And so on.Īnother thing that I liked about the book is the tension. At one moment you find yourself on a sinking ship, next moment you enjoy bellydancers in Morocco, then you meet witches in the desert, then you admire the first snow on the rooftops of Dublin. One can truly say that the author knows how to create a great atmosphere. I have never loved action scenes that much, but I love travelling and love to read about all the real and fantastic places where the author takes me. He brings us details but makes sure at the same time that we always know where we are and what’s happening. Sheehan describes the epic battles in a way that you feel you’re part of it, fighting for your life. If you enjoy action scenes, then the book is perfect for you. Fights with monsters and demons keep you occupied for hours. Motivated by money to buy off his land and the wish to restore the ancient kingdom, he dives headfirst into the adventures. Donn, the main character, is soon joining Irish knights. Just like in all good stories, the characters are not meant to stay together very long. Set in 19th century rural Ireland, the author does a magnificent job describing the green pastures, running cattle and two young people meeting in a windswept island. Jim Sheehan’s “The Rock of Achill” is a captivating read for anyone who loves history, epic adventures, fantasy and a good steamy romance.
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The Auction House of Bridport (aka Bridport Auctions) offers an online bidding service via for bidders who cannot attend the sale. There will be limited public viewing but no public attendance on sale day bidding will be Online, Telephone or Commission Bids only The torturous physical closeness between them reignites the passion they once shared, and soon no matter how much she wants to hate him, it’s clear she’s still hung up on him. She’s also wholly unprepared for the conditions his manager sets in order for her and Melanie to be released especially since these conditions only allow Melanie to return home, while at the same time, they put Pandora in perilously close contact with her ex again. But when they’re caught by security, and her ex himself is summoned, Pandora is not prepared for the feelings that seeing him again-beautiful and in the flesh-awaken in her. Pandora hates him so much that she gets Melanie to come with her and play a prank on him at his gig. But now, he’s back in town with the biggest concert of the year. Pandora, the gothic friend of Brooke ( Real, Mine, Remy) and Melanie ( Rogue), thought that getting her heart broken by her bad boy rocker ex could only happen once. When an angry, heartbroken girl is forced to be near her rocker ex-boyfriend, only time will tell if the fire between them will consume them both. Gallery Books Release Date: DecemImprint: Gallery Books ISBN: 9781476755656. Underground fighter Remington Tate is a mystery, even to himself. The fifth book in the New York Times new adult series that began with Real. New York Times bestselling author Katy Evans expands upon the intense love story begun in Real and Mine - this time from Remington Riptide Tate’s point of view. The fifth book in the New York Times new adult series that began with Real. Read 'Ripped' by Katy Evans available from Rakuten Kobo. And Wild Bill is the right man for him, so bold and sexy. I like a lot Michael, so naive and innocent, so pure. The story is very short, less than 40 pages, but it's very very good. Maybe Wild Bill will be the key of success for Michael? And then the vampire, Gray, arrives but Wild Bill refuses to let them alone and he tags with them. But when he is there he is cruised by Wild Bill: a handsome and selfconscious man, the type Michael will be glad to hook up with if he isn't waiting for a vampire. Then finally he finds the club where the vampire prowls. But Michael is not a bold and daring vampire hunter, he is only a goth boy with no much experience of life: in the parcel where he hides the stakes he also takes his favourite eyeliner. His best friend, Scary Mary, was murdered by a vampire and Michael has spent years to track down the monster. Not for a one night stand but for a vampire. Elisa_rolle Payback (Channeling Morpheus) by Jordan Castillo Price Sharp and funny, warm and real, it's the kind of big-hearted story we all need. She doesn't notice the wall he's been safely hiding behind and their friendship promises to break it down.Īndrew must choose: Does he tell the truth and start really living his life, but risk losing his friendship with Peggy? Or will he stay safe and alone, behind the façade? How Not to Die Alone is about the importance of taking a chance in those moments when we have the most to lose. But when new employee Peggy breezes into his life like a breath of fresh air, Andrew is shaken out of his routine. The fantasy of his wife and two kids has become a pleasant escape from his lonely one bedroom with only his Ella Fitzgerald records for company. At least, that's what his coworkers believe.