![]() Turning mush into metal in time for the big day is Rob’s passion (because even the happiest bride could use a little toning).īut what happens when a guy who’s all mush meets a girl who’s all metal? The closest Rob has come to her “happily ever after” is happy hour at the Mermaid Café with her buddy Bree, the bartender slash waitress who’s got romance problems of her own.īut Rob’s situation suddenly changes when sheriff’s deputy Ryan Martinez accidentally enrolls in her bridal boot camp class. Physical trainer Roberta “Rob” James moved to Little Bridge hoping she’d found paradise, but things haven’t turned out quite as she’d hoped. Welcome to Little Bridge, one of the smallest-and most beautiful-islands in the Florida Keys, home to sandy white beaches, salt-rimmed margaritas, stunning sunsets, and some of the quirkiest-but also kindest and most resourceful-people you’ll ever meet. ![]() From #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot comes the first story in her Little Bridge Island series-which also includes an excerpt from her forthcoming new full-length novel No Judgments! ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Crossroads, his splendid sixth novel, comes billed as the first part of a proposed trilogy, A Key to All Mythologies, named after Edward Casaubon’s absurd, unfinished tract in Middlemarch. ![]() New Prospect is in a state of flux but Jonathan Franzen remains reliably, defiantly Franzen-esque, tending to his faltering flock in fair weather or foul, and whatever the ructions in the country at large. This might be God or family or a fresh myth to believe in, a 20th-century pursuit-of-happiness tale, self-authored if need be. Inside the First Reformed church, the worshippers are attempting to ride out the storm, casting about for something rock solid and true. T he times are a-changing in solid, respectable New Prospect, Illinois, where Christmas 1971 arrives in a whirl of sex, drugs and folk music, while the Vietnam war grinds on off stage. ![]() ![]() ![]() But when a threat from her past drives her into the arms - and house - of the most dangerous man she's ever met, she's tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time. Influencer, Stella Alonso, is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage. He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can't deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him. ![]() A steamy, fake dating romance where secrets don’t stay hidden forever…Ĭhristian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman. Warning: It contains explicit content and profanity.īook Four of the interconnected-standalone Twisted series by TikTok sensation, Ana Huang. ![]() Theirs is a match made in hell, and when the demons from their past catch up with them, they're faced with truths that could either save them… ![]() The last thing she needs is to get involved with her best friend’s brother. But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes there's more than meets the eye of the man she's hated for so long. Jules is a former party girl who's focused on one thing: passing the attorney's bar exam. He proposes a solution that'll get her out of his system once and for all: an enemies-with-benefits arrangement with simple rules. Josh Chen has never met a woman he couldn't charm - except for Jules Ambrose. A steamy enemies-to-lovers romance where rules are meant to be broken… Book Three of the interconnected-standalone Twisted series by TikTok sensation, Ana Huang. ![]() ![]() Working his way up in the movie business with talent and ingenuity, Diego soon figures out that getting one's face on the silver screen has as much to do with what goes on behind the camera as what goes on in front of it. Under pressure to enter a profession-and a life-he cares nothing for, and haunted by the violence once again erupting all around him, Diego flees his war-torn country to forge his own destiny.ĭiego arrives in Hollywood in 1927, when silent films are giving way to talkies, Prohibition is in full swing, and "Latin lover" types are sought out even as they are looked down upon. But when tragedy strikes, young Diego is sent to the city to live with his aristocratic grandparents, who insist he forget his roots and groom him to take over the family business. Growing up in a rural village at the height of the Mexican Revolution, Diego León has many first loves: singing, dancing, and hearing the stories of his ancestors, the P'urhépecha. ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But life on the road is anything but a dream, and Enchanted’s happily-ever-after turns out to be a horror story of control, abuse and torment. When Korey invites Enchanted to leave her chaotic family behind to join him on tour, she jumps at the chance. When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields singles her out at an audition, she is flattered – more than flattered – by the attention and validation. Enchanted works hard at home and at school, but music is the passion that drives her. As one of the few black students at elite Parkwood High School, her presence is ‘distracting’. Jackson reminds readers that the conflicting pressures we put on teenage girls can have disastrous consequences.Įnchanted Jones is used to attention. In Grown, a book about a talented young singer whose big chance to succeed comes at a price, Tiffany D. