Download or read book Handsome Greta written by Nicole Casey and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I never thought a sensual hookup with my foster outlaw brother and his six buff mountain friends could turn into love.... When a photoshoot takes my brother Hans and my modeling agency Handsome back to the mountains of our old childhood foster home, I'm full of dread. Abandoned by our parents at this horrible place, I want to get the job over with ASAP and return to the city. That is until I run into Jake, my old foster brother... Not only has Jake buffed up, but what he does for a living is beyond intriguing. He has created a secret workshop, a naughty candy land. When he invites me to join him, I can't say no. After all, you only live once, right? But the fun is short-lived with Jack getting into serious trouble. Knowing he needs my help, I get together with his six snow biker friends to come up with a plan. But brainstorming isn't the only thing we do. After all, I've never met men like that-ripped, wild, with scorching eyes, and deft hands. Can you blame a girl for saying yes when six men vie for her? Together, we do some racy, unspeakable things to help Jack. Soon what started as a hookup, turns into much more. Can an orphan girl get a happy ending with seven mountain men, or am I simply delusional? Handsome & Greta is a sizzling reverse harem novel about a fearless heroine and her seven hot men.

Download or read book The Many Daughters of Afong Moy written by Jamie Ford and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet comes a powerful novel about the love that binds one family of women across generations. Dorothy Moy breaks her own heart for a living. As Seattle's former poet laureate, that's how she describes channeling her dissociative episodes and mental breakdowns into her art. But when her five-year-old daughter, Annabel, exhibits the same behavior and begins remembering things and events she has never experienced, Dorothy believes the past has truly come to haunt the present. If she doesn't take radical steps, her daughter will be doomed to face the same debilitating depression that has marked her life. Through epigenetic therapy-an experimental treatment designed to mitigate inherited trauma-Dorothy intimately connects with the past generations of women in her family: Faye Moy, a nurse in Burma serving with the Flying Tigers; Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America; Zoe Moy, a student in England at a famous school with no rules; Lai King Moy, a girl quarantined in San Francisco during a plague epidemic; and Greta Moy, a tech executive with a unique dating app. Through reliving their painful stories, Dorothy comes to understand the true cost of inherited pain. As the past bleeds into the present, Dorothy discovers that trauma isn't the only thing she's inherited. A stranger is searching for her in each time period. A stranger who's loved her through all of her genetic memories. And that person is most certainly not her current husband, Louis. To protect her daughter's future, Dorothy must break the cycle and find a way to cross time and resolve all past traumas, to find the love that has long been waiting, and find peace for Annabel. Even if it means she must sacrifice her only chance at life and happiness

Download or read book The Memory of You written by Samantha Tonge and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A gorgeous, gorgeous book, full of love, written from the heart. I adored every page!' Bestselling author, Judy Leigh Alex would like to believe she’s a woman who has it all. Or that’s what she tells everyone, including herself. But this is far from true. Actually she’s on the cusp of losing her home, her dream career as a writer is in tatters, her ex won’t speak to her, and her mother’s gone forever. But then a chance meeting with a stranger named Hope gives her the opportunity of a lifetime, when Hope jokes that perhaps Alex should take over her job in a café while she goes travelling. Just at that moment, it sounds like the answer to all her problems. So Alex persuades Hope to let her step into her shoes for a month. She brushes away Hope’s attempts to explain about the café, instead demanding to know more about the owner Tom. But she should have asked for more details. Because the ‘Wrong Order Café’ isn’t like anywhere she’s ever been before. And Alex’s life is about to change forever... A gorgeously uplifting story about memories, storytelling, love and friendship, about the journeys we take and the people we meet, what we remember and how there are some things we can never forget. Readers love The Memory of You: ‘Perfection – heart-breaking, heart-warming, witty and comforting... A glorious recipe that makes the reader want to move into this cafe and never leave. I absolutely adored it.’ Celia Anderson, bestselling author of 59 Memory Lane ‘Samantha Tonge has done it again! An emotional and enlightening story packed with empathy and heart.’ Zoe Folbigg, bestselling author of The Note ‘Oh, this book! A beautiful and truly unforgettable read.’ Helen Prior, bestselling author of Away With the Penguins ‘I loved this heartwarming book... Great characters... Moments to make you smile, raise a lump in your throat and touches of humour... Wonderful.’ Caroline Roberts, bestselling author of The Cosy Teashop series ‘Wonderful... the author’s emotional touch is quite perfect... A book entirely filled with kindness and love that can’t fail to touch the heart... I adored every moment. One of my books of the year.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I’m not sure any words I choose will be eloquent enough to sum up this very special book.... It’s honest, raw, poignant and heart-breaking. It is also warm-hearted, positive, uplifting, funny and full of love and hope... Clearly written straight from the heart.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A hug in a book... A truly stunning read and deserved every one of the 5 stars in spades. Loved it doesn’t cover it.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This story is beautiful, uplifting, emotional, thought-provoking and thoroughly disarming... brave, funny, beautiful... life affirming.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Had me in tears of laughter and tears of heartbreak... Beautiful.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Download or read book The Soundies written by Mark Cantor and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-04-19 with total page 2077 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1940s saw a brief audacious experiment in mass entertainment: a jukebox with a screen. Patrons could insert a dime, then listen to and watch such popular entertainers as Nat "King" Cole, Gene Krupa, Cab Calloway or Les Paul. A number of companies offered these tuneful delights, but the most successful was the Mills Novelty Company and its three-minute musical shorts called Soundies. This book is a complete filmography of 1,880 Soundies: the musicians heard and seen on screen, recording and filming dates, arrangers, soloists, dancers, entertainment trade reviews and more. Additional filmographies cover more than 80 subjects produced by other companies. There are 125 photos taken on film sets, along with advertising images and production documents. More than 75 interviews narrate the firsthand experiences and recollections of Soundies directors and participants. Forty years before MTV, the Soundies were there for those who loved the popular music of the 1940s. This was truly "music for the eyes."

