My name is Layla and I was born under an unlucky star. For a young girl
growing up in India, this is bad news. But everything began to change for me one spring
day in 1943, when three unconnected incidents, like tiny droplets on a lily leaf, tipped
and rolled into one. It was that tiny shift in the cosmos, I believe, that tipped us
together—me and Manik Deb. Layla Roy has defied the fates. Despite being born under an
inauspicious horoscope, she is raised to be educated and independent by her eccentric
grandfather, Dadamoshai. And, by cleverly manipulating the hand fortune has dealt her,
she has even found love with Manik Deb—a man betrothed to another. All were minor
miracles in India that spring of 1943, when young women’s lives were predetermined—if
not by the stars, then by centuries of family tradition and social order. Layla’s life
as a newly married woman takes her away from home and into the jungles of Assam, where
the world’s finest tea thrives on plantations run by native labor and British
efficiency. Fascinated by this culture of whiskey-soaked expats who seem fazed by
neither earthquakes nor man-eating leopards, she struggles to find her place among the
prickly English wives with whom she is expected to socialize, and the peculiar servants
she now finds under her charge. But navigating the tea-garden set will hardly be her
biggest challenge. Layla’s remote home is not safe from the powerful changes sweeping
India on the heels of the Second World War. Their colonial society is at a tipping
point, and Layla and Manik find themselves caught in a perilous racial divide that
threatens their very lives. Views: 34
Why did the white girl cross the road... uhhh never mind. When a severely drunk, and slightly drugged, Finley Roze slipped into a hospital bed, she never imagined it would start her on a path to meeting the man of her dreams.Mostly because she didn't believe in the man of her dreams, what seventeen year old even thinks of that? But when Aiden Sorenson turns out to be Mr. Right everything else ends up being wrong, including Finley's family history. Finley is exactly what she appears to be, callous, selfish, shallow, and completely friggen unlucky and everything changes when she meets him.But Aiden isn't what he seems.And when Finley discovers just WHAT he is, she is not as impressed as she should be.She's scared.But sometimes the problem with meeting Prince Charming is letting yourself be open to the possibility of True LoveDon't miss this True Love Story, AKA a fairytale romance. Just don't tell Finley. You will want to check out this season's most sarcastically romantic YA read!!From the AuthorI really hope you like this YA romantic comedy. I love my niece, but she totes has White Girl Problems and in fact she has inspired a lot of the book.This is not the usual Tara Brown book. It's a standalone and it's a love story, a true love story.No love triangles and a Hero we can all daydream about.I loved writing this. I loved laughing at myself. I hope you laugh and fall in love and leave happy! Views: 34
Lady Celestria eagerly travels with her aunt and cousin to participate in festivities at King's Keep. Decades ago, her father had met her mother in the courtyards. He took one look at her mother's face, sank to his knees, and declared his undying love. Celestria believes this is where she will find true love also.In the forest, less than a day's ride away from the keep, they are attacked by bandits. Celestria fights alongside the guards. Outnumbered and disarmed, she faces her death bravely.Then a warrior dressed all in gray, breathing smoke and fire, enters the fray. Celestria knows he is the one, the man she is destined to love. He doesn't know he's her future husband, however, and he is riding toward her, his sword raised. Views: 34
Gentlemen of the ton...prepare to be tempted
Temptation
is as old as Adam and Eve. Unfortunately, succumbing to it is as natural as
breathing to the gentlemen in the haut ton. For prospective brides bent on
fidelity, three of the ton's most ravishing beauties will help determine the
faithful from the philanderers. What they hadn't counted on was emotional
entanglements...
A Temptress in Love
Catherine Rutherford has been smitten with
the sinfully handsome American, Lucas Beaumont, since their introduction the
year before. And he appears just as enamored of her, for following his return
to London he launches a seductive campaign to ensnare her heart and capture her
hand in marriage. Never has Catherine been so confident in the outcome of a
courtship...that is until she discovers her would-be groom proposed marriage to her sister first.
Although she and her twin share the same
face, Catherine refuses to share a man's affections much less be any woman's
substitute. So with the aid of her twin and two friends, she challenges the man
she loves to the ultimate test of fidelity. Posing as her heartbroken sister—who
is truly anything but—Catherine seeks his solace from an “unhappy marriage” and
begins a tempestuous game of seduction where the true proof of his love lies in
his ability to resist her charms.
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DAMAGE CONTROLCoordinated strikes have begun against the governments of major Latin American countries. Simultaneously, Mexico City as well as key cities along the U.S. border from Miami to Los Angeles are being overrun in a massive incursion. To ensure the success of his revolution to seize control of Latin America, mastermind Diego Garcia has captured thousands of civilians to use as human shields at his Mexican stronghold.Against the background of pending national turmoil, Mack Bolan's job appears simple: rescue key Western lawmakers being held hostage and remove innocents from the line of fire. But as blood and violence reshape the geopolitical landscape, the mission soon becomes a determined fight for America's freedom. Views: 34
These latest volumes of the hot-selling Left Behind juvenile series continue the story of four kids left behind after the Rapture. With themes and events that parallel the adult series, these books carry Left Behind's important message to the younger generation. In #6 The Underground, the kids develop The Trib Force News to get the message out to their classmates. Views: 34
Two years ago Ellie Byron was the only witness to the brutal murder of a young woman. Charles Penn, a hard-eyed man with a history of violence, was convicted of the crime. Now he's escaped--and another woman is dead. Ellie fears she may be next and turns to the only person she trusts: attorney Joe Gable. Joe would give his life to protect Ellie, but neither of them knows just how deadly an enemy they face--or how close he is. Then the police discover that both crimes mirror events in a bestselling mystery series. And when the third book in the series is released, Joe and Ellie realize that time has run out. Because in this book the killer eliminates the only threat to his freedom. The last death is the death of the witness. Views: 34
A restlessness born of guilt and despair leads Ravi to embark on a journey that ends in the remote village of Khasak in the picturesque Palghat countryside in Kerala. A land from the past, potent with dreams and legends, enfolds the traveller in a powerful and unsettling embrace. Ravi is bewitched and entranced as everything around him—the villagers; their children whom he teaches in a makeshift school; the elders who see him as a threat; the toddy-tappers; the shamans—takes on the quality of myth. And then reality, painful and threatening, begins to intrude on the sojourner's resting place and Ravi begins to understand that there is no escape from the relentless dictates of karma... Often poetic and dark, always complex and rich, The Legends of Khasak, O.V. Vijayan's much-acclaimed first novel, translated into English by the author, is an extraordinary achievement Views: 34
Deadwood meets The Walking Dead in this wild and profane Western romp featuring zombies, werewolves, killer bees, and one pissed-off gun-slinging preacher. The Wild West has never seen the likes of Reverend Jebidiah Mercer, a hard man wielding a burning Bible and a bottle of whiskey in the battle between God and the Devil. Frankly, he's not sure he gives a damn who wins. As the not-so-good Reverend tangles with a Lofecraftian horror and joins a renegade named Flower to battle a horde of cannibalistic fiends, only this is certain: Mercer's blasphemous journey is laced with relentless action, terrifying evil, and nonstop humor. This supernatural epic of the Old West that never was will leave you heartily cheering for the good guys--if you can just figure out who the good guys are. Views: 34
