Download or read book The Messy Man Trilogy written by Chris Sorensen and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-07-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NIGHTMARE ROOM, THE HUNGRY ONES, and THE MESSY MAN... From the bestselling author of SUCKERVILLE and BEE TORNADO comes the trilogy that started it all. Three unique haunted tales that intertwine in ways that will frighten and surprise you. With enough ghosts, demons, and hauntings to keep you up all night, THE MESSY MAN TRILOGY is filled with horror and heart. Originally released as three separate books, the entire ghostly tale is available for the first time as one haunted tome. Read it, if you dare...

Download or read book The Messy Man written by Chris Sorensen and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellen Marx sees ghosts.Her mother Rita just wants her to be a 'normal' eleven-year-old kid. But that's tough to do when a birthday card arrives from her dead father.Following a trail of breadcrumbs left by her dad, Ellen sets out on a journey to unravel the mystery surrounding her father's disappearance and ends up unearthing secrets best left buried.The third and final book in the haunting trilogy, The Messy Man brings to a close the story that began with The Nightmare Room and The Hungry Ones.

Download or read book The Nightmare Room written by Chris Sorensen and published by . This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Larson is going home. Having recently lost their only son, Peter and his wife Hannah are moving into one of Peter¿s father¿s rental properties to care for the old man and to rebuild their shattered lives. As Peter assembles his basement recording studio, preparing to resume his living as an audiobook narrator, he soon learns that the house is the home to a dark spirit intent on tormenting him.

Download or read book The Hungry Ones written by Chris Sorensen and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-26 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nightmare Continues...At the outskirts of Maple City sits the Crossroads Motel, a throwback to the days when the motor lodge was king. Two years ago, the motel was the site of an act so brutal that its buildings were left to rot.Jessie Voss, however, sees promise in the Crossroad's bare bones and buys it up, determined to breathe new life into the place.When the Larson family shows up on her doorstep, road-weary and desperate for a break, Jessie offers them lodging, even though her grand opening is still a week away.But the arrival of guests awakens the motel, and Jessie soon finds herself host to both the living and the dead.

Download or read book More Than This written by Patrick Ness and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two-time Carnegie Medal winner Patrick Ness comes an enthralling and provocative new novel chronicling the life — or perhaps afterlife — of a teen trapped in a crumbling, abandoned world. A boy named Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then he wakes. He is naked, thirsty, starving. But alive. How is that possible? He remembers dying, his bones breaking, his skull dashed upon the rocks. So how is he here? And where is this place? It looks like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an unthinkable tragedy happened and his family moved to America. But the neighborhood around his old house is overgrown, covered in dust, and completely abandoned. What’s going on? And why is it that whenever he closes his eyes, he falls prey to vivid, agonizing memories that seem more real than the world around him? Seth begins a search for answers, hoping that he might not be alone, that this might not be the hell he fears it to be, that there might be more than just this. . . .

Download or read book Hold Me Closer Necromancer written by Lish McBride and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam leads a pretty normal life. He may not have the most exciting job in the world, but he's doing all right—until a fast food prank brings him to the attention of Douglas, a creepy guy with an intense violent streak. Turns out Douglas is a necromancer who raises the dead for cash and sees potential in Sam. Then Sam discovers he's a necromancer too, but with strangely latent powers. And his worst nightmare wants to join forces . . . or else. With only a week to figure things out, Sam needs all the help he can get. Luckily he lives in Seattle, which has nearly as many paranormal types as it does coffee places. But even with newfound friends, will Sam be able to save his skin? Hold Me Closer, Necromancer is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Download or read book The Empire of Gold written by S. A. Chakraborty and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “No series since George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most.” —Paste Magazine The final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war. Daevabad has fallen. After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander, Dara, must try to repair their fraying alliance and stabilize a fractious, warring people. But the bloodletting and loss of his beloved Nahri have unleashed the worst demons of Dara’s dark past. To vanquish them, he must face some ugly truths about his history and put himself at the mercy of those he once considered enemies. Having narrowly escaped their murderous families and Daevabad’s deadly politics, Nahri and Ali, now safe in Cairo, face difficult choices of their own. While Nahri finds peace in the old rhythms and familiar comforts of her human home, she is haunted by the knowledge that the loved ones she left behind and the people who considered her a savior are at the mercy of a new tyrant. Ali, too, cannot help but look back, and is determined to return to rescue his city and the family that remains. Seeking support in his mother’s homeland, he discovers that his connection to the marid goes far deeper than expected and threatens not only his relationship with Nahri, but his very faith. As peace grows more elusive and old players return, Nahri, Ali, and Dara come to understand that in order to remake the world, they may need to fight those they once loved . . . and take a stand for those they once hurt.

