Download or read book Calling Cassie Alaska Blizzard written by Kat Mizera and published by Kat Mizera. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-three-year-old hockey stud Logan Pelletier is having the time of his life as the ultimate bachelor. It’s all about hockey and living it up with his friends. He has no time for love, let alone a relationship. Until a spunky, hockey-playing stripper dances into his life... and his bed. Miss independent Cassidy Reynolds is already 0-2 in the marriage department. And the twice divorced twenty-four year old isn’t looking for lucky number three. She’s focused on hockey and getting a college degree. Stripping is just a means to an end, but when her friends from the Alaska Blizzard hockey team start hanging out at the club, she knows it won’t be long before they figure out her secret. As Logan and Cassie blur the lines, will it be game over for their friendship or will it be the start of something more?

Download or read book Hill Women written by Cassie Chambers and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong “hill women” who raised and inspired her, and whose values have the potential to rejuvenate a struggling region. “Destined to be compared to Hillbilly Elegy and Educated.”—BookPage (starred review) “A gritty, warm love letter to Appalachian communities and the resourceful women who lead them.”—Slate Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Owsley County, Kentucky, is one of the poorest places in the country. Buildings are crumbling as tobacco farming and coal mining decline. But strong women find creative ways to subsist in the hills. Through the women who raised her, Cassie Chambers traces her path out of and back into the Kentucky mountains. Chambers’s Granny was a child bride who rose before dawn every morning to raise seven children. Granny’s daughter, Ruth—the hardest-working tobacco farmer in the county—stayed on the family farm, while Wilma—the sixth child—became the first in the family to graduate from high school. Married at nineteen and pregnant with Cassie a few months later, Wilma beat the odds to finish college. She raised her daughter to think she could move mountains, like the ones that kept her safe but also isolated from the larger world. Cassie would spend much of her childhood with Granny and Ruth in the hills of Owsley County. With her “hill women” values guiding her, she went on to graduate from Harvard Law. But while the Ivy League gave her opportunities, its privileged world felt far from her reality, and she moved home to help rural Kentucky women by providing free legal services. Appalachian women face issues from domestic violence to the opioid crisis, but they are also keeping their towns together in the face of a system that continually fails them. With nuance and heart, Chambers breaks down the myth of the hillbilly and illuminates a region whose poor communities, especially women, can lead it into the future.

Download or read book Finding Cassie written by Anna Jacobs and published by Allison & Busby Ltd. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the teenage girl who has been hanging around near the house knocks on the door and tells her she's her granddaughter, Cassandra Bennington is shocked rigid. There's only one way this can be true: if Evie is the daughter of the baby Cassie gave away for adoption when she was herself a troubled teenager. Is this a trick? Or is Evie's tale true? When she discovers why the girl has come to find her, it brings a tangle of other problems that she can't ignore. This was the last thing she expected to be dealing with as she moves into her new home in a leisure village in Wiltshire.

Download or read book Call Me Cassie written by Shaun Higgins and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discourse on the varied forms and styles of creation and the pressure upon those who wish to create, Call Me Cassie follows, over several days, the struggles of a young and frustrated dilettante as he does battle with demons real, imagined and self-imposed. Flecked with touches of subtle-dry humour and irony, this New Tragedy's protagonist, Benny Bitumen, is beset on all sides by everyday difficulties as well as issues of emotional, theological and moral natures. In fighting unforeseen forces and material foes alike, Benny represents an artistic but constrained Everyman character whose thoughts fly further than his reality could ever gratify, and epitomises the challenges facing the twenty-first century creative.

Download or read book Circus Mirandus written by Cassie Beasley and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Micah's grandfather is gravely ill. He tells his grandson about a mysterious magic circus he visited as a boy, where he was promised a miracle by a man who can bend light. Micah is determined to find out the truth of the Circus Mirandus before it's too late, but he'll have to wrestle with giant white tigers - and his wicked aunt - along the way.

