Download or read book Bloodland written by Alan Glynn and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A helicopter crash off the coast of Ireland sends unexpected ripples through the international community in this intricate new thriller from the author of "Winterland" and "Limitless."

Download or read book Whatever written by S. J. Goslee and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fans of David Levithan’s Boy Meets Boy (2003) and Becky Albertalli’s Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (2015) won’t be disappointed.” —Booklist, starred review “Recommended for young adults who enjoy . . . books by John Green, Adam Silvera, or John Corey Whaley.” —School Library Journal, starred review It's like the apocalypse came, only instead of nuclear bombs and zombies, Mike gets school participation, gay thoughts, and mother-effin' cheerleaders. Junior year is about to start. Here's what Mike Tate knows: His friends are awesome and their crappy garage band is a great excuse to drink cheap beer. Rook Wallace is the devil. The Lemonheads rock. And his girlfriend Lisa is the coolest. Then Lisa breaks up with him, which makes Mike only a little sad, because they'll stay friends and he never knew what to do with her boobs anyway. But when Mike finds out why Lisa dumped him, it blows his mind. And worse—he gets elected to homecoming court. With a standout voice, a hilariously honest view on sex and sexuality, and enough f-bombs to make your mom blush, S.J. Goslee's debut YA novel Whatever. is a fresh, modern take on the coming-out story. A 2017 Booklist Youth Editors' Choice

Download or read book Blue Heaven written by C.J. Box and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blue Heaven is the break-out novel from C. J. Box, the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Joe Pickett series. A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother are on the run in the Idaho woods, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder—four men who know exactly who William and Annie are. And where their mother lives. Retired policemen from Los Angeles, the killers easily persuade the local sheriff to let them lead the search for the missing children. Now there's nowhere left for William and Annie to hide...and no one they can trust. Until they meet Jess Rawlins. Rawlins, an old-school rancher, knows trouble when he sees it. He is only one against four men who will stop at nothing to silence their witnesses. But in this thrilling mystery novel from C.J. Box, these ex-cops don't know just how far Rawlins will go to protect William and Annie...and see that justice is done. Blue Heaven is the winner of the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Novel.

Download or read book My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen written by David Clawson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Bellows is just trying to get through high school and survive being the only stepchild in the social-climbing Fontaine family, whose recently diminished fortune hasn’t dimmed their desire to mingle with Upper East Side society. Chris sometimes feels more like a maid than part of the family. But when Chris’s stepsister Kimberly begins dating golden boy J. J. Kennerly, heir to a political dynasty, everything changes. Because Chris and J. J. fall in love . . . with each other. With the help of a new friend, Coco Chanel Jones, Chris learns to be comfortable in his own skin, let himself fall in love and be loved, and discovers that maybe he was wrong about his step-family all along. All it takes is one fairy godmother dressed as Diana Ross to change the course of his life. My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen is a Cinderella retelling for the modern reader. The novel expertly balances issues like sexuality, family and financial troubles, and self-discovery with more lighthearted moments like how one rogue shoe can launch a secret, whirlwind romance and a chance meeting with a drag queen can spark magic and light in a once dark reality.

Download or read book Shades of Gray written by Jessica James and published by Jessica James. This book was released on 2008 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Confederate cavalier has orders to track down a Union spy who is a southern belle in disguise.

Download or read book Noble Cause written by Jessica James and published by Jessica James. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Noble Cause is a riveting piece of historical fiction, very much highly recommended reading." - Midwest Book Review Noble Cause: A Novel of the Civil War, is the winner of the 2011 John Esten Cooke Award for Southern Fiction and the Next Generation Award for Regional Fiction. It was a Finalist in both the Romance and Historical Fiction categories. The award-winning historical fiction novel Shades of Gray now has a new happily-ever-after ending in this special edition entitled, Noble Cause. This is the tale of Colonel Alexander Hunter, a dauntless and daring Confederate cavalry officer, who, with his band of intrepid outcasts, becomes a legend in the rolling hills of northern Virginia. Inspired by love of country and guided by a sense of duty and honor, Hunter must make a desperate choice when he discovers the woman he promised his dying brother he would protect is the Union spy he vowed to his men he would destroy. Readers will discover the fine line between friends and enemies when the paths of these two tenacious foes cross by the fates of war and their destinies become entwined forever. Author Jessica James uniquely blends elements of romantic and historical fiction in this deeply personal and poignant tale that, according to one reviewer, “transcends the pages to settle in the very marrow of the reader’s bones.” Winner of numerous national awards, James has received critical acclaim for this page-turning story of courage, honor, and enduring love. Destined for an honored place among the classics of the American Civil War, Noble Cause is a book to read, and keep, and remember forever.

