AUTHOR'S PREFERRED EDITION, RECENTLY REVISED AND INCLUDING NEW MATERIAL, EPILOGUE (AND CUT SCENE)A dwarf at the door, brownies in the garden, and a merman near the koi pond...welcome to Mystic Circle in Denver, ColoradoMagic around the corner...Kiri Palger knew the difference between reality—new house, hard work, and not too many friends—and fantasy—the fun she had playing an online game. And when the chance to work for the best gaming company in the world came up, how could she not apply?Suddenly she had new friends, interesting neighbors and a handsome guy lurking nearby. Then the game began to awaken a new potential within her. Talents she never expected...and an evil she'd never imagined. Now her nice, safe life was not the same—and once she took up the mantle of her powers, it never would be again.... Views: 319
Choosing to follow her dreams and moving to the Big Apple had been a big risk for single Mormon girl, Kylie McKay. Now that she’s an actual resident of the City that Never Sleeps, she’s finding that being Mormon and single so far away from Utah and everything she knows is much more of a challenge than she had ever anticipated.Choosing to follow her dreams and moving to the Big Apple had been a big risk for single Mormon girl, Kylie McKay. Now that she’s an actual resident of the City that Never Sleeps, she’s found that being Mormon and single so far away from Utah and everything she knows is much more of a challenge than she had anticipated.Kylie loves living in the City, but attracting great guys to date is seriously exhausting when every girl in the ward is more than willing to do whatever it takes to snatch them for themselves. The guys in the ward aren’t making it any easier on Kylie and her roommates either, so in return the girls devise a plan to even the odds in their favor. From romantic dates to emotionless make outs, Kylie finds out what it really means to be a single LDS girl in a city with infinite possibilities.Kylie in the City: Episode 1 is 9,500 words or approximately 30-35 pages.Make sure to look for Kylie in the City: Episode 2! Views: 319
The Manchells had striven for years to preserve the façade of a normal middle class suburban family, but when the threads that had bound them begin to unravel the members find themselves at odds with each other and themselves. The family drifts apart and collides violently back together again, as they find that they are still bound to one another through their shared suffering.The Manchells had striven for years to preserve the façade of a normal middle class suburban family, but when the threads that had bound them together begin to unravel the members find themselves at odds with each other and themselves. As each of them finds their own mold and becomes increasingly set in it, Julia Manchell searches for an answer that can pull the increasingly polarized family back together. Looking to the family’s dying patriarch for support she must navigate the various pitfalls of hedonism, pragmatism, and nihilism that her loved ones fall into, while trying to preserve the childlike innocence of her younger brother throughout the ordeal. She soon finds that before she can accomplish her purpose she must first come to grips with the lingering guilt from her own hidden past.The Death Bed is the story of a family that drifts apart and collides violently back together again, as they find that they are still bound to one another through their sufferings and shared disasters. It delves deep into the human psyche and examines the eternal search for meaning that unifies all of mankind. Views: 319
Anything can happen on Halloween night in Salem—even a human sacrifice.Fairy tales aren’t supposed to be deadly, but anything can happen on Halloween night in Salem … even a human sacrifice. When a supernatural beast murders a sixteen-year-old girl, her soul is reawakened as an OtherWorldly being. Now, as the Seer, she is destined to serve the Order, even as she craves retribution. Invisible, isolated, and confused, she rejects her calling and seeks solace in the one thing she believes is real: her connection to Locke … only he can’t see her, or feel her presence.Determined to find some way to warn Locke of the danger he’s in the Seer sets out to discover the truth behind the clandestine Order. Unfortunately, those who are like her fear her, and only one acknowledges her existence—Tristan, a Guardian sentenced to defend the Order at all costs. Soon Tristan discovers something sinister, something that cannot only destroy the Seer, but every witch in the Order.To protect the one she loves and regain the life she lost, the Seer must join forces with Tristan and save the thing responsible for taking her away from the world to which she desperately wants to return. Views: 319
Ethan Silverton, the Lord of Edon, is very content with his life. He’s carefully sculpted it so that everyone thinks he’s a notorious rake. For years, he’s worked hard to build his reputation to secure his place as the most undesirable bachelor in London. And it’s worked. No decent lady will have him.But one simple error in judgment has just sealed his fate. His intention was to dissuade a horrid mother from matching him up with her equally horrid daughter. Seeing no one but Lady Catherine without a dance partner, he tells a lie. He approaches Lady Catherine as if they are betrothed, and the ploy works. The horrid mother and her daughter abandon their pursuit of him.But Ethan’s mother spies his ploy and is so relieved that she’s found a way to marry him to a reputable young lady that she tells everyone of their engagement. To his horror, word spreads and it’s his duty to see the lie through. This is the worst thing that can happen, and no one but his mother is happy about it. Not Lady Catherine. Not her doting father. Not even Ethan. But his mother is sure it’ll all work out…eventually. Views: 319
A twelve year old boy who was born with a facial disfigurement befriends an old, fallen-from-grace preacher. Their friendship is threatened, however, when the boy's mother discovers the old man is the preacher responsible for her parents' financial ruin years ago.Jonas Pike is a twelve year old boy who was born with a facial disfigurement. He befriends an old, fallen-from-grace preacher who just needs someone to believe in him. Their friendship is threatened, however, when the boy's mother, Dolores, finds out he is the same preacher who swindled her parents out of their life savings years ago. Matters are complicated even further when Paul Jenkins, the boy's drunken step-father, suspects Dolores of having an affair with the old man, and he vows revenge.A tragedy about forgiveness and faith, accusation and doubt, the mundane and the miraculous, Pain's Joke examines the lives of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Views: 319
The spectacular new novel by the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of the reader and bookseller favourite, Little Bee.
