Download or read book Stella and her Spiky Friend written by Tuula Pere and published by Wickwick. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strange pharmacist named Betty Birdington has moved to Berry Bay. She wears odd wigs, doesn’t like children, and snaps at all the customers. Before long rumors about the new pharmacist are flying all over town. The new pharmacist definitely makes Stella uneasy too. But when her pet hedgehog gets hurt, she knows there’s only one person who can help—Betty Birdington.

Download or read book Relight My Fire written by C. K. McDonnell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stranger Times - winner of the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Audio Work! Some comebacks can be murder . . . Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she is until a man falls from the sky right in front of her, leaving a big old hole in the pavement for Manchester Council to fill. The obvious question of how he ended up in the sky in the first place has no obvious answers, which is where The Stranger Times come in. But this isn't just the hunt for another story. Dark powers think Stella might have been involved and the only way she and the team can prove her innocence is to find out what the hell is really going on. And what have dodgy gear, disturbed graves and a decommissioned rock star got to do with all this? Vincent Banecroft has problems of his own in the form of a tall, dark but-definitely-not-handsome man dressed like a funeral who has been sent to make the paper's editor atone for his sins. Once he finds out exactly what that entails, Banecroft is not keen. Being banished to a Hellscape for all eternity looks like being no fun at all, not least because he has that pale Irish skin that burns really easily . . . All that plus territorial ghouls, homicidal felines, eternal (and seemingly unstoppable) gnomes and a celebrity Who's Who that'd put a royal wedding to shame, and you're looking at a wild few days for The Stranger Times. Relight My Fire is the fourth book in the acclaimed and brilliantly funny Stranger Times series.

Download or read book Raiders of the Lost Corset written by Ellen Byerrum and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-07-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lacey is busting with excitement for her first trip to France. She’ll be with her friend Magda Rousseau, corset creator for D.C.’s wealthiest (and kinkiest) citizens. And—best of all—the trip’s on her newspaper’s dime, since she’ll supposedly be there to report on haute couture. The real reason for the trip, though, is the Rousseau family mystère: the whereabouts of a lost corset lined with jewels supposedly stolen from Russia after the assassination of Czar Nicholas’s family. But just before the big adventure, someone poisons Magda. Could it have something to do with the priceless corset? To find out, Lacey must follow a thread from Normandy to New Orleans....

Download or read book Into the Mist written by P. C. Cast and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times bestselling author P. C. Cast comes INTO THE MIST, the first book in a pulse-pounding dystopian duology for our times. Practical Magic meets Station Eleven in this gripping take on female power and the inevitable, destructive path of violent patriarchies. As men fall to the mist, the age of womankind begins to rise. The world as we know it ends when an attack on the U.S. unleashes bombs that deliver fire and biological destruction. Along with sonic detonations and devastating earthquakes, the bombs have also brought the green mist. If breathed in, it is deadly to all men—but alters the body chemistry of many women, imbuing them with superhuman abilities. A group of high school teachers heading home from a conference experiences firsthand the strength of these new powers. Mercury Rhodes is the Warrior, possessing heightened physical powers. Stella Carver is the Seer, with a sixth sense about the future. Imani Andrews is the Watcher, with a rare connection to the earth. Karen Gay is the Priestess, demonstrating a special connection with Spirits. And Gemma Jenkins is the Healer, a sixteen-year-old student who joins the group after losing her parents. As they cross the Pacific Northwest, trying to find a safe place to ride out the apocalypse, the women soon learn they can't trust anyone, and with fresh danger around every corner, it will take all their powers to save themselves—and possibly the world. With timely commentary on power and community, Into the Mist delivers a thrilling and fantastical future that is equal parts a feminist commentary and an amazing, witty adventure filled with wine and women– as only P.C. Cast’s brilliant storytelling can bring to life.

