Download or read book Flash Rip written by Keira Andrews and published by Keira Andrews. This book was released on 2019-12-30 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Australia's hottest beach, the most dangerous current is between them. Training to be a lifeguard is tough work, but Cody Grant loves a challenge. He spends long days in the sun and surf rescuing swimmers from treacherous rip currents while trying not to lust after senior lifeguard Liam Fox—who is deeply, painfully closeted. Liam was supposed to be a football legend. Now in his mid-thirties, it’s been over a decade since his dream shattered along with his knee. Fans still recognize him regularly, and he's terrified his sexuality will be discovered and his conservative parents will reject him. He has strict rules to protect his secret and keeps everyone at arm’s length. Liam never acts on his need to surrender after being shamed for it years ago by the first and only man he trusted. Out and proud Cody fascinates Liam—and tempts him to break all the rules. Cody is practically half Liam's size and age, but has the confidence and compassion to take charge and give Liam the release, affection, and acceptance he desperately craves. But how long can a secret affair satisfy their hearts? As if saving lives isn’t hard enough, Cody faces his greatest challenge yet convincing Liam to trust him and find the courage to live out loud. Flash Rip is an MM gay romance from Keira Andrews featuring a slow burn, an age gap, scorching first times, and of course a happy ending.

Download or read book The Haunting of the Monastery written by Karen Hodges and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who are these peculiar people that all seem to be connected to each other in this eerie boarding school? There were German heritage, a deadly past, and a thrilling turn of events when Emmalynn and Kaitlyn joined forces to uncover a hidden family secret that was swept away long ago in mysterious hideouts and strange canopy trees, leaving draped madness behind, keys that unlock passages inside the girls' dorm, and treasures that linger in an innocent music box. How will Kaitlyn manage her new dorm life? Will she become Prom Queen? Can Kaitlyn get accepted into college as a writer? Will she be haunted forever by her findings? Can family mean more than crime? Does friendship hold depth once the truth is known? Can folklore become reality?

Download or read book TRUE written by Hilary Duff and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photojournalist Clea Raymond struggles to help her boyfriend Sage after his soul is transferred into another body.

Download or read book Ripping Off the Hoodie written by Shannon Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Girls just want to be nurses.""You're pretty good at math, for a girl."These are just two examples of how girls are being pushed away from education and careers in Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Science (STEM.) Shannon Wilkinson looks at the challenges facing young girls as well as women in STEM from unconscious bias to overt sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. These factors have resulted in women continuing to be an overwhelming minority within the STEM workforce with a skills gap continuing to grow. Wilkinson explores how we can encourage the next generation of girls in STEM in a book designed for educators, parents, and anyone who wants to see a better future.

Download or read book RIP written by Robert Harrell and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-07-11 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Rip B. Johnson, and I’m going to take you on a journey of murder, mysteries, conspiracies, adventure, love, government corruption, treason, human trafficking, and sacrificial American patriotism. You will meet my team as we go along. Some of these people are real-life characters, and some of these events are true. The setting could be anywhere in America, maybe even in your hometown. These real-life characters could be your neighbor, your favorite bartender, or the seemingly drunken bum on the street. Could even be your spouse or partner. How well do you know them? Names have been changed to protect their identities.

Download or read book Akin written by Emma Donoghue and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "soul stirring" novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Room (O Magazine) is one of the New York Post's best books of the year. Noah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry professor and widower living on the Upper West Side, but born in the South of France. He is days away from his first visit back to Nice since he was a child, bringing with him a handful of puzzling photos he's discovered from his mother's wartime years. But he receives a call from social services: Noah is the closest available relative of an eleven-year-old great-nephew he's never met, who urgently needs someone to look after him. Out of a feeling of obligation, Noah agrees to take Michael along on his trip. Much has changed in this famously charming seaside mecca, still haunted by memories of the Nazi occupation. The unlikely duo, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, bicker about everything from steak frites to screen time. But Noah gradually comes to appreciate the boy's truculent wit, and Michael's ease with tech and sharp eye help Noah unearth troubling details about their family's past. Both come to grasp the risks people in all eras have run for their loved ones, and find they are more akin than they knew. Written with all the tenderness and psychological intensity that made Room an international bestseller, Akin is a funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and a boy, born two generations apart, who unpick their painful story and start to write a new one together. "What begins as a larky story of unlikely male bonding turns into an off-center but far richer novel about the unheralded, imperfect heroism of two women." -- New York Times

