Download or read book Red Thread of Fate written by Lyn Liao Butler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of a tragedy and fueled by guilt from a secret she's kept for years, a woman discovers how delicate the thread that binds family is in this powerful novel by Lyn Liao Butler. Two days before Tam and Tony Kwan receive their letter of acceptance for the son they are adopting from China, Tony and his estranged cousin Mia are killed unexpectedly in an accident. A shell-shocked Tam learns she is named the guardian to Mia’s five-year-old daughter, Angela. With no other family around, Tam has no choice but to agree to take in the girl she hasn’t seen since the child was an infant. Overwhelmed by her life suddenly being upended, Tam must also decide if she will complete the adoption on her own and bring home the son waiting for her in a Chinese orphanage. But when a long-concealed secret comes to light just as she and Angela start to bond, their fragile family is threatened. As Tam begins to unravel the events of Tony and Mia’s past in China, she discovers the true meaning of love and the threads that bind her to the family she is fated to have.

Download or read book The Red Thread of Fate written by Yasuko Fujiyama and published by Loft. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Orient there is a belief that the gods, using an invisible red thread, connect every person with their destined 'other'. In Japanese legend, the thread is thought to be tied around the little finger of everyone on earth. According to this myth, the thread can travel everywhere, regardless of time, place and circumstances, until finding its other end. It is also said that the magical thread may be twisted or tangled but never broken. This book follows the myth and consists of four parts representing the four seasons: SPRING - the birth; SUMMER - the flourishing; AUTUMN - the experience; WINTER - the knowledge. On each illustration the invisible thread is hidden, weaving through nature, culture and the myths of traditional and contemporary Japanese life. You, the reader, needs to find and transform the invisible thread into the magical red one, while colouring the rest of the world it passes through using your imagination, and follow the red thread to find its destiny. Includes 6 pages of characters, icons, traditions and curiosities of Japanese arts and crafts.

Download or read book The Red String of Fate written by Layla Gatlin and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alana Haines has been having some really unusual dreams... They're different than anything she's ever dreamed of before. All she can think about is how real they seem. And she keeps getting the strange feeling that someone is watching her. Even though in her head she hopes she's only imagining it, she can't help but think that someone or something is hunting her. And She's right.All the way across the world, in Beijing, the Emperor of China's spiritual adviser has had a vision of the future... A vision that shows a young girl from America growing up to cause a rebellion in China against the Emperor that will ultimately lead to his death. The only way the Emperor sees to prevent such a future is to have the girl killed before it becomes a reality. A trained assassin is called in to travel to America and destroy her. He's the best there is and his record is perfect. But something about this mission gets under his skin. He's not supposed to feel anything. He's supposed to be emotionless. But something about his target this time just gets to him... He's not sure what is happening to him but he has to push it back; he cannot stand to fail. Neither are prepared for the adventure that awaits them as they find out that they each have a destiny that's much different than either of them every imagined. He calls it fate; she knows it's God. But they both will learn that his ways are higher than our ways...

Download or read book Star Wars Galaxy s Edge A Crash of Fate written by Zoraida Cordova and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A YA novel filled with adventure and romance set in the world of Galaxy's Edge, the Star Wars-themed land coming to Disneyland and Walt Disney World tin 2019.Izzy and Jules were childhood friends, climbing the spires of Batuu, inventing silly games, and dreaming of adventures they would share one day. Then, Izzy's family left abruptly, without even a chance to say goodbye. Izzy's life became one of constant motion, traveling from one world to the next, until her parents were killed and she became a low-level smuggler to make ends meet. Jules remained on Batuu, eventually becoming a farmer like his father, but always yearning for something more. Now, thirteen years after she left, Izzy is returning to Batuu. She's been hired to deliver a mysterious parcel, and she just wants to finish the job and get gone. But upon arrival at Black Spire Outpost she runs smack into the one person who still means something to her after all this time: Jules. The attraction between them is immediate, yet despite Jules seeming to be everything she's ever needed, Izzy hesitates. How can she drag this good-hearted man into the perilous life she's chosen? Jules has been trying to figure out his future, but now all he knows for certain is that he wants to be with Izzy. How can he convince her to take a chance on someone who's never left the safety of his homeworld? When Izzy's job goes wrong, the two childhood friends find themselves on the run. And all their secrets will be revealed as they fight to stay alive...

Download or read book Following the Red Thread written by Louise Kerr and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A frank and engaging memoir, Following the Red Thread is a mother's full answer to her daughter's childhood question: 'why did you adopt me?' Making sense of her early experiences as both the preparation and her motivation to adopt, Kerr draws on the Chinese concept of the red thread to detail her long march towards China and the adoption of her much loved daughter. Along the way, she encounters many different 'Chinas' and comes to love the infinite variety that is the People's Republic on the cusp of the third millennium. Kerr's deep desire to adopt is intertwined with her journey back to faith. From an outright rejection of Christianity in her teens, she rediscovers her faith and realises a childhood promise to serve God overseas. Ultimately, in seeking out her daughter, she finds herself.

