Download or read book Laura s Smile written by Jesse Sprague and published by Jesse Sprague. This book was released on 2022-10-16 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Savor some bite-sized horror stories along with your candy this Halloween. This collection contains six haunting tales of witches, monsters, magical tunes, and black cats—everything a person needs to sit back and enjoy the Halloween spirit. Laura’s Smile—A prisoner about to get parole contemplates his bloody crimes. He’s ready to move on, but is his victim? Imaginary— The teen years are a time to leave the past behind. But some things refuse to be forgotten. After The Piper—When the piper’s song takes the world’s children, all that’s left for the rest of humanity is empty spaces. One man, haunted by dreams of death, takes matters into his own hands. What Starts with a Black Cat… — A grieving scientist tries to avenge the death of her cat. But meddling in matters of life and death can bring unexpected consequences. Witch—Some monsters follow us from childhood. The witch under a woman’s bed followed her… and in their stalemate, the woman may be the one to change. Miles to Go—The house in the country was supposed to be her sanctuary from the prying eyes of the city. But one night when her husband is away, a surprise visitor disrupts her peace. Read this collection of dark, disturbing, and delightful tales… if you dare!
Download or read book Laura Smile written by Nina Pappas and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We do not get to choose our parents or the families into which we are born. That is predestined by God, for those who believe it. We are all born innocent, but for many, that time of innocence passes much too quickly. Such was the case for Laura Faye Flannery (Red), nicknamed for her thick copper red mane. Her days of childhood innocence came to an abrupt ending when she was thrown into a life that she did not want or ask for. Red would spend the next twenty-five years trying to escape from her life, living on daydreams and secrets to ease her sadness, while raising the children that were brought into that life. They too were innocent. Red had hoped that she might write a book one day about what had transpired from the first day she married Louk Papadakas, a domineering Greek man, who had many secrets of his own. But as the years disappeared, so did Red's mind. As dementia and later full Alzheimer's took over the memory of this brave and determined woman, her daughter, Melina, decided to write the story for her. Melina and her siblings had been raised in this fallacious marriage but held a loyalty for both parents, even though they had each suffered the brunt of it. Though Melina had lived through much of it herself, there were missing pieces that still lay hidden in her mother's memory. As Melina wrote the final chapters of her mother's story, she received a great gift, a deeper love and forgiveness, and she knew that God had shown her the reason for it all. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (Psalm 139:16)
Download or read book Naptime with Joey written by Laura Izumikawa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From viral Instagram sensation, lifestyle photographer, and mommy blogger Laura Izumikawa comes Naptime with Joey, a ridiculously delightful photo book of her now internet-famous daughter dressed up in various pop culture costumes—a perfect gift for new parents everywhere. Lights, Camera…Nap! Joey Marie wears many hats (or, rather, wigs): she’s dressed up as Inigo Montoya, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Pikachu, Anna Wintour, Moana, and Barb from Stranger Things. She’s taken trips to Hawaii, baked croissants, and blasted off to the moon as an astronaut (at least, in her dreams). She’s held occupations such as pizza chef, aerobics instructor, and handy-dandy-fixer-upper (figuratively, of course). She’s inspired a parenting blog, been the face of her mom Laura Izumikawa’s Instagram account—and for the first time, she’s taken the leap from the ranks of internet-baby-snoredom to the pages of a book. Naptime with Joey is chockablock full of over a hundred deliciously adorable photos of Joey dressed up as various pop culture characters, movie stars, musicians, vacationers, and holiday-goers, making this the most fun, festive, and downright delightful gift under the sun!
Download or read book Poems written by William Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Until the Day Break written by Alice Elinor Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Five Days of Christmas written by Lindsay McKenna and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A military veteran and a widow find a second chance at love in this emotional holiday romance from a New York Times–bestselling author. Colt Hamlin doesn’t expect much under his tree this Christmas. After all, the world-weary mercenary is just looking to get his life back on track. But when his boss’s wife decides to work a little matchmaking magic, Colt finds himself face to face with Montana’s prettiest widow, Abbie Clemens. And their chemistry is nothing short of electric . . . Praise for Lindsay McKenna: “McKenna skillfully takes readers on an emotional journey into two people’s hearts.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Their True Home written by Amy Clipston and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Marlene Bawell moved from Bird-in-Hand ten years ago, she was in the deepest of mourning for her mother. Now they have moved back so her father can seek employment after being laid off. To help save money, Marlene works at the hardware store owned by Rudy Swarey’s father. She knew Rudy growing up and didn’t think much of him—because he was so immature! But just as she starts to realize how much Rudy has changed, her life is once again turned upside down. Will Marlene ever have a chance to find her own true home?
