Download or read book Promises and Other Tales of White Lies written by Thom Bennett and published by Dark Porch Publishing. This book was released on with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the coming of age novella PROMISES, this eclectic and often surprising collection of short stories will take readers on a trip from the rock and roll 50s through to the end of the century. Romantic, often humorous and sometimes mysterious, PROMISES and Other Tales of White Lies is sure to please readers of every taste. Promises is a poignant tale of young love in the late rock ‘n roll ’50s. It’s romantic, a bit bittersweet, but often tinged with timely humor. Halloween Fog is a nostalgic tale about four young trick-or-treaters who head into a fog-filled night with dreams of goodies in their hearts! When spooky events happen, only Mother can save them. Or will she? A Few Beers and a Few Laughs: It’s Friday night in the ’60s, so join three college students in this madcap comedy of selfish innocence. It’s the final days of their playtime—before graduation and a life of work begins. Eternal Beloved (Original title: The Christmas Reunion): This is no ordinary tale of lost love; it is a mystery that goes beyond the bounds of time and space. It is a tale of love eternal. This story was so popular in Thom’s Christmas collection, he just had to bring it back for his new readers who love romance and mystery. The Wingding Kid: Growing up, The Wingding Kid ran with a gang that included a future mobster named Frank and a future Broadway producer named Charlie. The Kid’s specialty was lying. Years later, The Kid is back in town and lying about the mobster! “If you see The Kid,” Frank says to Charlie, “tell him to stop lying about me, or he’ll be swimming in the Hudson River, wearing cement shoes!” A crooked comedy! Too Many Love Letters: Say hello to gentleman detective Cass Gentry, star of the mystery novels The Death Merchants and The Man With Hemingway’s Face. In this case, he and his girlfriend, Eleanor, are out to discover why a theater employee is getting numerous love letters from men who dislike her. A romantic mystery!
Download or read book This Won t Hurt a Bit written by Michelle Au and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-11 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Atul Gawande were funny--or Jerome Groopman were a working mother--they might sound something like Michelle Au, M.D., author of this hilarious and poignant memoir of a medical residency. Michelle Au started medical school armed only with a surfeit of idealism, a handful of old ER episodes for reference, and some vague notion about "helping people." This Won't Hurt a Bit is the story of how she grew up and became a real doctor. It's a no-holds-barred account of what a modern medical education feels like, from the grim to the ridiculous, from the heartwarming to the obscene. Unlike most medical memoirs, however, this one details the author's struggles to maintain a life outside of the hospital, in the small amount of free time she had to live it. And, after she and her husband have a baby early in both their medical residencies, Au explores the demands of being a parent with those of a physician, two all-consuming jobs in which the lives of others are very literally in her hands. Au's stories range from hilarious to heartbreaking and hit every note in between, proving more than anything that the creation of a new doctor (and a new parent) is far messier, far more uncertain, and far more gratifying than one could ever expect.
Download or read book The Halloween Fog written by Thom Bennett and published by Dark Porch Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Halloween Fog is a nostalgic tale about four young trick-or-treaters who head into a fog-filled night with dreams of goodies in their hearts! As Jack, Max, Luke, and Justine joke and laugh along their way, the fog begins to deepen and the houses become more and more unfamiliar. Even once-friendly neighbors turn into weird strangers. When spooky events begin to happen, only Mother can save them. Or can she? The Halloween Fog is a fun-filled little mystery that will delight readers of all ages.
