Download or read book Carved in Darkness written by Maegan Beaumont and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2013-05-08 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen years ago, a psychotic killer abducted seventeen-year-old Melissa Walker. For 83 days she was raped, tortured, and then left for dead in a deserted churchyard...but she was still alive. Melissa begins a new life as homicide inspector Sabrina Vaughn. With a new face and a new name, it's her job to hunt down murderers—a job she does very well. But when Michael O'Shea, a childhood acquaintance with a suspicious past, suddenly finds her, he brings to life the nightmare Sabrina has long since buried. Believing his sister was recently murdered by the same monster who attacked Sabrina, Michael is dead set on getting his revenge—using Sabrina as bait. Praise: Named a Best Debut of 2013 by Suspense Magazine "Prepare to be overwhelmed by the tension and moodiness that permeates this edgy thriller. Beaumont's ability to keep the twists coming even when the answer seems obvious is quite potent."—Library Journal (starred review) and Debut of the Month "Pulse-pounding terror, graphic violence and a loathsome killer."—Kirkus Reviews "Beaumont knows how to keep you on the edge of your seat...Buckle up for the ride of a lifetime."—Suspense Magazine "Maegan Beaumont might be new to thriller scene, but her debut thriller, Carved in Darkness, promises to be the first in a long line of novels. Be warned, however, this novel isn't for those who jump a mile every time they hear something go bump in the night. But for anyone who's ever dreamed about enacting a just revenge, this book is for you. Beaumont knows how to cook up and serve a dish called revenge, but she doesn't serve it cold. She serves it sizzling hot."—Vincent Zandri, bestselling author of The Remains and Murder by Moonlight

Download or read book Carved in Darkness written by Maegan Beaumont and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She spent years hiding in fear...because he's still out there. And now he knows that she is, too. "Prepare to be overwhelmed by the tension and moodiness that permeates this edgy thriller. Beaumont's ability to keep the twists coming even when the answer seems obvious is quite potent." ―Library Journal (starred review) and Debut of the Month __________________________________ Fifteen years ago, Melissa was kidnapped, tortured, and left for dead. She survived, but not as Melissa. Carved from the horrors of her captivity, Sabrina Vaughn was born. With a new identity and a strength forged in the darkness of her past, Sabrina becomes a homicide inspector. Her mission in life is hunting down psychopaths like the man who tried to kill her...and nearly succeeded. But when a childhood acquaintance with a suspicious past suddenly discovers Sabrina, her cover is blown. Believing that his sister has fallen victim to the same killer who attacked Sabrina, he is dead set on getting revenge―and using Sabrina as bait. Now her nightmare has come to life. While Sabrina has been hiding, her abductor has kept killing young girls. But now he knows that his Melissa didn't die after all. And he's coming for her. ____________________________________ Praise for Meagan Beaumont and CARVED IN DARKNESS: Named a Best Debut of 2013 by Suspense Magazine "Pulse-pounding terror, graphic violence and a loathsome killer."―Kirkus Reviews "Beaumont knows how to keep you on the edge of your seat...Buckle up for the ride of a lifetime."―Suspense Magazine "Maegan Beaumont might be new to thriller scene, but her debut thriller, Carved in Darkness, promises to be the first in a long line of novels. Be warned, however, this novel isn't for those who jump a mile every time they hear something go bump in the night. But for anyone who's ever dreamed about enacting a just revenge, this book is for you. Beaumont knows how to cook up and serve a dish called revenge, but she doesn't serve it cold. She serves it sizzling hot."―Vincent Zandri, bestselling author of The Remains and Murder by Moonlight _____________________________________ What readers are saying: ★★★★★ "In a word, excellent!" ★★★★★ "I love a fast paced thriller and this book delivered." ★★★★★ "This book will make your heart pound and keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end! I could not put this book down." ★★★★★ "Just when you think you know what's happening there's another surprising twist which makes for a very engaging and suspenseful story." ★★★★★ "Excellent thriller by a fine writer. Taut pacing, tight writing, and great characters. These days, it's tough to keep the thriller reader on edge, but this is a book that will keep you guessing and enthralled until the end."

Download or read book Carved in Darkness written by Maegan Beaumont and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen years after being tortured by a psychotic killer, memories from Melissa Walker's past resurface when a childhood acquaintance seeks her help in finding his sister's murderer, who he believes is the same man who attacked Melissa.