Download or read book Codes of Betrayal written by Dorothy Uhnak and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVTo avenge his child, a New York cop vows to tear his own family apart/divDIV On the twentieth floor of a half-finished skyscraper, two brothers-in-law stare each other down. One is Vincent Ventura, a made man who fancies himself a real estate mogul. The other is Danny O’Hara, an honest foreman who’s just seen Ventura’s thugs throw one of his employees to his death. O’Hara doesn’t think Ventura will harm his own kin. He’s wrong. Ventura barely hesitates before pushing his brother-in-law over the edge./divDIV Thirty years later, Nick O’Hara—Danny’s son—is a cop, and Ventura is king of the New York mob. Though he avoids his uncle’s business, Nick makes the mistake of allowing his twelve-year-old son to pay his respects at the old man’s birthday party. A gun battle erupts in Little Italy, and young Peter is caught in the crossfire. As his life collapses around him, Nick risks everything for vengeance—taking on the Italian mob in the name of his son, and the father whom he never knew./divDIV/div/div
Download or read book Listen for the Whisperer written by Phyllis A. Whitney and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reclusive actress is brought back into the spotlight—by murder—in this novel by a New York Times–bestselling and Edgar award–winning author. Leigh Hollins had no choice but to honor her father’s dying wish: that she find her estranged mother, now living in seclusion in Norway, and reconcile with her. Leigh’s mother, Laura Worth, was once one of the most dynamic movie stars in the world, her films eclipsed only by her real life, which was filled with intrigue, scandal, and romantic melodrama. Then, after the mysterious death of the director on her final film, Laura slipped away from the Hollywood limelight. All she wanted was to be alone—but her daughter is about to shatter her solitude. When Leigh arrives at her mother’s isolated hillside home in Bergen, she’s met with both guarded joy and trepidation. Gunnar, a family friend, is a welcoming figure who sparks an unexpected attraction. But when Leigh reunites with the mother she once longed to know, she discovers a weakened recluse, a woman living in fear. As Leigh opens old wounds, draws out long-buried secrets, and unwittingly invites the dreadful past back into both of their lives, she learns that not everyone is a fan of Laura Worth. Someone wants her dead—and Leigh herself has also been targeted for a killer fade-out. From the Edgar Award–winning author Barbara Michaels hailed as “the Grand Master of her craft,” Listen for the Whisperer is a novel of illusions and deadly family secrets. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Phyllis A. Whitney including rare images from the author’s estate.
Download or read book The West Series Books 10 12 written by Jill Sanders and published by Grayton Press. This book was released on with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saving Trace The broken soldier and the small town sweetheart Music has always provided a welcomed escape from the dysfunctional reality Trace has become accustomed to. Fresh back from a tour overseas in the marines, he sets out to mend his wounds by strumming his way across the States. Stranded in what must be the smallest town in Texas, he must rely on the mercy and kindness of the people of Fairplay to right his way. Emma has a knack for spotting damaged souls and quickly pegs her next project in the hunky musician whose misfortune has landed him in Fairplay. Had it been anyone else, she would have patched his wounds and sent him on his way, but there’s just something about this one. Christmas Holly Staying home for the Holidays... Laura Holton had big plans for her winter break. None of which involved her staying home. But when her uncle gets laid up for a while, she's stuck running his veterinary clinic. Staying home for the holidays wasn't all bad, after all her uncle had just hired the sexiest veterinarian alive. Clay was a newcomer to Fairplay, Texas. Taking the new position in a small-town vet clinic hadn't been his parent's idea of utilizing his expensive education. But one look at the picturesque small-town and he'd jumped at the chance. One look at his boss' pretty blonde niece and he'd found another reason to stay. Maggie's Match Leaving home to find yourself, but falling for the one you left behind. Margaret Jackson has had enough of Ricky’s games. The boy has been leading her on since they were in diapers. It was past time she set out on her own and discovered just who she was outside of the small town of Fairplay, Texas. The last thing Rick had expected was to return home and discover Maggie wasn’t there. Hell, he’d lost his heart to the girl before he even knew how to spell his name. Problem was, he hadn’t known it until he’d heard she’d left Fairplay. By then, he figured he’d lost his chance. But maybe, just maybe, this was the right time and place to show her what he could be and what she meant to him.
