![]() ![]() Gifted with courage, strength, and the intelligence to know when to fight, Sun Wolf is the greatest mercenary in a land overrun by war. … ( more)įirst in the series from a New York Times-bestselling author and "fabulously talented writer" featuring a brilliant mercenary and his fierce female partner (Charlaine Harris). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Barbara Hambly, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection. The women of Mandrigyn can be very persuasive. He refuses her offer, but that is not the end of it. She offers Sun Wolf untold riches for the use of his army, but the captain is not fool enough to wage war against a magician. Then a woman comes to him, an emissary from the town of Mandrigyn, a lush port city recently sacked by a powerful, mad wizard of unmatched abilities. With his first lieutenant, Starhawk-a woman more deadly than any man-at his side, he has laid waste to countless cities, taking the best of their treasures for himself, and distributing the rest among his bloodthirsty crew. ![]() ![]() First in the series from a New York Times-bestselling author and "fabulously talented writer" featuring a brilliant mercenary and his fierce female partner (Charlaine Harris). ![]()
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![]() ![]() Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but they'd barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Frankly, Lily would like to take him out into the wilderness and leave him there. It pays the bills but doesn't leave enough to fulfill her dream of buying back the beloved ranch her father sold years ago, and definitely not enough to deal with the sight of the man she once loved walking back into her life with a motley crew of friends ready to hit the trails. But Lily is resourceful, and now uses Duke's coveted hand-drawn maps to guide tourists on fake treasure hunts through the red rock canyons of Utah. ![]() ![]() Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession.or much money in the bank. The "reigning romance queens" ( PopSugar) and New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation and The Unhoneymooners present a charming and laugh-out-loud funny novel filled with adventure, treasure, and, of course, love. ![]() ![]() ![]() Griffith, out of spite, ordered Steve to kill himself, but was in turn killed when David used a grenade to flood the facility. Steve seemingly mortally wounded John, before locking David and Rebecca in an airlock with Karen's body. However, this played directly into the hands of Nicolas Griffith, the facility's director, who lured Karen and Steve to him, ultimately infecting Lopez with an enhanced version of the T-virus and using him to capture the others. ![]() Ultimately, the team divided, David leaving Karen with Steve Lopez, while he, John Andrews, and Rebecca Chambers explored the facility. to shift priorities in order to find a cure for her. made short work of these B.O.W.s, but while exploring the facility, Karen Driver became infected with the T-Virus. There they entered Umbrella's Caliban Cove facility, encountering a new type of B.O.W., M16-armed zombies known as Trisquads. Bravo Team survivor, Rebecca Chambers, and a small S.T.A.R.S. ![]() He traveled to Caliban Cove with Raccoon S.T.A.R.S. He was contacted about the Caliban Cove facility by Trent. ![]() ![]() ![]() The urge to throw down her headset and dash out the door was fierce. Something horrible had happened, and she couldn’t understand a word of it. And the phone number belonged to her babysitter, Diana Mosher, who was definitely not the person on the phone. The house she had lived in for the past two years with Mikey, her nephew who was now three years old. The kind of place people would drive by without a second glance. The paint was peeling in places, and there were some shingles missing. It belonged to an old, slightly creaky farmhouse on the edge of town. She might not have recognized the voice on the other end of the phone, but she knew the address that flashed across one of the three computer monitors at her station. She glanced down at the screen nearest her and felt her world tilt. Elise didn’t quite recognize the voice, although there was something familiar about it. She was yelling in Pennsylvania Dutch, the language spoken by the Amish community. And worse, she couldn’t understand a word the woman was saying. The woman on the other end of the phone was shouting, the sound deafeningly loud. What’s your emergency? was swallowed up in the intensity of the noise that blasted back at her. Clair glanced at the lights running the length of the ceiling as she pressed the button to answer the next call. ![]() Immediately, heavy sheets of rain pelted the glass. The lights flickered as thunder boomed, rattling the windows. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When a relationship means not only jeopardizing her place at her dream music school but also endangering everything Jaewoo’s worked for, Jenny has to decide once and for all just how much she’s willing to risk for love. And like most K-pop idols, Jaewoo is strictly forbidden from dating anyone. Turns out, Jaewoo is a member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world. But when Jenny and her mother move to Seoul to take care of her ailing grandmother, who does she meet at the elite arts academy she’s just been accepted to? Jaewoo.įinding the dreamy stranger who swept you off your feet in your homeroom is one thing, but Jaewoo isn’t just any student. With Jaewoo an ocean away, there’s no use in dreaming of what could have been. ![]() And yet, she finds herself pulled into spending an unforgettable evening wandering Los Angeles with him on the night before his flight home to South Korea. Mysterious, handsome, and just a little bit tormented, Jaewoo is exactly the kind of distraction Jenny would normally avoid. That is, until the night she meets Jaewoo. Jenny didn’t get to be an award-winning, classically trained cellist without choosing practice over fun. A modern forbidden romance wrapped in the glamorous and exclusive world of K-pop, XOXO is perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Maurene Goo. But when she finds herself falling for a K-pop idol, she has to decide whether their love is worth the risk. Jenny’s never had much time for boys, K-pop, or really anything besides her dream of being a professional cellist. ![]() ![]() Made to Stick will transform the way you communicate. ![]() ![]() Along the way, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds-from the infamous "kidney theft ring" hoax to a coach's lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony-draw their power from the same six traits. Meanwhile, people with important ideas-entrepreneurs, teachers, politicians, and journalists-struggle to make them "stick." In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps. "Anyone interested in influencing others-to buy, to vote, to learn, to diet, to give to charity or to start a revolution-can learn from this book."