Download or read book Red String written by Gina Biggs and published by . This book was released on 2009-05-20 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If not for the help of her beloved fiance%u2019s family, Miharu would never have been accepted into the prestegious Harusono High School. Surrounded by children of the elite, Miharu finds herself slowly changing to fit in. She must take extra care not to lose herself as she gets more involved in the pressures of Kazuo's world. The lone wolf, Eiji Hayashihara, has started cleaning up his act and has set his sights on the quiet and sweet Reika. Just as things seem to be heating up between them, Reika's long-time crush Hiroshi finally asks her out on a date. However, there might be more to this proposal than she could have expected. Meanwhile, Fuuko has been having her own adventures in Tokyo as she has been accepted into her new school's Film Club. Just as she feels she's starting to get over her heartbreak she gets an unexpected call from her first love, Maya. This volume collects chapters twenty-two through twenty-six, plus the two side stories. Included in the book are pages of fun games, notes, and more!

Download or read book The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea written by Axie Oh and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller! Axie Oh's The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea is an enthralling feminist retelling of the classic Korean folktale "The Tale of Shim Cheong," perfect for fans of Wintersong, Uprooted, and Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden is thrown into the sea to serve as the Sea God’s bride, in the hopes that one day the “true bride” will be chosen and end the suffering. Many believe that Shim Cheong, the most beautiful girl in the village—and the beloved of Mina’s older brother Joon—may be the legendary true bride. But on the night Cheong is to be sacrificed, Joon follows Cheong out to sea, even knowing that to interfere is a death sentence. To save her brother, Mina throws herself into the water in Cheong’s stead. Swept away to the Spirit Realm, a magical city of lesser gods and mythical beasts, Mina seeks out the Sea God, only to find him caught in an enchanted sleep. With the help of a mysterious young man named Shin—as well as a motley crew of demons, gods and spirits—Mina sets out to wake the Sea God and bring an end to the killer storms once and for all. But she doesn’t have much time: A human cannot live long in the land of the spirits. And there are those who would do anything to keep the Sea God from waking... Praise for The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea: An ABA Indie Bestseller "On every page I found something marvelous and new, and I was eager to keep reading because I wanted to further explore this wondrous new world." —The New York Times "A beautiful, mesmerizing retelling I wish I’d had when I was growing up. ... A heartfelt tale that I will be recommending for years to come." —Elizabeth Lim, New York Times-bestselling author of Six Crimson Cranes "A clever, creative, and exquisitely written tale of sacrifice, love, and fate." —Stephanie Garber, New York Times-bestselling author of Caraval

Download or read book Strings of Fate written by Deirdre Dore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-06 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Deirdre Dore deftly weaves together a blood-chilling mystery and a sizzling-hot romance. Strings of Fate is a captivating debut!” —Laura Griffin, New York Times bestselling author In the first novel in a gripping romantic suspense trilogy, a yoga instructor unintentionally lures a serial killer to her small town and finds herself falling for the sexy FBI agent sent to hunt him down. Christina Pascal has never had a real job...or a real boyfriend. When she isn’t teaching yoga or attending classes, she is either getting paid to invent fake relationships for people on the Internet, or she is working to solve cold cases in her hometown of Fate, Georgia—a town tainted by haunting memories of the past. Christina and her best friends, Tavey and Raquel, were only children when their best friend disappeared—a crime that remains unsolved. Now, sixteen years later, the three friends are hoping to uncover some clues about their friend and other missing children. But what Christina doesn’t realize is that her search for the missing has attracted the attention of a serial killer, and he is using fake identities to lure in his victims. Now, Christina fears that she could be his next target. To complicate matters, a gorgeous FBI agent, Ryan Helmer, is sent in to help Christina with the case, but she doesn’t know whether she can trust him, especially when their sizzling chemistry jeopardizes the case…

Download or read book An Invisible Thread written by Laura Schroff and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title, that may also include a folder.

Download or read book Fates and Furies written by Lauren Groff and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, TIME, THE SEATTLE TIMES, MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE, SLATE, LIBRARY JOURNAL, KIRKUS, AND MANY MORE “Lauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts, and Fates and Furies is an unabashedly ambitious novel that delivers – with comedy, tragedy, well-deployed erudition and unmistakable glimmers of brilliance throughout.” —The New York Times Book Review (cover review) From the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, Florida and Matrix, an exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception. Fates and Furies is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it is also a portrait of creative partnership written by one of the best writers of her generation. Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At the core of this rich, expansive, layered novel, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years. At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but with an electric thrill we understand that things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed. With stunning revelations and multiple threads, and in prose that is vibrantly alive and original, Groff delivers a deeply satisfying novel about love, art, creativity, and power that is unlike anything that has come before it. Profound, surprising, propulsive, and emotionally riveting, it stirs both the mind and the heart.

