Download or read book Watch Her Disappear written by Lisa Regan and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The girl’s prom dress, the color of champagne, shimmers in the dying light. A corsage of wilting pink sweetheart roses decorates her wrist. She is perfectly still, lying on the ground like a delicate china doll, trapped forever in a sleep from which she will never wake… When a call comes in about a young girl found dead at a high school prom—her life drained away from a fatal stab wound—Detective Josie Quinn drops everything to attend the scene. Taking in the girl’s neatly braided hair, Josie feels a flicker of recognition. But no one comes forward to identify this innocent child, murdered on what should have been the happiest night of her life. Trawling missing persons files, Josie realizes where she has seen the girl before. Gemma Farmer disappeared a few months ago, shattering her family. But why would her body appear now, on her sixteenth birthday? Josie’s only clue is the five neat little cuts on Gemma’s pale arm. Days later, another missing girl shows up, tucked neatly into her bed on the morning of her birthday, her favourite teddy beside her, her skin as cold as ice—and the autopsy reveals scars on her arm matching Gemma’s. Her head spinning, Josie fears the marks are a serial killer’s twisted way of counting his victims. But where are the other girls he’s killed, and how many more could follow? The case takes a terrifying turn when a local teen goes missing just days before she turns sixteen. Clock ticking, Josie turns the town upside down in search of answers. But when her own chief comes forward with a missing piece in this devastating puzzle spanning decades, will it be enough to get inside the mind of the most unexpected and elusive killer she has ever encountered, or will another precious life be taken? An absolutely heart-stopping and totally unputdownable crime thriller from an Amazon, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. You will be up all night biting your nails and turning pages! Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Rachel Caine. Everyone is talking about Watch Her Disappear: “Devoured in one sitting… Love, love, LOVE this series!!… Oh my gosh, I love these books!!…I LOVE this series!!” Tropicaldelusions, 5 stars “I literally finished this book in two days… I couldn't put it down! I absolutely love Josie and her team… You will be as addicted as I am!” NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars “My number one best read this year!… I could not put this down… stayed up all night to finish… I didn’t see the plot twists coming. I can’t rave enough about this book. Stop what you’re doing and go get this book. Prepare for a breakneck speed rollercoaster ride. Bonus star alert!” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “WOW! Lisa Regan hits it out of the park again!!! Buckle up... and enjoy the ride!” Absolutereading, 5 stars “Kept me up late at night glued to the page… fabulous… a totally unputdownable read…Brilliant characters, amazing five-star plot and a superb read. What more would you want, I loved it and can’t wait for the next one in the series.” Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars “I could not put this book down. Could. Not. Walk. Away… WOW… you better hold on or get whiplash.” Goodreads reviewer “BUCKLE UP… never-ending twists and turns. You think you know what to expect… and then BAM she hits you with something so out of the blue that you can’t help but gasp.” Katie Mettner Books, 5 stars “Mind-blowingly brilliant!! I read it in a day… just blew me away!!… Worth 10 stars if possible. A must-read.” NetGalley reviewer, 5 stars

Download or read book Daisys Will Grow Anywhere written by Elizabeth Ammons and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-05-11 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth Ammons grew up as the youngest member in a family of eight children in a household governed by survival of the strongest. Against the greatest of odds, she managed to survive a childhood filled with memories of incest, rape and torture. Yet her survival carried a price and that price was the shattering of her soul. By the time Elizabeth was born, her family had become a distorted and wicked caricature of the perfect American families depicted on television in the early 50 ́s. Neglected and abused from birth, she was forced at a very early age to protect herself from the evil that surrounded her. At the age of three the first of thirty-two alter personalities was formed. Stone Child was a catatonic, unfeeling toddler who could endure almost anything, even the violent, savage rape by her father, while being held down by her older sister. Elizabeth ́s ability to insulate herself from an unbearable existence served her well as a child, it enabled her survival, but it created havoc in her life as an adult. She began to experience longer and longer periods of lost time, sometimes hours, sometimes days, sometimes months, when she was unaware of her surroundings or her actions. Life became even more chaotic for Elizabeth following a thwarted suicide attempt on her fortieth birthday. It was while hospitalized she was diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder and began therapy. After being told by a psychiatrist and several therapists she was not the birth person, but simply another personality, Elizabeth set out to prove otherwise by forcing the alters to give up their secrets. Essentially Elizabeth had created an alter to cope with each aspect of her life. Among the thirty-two, there were the children, Molly and Rachel, who scribbled on walls and loved lollipops; Carl, the mechanic, who also handled bathroom duties; Jennifer, the cold, efficient businesswoman; Sarah, the religious fanatic; Ginny, the 18-year-old who loved to have sex for teddy bears; and Cuemaster, who delegated the duties and maintained control. The memories of the traumatic events, which caused these alters and others to be created, had been left with them, not Elizabeth. Through eight months of intensive therapy, Elizabeth reclaimed those memories, uncovering secrets kept hidden for years in the dark recesses of her mind. Shortly after being diagnosed with MPD in 1990, Elizabeth formed a support group for survivors of incest and child abuse. The name, Daisys In Recovery, was taken from her childhood spelling for daisies. Daisys gained non-profit status in 1992 and implemented an outreach jail program called Victims No More in 1995. Although Elizabeth ́s story is a grim chronicle of a child ́s shattered soul, it is more importantly, the successful triumph of the human spirit. It is a portrait of a woman who embodies the true meaning of forgiveness. Her story has become an inspiration to many who have endured abuse and is one of hope and encouragement for all in the face of despair.

