Download or read book Sebastian the freckle written by Christine Hauke and published by epubli. This book was released on 2024-10-06 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sebastian, the little freckle, lands on earth one day and finds himself on the face of an adventurous human child. Together they experience a series of exciting and magical adventures that deepen their friendship in a special way and make them see the world with new eyes. The second part of the Sebastian story revolves around the birthday of Sebastian's best friend Lukas. Sebastian is really looking forward to this special day and the celebration. But as is often the case with birthday parties, there are some unexpected twists and surprises that make the day even more exciting. This e-book is a read-aloud book and contains the texts from Part 1 and Part 2. The printed editions also feature colorful illustrations as well as interactive puzzles and coloring pages. Each book is available individually and is self-contained.

Download or read book Why Kings Confess written by C. S. Harris and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gruesome murder of a young French physician draws aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr and his pregnant wife, Hero, into a dangerous, decades-old mystery as a wrenching piece of Sebastian’s past puts him to the ultimate test. Regency England, January 1813: When a badly injured Frenchwoman is found beside the mutilated body of Dr. Damion Pelletan in one of London’s worst slums, Sebastian finds himself caught in a high-stakes tangle of murder and revenge. Although the woman, Alexi Sauvage, has no memory of the attack, Sebastian knows her all too well from an incident in his past—an act of wartime brutality and betrayal that nearly destroyed him. As the search for the killer leads Sebastian into a treacherous web of duplicity, he discovers that Pelletan was part of a secret delegation sent by Napoleon to investigate the possibility of peace with Britain. Despite his powerful father-in-law’s warnings, Sebastian plunges deep into the mystery of the “Lost Dauphin,” the boy prince who disappeared in the darkest days of the French Revolution, and soon finds himself at lethal odds with the Dauphin’s sister—the imperious, ruthless daughter of Marie Antoinette—who is determined to retake the French crown at any cost. With the murderer striking ever closer, Sebastian must battle new fears about Hero’s health and that of their soon-to-be born child. When he realizes the key to their survival may lie in the hands of an old enemy, he must finally face the truth about his own guilt in a past he has found too terrible to consider....

Download or read book The Traitor written by Grace Burrowes and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Grace Burrowes delivers a passionate, danger-filled Regency romance... The past will overtake him... Abandoned in France since boyhood, despite being heir to an English barony, Sebastian St. Clair makes impossible choices to survive a tour of duty in the French Army. He returns to England hoping for the peaceful life of a country gentleman, though old enemies insist on challenging him on the field of honor, one after another. But this time, he will not fight alone... Millicent Danforth desperately needs her position as companion to the Traitor Baron's aunt, but grieves to learn that Sebastian must continually fight a war long over. As Sebastian and Milly explore their growing passion, they uncover a plot that will cost Sebastian his life and his honor, unless he does battle once more—this time in the name of love. Captive Hearts series: The Captive (Book 1) The Traitor (Book 2) The Laird (Book 3)

Download or read book Boy Meets Earl written by Catherine Stein and published by Steam Cat Press. This book was released on 2024-09-25 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sebastian Wright will stop at nothing to retrieve his mother’s heirloom pearls. Even if that means riding through a snowstorm to the house of a reclusive earl and disguising himself as a Bavarian lord. But Oliver, Earl of Fenwick, isn’t the arrogant thief Seb expected. Seb likes Oliver’s friends, his attitudes, and maybe even the earl himself. As the snow and the lies continue to pile up, Seb will have to untangle his web of desires and schemes to find his heart’s truth. Boy Meets Earl is a Shakespearean comedy and Regency romance mashup with gentle characters, queer found family, and open-door love scenes. It takes place concurrently with the companion novella, Her Fair Lady. Boy Meets Earl first appeared in the Earls and Pearls anthology.