Download or read book Liar Liar written by Lisa Jackson and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IF YOU TELL A LIE Twenty years ago, ex-beauty queen Didi Storm worked the Vegas strip as a celebrity impersonator. Now, in death, she’s finally getting the publicity she always craved. To the police, it looks like suicide, or a stunt gone wrong. Her estranged daughter, Remmi, knows the answer isn’t so simple. Though dressed in Didi’s clothes and wig, the broken body on the sidewalk isn’t Didi . . . THERE’S NO DOUBT Remmi was fifteen when she last saw her mother. En route to meet her crush, Noah Scott, Remmi secretly witnessed Didi handing over one of her newborn twins to a strange man. Then Didi disappeared, as did Remmi’s other half-sibling. Remmi pleaded with the authorities to find them, with no success. Yet she’s always sensed that someone is watching her . . . YOU WILL DIE Noah, now running his own PI firm, resurfaces in Remmi’s life, determined to find out what happened that long-ago night. As they dig deeper, the truth about Remmi’s family begins to emerge—a story of greed and twisted lies that someone will kill again and again to keep hidden . . .

Download or read book The Last Pearl written by Leah Fleming and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER AND DANCING AT THE VICTORY CAFE, this is a beautiful novel about one magnificent gem, and three lives bound together by fate ... 1879, York.Greta Costello must rely on her wits to survive. She finds refuge as a Saturday girl for an old jeweller, Saul Abrahams, and her eye for detail, her long fingers and appreciation of beauty persuade Saul to train her as a pearl stringer. This skill will lead her through hardship and pain towards a new life. 1879, Scotland. Jem Baillie knows the immense power of a perfect pearl. His father was a fisher on a tributary of the Tay river in Perthshire, Scotland, and together they found the rarest of pearls, a great white pearl they call Queenie. When this is stolen from them, Eben vows revenge. Spanning generations and continents, tracing the rivers of Scotland and the Mississippi, The Last Pearl is a sweeping novel of desire and revenge, of family and freedom, and of one woman's journey to open the shell she has built around herself to reveal the true beauty within. Praise for Leah Fleming 'I enjoyed it enormously.It's a moving and compelling story about a lifetime's journey in search of the truth' RACHEL HORE 'A born storyteller' KATE ATKINSON

Download or read book Where the Heart Takes You written by Virginia Wise and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sweeping new historical series by Virginia Wise, a young woman finds a new life in America’s first Amish settlement—and discovers that love requires a special sort of courage . . . Pennsylvania, 1737. Greta Scholtz braved a perilous journey—and the loss of her beloved father—to find religious freedom in America. With two orphan children she's taken under her wing, she's trying hard to survive this rugged new world. So she won't let settlement elders pressure her into marrying reserved widower Jacob Miller. She and Jacob simply can’t agree on anything—even if the unexpected feeling between them is proving an irresistible force . . . After losing his wife and baby, grief-stricken Jacob keeps everyone at arm’s length. Duty is the only reason he began helping the headstrong Greta make a life for herself and her charges. Yet he’s grown to admire her, especially her strength in the face of obstacles—including him and his wounded ways. But wrenching misunderstandings and a jealous rival could separate them forever. To find harmony—and perhaps even a future together—Greta and Jacob must take a leap of faith and risk opening their hearts . . .