Download or read book Nightmare Highway written by William Vitka and published by Permuted Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Athena wants one thing: to die her own way, among the redwoods in California. She doesn’t have much time to get there, either—like all the other survivors of the plague, her body is riddled with cancer. So she loads up her car, loads up her guns, and starts her journey west from New York. She’s determined to let nothing stand in her way. All of that changes when a healthy pregnant woman and her brother cross Athena’s path. Soon, all three find themselves hunted on the highways by a murderous organization called The Iron Cross. But nothing The Iron Cross can do compares to the nightmare an evil genius named Doc Frankie has in store for them.

Download or read book You d Be Mine written by Erin Hahn and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Oprah.com's "Best Romance Novels of 2019"! "If you’re still obsessing over A Star Is Born (because, same) you’ll love this new romance novel by Erin Hahn." - Cosmopolitan Annie Mathers is America’s sweetheart and heir to a country music legacy full of all the things her Gran warned her about. Superstar Clay Coolidge is most definitely going to end up one of those things. But unfortunately for Clay, if he can’t convince Annie to join his summer tour, his music label is going to drop him. That’s what happens when your bad boy image turns into bad boy reality. Annie has been avoiding the spotlight after her parents’ tragic death, except on her skyrocketing YouTube channel. Clay’s label wants to land Annie, and Clay has to make it happen. Swayed by Clay’s undeniable charm and good looks, Annie and her band agree to join the tour. From the start fans want them to be more than just tour mates, and Annie and Clay can’t help but wonder if the fans are right. But if there’s one part of fame Annie wants nothing to do with, it’s a high-profile relationship. She had a front row seat to her parents’ volatile marriage and isn’t interested in repeating history. If only she could convince her heart that Clay, with his painful past and head over heels inducing tenor, isn’t worth the risk. Erin Hahn’s thrilling debut, You’d Be Mine, asks: can the right song and the perfect summer on the road make two broken hearts whole? "Witty and charming, with an off-the-charts, irresistible blend of romance, humor, and characters who steal your heart from page one. Erin Hahn is an author to watch." - Karen M. McManus, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying

Download or read book This Is All written by Aidan Chambers and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 871 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a pillow book as her form, nineteen-year-old Cordelia Kenn sets out to write out her life for her unborn daughter. What emerges is a portrait of an extraordinary girl, who writes frankly of love, sex, poetry, nature, faith, and of herself in the world. Her thoughts range widely: on Shakespeare and breasts, periods and piano playing, friendship and trees, consciousness and sleep, and much more besides. As she writes of William Blacklin, the boy she chooses as her first lover, or Julie, the teacher who encourages her spiritual life, Cordelia maddens, fascinates, and ultimately seduces the reader. This is a character never to be forgotten from a writer at the height of his powers.

Download or read book Death at the Sign of the Rook written by Kate Atkinson and published by Bond Street Books. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WELCOME TO ROOK HALL. THE STAGE IS SET. THE PLAYERS ARE READY. BY NIGHT’S END, A MURDERER WILL BE REVEALED. Ex-detective Jackson Brodie is staving off a bad case of midlife malaise when he is called to a sleepy Yorkshire town and the seemingly tedious matter of a stolen painting. But Jackson soon uncovers a string of unsolved art thefts that lead him down a dizzying spiral of disguise and deceit to Burton Makepeace, a formerly magnificent estate now partially converted to a hotel hosting Murder Mystery weekends. As paying guests, impecunious aristocrats and old friends collide, we are treated to Atkinson’s most charming and fiendishly clever mystery yet, one that pays homage to the mastes of the genre—from Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers to the modern era of Knives Out and Only Murders in the Building. Brilliantly inventive, with all of Atkinson’s signature wit, wordplay and narrative brio, Death at the Sign of the Rook may be Jackson Brodie’s most outrageous and memorable case yet.