Download or read book Queen Move written by Kennedy Ryan and published by Blue Box Press. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Wall Street Journal, USA Today Bestselling and RITA® Award-winning Author Kennedy Ryan, comes a captivating second chance romance like only she can deliver... The boy who always felt like mine is now the man I can't have… Dig a little and you'll find photos of me in the bathtub with Ezra Stern. Get your mind out of the gutter. We were six months old. Pry and one of us might confess we saved our first kiss for each other. The most clumsy, wet, sloppy . . . spectacular thirty seconds of my adolescence. Get into our business and you'll see two families, closer than blood, torn apart in an instant. Twenty years later, my "awkward duckling" best friend from childhood, the boy no one noticed, is a man no one can ignore. Finer. Fiercer. Smarter. Taken. Tell me it's wrong. Tell me the boy who always felt like mine is now the man I can’t have. When we find each other again, everything stands in our way--secrets, lies, promises. But we didn't come this far to give up now. And I know just the move to make if I want to make him mine.

Download or read book The Ask and the Answer written by Patrick Ness and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part two of the literary sci-fi thriller follows a boy and a girl who are caught in a warring town where thoughts can be heard – and secrets are never safe. Reaching the end of their flight in The Knife of Never Letting Go, Todd and Viola did not find healing and hope in Haven. They found instead their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss, waiting to welcome them to New Prentisstown. There they are forced into separate lives: Todd to prison, and Viola to a house of healing where her wounds are treated. Soon Viola is swept into the ruthless activities of the Answer, while Todd faces impossible choices when forced to join the mayor’s oppressive new regime. In alternating narratives the two struggle to reconcile their own dubious actions with their deepest beliefs. Torn by confusion and compromise, suspicion and betrayal, can their trust in each other possibly survive?

Download or read book Total Chaos written by Jean-Claude Izzo and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ex-cop takes on the mafia in the blockbuster novel that kicks off the Marseilles trilogy with what “may be the most lyrical hard-boiled writing yet” (The Nation). In Jean-Claude Izzo’s “Mediterranean noir” mysteries, the city of Marseilles is explosive, breathtakingly beautiful, and deadly. Total Chaos introduces readers to Fabio Montale, a disenchanted cop who turns his back on a police force marred by corruption and racism and, in the name of friendship, takes the fight against the mafia into his own hands. Ugo, Manu, and Fabio grew up together on the mean streets of Marseilles where friendship means everything. They promised to stay true to one another and swore that nothing would break their bond. But people and circumstances change. Ugo and Manu have been drawn into the criminal underworld of Europe’s toughest and most violent city. When Manu is murdered and Ugo returns from abroad to avenge his friend’s death, only to be killed himself, it is left to the third in this trio, Det. Fabio Montale, to ensure justice is done. Despite warnings from both his colleagues in law enforcement and his acquaintances in the underworld, Montale cannot forget the promise he once made Manu and Ugo. He’s going to find their killer no matter the consequences. “One of the masterpieces of modern noir.” —The Washington Post “Like the best noir writers—and make no mistake, he is among the best—Izzo not only has a keen eye for detail . . . but also digs deep into what makes men weep.” —Time Out New York “The holy grail of noir fiction . . . a fast paced and stylishly told modern tragedy.” —NB Magazine

Download or read book Beauty in the Stolen The Complete Trilogy written by Charmaine Pauls and published by Charmaine Pauls. This book was released on 2021-07-11 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “When he robbed the casino, he left with more than money. He took me and stole a night of my life.” A DARK ROMANCE SERIES Ian Hart is the most wanted fugitive in the country. His gang is linked to the riskiest and biggest heists in the history of the continent. His identity is an enigma to everyone except me, because the night he robbed the casino, he set his sights on a different target. He took something other than money and gemstones. He took me. He stole my lust and then my life. All I have left is my love. I would’ve given it freely, but thieves will do what thieves do best. Note: The Beauty in the Stolen box set includes Stolen Lust (Book 1), Stolen Life (Book 2), and Stolen Love (Book 3) and is Cas and Ian's complete story. This dark romance trilogy is part of the Diamond Magnate Collection. You don't have to read the other books to follow the story. The Diamond Magnate collection in order: Standalone Novels (Dark Arranged Marriage & Mistaken Identity Romance) Beauty in Deception Beauty in the Broken Diamonds are Forever Trilogy (Dark Mafia / Kidnapping Romance) Diamonds in the Dust (Book 1) Diamonds in the Rough (Book 2) Diamonds are Forever (Book 3) Beauty in the Stolen Trilogy (Dark Heist Romance) Stolen Lust (Book 1) Stolen Life (Book 2) Stolen Love (Book 3) Beauty in Imperfection Duology (Dark Arranged Marriage Romance) Imperfect Intentions (Book 1) Imperfect Affections (Book 2)