Download or read book The Arranged Marriage written by Tori Summers and published by Siren-BookStrand. This book was released on with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [BookStrand Historical Romance, HEA] Olivia Reynolds was soon to be eighteen. She had the affections of some of the boys in town but vowed never to marry for less than love.Her father informs her that she was to be married on her eighteenth birthday to a man name Sebastian Hollingsworth and he would surely be on his way to meet her very soon. Olivia is beside herself, she swears she will never marry if she does not love him. Sebastian Hollingsworth is a rich rogue who spends his days and night in pleasure and has a mistress named Evangeline.His father informs him of the upcoming nuptials and his trip to Santa Rosa, CA to meet his future bride to be. Sebastian likes his life the way it is but comes to terms with the fact he will lose any inheritance if he does not follow through with this marriage business. So reluctantly he journeys to marry Olivia. Although there is a spark of attraction, neither wants to marry.They spend the next few weeks, hating each other and fighting. Unknowingly, with every bitter word they breathe towards one another, it is bringing them both closer to what they desire. After marrying, Olivia must leave her family and the only life she has ever known.They journey to Sebastian's home in San Francisco, CA. Along this new journey, there is death and love. There is kidnapping and intimacy, fear and desire. There are plots and schemes, fights and betrayal. There is jealousy and murder. Follow Olivia and Sebastian through their journey as they fight and bicker, love and at last conquer each other. ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance

Download or read book Sebastian Super Sleuth and the Clumsy Cowboy written by Mary Blount Christian and published by Minstrel. This book was released on 1988-08 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dog detective Sebastian goes on an enforced vacation to a seemingly haunted dude ranch.

Download or read book The Publicist s Plight Rewritten Version of Harrison inc written by Hailey Allen and published by Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leslie King is a publicist nestled in the heart of Los Angeles representing Garrett Harrison, president of Harrison Incorporated - one of the world's leading real estate and brokerage empires. Having had Garrett Harrison as her client for years, she has grown used to the uniformity in her job - not to mention the uniformity in her personal life... However, when Garrett Harrison shares the news of his retirement, Leslie's professional and personal life becomes anything but the harmonious routine she has grown used to. Sebastian Harrison - handsome Hollywood playboy and the youngest son of Garrett Harrison - enters Leslie's life in the most unusual of ways as she is asked to turn the King of Debauchery into a man fit and trusted enough to become the CEO of Harrison Incorporated. Even though Leslie vows to fulfill the expectations of the task handed to her, she soon discovers that Sebastian Harrison's past is darker and more complicated than what she has read and researched about him. Now, Leslie is caught between satisfying the expectations of her job description and helping the mysterious and twisted spirit that Sebastian Harrison possesses. Regardless of what choice she makes, Leslie knows that there is more to Sebastian Harrison than she could have ever prepared herself for.

Download or read book Zenara On the Hunt Book 1 written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book My Favorite Duke written by Bianca Blythe and published by Bianca Blythe. This book was released on with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy Bianca Blythe's delightful, enchanting Duke Hunters Club regency romance series today! Lady Juliet is happy. Very happy. After all, she's engaged, even if she rarely sees her betrothed. So what if her betrothed keeps postponing their wedding? Or that there are wicked rumors about him? Still, when the Duke of Sherwood doesn't appear at a ball as intended, there's only one thing she can do: discover the truth herself. Lucas, the Duke of Ainsworth, is exceedingly dull. At least, that's what he desires everyone to believe. He makes certain to enter into conversations with the ton about obscure plants and to quote Latin tomes while fiddling with his spectacles. By night, Lucas is involved in a different task: bringing down criminals. No criminal is as elusive as the person spreading counterfeit coin through the Lake District, and Lucas is determined to discover the source. When he sees someone sneak onto the man's estate in the Lake District, he expects to discover one of the man's accomplices. Instead, he is shocked to discover Lady Juliet. Lucas vows to help her, no matter how distracting her alluring presence is. A light-hearted regency historical romance set in England's spectacular Lake District. The Duke Hunters Club Series 1. All You Need is a Duke 2. My Favorite Duke 3. A Duke Never Forgets 4. The Duke Before Christmas 5. The Duke Meets His Matchmaker 6. The Truth about Princesses and Dukes 7. Can't Buy Me a Duke

