Download or read book Every Closed Eye Ain t Sleep written by MaRita Teague and published by Urban Christian. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having lost her one true love, the mature but stunning Isabella marries the starchy but well-respected pediatrician Langley Morrison, hoping he will care for her and her young daughter, Desiree. For years, things look perfect from the outside for the Morrison women, but cracks in the surface appear when Desiree, now a thirty-something, single but sassy professional, holds secrets that affect her relationships with her parents and with men. Armed with the dismal marriage prospect statistics for African American women, Desiree decides that she needs to help God out by embarking upon a dangerous online dating escapade. Isabella wonders if her faith can withstand her own broken marriage, revelations from her daughter, and a devastating diagnosis. Desiree questions if God really will give her the desires of her heart. Through it all, the mother and daughter journey to find the strength to push beyond the pain of the past, into an uncertain future with an all-knowing God.

Download or read book Kaylin S Diary written by G-Jamz and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a must read book for every child between the age of four and nineteen. It is a collection of a junior secondary school girl who has determined to make a difference among her peers and in her generation. This writing is about a girl who dreamt of becoming great and popular in her school and the world. With this desire in mind she moved into a new school, intermingled with school mates and few friends she just made. She realized that they all kept diaries. Further investigation also revealed they all keep records of whatever the do on daily basis. During the next vacation, she asked her parents to buy her a diary and this they happily did. She then decided like her other friends at school to keep records of all she does within hours, days, weeks and months. Incidentally her life changed as she commenced this practice. This book shows the thinking pattern of most young children who are affected by the rapid change in the society. Not only does this author draws attention of the reader to how to achieve greatness at any level or age in life, it shows that whatever determination a person may have, remaining focus can bring dreams to fruition.

Download or read book The Blooming Day written by Paul Fusca and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clouds, a rare trait that only one of one hundred thousand people possess, affect the world everyday. Whether it’s in politics, sports, or even personal affairs, the abnormal idea of clouds changes everyone’s lives, especially those in the city of Velindas. Home to some of the world’s finest attractions, such as fancy hotels, bright shopping districts, and bustling streets, the big city of Velindas never rests. However, it is also home to the world’s most notorious gang of criminals, Rose. When Kuril, a seemingly mysterious citizen of Velindas, gets caught up with a Rose member, he joins forces with the city’s most famous detective, Junil, in order to put an end to the gang. As the two vow to take down Rose, they realize that their lives are more interconnected with the gang than it may seem, and that a fragile, blind girl may link everyone together.

Download or read book Cast in Moonlight written by Michelle Sagara and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barely a teenager, Kaylin Neya is a thief, a fugitive and an attempted assassin. She also has a smart mouth, sharp wits and mysterious markings on her skin. All of which make her perfect bait for a child prostitution sting in the city of Elantra—if she survives her first meeting with the Hawks! A Chronicles of Elantra series novella. Previously published in the anthology Harvest Moon.

Download or read book Cast in Ruin written by Michelle Sagara and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CAST IN RUIN Seven corpses are discovered in the streets of a Dragon's fief. All identical, down to their clothing. Kaylin Neya is assigned to discover who they were, who killed them—and why. Is the evil lurking at the borders of Elantra preparing to cross over? At least the investigation delays her meeting with the Dragon Emperor. And as the shadows grow longer over the fiefs, Kaylin must use every skill she's ever learned to save the people she's sworn to protect. Sword in hand, dragons in the sky, this time there's no retreat and no surrender… Previously Published in 2011

Download or read book Savage Light written by Janeal Falor and published by Chardonian Press. This book was released on with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marsa has always struggled with the fact she goes unnoticed. Her best friend is the one chosen to rid the world of all evil; the man Marsa loves barely knows she exists; and her sole remaining family member dies at the hand of the last evil man in the world. When all evil is finally defeated, Marsa thinks she'll at last have the life she wants, even if her mother isn't there to share it with. And maybe she'll discover the love of her life loves her back. Only a new quest is set before her and her friends. By the end of their journey, Marsa will question everything she knows. She'll have to redefine how she wants others to notice her, before their entire world is destroyed.

Download or read book Secrets from the Past written by Elise Noble and published by Undercover Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-12-31 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years have passed since Nico Belinsky last saw Kaylin La Rocca, but he can’t forget the girl he once thought of as a sister. Or the fact that she’s wanted for murder. When Emmy Black, a woman who lives up to her name by walking on the dark side, offers a favour, Nico tasks her with searching for his old friend. He’s playing with fire in more ways than one—not only does he risk stirring up a hornets’ nest, but the last time he saw Kaylin, his feelings toward her were anything but brotherly. Kaylin La Rocca fell for a man out of a romance novel, but it turned out to be more of a horror story. Now she’s his prisoner, a pretty little princess trapped in a glittering tower. A possession. She dreams of rescue, but any potential prince will have to face not only the cops but the villain who has claimed her. Can Nico and Emmy rescue her from the devil’s clutches and prove that happily ever afters do exist? Secrets from the Past is a romantic suspense crossover between Blackwood Security and Baldwin's Shore.