Download or read book The Perfect Man The Complete Series written by Lynn Dare and published by Lynn Dare. This book was released on 2023-07-06 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Cape Kismet, where the neighbors are nosy, the bookstores offer an escape, and epic romances abound. The Perfect Man: What if the man she’s been searching for has been there all along? Ellie Amore is a writer on a mission: find out what makes women fall in love, what makes a man so perfect readers don’t care if they’re fictional. To do this, she’ll need the help of her best friend, someone who watches out for her, feeds her tacos, and doesn’t mind when her cat hates him. Sometimes, perfect is subjective. Sometimes there’s no such thing. But all the time, he’s there. The Perfect Boyfriend: What if she chose the wrong brother? Eleven years ago, Kennedy said yes to a date with the man she’d spend the next decade with. Until now. She finds herself heartbroken and homeless. When her ex’s brother shows up like a knight in shining riot gear, all she can think is how much time she’s wasted loving the wrong man. The Perfect Husband: What if she accidentally married the right guy? Cecilia is known for doing stupid, impulsive things, but this is by far the worst. A drunken night leads to a strange man claiming they’re married. Harley is an infuriating rebel with a camera and a panty-melting grin, but he’s also more. He’s her friends ex, and maybe the one man who can match her irresponsible ways. The Perfect Bachelor: What if her boss isn’t the jerk he appears to be? Sadie hates Grey the moment she crashes into him outside the bookstore. The feeling grows when she realizes he’s the only lawyer in town hiring, and she needs a job. They get off to a rocky start filled with plant pranks, one hundred pounds of potatoes, and a parade of his ridiculous friends. But the more time she spends with the charming playboy, the more she realizes it’s all an act, and underneath the designer suits and chiseled jaw is a person worth getting to know. This set contains four complete sweet and slightly spicy romances with plenty of swoons, heartwarming moments, and laughter.

Download or read book The Dreamshifters Trilogy Box Set written by Harry Dayle and published by Shelfless. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the world of the Dreamshifters, now available as a box set for the first time. This is the complete trilogy, more than 700 pages of gripping drama, action, and romance “Have you ever had a dream so vivid it felt real? Maybe it was real. Maybe you are a dreamshifter.” This box set includes the following books (the complete Dreamshifters series): Parallel One (Book One) Jessica Kayne is an ordinary girl who works in an ordinary London cafe. But when she sleeps, extraordinary things happen. Because Jessica has an incredible power, not that she knows it…yet. When Jessica dreams up a perfect man, who turns out to be real – and recently murdered – her life takes an unexpected turn. Her dreams become more vibrant and more deadly, and she starts to discover her very special power: the ability to cross into parallel worlds. It’s a power that puts her life in grave danger. Can Jessica realise her true potential and solve the mysterious murder? Or will the trail of death catch up with her before she can even begin? Parallel Ties (Book Two) Lonely Londoner Jessica Kayne has found a way to put her unusual ability — to move between parallel worlds — to good use. That is until a terrible event forces her to question everything she’s been up to. Stunned by the death of someone she was trying to help, Jessica decides that her dreamshifting days are over. But when her dearest friend goes missing, it soon becomes apparent that Jessica alone has the power to find her. It’s not long before she realises she is in a race against the clock to save her friend from a fate far worse than death. Parallel Lies (Book Three) Dreamshifter Jessica Kayne has come to terms with her unusual abilities by vowing never to interfere in other people’s lives again. Yet when events at home take a strange turn, one that can only be explained by interference from another dimension, she is left with no choice. She must use her gift to investigate other parallels, and the shady characters who inhabit them. What she discovers is a conspiracy on a scale she could never have dreamed of. In the gripping final instalment, Jessica’s power is tested to the very limit, as she battles to save the people she loves most from a hidden evil.