Download or read book A Possible Life written by Sebastian Faulks and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Profound . . . Faulks evokes a deep compassion' OBSERVER 'Does what a good novel should - it unsettles, it moves, and it forces us to question who we are' SUNDAY TIMES 'A delight . . . moving and exciting' DAILY TELEGRAPH Five lives overlap across two centuries. School teacher Geoffrey’s war takes him to the brink of sanity; Billy’s fortitude lifts him from the Victorian slums in London; Elena and Jeanne interrogate the notion of the soul, from opposite points of view, a century apart. And for Anya, a young American singer-songwriter, only her producer Jack can understand the depths of their bond as art and life collide. In a symphony of fiction, A Possible Life defies the boundaries of the novel, to explore the deepest questions of how we are connected to one another. 'A Possible Life is more than the sum of its parts . . . the stories acquire power as resonances between them accrete. Only at the end do you realise you've been won over by their quiet, glinting virtuosity' THE TIMES

Download or read book The English Review written by Ford Madox Ford and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Brothers and Frenemies written by Samuel Alexander and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy bullied-father lost to tragic events. A son with drunken parents-grown before his time. A child, the youngest boy of four. Fighting to be heard-lost in the noise of masculinity. A teen with an overprotective father struggling with sexual identity-his first love gone wrong. A youth with an ailing mother and useless father, confused-dealing with his hate for him. Four boys joined by internal issues and struggling to fit in; projecting their issues by bullying. Until one day the strangest thing happens. A usual victim stands up and demands they return an item. A sketchbook. Now the foursome turned five becomes an odd friendship where views collide, motives are questioned and tension threatens to destroy their close-knit unit. None can survive unharmed and none shall remain the same.

Download or read book Under a Desert Moon written by Laura Martin and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this historical romance, a young woman’s expedition to find an Ancient Egyptian tomb leads her to a passion for the ages. As the daughter of a famous Egyptologist, Emma Knight has always wanted to see the Egyptian desert for herself. And after suffering the betrayal of a dishonest suitor, she is finally; pursuing her dream. With her father’s ancient map to guide her, Emma hopes to locate a legendary undiscovered tomb. Though Emma needs is a guide to fulfil her quest, treasure hunter Sebastian Oakfield is the last person she would choose! He’s charming, he’s arrogant and his roguish grin makes Emma want to throw caution to the wind. But as they venture deeper into Egypt’s untamed land, Emma is tempted to throw caution to the desert wind . . .

Download or read book The Curiosity Shop written by Aly Reed-Harvey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sebastian Chase was little more than a struggling millennial, trying to make a living in London and failing miserably. That is, until a decision to stop his car and accept a phone call narrowly saves him from a would-be fatal accident. What's more strange is the voice on the other end of the line, telling him he's been hired for a job he doesn't remember applying for. Osman's Curiosity Shop is a place of quiet wonder, filled with magical artifacts, weaponry, and knickknacks. But when he finds an old pocket watch that throws him back to 16th century London, Sebastian suddenly, finds himself deep in the world of magic, mystery, and mayhem. Thus begins a journey back to the present as Sebastian is tugged through time. With the threat of a magical war that seems to carry on through every century he visits, and the immortal twins who appear to be right in the middle of it all, Sebastian learns that the world's darkest secrets have been hiding in plain sight all along.

Download or read book The Mortal Instruments the Complete Collection written by Cassandra Clare and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 3071 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All six books in the #1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series, now available in a collectible hardcover boxed set. Enter the secret world of the Shadowhunters with this handsomely packaged boxed set that includes City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls, and City of Heavenly Fire. The Mortal Instruments books have more than five million copies in print, and this collectible set of six hardcover volumes is a perfect gift for newcomers to the series and for loyal fans alike.

Download or read book When Gods Die written by C. S. Harris and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-11-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The young wife of an aging marquis is found murdered in the arms of the Prince Regent. Around her neck lies a necklace said to have been worn by Druid priestesses-that is, until it was lost at sea with its last owner, Sebastian St. Cyr's mother. Now Sebastian is lured into a dangerous investigation of the marchioness's death-and his mother's uncertain fate. As he edges closer to the truth-and one murder follows another-he confronts a conspiracy that imperils those nearest him and threatens to bring down the monarchy.

Download or read book Black City written by Elizabeth Richards and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark and tender post-apocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable--they fall in love. Bonded by a mysterious connection that causes Ash's long-dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they're caught, they'll be executed--but their feelings are too strong. When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.