Everything changes for the Lightbearers and their mortal enemy, the shapeshifters, in 1512, five hundred years before book one in the Lightbearer Series, Into the Light, takes place. Find out what happens to propel into action a sequence of events that have set the stage for the rest of the series.The year is 1512. Shapeshifter Xander Wulf believes that to kill a Lightbearer is to inherit her magic. If only he can find one.And then he does, but he doesn’t kill Sabine Flemming, because for the first time he suspects killing her isn’t how he can gain her magic. He just needs to eliminate James Bennett, King of the Lightbearers—who wants to mate with Sabine—so he can prove his new theory.Shifters and Lightbearers don’t have to be enemies… Do they? Everything changes for the Lightbearers and their mortal enemy, the shapeshifters, in 1512, five hundred years before book one, Into the Light, takes place. Find out what happens to propel into action a sequence of events that have set the stage for the rest of the series. Other books in the series, in reading order:Broken Light (Claiming My Valentine Anthology)Into the LightDawning of LightLight Beyond the DarknessChange in the LightCupid's Light Views: 395
The Bride of Amman, a huge and controversial bestseller when first published in Arabic, takes a sharp-eyed look at the intersecting lives of four women and one gay man in Jordan's historic capital, Amman—a city deeply imbued with its nation's traditions and taboos. When Rana finds herself not only falling for a man of the wrong faith, but also getting into trouble with him, where can they go to escape? Can Hayat's secret liaisons really suppress the memories of her abusive father? When Ali is pressured by society's homophobia into a fake heterosexual marriage, how long can he maintain the illusion? And when spinsterhood and divorce spell social catastrophe, is living a lie truly the best option for Leila? What must she do to avoid reaching her 'expiry date' at the age thirty like her sister Salma, Jordan's secret blogger and a self-confessed spinster with a plot up her sleeve to defy her city's prejudices? These five young lives come together and come apart in ways that are... Views: 394
A futuristic drama full of suspense from the UK Children's Laureate 2013-2015. Claire is keen to find out what her dad has been working on in his lab. He's been really excited about it and Claire knows it must be something that will make him even more famous. But the big reveal isn't at all what she expected and now Claire has a dilemma on her hands - what do you do when your dad has created a monster...? Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+ Views: 394
Amnesiac Meera wants to discover her past. Engaged to Ashruth, who is also her doctor, she is tempted to run away and forge a new life as she wonders how she ever fell in love with him. Starting life afresh, she decides to give him a chance and explore more about her past in the meanwhile. Reading a diary that she had written before the accident, she learns why she fell for Ashruth but her feelings seem to have changed now. She learns that her dad, Prabhu, is a rich business man living happily with her mom, Nadhiya. Most of her diary pages are filled with memories of Santhosh, her cousin. As she reads about Santhosh and his role in her past life, she starts to like him.
Ashruth decides to leave Meera at her parent’s residence until their wedding, which is a month away. He tells them that she is like a blank paper and anything that affects her will get imprinted in her. Like a book or a movie, if it affects her deeply, it might make her assume it’s her past. Though she is introduced to her mother and father, she finds herself incapable of trusting them.
Santhosh, her cousin, grew up in her house as he had lost his parents to a car accident at a young age. She understands from her diary that he was her best friend, right from childhood. As she browses the old videos and photos, her admiration and respect for Santhosh are rekindled. She doubts whether she was in love with Santhosh and whether she has carried her love from her past.