In the tradition of his beloved previous novel, Little Bee, Chris Cleave again gives us an elegant, funny, passionate story about friendship, marriage, parenthood, tragedy, and redemption. This time, the setting is the upcoming London Olympics. Gold is the story of two women, Zoe and Kate, world-class cyclists who have been friends and rivals since their first day of elite training years ago. They have loved, fought, betrayed, forgiven, lost, consoled, triumphed, and grown up together. Now, on the eve of London 2012, their last Olympics, the two must compete for the one remaining spot on their team. In doing so, the women will be tested to their physical, mental and emotional limits. They will confront each other and their own mortality, and be asked to decide: What will you sacrifice for the people you love? Views: 318
This is another great book by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, the British-Hungarian novelist, creator of dozens of historical novels of the times of the French Revolution in the XVIII Century. She is best remembered for her main character, Sir Percy Blakeney, AKA The Scarlet Pimpernel, who rescued French aristocrats from the French Revolution: Views: 318
According to Maya legend, December 21, 2012, will mark the end of the world as we know it. Is it myth . . . or will their prediction become reality?Archaeologist Lina Taylor has devoted her life to studying ancient Maya artifacts, splitting her time between digs in South America and the classroom teaching college students. But the professor's structured, academic life is about to spin out of control. Some extremely valuable and important Maya artifacts have gone missing. Are the culprits fanatics determined to create chaos and usher in annihilation?Helping out a friend, former immigration and customs enforcement officer Hunter Johnston is determined to recover the missing pieces and he needs Lina's help. A man used to calling the shots and working alone, he isn't comfortable letting anyone get close, especially a beautiful and brainy woman like Lina. His gift for reading people tells him there's a lot going on below that professional exterior, and he's more than a little curious to probe her depths.Burying herself in her work, Lina's had little experience handling men, especially one as fascinating and exasperating as the secretive, headstrong Hunter. A devoted archaeologist, she has the skill to excavate those protective layers all the way to his core.But finding the missing artifacts is only the beginning of a mystery that will plunge these unlikely partners into adventure, romance, and danger more thrilling, sensual, and deadly than either of them knows. . . .Review“As Lina and Hunter dodge bullets and trade wisecracks across the Southwest, Lowell (Death Echo) deftly incorporates creepy basement corpse discoveries, sleazy antiquities dealers, crumbling jungle tombs, charmingly sinister relatives, fascinating archeological elements, and a well-realized, completely invented Mayan god.” (Publishers Weekly ) About the AuthorElizabeth Lowell's acclaimed suspense novels include the New York Times bestsellers Blue Smoke and Murder, Innocent as Sin, The Wrong Hostage, Always Time to Die, The Color of Death, Die in Plain Sight, Running Scared, and Moving Target, as well as four books featuring the Donovan family: Amber Beach, Jade Island, Pearl Cove, and Midnight in Ruby Bayou. Lowell has more than thirty million books in print. She lives in Arizona and Seattle, Washington, with her husband, with whom she writes mystery novels under a pseudonym. Las aclamadas novelas de suspenso de la autora Elizabeth Lowell incluyen varios bestsellers en la New York Times. Lowell ha vendido mÁs de treinta millones de ejemplares. Vive con su esposo en Seattle, Washington y Sedona, Arizona, con quien escribe novelas de misterio bajo un seudÓnimo. Views: 318
Weekly roundup of news, gossip, reviews, previews, fearless predictions, interviews, critical lists, and ratings.INSIDE — Exclusive Interview with Daytime Television’s Most Talented Writer: Patrick Mulcahey on the Crossroads BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Is Facing, The Ridge Fiasco, His Artistic Process, and The Future of Soaps!— Did B&B’s Ronn Moss Buy His Twitter Followers? Plus: Brooke and Ridge Wed Before Ridge Leaves! Y&R Casting A Another New Role: Details Inside! Antonio Sabato’s Message To GH! Do-Or-Die Time Slot Change Today For GH! Soapers At TIFF: Catch-Up Interviews With ONE LIFE’s Brett Claywell and Y&R’s Tonya Lee Williams! Kassie DePaiva Returning to GH! Susan Lucci Starring in a Reality-TV Series? Y&R Hires Non-Soap Writer! Fans Fly Plane Over CBS Studios In Support of Christel Khalil! Which ONE LIFE Star Is Having A Nervous Breakdown? Last Week's Reviews, Unbelievable Blind Items! Views: 318
Sadie is sullen and mean, and she has no future in New York because everyone hates her, can she make it through and find something that has been missing for 6 years?Sadie's life is a little bit of a mess, by a little bit of a mess, i mean a huge mess. Sadie's mom has been gone for 6 years, whoosh off the face of the earth, ever since the disappearance Sadie went from the nicest person you'd ever meet to the meanest person you'd ever meet. follow Sadie as she tries to find her mother and find a way back to that really nice Sadie. Views: 318
