MyronI love Kate. For a long time, I've treated her as if she means nothing to me, and I know I've been wrong. I've had no choice but to push her away. You see, Kate is my stepsister. I shouldn't want her. We've not grown up together, but still. My need for her is always there. Only now, I'm not going to do as I'm told anymore. I love her more than anything else in the world, and I know I'm the only one for her.She will be mine.KateComing home for the holidays is hard, but I've missed my family. I'm not going to let Myron get to me. I'm also not going to be like other women and fall all over myself over him. Sure, I've had a crush on him for years, but that doesn't mean I have to act on it. He has made it clear we're never going to be together, so why would I want him? Of course, I mean, he's handsome, and every time he's near, my heart flutters, and a need unlike anything I've ever experienced fills me, but that doesn't mean I want him, does it? Views: 108
AN IRISH TIMES, IRISH INDEPENDENT and SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 'TITLE TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2020' Katie, Maeve and Evelyn – friends forever, united by their childhood games and their dreams of escaping the tiny Irish town of Glenbruff. Outspoken, unpredictable and intoxicating, Evelyn is the undisputed leader of the trio. That is, until the beautiful, bold Pamela Cooney arrives from Dublin and changes Glenbruff forever... Told from Katie's witty, quirky perspective, Frances Macken's debut beautifully captures life in a small town and the power of yearning for something bigger. Filled with unforgettable characters and crackling dialogue, You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here takes a keen-eyed look at the complexities of female friendship, the corrosive power of jealousy and guilt, and the way that life can quietly erode our dreams unless we're willing to fight for them. Views: 108
"Things that are and are not, she thinks, and the dog is a snake."In this fantastic and fantastical debut, C.J. Lavigne concocts a wondrous realm overlaying a city that brims with civic workers and pigeons. Led by her synesthesia, Verity Richards discovers a hidden world inside an old Ottawa theatre. Within the timeworn walls live people who should not exist—people whose very survival is threatened by science, technology, and natural law. Verity must submerge herself in this impossible reality to help save the last traces of their broken community. Her guides: a magician, his shadow-dog, a dying angel, and a knife-edged woman who is more than half ghost.With great empathy and imagination, In Veritas explores the nature of truth and the complexities of human communication. Views: 108
Someone wants her dead...Can her son's secret father shield her?Visiting her family ranch, Tacy Tolbert doesn't plan on sticking around for long...until a series of "accidents" almost kill her. Now she has no choice but to rely on her ex-husband, former soldier Seb Hunt, to stay alive and figure out who's behind the attacks. But first she must tell Seb he's a father...and hope they can survive long enough for a second chance at forever. Views: 108
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with a new riveting novel featuring her vastly popular character forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, who must use all her tradecraft to discover the identity of a faceless corpse, its connection to a decade-old missing child case, and why the dead man had her cellphone number.It's sweltering in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Temperance Brennan, still recovering from neurosurgery following an aneurysm, is battling nightmares, migraines, and what she thinks might be hallucinations when she receives a series of mysterious text messages, each containing a new picture of a corpse that is missing its face and hands. Immediately, she's anxious to know who the dead man is, and why the images were sent to her. An identified corpse soon turns up, only partly answering her questions. To win answers to the others, including the man's identity, she must go rogue, working mostly outside the... Views: 108