Download or read book The Influencers written by S. V. Leonard and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A filter can hide all manner of secrets... When budding true crime blogger Maggie Shaw is invited to the Influencer of the Year awards, it feels like everything is finally falling into place. The party is held on a glamorous yacht and presents the perfect opportunity for Maggie to network – the first step towards achieving her dream of turning her hobby into a full-time job. But by the end of the night, there’s one question on everybody’s lips: who killed Stella Knight? Stella was beautiful and famous. Her life appeared to be perfect. But behind the façade, Stella had made a number of enemies – and all of them were on board. A page-turning crime thriller, perfect for fans of Catherine Cooper and Lucy Foley. Praise for The Influencers 'I sped through this book at lightning speed. I loved it.' NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'OMGGG I knew this book was going to be fabulous after reading Leonard's debut last year, but wow that ending was really something... I sailed through this glamorous, pacy and thrilling ride of a novel.' NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I loved it!!!! I’ve always been invested in books with deal with rich people mystery, murder and suspense and SV delivered everything in this one!' NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A thrilling, glossy, and super fun thriller. The pacing was spot on and it was very engaging. I loved all the different characters and the way the author integrates them. Definitely see this being a popular summer book. Also... THAT ENDING!!!!' NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Glamorous and seductive, The Influencers is a classic whodunit with a brilliant twist. Pure escapism, I loved it.' NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I loved this one. Very fast paced, had me turning pages as I tore through it – I had to see how it would end.' NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'An addictive, mysterious thriller which keeps you gripped right until the last page!' NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I absolutely love this sundrenched thriller! A collection of social media stars go on a trip and one ends up dead. An updated classic whodunit! I spent the entire book trying to figure out the mystery and was highly entertained.' NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Download or read book Grave Apparel written by Ellen Byerrum and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "fabulously fun"* fashionista/sleuth Lacey Smithsonian is back in the case of a food editor who may have given her holiday sweater-hating coworker her just desserts...

Download or read book Love the Way You Dance written by Allison M. Boot and published by Boot Books. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since being adopted by the King and Queen of Starrycrest two years ago, Kara has lived a magical life, complete with doting parents and staff as well as a starring role in the Starrycrest Starlets' production of The Nutcracker. The princess is on top of the world until big changes threaten her place in the Denison family as well as in the kingdom. Kara's magical life quickly turns into a nightmare when she is forced to face her deepest insecurities and prepare for the biggest night of her life with a dance partner whom she does not even like. To complicate matters even more, Stella Dixon, the Starlets new dance instructor, tells the princess about a program in Eclipston that helps orphans find their forever families. Kara loves the idea and wants to implement a similar program in Starrycrest, but others in the royal family refuse. The tiny royal soon realizes that, in order to be the princess she has always hoped to be and make Starrycrest a better kingdom, she must take matters into her own hands as her mother once did. After an encounter with Victrollia, an evil troll who hates the Denisons and wants to avenge the death of her cousin, Trovella, goes terribly wrong, the princess and her loyalty to her family is put to the ultimate test. In the end, Kara will learn that living life to the fullest means you must love the way you dance.

Download or read book Reaper s Destiny written by Sebastian Porta and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stella Reaper is an orphan with tan skin, a neck covered by green scales, and rainbow-colored hair. While living in a fantasy world, she reluctantly attends the Swamlin Goll School for Magical Creatures where she must face the girl who has made it her ultimate mission to ensure Stella is always suffering. Although her magical abilities need refining and she doesn’t always get along with others, thankfully Stella has a few good friends. Far from the Swamlin School is a cottage high above a mountain that houses demons who are ruled by Mekredawn, a ruthless and cruel king who goes against anyone who isn’t on his side. The school the demons attend teach them how to kill without empathy or remorse. When Stella learns that Mekredawn, who had a not-so-friendly relationship with her deceased parents, wants to kill her by stealing her beloved pet basilisk, a chain of events unfolds that leave Stella battling to survive his wrath. Now only time will tell if her friends will stick by her side or leave her to fight him alone. In this fantasy tale, a girl with magical abilities must battle a demon ruler on a vengeful journey to end her life.

Download or read book An Unconventional Affair Book 1 written by Mollie Blake and published by Mollie Blake. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high-powered lawyer. A brilliant student of mathematics. Is it so...inappropriate? Tranquility 'Tee' Hammond is head of Solomon's law firm in Manchester. Having escaped a violent husband, with a son she was really too young to have had, her life revolved around her work. There was little time for anything else, and she didn't want anything else. When she was inclined to treat herself to a little sexual pleasure, she engaged the services of Email Indulgence, an exclusive club—one email for one night of sex with a man she didn't know and didn't need to see again. For her it was enough. But her life was about to be changed by her son's friend from university. Fifteen years her junior, Barrington Stone is determined to woo Tee into an Unconventional Affair When a young girl is killed, Tee will go to any lengths to get justice for the mother. When all is revealed, she refuses to destroy Barrington’s future. But is she wrong for once? An Unconventional Affair Book1 - Email Indulgence is part of the series of books by Mollie Blake - A Cheshire Love Story. These novels are full of adult-themed romance intertwined with danger. As paths cross, you’ll discover familiar faces, all seeking love and happiness, and willing to pay the price.