Download or read book Your Husband Our Man 2 written by Tracee Boyd and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-17 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just when you thought this crazy dysfunctional threesome moved on from all the drama, a new set of problems and secrets are revealed and Ocean, Evan and Ari aren’t quite ready for reality. After that stressful evening Ocean decided to come clean about who she really is, she still didn’t find peace as she thought she would. Payback for her was supposed to be sweet but it turned out to be another load for her to carry which she isn’t mentally prepared for. After much thought, Ocean decided to enter a thirty day rehab facility where she decides to turn her life around. Everything sounds great but how can you get therapy when you’re still harboring secrets. As Ocean’s therapist and roommate try to help her through the process, the huge secret she’s holding from everyone seems to eat away at her. Will she finally come clean about everything or will this be thirty days wasted? Evan is still reeling from the bomb that Ocean dropped but he doesn’t have time to lick his wombs seeing as though Ocean left him with their newborn twin girls for the next thirty days. His restaurant is going under, his mother is on his back to divorce her, the thought of being alone with the twins scare him to death and not to mention Ari is not ready to walk away so easily, especially after Evan told her the only reason they couldn’t be together was because of Ocean. Well, Ocean is no longer in the picture so what happen when your side chick wants a promotion? Ira tried to warn his sister Ari that dealing with a married man was going to be more than what she bargained for but she didn’t listen and now not only was she upset things didn’t happen the way she visioned. Still not ready to give up on love, Ari throws herself right back into the threesome but she too have a secret that will turn the whole situation around. These three are far from calling it quits but see what happens when you try to move on while still harboring bad feelings. Therapy only works when you completely open yourself up for change so let’s see who these three move on...if that’s even possible. I welcome you to the world of chaos that’s better known as Ocean, Evan and Ari.

Download or read book Husband Material written by Alexis Hall and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Instant USA Today Bestseller! "Our favourite chaos demon & stern brunch daddy return in this delicious, ridiculous, and often poignant romcom about all the ways love can grow." —Talia Hibbert, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author WANTED: One (very real) husband, nowhere near perfect but desperately trying his best In BOYFRIEND MATERIAL, Luc and Oliver met, pretended to fall in love, fell in love for real, dealt with heartbreak and disappointment and family and friends...and somehow figured out a way to make it work. Now it seems like everyone around them is getting married, and Luc's feeling the social pressure to propose. But it'll take more than four weddings, a funeral, and a hotly contested rainbow balloon arch to get these two from "I don't know what I'm doing" to "I do". Good thing Oliver is such perfect HUSBAND MATERIAL. "Brilliance on every single page."—Christina Lauren, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, for Boyfriend Material "The apotheosis of the rom-com."—Entertainment Weekly, A+ Review, for Boyfriend Material "Every once in a while you read a book that you want to SCREAM FROM ROOFTOPS about. I'm screaming, people!"—Sonali Dev, award-winning author, for Boyfriend Material "FAKE DATING, REAL FEELINGS, BEST JOKES."—Olivia Waite, award-winning author, for Boyfriend Material "Fresh and vibrant."—Annie Carl, The Neverending Bookshop (Edmonds, WA), for Boyfriend Material

Download or read book Golden Fool written by Robin Hobb and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2003-12-09 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb’s books are diamonds in a sea of zircons.”—George R. R. Martin Prince Dutiful has been rescued from his Piebald kidnappers and the court has resumed its normal rhythms. There FitzChivalry Farseer, gutted by the loss of his wolf bondmate, must take up residence at Buckkeep as a journeyman assassin. Posing as a bodyguard, Fitz becomes the eyes and ears behind the walls, guiding a kingdom straying closer to civil strife each day. Amid a multitude of problems, Fitz must ensure that no one betrays the Prince’s secret—one that could topple the throne: that he, like Fitz, possesses the dread “beast magic.” Only Fitz’s friendship with the Fool brings him solace. But even that is shattered when devastating revelations from the Fool’s past are exposed. Bereft of support and adrift in intrigue, Fitz finds that his biggest challenge may be simply to survive. Praise for Robin Hobb and Golden Fool “[Robin Hobb] ranks near the top of the high fantasy field. . . . [She] juggles all the balls with aplomb, besides providing spot-on characterizations.”—Publishers Weekly “Solid storytelling with warmth and heart.”—The Kansas City Star

Download or read book When You Reach Me written by Rebecca Stead and published by Wendy Lamb Books. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.'" —The Washington Post This Newbery Medal winner that has been called "smart and mesmerizing," (The New York Times) and "superb" (The Wall Street Journal) will appeal to readers of all types, especially those who are looking for a thought-provoking mystery with a mind-blowing twist. Shortly after a fall-out with her best friend, sixth grader Miranda starts receiving mysterious notes, and she doesn’t know what to do. The notes tell her that she must write a letter—a true story, and that she can’t share her mission with anyone. It would be easy to ignore the strange messages, except that whoever is leaving them has an uncanny ability to predict the future. If that is the case, then Miranda has a big problem—because the notes tell her that someone is going to die, and she might be too late to stop it. Winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction A New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book Five Starred Reviews A Junior Library Guild Selection "Absorbing." —People "Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward." —The Wall Street Journal "Lovely and almost impossibly clever." —The Philadelphia Inquirer "It's easy to imagine readers studying Miranda's story as many times as she's read L'Engle's, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises." —Publishers Weekly, Starred review