Download or read book Ohio written by Stephen Markley and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Extraordinary...beautifully precise...[an] earnestly ambitious debut.” —The New York Times Book Review “A wild, angry, and devastating masterpiece of a book.” —NPR “[A] descendent of the Dickensian ‘social novel’ by way of Jonathan Franzen: epic fiction that lays bare contemporary culture clashes, showing us who we are and how we got here.” —O, The Oprah Magazine “A book that has stayed with me ever since I put it down.” —Seth Meyers, host of Late Night with Seth Meyers One sweltering night in 2013, four former high school classmates converge on their hometown in northeastern Ohio. There’s Bill Ashcraft, a passionate, drug-abusing young activist whose flailing ambitions have taken him from Cambodia to Zuccotti Park to post-BP New Orleans, and now back home with a mysterious package strapped to the undercarriage of his truck; Stacey Moore, a doctoral candidate reluctantly confronting her family and the mother of her best friend and first love, whose disappearance spurs the mystery at the heart of the novel; Dan Eaton, a shy veteran of three tours in Iraq, home for a dinner date with the high school sweetheart he’s tried desperately to forget; and the beautiful, fragile Tina Ross, whose rendezvous with the washed-up captain of the football team triggers the novel’s shocking climax. Set over the course of a single evening, Ohio toggles between the perspectives of these unforgettable characters as they unearth dark secrets, revisit old regrets and uncover—and compound—bitter betrayals. Before the evening is through, these narratives converge masterfully to reveal a mystery so dark and shocking it will take your breath away.

Download or read book Cast in Courtlight written by Michelle Sagara and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sharp-tongued warrior uncovers treachery in the halls of Imperial court in this fantasy thriller sequel to Cast in Shadow. In Elantra, a job well done is rewarded with an even more dangerous task. And Kaylin, one of the city’s most fearsome patrol Hawks, has just defeated a dark evil in the slums of Nightshade. Now she must enter a new realm of deceit and treachery—a place where silk and jewels hide deadly secrets. . . . Kaylin must go before the Barrani High Court, where a misspoken word brings sure death. And she’s never been known for her grace or manners. But the High Lord’s heir is suspiciously ill and Kaylin’s healing magic is the only shot at saving him—if she manages to dodge the traps laid for her.

Download or read book Cast in Fury written by Michelle Sagara and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 4 in the Chronicles of Elantra fantasy series by New York Times bestselling author Michelle Sagara When a minority race of telepaths is suspected of causing a near-devastating tidal wave, Private Kaylin Neya is summoned to Court—and into a PR nightmare. To ease racial tensions, the emperor has commissioned a play, and the playwright has his own ideas about who should be the focus… But Kaylin works her best magic behind the scenes, and though she tries to stay neutral, she is again drawn into a world of politics…and murder. To make matters worse, Marcus, her trusted sergeant, gets stripped of his command, leaving Kaylin vulnerable. Now she's juggling two troubling cases, and even magic's looking good by comparison. But then nobody ever said life in the theater was easy… Originally published in 2008

Download or read book Cast in Sorrow written by Michelle Sagara and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE END OF HER JOURNEY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING… The Barrani would be happy to see her die. So Kaylin Neya is a bit surprised by her safe arrival in the West March. Especially when enemies new and old surround her and those she would call friends are equally dangerous… And then the real trouble starts. Kaylin's assignment is to be a "harmoniste"—one who helps tell the truth behind a Barrani Recitation. But in a land where words are more effective than weapons, Kaylin's duties are deadly. With the wrong phrase she could tear a people further asunder. And with the right ones…well, then she might be able to heal a blight on a race. If only she understood the story….

Download or read book Chronicles of Elantra bundle written by Michelle Sagara and published by LUNA. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 1363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic fantasy meets fast-paced police procedural in Michelle Sagara¿s gripping action-adventure series The Chronicles of Elantra, where law enforcer Kaylin Neya investigates crime armed with magic and a sharp wit. Bundle includes Cast in Shadow, Cast in Courtlight and Cast in Secret.

