Download or read book Goody Celeste written by Chris Riker and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the Rhode Island summer stars in 1969, a young witch helps three teens. There's Paul, an awkward boy on the edge of manhood who's trying to understand the world, Ricci, a smooth operator with a love of cars and girls, and Gagger, who relies on jokes as his sword and shield. A high school bully, D'Ago, steals Gagger's prized ring outside Cece's shop of mystical oddities. D'Ago is accompanied by a wealthy stranger in a flame-colored Barracuda who has taken up residence in a local castle-like mansion. Cece and the stranger apparently know each other, and questions swirl around both. Paul's parents have split, and his dad is getting remarried, plus Paul is having trouble meeting girls, his sister has less time for him, and his big brother is getting into drugs. It's a lot. Cece faces issues of her own. Her husband, Mitch, is missing in action in Vietnam. Trying to help Cece discover what's happened, Paul improbably poses as her son before a military panel of inquiry. The deception fails but yields clues about Mitch's disappearance. The boys work for Phil, a contractor and wounded vet who is attracted to Cece but respects her situation. The group meets up at a boarding house run by Mrs. Xavier, who lives with a dark secret involving the Great Storm of '38. Also living at the boarding house is LeithLily, a teenage apprentice witch who flirts recklessly with Ricci and others. On the night of the Moon Landing, Cece conducts a regression that reveals Mrs. Xavier's troubled past, leading to a sudden turn of events. While enjoying summer rites, including riding in classic cars, a poignant night of teen romance at Rocky Point Amusement Park, job hunting, and sailing on Narragansett Bay, Paul bonds with Cece and Phil. The group meets Joni Mitchell at the Newport Folk Festival, and she offers Cece surprisingly helpful advice. Cece and the boys confront the stranger, Mr. Flint, a wealthy scion who dreams of taking control of his powerful family. Flint plans to use local boys, including Paul's brother, in a shady business venture unless Cece and the others can stop him. Paul draws the two factions into a showdown at Flint's mansion, and Cece conducts a wiccan ceremony aimed at giving Flint everything he wants, which she knows will be his undoing. Flint has seduced LeithLily, however, and they conspire to get Cece arrested. Paul must do some growing up and help Cece, no matter the risk. Cece and Paul share one brief bittersweet encounter under the last summer Moon before both make choices that will color their lives forever. This coming-of-age story turns on soaring successes, crushing failures, empathy, and unapologetic self-agency. Paul and his friends explore Rhode Island's lively shores, its best pizza place, a lighthouse, fabulous mansions, and a castle with something hidden in the cellar, as the story moves towards an emotional catharsis. Goody Celeste by Chris Riker is about boys with fire in their legs, biking twenty miles to the beach and back and laughing it off. It's about a remarkable woman and those caught in her emotional gravity well. The time that was, whispering to the now we've made; it's in there. A pinch of wonder, a teaspoon of melancholy, stir in humor to make a witch's brew, a recipe for reflection. It's eating fries with vinegar, listening to folk music, body surfing, driving classic cars, and making choices we cannot take back. A purple door leads into a shop of dangerous wonders, where a cat with mismatched eyes watches foolish humans get themselves tangled in the reins of love.

Download or read book Best Friends for Never written by Adrienne Maria Vrettos and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a friendship pact goes magically awry, eleven-year-old Hattie must figure out how to make amends. After Hattie and her three best friends watch one of their classmates publicly defriended in the school cafeteria, they make a loyalty pact promising never to mistreat each other. But after Hattie unwittingly breaks the pact, her friends begin ignoring her. In fact, they literally don't even know who she is anymore! Can Hattie figure out how to break the spell and make things right again?Acclaimed author Adrienne Vrettos brings poignancy and gentle humor to this magical story of friendship and loyalty.

Download or read book All About All About Eve written by Sam Staggs and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2001-06-23 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To millions of fans, All About Eve represents all that's witty and wonderful in classic Hollywood movies. Its old-fashioned, larger-than-life stars--including Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, and Celeste Holm--found their best roles in Eve and its sophisticated dialogue has entered the lexicon. But there's much more to know about All About Eve. Sam Staggs has written the definitive account of the making of this fascinating movie and its enormous influence on both film and popular culture. Staggs reveals everything about the movie--from who the famous European actress Margo Channing was based on to the hot-blooded romance on-set between Bette Davis and costar Gary Merrill, from the jump-start the movie gave Marilyn Monroe's career and the capstone it put on director Joseph L. Mankeiwicz's. All About "All About Eve" is not only full of rich detail about the movie, the director, and the stars, but also about the audience who loved it when it came out and adore it to this day.