Download or read book The Gifted written by Ann H. Gabhart and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jessamine Brady loves her Shaker sisters and brothers, but can't stop imagining life and love in the outside world.
Download or read book C C s Daughter written by Nan Ryan and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sexy, glitzy, riveting…will keep you up all night turning pages.” —RAVE REVIEWS C.C. McCarthy had a gift. His beautiful singing voice captivated the women who heard it, including Valentina Trent, owner of Bluebonnet Records. But when C.C. turned down Valentina’s offer of a contract—and herself—he had no idea that he’d ignited a feud that would outlive both his career and his life. Years later, Laura McCarthy has just lost her beloved father, C.C., to drugs. Devastated by his death, she finds herself on a wayward path that steals her innocence and shatters her illusions. But with steadfast determination and her father’s memory to give her strength, Laura vows to overcome the shadows of C.C.’s mistakes and restore his legend, against all odds.
Download or read book Open Honest Sometimes written by Linda Cassidy Lewis and published by Two-Four-Six Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-22 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just when you think you’ve got it all under control, life happens. Chelsea Cole Pearce has a Perfect Life Plan: get married, buy a house, and have a baby. Two down, one to go—and she and Jeremy are eagerly working on that third one. (And loving it.) While he’s writing his literary novel, she’s writing romance and designing her dream nursery. Life in the Pearce household is totally awesome—until it’s not. The road to happily ever after is bumpier than Chelsea anticipated, and she’s trying not to freak out. But her talent for jumping to wild conclusions coupled with their difficulty being open and honest with each other complicates matters. Now Chelsea must devise a new plan to get their life back on track … or else. The High Tea & Flip-Flops series consists of three books. Each book is a complete story ... no cliffhangers. However, I suggest you read them in order as the books follow the progression of Chelsea and Jeremy's relationship. Book 1: High Tea & Flip-Flops Book 2: Love & Liability Book 3: Open & Honest (Sometimes)
Download or read book DADDY BY CHRISTMAS written by Mollie Molay and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parents of twins—and they'd never even kissed! But oh, Laura Edwards wanted to kiss Tom Aldrich. Until she realized it was more than coincidence that made their daughters so amazingly similar. Tom might be the biological father of the child Laura raised as her own! With a fertility clinic scandal brewing, Tom knew there was only one way to protect the girls: marriage! But Laura didn't want a husband—she wanted a saint. The woman was driving him to distraction and Tom would have to pull out the stops on seduction to convince her they should be a family by Christmas!
Download or read book Even the Dogs written by Jon Mcgregor and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A ferocious book, at once intense and alarmingly unsentimental" (James Wood, The New Yorker), this intimate exploration of life at the edges of society is littered with love, loss, despair, and a half–glimpse of redemption―now reissued with an introduction by Yiyun Li On a cold, quiet day between Christmas and the New Year, a man's body is found in an abandoned apartment. His friends look on, but they're dead, too. Their bodies found in squats and sheds and alleyways across the city. Victims of heroin, they're ghosts in the shadows, a chorus keeping vigil as the hours pass, paying their own particular homage as their friend's body is taken away, examined, investigated, and cremated. All of their stories are laid out piece by broken piece through a series of fractured narratives. We meet Robert, the deceased, the only alcoholic in a sprawling group of junkies; Danny, just back from uncomfortable holidays with family, who discovers the body; Laura, Robert's daughter, who stumbles into the drug addict's life when she moves in with her father after years apart; Heather, who has her own home for the first time since she was a teenager; Mike, the Falklands War vet; and all the others. Theirs are stories of lives fallen through the cracks, hopes flaring and dying, love overwhelmed by more immediate needs. These invisible people live in a parallel reality to most of us, out of reach of food and shelter. And in their sudden deaths, it becomes clear, they are treated with more respect than they ever were in their short lives. Winner of the International Dublin Literary Award, Even the Dogs is a daring and humane exploration of homelessness and addiction from "a writer who will make a significant stamp on world literature. In fact, he already has" (Colum McCann, winner of the National Book Award).
