She wants no part of the scheme but can’t refuse the generous sum he offers in exchange for food and shelter while he recovers. He implores Poppy to tend to his injuries and hide him on her beach, reasoning it will be easier to find his attacker if that man assumes Keane is already dead. Unfortunately, someone in Bellehaven wants to kill him-and he intends to find out who. The truth is he came to the seaside resort of Bellehaven Bay to escape his life in London. Especially one with a head wound-who’s convinced he’s a duke.Īndrew Keane is the Duke of Hawking, but he’s having the devil of a time convincing his fiery-haired rescuer of that fact. The very last thing Poppy expects or wants to find tangled in them is a dangerously attractive man. But she’ll do anything for her family, so she cheerfully spends mornings in her rowboat, casting her nets. Her poor widowed father has fallen ill, and her foolhardy brother has moved to London, leaving her precious little time to read or pursue her own dreams. Miss Poppy Summers is determined to keep her family’s fishing business afloat. “Tantalizing…readers will be swept away.” – Publishers Weekly The next delightful novel in Anna Bennett’s Rogues to Lovers series!
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There is pain, doubt, captivation, and escape. This is an unusual love story, to say the least, that will make you weep and laugh and root for what you know is best for both of them. But the day before her wedding, Anthony Welles kidnaps her aboard his yacht and sails away with her to Genoa, Italy his stated intention to make her his wife. Now he's home and they're going to be married. Cassie has known the Earl of Clare all her life, but she's in love with a soldier she's been secretly writing to since she was fifteen. I've updated it stylistically, edited it, trimmed it just a bit, and the art department designed a splendid new cover that magically includes some of the original art work.Ĭassie Brougham and Anthony Welles, Earl of Clare, are my favorite characters of all time. Welcome to my very first historical romance, Devil's Embrace, titled by my husband, and first published in 1982. Throughout the book, Jojo has many conversations with spirits while helping them move on to the afterlife. Because of his strained relationship with his mother, Jojo looks up to his grandfather, who has been more of a paternal figure while Jojo's father was in prison, and wishes to be like him. Throughout the book, Jojo often acts as a parent to his younger sister Kayla because his mother, Leonie, is not always present. The story starts on his thirteenth birthday at his maternal grandparents' house in the fictional town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi. Named after his paternal grandfather, he is the child of Michael, who is white, and Leonie, who is Black. Joseph (Jojo) is a main character and one of three narrators. The novel received overwhelmingly positive reviews, and was named by The New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2017. It focuses on a family in the fictional town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi. Sing, Unburied, Sing is the third novel by the American author Jesmyn Ward and published by Scribner in 2017. Anxious as ever to investigate, with all my excessive eagerness, the rare and marvellous, and knowing that there I was in the heart of Thessaly, the home of those magic arts whose powerful spells are praised throughout the world, and remembering that my dear friend Aristomenes’ tale was set in this very city, I was possessed with desire and impatience, and set out to examine everything carefully.