Download or read book Full Circle a Love Story written by Robert E. Levinson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-18 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The loss of loved ones and the toll of aging is a natural part of the golden years. This beautifully told and memorable story shows us how to face loss with courage and how to face change with grace and intelligence. Acting with foresight and good judgment, the sunset of our lives can be a stage of continued growth and development with delightful surprises along the way. Rob and Stella meet at Harbors Edge, a life care retirement community, where they find good friends, new love and security from the worries of aging. The book could easily be a primer for how to live well into your 70s, 80s and beyond. Full Circle is a must read for Baby Boomers who are coming of age, and for all who rejoice in the indomitable human spirit. Rob and Stellas story inspires and charms all who read it.

Download or read book Passing For black written by Linda Villarosa and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being black, the right kind of black, was difficult. It was like being in a cult--a secret society with rules as fluid as waves. . . In the six years that Angela Wright has been with her fiancé Keith Redfield, her life has settled neatly into place. Keith, a professor of African-American history, has helped her become comfortable in her own skin. And Angela's career at Désire magazine is thriving. She's got nothing to worry about--or so she thinks. . . Angela's best friend Mae is always there to ground her, whether they're joking about the importance of good hair or gossiping about their rival Tatiana Braithwaite--a milk chocolate Barbie with beauty, breeding, and an irritating knack for perfection. Mae reminds Angela how lucky she is to have found a successful, single brother. But when a chance meeting leaves Angela consumed with desire for an intriguing stranger, she impulsively decides to follow wherever it may lead--from outrageous underground sex parties to intimate encounters that are both torrid and tender. Now everything Angela has come to believe about sex, love, identity, and race is called into question as this explosive new passion blows her world wide open. . .

Download or read book Spirit of the Game written by S. J Smale and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirit of the Game In the first book, Spirit of Murder, Stella Blake, a tall, lean, redheaded kick-ass woman was forced to face the truth. This truth rocked Stellas world and nearly sent her over the edge. In Spirit of the Game, she has not yet fully come to terms with this crazy deep secret of her family and still fights the idea of it. No longer a cop now but a private investigator, she still solves cases, kicks ass, and faces danger. Stanley Hughes, her accountants genius brother, is in trouble. He and his friends created a lifelike virtual video crime game. Stupidly they put it online to tweak out some glitches while still in the developmental stage. Suddenly those crimes are being committed for real. Stella has to work hard to keep the police from charging the boys with being accessories to the crimes. Once the murder portion of the game is played out, she comes face-to-face with a spirit. This part of the so-called gift of hers is very difficult for her. George finds out that magic is somehow behind the crimes. He convinces her that the family is needed to help form a plan to save the young game makers while keeping the family secret intact. She begins to find out the family secret has certain rules that must never be broken. She also finds herself suddenly agreeing to be engaged, making her world rock, once more, under her feet. Spirit of Romance Spirit of Romance has Stella waking up to find, to her utter amazement and terrifying fear, that she is engaged. She soon begins to think this engagement is the cause for doubting her natural abilities and figures shed have to find a way to get out of this engagement in order to gain back her natural talents. Stellas new case for Manning Financial eventually becomes linked with the Homicide Division and their five cold cases. While working her case, she discovers that Brad Simon was released from prison by mistake. Now she has to save her friend Debra Styles by stopping Brads killing spree as well as solve her case by carefully sidestepping and going around the police. Piled on top of that, Stella is forced to deal with a very angry and determined ghost bent on seeking revenge on the man who killed her. Rita Cassidy was murdered under Stellas watch. George, his squad, and Stella have some very heated arguments as their cases clash and finally get solved. Strange new feelings grow in her for George. Stella finds herself accepting his help to overcome some of her doubts and fears. Once work settles down, Stella decides the best way to deal with her situation with George is to take her time adjusting to being engaged, but George has other ideas in that area.