Download or read book Cold War Canoe Club written by Jeffery Hess and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With his finger firmly placed on sailors’ wartime experiences, Hess delivers a potent, thrilling collection of sharply drawn tales.” —Kirkus Reviews The stories in Cold War Canoe Club are like vertical launch missiles that explode to reveal a darker side of the US Navy in a time when most of the action took place away from the headlines. Welcome to the period between World War II and the Desert Storm, when enemies were just as likely to be seen on radar as aboard the same ship. The characters who populate the stories Hess has written face their own doom through dangers—foreign and domestic, including shipmates, spouses, secrets, lies, greed, lust, and bad decisions. As Cold War Canoe Club unfolds, we witness the darkest recesses of war ships and the men who sail aboard them as well as the women who wait for them in port and at home. There’s a submarine sinking in frigid waters, a pregnant Navy wife distraught over the Cuban Missile Crisis, a race riot aboard an air craft carrier, fist fights, loose women, bad luck, and bad decisions. Hess’s sailors and veterans haunt deeply with the authentic sense of people being on ships at sea or at the ends of their ropes as civilians. These stories bristle with noir intrigue and energy, while transporting readers to worlds few have ever seen. A dark exploration of service men, officers, gentlemen, lowlifes, and those trying to navigate troubled waters across oceans and on land. Praise for Cold War Canoe Club… “Jeffery Hess combines a flair for gripping storytelling with a powerful lyrical sensibility to produce that rarest of birds: a book full of page-turners that read like literary fiction. Like Tim O’Brien and Kevin Powers, Hess writes with absolute authority about the military men whose lives he sees with utter clarity and intimacy.” —Pinckney Benedict, author of Miracle Boy, The Wrecking Yard, and Town Smokes “Eerily timely and rendered with gritty realism, Cold War Canoe Club beckons us to recall a time when actions and attitudes appeared motivated by an entire world perpetually hovering along the brink of utter destruction. Each tightly woven gem of a short story represents a microcosm of the Cold War macrocosm, and dares to expose Hess as a genius for his artful juxtaposition of humanity’s brash boldness with humanity’s amnesic naiveté.” —Tracy Crow, author of Eyes Right: Confessions from a Woman Marine, and editor of Red, White, & True: Stories from Veterans and Families, WWII to Present “Hess is one of those rare talents who tells a great story with compelling characters, pacing and action.” —Terrence McCauley, author of Sympathy for the Devil and The Devil Dogs of Belleau Wood “Cold War Canoe Club presents an eclectic array of situations and stories all tied together by Hess’s hard-edged prose style and deeply-developed characters. In the smart, snappy tradition of Elmore Leonard and James Lee Burke, Hess is a writer who pulls no punches and delivers authenticity in rapid-fire doses.” —Steph Post, author of Lightwood and A Tree Born Crooked “Smart, poignant, often slyly funny, these are stories that will both take your breath away and take you places you’ve never been before. A true and honest salute to much more than those who serve in the Navy, rich with history real and imagined.” —Fred Leebron, author of Welcome to Christiania and Out West “Jeffery Hess reminds of the glory days or noir: wayward women, brawling sailors, and shadow-lurking heroes who were too hung over when redemption dawned. If you want a quick literary jab to your heart, any of Hess’s short fiction will do. Just finish burying that body, pal, and read.” —James R. Duncan, author of Blood Republic
Download or read book A Child s Christmas written by Kate James and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a stranger at the door on Christmas Day… Single mother Paige Summerville wants to give her seven-year-old son the Christmas of his dreams. Jason needs surgery to beat the illness that's plagued his young life, leaving Paige desperate to make ends meet. So she turns to a charity that grants the wishes of sick children… Then a stranger arrives bearing gifts for Jason—and for her. He's Daniel Kinsley, a lawyer who's grown cynical about family. But his kindness in making Jason's wishes come true offers him more than he ever imagined. Is there room in Paige's heart for a man who could fulfill all their dreams? And not just at Christmas!