Will she call off her wedding despite knowing the societal consequences? Will she fall for Santhosh? What if she is married to one of the two and gains her memory later? If she was actually in love with Santhosh, why are people hiding it from her? **
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'The main conclusion I reached by the conclusion of this marvellous story, was the maturity of the author's writing. I think that it is remarkable for one, relatively youthful, and writing her first book, to capture a mesmerizing tale with such an insight into human beings. She has also written in the first person which I think is very difficult to do. It makes observations too subjective but somehow she has generally avoided that. Often I do not enjoy tales with flashbacks. It interrupts the flow for the reader. However, what she has done is to make the flashbacks relevant to the part of the present tense the story being told. That's good.'-Tony Drury, Writer, UK. 'I held it in my hands in the evening and it was so engrossing that I couldn't keep it. Finished it in one take.'-Neelam, Indian Writer with Limca Book Record. 'The plot of the book seems simple at the beginning, a girl who has lost her memory in an accident, slowly gluing together her life. But the author has some surprises for us along the way making it easy to get lost in the story. The author's narration style is simple and engaging.'-Debdatta, Limca Book Record holder for Book Reviews. ' She manages to hold the attention of the reader with a clear and crisp narrative. She also throws in surprises which makes the reader turn pages one after the other. A great achievement for a debut novelist.'-Preethi, Author 'My new found crush has literally swept me off my feat. No, I am not talking about another damsel in distress. It's these books with smaller, compact story lines. Just You Me and Secret is one such book with barely 120 pages. It's a brisk read from start to finish. The best part is it keeps you guessing till the very end. A promising debut by a talented female writer.' Salesh, Blogger 'Just, you me and a secret" captivates the attention of the reader from the first few lines, and holds it throughout the story.'- Kiran, Popular Blogger
Ganga Bharani, a debut author, has done ample justice to her work. She manages to hold the attention of the reader with a clear and crisp narrative. She also throws in surprises which makes the reader turn pages one after the other. A great achievement for a debut novelist. -Preethi Venugopal, Author There are just a handful of books that I have read in one go and this is one among them. The story could very well be made as a suspense thriller, that would woo the next-gen audience. It had real twists which no one could have ever expected. Thanks, good book!-Lucy I loved the pace of the story. There wasn't the usual unnecessary detailing. Sometimes too much detail can hamper the flow. The only negative in an otherwise engaging plot were the rushed film like portions which could have been avoided.- Salesh The story keeps you glued to the book till you finish it. -CVJ The storyline keeps the reader hooked. -Niranjan Author Ganga Bharani, as a debutante, has proved to the literary world, "Man, I have a great plot and I can write in flawless English. That was all it required to write a fantastic book."-Nandhini
About the Author
Ganga Bharani Vasudevan is the author of ' Just you, me and a secret', 60 CreativeWriting Prompts and Plots book 1 and book 2, and Plot Engine, among others.Hershort films 'Tiny Steps' and 'Candles' won the Best Film Award and SpecialMention Award in an international film festival. She was awarded 'Best UrbanChennai Blogger Award'. Sheis now writing a script for an Indian Feature film that will be released in theyear 2017.Sheworks with an MNC as a Robotics Engineer, too. Learn moreabout Ganga at amazon.com/Ganga-Bharani-Vasudevan/e/B008G99BKM/Website: gangabharani.com/
Books By GangaBharani VasudevanJust you, me and a secretPlot EngineCreative Writing Prompts and PlotsBook 1Creative Writing Plots Book 2A Minute To DeathA Sip of Love and a Sip of Coffee Views: 394
The Ark: Children of a Dead Earth Book One by Patrick S. Tomlinson, Lee GibbonsA murder mystery set on a generation ship months from reaching Humanity's new home. Humankind has escaped a dying Earth and set out to find a new home among the stars aboard an immense generation spaceship, affectionately named the Ark. Bryan Benson is the Ark’s greatest living sports hero, enjoying retirement working as a detective in Avalon, his home module. The hours are good, the work is easy, and the perks can’t be beat. But when a crew member goes missing, Benson is thrust into the centre of an ever-expanding web of deception, secrets, and violence that overturns everything he knows about living on the Ark and threatens everyone aboard. As the last remnants of humanity hurtle towards their salvation, Benson finds himself in a desperate race to unravel the conspiracy before a madman turns mankind’s home into its tomb.
File Under: Science Fiction [ Last Gun in the Universe / We’re Not Alone / Poison and Nukes / Race to the End ] Views: 394
Full of thrills, mystery and danger, Vega Jane and the Maze of Monsters (previously published as The Keeper) is the second title in the fast-paced fantasy adventure series for children of 10+ by bestselling master storyteller David Baldacci. Illustrated throughout by Tomislav Tomic.Everything Vega Jane has ever known is a lie. But if she and her best friend Delph are to find the truth about who they are and where they came from, they must first survive the Quag, a wild, enchanted place filled with monsters and dark sorcery. It will stretch their courage to the limit. The Quag will throw everything at Vega. It will try to break her. It will try to kill her. And survival might come at a price not even Vega is willing to pay.Vega Jane and the Maze of Monsters (previously published as The Keeper) is the second installment in master storyteller David Baldacci's bestselling Vega Jane series for children,... Views: 394
Shapers follows Blake, an old-school surfer from Venice, Ca, to Florida where he starts his life shaping and crafting surfboards. It is filled with descriptive content, and action. He's a little rough around the edges but you'll learn to like him.Shapers is the story of an old-school shaper, a surf-board maker, who moves from Southern California to the gulf coast of Florida, taking focus away from his surfing career and putting it all on making his boards. His name is Blake and he's a badass. He might talk like a hippie, but that's the years of psychedelic drugs finally getting to him. Views: 394
“Awesome! Count me as a fan!” Brad Feld, co-founder of the Foundry Group and Techstars
Pandora's Brain is a science thriller by best-selling author Calum Chace. Set in the near future, it features Matt, a shy but engaging and resourceful student who becomes involved in a project to create the world's first conscious machine. Matt's enquiries lead to him being kidnapped, as he is caught in the crossfire between two groups pursuing that goal - one led by a Russian billionaire, and another backed by the US military.