Download or read book The Monuments Men written by Josh Lanyon and published by JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someone is watching. Someone is waiting. Despite having attracted the attention of a dangerous stalker, Special Agent Jason West is doing his best to keep his mind on his job and off his own troubles. But his latest case implicates one of the original Monuments Men in the theft and perhaps destruction of part of the world's cultural heritage--a lost painting by Vermeer. Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander Emerson Harley wasn't just a World War 2 hero, he was the grandfather Jason grew up idolizing. In fact, Grandpa Harley was a large part of what inspired Jason to join the FBI's Art Crime Team. Learning that his legendary grandfather might have turned a blind eye to American GIs "liberating" priceless art treasures at the end of the war is more than disturbing. It's devastating. Jason is determined to clear his grandfather's name, even if that means breaking a few rules and regulations himself--putting him on a collision course with romantic partner BAU Chief Sam Kennedy. Meanwhile, someone in the shadows is biding his time...

Download or read book DO YOU TAKE THIS COWBOY written by Jeanne Allan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SIMPLY THE BEST City miss meets headstrong cowboy… Jacqueline—J.J.—O'Brien was a hot city lawyer. Luke Remington was a rugged country rancher. When these two opposites met, sparks flew—so much so that their marriage seemed destined to be as brief as their whirlwind romance. After barely a week, J.J. wanted a divorce. But Luke would agree only on one condition: that she live with him for three weeks on his ranch. Three weeks of dressing down, mucking in and making out! Just what had she taken on? SIMPLY THE BEST. Authors you'll treasure, books you'll want to keep!

Download or read book Finding Her Way The Lucy Collection written by Nancy N. Rue and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 935 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy is a feisty, precocious tomboy who questions everything including God. Understandably, especially after an accident killed her mother, blinded her father, and turned her life upside down. Follow Lucy in this four-book Faithgirlz bind-up as she navigates life and learns about the young lady that God wants her to be. This eBook collection includes: In Lucy Out of Bounds, Mora’s gone boy-crazy for Lucy’s best friend, and the town might sell the soccer field Lucy plays on. Lucy feels betrayed by everyone, but in the book of Ruth she just might find a role model for perseverance … and forgiveness. Lucy’s Perfect Summer: New management at the radio station threatens to let Lucy’s father go, claiming his blindness is holding the station back. That may mean a move for Lucy and her dad. In order to help her father, Lucy has to let him go for a while and that means leaning on God to help her make the sacrifice. In Lucy Finds Her Way Lucy is faced with her toughest obstacles yet in her quest to find out just what it means to be a girl. With Aunt Karen taking over while Dad is away at a special school, teachers at middle school not being as understanding as Mr. Auggy, J.J. learning first-hand about bullying, and soccer becoming way more serious as she prepares for Olympic Development Program try-outs, Lucy has to depend on God more than ever. In Lucy Doesn’t Wear Pink meet Lucy Rooney, a motherless tomboy with an inquisitive mind, a strong will, and a straight-forward approach, who knows every inch of the small and dusty New Mexico town in which she lives with her blind father. She is constantly searching for the “why” in everything. Sometimes it helps answer her questions, and sometimes it just gets her into trouble.

