Download or read book Halloween Is the Time to Say I Love You written by Elizabeth Myles and published by Eight Oh Six/Tangential Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Halloween, lose your heart in Hillingham Hollow… Welcome to Hillingham Hollow, the wholesome Texas suburb where romance abounds and real magic is rumored to be in the air. Book 3: Halloween Is the Time to Say I Love You When Jessye first met Reese, her fierce attraction to him set her mind and heart spinning. At the time, she was a wealthy high school senior who, on the surface, had everything she could want: a happy family life, a rich and handsome boyfriend, and a solid plan for her future. Reese was a community college student and the drummer in a local rock band. Their chance meeting stoked a desire in Jessye unlike anything she had ever felt before, and it churned her mind with questions. Should she stay on the path already chosen for her? Fulfill everyone’s expectations but her own? Or leap in a different direction entirely and risk everything to be with Reese? But while Jessye hesitated, the time for decision making slipped away. Soon, life tore her and Reese in different directions, and she never saw him again. Now, seven years have passed. Jessye’s life hasn’t worked out the way she’d anticipated. She’s at a low point and has all but given up on her dreams for the future. She’s never forgotten Reese, but has never held out much hope for reconnecting with him, either. So, she’s shocked to run into him one day and learn he’s back in town to play one of the biggest shows of his career. Reese has transformed his passion for music into a successful living, and he’s performing as part of the celebrity wedding celebration currently taking Hillingham Hollow by storm. Even more surprising, Reese is single and still interested in Jessye. But Jessye’s grim circumstances have changed her. She’s anxious and wary, reluctant to believe in anything or anyone anymore, including Reese. Reese says he doesn’t mind. He likes a challenge. Jessye has serious doubts, but Reese’s determination is difficult to ignore. Seeing her again seems to have rekindled Reese’s longing to make her his—forever. But can he convince Jessye to trust again? To reopen her heart and give him another chance? If ever there were a perfect opportunity to reshape fate, this special weekend might be it. Because in Hillingham Hollow, Halloween Is the Time to Say I Love You. Content advisory for Book 3: Halloween Is the Time to Say I Love You: This story contains sexual references and sensual kissing. ____________________________ SERIES DESCRIPTION: Welcome to Hillingham Hollow, Texas, the wholesome Houston suburb where romance abounds, and magic is rumored to be in the air… Twenty-year-old Autumn Joy Alejandro is getting married. Somehow, the former Hillingham Hollow High homecoming queen and recent Harvest Festival Pumpkin Princess has managed to land one of the world’s most eligible bachelors, twenty-eight-year-old Gothic rock singer Corvin Covarrubias. When the tall, dark, and extraordinarily handsome star escorts his new bride-to-be back to the suburbs for their highly publicized wedding, all of Hillingham Hollow is immediately entranced. Autumn Joy is sweet and friendly, known for her almost angelic levels of kindness and generosity. Corvin is just the opposite, a worldly international celebrity with a dour image and devilish reputation, rumored to be a real-life vampire. The unusual pair captures the locals’ imaginations, and soon speculations about their alliance are swirling. According to many hopeful Hillingham singles, the “marriage of light and darkness” taking place in the heart of their community will be a charmed event, guaranteeing every guest their own happily-ever-after. Follow along as the weekend’s Halloween carnival extravaganza unfolds, and passion ignites throughout the ’burbs. Some couples will reunite after years apart, while others will meet for the very first time. All will be unexpectedly thrown together for one fun—possibly enchanted—wedding weekend, in which supernatural forces may or may not play a part, but romance is certain to manifest... MORE ABOUT THE SERIES: Halloween Hearts is a New Adult small-town romance series. Some of the books contain fantasy/paranormal elements. Each novella is approximately 50,000 - 60,000 words in length and can be read as a standalone book. The stories range from sweet (kisses only) to a bit more sensual (see individual book descriptions for details) These books can be enjoyed in any order. The titles are as follows: Book 1: A Kiss at Halloween (Max and Kaelin) Now available Book 2: All I Want for Halloween Is You (Clark and Iris) Now available Book 4: I’ll Be Home for Halloween (London and Clea) Now available Book 5: All My Halloweens (Corvin and Joy) Now available

Download or read book Beautiful Darkness written by Kami Garcia and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fall under the spell of the Beautiful Darkness, the sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling gothic fantasy, Beautiful Creatures! There were no surprises in Gatlin County. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin as a place where nothing ever changed. Then mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes revealed a secret world of curses and Supernaturals with terrifying abilities. Lena showed him a Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen. Sometimes life-ending. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.