Download or read book Tumble Blue written by Cassie Beasley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Circus Mirandus comes the magic-infused story of a golden gator, two cursed kids, and how they take their destinies into their own hands. When the red moon rises over the heart of the Okefenokee swamp, legend says that the mysterious golden gator Munch will grant good luck to the poor soul foolish enough to face him. But in 1817, when TWO fools reach him at the same time, the night’s fate is split. With disastrous consequences for both . . . and their descendants. Half of the descendants have great fates, and the other half have terrible ones. Now, Tumble Wilson and Blue Montgomery are determined to fix their ancestors’ mistakes and banish the bad luck that’s followed them around for all of their lives. They’re going to face Munch the gator themselves, and they’re going to reclaim their destinies. But what if the legend of Munch is nothing but a legend, after all? Full of friendship, family, and the everyday magic and adventure that readers of Savvy and A Snicker of Magic love, Cassie Beasley’s newest middle grade book is another crowd-pleasing heart-warmer—perfect for reading by yourself, or sharing with someone you love.

Download or read book Call Me Cassandra written by Marcial Gala and published by Picador. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dazzling." —Marcela Valdes, The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) "A spellbinding novel by one of the best writers of the Americas." —Junot Díaz, author of This is How You Lose Her From the author of the award-winning The Black Cathedral, a darkly magical tale of a haunted young dreamer, born in the wrong body and time, who believes himself to be a doomed prophetess from ancient Greek mythology. Ten-year-old Rauli lives in a world that is often hostile. His older brother is violent; his philandering father doesn’t understand him; his intelligence and sensitivity do not endear him to the other children at school. He loves to read, especially Greek myths, but in Cuba in the 1970s, novels and gods can be dangerous. Despite the signs that warn Rauli to repress and fear what he is, he knows three things to be true: First, that he was born in the wrong body. Second, that he will die, aged eighteen, as a soldier in the Cuban intervention in Angola. And third, that he is the reincarnation of the Trojan princess Cassandra. Moving between Rauli’s childhood and adolescence, between the Angolan battlefield, the Cuban city of Cienfuegos, and the shores of ancient Troy, Marcial Gala’s Call Me Cassandra tells of the search for identity amid the collapse of Cuba’s utopian dreams. Burdened with knowledge of tragedies yet to come, Rauli nonetheless strives to know himself. Lyrical and gritty, heartbreaking and luminous, Rauli’s is the story of the inexorable pull of destiny.

Download or read book Point Guard written by Mike Lupica and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gus and Cassie have always been on the same team off the field, but in this third novel in New York Times bestselling author Mike Lupica’s Home Team series can they stay friends when they’re on the same court? Everyone assumes that Gus, whose family is from the Dominican Republic, is a baseball guy. But this year Gus is even more excited about basketball than any other sport he’s ever played. He’s been practicing some new moves and lately he’s more surprised when he misses his shot than when he scores. Plus now that he’s convinced his friend Teddy to try out for the team and Jack’s shoulder is healed, it looks like Walton’s home team will be unstoppable. But this isn’t going to be the season Gus expected, because their team is getting a new player—and she just happens to be one of his best friends. Gus knows Cassie is more than good enough to compete on the boys’ team, and besides they really do need a point guard, so why isn’t he able to shake the feeling that she belongs on their bleachers rather than their bench? And to make matters worse, with their center Steve Kerrigan constantly making comments about his Dominican heritage, and Steve’s dad voicing his views on immigration as he runs for office, Gus is starting to wonder if he really belongs in Walton after all. Can Gus find a way to bring the home team together both on and off the court, or will all these prejudices block their shot at a winning season?

Download or read book The Cassie Chronicles written by Catherine Davis and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balancing her schoolwork, friends and budding relationships proves to be a difficult feat for Cassie Hawkins as she struggles to make it through her first year of high school in one piece. The Cassie Chronicles: Freshman Diaries is a comical, true to life depiction of high school from the eyes of an outcast. From bullies to bad grades, Cassie finds out how hard high school can really be.