Download or read book The Sister Veronica Mysteries Books One to Three written by Sarah Sheridan and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-03-30 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first three novels in the series starring a London nun with a nose for crime—now in one volume! This compelling mystery collection includes: The Convent Meet Sister Veronica Angelica, a secret whodunit writer and lover of custard cream biscuits. When she discovers a dead man on the grounds of the Catholic Youth Hostel next door to her convent, Veronica can see he was brutally murdered. What she doesn’t know is that the victim had a secret he was about to confess . . . The Disciple When a two-month-old baby girl is left on the convent doorstep one night, wrapped up in dirty blankets and placed in an open cardboard box, Sister Veronica steps in to help solve the mystery. The one confounding clue is a tarot card left with the baby . . . “Such a good read . . . A cosy mystery but has, like Christie’s Miss Marple books, a very dark side.” —Love Books, Read Books The Tormented Sister Veronica has arrived at her cousin’s mansion just in time for Christmas, and she didn’t realise so many other people had been invited. It quickly becomes clear how dysfunctional her extended family is. But events take a darker turn when her cousin’s husband collapses and dies in the kitchen . . .

Download or read book Stand Strong written by Jan Sullivan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-02-19 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celeste, despite all odds, had finally made it. She was cheer captain, dating the quarterback, and up for homecoming queen. Could things be anymore perfect? Even her faith was strong from years of dedication to studying the Word and living for Jesus. Now it was all paying off. She was receiving her just reward, or was she? Would her faith allow her to stand strong, even in when it’s shaken to its very core?

Download or read book Celeste s Harlem Renaissance written by Eleanora E. Tate and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Celeste Lassiter Massey is forced to live with her actress Aunt Valentina in Harlem, she is not thrilled to trade her friends and comfortable North Carolina for scary, big-city life. While Celeste experiences the Harlem Renaissance in full swing, she sees as much grit as glamour. A passionate writer, talented violinist, and aspiring doctor, she eventually faces a choice between ambition and loyalty, roots and horizons. The decision will change her forever.

Download or read book Bound Across Time written by Annie R McEwen and published by Harbor Lane Books, LLC. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of paranormal ghost romances! CeCe Gowdie. Historian, rational, scorns the paranormal. When her boss orders her to convert her Welsh castle tours to ghost walks, she thinks that’s the worst that can happen. It is, until one midnight in the castle tower she meets Patrick—handsome, passionate, dead since 1761. Patrick O’Loinsigh. Bastard son of an earl, brought from Ireland only to be murdered by his half-brother. The moment Patrick sees CeCe he claims her as his own, a claim neither of them understands but can’t resist. CeCe’s body won’t survive loving a ghost, but losing him will tear her heart to pieces. Patrick can’t bear watching CeCe die by inches, but releasing her will hurl him back to a hellish half-life without her. Is there hope in the prophecy of an ancient Irish seer? The spells of Welsh witches? Or is the alchemy of love enough to bridge time and defeat death?

Download or read book Inevitable Sentences written by Tekla Dennison Miller and published by Medallion Media Group. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake Superior's Big Bay Point lighthouse has illuminated rocky shoals for more than a hundred years, but these days the stout old tower shelters women and children from emotional turbulence. Celeste Brookstone is the new owner and director of the safehouse, having found a satisfying life-mission following the murder of her daughter, Pilar. That the shelter is so close to Hawk Haven Prison, where Pilar’s murderer is serving a life sentence, seems immaterial to Celeste—after all, she played a part in seeing Chad Wilbanks locked away in maximum security isolation. When Chad escapes, however, he too is on a mission: settling the score with Celeste. The worst November storm on record creates the perfect cover for Chad’s approach, but Celeste is better prepared than he expects. What Celeste is not prepared for is a shocking truth in the form of a ghost from her past.

Download or read book Adaptation Awards Culture and the Value of Prestige written by Colleen Kennedy-Karpat and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the intersection between adaptation studies and what James F. English has called the “economy of prestige,” which includes formal prize culture as well as less tangible expressions such as canon formation, fandom, authorship, and performance. The chapters explore how prestige can affect many facets of the adaptation process, including selection, approach, and reception. The first section of this volume deals directly with cycles of influence involving prizes such as the Pulitzer, the Man Booker, and other major awards. The second section focuses on the juncture where adaptation, the canon, and awards culture meet, while the third considers alternative modes of locating and expressing prestige through adapted and adaptive intertexts. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of adaptation, cultural sociology, film, and literature.