Download or read book Perfectly Matched Harbor Falls Romance Collection Boxed Set written by Maddie James and published by Sand Dune Books. This book was released on 2017-01-29 with total page 1310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MATCHMAKING CHEF COLLECTION The eight Matchmaking Chef novellas When Suzie Matthews (Bed, Breakfast & You) accidentally cooks up a scene that causes her sister to get back together with her high school boyfriend (Home for the Holidays), she wonders if she can help other singletons living in the small mountain town of Legend, Tennessee find the loves of their lives. Being a matchmaker isn't really on her list of things to do--after all, she has a bed & breakfast to run, cookbooks to write, and a television show on the Food Channel to keep up with. But baking is her thing, and perhaps matchmaking can be her thing, too. After all, there is a song going through her head that goes something like this... Matchbaker, Matchbaker, bake me a match? No wait. Make me a match. Nevermind! You get the picture, right? Welcome to Legend, Tennessee. And welcome to the matchbaking, er, matchmaking world of Chef Suzie Matthews.

Download or read book River Rising written by T. P. Jones and published by BookPros, LLC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third and final installment of The Loss of Certainty trilogy, T. P. Jones once again delves into America's heartland to portray the gritty drama of life in the Midwest. Constant rains on top of melting winter snow fuel fears of a record flood in Jackson, Iowa. Construction of the town's dog track on an island in the Mississippi River is jeopardized, threatening Jackson's financial future. Even more ominous, city officials learn that the existing floodwall and levee system might fail to protect the city itself. With little time to lose, the people of Jackson must set aside old grievances and long-held prejudices to work together. Tensions build while they debate whether to add to the system, and as they argue, the river continues to rise.

Download or read book Duty Bound Southern Civil War Fiction written by Jessica James and published by Jessica James. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s a fine line between friends and enemies. Honor and conviction clash with loyalty and love in this sweeping Civil War tale that pits brother against brother. Shades of Gray Civil War Serial Trilogy consists of three books: Duty Bound, Honor Bound, and Glory Bound. Note: This book was previously published as Shades of Gray, and later released as Noble Cause with a happily-ever-after ending. It has been revised, expanded and enhanced for this edition. Colonel Alexander Hunter would rather die than see the Union set foot on his beloved Virginia soil. And while he holds the line against Northern aggression with legendary skill, a treacherous boy on horseback always thwarts his offensives. His allegiance is tested when the traitor he unmasks is the woman he once swore to his brother he would protect. Andrea Monroe would do anything to make her country whole again. A Southern-born Union spy, she’s dedicated to undermining the arrogant Confederate officer. When she’s taken captive and badly injured, Andrea is shocked to wake up in the legendary home of her nemesis, rather than prison. As prisoner and captor spend time together, their mutual loyalty grows into unexpected devotion. But as fresh conflicts arise, they again, cross swords. Can two adversaries reach beyond the battle lines to unite in the midst war? The Shades of Gray Civil War Serial Trilogy is a powerful exploration into a defining era of American history. If you like emotional journeys, rich Southern backdrops, and epic stories of devotion, then you’ll adore Jessica James’s captivating Civil War adventure. Buy Duty Bound and feel the raw emotion and passion today! Shades of Gray, first published in 2008, was later published as Noble Cause, with a new happily-ever-after ending. What they said about Shades of Gray: “It is a book I think could have the impact of a ‘Gone With the Wind.” – J. Noyalas, Assistant Professor of History “The best Civil War fiction book since Cold Mountain.” – J. Bibb, SCV, Trimble Camp 1836 “Andrea and Alex will surely take the place in my heart of Rhett and Scarlett as the perfect Civil War fictional love story!” – A. Deyarmin "I am reluctant to admit I enjoyed it (Shades of Gray) more than Gone With the Wind! This book takes you through so many emotions!" – Amazon Reviewer "Not since reading Gone With the Wind have I enjoyed a book so much as Jessica James's Shades of Gray! I could not put Shades of Gray down, from start to finish!" - S. Winch

Download or read book Shades of Gray Complete Civil War Trilogy written by Jessica James and published by Jessica James. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THREE COMPLETE BOOKS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! Complete Civil War Trilogy Vols. 1-3 Called the "greatest love story ever told" when it was first released in 2008, Shades of Gray has been expanded and enhanced in this new Shades of Gray Civil War Serial Trilogy. Honor and conviction clash with loyalty and love in this poignant Civil War tale that pits brother against brother. Shades of Gray Civil War Serial Trilogy consists of three books: Duty Bound, Honor Bound, and Glory Bound, as well as an Epilogue that can be requested from the author.