Download or read book The Sunset Sisters written by Cecilia Lyra and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two sisters. A surprising inheritance. A summer that changes everything. As children, half-sisters Cassie and Julie were nearly inseparable, bonded through happy, lazy summers playing barefoot in the surf and sleeping out on the porch of their grandmother’s Hamptons beach house. Though from wildly different backgrounds, each magical summer the girls were as close as only best friends, accomplices, sisters can be. But they haven’t spoken in nearly fifteen years—not since the funeral of Cassie’s mother—and now there is only resentment and painful memories between them. Successful and self-contained, Cassie is shocked to learn the requirements of their Nana’s will—that she and Julie spend one final summer together in the Hamptons house in order to inherit. Cassie agrees reluctantly, she needs an excuse to leave Boston and give the growing rumors about her personal life a chance to die down. And for Julie, who is discovering too late the cracks in her marriage, it is the chance to repair at least one damaged relationship. But for the two sisters to regain what they had, they will have to finally confront what happened the night Cassie lost her mother. With their Nana’s wisdom guiding the way, could this summer bring painful discoveries, and a new direction, for both sisters? An emotional and riveting novel full of family drama and dark secrets. Perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand, Emily Giffin and Jennifer Weiner. Readers love The Sunset Sisters: “ABSOLUTELY UNPUTDOWNABLE. Warm and emotional. I loved it completely from beginning to end… captured my heart from the first page… Brilliant writing, lovable characters, real situations, the book was everything I needed and more.” Book Reviews by Shalini, 5 stars “A simply glorious read!… One of the best books I read this year!” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “Definitely for fans of Elin Hilderbrand. I absolutely loved it and liked that the drama was intense but there was reprieve and easy reading in between. It was well-written and truly the perfect beach read.” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “WOW! What an incredible story that brought out so many emotions.” Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews, 5 stars “A fantastic read!… I cried at quite a few spots. I didn't want this book to end!!” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “Delightful, bittersweet and beguiling… Had me utterly enchanted. The Sunset Sisters is uplifting and compelling and I highly recommend it.” Brianne’s Book Reviews, 5 stars “Brilliant book. Loved it.” NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars “The perfect summer story.” Goodreads reviewer “A fantastic, great read. The story is full of emotions. Recommend it.” NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars “A great book.” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “Read this in one day.” NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars “A great read… has the full gamut of emotions and it's not to be missed.” NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars “An emotional, heart-warming summer read that is perfect to lay back and relax with on lazy, summer afternoons… this story pulled at my heart strings and took me on an emotional, heart-warming ride the entire way through.” Goodreads reviewer “Love, lies and betrayal at its best. This is a compulsive read, one I had difficulty putting down.” Goodreads reviewer “The kind of story I love! Family secrets, all those skeletons in the closets makes for a book I couldn’t put down!” NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars “Amazing, emotional.” Goodreads reviewer “An emotional, heart-warming summer read… will envelope you and not let you out of its grasp until you have read each and every word of this bittersweet, emotional tale… this story pulled at my heart strings and took me on an emotional, heart-warming ride the entire way through.” Goodreads reviewer

Download or read book Thrill written by Jackie Collins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving from chic New York and the exclusive Hamptons to the hungry heart of Los Angeles, this high-suspense tale pulses with the deadly obsessions of a gorgeous actress who can have any man--yet the one she can't resist is a mysterious lover with a shadowed past.

Download or read book Cassie written by Leigh Santoro and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luke Montgomery and his family were on top of the world. He was married to the love of his life. They had two healthy and happy children. He ran a hugely successful business. But it all came to a crashing halt after a bizarre wreck. This gripping and suspenseful novel will hold you captive until the shocking revelation. Leigh Santoro really delivers with this unique thriller.