Download or read book A Brush of Darkness written by Allison Pang and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The man of her dreams might be the cause of her nightmares. Six months ago, Abby Sinclair was struggling to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Now, she has an enchanted iPod, a miniature unicorn living in her underwear drawer, and a magical marketplace to manage. But despite her growing knowledge of the OtherWorld, Abby isn’t at all prepared for Brystion, the dark, mysterious, and sexy-as- sin incubus searching for his sister, convinced Abby has the key to the succubus’s whereabouts. Abby has enough problems without having this seductive shape-shifter literally invade her dreams to get information. But when her Faery boss and some of her friends vanish, as well, Abby and Brystion must form an uneasy alliance. As she is sucked deeper and deeper into this perilous world of faeries, angels, and daemons, Abby realizes her life is in as much danger as her heart—and there’s no one she can trust to save her.

Download or read book The Darkness Under the Water written by Beth Kanell and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1930, sixteen-year-old Molly lives under the shadow of a governor who wants to sterilize people "unfit to be true Vermonters," such as her Abenaki family, while the loss of her family home, her mother's pregnancy, her first love, and other events transform her life.

Download or read book Waiting in Darkness written by Maegan Beaumont and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prequel to the earlier volumes in the series.

Download or read book A Study in Darkness written by Emma Jane Holloway and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Evelina's even unpacked her gowns for a country house party, an indiscretion puts her in the power of the ruthless Gold King, who recruits her as his spy. He knows her disreputable past and exiles her to the rank alleyways of Whitechapel with orders to unmask his foe. As danger mounts, Evelina struggles between hiding her illegal magic and succumbing to the darker aspects of her power. One path keeps her secure; the other keeps her alive. For rebellion is brewing, a sorcerer wants her soul, and no one can protect her in the hunting grounds of Jack the Ripper.

Download or read book Hidden In Darkness written by S J Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-06 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memories tell you who you are, unfortunately for Melas, all those memories are gone. Only three thoughts stand out in the darkness of her mind: PROTECT. FIGHT. SURVIVE. Someone is after her. The scars that riddle her body are all the evidence she needs. Why? She wished she knew. The reasons are hidden away in the darkness of her mind. INCUBUS. BERSERKER. VAMPIRE. There are some things you just can't forget, and the warrior she is has been carved into her very soul, etched on her bones. That warrior will fight with everything she is to protect the one she loves. How did a warrior come to run? She doesn't know that either. But if they ever catch up to her, she will set their world on fire. THIS BOOK IS INTENDED FOR READERS 18+ IT DEPICTS SCENES OF VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL CONTENT THAT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE.