Download or read book Integration written by J.S. Frankel and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing off against an old enemy isn't without repercussions. Paul and the Nightmare Crew take on not only their most dangerous adversary but also the establishment. Paul Wiseman and the rest of the Nightmare Crew attempt to fit into society as best they can. It isn't easy if you're a werewolf, a vampire or if you're a being made of water or sand. Along with failed efforts at integration comes the news that Andres Peterson, founder of Rallan, Inc.—the company that created the original Nightmare Crew—is still at large. Peterson is now a mutant, irretrievably evil, and he is also quite clever. With his genius, he sets about making a virtually limitless army of scientific horrors, and they begin to unleash terror on the populace. It's up to Paul and the rest of the crew to stop him. Along the way, they are joined by a young girl, who has powers of her own, and a group of Army Rangers. Catching Peterson is harder than any of them could ever have imagined, though, and the Nightmare Crew ends up being the prey instead of the predator. It becomes a matter of who is willing to fight hardest. But winning isn't the only goal Paul has in mind.

Download or read book All Our Yesterdays written by Cristin Terrill and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You have to kill him." Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain. Only Em can complete the final instruction. She's tried everything to prevent the creation of a time machine that will tear the world apart. She holds the proof: a list she has never seen before, written in her own hand. Each failed attempt in the past has led her to the same terrible present???imprisoned and tortured by a sadistic man called the doctor while war rages outside. Marina has loved her best friend James since the day he moved next door when they were children. A gorgeous, introverted science prodigy from one of America's most famous families, James finally seems to be seeing Marina in a new way, too. But on one disastrous night, James's life crumbles apart, and with it, Marina's hopes for their future. Now someone is trying to kill him. Marina will protect James, no matter what. Even if it means opening her eyes to a truth so terrible that she may not survive it. At least not as the girl she once was. All Our Yesterdays is a wrenching, brilliantly plotted story of fierce love, unthinkable sacrifice, and the infinite implications of our every choice.

Download or read book To Catch a Killer written by Sheryl Scarborough and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Erin discovers the body of her biology teacher, she begins her own investigation into the murder of her mother when Erin was just a toddler.

Download or read book Sex On The Seats written by Elise Faber and published by Elise Faber. This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I didn’t know what I was doing in a bar at midnight. On a weeknight. Certainly not sleeping, even though I had to work the next day. Definitely not open to talking with anyone, or trying to pick up a date. Surely . . . not paying the least bit of attention to the beautiful bartender with gorgeous hazel eyes and a body built for sin. He’d flash a smile and the women around him melted. He’d chuckle and even I wasn’t immune to the silken way it slid down my spine. And I was singular. I didn’t pay attention to men (and yes, I said that as a filthy, four-letter word). I existed by myself. For myself. It was safer that way. Then . . . he talked to me. Then . . . he flashed that smile my way. Then he made me want a stranger more than I wanted my careful distance. Oh. Hell.

Download or read book Kill Switch written by Penelope Douglas and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman’s worst fears come to life in the third novel of the Devil’s Night dark romance series by New York Times bestseller Penelope Douglas, now with bonus material. Sending Damon to prison was the worst thing Winter could’ve done. It didn’t matter that he did the crime or that she wished he was dead. Winter thought he’d cool off in jail and be anything but the horror he was, or that at the very least she’d have time to disappear before he got out. But she was wrong. Three years came and went too fast, and prison only gave him time to plan. And while Winter anticipated his vengeance, she didn’t expect this. He doesn’t want to make her hurt. He wants to make everything hurt. Damon knows he needs to get rid of Winter’s father, giving her, her sister, and her mother nowhere to run. The Ashby women are desperate for a knight in shining armor. But that’s not what’s coming. It's time Damon took control of his future. It’s time he showed them all that he will never stop being the nightmare they think he is. Damon won’t have to break into her home to do it. As the new man of the house, he has all the keys.