Download or read book Dark Porch Mysteries written by Thom Bennett and published by Dark Porch Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House on Skeleton Bay – Dr. Anne McCauley is researching the dark rituals of America’s First Nations. Aided by a local shaman, she is learning the haunting tale of a legendary cannibal creature. Suddenly, her son and his wife arrive at her secluded home and a series of diabolical events is triggered that brings Anne face to face with her darkest fears---that territory where the supernatural blends with ritual murder. The Curse of Shadow Island – In 1939, a man fell to his death from the top of a lighthouse. Some superstitious people believed his death was unnatural. Twenty years later, the lighthouse has been closed and the lightkeeper’s widow and children have turned the island into a thriving resort. Now, in 1959, a woman and her teenage daughter have come to the resort for a week of tennis lessons. However, the twists of the tale will take readers on a haunting journey where some characters won’t survive to the final gunshot! The Secret of Santa Mesa – Welcome to Santa Mesa, a tropical resort where the owner provides fantasy vacations for the very rich. Greg Hunter thinks his darkest desires are going to come true, but little does he realize this club can turn his dreams into inescapable nightmares. Soon he will be asking, “What is reality and what is part of his chosen vacation script?” The Haunting of Harvey Hardwick – Bonus Short Story featuring Cass Gentry, the star of The Death Merchants and The Man With Hemingway’s Face. This time, Cass and his girlfriend Eleanor travel from New York to Toronto to help solve a mystery that comes too close to home. Touches of humor and romance are blended in this new Cass and Eleanor short mystery. You’ll want to leave the lights on for this compilation of noir thrillers that twist and turn in such a way that you won’t be able to guess what’s coming until it grips you with an icy hand. As a bonus, Bennett includes an engaging tale featuring his popular Cass and Eleanor duo, once again proving that he is one of the most versatile writers I know. Melodie Campbell, winner of the Derringer and Arthur Ellis Awards for mystery writing
Download or read book Little White Lies written by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the page-turning, twisty, gasp-inducing world of the Debutantes - an addictive YA mystery duology from the author of #1 bestselling, TikTok sensation INHERITANCE GAMES series. 'A plot twist every twenty pages . . . Barnes is at her page-turning best.' E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars A six-figure offer. A family mystery to solve. A town of buried secrets. When Auto mechanic Sawyer Taft's estranged grandmother offers her a six-figure contract to participate in debutante season, Sawyer's first instinct is to run a mile. But then she realizes her grandmother's offer might mean solving the biggest mystery of her life - her father's identity. So she signs on the dotted line and braces herself for a year of makeovers, big dresses and even bigger egos. . . However, Sawyer doesn't expect to find a group of fellow debutantes with scandalous, dangerous secrets of their own and soon it's clear that the truth about her father is just one of the shocking secrets buried deep in this high-society world . . . And no one wants Sawyer poking her nose into the past. Shocking twists, family secrets, a fish-out-of water protagonist and a page-turning mystery combine in Little White Lies and Deadly Little Scandals (The Debutantes Duology) - perfect for fans coming from THE INHERITANCE GAMES series looking for their next addictive read from the Master of YA Mysteries, Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
Download or read book Promise Not to Tell written by Jennifer McMahon and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “McMahon unfurls a whirlwind of suspense...Combining murder mystery and coming-of-age tale with supernatural elements, this taut novel is above all a reflection on the haunting power of memory.” –Entertainment Weekly A woman’s past and present collide in terrifying ways in this explosive debut by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon. Forty-one-year-old school nurse Kate Cypher has returned home to rural Vermont to care for her mother, who's afflicted with Alzheimer's. On the night she arrives, a young girl is murdered—a horrific crime that eerily mirrors another from Kate's childhood. Three decades earlier, her dirt-poor friend Del—shunned and derided by classmates as "Potato Girl"—was brutally slain. Del's killer was never found, while the victim has since achieved immortality in local legends and ghost stories. Now, as this new murder investigation draws Kate irresistibly in, her past and present collide in terrifying, unexpected ways. Because nothing is quite what it seems . . . and the grim specters of her youth are far from forgotten. More than just a murder mystery, Jennifer McMahon's extraordinary debut novel, Promise Not to Tell, is a story of friendship and family, devotion and betrayal—tautly written, deeply insightful, beautifully evocative, and utterly unforgettable.
Download or read book White Lies written by Sarah Collins Honenberger and published by Cedar Creek Pub. This book was released on 2006 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a true story. When Lacy Stonington shows up crying at the law office of rural attorney Jean Driscoll, Jean's not interested in the plight of one more distressed client. But Lacy, sparked by a television show profiling the same seizures suffered twenty years earlier by her three month-old son, catches Jean's attention when she reveals the possible link between his severe brain damage and a childhood vaccine. In pursuit of the truth Lacy Stonington and Jean Driscoll, two very different women, join forces to expose the scandal behind the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund. White Lies follows their unlikely friendship as it develops despite Lacy's haunted past and Jean's problems at home. Their journey brings each a deeper understanding of motherhood and of the dangerous consequences of white lies.