Download or read book Don t Go Chasing after Waterfalls written by Simon- Peter Broughton and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t Go Chasing After Waterfalls is a murder mystery set in Victorian-time England. Daisy Magee is the first of her kind, a woman who has become a Chief Inspector. She has to deal with young ladies being murdered and set out in public view at different waterfalls. She has to deal with her role in a man’s world. The clues lie within nursery rhymes, riddles, different colour schemes for each murder, flowers to match the colour schemes, paper cutouts as clues to the nursery rhymes, and a nose stud that has a hidden clue in code to the next waterfall, and letters are also sent to her in a cat-and-mouse game. Some would call it mind games. Some characters have surprising names to remember. It also a story that teaches moral and spiritual life lessons. This is the first book in a brand-new murder mystery series on the way to playing mind games. I hope you enjoy the book. Please send your constructive criticism to my email at [email protected].

Download or read book Touch in the Night written by S. J. Coles and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF LGBTQIA ROMANCE FICTION S. J. COLES Book one in the Blood and Bonds series Jesse Truelove never felt a part of his own family. But can a vampire really give him a new one? With a criminal record, no steady job and a penchant for kink, Jesse Truelove has spent most of his life feeling like an outsider. He tells himself it doesn' t bother him, that he never needed human connections anyway. Now the Undying Baron, Emory Von Magnusson, a vampire— or, to use the modern term, &‘ haemophile' — has reclaimed his ancestral home north of Jesse' s hometown, and the human population isn' t sure how to react. Jesse knows a thing or two about what it' s like to be misjudged, so he keeps an open mind. But when a bungled break-in at Emory' s home brings them face-to-face, Jesse finds it' s much more than his mind that' s stimulated. However, building a relationship with an undead blood-drinker was never going to be straightforward, especially when that undead blood-drinker reveals he wants a family.

Download or read book Miss Daisy s Diaries written by Pamela Hunt and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2012 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her Ladyship greets Miss Daisy with excitement. She’s due to retire and wants to have some fun. “Let’s drive round the world”, she declares. ‘Not with me’, thinks Miss Daisy, and a love-hate relationship between two very different personalities begins. Each year, Her Ladyship dreams up a so called ‘training trip’ for them. “It’s only a few hundred miles,” she would say. But every time, something would go wrong – a wheel falls off, Her Ladyship’s haemorrhoids are exacerbated by ‘those damned speed bumps’ and then there’s the Sat-Nav… Ah yes, the Sat Nav. The journeys get longer and longer and Madam’s demands become ever more bizarre, that is until a two-thousand mile trip round Spain exhausts them both. Then, when the garage door closes, Miss Daisy recalls her early years and the people who have touched her life. Surely now that she’s living with her Ladyship, she’ll eventually settle down? It seems though, that it is not to be...Miss Daisy’s Diaries is a charming work of humorous fiction ‘written’ by a 1934 Austin 7 motor car struggling to live with a new owner. It will be enjoyed by fans of comic tales, the baby boomer generation and vintage and classic car enthusiasts.