Download or read book The Gin Lovers written by Jamie Brenner and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Set against the turbulent backdrop of Prohibition and the rise of the glamorous jazz age, The Gin Lovers is a sensual and romantic story of how one high-society woman's passion and courage lead her to love"--Cover.

Download or read book But Not for Long written by Michelle Wildgen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hard-shelled, career-minded Greta is the newest and least likely member of a sustainable foods cooperative house in Madison, Wisconsin. Shortly after she joins Karin and Hal in their stately residence near campus, the husband Greta left appears on their porch, drunk, and the reason for her sudden appearance becomes clear. Yet the house members already have plenty to occupy them: a series of summer blackouts has unearthed a disquietude lurking just under the surface for each of the three residents. Gas is dwindling, electricity is unreliable, and the natural world around them is in upheaval. The uneasiness of the environ ment mirrors that of Greta, Hal, and Karin as they each make efforts to resolve their own personal crises. With subtle attunement to the hovering uncertainty affecting each of her characters, Wildgen crafts a story both terrifying and beautiful.

Download or read book Sites Bodies and Stories written by Susan Legêne and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sites, Bodies and Stories examines the intimate links between history and heritage as they have developed in postcolonial Indonesia. Sites discussed in the book include Borobudur in Central Java, a village in Flores built around megalithic formations, and ancestral houses in Alor. Bodies refers to legacies of physical anthropology, exhibition practices and Hollywood movies. The Stories are accounts of the Mambesak movement in Papua, the inclusion of wayang puppetry in UNESCO s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and subaltern history as written by the people of Blambangan in their search for national heroes. Throughout the book, citizenship entitlement figures as a leitmotif in heritage initiatives. Contemporary heritage formation in Indonesia is intrinsically linked to a canon of Indonesian art and culture developed during Dutch colonial rule, institutionalized within Indonesia's heritage infrastructure and in the Netherlands, and echoed in museums and exhibitions throughout the world. The authors in this volume acknowledge colonial legacies but argue against a colonial determinism, considering instead how contemporary heritage initiatives can lead to new interpretations of the past.

Download or read book Passion Worth Pursuing written by A.L. Means and published by eXtasy Books. This book was released on 2021 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When two vacationers are reported missing in a sailing accident at a Mediterranean island, their four friends back in London decide to investigate. Questions begin with the fact that there were originally three vacationers—Reynard, Klara and Anton. So which two are missing? Was it a tragic drowning or something sinister? As told by the unnamed fourth member of the investigative expedition, this is a light-hearted and amorous odyssey featuring friends Roderick, Greta, and Diane as they go in search of answers. Each has theories about what happened, drawn from past romantic attachments with the missing and fond reminiscing. Their voyage of discovery leads to island exploration and a climactic bacchanal in an old fortress. Could jealousy be a motive in the disappearance, as Roderick suspects? Has Anton, the youthful initiate into romance, rejected the advances of his two more experienced companions? Or does the island have still more to reveal?

Download or read book Hannah s Journey written by Anna Schmidt and published by Steeple Hill. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What could bring an Amish widow and a wealthy circus owner together? Though Hannah Goodloe knew she'd violated countless unwritten laws, she had to visit the only man who could help find her runaway son. But when the enigmatic Levi Harmon agreed to take her on his train, the results were utterly unpredictable. Levi never expected to find the embodiment of all he wanted in a woman in the soft-spoken, plainly dressed Hannah. And for Hannah, to love an outsider was to be shunned. The simple pleasures of family, faith and place to belong seemed an impossible dream. Unless Levi unlocked his past and opened his heart to God's plan.

Download or read book A Mound Over Hell written by Gary Morgenstein and published by BHC Press. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s 2098 and the last season of baseball—forever. After the ravages of WWIII, the once all-American sport is now synonymous with terrorism and treason. Holograms run the bases for out-of-shape players and attendance averages fifteen spectators per game. The only ballpark left is the former Yankee Stadium. America, nearly wiped out by radical Islam, has established a society based on love. Religion, social media, and the entertainment industry have been outlawed. All acts of patriotism are illegal, and the country is led by Grandma. Heading up the Family in her home base in the Bronx, she works tirelessly to build a lasting legacy for the future. As baseball historian Puppy Nedick prepares for opening day, a chance encounter lands him face-to-face with former baseball greats. Determined not to go down without a fight, the players band together to revitalize the game for one last hurrah. But not everyone wants peace. Will baseball become the catalyst for WWIV, or will it save America?