As he is drawn deeper into his adventure, he becomes both the symbol and the victim of a global struggle over the approach to be taken towards this powerful new technology.
“I love the concepts in this book!” Peter James, author of the best-selling Roy Grace series
“Carefully crafted, and absorbing from its very start, the book held my rapt attention throughout a series of surprise twists.” David Wood, Chairman of the London Futurist Group
“In the same way that Suarez’s Daemon and Naam’s Nexus leaped onto the scene, redefining what it meant to write about technology, Pandora’s Brain will do the same for artificial intelligence.” William Hertling, author of the “Avogadro” series of novels Views: 394
Book 1 of the 5 book "Reality" series of science fiction books authored by D.P. AllenThis is Book 1 of the 5 book "Reality" series of science fiction books.What does a 20th century man have in common with 16th century Spanish conquistadors and the Bermuda Triangle? How can one man survive, resist the chance to be a god and lead an entire people to freedom? Mike is about to find out who he is and what he is. He is about to push himself and an entire race to the limits of physical and mental endurance. Somewhere along the way he'll discover his innermost desires and the rewards they can bring. That is, of course, if he can survive long enough to see them happen! Sail to a land that is both familiar and foreign and begin an adventure that no one could ever imagine. Views: 394
What would you change if you could go back in time?In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time.In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the café's time-travelling offer, in order to: confront the man who left them, receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by early onset Alzheimer's, to see their sister one last time, and to meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.But the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the café, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . . Toshikazu Kawaguchi's beautiful, moving story – translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot... Views: 394
Blindness and betrayal are Elizabeth Taylor's great subjects, and in A View of the Harbour she turns her unsparing gaze on the emotional and sexual politics of a seedy seaside town that's been left behind by modernity. Tory, recently divorced, depends more and more on the company of her neighbors Robert, a doctor, and Beth, a busy author of melodramatic novels. Prudence, Robert and Beth's daughter, disapproves of the intimacy that has grown between her parents and Tory and the gossip it has awakened in their little community. As the novel proceeds, Taylor's view widens to take in a range of characters from bawdy, nosey Mrs. Bracey; to a widowed young proprietor of the local waxworks, Lily Wilson; to the would-be artist Bertram--while the book as a whole offers a beautifully observed and written examination of the fictions around which we construct our lives and manage our losses. Views: 394
Five years ago, the world was ravaged by Giants, enormous beings made to terrorize humanity. Karia lives in a military bunker, trying every day to survive and make it through the next year. But after living in this barren wasteland for five years, it's not enough for Karia.Karia lives in a wasteland, a shadow of the former world. Once, she had a life with friends and a family. Now giants rule the Earth. Five years ago, the world was ravaged by Giants, enormous beings that terrorize humanity and take the world for their own. Humans were driven to live underground and scrounge to survive. 5 years after, Karia lives in a military bunker, part of a small colony trying to survive. But just surviving isn't enough for her. Views: 394
Like every other McCall werewolf in history, Link is headed down a short road to insanity, but he’s determined to go out on his own terms. Those terms? Repay the people the broken McCall pack has hurt before Ian Silver has to put him down. Hope is a dangerous thing for a doomed man like him, but when he meets Nicole, an instant and undeniable connection sparks between them. She might not be a typical beauty, but she’s stunning to him and stirring his inner monster up in ways that make him think that maybe, just maybe, she can save him from the McCall madness.
Nicole Brand is in Alaska to discover a part of her life she didn’t know existed. The father she never knew was killed by a wolf, and in an effort to understand who he was, she throws herself into wilderness living. But a chance meeting with a tall, dark, and growly stranger has her thinking that maybe it is fate that has brought her to Galena, Alaska. The more she gets to know the man she is falling desperately hard for, the more of Link’s dark secrets surface—and some of those revolve around her father. She should’ve listened when Link warned her about how dangerous he is, but now it’s too late. She’ll have to decide whether to return to her safe life in the lower forty-eight, or to stay and fight for the man who seems to think she can save him.
Content Warning: Explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences. Views: 394