Download or read book Cast in Honor written by Michelle Sagara and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of a vicious battle between darkness and light, the city of Elantra has emerged victorious. But Shadows continue to haunt every corner of its streets… Elantra stands strong, but countless numbers of Hawks, the city's staunchest protectors, were lost in the brutal attack. Humans, Barrani, Aerians, Leontines—none of the races emerged unscathed from the defense of the city. Homes were lost, families were scattered…and the outcast Barrani Lord Nightshade is missing from his castle in the fiefs. Yet as the chaos surrounding the battle begins to wane, Private Kaylin Neya's duties must resume, despite her grief. Called in to investigate a triple murder in a quiet part of town, Kaylin and her companions are soon embroiled in a case that is anything but routine. Evidence of the deadly Shadows that still threaten the city leads to hints of ancient, forgotten magics…and everything can be traced directly to Ravellon, the heart of the Shadows and the darkness they contain. But it is there that Lord Nightshade will be found—if he still survives.

Download or read book Cast in Secret written by Michelle Sagara and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2016-06-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 3 in the Chronicles of Elantra fantasy series by New York Times bestselling author Michelle Sagara Still avoiding her magic lessons—yet using her powers when need be—Private Kaylin Neya is relishing investigating a regular theft once again. That is, until she finds out the mysterious box was taken from Elani Street, where the mages and charlatans mingle and it's sometimes difficult to tell the difference between the two. Still, she hopes this might be a mundane case… Then in a back room, Kaylin sees a lost-looking girl in a reflective pool…who calls out for Kaylin's help. Shaken, Kaylin tries to stay focused on the case at hand. But since the stolen item is ancient, has no keyhole and holds tremendous darkness inside, Kaylin knows unknown forces are again playing with her destiny—and her life… Originally published in 2007

Download or read book Showdown at Lizard Rock written by Sandra Chastain and published by Loveswept. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opposites attract in this sizzling novel from Sandra Chastain, as a face-off between a gorgeous activist and a sexy mogul proves that desire can be the sweetest persuader. Catching a man’s eye has never been hard for statuesque Kaylyn Smith. And now that she’s got King Vandergriff’s attention, she’s determined to put it to good use. Kaylyn is camping out on Lizard Rock, the healing hot springs where King plans to build a country club, and she’s staying there until she changes his mind. But Kaylyn has never encountered anyone quite like King, a man who never backs down from a challenge . . . especially one as enticing as this spirited siren. Nobody has ever gotten in King’s way, or under his skin, like this beautiful protester with a heart of gold. Kaylyn is passionate, persuasive, and dedicated to her ideals. Which suddenly puts King in the tricky position of trying to win her heart without selling out his own dream—a tug-of-war between desire and determination that only love can settle. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Flirting with Disaster, Taking Shots, and Long Simmering Spring.

Download or read book Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 2 written by Michelle Sagara and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHRONICLES OF ELANTRA, VOLUME 2 New York Times bestselling author Michelle Sagara sweeps readers away to the fantastical city of Elantra, where magic and adventure ensure that the life of Private Kaylin Neya is never boring. CAST IN SECRET Private Kaylin Neya relishes the thought of investigating a regular theft once again…until she finds out the item was stolen from Elani Street, where true mages and charlatans mingle. And since the missing box is ancient, has no keyhole and holds tremendous darkness inside, Kaylin knows unknown forces are once again playing with her destiny—and her life. CAST IN FURY When a minority race of telepaths is suspected of causing a near-devastating tidal wave, Private Kaylin Neya is again drawn into a world of politics…and murder. To make matters worse, Marcus, her trusted sergeant, gets stripped of his command, leaving Kaylin vulnerable. Now she's juggling two troubling cases, and her dreaded magic lessons are starting to look good by comparison… CAST IN SILENCE Private Kaylin Neya has sacrificed much to earn the respect of the winged Aerians and immortal Barrani she works alongside. But when the city's oracles warn of brewing unrest in the outer fiefdoms, a mysterious visitor from Kaylin's past casts her under a cloud of suspicion.

Download or read book Cast in Chaos written by Michelle Sagara and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CAST IN CHAOS Kaylin Neya is a Hawk, part of the elite force tasked with keeping the City of Elantra safe. Her past is dark, her magic uncontrolled and her allies unpredictable. And nothing has prepared her for what is coming, when the charlatans on Elani Street suddenly grow powerful, the Oracles are thrown into an uproar and the skies rain blood…. The powerful of Elantra believe that the mysterious markings on Kaylin's skin hold the answer, and they are not averse to using her—how ever they have to—in order to discover what it is. Something is coming, breaking through the barriers between the worlds. But is it a threat that Kaylin needs to defend her city against—or has she been chosen for another reason entirely? Previously Published in 2010