Download or read book Bathed In Moonlight written by Stacia Kaywood and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-11-10 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wounded soldier at her doorstep. A secret beneath the floorboards. Germany, World War Two. Jimmy O'Brien and Greta Müller must overcome a mountain of obstacles forcing them apart, while helping a young boy reunite with his mother. With the war now threatening her safety, can Greta save the handsome GI, or will her act of charity lead to the discovery of a hidden past and the destruction of a young boy’s world? Stacia Kaywood's debut novel, 'Bathed In Moonlight', explores the chaos at the end of a hard-fought war, when those who survived struggle to rebuild the lives they once had, redefining who they now are while putting to rest the skeletons in their closets.

Download or read book Carousel Of Secrets written by Anne Baker and published by Headline. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After chancing upon a lost dog, the course of a young girl's life changes forever... Anne Baker writes a compelling saga in Carousel of Secrets, detailing life for a young girl and her family as everything changes, although not necessarily for the better. Perfect for fans of Lyn Andrews and Lindsey Hutchinson. It's 1931 and eighteen-year-old Greta is working in a laundry in Liverpool, where she lives with her widowed mother and thirteen-year-old brother Kenny. When a scruffy black and white collie follows Greta home one day, Kenny wants to keep the animal, but they can't afford to feed him. And so Greta tracks down the owner: Mungo Masters, a wealthy man who runs funfairs in three towns. Mungo falls for Greta, though he's her mother's age, and doesn't bother to tell her that he's married already. When Mungo gives Greta and Kenny jobs at one of his fairs, it seems life is looking up. But Mungo is not good news... What readers are saying about Carousel of Secrets: 'This book is an inspiring message of triumph over adversity and had me awake till early hours reading it' 'Great story. Could not put book down'

Download or read book Lost Luggage written by Samantha Tonge and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2022-09-22 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Heartfelt, emotional and uplifting' Faith Hogan, author of The Gin Sisters' Promise 'Written with warmth, humour, sincerity and so much heart' Hazel Prior, author of Away with the Penguins One lost suitcase. Two strangers. And a notebook that will change lives. For almost fifty years, sisters Dolly and Greta have lived together – getting each other through the good times and the bad. Except this year, Greta isn’t there and Dolly is feeling lost and alone. In memory of her sister, Dolly heads to the lost luggage auction where she and Greta go each Christmas. But her bid reveals a gift she never imagined. Amongst the clothes is the notebook of a reclusive woman who has hardly been outside for an entire year, but who isn’t ready to give up on life. The notebook’s contents resonate with Dolly. With the support of her neighbours, retired Leroy and eleven year old Flo, Dolly decides to take on the year of firsts Phoebe had planned. But, can you have a year of firsts when you’re seventy-two? And is Dolly ready to discover the notebook’s secrets, or are some secrets better left lost at the airport? ________ 'Deeply satisfying. Dolly's story will stay with me for a long, long time' Celia Anderson ‘Inspirational and incredibly uplifting’ NetGalley Reviewer ‘This was just such a lovely, heartfelt, joyous and emotional book’ This Hannah Reads ‘A truly heartwarming, moving and outstanding story’ Amazon Reviewer ‘Real curl up on the sofa with a hot drink stuff! NetGalley Reviewer ‘Just gorgeous – tremendously engaging . . . and life-affirming in every way’ Being Anne ‘An uplifting and emotional book’ Amazon Reviewer ‘An emotional story full of hope’ NetGalley Reviewer 'The story is written with such sensitivity and I was so touched by it’ Jan’s Book Buzz

Download or read book Betrayal at Goliath Gate written by Tim Paulson and published by Ikkibu publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-22 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sharpest blade is the one in your back. After barely surviving her ordeal at the Veil Institute, Mia's had enough of Faustland. There's just one last obligation she has to see through before she takes Adem and moves on. She might return home to Miran or sell her services elsewhere, but wherever it is, it'll be far away. Baroness Christine Halett has a plan to recapture her stolen lands. It'll be risky, but that's never stopped her before and she won't let it this time either. With Mia, Liam, Harald and Aaron, she knows it can be done. The only thing that matters to her is the mission. Losses are to be expected. Neither of them know that Chester Buckley has clawed his way back to health. He's made a pact with an ancient creature of power with only one goal on its mind: Revenge. It doesn't care about anything else and neither does Buckley. Christine and Mia will pay...