Download or read book The Summer of Sebastian written by Giulia Skye and published by Giulia Skye. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s been a mistake… Olympic athlete Sebastian Clarke has six weeks to repair the damage to his reputation or lose the funding he needs to finally win that gold. Working as a sports ambassador in England for the summer is the perfect way to prove to his sponsors that’s he’s still their wholesome hero, and to seal the deal, he’s hired a sweet university librarian to pose as his girlfriend. Cassie is nothing like the Las Vegas showgirls the media stirred the truth with last month, but when she turns up late for their first meeting, Seb didn’t expect to find her with a large plate of food in her hands and a startled look in her eyes. Are you freaking kidding me? Computer-geek Helen Hobbs only borrowed Cassie’s access badge to snaffle a free meal—just her damn luck to be caught red-handed by a hunk of a man who immediately spouts on about contracts, rules and schedules. Helen tells him he’s made a mistake, but a journalist hungry for trash on the disgraced sporting star is already hot on their tail. So, maybe now isn’t a good time to tell Sebastian she’s on probation…nor that she’s under police surveillance for accidentally working with the UK’s most wanted cyber criminal. Forced to hire Helen as his fake-girlfriend, can Sebastian keep this trouble magnet in line before she ruins his career? They have a contract… But who will be the first to break the rules? Author’s Note: Fake relationship. Opposites attract. Snappy, hot banter. Girl in danger. Uptight hero depriving himself of fun times until…he doesn’t. Beautiful English countryside. Kick-ass, trouble-magnet heroine who keeps pushing the hero’s buttons. Occasional F-bombs. Steam Level: Hot and with a purpose. Pace: Nail-biting. Feels: ALL.OF.THEM. This 90,000 word novel can be enjoyed as a stand-alone or as part of Giulia Skye’s interconnected Take a Holiday series.

Download or read book Sebastian written by P.D. Cacek and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child-sized doll is the object of his mother's obsession. He's beginning to wonder why... "Decidedly creepy, insidious and unsettling, but even more important, it's such a mature, perceptive and compassionate novel."Thomas Tessier, author of Fog Heart and Bram Stoker Award finalist The son of a world-renowned photographer, Morgan Riley is familiar with his mother’s creative eccentricities. Having been the subject of one of her photographic series, he knows all too well how focused she can become with a new project. So he’s not overly concerned when his mother shows him her newest series that spotlights a small, featureless white plastic manikin the size of a two-year-old child that his mother has named Sebastian. However, as Morgan watches his mother’s obsession with the manikin grow, he begins to question her sanity and fear for her safety… FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress.

Download or read book Summer In Mossy Creek written by Deborah Smith and published by BelleBooks. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a typical summer in the good-hearted mountain town of Mossy Creek, Georgia, where love, laughter and friendship make nostalgia a way of life. Creekites are always ready for a sultry romance, a funny feud or a sincere celebration, and this summer is no different. Get ready for a comical battle over pickled beets and a spy mission to recover hijacked chow-chow peppers. Meet an unforgettable parakeet named Tweedle Dee and a lovable dog named Dog. Watch Amos and Ida sidestep the usual rumors and follow Katie Bell's usual snooping. In the meantime, old-timer Opal Suggs and her long-dead sisters share a lesson on living, and apple farmer Hope Bailey faces poignant choices when an old flame returns to claim her. Your favorite authors are back along with some wonderful new storytellers--plus more recipes from Creekite chef Bubba Rice. Pull up a wicker rocker, sip some peach-flavored iced tea, and listen as the townsfolk of Mossy Creek share their lives with you once again.

Download or read book Two Rogues Make a Right written by Cat Sebastian and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Sedgwick can’t believe that after months of searching for his oldest friend, Martin Easterbrook is found hiding in an attic like a gothic nightmare. Intent on nursing Martin back to health, Will kindly kidnaps him and takes him to the countryside to recover, well away from the world. Martin doesn’t much care where he is or even how he got there. He’s much more concerned that the man he’s loved his entire life is currently waiting on him hand and foot, feeding him soup and making him tea. Martin knows he’s a lost cause, one he doesn’t want Will to waste his life on. As a lifetime of love transforms into a tender passion both men always desired but neither expected, can they envision a life free from the restrictions of the past, a life with each other?