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We recognize Mark Zuckerberg as the most successful entrepreneur in the world. The author was aware that competition in the market wouldn’t let them be the best in everything, but you can be an expert in one thing. but one work is enough to learn and become a master in it. by observing these all things, the co-founder of a real estate company in the USA Gary Keller wrote a book ” the One Thing ” with their vice president Jay Papasan and observed that today, popular companies and people of the world are successful only because of one thing.Īnd they had an awareness of limited time to learn new things. so let’s see the bestseller book summary.ĭo you know Warren Buffett, do you know bill gates, they are famous and we all know because of their one thing. this is one of the books that help you to decide what to do in life when you have many choices. ![]() Hello friends, in today’s article, we see the One thing Book summary. ![]() ![]() ![]() James set her novel The Sun Down Motel in a dilapidated roadside inn, one you might see on every highway, exploring the idea of who would haunt its carpeted halls. While haunted houses and dark forests still have their place in horror, it can also be just as effective to scare readers by using settings that are unexpected or mundane. But where the Gothic’s settings reflect the fear of giving in to social vices and desires, the horror of the modern reader is focused on realities that are closer to home. In contemporary horror fiction-the successor of Gothic literature-setting plays an equal role. Unlike other stories at the time, Gothic literature was a place where setting played just as much importance as character and usually involved desolate landscapes in wild and mountainous locations, rambling castles, foggy moors, and decaying ruins. ![]() If Dracula had lived in a cottage by the sea, it would have been a much different story. If you’ve read Dracula or Frankenstein, you’re probably already aware of how important setting is to the Gothic novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Gorge Bear Co and World of Bears are renowned for being the worlds best and biggest teddy bear shop most people will have ever visited.ĭon't be surprised if your breath is taken away as you enter either of these shops. Elaine and her team at The Gorge Bear Co and World of Teddy Bears would like to extend an invitation for you to visit her and her many beary friends, over eighteen thousand in fact!īeing established since 1999 in Somersets Cheddar Gorge and County Town of Taunton. In continuing with her look she wears a long yellow & blue striped skirt beneath her pink and white gingham blouse and printed pink floral, short white skirt, topped off with a white apron and a small broderie anglaise trimmed shawl, that she is intending to wash for Mrs Robin. She has glossy black safety eyes and a fabric covered moulded nose, whilst a non-removeable white cotton bonnet, trimmed with broderie anglaise, conceals her silky-soft, white-tipped cocoa prickles. ![]() She has been crafted from a mix of gloriously soft plush, in a dense light mocha, with a textured torso and paws, plus velvety accents for her muzzle, ears and shoes. Mrs Tiggy-Winkle is a 24 cm / 9.4", soft toy character hedgehog. From the multi-character family of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit, we welcome Mrs Tiggy-Winkle the local washerwoman, who launders the clothing of the nearby birds and animals, courtesy of the American maker, Enesco ![]() ![]() Born in Cairo, Egypt, Omar El Akkad grew up in Doha, Qatar, moved to Canada, and currently lives in Portland, Oregon. The novel won the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize and was a finalist for the 2022 Aspen Words Literary Prize and the Oregon Book Award. ![]() What Strange Paradise was a New York Times notable book of the year in addition to being rated as one of the best books of 2021 by the Washington Post, NPR, and Buzzfeed, among others. El Akkad’s novel sheds light on the motives of migrants and refugees, as well as the insecurities and violence that plague the countries that receive them. ![]() The plot is split between “Before” chapters, depicting protagonist Amir’s life as a refugee fleeing Syria as well as his time aboard an ill-fated refugee boat, and “After” chapters, in which he meets the secondary protagonist, Vänna, and contends with the perils of a country hostile to immigrants. ![]() What Strange Paradise is a 2021 novel written by acclaimed writer Omar El Akkad, author of American War. ![]() ![]() ![]() A desperate lost, half wondering if I’d crossed over into a new dimension and would never be found lost. Other books by Penny ReidĬHAPTER 1 “Not all those who wander are lost.” ― J.R.R. Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21 CHAPTER 22 CHAPTER 23 CHAPTER 24ĬHAPTER 25 CHAPTER 26 CHAPTER 27 CHAPTER 28 CHAPTER 29 CHAPTER 30 CHAPTER 31 CHAPTER 32 CHAPTER 33 CHAPTER 34 CHAPTER 35 Extra Scene – Sometime Later. Caped Publishing Made in the United States of America eBook Edition: May 2016 eBook ISBN: 978-1-94ĭEDICATION To the very capable engineers responsible for Microsoft Windows 10. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, photographed, Instagrammed, tweeted, twittered, twatted, tumbled, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without explicit written permission from the author. ![]() Copyright © 2016 by Penny Reid All rights reserved. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead or undead, events, locales is entirely coincidental if not somewhat disturbing/concerning. Names, characters, places, rants, facts, contrivances, and incidents are either the product of the author’s questionable imagination or are used factitiously. Grin and Beard It (Winston Brothers, #2) by Penny Reid ![]() |