"A poignant and heartfelt journey." —Wendy Higgins, New York Times bestselling author of the Sweet Evil series, on Cold Summer Every day, Sam endures the same, old subway ride on her way to school, but when she meets a boy named Reid, suddenly her daily commute isn't so ordinary. Reid has the ability to teleport—or, drift—as he calls it, and for the first time, Sam has the opportunity to see other countries without a passport or plane ticket. But as their two worlds come together, Sam soon realizes her family has secrets she never knew about, and meeting Reid might have been more than coincidence. For years, there's been a secret bloody feud between drifters and sliders—two groups of people with different abilities and, at the center of it all, Sam's own parents, who are now missing in action. When Sam manifests her own ability, she finds herself in the middle of danger and captured by the people who have also been hunting... Views: 197
Changing your life is never simple...He needed a fresh start,but twin babies weren't part of the plan...Hoping to start over, Jack Tomlinson intends to leave his hometown—until twin babies are dropped on his doorstep. He needs help, and the best nanny he knows is Laramie Chambers. As they bond over the babies, Jack can't help but feel drawn to Laramie. But proving he's not just her friend's irresponsible brother could be a bigger challenge than suddenly becoming a dad...From Harlequin Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope. Views: 197
The first volume of the long-awaited, near-mythical biography of Nick Cave, by award-winning writer, Mark Mordue. A deeply beautiful, profound, profane and poetic biography of the early formative years of the dark prince of Australian rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story. This is the story of the artist first as a boy, then as a young man. A deeply insightful work which charts his family, friends, influences, milieu and, most of all, his music, it reveals how Nick Cave shaped himself into the extraordinary artist he would become.As well as a powerfully compelling biography of a singular, uncompromising artist, Boy on Fire is also a fascinating social and cultural biography, a vivid and evocative rendering of a time and place, from the fast-running dark river and ghost gums of Wangaratta, to the nascent punk scene which hit staid 1970s Melbourne like an atom bomb, right through to the torn wallpaper, sticky carpet and the manic,... Views: 197