Download or read book At Play in the Fields of the Lord written by Peter Matthiessen and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2012-05-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on the behalf of the local comandante. Out of this struggle Peter Matthiessen creates an electrifying moral thriller—adapted into a movie starring John Lithgow, Kathy Bates, and Tom Waits. A novel of Conradian richness, At Play in the Fields of the Lord explores both the varieties of spiritual experience and the politics of cultural genocide.

Download or read book romanceclass Learning to Write and Finish a Contemporary Romance Novella written by Mina Esguerra and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary romance novellas are fun, light, quick reads. Usually less than 50,000 words, about the many ways that men and women meet, fall in love, and live happily ever after.Maybe predictable, if you've read enough of them, but for a writer that just means this is a great format to start a career with. This book will help you:1. Learn a simple plot structure for a romance novella2. Set a reasonable and practical writing schedule3. Finish the manuscript and prepare it for publicationLessons in this book were used in a free mentorship program that has helped writers (and people who never thought they'd be writers!) finish their very first fiction manuscript.(Note: Some of the publishing and writing advice is specific to the Philippines and Asia, where the class was first held.)

Download or read book The Hour Between written by Sebastian Stuart and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Arthur McDougal is kicked out of an exclusive Manhattan's boys' school, his parents ship him off to the only place that will take him in - the Christian Science inflected Spooner School. There he meets Katrina, the charming, troubled daughter of a Hollywood movie star. As Arthur struggles with his sexuality and Katrina's beauty and talent lands her in a Broadway musical, the two forge a tender friendship. Set in the late 1960s, this is a compelling portrait of a time and place, replete with drugs, sex, Andy Warhol and some of the sharpest and funniest dialogue in recent memory.

Download or read book Far Tortuga written by Peter Matthiessen and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1988-01-12 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An adventure story and a deeply considered meditation upon the sea itself. "Beautiful and original...a resonant and symbolical story of nine doomed men who dream of an earthly paradise as the world winds down around them." —Newsweek

Download or read book 24 Karat Kids written by Judy Goldstein and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Dr. Shelley Green – newly minted pediatrician. After graduating medical school at the top of her class, Shelley is hired by Madison Pediatrics, the Upper East Side's most exclusive practice. Suddenly this self-described ‘schlumpy girl from Jackson Heights' is thrown into the world of the rich, famous, and very neurotic. Her life is about to change in a big way. Hyper-parenting has reached epidemic proportions -- and Madison Pediatrics is its over-privileged epicenter. Shelley, a superb doctor with a kid-friendly touch and a genius for diagnosis, quickly becomes the Upper East Side's latest must-have accessory, the darling of the fabulously-wealthy-with-kids crowd. Now she's slimming down, dressing up in Fendi and Prada, and weekending in the Hamptons. No wonder Arthur – her adorable schoolteacher fiancé – is baffled. Enter Josh Potter – blueblood hunk who never seems to have his checkbook around. What he does have is charm, connections, and enough sex appeal to set Shelley's head spinning. Before long, Shelley's plate is way too full: men and medicine, elite nursery schools and rooftop swimming pools. Can she handle it all without losing her soul? Find out in this delicious dose of fiction that brims with acerbic wit, dead-on satire, and finally, poignancy and heart.

Download or read book Into the Glades written by Laura Sebastian and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Laura Sebastian makes her middle grade debut with an emotional fantasy adventure about four friends who journey through a magical, Everglades-inspired swampland to break a curse tied to the death of a loved one. Best friends Cordelia and Larkin have always called the Glades—a peaceful swamp full of magical creatures—home. But when Oziris, Cordelia’s father and the leader of their village, dies unexpectedly, a dark curse sweeps over the land. The girls know that the curse must be tied to Oziris’s death, and they’re determined to break its hold on their home and bring Oziris back to life. Together, Cordelia, Larkin, and their two little brothers set off into the wild Glades in search of an elusive and enigmatic witch who is rumored to have the power to reverse death. The Glades are no longer a familiar and friendly place, though, and danger lurks around every corner. But on their journey, the children discover that the most difficult challenge isn’t wild marsh-maids or bogilisks or dragon-gators—it’s the grief threatening to consume them.

