Twelve-year-old Jack Shian has a secret. He belongs to an amazing and powerful group of otherworld’ creatures called the Shian, who hold extraordinary powers and inhabit a hidden world underneath Edinburgh Castle. They can be any creature you’ve ever imagined, and many you haven’t. And while they have mostly been forgotten by humans, they’ve been there all along, watching. Now, with the return of the Destiny Stone after hundreds of years, the Shian’s magycks are growing stronger. And when Jack and his cousins discover that a lost ancient chalice will make the Shian even more powerful, they set out on a journey of a lifetime, determined to find it. But Jack soon finds out that there are others who want this power too, for evil rather than good, and they will stop at nothing to get it. Full of intrigue, secrets, mystery and betrayal, Jack Shian and the King’s Chalice is the beginning of a magical new adventure. Views: 27
new adult romanceScarlett Goodwin’s world is divided into Before and After.Before she agreed to tutor Tucker price, college junior Scarlett was introvert, struggling with her social anxiety disorder and determined to not end up living in a trailer park like her mother and her younger sister. A mathematics major, she goes to her classes, to her job in the tutoring lab, and then hides in the apartment she shares with her friend, Caroline.After junior Tucker Price, Southern University’s star soccer player enters the equation, her carefully plotted life is thrown off its axis. Tucker’s failing his required College Algebra class. With his eligibility is at risk, the university chancellor dangles an expensive piece of computer software for the math department if Scarlett agrees to privately tutor him. Tucker’s bad boy, womanizer reputation makes Scarlett wary of any contact, let alone spending several hours a week in close proximity. But from her first encounter, she realizes Tucker isn’t the person everyone else sees. He carries a mountain of secrets which she suspects hold the reason to his self-destructive behavior. But the deeper she delves into the cause of his pain, the deeper she gets sucked into his chaos. Will Scarlett find the happiness she’s looking for, or will she be caught in Tucker’s aftermath? Views: 27
Featuring sixty-three stories spanning five decades, this superb
collection-including "Girls in Their Summer Dresses," "Sailor Off the
Bremen," and "The Eighty-Yard Run"-clearly illustrates why Shaw is
considered one of America's finest short-story writers. Views: 27
A virgin betrothed to a womanizer...Addie has been promised to Brendan since her birth. She no choice but to follow through and become the mate to a shape-shifting wolf she doesn't love. But when Shaun, a childhood friend and the male she has always wanted, refuses to let her mate with another, she is afraid her love for Shaun will cause destruction between their packs.The future alpha in love with a woman he can't have...Shaun has loved Addie since they were children, but she is promised to another male. Claiming her can start a war between their packs, but Shaun can't stand back and let another male have her. When the heat between Addie and Shaun ignites, they know their attraction can't be denied. But Brendan isn't about to let Addie go, and when she is taken, Shaun will stop at nothing to get her back. Views: 27
The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden forever. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumor and gossip than hard facts? When Lucinda Hawksley started to investigate, often thwarted by inexplicable secrecy, she discovered a fascinating woman, modern before her time, whose story has been shielded for years from public view.Louise was a sculptor and painter, friend to the Pre-Raphaelites and a keen member of the Aesthetic movement. The most feisty of the Victorian princesses, she kicked against her mother's controlling nature and remained fiercely loyal to her brothers-especially the sickly Leopold and the much-maligned Bertie. She sought out other unconventional women, including Josephine Butler and George Eliot, and campaigned for education and health reform and for the rights of women. She battled with her indomitable mother for permission to practice... Views: 27
Olivia Cross left behind her abusive alcoholic mother to move on to a better life, a new job at a library and a chance to actually get ahead. All of that is threatened when her brother drags her back into the seedy world of greed, violence and corruption she’s tried desperately to flee.
Private security contractor Reed Allen isn’t about to let a burning attraction rope him in again. He’s already felt the sting of letting his heart rather than his head lead him. He’s just there to do the job and get paid, even if a certain spunky beautiful librarian has him feeling things he thought long since buried.
Keeping Olivia safe is the easy part. Resisting their passionate urges could prove to be much harder.
They’ll have to mend their broken hearts and move on from their painful pasts for a chance at a future. Views: 27
Announcing the third edition of the mother of all kids' joke books—and that's no joke. Now Jokelopedia is even better, with 300 all-new jokes and 11 new spotlights on the comedians kids love today.Jokelopedia, Third Edition, is an all-encompassing, gut-busting collection of more than 1,700 kid-friendly jokes, tongue twisters, riddles, and puns. The perfect gift for incurable jokesters, class clowns, comedians-to-be, and aspiring ventriloquists—not to mention the quieter kids who still love a good laugh—it features doctor jokes, robber jokes, teacher jokes, why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road jokes, lightbulb jokes, movie star jokes, gross-out jokes, vampire jokes, and elephant jokes. Plus, it has the classics, fresh variations on the classics, and jokes with nothing classic about them. And all jokes are organized into categories for easy reference.In addition there are joke-telling pointers and tips, funny facts and pop culture references... Views: 27