Download or read book Stella and the Golden Crystal written by Karina Wetherbee and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a boundless palette upon which musings can soar, where young minds turn toadstools into tables for mice or mossy banks into condos for moles. Enter a world where faeries dance over sparkling streams, their wings shimmering, while malevolent beasts of legend peer out from the dark, craggy caves in some forgotten valley. In the tradition of Redwall, Wind in the Willows, and Mistmantle Chronicles, with a little splash of Lord of the Rings-style adventure, comes Stella and the Golden Crystal. Stella is a small gray squirrel, a reluctant heroine who must embark on a quest to recover the missing Crystal DOr, a mystical gem of great power stolen away by the goblins who dwell in the high mountain caves in the distant Valley of No Trees, a place no young squirrel would dare go alone. The goblins are bent on discovering a way to turn the faerie magic of the Crystal DOr to ill. A clumsy rabbit, a pair of fellow orphan squirrels, a beaver, an ermine, and a marmot make up some of the unlikely allies who join Stella in her attempt to save the Woodland Realm.

Download or read book Crime By Design written by Andrea Peter and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amaya June is a young woman mourning the death of her father. Not believing the tragic hit and run that claimed her father’s life was an accident, she and her close friends Megan and Tyler try to dig up some answers. During their investigation, they uncover secrets that her father had been hiding from her for the past twenty-two years. Adding to the chaos of their discoveries is the appearance of two Italian twin brothers in their town. Although charming and handsome, Steven and Aaron have their own dark secrets that somehow seem to involve Amaya. With every step closer to the truth, Amaya finds more secrets unraveling and hints that something supernatural is happening in her small town of Mill Hills. Yet amidst this chaos is a chance for Amaya to find love in an unexpected place – if she doesn’t get killed in the process.

Download or read book Lemonade Mouth written by Mark Peter Hughes and published by Ember. This book was released on 2011-06-14 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poets. Geniuses. Revolutionaries. The members of the legendary band Lemonade Mouth have been called all of these things. But until now, nobody's known the inside story of how this powerhouse band came to be. How five outcasts in Opoquonsett High School's freshman class found each other, found the music, and went on to change both rock and roll and high school as we know it. Wen, Stella, Charlie, Olivia, and Mo take us back to that fateful detention where a dentist's jingle, a teacher's coughing fit, and a beat-up ukelele gave birth to Rhode Island's most influential band. Told in each of their five voices and compiled by Opoquonsett's "scene queen," freshman Naomi Fishmeier, this anthology is their definitive history.

Download or read book The Cazalet Chronicles written by Elizabeth Jane Howard and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 1771 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Downton Abbey: A multigenerational saga of an upper-middle-class British family before, during, and after World War II by a bestselling author. As war clouds gather on England’s horizon, the Cazalet siblings, along with their wives, children, and servants, prepare to leave London and join their parents at their Sussex estate, Home Place. Thus begins the decades-spanning family saga that has engrossed millions of readers. The Light Years: Hugh, the eldest of the Cazalet siblings, was wounded in France and is haunted by recurring nightmares and the prospect of another war. Edward adores his wife, a former dancer, yet he’s incapable of remaining faithful. Rupert desires only to fulfill his potential as a painter, but finds that love and art cannot coexist. And devoted daughter Rachel discovers the joys—and limitations—of intimacy with another woman. Marking Time: Narrated primarily through the voices of teenagers Louise, Polly, and Clary, the second novel details the continuing story of their fathers. With the outbreak of war, Edward is determined to do his bit for England. But Hugh, injured in World War I, must sit back and watch other men fight for their country, including his brother Rupert, who enlists and goes missing in action. Confusion: As the world reels in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the Cazalets are dealt a tragic blow, and a new generation struggles to find peace with each other, a peace that seems to prove as elusive as it is in the larger world. Casting Off: The war is over, but for the Cazalets—and England—the challenges continue. Against the backdrop of a crumbling empire, the family soldiers on in the wake of disappointment, heartbreak, and tragedy. But the family comes together again as three generations of Cazalets struggle to hold onto Home Place, the beloved Sussex estate that has been their refuge and their heart. All Change: In 1956, the death of eighty-nine-year-old matriarch Kitty “the Duchy” Cazalet marks the end of an era—and the commencement of great change for the family. And Home Place, the beloved Sussex estate where the Cazalets have gathered for years, is now a beloved relic that, with its faded wallpaper and leaky roof, has aged along with its occupants. A rich historical read for those who love E. M. Forster, Evelyn Waugh, or Downton Abbey, this is the story of a family “[rendered] thrillingly three-dimensional by a master craftsman” (TheSunday Telegraph).

Download or read book My Love written by Elizabeth Lynn Linton and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: