Download or read book Two Songs This Archangel Sings written by George C. Chesbro and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detective’s search for a missing friend “careens ahead with the speed and promise of danger of the Indy 500” (The Washington Post Book World). With a genius IQ, a past career as a circus acrobat, and a black belt in karate, criminology professor Dr. Robert Frederickson—better known as “Mongo the Magnificent”—has a decidedly unusual background for a private investigator. He also just so happens to be a dwarf. Mongo’s friend and sensei, Veil Kendry, is pretty magnificent himself. A devoted martial arts instructor and extremely successful abstract artist, Veil single-handedly transformed his shady neighborhood in New York City’s Lower East Side into a safe haven from crime and corruption. But when Mongo enters Veil’s abandoned apartment and finds a bullet hole, a cryptic oil painting, and an envelope addressed to him containing $10,000, he starts to worry that Veil’s reputation as a vigilante has gotten him into the worst sort of trouble. Determined to find his friend, Mongo attempts to rule out any enemies from Veil’s past—details of which Veil has never shared with him. But as he uncovers the shocking truth of Veil’s time in the Vietnam War—participating in dangerous CIA missions under the call sign “Archangel”—Mongo soon finds enemies aplenty, ones that will do anything to make sure the past remains a secret . . . In addition to creating “the most engaging detective in decades,” author George C. Chesbro introduces the character of Veil Kendry, who would go on to have his own series (Library Journal). Two Songs This Archangel Sings is the 5th book in the Mongo Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Download or read book The Memory Man written by Steven Savile and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing cross-border investigators Peter Ash and Frankie Varg of the European Crime Division in the first of a series of hard-hitting thrillers. When a newly-appointed Catholic bishop disappears shortly after receiving a macabre gift in the post – a severed human tongue – the Vatican calls in Peter Ash of the European Crime Division to help. Enclosed with the package was a bizarre note: Memini Bonn. I remember Bonn. At the same time, Ash’s Swedish counterpart Frankie Varg is investigating the murder of a prominent politician. When it transpires that the two cases are linked, the pair team up to become enmeshed in a baffling investigation where nothing is as it first appears. What exactly is the significance of Bonn? And who is so determined to unleash those carefully buried memories ...?

Download or read book Breathless written by Kristin MacQueen and published by Kristin MacQueen. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the worst day of my life, all I want to do is drink away my feelings. I'm done with dating and with women in general. I'm going to focus on work and my dog... until I walk into Kennedy's Pub. Things with her are easy. Talking. Laughing. Being around her. It's like she's always been there. Even hours after my heart was put through the shredder. Can she be the one to help me heal? I'm content staying single. Men don't do anything except cause you pain and misery. I don't give them the time of day, instead I focus on my bar. I focus on making it successful because my ex doesn't think I can. Only, I need help. Blake stumbles into my life and though I want nothing to do with him, he's the only one who can help me. The only one who can fix what's broken. Maybe he can even fix my broken heart. Tropes: brother's friend, friend's sister, meet cute, small town romance, workplace, learning to love, single parent

Download or read book The Adventure Zone Here There Be Gerblins written by Clint McElroy and published by First Second Books. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Adventure Zone SEE The illustrated exploits of three lovable dummies set loose in a classic fantasy adventure READ Their journey from small-time bodyguards to world-class artifact hunters MARVEL At the sheer metafictional chutzpah of a graphic novel based on a story created in a podcast where three dudes and their dad play a tabletop role playing game in real time Join Taako the elf wizard, Merle the dwarf cleric, and Magnus the human warrior for an adventure they are poorly equipped to handle AT BEST, guided ("guided") by their snarky DM, in a graphic novel that, like the smash-hit podcast it's based on, will tickle your funny bone, tug your heartstrings, and probably pants you if you give it half a chance. With endearingly off-kilter storytelling from master goofballs Clint McElroy and the McElroy brothers, and vivid, adorable art by Carey Pietsch, The Adventure Zone: Here There be Gerblins is the comics equivalent of role-playing in your friend's basement at 2am, eating Cheetos and laughing your ass off as she rolls critical failure after critical failure.

Download or read book Just Us written by J.H. Croix and published by J.H. Croix. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A swoon-worthy romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! If you like smoking hot romance with alpha men and sassy women, you’ll love this series! Ellie asks me to promise her one thing. We can’t tell her brother about us. Seeing as I’ll do anything for a taste of Ellie, I agree. Small problem though. One night will never be enough. Neither of us counted on me wanting more. I might have enough money to buy anything, but not love. I’ll fight for Ellie though. She’s priceless. Ellie Jacob Taylor is used to getting what he wants. He’s a billionaire who need only snap his fingers and women come running. Not me. To spite my cheating ex, I take the trip we planned to Vegas. Except I didn’t count on my ex doing the same. With his new girlfriend. Awkward doesn’t even cut it. Out of nowhere, Jacob sweeps in and makes me an offer I can’t refuse. Now, the lights are out, and we’re alone. Keywords: Ellie & Jacob's story is perfect for readers who love vacation romance, billionaire alpha heroes, smart sassy heroines, slow burn, emotional romance with a dash of angst, plenty of swoon, and a protective hero. *A standalone romance.

Download or read book I Know This Much Is True written by Wally Lamb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-03 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. When you're the same brother of a schizophrenic identical twin, the tricky thing about saving yourself is the blood it leaves on your bands--the little inconvenience of the look-alike corpse at your feet. And if you're into both survival of the fittest and being your brother's keeper--if you've promised your dying mother--then say so long to sleep and hello to the middle of the night. Grab a book or a beer. Get used to Letterman's gap-toothed smile of the absurd, or the view of the bedroom ceiling, or the influence of random selection. Take it from a godless insomniac. Take it from the uncrazy twin--the guy who beat the biochemical rap. Dominick Birdsey's entire life has been compromised and constricted by anger and fear, by the paranoid schizophrenic twin brother he both deeply loves and resents, and by the past they shared with their adoptive father, Ray, a spit-and-polish ex-Navy man (the five-foot-six-inch sleeping giant who snoozed upstairs weekdays in the spare room and built submarines at night), and their long-suffering mother, Concettina, a timid woman with a harelip that made her shy and self-conscious: She holds a loose fist to her face to cover her defective mouth--her perpetual apology to the world for a birth defect over which she'd had no control. Born in the waning moments of 1949 and the opening minutes of 1950, the twins are physical mirror images who grow into separate yet connected entities: the seemingly strong and protective yet fearful Dominick, his mother's watchful "monkey"; and the seemingly weak and sweet yet noble Thomas, his mother's gentle "bunny." From childhood, Dominick fights for both separation and wholeness--and ultimately self-protection--in a house of fear dominated by Ray, a bully who abuses his power over these stepsons whose biological father is a mystery. I was still afraid of his anger but saw how he punished weakness--pounced on it. Out of self-preservation I hid my fear, Dominick confesses. As for Thomas, he just never knew how to play defense. He just didn't get it. But Dominick's talent for survival comes at an enormous cost, including the breakup of his marriage to the warm, beautiful Dessa, whom he still loves. And it will be put to the ultimate test when Thomas, a Bible-spouting zealot, commits an unthinkable act that threatens the tenuous balance of both his and Dominick's lives. To save himself, Dominick must confront not only the pain of his past but the dark secrets he has locked deep within himself, and the sins of his ancestors--a quest that will lead him beyond the confines of his blue-collar New England town to the volcanic foothills of Sicily 's Mount Etna, where his ambitious and vengefully proud grandfather and a namesake Domenico Tempesta, the sostegno del famiglia, was born. Each of the stories Ma told us about Papa reinforced the message that he was the boss, that he ruled the roost, that what he said went. Searching for answers, Dominick turns to the whispers of the dead, to the pages of his grandfather's handwritten memoir, The History of Domenico Onofrio Tempesta, a Great Man from Humble Beginnings. Rendered with touches of magic realism, Domenico's fablelike tale--in which monkeys enchant and religious statues weep--becomes the old man's confession--an unwitting legacy of contrition that reveals the truth's of Domenico's life, Dominick learns that power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed, and now, picking through the humble shards of his deconstructed life, he will search for the courage and love to forgive, to expiate his and his ancestors' transgressions, and finally to rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his twin. Set against the vivid panoply of twentieth-century America and filled with richly drawn, memorable characters, this deeply moving and thoroughly satisfying novel brings to light humanity's deepest needs and fears, our aloneness, our desire for love and acceptance, our struggle to survive at all costs. Joyous, mystical, and exquisitely written, I Know This Much Is True is an extraordinary reading experience that will leave no reader untouched.