- The Washington Post Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus news stories circulate effortlessly. About the Book Focusing on successful marketing campaigns and undying urban legends, this book is written for anyone who strives to craft messages that are memorable and lasting.īook Synopsis NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to make your ideas stick. ![]() ![]() ![]() Erin’s visit to Brendan’s hometown was drafted at a spare desk in my company’s London office.I wrote the backstory to Brendan’s neuro-atypicality in a hotel in Baker Street.Erin’s trip to snoop Brendan’s house was written in the airport lounge at OR Tambo.Here are some fun facts about my own setting for these scenes: I had two trips to London and one to Amsterdam in the space of about ten weeks, and the overnight flights to and from Johannesburg often left me with a spare most-of-a-day on either end of work training. ![]() This release day finds me in my new home in Houston, so it’s perhaps apropos that as I reflect on the process of writing SAVING HEARTS I realized that huge chunks of it were drafted in airport lounges and hotels. You can catch my interview on the HEA blog to learn a little more about the future potential of the series. Happy Tuesday! SAVING HEARTS hits digital shelves today – check out the Books page for full buy links – and while I’m sad to say goodbye (for now) to the men of Atlanta Skyline, I’m excited for readers to finally meet its alpha heroine, Erin, and Brendan, Skyline’s neuro-atypical goalkeeper. ![]() ![]() ![]() Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff ![]() The Unexpected Everything by Morgan MatsonĪ Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen The Upside of Unrequited by Becky AlbertalliĪ Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. MaasĬhildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiĪ Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. The Wicked King (Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black King of Scars (Nikolai Duology #1) by Leigh Bardugo The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQusiton You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah JohnsonĪurora Rising by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman ![]() Need help remembering the events in a book? The folks at Recaptains and Book Series Recaps can help!Īny post with a spoiler in the title will be removed.Īny comment with a spoiler that doesn't use the spoiler code will be removed.Īny user with an extensive history of spoiling books will be banned. Book suggestions, discussions, and questions are definitely encouraged! January Book Club Discussion: A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes #4) by Sabaa Tahir Young Adult literature isn't exclusive to only young adults, so here's a place for both the young and the young at heart to discuss books, news, movies based on books, and everything else related to YA. ![]() ![]() ![]() Afterwards Betty begins a life of sobriety and responsibility and the townspeople look on Sula with increased scorn. Concerned for the first time about the welfare of her son, Betty takes Teapot to the hospital and discovers that he has acquired a fracture from the fall. When Betty passes by and sees Sula leaning over her child, she assumes that Sula pushed Teapot down the steps. Trying to help the fallen child, Sula bends over him. She tells him that she has none but as the boy goes to leave, he trips down her steps. One day a 5-year-old boy named Teapot, the son of a drunken woman named Betty, knocks on Sula’s door asking for bottles. Seeming disinterested in the gossip and unfriendliness of her neighbors, Sula carries on her life of independence. Discarded, Jude buys a bus ticket to Detroit and becomes an absent father. Blacks living in the Bottom thought any intimacy between a black woman and a white man was an instance of rape and were therefore just as against integration as their White neighbors.Īfter her affair with Jude, Sula moves on to other partners. The men in the neighborhood accuse Sula of sleeping with white men, which is considered one of the nastiest insults. She is called mean names and the rumor about her watching her mother burn to death resurfaces. The townspeople begin to gossip nastily about Sula when they discover that she sent Eva to a nursing home and slept with her best friend’s husband. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Waiting Game is a prequel to The Long Game, and the second book in J.L. Tommy does his best to protect both his friendship and his own heart, but it's soon clear that falling in love with his best friend's wife is the least dangerous thing happening in the Village. Jim is gay, and that reality will not only make him an outcast among the Travelers, but could mean a life of misery for Maggie as well. Tommy tries to keep his feelings for Maggie in check, but it's not easy, especially when he's also hiding a dark secret for his best friend. She's an enigma: smart, bold, and charming. They're as close as brothers, and Tommy's sure their bond will never be broken. Twenty-five-year-old Tommy Costello has been going out on the road with. They've pulled cons together, picked up dates together, and have always had each other's back. Read The Waiting Game American Gypsy 2 by J.L. Twenty-five-year-old Tommy Costello has been going out on the road with his best friend Jim Reilly since they were kids. Twenty-year-old Shay Reilly has proven himself to his Irish-American Gypsy clan on small-scale cons, but now the clan leader has a bigger mission for him: playing the long game. ![]() |