Download or read book Making Poems written by Todd F. Davis and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This diverse collection of poems and companion essays by forty nationally and internationally known poets allows readers to experience the creative process through the eyes and voice of each poet. No matter how often we are told that revision is an essential component of poetic composition, it can be difficult to resist the temptation to think of the poem as having sprung spontaneously, Athena-like, from the writer's head. By exposing readers to the finished product as well as the poet's own account of the poem's creation, Making Poems offers a behind-the-scenes perspective on the poetic process that will fascinate both beginning and established writers. The book also affords poetry instructors an opportunity to demonstrate to their students the ways in which poems can originate from seemingly mundane and unlikely sources.
Download or read book White Lies written by Jayne Ann Krentz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PHENOMENAL NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz takes us beyond the everyday boundaries of the mind—and the heart—in the second Arcane Society novel. Level-ten parasensitive Clare Lancaster has resigned herself to the fact that she may never find a suitable mate. A human lie detector, any falsehood—no matter how subtle—sets her blood racing. And most people, to one degree or another, hide behind a façade. Including her business titan father’s new “consultant,” Jake Salter. His careful conversation walks a delicate line between truth and deception, revealing and resisting. But it is with his help that Clare begins to unravel a web of conspiracy and murder involving the powerful Arizona family that she just became a part of seven months ago. Caught in a dizzying storm of secrets, lies, and half-truths, Clare and Jake will plunge into an investigation that demands every bit of their special gifts, as something more than mere attraction sparks and sizzles between them…
Download or read book The Story of Tom Brennan written by J. C. Burke and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2005 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small town life is great for Tom Brennan, with lots of mates and lots of rugby. However, all changes, when Tom's brother (Daniel) causes a car accident, leaving some dead and some crippled. Daniel lands a stint in gaol, and the family needs must leave town. Tom's mother is depressed, his father is struggling to hold the family together, and Tom's rugby playing suffers.
Download or read book White Lies written by A. J. Baime and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “electrifying” biography of Walter White, a little-remembered Black civil rights leader who passed for white in order to investigate racist murders, help put the NAACP on the map, and change the racial identity of America forever (Chicago Review of Books). Walter F. White led two lives: one as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and the NAACP in the early twentieth century; the other as a white newspaperman who covered lynching crimes in the Deep South at the blazing height of racial violence. Born mixed race and with very fair skin and straight hair, White was able to “pass” for white. He leveraged this ambiguity as a reporter, bringing to light the darkest crimes in America and helping to plant the seeds of the civil rights movement. White’s risky career led him to lead a double life. He was simultaneously a second-class citizen subject to Jim Crow laws at home and a widely respected professional with full access to the white world at work. His life was fraught with internal and external conflict—much like the story of race in America. Starting out as an obscure activist, White ultimately became Black America’s most prominent leader, during his time. A character study of White’s life and career with all these complexities has never been rendered, until now. By the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental President, Dewey Defeats Truman, and The Arsenal of Democracy, White Lies uncovers the life of a civil rights leader unlike any other.
Download or read book White Lies written by Autumn Jones Lake and published by Ahead of the Pack, LLC. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Kings MC requests the honor of your presence as Murphy and Heidi exchange their wedding vows… An outlaw’s life is full of lies and half-truths. Our world demands secrecy. Except from each other. Brotherhood requires loyalty, respect, and honesty. Hard truths that only cause pain for a little while. My loyalty belongs to the Lost Kings MC until the day I die. But sometimes we lie to protect the ones we love the most. And the most dangerous lies are the one we tell ourselves. Nothing worth having is ever an easy ride. Even a few small white lies might cost us everything. After all, half the truth is still a lie.
