For over a hundred years, the Angelini Shoe Company in Greenwich Village has relied on the leather produced by Vechiarelli & Son in Tuscany. This historic business partnership provides the twist of fate for Valentine Roncalli, the school teacher turned shoemaker, to fall in love with Gianluca Vechiarelli, a tanner with a complex past . . . and a secret. A piece of surprising news is revealed at The Feast of the Seven Fishes when Valentine and Gianluca join her extended family on a fateful Christmas Eve. Now faced with life altering choices, Valentine remembers the wise words that inspired her in the early days of her beloved Angelini Shoe Company: "A person who can build a pair of shoes can do just about anything." The proud, passionate Valentine is going to fight for everything she wants and savor all she deserves -- the bitter and the sweetness of life itself. Romantic and poignant, told with humor and warmth, and bursting with a cast of endearing characters, The Supreme Macaroni Company is a sumptuous feast of delights: a portrait of a woman and the man she loves, her passion for craftsmanship, and the sacrifices it takes to build and sustain a family business while keeping love and laughter at the center of everything. Views: 30
BETRAYED BY MARRIAGE When her betrothed is brutally murdered Lucy Dawlish looks for comfort from the man who shares her grief--his brother, Paul Ravenscar. Virtuous Lucy has always been secretly drawn to this frosty lord, but is it too late to reveal where her heart truly lies? Paul Ravenscar must marry and produce an heir for the sake of his estate, but there is only one woman he wants. To claim Lucy as his bride risks betraying his brother's memory, but Paul might be unable to keep his feelings hidden.... Officers and Gentlemen For duty, for honor, for love Views: 30
If you love quirky and macabre short stories but have become discouraged over the lack of originality these days then this book will renew your faith! Here are 18 bizarre tales that Rod Serling himself would feel right at home with. "Weirder Than Weird" is assured to keep the reader captivated on those cold winter nights when all you want to do is to curl up with a good book and let your mind run wild. Imagine, if you will, the worst case scenario for a woman who holds the deepest and darkest of secrets. She tries to keep this ignominious shame from her psychologist but he knows her secret all too well and she ends up paying the ultimate price for her indiscretions. Or... consider poor Keith Tuttle, a young man who unwittingly becomes part of a horrifying tale that damns him for all eternity but strangely enough, someone close to him unexpectedly profits from his doom. Another story called "Arrival Time" will allow you to peer into the life of a solitary man traveling through space and what he has come to rely on in order to keep his sanity. Will he lose it? Stand by... "Weirder Than Weird" is chock full of the most unusual tales that you will ever read. Can you hear the whistle blowing? The train is about to leave the station. Next stop: Macabre-Ville, Humor Heights and Whacky Wherever. The only question now is... Will you be on board? Views: 30
Although seven clowns started the evening alive, only six of them still breathed by the evening’s end. And while everyone saw the murderer and knew the murderer, no one knew their name. A masked Halloween party at a haunted Elizabethan mansion for clients and counsellors of a new psychotherapy practice ends in gruesome murder … it could only happen in the bleak seaside town of Stormhaven. Once again, retired monk Abbot Peter and his irascible niece DI Tamsin Shah are called upon to solve the mystery. The answers are to be found in the mystical writings of a 14th-century Persian poet. Views: 30
In his stunningly honest and poignant memoir, Frank Spinelli recounts a childhood marked by trauma and of finding the courage that ultimately transformed his life...Frank Spinelli grew up on Staten Island in the 1970s to Italian-born parents who viewed cops and priests as second only to the Pope in infallibility. His mother, concerned that her son was being bullied at school for being "different," signed Frank up for Boy Scouts when he turned eleven. For the next two years, Frank's life had two realities—one lived in full view of his family, and the other a secret he shared with his Scoutmaster that he couldn't confess to anybody.Eventually Frank went to college, established a thriving medical practice, and found a home in Manhattan. But the emotional and physical effects of his past continued to shadow every aspect of his life. Then a shocking discovery gave Frank the opportunity to overturn thirty years of confusion and self-blame—for himself, and for other... Views: 30
Jim Parry is an IT engineer in a school, a proud member of the Territorial Army and an all round apocalypse enthusiast. As he gears up for a potential terrorist attack he finds himself thrust into a completely different emergency. An emergency that he feels his whole life has been working towards. As he fights to find a safe haven and build a resistance to the mindless zombies roaming the city around him he finds himself in a losing battle to preserve what was left of humanity. Fighting his way across Britain Jim battles infected animals, stalkers and roman colonies formed to build Britain's strongest army. Will he survive or become another statistic? Authors Note: I really wanted to get back to basics with this book. I have read many books where the author has thrown in twists to the stereotypical zombie apocalypse and, although they were a great read that I would highly recommend, I wanted to take it back to the way zombies were meant to be. Many books portray the hero as the least likely of people whereas I wanted to create a hero that was perfect for the role and demonstrate that even the perfect hero can struggle with the horrors and challenges the apocalypse will bring. I hope you will enjoy the read as much as I have enjoyed writing it and would appreciate any and all feedback you can give. Views: 30