Download or read book The Sabrina Vaughn Series Books 1 2 written by Maegan Beaumont and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-14 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FIRST 2 BOOKS OF THE SABRINA VAUGHN SERIES From award-winning author Maegan Beaumont "Prepare to be overwhelmed by the tension and moodiness that permeates this edgy thriller. Beaumont's ability to keep the twists coming even when the answer seems obvious is quite potent." ―Library Journal (starred review) and Debut of the Month __________________________________ Book 1: CARVED IN DARKNESS SHE SPENT YEARS HIDING IN FEAR...BECAUSE HE'S STILL OUT THERE. AND NOW HE KNOWS THAT SHE IS, TOO. Awarded the 2014 gold medal by Independent Publishers for Outstanding Thriller Fifteen years ago, Melissa was kidnapped, tortured, and left for dead. She survived, but not as Melissa. Carved from the horrors of her captivity, Sabrina Vaughn was born. With a new identity and a strength forged in the darkness of her past, Sabrina becomes a homicide inspector. Her mission in life is hunting down psychopaths like the man who tried to kill her...and nearly succeeded. But when a childhood acquaintance with a suspicious past suddenly discovers Sabrina, her cover is blown. Believing that his sister has fallen victim to the same killer who attacked Sabrina, he is dead set on getting revenge―and using Sabrina as bait. Her nightmare has come to life. While Sabrina has been hiding, her abductor has kept killing young girls. But now he knows that his Melissa didn't die after all. And he's coming for her. ____________________________________ Book 2: SACRIFICIAL MUSE ROSES ARE RED... San Francisco Detective Sabrina Vaughn is able to shrug off the nine red roses being delivered to her office every day. But when only eight roses arrive on the same day that a murdered Berkeley student's body is found, Sabrina fears that the killer is taunting her. Forced into a partnership with a deceitful reporter who somehow remains one step ahead of her, Sabrina discovers that she's the object of a psychopath's twisted delusion...and there may be no escape. ____________________________________ Praise for Meagan Beaumont and THE SABRINA VAUGHN SERIES: Named a Best Debut of 2013 by Suspense Magazine "Pulse-pounding terror, graphic violence and a loathsome killer."―Kirkus Reviews "Beaumont knows how to keep you on the edge of your seat...Buckle up for the ride of a lifetime."―Suspense Magazine "Maegan Beaumont might be new to thriller scene, but her debut thriller, Carved in Darkness, promises to be the first in a long line of novels. Be warned, however, this novel isn't for those who jump a mile every time they hear something go bump in the night. But for anyone who's ever dreamed about enacting a just revenge, this book is for you. Beaumont knows how to cook up and serve a dish called revenge, but she doesn't serve it cold. She serves it sizzling hot."―Vincent Zandri, bestselling author of The Remains and Murder by Moonlight _____________________________________ What readers are saying about CARVED IN DARKNESS and SACRIFICIAL MUSE: ★★★★★ "Riveting!" ★★★★★ "In a word, excellent!" ★★★★★ "Best book I've read this year!" ★★★★★ "Screams with voice and ferocity!" ★★★★★ "I love a fast paced thriller and this book delivered." ★★★★★ "Creepy and scary, Maegan Beaumont is my favorite author to read with all the lights on!" ★★★★★ "Just when you thought Maegan Beaumont couldn't out-write Carved In Darkness, she did." ★★★★★ "...kep

Download or read book Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad and published by Modernista. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heart of Darkness is often considered the world’s best short novel. The book serves as a bridge between the 19th century and modernism, an adventure tale revolving around the ambiguity of themes such as truth, morality, and evil. Joseph Conrad witnessed the European exploitation of the Congo with his own eyes. He once sailed up the Congo River himself to locate a countryman at a trading station deep within the country – even though this man wasn't named Kurtz. The goal and enigma of the journey have become synonymous with this name, one of the most unforgettable fictional characters of our time. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, and ended his career as a captain in the English merchant navy. His most famous work is the novella Heart of Darkness [1899], adapted into a film by Francis Ford Coppola in 1979 as Apocalypse Now.

Download or read book The Gift of Darkness written by Valentina Giambanco and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beautifully haunting prose, fascinating characters, interesting and surprising plotting, and I'm smitten with the Seattle/Olympic Peninsula setting." --Reader 5-Star Review "impossible to stop reading until the last page in each book" --Reader 5-Star Review "riveting race to the end"--Reader 5-Star Review Twenty-five years ago in the woods by the Hoh River near Seattle, three boys were kidnapped. One never came home. Last night, a family of four was found brutally murdered, the words 'thirteen days' carved near their lifeless bodies. Homicide Detective Alice Madison - a one-time child runaway with a murky past - now spends her life hunting down the very worst humanity has to offer. Madison has a hunch that the two murders are linked . . . and she has thirteen days to prove it. To stop a psychopath, Madison returns to the woods to confront the unsolved mystery of the Hoh River Boys. She must forget her training and follow her instincts to the terrifying end as enemies become allies and, in the silent forest, time is running out to save another life. Discover more Detective Alice Madison with the next installments of the gripping series --The Dark, Blood and Bone, and Sweet After Death.