Download or read book The House of Hopes and Dreams written by Trisha Ashley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious romcom from the Sunday Times bestseller ‘Full of down to earth good humour.’ SOPHIE KINSELLA 'Trisha Ashley writes with remarkable wit and originality - one of the best writers around.' KATIE FFORDE ‘Fresh and funny.’ WOMAN’S OWN When newly-dumped Carey Revell unexpectedly becomes the heir to Mossby, his family’s ancestral home, it’s rather a mixed blessing. The house is large but rundown. Though he already knows someone who could restore the stained glass windows in the older part of the house . . . Angel Arrowsmith has spent the last ten years happily working and living with her artist mentor and partner. But suddenly bereaved, she finds herself heartbroken, without a home or a livelihood. Life will never be the same again – until old friend Carey Revell comes to the rescue. They move in to Mossby with high hopes. But the house has a secret at its heart: an old legend concerning one of the famous windows. Will all their dreams for happiness be shattered? Or can Carey and Angel find a way to make this house a home? Readers love The House of Hopes and Dreams ***** ‘A lovely tale...a bit of mystery, and just great escapism.’ ***** ‘Full of sparkle and shine, a joy to read.’ ***** ‘A good warm hearted book with intrigue, friendship, humour and a touch of romance.’

Download or read book Rattle His Bones written by Carola Dunn and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the eighth mystery featuring the dauntless Daisy living in 1923 London, Daisy finds herself exhuming a murderer who's hiding among the bones at London's esteemed Natural History Museum. Martin's Press.

Download or read book The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Chase written by Wendy Mass and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly-anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Candymakers by beloved author Wendy Mass It has been a few months since the nationwide New Candy Contest, and Logan, Miles, Philip, and Daisy have returned to their regular lives. But when the winning candy bar comes down the conveyor belt at the Life is Sweet candy factory, Logan realizes something's very wrong.... When the Candymaker announces that they will be going on tour to introduce the new candy bar, the four friends see this as an opportunity to make things right. But with a fifty-year-old secret revealed and stakes higher for each of them than they ever imagined, they will have to trust one another--and themselves--in order to face what lies ahead. In this action-packed sequel to the bestselling novel The Candymakers, prepare to embark on a journey full of hidden treasures, secret worlds, and candy. LOTS and LOTS of candy.

Download or read book Deadly Devotion Port Aster Secrets Book 1 written by Sandra Orchard and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research scientist Kate Adams and her colleague Daisy are on the brink of a breakthrough for treating depression with herbal medicine when Daisy suddenly dies. Kate knows that if it hadn't been for Daisy's mentorship, she wouldn't have the job she loves or the faith she clings to. So when police rule Daisy's death a suicide, Kate is determined to unearth the truth. Former FBI agent Tom Parker finds it hard to adjust to life back in his hometown of Port Aster. Though an old buddy gives him a job as a detective on the local police force, not everyone approves. Tom's just trying to keep a low profile, so when Kate Adams demands he reopen the investigation of her friend's death, he knows his job is at stake. In fact, despite his attraction to her, Tom thinks Kate looks a bit suspicious herself. As evidence mounts, a web of intrigue is woven around the sleepy town of Port Aster. Can Kate uncover the truth? Or will Tom stand in her way?

Download or read book The Betrayals written by Fiona Neill and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best friends Rosie and Lisa’s families had always been inseparable. But one summer, Lisa had an affair with Rosie’s husband, Nick. None of them would forget that week on the wild Norfolk seacoast. Relationships were torn apart. Friendships shattered. And childish innocence destroyed. Now, after years of silence, a letter arrives that begs for help. A letter that exposes dark secrets.Then Rosie’s daughter Daisy’s fragile hold on reality begins to unravel. Teenage son Max blames himself for everything that happened that long hot summer. And Nick must confront his own version of events. As long-repressed memories bubble to the surface, the past has never seemed more present and the truth more murky.Told through the eyes of four family members, The Betrayals takes an unflinching look at contemporary life, explores the nature of memory and desire and asks whether some things can ever be forgiven.

Download or read book Misery Hates Company written by Elizabeth Hobbs and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young woman is invited to a mysterious relative’s estate and winds up entangled in a murder investigation in this witty historical mystery that pits the gothic eeriness of Crimson Peak against the comic absurdities of Knives Out. Miss Marigold Manners may be steeped in the etiquette of her old-money Boston family, but she is also an accomplished, modern woman and an avid student of archaeology who can handle any situation with poise. When the death of her parents leaves her too destitute to pursue her academic career and she receives a letter from a distant relative on Great Misery Island, Marigold decides she must do what any person of superior sense and greater-than-average curiosity would: she mounts her trusty bicycle and heads up the craggy, fog-shrouded coast of New England for a date with fate. Marigold arrives at Hatchet Farm, a moldering, gothic pile of a house inhabited by relatives so mired in the sins of the past, they have no future. She sets out to modernize the recluses with a brisk, ruthless efficiency, but her well-intentioned plans to manage their lives lead to malice—and murder. Marigold spies a body floating in the stormy waters surrounding the island, and her suspicions immediately turn to her hostile, weapon-wielding relatives when one of the local girls turns up missing. And she might not be the only one. When another dead body is found in the garden of the estate, Marigold finds herself accused. She must enlist the help of an eccentric, colorful cast of friends and found family to save herself—and everything she holds dear. As secrets are uncovered and lies exposed, the question of “who done it?” turns into “who didn’t do it?” and Marigold must face a truth that shatters her steely poise and shakes her very sense of self.