Download or read book The Fall of Whit Rivera written by Crystal Maldonado and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out. Frenemies Whit and Zay have been at odds for years (ever since he broke up with her in, like, the most embarrassing way imaginable), so when they’re forced to organize the fall formal together, it's a literal disaster. Sparks fly as Whitney—type-A, passionate, a perfectionist, and a certified sweater-weather fanatic—butts heads with Zay, a dry, relaxed skater boy who takes everything in stride. But not all of those sparks are bad. . . . Has their feud been a big misunderstanding all along? Blisteringly funny and profoundly well-observed, The Fall of Whit Rivera is a snug and cozy autumn romcom that also tackles weightier topics like PCOS, chronic illness, sexuality, fatphobia, Latine identity, and class. Funny, honest, insightful, romantic, and poignant, it is classic Crystal Maldonado—and it will have her legion of fans absolutely swooning. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection "Meaningful. . . Multidimensional. . . An important addition to YA literature."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review "A celebration of love in all its forms—family, friends, romance, and (especially!) self. Whit Rivera's wry, optimistic voice will linger happily in your mind long after you turn the last page."—Monica Gomez-Hira, author of Once Upon a Quinceañera "Satisfying and delightful... Maldonado shines!"—Kelly Jensen, editor and author of (Don't) Call Me Crazy, Body Talk, and Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World

Download or read book Ghosted written by Jillian C. Stone and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s Halloween, and seventeen-year-old MaryAnn is excited about her town’s annual celebration. The season assumes an ominous tone when MaryAnn is led to the body of her neighbor, Mr. Carlson, by the eerie howls of the big orange stray who frequents his backyard. Weeks earlier, when her eyes had met the cat’s spooky yellow stare, MaryAnn had known something out of the ordinary was going to happen, but she never expected death. The deceased Mr. Carlson soon appears to MaryAnn in a dream, insisting she find his murderer, and she reluctantly agrees. With the help of her close-knit group of friends, the big orange cat, and an adorable Corgi named Trixie, MaryAnn discovers her own psychic talents while unraveling a Halloween mystery that stretches back to her own mother’s death.

Download or read book The Moth Girl written by Heather Kamins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying doesn’t always mean freedom. Anna is a regular teenaged girl. She runs track with her best friend, gets good grades, and sometimes drinks beer at parties. But one day at track practice, Anna falls unconscious . . . but instead of falling down, she falls up, defying gravity in the disturbing first symptom of a mysterious disease. This begins a series of trips to the hospital that soon become Anna’s norm. She’s diagnosed with lepidopsy: a rare illness that causes symptoms reminiscent of moths: floating, attraction to light, a craving for sugar, and for an unlucky few, more dangerous physical manifestations. Anna’s world is turned upside down, and as she learns to cope with her illness, she finds herself drifting further and further away from her former life. Her friends don’t seem to understand, running track is out of the question, and the other kids at the disease clinic she attends once a week are a cruel reminder that things will never be the same. From debut author Heather Kamins comes a beautiful and evocative story about one girl’s journey of choosing who she wants to be--in a life she never planned for.

Download or read book Waking the Moon written by Elizabeth Hand and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gothic fantasy set on a college campus from the author of Wylding Hall: “The unstoppable narrative just might make Waking the Moon a cult classic. Literally” (Spin). Sweeney Cassidy is the typical college freshman at the University of the Archangels and St. John the Divine in Washington, DC. She drinks. She parties. And she certainly doesn’t suspect that underneath its picturesque Gothic façade, the University is a haven for the Benandanti, a cult devoted to suppressing the powerful and destructive Moon Goddess. But everything is about to change as Sweeney learns that her two new best friends are the Goddess’s Chosen Ones. Rich and engrossing, Waking the Moon is a seductive post-feminist thriller that delves into an ancient feud, where the real and magical collide, and one woman is forced to make a decision that will change the world. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Elizabeth Hand including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

Download or read book Dead Girls Don t Say Sorry written by Alex Ritany and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean when your best friend is dead and your instinct is relief? A stunningly immersive debut about toxic friendships, grief, romance, and new beginnings. Friendship, at least for me, has never been anything but complicated. Before: One year ago, best friends Nora and Julia were starting their senior year of high school, with plans to apply to the same university so they wouldn't be separated. When Dillan Fletcher comes back to town, life as Nora knows it begins to unravel. And then, the unthinkable happens. After: Months after surviving the accident that killed her best friend, Nora Radford is stagnating. Dillan has remained by her side, but he and other friends are starting university, while Nora is still trying to unravel the lies that Julia told, lies disguised as friendship. DEAD GIRLS DON’T SAY SORRY is an absorbing page-tuner told in two timelines about how friendships evolve, how growing up can reveal the dark side of those you trust most. And it’s about how even in the face of tragedy, we can find our way out of the dark and have the courage to step into something better.