Īndrew didn't mean for the misunderstanding to happen, yet he's become trapped in his own white lie. Thankfully, he has a loving family waiting for him when he gets home, to help wash the day's cares away. A darkly funny and life-affirming debut novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine the story of one man who is offered a second chance at life and love when he develops an unexpected friendship-if he can expose the white lie he told years ago that grew into so much more.Īndrew's day-to-day is a little grim, searching for next of kin for those who die alone. Dad sits “alone in the/ living room wondering what to do”, dismantled by a grief that feels “fourth-dimensional, abstract, faintly familiar” the boys are bemused by the disjunction between the vastness of their catastrophe and the world’s muted response: the unaccountable lack of “crowds and. Suddenly, inexplicably, a woman has died, leaving behind her a husband and two young sons. His book – a freewheeling hybrid of novella, poem, essay and play-for-voices – opens on a scene of desolation. Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, Porter’s astonishing debut, which has been longlisted for the Guardian first book award, is set in a similar sort of family at a similar point in time, but the mirror it holds up to his own life is a cracked and mottled one, returning a reflection that’s fatally distorted and drained of light. This is family at its most nuclear, and its most complete. Coming in from the street, it’s like stepping into a Technicolor snapshot of that moment in midlife when, if you’re lucky, you find yourself at the heart of things when the children are young and the parents not yet old. We pass the living room, where Porter’s two older sons smile from the sofa in the kitchen, he and his wife hand the baby back and forth as they make tea and fetch biscuits out of cupboards papered with playschool works of art. “He’s lovely isn’t he lovely?” he asks, beaming, before we’re halfway down the hall. M ax Porter answers the door with his arms full of chuckling, wriggling four-month-old. So the shift in tone during the climax to the ending was pretty shocking.Įmmett finds Woolly dead in his bed from a suicide. Up until about the last 60 pages or so, the story is fairly straightforward coming-of-age tale with vivid imagery of the time period and lots of pondering about the past and what’s next. Remember, this is spoilers, spoilers, spoilers from here on out! So don’t read this unless you’ve finished the book. Once he steals Emmett’s car and heads up to New York, it completely delays Emmett’s and Billy’s plans.įrom there, we follow Emmett and Billy’s journey to regain the car and they meet an interesting cast of characters along the way. While Billy hopes they can find their mother in San Fransisco (even though she abandoned the family), Emmett believes they can get a fresh start with fixing and then selling houses (the original house flippers).īut Duchess made a mess of everything. This is their chance to leave behind Nebraska and its bad memories and try out California. Each of the main characters are at a crossroads of sorts and in a way, the Lincoln Highway serves as a getaway from their current, somewhat bleak situation. The Lincoln Highway is a coming-of-age tale about the transition from teenager to adulthood. In addition to being awarded the Finlandia Junior Prize 2014, the highest honor given to a Finnish children’s or YA book, Maresi is nominated for the 2015 Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize. ”In Turtschaninoff’s contemporary fairy tale, Maresi, the worship of the Virgin Mother by women creates an exclusively female stronghold, and although set in a different world to our own, there are strong parallels and recognisable, sometimes uncomfortable, themes,” reads Pushkin’s press release, which was sent out this week. We are proud to present the just-unveiled cover for the UK edition of Maria Turtschaninoff’s Finlandia Junior Prize-winning Maresi (Schildts & Söderströms 2014), courtesy of Pushkin Press! The UK edition of the literary YA fantasy, launching in January of 2016, has received enthusiastic advance buzz from local writers and booksellers. with wolf ears and a tail! Longing for the northern lands of her birth, Holo the Wisewolf joins Lawrence as he follows the ebb and flow of trade through the countryside. But this monotony screeches to a halt when, one night, he encounters a harvest goddess in the guise of a beautiful young girl. With his carthorse as his only companion, the young merchant Kraft Lawrence slowly wends his way through dusty back roads in search of profitable trade. |