Download or read book Find Your Red Thread written by Tamsen Webster and published by Page Two Books. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You have a terrific idea. You know it is so powerful that it could change a life, a market, or even the world. There's just one problem: others can't, or don't, see it... yet.

Download or read book Diamond Head written by Cecily Wong and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Diamond Head is an intricate meditation on what is in our control and what is fate—and on whether children must bear the costs of their parents’ mistakes.” —Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere At the turn of the nineteenth century, Frank Leong, a fabulously wealthy shipping industrialist, moves his family from China to the island of Oahu. But something ancient follows the Leongs to Hawaii, haunting them. The parable of the red string of fate, the cord that binds one intended beloved to her perfect match, also punishes for mistakes in love, passing a destructive knot down the family line. When Frank Leong is murdered, his family is thrown into a perilous downward spiral. Left to rebuild in their patriarch’s shadow, the surviving members of the Leong family try their hand at a new, ordinary life, vowing to bury their gilded past. Still, the island continues to whisper—fragmented pieces of truth and chatter, until a letter arrives two decades later, carrying a confession that shatters the family even further. Now the Leongs’ survival rests with young Theresa, Frank Leong’s only grandchild, eighteen and pregnant, the heir apparent to her ancestors’ punishing knots. Told through the eyes of the Leong’s secret-keeping daughters and wives and spanning the Boxer Rebellion to Pearl Harbor to 1960s Hawaii, Diamond Head is a breathtakingly powerful tale of tragic love, shocking lies, poignant compromise, aching loss, heroic acts of sacrifice and, miraculous hope.

Download or read book The Starless Sea written by Erin Morgenstern and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world—a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea. Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues—a bee, a key, and a sword—that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians—it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also of those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome, barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose—in both the mysterious book and in his own life.

Download or read book Dragon Fate written by E. E. Knight and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the national bestselling Vampire Earth series presents the fiery conclusion to his epic dragon saga. Scattered across a continent, three dragon siblings are among the last of a dying breed--the final hope for their species' survival. After fighting a war that cost each of them kingdoms, friends and family, and their honor and glory, they have removed themselves from the troubles of the world. But the order they fought to establish is falling apart. Ancient sorceries have been awakened. Dragons battle dragons. And men are taking up arms against their winged overlords. Now, the three must unite once more to save dragonkind from extinction, before the chaos and fire of war consumes them all...and the world with them.

Download or read book Jacob s Ladder written by Bianca D'Arc and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man on a mission... Jake can see the future and there's a special woman on his mind. She needs his help and he's just the man to help when danger stalks her every step. A woman with responsibilities... For Ria, being the Nyx-the leader of her people-comes with burdens that few can understand. Her special abilities make her a target of the Venifucus, an ancient faction that hopes to pervert Ria's hereditary power to their own evil purposes. She's lived her life on the run, but the time has come to turn and confront the bad guys on her trail. Can they stop the Venifucus from using the ancient power of the Nyx to return evil to this world? Whatever the cost, they must stop it, before it's too late.

Download or read book The Sweetest Kind of Fate written by Crystal Cestari and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GREAT. I've somehow found myself tangled up with a siren, a mermaid, and a homicidal wicked witch who once tried to strangle me to death. Way to go, Amber! Amber Sand, legendary matchmaker, couldn't be more surprised when her archnemesis, Ivy, asks for her help. Ivy's sister, Iris, is getting married, and Ivy wants to prove her sister is making a huge mistake. But as Amber looks into Iris's eyes, there doesn't seem to be a problem -- Iris has clearly found her match. It seems happily-ever-after is in the cards, but when Iris seeks out a dangerous, life-altering spell, it's up to Amber and Ivy to set aside their rivalry and save the day. As Iris puts everything on the line for love, Amber continues to wrestle with her own romantic future. Her boyfriend, Charlie, is still destined for another, and no matter how hard she clings to him, fear over their inevitable breakup shakes her belief system to the core. Because the Fates are never wrong-right?

Download or read book Falling Heart written by Kaaya Kaavvii and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The red string of fate that connects the two soul mates was broken by him, not me, never me.The fate that was decided by the moon goddess..he tried to change it, not me.Why then, was I punished..?Zairiya grew up believing herself a curse and an outcast to the people she belonged to.She was banished by her pack as she entered this world.Mother Nature took pity on her and granted her only wish, Aeran as her mate, but even that was a cruel joke played on her by the fate.She loved and loved from the very core of her being, she gave everything for that love, for Aeran, crossing all boundaries to acquire the unattainable love of her mate.But maybe that was not enough.Then something disastrous happened and her very soul blackened, turning all that love to hatred so cruel that nothing mattered to her anymore.Finally she gave in and lost herself forever....Let me tell you a story of love, a story of betrayal, a story of death, a story of Zairi and Aeran