Download or read book Brilliant written by Jane Brox and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “superb history” of artificial light traces the evolution of society—“invariably fascinating and often original . . . [it] amply lives up to its title” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In Brilliant, Jane Brox explores humankind’s ever-changing relationship to artificial light, from the stone lamps of the Pleistocene to the LEDs embedded in fabrics of the future. More than a survey of technological development, this sweeping history reveals how artificial light changed our world, and how those social and cultural changes in turn led to the pursuit of more ways of spreading, maintaining, and controlling light. Brox plumbs the class implications of light—who had it, who didn’t—through the centuries when crude lamps and tallow candles constricted waking hours. She identifies the pursuit of whale oil as the first time the need for light thrust us toward an environmental tipping point. Only decades later, gas street lights opened up the evening hours to leisure, which changed the ways we live and sleep and the world’s ecosystems. Edison’s bulbs produced a light that seemed to its users all but divorced from human effort or cost. And yet, as Brox’s informative portrait of our current grid system shows, the cost is ever with us. Brilliant is infused with human voices, startling insights, and timely questions about how our future lives will be shaped by light

Download or read book Called Out of Darkness written by Anne Rice and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate memoir of Anne Rice’s Catholic girlhood, her unmaking as a devout believer, and her return to the Church – what she calls a decision of the heart. Moving from her New Orleans childhood in the 1940s and ‘50s, with all its religious devotions, through how she slowly lost her belief in God, Called Out of Darkness also recounts Anne’s years in radical Berkeley, where she wrote Interview with the Vampire (a lament for her lost faith) and where she came to admire the principles of secular humanists. She writes about loss and alienation (her mother’s drinking, the deaths of her young daughter and later, her husband); about the birth of her son, Christopher; and about how, after 38 years as an atheist, she once again came to believe in Christ. Anne Rice makes a spiritual confession that is a celebration: a brilliant, subtle exploration of the journey through life that allows one to answer the call out of darkness.

Download or read book Darkness Eternal written by Alexandra Ivy and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vampire must rescue a woman from Hell in this paranormal romance novella by the author of Devoured by Darkness. For the Guardians of Eternity, battle is a way of life—whether the plight of their world is at stake, or the fate of their heart . . . After being held captive by one vampire for four centuries, Kata had no intention of taking another one to the underworld with her. Yet even in the pits of Hell, there's no ignoring the intoxicating desire awakened by Uriel's touch . . . Previously published in Supernatural. Praise for New York Times–bestselling Author Alexandra Ivy “Ivy always packs her books with buckets of action, emotion and sexy sizzle. Another winner!” —RT Book Reviews on Devoured by Darkness “The romantic dynamic is smoldering and the seduction focuses on compelling trust, increasing the appeal.” —Publishers Weekly on My Lord Vampire

Download or read book She Walks in Darkness written by Evangeline Walton and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beneath the beautiful estates of Tuscany lies another world, twisting labyrinths of catacombs, temples, and tombs filled with lost wonders of the ancient world. Treasures of ancient royal lines lie untouched, watched over by the unblinking eyes of pitiless Etruscan deities. Caught up in a gothic saga of passion, madness, honor, and revenge, a resourceful young woman must rely on her wits, or be lost to the tender mercies of a brutal goddess. This first publication of a newly discovered jewel of a period thriller is sure to please fans of all genres.

Download or read book Well of Darkness written by Margaret Weis and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second in line for succession to the throne, Prince Dagnarus will have his crown...and his queen -- though his heart's prize is a married elfin beauty. Let his hated half-brother Prince Helmos and the Dominion Lords dare to oppose him. For Dagnarus's most loyal servant has ventured into the terrible darkness, where lies the most potent talisman in the realm. And once it is in the dark prince's hand, no power will deter his Destiny.

Download or read book Promises to Keep written by Maegan Beaumont and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When your past comes back to kill you... For years Michael O'Shea has been forced to act as a personal assassin for Livingston Shaw, the cold-blooded puppet master who controls the remote bioweapon implanted in Michael's back. Shaw offers to release him if he can recover a kidnapped boy, but the only witnesses are being murdered and Michael can't shake the agonizing memories of another child he was once sworn to protect. Meanwhile, police Inspector Sabrina Vaughn—the woman Michael passionately loves but has been kept from seeing—discovers a body that bears a striking resemblance to the missing boy. Against all his instincts, Michael must draw Sabrina into his life as one of the world's most notorious assassins if he's to overcome the legacy of his past. Praise: "Edge-of-the-seat plotting will keep readers' attention late into the night."—Library Journal "Reads like the transcript of a breathlessly bloody computer game."—Publishers Weekly "Maegan Beaumont's third novel in the impeccable Sabrina Vaughn series delights the reader with more intricately developed plots, higher stakes, and unlikely criminals that astonish by executing twist after unforeseen twist."—Crimespree Magazine