Download or read book Minnie Daisy Best Friends Forever Doodle Book written by Disney Book Group and published by Disney Press. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minnie and Daisy are about as different as two best friends could possibly be. Minnie is a fledgling fashion designer who loves to dream and draw. Daisy is a talented tennis player who loves to surf. But there are a few important things that these BFFs have in common: they both love riding their bikes, gossiping about boys, eating ice cream sundaes, and doodling in their notebooks! Following on the heels of the first two BFF chapter books, which featured a notebook page art style and lots of colorful artwork, this doodle book couldn't be a more natural next step! Within its pages, readers will be able to express their creativity by drawing Minnie's dream date with her big crush, designing Daisy's new tennis uniform, and much much, more!

Download or read book Blind Date Baby written by Fiona Harper and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Noah, It seems like just the other day that I met you on blinddatebrides.com. My daughter signed me up because she felt I'd sacrificed my life to bring her up alone. But you can still be forty and…flirty! I couldn't believe my luck when my blind date was a tall, dark, handsome stranger—yet you were that and so much more…. But now things have gone further and faster than I could have imagined because—well, we're pregnant! Noah—we need to talk. Love, Grace

Download or read book Eye of a Little God written by A.J. Steiger and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twisted, creepy fever dream of a novel, Eye of a Little God is a surreal horror story that explores loneliness, trauma, and demons both inside and out. “A story for fans of modern (and frightening) fairy tales” – Library Journal After losing his delivery job – the last thing binding him to an empty life – Eddie Luther, veteran and drifter, drives into the woods with a bottle of sleeping pills. But instead of eternal silence, Eddie hears a whisper inside his damaged ear. Help me. He follows the call and finds a cryptic journal filled with loneliness and longing, a journal whose words seem written for him alone. Guided by the clues in its pages, he embarks on a journey into a shadowy world beneath the small town of Devil’s Fork, Nebraska – a world where televisions whisper prophecies and a malevolent being known as The Painted Man lurks. . . Or maybe Eddie’s sanity is slipping. All he knows for sure is that he’s falling in love with someone he’s never seen, someone who may be more than human – and who will change everything he thinks he knows about the world and his place in it.

Download or read book The Coffins of Little Hope written by Timothy Schaffert and published by Unbridled Books. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighty-three-year-old obituary writer Essie finds her life in small town Nebraska turned upside-down when a young country girl is reported missing and the long-awaited final book in an infamous series of young adult gothic novels is being secretly printed on her newspaper's presses. Reprint.

Download or read book The Desiderata Stone written by Nick Aaron and published by Another Imprint Publishers. This book was released on 2020-07-11 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When all the Christians were thrown to the lions Daisy Hayes was a sculptress, and blind since birth. In 1964 a French priest came to visit her at the collective studio in north London where she worked. He was fascinated by the impaired artist and told her, “There’s this program at the Vatican Museums, where people like you get an opportunity to study archaeological artifacts by touch. Are you interested?” — “Of course, mon Père!” In AD 64 a blind masseuse working at the baths in Rome overheard some important men preparing to set fire to the city and seize power. When they found out that she knew too much, they had her arrested and tried to eliminate her. She decided she had to leave a message revealing the plot, and did everything she could to save her hide. So, as a Vatican intern 1900 years later, Daisy uncovered a mysterious message from antiquity: the Desiderata stone.

Download or read book Wherever You Are written by Krista Ritchie and published by K.B. Ritchie. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ​​I WILL RUIN HER. You know that old saying “opposites attract” — well, no one ever tells you what happens after the attraction part. Do opposites stick together forever? Or do they just self-combust? And then there’s the third option: someone or something forces them apart. Look, the third option isn’t happening to us. I will end the bastard who thinks he can keep me from her. I only need to worry about one thing. . . Epic, soul-crushing self-destruction. Because I screw up everything I touch. Even her.