Download or read book Home Is Where the Hell Is written by Shawn Denson and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special Agent David Roberts is a top FBI profiler, focusing on violent offenders. His professional life is extraordinarily successful--but his personal life is in tatters. At the end of a difficult case, he finds himself with a unique opportunity: the chance to revisit his past and make up for the mistakes of youth. Twenty years earlier, David was an awkward and bullied teenager living in a small Arkansas town called Grayson and suffering from unrequited love. Now, when a string of grisly and horrific homicides hits Grayson, David is ordered--against his will--to return to his hated hometown and investigate the crimes. As he searches for the killer, he encounters former schoolmates and peers, as well as Emily Anderson, the object of his teenage love, a woman he has never forgotten. David and Emily connect, and he begins to see that empathy and compassion should overcome the bitterness that has lived in his heart for so many years. But then the killer strikes much closer to home, leaving David not only questioning his career, choices and life, but also fearing for the lives of those he loves. In this thriller, a gifted but flawed FBI agent faces the demons of his past while searching for a serial killer at large in his hometown.

Download or read book Jj s Isolation written by Martin Patrick and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the era of Reaganomics, Thatcherism and terrorist threat, JJ's Isolation is played out in the highest ranks of London society in Mayfair and Whitehall, among Manhattan's corporate elite and the Secret Service. From 1978 to 1991, JJ works as an Agent for the Anti-Terrorist Union. As an intellectual and debonair Black entrepreneurial gay man, he has the power to seduce and to kill. His life changes when he falls in love with the wrong man. Over seven years he learns why his romantic spirit puts him in danger in America and Europe. Although he's unafraid of love ...he is paranoid about racism. When his best friend falls in love with him, they are exploited by friends and family as they struggle to survive death threats. This is a story of great love, passion, Anglo-American patriotism and free enterprise. Set in the exclusive world of glamour, political power, and the natural beauty of Arizona, the action involves spies, terrorists, perverts and tyrants. Across a landscape of racial diversity, mysticism and erotic enlightenment, three European, Hispanic, and African American Agents find love and marriage in a climate of terrorism and death.This is the love story you've been waiting for. - Human Rights Activist, London, UK Martin Patrick lives in London. He's a former university professor of film, drama and cultural studies.

Download or read book Mitchell Parker Crime Thrillers Collection written by Helen Goltz and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 1243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All three books in the Mitchell Parker Crime Thrillers series by Helen Goltz, now in one volume! Mastermind: A website inviting players to mastermind the perfect crime is the façade for billionaire Lawrence Hackett’s real-life game of Mastermind - an invitation-only competition for a select few - to see who can perform the perfect heist and win an enormous bounty. Special Agent Mitchell Parker and his team learn of the international crime ring, and begin their investigation. Washington, London, Paris - the clock is ticking. Can Parker and his team shut down the criminal enterprise before it is too late? Graveyard Of The Atlantic: Off the shores of Cape Hatteras, deep below the surface, lie the bodies of ships that never made it back to land... and with them, something silent and sinister. Meanwhile, several police officers from Beijing are visiting the US for a peculiar purpose. But are they linked to the events in Cape Hatteras? It will be a rough ride for Mitchell and his team, as they race against the ocean - and the clock - to solve the mystery. The Fourth Reich: FBI Special Agent Mitchell Parker is frustrated to be called in on what he believes is a police matter, but digging deeper, a much more far-reaching threat is revealed. Soon, Parker and his team find themselves in the middle of a Neo-Nazi plot that spans continents, and threatens to bring one of the worst atrocities in history back to life.

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