Download or read book The Wicked Hour written by Alice Blanchard and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of Trace of Evil, a detective dealing with the scars of her past must solve a seemingly unconnected string of murders, and face the impossible question of what to do when the killer may be hiding amongst the ones you know, in Alice Blanchard's The Wicked Hour. “Readers will welcome a return to Burning Lake with Natalie at the helm.”—Associated Press “Lockhart is a relatable new heroine on the police-procedural scene, and one who will appeal to readers of Tana French."—Booklist The day after Burning Lake’s notorious, debauched Halloween celebration, Detective Natalie Lockhart uncovers a heartbreaking scene—a young woman, dead and lying in a dumpster. There’s no clue to who she is, save for a mystifying tattoo on her arm, and a callus underneath her chin. She’s not from around here. No one knows who she is. As Natalie retraces the young woman’s steps leading up to her death, she uncovers a deeper, darker horror—a string of murders and disappearances, seemingly unconnected, that may have ties to each other—and explain the abrupt disappearance of her best friend years ago. As she digs deeper within the mind of the hunter, Natalie finds a darkness she could never have imagined. And as she draws closer to the truth, the killer is weaving a trap for her that may prove inescapable.

Download or read book Notebooks of a Chile Verde Smuggler written by Juan Felipe Herrera and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a collection of poetry, prose, journal entries, and even a screenplay, the Chicano poet fixes his gaze on his own life and times, invoking childhoods, neighborhoods, historical revisions, misfits and outcasts.

Download or read book Why Would I Lie written by Adi Rule and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ripped-from-the-headlines thriller about a charismatic, mysterious valedictorian . . . and the only girl brave enough to try to bring him down. Viveca North works harder and smarter -- and it'll all be worth it when she's named valedictorian and granted admission to her dream school, the elite Everett College. All her sacrifices are finally about to pay off. That is, unless the mysterious new guy at school, Jamison Sharpe, steals valedictorian out from under her. Jamison is popular, charming, and funny, and school comes easily to him. Viveca knows he can't really be all that he seems, but everyone completely dismisses her concerns. Soon, Viveca is obsessed with proving that Jamison is a fraud. But the deeper she gets into uncovering what she believes to be a web of lies and deceit, the closer her dreams come to unraveling once and for all. Is the school golden boy really lying, or is she as paranoid as everyone thinks? In this suspenseful psychological thriller Adi Rule weaves the unforgettable story of a girl who refuses to be silenced, and who won't back down from what she knows she deserves.

Download or read book Babes in Boyland written by Regina Barreca and published by Upne. This book was released on 1923 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous and provocative account of being a female undergraduate at Dartmouth College in its turbulent first years of co-education.

Download or read book How to Get Away with Lying written by Enya Clancy and published by Enya Clancy. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. It’s hard for Jessi Alvarez to mourn the death of her sworn enemy, Adley Morgenstern, who recently died after taking her own life. After all, Jessi was the one who threatened Adley to leave Ember Falls - and she knows that if everyone else knew the truth about the chaos Adley caused, they would have wanted her dead too. Ethan Landers, on the other hand, is struggling to understand why something bad keeps happening to everyone around him. First, his sister, Annabeth, was murdered, and now, his girlfriend had supposedly committed suicide on the night they were going to run away. Was there something more going on? What nobody knows is that there are two witches in town with a plan for vengeance, though to perform their spell, they'll need an angel, a full demon, and a witch without knowledge of their powers... The past can't stay dead forever, and sometimes, knowledge is dangerous when secrets are more tightly intertwined than one might think.