Shortly after the residency finished at Vermont, I went up to a cabin in Canada to recooperate. Books where there were hijinx, adventures, playfulness, and a very thin line between reality and fantasy. We sat around and talked about how there was a particular kind of book we had read as boys in the summer: books with a sense of freedom and release. Michael Stearns, then working at Harcourt, came up to Vermont College to lecture. What was your inspiration for creating this book? With Whales on Stilts, he’s entering new territory, creating a smart, sassy, and self-aware comedy that fans of Lemony Snicket will snicker and snort over.” Read an excerpt. This first installment of a riotous and wonderfully weird new series marks the Harcourt debut of award-winning author M. It’s going to take all their smarts to stop this insane, inane plot from succeeding. From the catalog copy: “Lucky for Lily Gefelty, her two best friends are the stars of their own middle-grade series of novels: Jasper Dash (better known as the Boy Technonaut) and Katie Mulligan (beloved by millions as the heroine of the Horror Hollow series). For both women, the desire for a perfect life can turn perfectly dangerous. But beneath their cordial interactions is a wealth of temptations, secrets, and toxic jealousy. As Neena's secret fixation grows, so does her friendship with Cat. When Neena's infatuation escalates into obsession, it's just a matter of eliminating a few obstacles to get the life she wants. It's also making Neena aware of what she doesn't have. This beautiful new town is a step in the right direction. A life coach with off-the-rack dresses, personal issues, and a husband who hasn't delivered, she's anxious to move up in the world. Neena Ryder isn't a fellow lady of leisure. While cautious, a good neighbor like Cat greets them with open arms and warm hospitality. Then a friendly new couple moves into the estate next door. Cat Winthorpe has worked hard to get what she has: a gorgeous home social standing and William, her successful, handsome husband. Watch your husband, watch your friends, and watch your back. The author packs significant heat and heart into each sensual tale and, though not every piece will be for every reader, there’s something for any erotica fan. The standout tales are “The Paddle, Pretty Please?”-which pairs English widow Eleanor, who craves punishment, with her secret admirer, Lucas, who longs to administer it-and “Temptress with a Teapot,” about a Berlin housewife whose husband loves to hear of her extramarital sexual exploits. It is the year 1814, and life for a young lady of good breeding has many difficulties. A young noblewoman must pair up with an alleged witch to ward off a curse in this irresistible. In “How Stimulating,” two women in Bohemia experience an unconventional electrical spa service-and discover unexpected love. A young noblewoman must pair up with an alleged witch to ward off a curse in this irresistible sapphic romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material. Buy a cheap copy of Mortal Follies book by Alexis Hall. It opens in Paris with “A Neighboring Hand,” in which an old school chum coaches American heiress Camellia Zimmerfield through a new sexual experience, and travels to the Swiss Alps for “How Do You Do Your Do?” which explores English Lord Ingram Uxton’s hair fetish. This spicy collection of historical erotica from the anonymous author of Aphrodite in Bloom offers 10 taboo-breaking shorts set across 1870s Europe. One exception to this rule is the novelist André Brink, a famous critic of apartheid in the 1970s and 80s who lives in Rondebosch in Cape Town, not far from the university. Patriotic South Africans like to say that the biggest diagnosticians of their country’s failings tend to have something in common: not living in South Africa. We learn what happened to Rose Gold during Patty’s prison sentence. What follows is dual POV’s between Patty and Rose Gold in alternating chapters. Patty has nowhere to go and surprisingly the now adult (at 23 years old) Rose Gold says yes to bring Patsy into her home. Darling Rose Gold features the aftermath of Rose Gold and Patty’s situation as Patty is ending her five year prison sentence for aggravated child abuse. It features the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters up to the extreme with Munchausen by Proxy. Whoa, whoa, whoa! I really enjoyed everything about Darling Rose Gold. Unfortunately for Patty, Rose Gold is no longer her weak little darling…Īnd she’s waited such a long time for her mother to come home. She says she’s forgiven Rose Gold for turning her in and testifying against her. Patty insists all she wants is to reconcile their differences. The entire community is shocked when Rose Gold says yes. Turns out her mom, Patty Watts, was just a really good liar.Īfter serving five years in prison, Patty gets out with nowhere to go and begs her daughter to take her in. Neighbors did all they could, holding fundraisers and offering shoulders to cry on, but no matter how many doctors, tests, or surgeries, no one could figure out what was wrong with Rose Gold. She was allergic to everything, used a wheelchair and practically lived at the hospital. For the first eighteen years of her life, Rose Gold Watts believed she was seriously ill. When the government stepped in, it was often to fan the flames. Self-appointed vigilantes executed tens of thousands of citizens’ arrests. Some seventy-five newspapers and magazines were banned from the mail and forced to close. Courts threw thousands of people into prison for opinions they voiced-in one notable case, only in private. Mobs burned Black churches to the ground. 'A riveting, resonant account of the fragility of freedom.”-Kirkus, STARRED review From legendary historian Adam Hochschild, a groundbreaking reassessment of the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were threated by war, pandemic, and violence fueled by battles over race, immigration, and the rights of labor |