Yaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in AlabamaGifty is a fifth year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine studying reward seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after a knee injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her. But even as she turns to the hard sciences to unlock the mystery of her family's loss, she finds herself hungering for her childhood faith, and grappling with the evangelical church in which she was raised, whose promise of salvation remains as tantalizing as it is elusive. Transcendent Kingdom is a deeply moving portrait of a family of... Views: 288
She's the only light in his dark world... He knew the rules, but he couldn't help himself. Broken and beaten, Mikel Evans knows his place. And it's not with his best friend's sister. Used to his isolated and dark life, Mikel isn't prepared for the deep desire Remy Stone sparks in him. Her forbidden and untouched body tempts him in ways he can't fathom. After all, he's known her his entire life. Mikel refuses to succumb to this one carnal need. She'll do anything to have him. Remy Stone is done being the shy introvert. She has waited her entire life for Mikel to notice her. Now, she's not holding back. She refuses to let him destroy himself and everything he deserves. Mikel may not be able to see past his own dark demons, but she's going to make damn sure she shows him. Love isn't always enough. Mikel can't battle his demons alone. As Mikel's past threatens to destroy everything, Remy fights for the one man she's always... Views: 288
The third book in the Marshmallow Pie the Cat Superstar series by Clara Vulliamy, the author-illustrator of Dotty Detective Marshmallow Pie, a big, fluffy cat with an even bigger personality, is off to Hollywood to star in a movie! Pie is loving his trip – the glamourous people, the luxurious hotel, not to mention the tasty snacks! But most of all, he is dazzled by his new friend Madison: a charming, famous young girl not much older than his owner, Amelia. Madison is desperate to spend time with Pie and show him around town. So why doesn't Amelia seem so sure about her? Amidst his glitzy new adventure, Pie must keep his paws on the ground – and learn a valuable lesson about what a true friend looks like. Told in the hilarious voice of Marshmallow Pie himself, his antics are illustrated throughout in black and white. Views: 288
When myths become real, danger stalks White Haven.
The Crossroads Circus has a reputation for bringing myths to life, but it also seems that where the circus goes, death follows. When the circus sets up on the castle grounds, Newton asks Avery and the witches to investigate.
This proves trickier than they expected when an unexpected encounter finds Avery bound to a power she can’t control.
Strange magic is making the myths a little too real.
As Avery grows weaker, and with time running out, Caspian is only too willing to help, and although Alex hates relying on him, he’ll do anything to save Avery.
Shadow has her own agenda. When a mysterious stranger comes to town with a proposition, will she betray them when they need her most?
The witches might stand a chance, if they can get the Raven King and Green Man on their side.
Without them they’ll lose everything - and Avery will lose her life.
**If you love witches and magic, and lots of myth and mystery, you’ll love the sixth book in the White Haven Witches series.
Grab your copy of Crossroads Magic now!
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BACK INTO THE FIREMarine recon veteran and small-town prosecutor Will Parker became a bush pilot for two reasons: a love of flying, and Dr. Karen Stewart. Years ago in Somalia, Will saved the dedicated CDC researcher's life. Now he may have to do it again, under even more challenging conditions. Two Marines have died under suspicious circumstances, and Will is the only person who can get to the truth. Even if it means an off-the-books mission that will take him thousands of miles away to remote Russia. Both of the dead had in common a fellow student at the Maryland Cyber Security Center. He's missing, but his trail leads Will to a small village outside Moscow known for worldwide hacking—and ultimately to an American financial institution with a shady multi-trillion-dollar secret to which the Marines and their classmate held the key. That key compelled certain executives to unleash killers to ensure its concealment . . .... Views: 287
In a future world ravaged by ecological devastation, a remnant of humanity survives—safe and with every need met—under the watchful, calculating eye of the State. Gabriel is the best Contract Enforcer the State has ever created, trained from childhood to efficiently identify and eliminate threats to society’s vital balance and ensure every citizen adheres to their Social Contract.Asa has spent his life in one of the State’s carefully planned farming communities, but he yearns for something more. The day after his twenty-first birthday, he sets out for the metropolis of Horizon—but compliance with his Social Contract turns out to be more complicated than he could have imagined. He soon meets the girl of his dreams, Eve, an outsider in Horizon who has learned to survive for years using her guile and beauty.When an unexpected tragedy forces Asa and Eve to go on the run, Gabriel is determined to track them down and deliver the... Views: 287
When Rock Wolfe was fourteen, he tried to kill his father.Twenty years later, someone else finished the job.Now Rock is returning to New York for the reading of the billionaire's will. No way did Derek Wolfe leave anything to his oldest son, but according to Rock's brother, his presence is required.Estate attorney Lacey Ward isn't looking forward to the reading. None of Derek Wolfe's children will be happy, least of all his oldest. When Rock enters the conference room, Lacey is stunned. He's a rebel—a biker all muscled and gorgeous in black leather. This won't be easy, especially since she can't stop staring at him.Rock pays no attention to the reading. He's lost in a fantasy of bending his father's hot attorney over a desk. He's not a commitment kind of guy, though, and she screams white picket fence. Sparks fly between them, but the murder lurks in the back of their minds.Rock knows all his family's secrets...or so he thinks. Mysteries seem to hide... Views: 287
All the Winston Brothers bonus scenes and deleted excerpts all in one place! This collection includes: Extra Scene: Billy and Scarlet A Winston Christmas Beauty and the Beard Deleted Scene: Truth or Beard Deleted Scene: Grin and Beard It Deleted Scene: Beard in Mind Duane's Letter to Beau Cletus's Letter to Santa Duane's Letter to Jess Billy's Letter to Scarlet Pie in the Beard Beard in Waiting A Very Beardy Christmas Beard and Hen Views: 287