Download or read book Fifty Fifty written by Steve Cavanagh and published by Orion. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PART OF BBC TWO'S BOOK CLUB BETWEEN THE COVERS TWO SISTERS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER. THEY ACCUSE EACH OTHER. WHO DO YOU BELIEVE? '911 what's your emergency?' 'My dad's dead. My sister Sofia killed him. She's still in the house. Please send help.' 'My dad's dead. My sister Alexandra killed him. She's still in the house. Please send help.' One of them is a liar and a killer. But which one? ******** Your favourite authors LOVE Fifty-Fifty, the follow-up to the bestselling novel Thirteen: 'A terrific writer. He has talent to burn.' Don Winslow 'Trust me - it will keep you guessing until the very end.' Ian Rankin 'Unpredictable, daring and completely compelling. Top notch writing.' Alex North 'Very clever, darkly funny, moving, fast-paced.' Jane Casey 'Steve Cavanagh writes the best hooks in the business' Mick Herron 'Absolutely brilliant. Addictive, clever, pacy. Eddie Flynn is one of my heroes.' Jo Spain 'Intelligent, sophisticated and tense.' Mari Hannah

Download or read book Before written by J. Kilburn and published by James K. Mossman. This book was released on 2022-02-20 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think you know the kids next door? Think again! BEFORE both celebrates and indicts the sweet and sordid in small-town, everyday life. This Crime Fiction and Coming-of-Age mashup by J. Kilburn will leave you howling... while the questions and answers posed by this novel will have you re-examining the sunny streets and wildflower-filled lanes of your own neighborhood. In the novel BEFORE, writer J. Kilburn brings readers a light-hearted and whimsical coming of age story that follows the adventures and misadventures of Just Regular Kids as they grow up in a pastoral and peaceful New England college town. Buckle your seatbelts - all may not be as it seems. Events in a far-away criminal underworld lurk in the background as these teenagers take their first steps into adulthood. Adventurous readers will discover that two Sweet Sixteens have a lot more in common with hardened criminals than you - or they - might realize.... Surprises are in store for everyone! Midwest Book Review calls BEFORE by J. Kilburn “A deftly crafted blending of Crime Fiction and Coming-of-Age…. recommended….” InD’tale Magazine says: “Mr. Kilburn is a master at writing character development!” Independent Book Review says: “The tension is thick…. And the characters are exceptionally well written.” Readers’ Favorite calls Kilburn’s characters "...mischievous, everyday kids who turn out to be anything but…. Kilburn breathes life into them with some hilariously awkward scenes....” BEFORE, a Novel by J. Kilburn takes your average teenagers, gives them family and community, and then plausibly and seamlessly drops them into international intrigue in a small college town. These teenagers go about their sweet and sordid adventures blissfully unaware of their role in larger and more complicated regional events. BEFORE, a Novel is a Coming-of-Age story, but it’s also a story about international Organized Crime and the role that small-town folks, your neighbors, your loved ones, and even the Honors Student next door might play in that dark and dangerous world. WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING ABOUT BEFORE by J. Kilburn: "…especially and unreservedly recommended for community library General Fiction collections." - Julie Summers in Reviewer's Bookwatch by MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW, May 2022 “…the dialogue is... probably among the top one percent in its sarcasm and authenticity." - Jamie Michele for READERS FAVORITE, January 2022 - 5 stars! "Kilburn weaves this teenage story with threads of secrets.... With a slow but tantalizing pace, this coming-of-age story is going to be tough to put down for fans of character-driven fiction." - Manik Chaturmutha for INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW, April 2022 “…each and every one of the characters he creates in this story are well thought out….” - Jennifer Shepherd for IND'TALE MAGAZINE, April 2022 - 3 stars!