Download or read book Darkness and Light written by Olivia Dresher and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darkness and Light: Private Writing as Art is an anthology of contemporary journals, diaries, and notebooks. Excerpts from the private writings of 14 sensitive and reflective women and men are included, as well as two essays that address questions surrounding the journal-as-art. The pieces contained in the collection offer a variety of writing styles, subjects, and themes. Editors Olivia Dresher and Victor Munoz feel that the domain of the journal can encompass much more than the typically historical or therapeutic, and wish to present the concept of the journal/diary/notebook as a distinct literary genre, as an open testament to the full and mysterious variety of human life and thought.

Download or read book Going Deep written by Anne Calhoun and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHE’LL ROCK HIS WORLD After weeks on a sold-out tour, singer Cady Ward is coming home for the holidays. But after one too many episodes of fan-craziness, Cady’s manager decides that she needs protection—in the form of muscled cop Conn McCormick. Longing for peace and quiet to prepare before her next album drops, Cady doesn’t need a bodyguard just to deal with some vague email threats...though she can’t deny that close proximity to Conn’s body is a very nice place to be. Conn is in the midst of a career scandal when his boss assigns him to pop-star guard duty. It’s a poor use of his skills, even though Cady’s feisty nature proves the perfect distraction for Conn while Internal Affairs investigates his case. What begins as a sizzling attraction becomes something deeper than either Conn or Cady could have expected. But when Conn uncovers the sinister plan behind the threats to Cady, he’s faced with a professional dilemma: To save her life, will he risk having a future with the only woman who’s ever touched his soul? What these bestselling authors have to say about Anne Calhoun’s romances: “Scintillating sexual chemistry!”—Lauren Dane “Uncommonly good storytelling.”—Beth Kery

Download or read book By the Side of the Road written by Marla Bernard and published by WildBlue Press. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true crime story of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of a Missouri teen and her family’s journey to justice. In the early hours of March 22, 1989, two friends—career criminals with violent felony convictions—drove around the eastern Kansas City area in a stolen car committing a series of crimes. The weather was mild for late March in Kansas City; the sky was clear, and there was the pale remnant of a Full Moon that bore the dubious name of Death Moon, the last full moon of winter. A little before 7 a.m., fifteen-year-old Ann Harrison walked to the end of her driveway on Kansas City’s east side to wait for the bus to take her to Raytown South High School. Ten minutes later, she disappeared but no one saw what happened. As if waiting for her return, her belongings were still stacked carefully by the side of the road. By the Side of the Road is the true crime story of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Ann Harrison and the long journey forced upon her family who had to wait nearly three decades to see her killers brought to final justice.

Download or read book Beauty and the Mustache written by Penny Reid and published by Cipher-Naught. This book was released on 2014-08-24 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are three things you need to know about Ashley Winston: 1) She has six brothers and they all have beards, 2) She is a reader, and 3) She knows how to knit. Former beauty queen, Ashley Winston’s preferred coping strategy is escapism. She escaped her Tennessee small town, loathsome father, and six brothers eight years ago. Now she escapes life daily via her one-click addiction. However, when a family tragedy forces her to return home, Ashley can’t escape the notice of Drew Runous—local Game Warden, bear wrestler, philosopher, and everyone’s favorite guy. Drew’s irksome philosophizing in particular makes Ashley want to run for the skyscrapers, especially since he can’t seem to keep his exasperating opinions— or his soulful poetry, steadfast support, and delightful hands— to himself. Pretty soon the girl who wanted nothing more than the escape of the big city finds she’s lost her heart in small town Tennessee. Beauty and the Mustache is book #4 in the Knitting in the City series, and book #0.5 in the Winston Brothers series. Each book is a standalone, full length (110k words), contemporary romantic comedy novel, and follows the misadventures and exploits of seven friends in Chicago, all members of the same knitting group.

Download or read book Wreck and Order written by Hannah Tennant-Moore and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominated for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Nominated for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize A boldly candid, raw portrait of a young woman's search for meaning and purpose in an indifferent world Purposefully aimless, self-destructive, and impulsively in and out of love, Elsie is a young woman who feels lost. She's in a tumultuous relationship, is stuck in a dead-end job, and has a relentless, sharp intelligence that’s at odds with her many bad decisions. When her initial attempts to improve her life go awry, Elsie decides that a dramatic change is the only solution. While traveling through Paris and Sri Lanka, Elsie meets people who challenge and provoke her towards the change she is seeking, but ultimately she must still come face-to-face with herself. Whole-hearted, fiercely honest and inexorably human, Wreck and Order is a stirring debut novel that, in mirroring one young woman's dizzying quest for answers, illuminates the important questions that drive us all.