Download or read book Colorado Cowboy written by C.C. Coburn and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorado rancher Luke O'Malley is shocked to hear that he has a teenage son living in New York City…and even more shocked to learn that his son is in trouble. Luke had a brief romance with Megan Montgomery years ago and had no idea it resulted in a child. He just knew it had broken his heart. Now Megan and Cody—their son—need his help. To avoid being sent to a juvenile detention center Cody must move to Colorado with his father. But there's a catch. Cody won't go unless Luke marries his mother. It's a marriage of convenience, but their feelings from the past have never really gone away. Luke has always believed that family is the road to happiness. Can he convince Megan of that?

Download or read book Home on the Ranch Colorado written by Julie Benson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Big city cowboy: A fish out of water--that's how Rory McAlister feels when he leaves Colorado for New York City. True, he needs this money, but somebody should have warned him modeling designer duds meant butting heads with Elizabeth Harrington-Smyth. The bossy, and not to mention gorgeous, ad exec is determined to turn Rory into the original Rhinestone Cowboy!"--Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book A Vacation Gathering written by Stanley Kuren and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chucky and his zany friends have known each other forever, but they dont get together as much as they would like. Life got in the way. It happens. So to correct this grievous injustice, he inspires the gang to get together for a festive group vacation. The antics of this reunion will fuel legendary reminiscences for decades to come. It will be an epic adventure. But even this group could never have predicted just how weird that gathering would be They come face to face with the spirits of our founding fathers, a rather unconventional genie in a bottle, a group of misplaced Egyptian goddesses, a matriarch who is known only as Big Mama and a persnickety little imp who goes by the name of Harrold. Together, the friends will explore the explained, survive the unexplained, and wonder at the never-could-happens of their weird vacation. So sit back and enjoy the ride to a place where the troubles are few, the laughter is plentiful, and the joy comes from living in harmony with others who are delightfully different.

Download or read book Home Free written by Fred Carmichael and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1990 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Sunday Wife written by Cassandra King and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Married for 20 years to the Reverend Benjamin Lynch, a handsome, ambitious minister of the prestigious Methodist church, Dean Lynch has never quite adjusted her temperament to the demands of the role of a Sunday wife. When her husband is assigned to a larger and more demanding community in the Florida panhandle, Dean becomes fast friends with Augusta Holderfield, a woman whose good looks and extravagant habits immediately entrance her. As their friendship evolves, Augusta challenges Dean to break free from her traditional role as the preacher's wife. Just as Dean is questioning everything she has always valued, a tragedy occurs, providing the catalyst for change in ways she never could have imagined.

Download or read book Romantic Vagrancy written by Celeste Langan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-11-24 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful study revises both Wordsworth's poetry and the relation of literature to its social and political context.

Download or read book The Black Widow of Union Mills written by Karen Paulette and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers truly don't want to miss this twist-and-turn mystery sure to be a best seller. Delia is greedy, insane, genius, jealous of Celeste, the oldest of her three sisters, and the apple of her father's eye. Different than most who desire the American dream of family, career, long life, love, and happiness, Delia seeks each opportunity to achieve wealth-no matter who it destroys. She will proceed with her evil plans without guilt. At her own father's memorial service, a former well known contractor, she corners a client who owes debt. 'Hello Mrs. Champion, glad you could attend the memorial service. Did you remember to bring the money you owe Dad's account?' The look on her face I will never forget. Shocked. Why was she shocked that I asked her that question? Mrs. Champion responded with a quirky voice. 'One of our three children has been sick, Miss Delia. The bills have been very high, but if you will ask your mother, she will tell you I cleaned all her windows along with many other chores and errands she needed. She said the bill was covered.' I responded, 'Don't make a scene. Surely you don't think I would ask my mother a question concerning prior bills today of all days? The gold locket around your neck will compensate for the time being. What I am saying, Mrs. Champion, is reach around your neck and unfastened the pendant. It will drop to the floor. We will both reach for it. Only I will pick it up. Understand?' Mrs. Champion groaned. 'But please, Miss Delia, it contains a small but sentimental picture of my children.' Gentle statements compared to what lies ahead at the hands of Delia. 'Karen Paulette's writing is vivid and takes the reader right to the scene.' Noel Thrasher, Tate Publishing

Download or read book Zero Tolerance written by Claudia Mills and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventh-grader Sierra Shepard has always been the perfect student, so when she sees that she accidentally brought her mother's lunch bag to school, including a paring knife, she immediately turns in the knife at the school office. Much to her surprise, her beloved principal places her in in-school suspension and sets a hearing for her expulsion, citing the school's ironclad no weapons policy. While there, Sierra spends time with Luke, a boy who's known as a troublemaker, and discovers that he's not the person she assumed he would be--and that the lines between good and bad aren't as clear as she once thought. Claudia Mills brings another compelling school story to life with Zero Tolerance.