Some are humourous, some theological, some challenging. I trust you will find them enjoyable. Views: 657
Alison Callahan, a lonely orphan girl soon finds out that there's more to her story then she realized quickly learning that she is the lost princess of an elven race and her destiny is to choose between two soul mates and save the world.Alison Callahan has been lost for quite some time, that is until she meets a strange boy on the bus home. She finds out that there is a lot more to her ordinary life then she could possible imagine. She will get to travel to far off lands where she meets two men that she's destined to be with. She can only choose one. Will she find the strength and courage to fulfill the prophecy and can she bring peace to two worlds that have only known war?Excerpt: As we start to go down the giant grassy hill, the snowflakes begin to fall all around us shimmering in the sunlight and I look to my left as we pass the body of lake that I had seen from the top of the hill. It sparkles as the snowflakes reflect on it covering it in a thin layer of snow. As we get closer to the lake I see shadowy figures dancing beneath the ice in the water.“What are those Riley?” I ask pointing towards the lake.“The souls of demons.” He says seriously.“Right.”, I smirk, imagining that he is trying to scare me.Lucas casts a wary eye towards the lake, but I become distracted by other things. I gasp at the scene before my eyes because unlike the ancient kingdom of the elves, Elacia is a large modern metropolitan city bustling with life and every inch of the city is lit up like an enchanted fortress. The only thing that makes it even appear to be a kingdom of creatures other than humans is the large wrought iron gate that surrounds the entire city, and the sound of horses hooves instead of car engines. Views: 656
Elliot Cross is the Butterfly Killer. He targets anyone with dreams and aspirations. In this short story we are introduced to his cunning ways. He stops at nothing to gain his victim's confidence. If you have a dream,he's ready to make sure you don't live to achieve it. It doesn't matter how simple or elaborate. As you see in this introductory short subtitled The Driving Lesson, the dream can be as simple as a teen boy anticipating passing his driver's test. It can be as large and complex as a Mother about to give birth to a baby after many failed attempts. Whatever your hope or ambition, Elliot waits until you're at the threshold and snuffs the dream.
He invokes God as the justification for his crime. In his mind, he says he is doing the work of the Lord. God is jealous because the victims care more about their aspirations than they care about him. God is using him enforce his first commandment: "Thou shall have no other Gods before me" to show his power and how little he cares about people's "foolish follies."
Included is an excerpt from a scene further into the novel. For now relax and enjoy this free short if you can indeed relax. Excerpt
Timmy thought it was odd that Carrie’s Father didn’t want anyone to know about the Sunday driving lesson. He churned it over and over in his head, Mister. Cross’s reasoning for the secrecy.
“Your friends will be as mad as wet hens if they fail to pass and they find out you passed because you had an extra lesson. I can just hear my Carrie, ‘But Dad, you gave Timmy private lessons, but not your own Daughter?’ Whoo! That gal can be jealous. But you know her. You and her are tight like a drum aren’t you?”
That explanation sounded reasonable to Timmy. Kids at South High tended to act like crabs in a barrel. If half of Mister Smith’s Trig Class was failing, they all had to fail. Shining stars weren’t tolerated. And Mister Cross was right about his daughter Carrie. Most kids shied away from Carrie, partly because of him and his crazy love for chasing butterflies all over the neighborhood. But she also had a jealous streak that was about as green as her hair. Girls didn’t stay friends with her very long. Even other lesbian girls fell victim to her rants and arm twisting because she had caught them talking to boys or other girls. But Mr. Cross had put his hand on his shoulder in a most fatherly way. Or was that creepy, Timmy wondered? The hand lingered a moment longer than it should and squeezed harder than it should have, as if it was a massage. Views: 656
In exactly one hour, eighteen minutes, and thirty-five seconds, Mina Mooney will be dipping her pink Nellie timbs into the infamous frosh pit. . . Hoping Del Rio Bay High will live up to her greatest expectations, Mina has big plans for infiltrating the school's social glitterati. After all, she's been mad popular for as long as she can remember--and she isn't about to go from Middle School Royalty to High School Ambiguity. But Del Rio Bay is a big school, so it'll take some plotting to avoid getting lost in the crowd. Good thing she isn't afraid of a little hard work and that her playground peeps--Lizzie, Michael, and JZ--have got her back. But it isn't long before Mina's big plans for securing her social status take a back seat to some drama that was so not expected. Lizzie's scored an invite from the beautiful people that Mina can only dream about, and not only is Michael tripping about being back in school, but now he's beefing with JZ. Worst of all,... Views: 656
