![]() She and her husband live in Portland, Oregon, and have four adult children and one grandchild. She holds a bachelor’s in history and an MFA in creative writing and enjoys church history, research trips, and hiking in the Pacific Northwest. ![]() Her dual-time Amish romance novels consistently hit bestseller lists. Leslie is a Christy Award–winning and #1 bestselling author of over 40 novels, including four Lancaster County Amish Series. ![]() Bestselling Amish/Mennonite Romance author Leslie Gould weaves together history, drama, romance, and faith to offer readers a glimpse into a simpler way of life. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Prentiss’ body became the host of a parasitic infestation of worms after finding a mysterious nest in her home, and as the members of the institute connect her to a series of supernatural happenings, she attacks the archive in a thrilling season finale that kept me listening at the edge of my seat. The first season presents a fearsome but shallow antagonist in the form of former human, Jane Prentiss. ![]() ![]() From monsters to cursed books to evil, omnipresent co-workers, the Magnus Institute is chock full of hurdles for our dear protagonist to overcome, whether he knows it or not. While the first episodes are nothing more than mundane and mildly terrifying in content, as the story progresses further, even the average listener can recognize key details hidden in every episode. Each season presents a carefully crafted story, spun together with the same intricacy as a spider’s web. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately for his ex-girlfriend, Jill, that album is full of hate songs about how she callously broke his heart. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you’ll enjoy each one as much as we do.**Ī spin-off novella from the Stage Dive series that easily stands alone, this is a fun, sweet and sexy love story featuring rockstar Adam Dillon in a second-chance-romance that stole my heart.Īdam has achieved phenomenal success with the release of his first album. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. **Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. ![]() Only problem is, he’s fast finding out that success isn’t everything. Writing great songs and climbing to the top of the charts isn’t easy. So maybe he wasn’t the best of boyfriends. The new darling of rock n’ roll, Adam Dillon, is ready to show his ex-girlfriend, Jill Schwartz, what a mistake she made kicking him to the curb. From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kylie Scott comes a new story in her Stage Dive series… ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Note: There are NO spoilers for The Rules in this review but I do refer to a few things that are already in the summary that may be spoilery if you do not read book summaries.Īriane, an alien/human hybrid, needs to lay low in order to stay safe. Suddenly, nothing is simple anymore, especially not the rules. After years of trying to be invisible, Ariane finds the attention frightening-and utterly intoxicating. Ariane’s survival-and that of her adoptive father-depends on her ability to blend in among the full-blooded humans in a small Wisconsin town, to hide in plain sight at her high school from those who seek to recover their lost (and expensive) “project.”īut when a cruel prank at school goes awry, it puts her in the path of Zane Bradshaw, the police chief’s son and someone who sees too much. Ariane Tucker has followed them since the night she escaped from the genetics lab where she was created, the result of combining human and extraterrestrial DNA. ![]() ![]() The Rauschmonstrum lived in a godless world. When he did not want to be seen, he was able to disappear completely from view. The Rauschmonstrum’s true form was as a formless cloud of smoke. There is no better way to describe the Rauschmonstrum than as a shape shifting monster, able to perform feats humans would view as miracles, or dark magic. The Nature of the Rauschmonstrum Behold for it is time to tell the Gospel of the Rauschmonstrum. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.” To this, Pilate retorted, “What is truth?” -John 18:38 For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. ![]() This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without permission from the author.Īnd so it was that Pilate asked him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. ![]() ![]() When Gemma discovers a beautiful stranger has been pretending to date her for months, she decides to take the charade one step further-and announces their engagement. But the title comes with one tiny condition: she must be married in order to inherit. Gemma van Dalen is a wild child, the outcast of her wealthy family, and now the latest heir to Van Dalen Publishing. ![]() They'll never actually meet, so what's the harm in a little fib? Yet when real-life Gemma crosses Tansy's path, her white lie nearly implodes. Tired of her stepfamily's questions about her love life, Tansy invents Gemma, a fake girlfriend inspired by the stunning cover model on a bestselling book. Tansy Adams' greatest love is her family's bookstore, passed down from her late father. Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy sapphic rom-com about a quiet bookseller and a romance novel cover model who agree to a modern-day marriage of convenience. ![]() ![]() “Recipe for Persuasion” and “Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors” are the first two installments in Dev’s four-part series. Their reconnection confronts Ashna with past trauma and rekindled feelings in this loose retelling of Jane Austen’s novel, “Persuasion.” Read Related: ![]() When she is asked to join the cast of Cooking with the Stars, a hit reality show that pairs chefs with celebrities, Ashna is paired with Rico Silva, her first love. Chicago-based author Sonali Dev’s new book, “Recipe for Persuasion,” is the second in The Rajes series after “Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors.” “Recipe for Persuasion” follows thirty-year-old Chef Ashna Raje, who is tasked with saving her dad’s fledgling restaurant, Curried Dreams. ![]() ![]() ![]() Edwin confides that he has misgivings about his betrothal to Rosa Bud, which had been previously arranged by their respective fathers. The next evening, Edwin Drood visits Jasper, who is the choirmaster at Cloisterham Cathedral and is also his uncle. The novel begins as John Jasper leaves a London opium den. He left no detailed plan for the remaining instalments or solution to the novel's mystery, and many later adaptations and continuations by other writers have attempted to complete the story. Upon the death of Dickens on 9 June 1870, the novel was left unfinished in his writing desk, only six of a planned twelve instalments having been written. The story is set in Cloisterham, a lightly disguised Rochester. ![]() Later Drood disappears under mysterious circumstances. Landless and Edwin Drood take an instant dislike to each other. Miss Bud, Edwin Drood's fiancée, has also caught the eye of the high-spirited and hot-tempered Neville Landless. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium addict, who lusts after his pupil, Rosa Bud. ![]() The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. ![]() ![]() ![]() The characters – including our protagonist Doctor Vashti Loren – are complicated and while not necessarily likeable always compelling. The world-building is rich with detail, in particular the predominant Muslim culture that administer Ubastis. The writing is good and at times sublime, especially when describing the colony world of Ubastis. There’s a lot to like about Marguerite Reed’s début novel Archangel. So a hearty congratulations to Frances Hardinge on her much deserved win. I’d be surprised if The Lie Tree doesn’t garner some genre love, but no matter this year’s awards I’ll certainly be reading it. I’ve only read one of her books, the wonderfully inventive Cuckoo Song, but the excitement on my Facebook feed indicates a writer who is loved and admired and clearly deserving the wider recognition. The big news this week, at least from a literary standpoint, was that Frances Hardinge won the 2015 Costa Book of the Year for her novel The Lie Tree. ![]() ![]() The freedom of adolescent summer love is constricted by the complexities of adult life in this heartfelt contemporary loosely linked to Falkner's Reed Brothers series. We can be friends and spend another summer together, right? Sure, we can. Jake is willing to tell me about his, but I can't share mine with him. Our story started eighteen years ago, and then we both made lives with other people. ![]() I just can't act on it, and neither can Jake. Memories swamp me every time I look out over the clear, cool water. I haven't seen Jake in eighteen years, but the moment I lay eyes on him, I feel safer than I have in a very long time. ![]() If I concentrate on her, maybe I won't have to face my own problems. But what I want most of all is just to take care of Katie. Her last name isn't Higgins anymore, because Katie is married with three kids and one more on the way, but when she shows up at Lake Fisher with her kids, danger trails her all the way there. My life is shit, my job is gone, and my dad had a stroke, so I find myself back at Lake Fisher once again. We spent one summer together at Lake Fisher when we were sixteen and then I never saw her again. Katie Higgins was the first girl I ever loved. ![]() |