Download or read book Love and a Little White Lie State of Grace written by Tammy L. Gray and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of a 2021 Carol Award There's a lot of irony in hitting rock bottom After a heartbreak leaves her reeling, January Sanders is open to anything--including moving into a cabin on her aunt's wedding-venue property and accepting a temporary position at her aunt's church despite being a lifelong skeptic of faith. Choosing to keep her doubts to herself, she's determined to give her all to supporting Grace Community's overworked staff while helping herself move on. What she doesn't count on is meeting the church's handsome and charming guitarist. It's a match set for disaster, and yet January has no ability to stay away, even if it means pretending to have faith in a God she doesn't believe in. Only this time, keeping her secret isn't as easy as she thought it would be. Especially when she's constantly running into her aunt's landscape architect, who seems to know everything about her past-and-present sins and makes no apologies about pushing her to deal with feelings she'd rather keep buried. Torn between two worlds that can't coexist, can January find the healing that's eluded her, or will her resistance to the truth ruin any chance of happiness? "In this touching inspirational from Gray, a faithless woman gets more than she bargained for as she rebounds from a broken heart. . . . Gray's entertaining tale showcases the power of love and faith in unexpected places."--Publishers Weekly "Once Jan opens up her heart to God, a family rift starts to mend, and she finds love and a place she belongs. Gray has crafted a sweet story."--Library Journal "I found this book to be both enjoyable and entertaining. There is quite a bit of well-written humor that is dispersed within the story. The plot is believable, and the characters are realistic. Love and a Little White Lie by Tammy L. Gray is a quick, easy read that would be perfect for reading beside the pool or at the beach. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys sweet romance novels."--Fresh Fiction
Download or read book The Opportunist written by Tarryn Fisher and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in Tarryn Fisher's fan-favorite Love Me with Lies trilogy, The Opportunist is the twisty, unconventional second-chance love story you didn't see coming! When Olivia Kaspen spots her ex-boyfriend in a Miami record shop, she ignores good sense and approaches him. It’s been three years since their breakup, but when Caleb reveals he’s suffering from amnesia after a recent car accident, first she feels regret—and then opportunity. If he doesn't remember her, then he also doesn’t remember her manipulation, her deceit, or the horrible way she broke his heart. Seeing a chance to reunite with Caleb, she keeps their past, and the details around the implosion of their relationship, a secret. Wrestling to keep her true identity and their sordid history under wraps, Olivia’s greatest obstacle is Caleb’s wicked new girlfriend, Leah, who's equally determined to possess the man who no longer remembers her. But soon Olivia must face the consequences of her lies, and in the process discover that sometimes love falls short of redemption.
Download or read book White Lies written by Linda Howard and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available digitally for the first time ever, White Lies is a classic novel of romantic suspense from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Linda Howard. Jay Granger is shocked when the FBI shows up on her doorstep, saying her ex-husband has been in a terrible accident. She keeps a bedside vigil, but when Steve Crossfield awakes from his coma, he is nothing like the man Jay married. Ironically, she finds herself more drawn to him than ever. She can't help but wonder who this man really is, and whether the revelation of his true identity will shatter their newly discovered passion. An Avon Romance Featuring an excerpt from TROUBLEMAKER, Linda Howard’s new hardcover novel!
Download or read book White Lies and Barefaced Truths written by Cathy Hopkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the Mates, Dates series comes the first two books in a new series based on the classic game of Truth or Dare. As best friends Becca and Cat play the game, will they be able to handle the consequences that may test their friendship? Original.
Download or read book Robert B Parker s Little White Lies written by Ace Atkins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boston PI Spenser and right hand Hawk follow a con man’s trail of smoke and mirrors in this thrilling entry in Robert B. Parker’s long-running series. Connie Kelly thought she’d found her perfect man on an online dating site. She fell so hard for handsome, mysterious M. Brooks Welles that she wrote him a check for almost three hundred thousand dollars, hoping for a big return on her investment. But within weeks, both Welles and her money are gone. Her therapist, Dr. Susan Silverman, hands her Spenser’s card... A self-proclaimed military hotshot, Welles had been a frequent guest on national news shows speaking with authority about politics and world events. When he disappears, he leaves not only a jilted lover but a growing list of angry investors, duped cops, and a team of paramilitary contractors looking for revenge. Enter Spenser, who quickly discovers that Welles’ name, résumé, and client list are nothing but an elaborate fraud. As he follows the mystery man’s trail from Boston to backroads Georgia, Spenser will need help from trusted allies Hawk and Teddy Sapp to make sure Welles’s next con is his last.