Download or read book The Thomas Crown Effect written by Lori Wilde and published by Epiphany Orchards Press. This book was released on 2024-06-12 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready for one wild road trip in this sizzling enemies-to-lovers action/adventure romantic comedy! When Maddie Cooper's impulsive twin Cassie disappears on a botched FBI art theft sting, the intense former Olympian storms onto the scene, ready to tear through anyone necessary to bring her sister home. That includes bulldozing her way into working the case with agent David Marshall—the arrogant, by-the-books G-man who sees adrenaline junkie Maddie as nothing more than a meddling sister likely to destroy his investigation. Maddie usually keeps her killer body, and guarded heart locked down tight, with no time for egotistical federal agents. Meanwhile, David thinks this protective sister has no business crashing his hunt into the dangerous criminal underworld Cassie's gotten lost in. But as the unwilling partners traverse the backroads and seedy hideouts searching for Cassie and the purloined masterpieces, sparks as volatile as nitroglycerin ignite between them. Forced to rely on each other with lives at stake, resisting the attraction proves harder than making a clean getaway. Can Maddie bring her reckless twin home without killing the maddening agent first? And will love bloom between two very different people who ignite passion in each other?

Download or read book Cassie s Return written by Barbara McMahon and published by Barbara McMahon. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We were high school sweethearts until Cassie played a pivotal role in the most awful night of my life when my sister tragically killed herself. Though that was not the reason Cassie was removed from her foster home and placed elsewhere, it was opportune timing. Now twelve years later she's returned. I'm stuck between wanting to make her suffer for that night or embracing her tightly and never letting go

Download or read book Montana Homecoming written by Jeannie Watt and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her lifelong rival… Might just be perfect for her Career-focused Cassie Callahan is back in Montana for her grandmother’s wedding—and is soon reunited with her childhood enemy: Travis McGuire, the rancher next door. But when the two are tasked with cleaning out a barn for the big day, Cassie starts seeing him more as comfort than competition. With her visit coming to a close and her dream job on the line, can Cassie’s rival convince her to take a chance on him?

Download or read book Southwest Cougars Freshman Year Box Set Episodes 1 6 A Middle School Book for Girls The Extraordinarily Ordinary Life of Cassandra Jones 5 written by Tamara Hart Heiner and published by Tamark Books. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's claimed her place. And she will fight to keep it. The final year of junior high.This is it. Cassie has it made. She's got a boyfriend, is finally in the popular crowd, and her school year looks like it will be fabulous. She's a cool kid, and she feels on top of the world. On top of that, Cassie decides she wants to be an actress, an author, and a musician. And then . . . the boyfriend decides to find someone else. And her best friends start looking for cooler people. And her advanced classes take up all her free time. Jump in and join Cassie on the newest and most exciting adventure yet: surviving ninth grade! Contains: Episode 1: Never Been Kissed Episode 2: Rebound and Glory Episode 3: Kiss and Tell Episode 4: Masquerade Epsiode 5: Super Star Episode 6: Crushing It

Download or read book Cassie s Tale written by Brian L. Porter and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Cassie: a rescue dog who was just over two years old when she joined Brian and Juliet's family of rescues, having already had three previous owners in her short life. The tiny little terrier soon wormed her way into the hearts of the family, and her antics and oversized attitude quickly earned her the nicknames 'The Mad Ferret' and 'The Wicked Witch of the West.' Cassie can best be described as a 'pocket dynamo' or, as the author puts it, "She is filled with boundless energy, and despite being fourteen years old now, she's like a Duracell bunny without an off switch." Cassie has bounced back from operations, managed to get lost and found in one afternoon, chased away Rottweilers and Dobermans that have had the nerve to try and steal her tennis ball, and found herself being injured by interfering in larger dogs' squabbles. People just can't help falling in love with this tiny bundle of joy. Cassie's Tale is the third book in Brian L. Porter's series of rescue dogs, following on from the award-winning bestsellers, Sasha and Sheba: From Hell to Happiness.