Download or read book Tribe written by Sebastian Junger and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--"tribes." This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival. Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians-but Indians almost never did the same. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in our evolutionary past as a communal species. The most recent example of that attraction is combat veterans who come home to find themselves missing the incredibly intimate bonds of platoon life. The loss of closeness that comes at the end of deployment may explain the high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by military veterans today. Combining history, psychology, and anthropology, Tribe explores what we can learn from tribal societies about loyalty, belonging, and the eternal human quest for meaning. It explains the irony that-for many veterans as well as civilians-war feels better than peace, adversity can turn out to be a blessing, and disasters are sometimes remembered more fondly than weddings or tropical vacations. Tribe explains why we are stronger when we come together, and how that can be achieved even in today's divided world.

Download or read book Half Sick of Shadows written by Laura Sebastian and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Laura Sebastian is the next Madeline Miller. . . . a fierce, fresh, lyrical tale that will enthrall until the last page."--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Huntress A Popsugar Best Summer Read of 2021 A Bibliolifestyle Most Anticipated Summer 2021 Sci-fi and Fantasy Book "Magical, haunting, unique--I haven't been so excited about an Arthur book since I read The Once and Future King ."--Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author The Lady of Shalott reclaims her story in this bold feminist reimagining of the Arthurian myth from the New York Times bestselling author of Ash Princess. Everyone knows the legend. Of Arthur, destined to be a king. Of the beautiful Guinevere, who will betray him with his most loyal knight, Lancelot. Of the bitter sorceress, Morgana, who will turn against them all. But Elaine alone carries the burden of knowing what is to come--for Elaine of Shalott is cursed to see the future. On the mystical isle of Avalon, Elaine runs free and learns of the ancient prophecies surrounding her and her friends--countless possibilities, almost all of them tragic. When their future comes to claim them, Elaine, Guinevere, Lancelot, and Morgana accompany Arthur to take his throne in stifling Camelot, where magic is outlawed, the rules of society chain them, and enemies are everywhere. Yet the most dangerous threats may come from within their own circle. As visions are fulfilled and an inevitable fate closes in, Elaine must decide how far she will go to change destiny--and what she is willing to sacrifice along the way.

Download or read book Sebastian and the Balloon written by Philip C. Stead and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the Caldecott Medal-winning "A Sick Day for Amos McGee" comes a whimsical story about a hot air balloon, a boy, and a magical adventure. Full color.

Download or read book Summer with Sebastian written by Gwen Molnar and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book One Deadly Summer written by Sébastien Japrisot and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A gripping tale of hatred, revenge, and lust … a sinister spellbinder." — Publishers Weekly Car mechanic Florimond can't believe his luck when a beautiful young newcomer to his sleepy Provence village agrees to marry him. But his bride's motivation is slowly revealed as a cunning plan to avenge a long-ago crime. Told from four fascinating perspectives, this French noir thriller won the prestigious Prix Deux Magots. One Deadly Summer is a true classic of suspense. "The most welcome talent since the early Simenons." — The New York Times "A rich and resonant sonata in black ... the taut shaping of a grand master." — Kirkus Reviews "Sébastien Japrisot holds a unique place in contemporary French fiction. With the quality and originality of his writing, Japrisot has hugely contributed to breaking down the barrier between crime fiction and literary fiction." — Le Monde

Download or read book Mr Sebastian and the Negro Magician written by Daniel Wallace and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2008-07-08 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Walker was once a world-class magician, performing to sold-out shows in New York. But now he has been reduced to joining Musgrove's Chinese Circus (which at no point in its tour of the deep South has ever included a single Chinese person) as the shambling Negro Magician, whose dark black skin and electric green eyes bewitch most audiences. But one balmy Mississippi night in 1954, Henry disappears in the company of three rowdy white teens and is never seen again. Wallace pieces together Henry's incredible vagabond life – from a deal with a bone-white devil known only as Mr. Sebastian, to the heartrending loss of his sister Hannah – and creates an enchanting tale of love, loss, identity, and the limitation of magic.

Download or read book The Education of Sebastian written by Jane Harvey-Berrick and published by Harvey Berrick Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen year-old surfer Sebastian falls in love with thirty year-old married woman Caroline. For a summer their love blooms, but storm clouds are on the horizon.