Download or read book Knocked Up By My Brother s Best Friend written by Amy Brent and published by Amy Brent. This book was released on 2020-06-06 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s not the kind of man I should want But he’s everything I need Our attraction is instant Our problems are immediate If I lose him, I fear I’ll lose myself. Quinn He’s a bad boy who lives hard and plays harder…but somehow, I can’t resist him… I know I’m not a failure, even after dropping out of college, but the challenge is proving it to everyone else. And when an opportunity knocks, I know I’m going to grab it and convert it into something meaningful. I didn’t expect Leo Delaney. He’s the town troublemaker, a ripped alpha male who is nothing I need, but everything my curves crave. I know my brother wouldn’t approve of me getting involved with his best friend, but how can I resist when Leo’s body is as bitingly hot as his tongue? And that’s why when things heat up between us, we decide to keep it a secret, no matter what. …So what will I do now that I’m pregnant with his baby? Leo She’s broken all my rules, but I might end up breaking her heart. That is, if she doesn’t break mine first. I lived my life by two simple rules: Never stay in one place too long, and never stay with the same woman for more than three nights. I ran through women like wine and savored every single sip. I knew what I wanted and I let nothing stand in my way. Then Quinn Moore crashed into my life and shattered all of my rules. Every time I lock eyes with her, all sense and ‘shoulds’ go out of the window The only problem? Her brother is my best friend and I know if he ever finds out about us, I’m a dead man. Even knowing the score, I can’t keep my hands off her. She’s smart, irresistible, and oh man…that hourglass figure…it should be illegal. She’s dangerous in the best way and despite the sneaking around, secrets and siblings, I can’t resist her. This is messed up, way too messed up!

Download or read book Element of Surprise II written by Mr. Ish and published by Mr. Ish. This book was released on 2021-06-05 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the truth about Adonis' past comes to light, his release from prison is now in jeopardy. And with the true identity of Chaz being revealed, there is nothing that could possibly stop Michael ‘Flex' Owens from getting at the woman responsible for his pain and suffering. Not only is Flex on a mission to get at Chaz—the bane of his existence—but he also enlists the help of some unexpected people. That’s when things really take a turn for the worst and change the dynamics of how things were supposed to turn out. However, prior to Flex getting the help he so desperately needed, he encounters a life changing ordeal with someone that is also tied to Chaz. Ultimately, the situation that Flex finds himself in is truly something that no one could have predicted. Furthermore, the fact that no one has any idea of where Patty-Mae is, is an issue in itself. Her unknown whereabouts lead skeptics to do a little eyebrow raising. So the question is, will Chaz wiggle herself out of harm's way and reclaim her life. Or, will there be a new set of surprises awaiting her? Only time will tell!! Author's Note: This book contains extreme levels of sex and violence and should only be read by readers that thrive for excitement. Please take the proper approach to keep your euphoria from going haywire.

Download or read book Brother s Best Friend For Christmas written by Amy Brent and published by Amy Brent. This book was released on 2020-06-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was my first. My everything. My brother’s best friend. Filthy-mouthed, tattooed, total womanizer. Tyler knew how to melt my panties... and my heart. But he disappeared when I needed him most. Now he's back for Christmas and I can't get him out of my head. He’s staying for Christmas. Undressing me with his eyes. I can’t forget the night he took my V-card. And I wonder what harm would it be to replay that scene now... It could help me get over him. It’s just one more night. No strings attached. Hit-it-and-quit-it. I'll finally get over him and move on with my life - once and for all. But these things have consequences. Now that Santa’s making my wish come true, I can see my whole world turning upside down. Turns out this is the hottest mistake of my life. And screwed has kind of never felt so good!

Download or read book A Brother s Journey written by Richard B. Pelzer and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2005 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Dave Pelzer is a legend in our times: the shattering tale of the child called 'It' who was forced to live in the basement; the 'Him' the other children were taught to hat; the 'Freak' who wasn't allowed to speak. his mother was the perpetrator of the horror, but she had a willing accomplice. It was Dave's little brother Richard - the author of this book.

Download or read book The Sense of an Ending written by Julian Barnes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

Download or read book Perfect Together written by Kristen Ashley and published by Rock Chick LLC. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wyn and Remy Gastineau were perfect together… Until, without warning, Remy walks out on their life, their love and their marriage. Wyn is blindsided and heartbroken. It takes her years to get over the loss of Remy. Sometime later, their children call a family meeting and Remy is acting strange. Wyn refuses to hope. Remy has moved on. She must do the same. But she’s wrong. Remy wants her back and he’s pulling no punches. He’s determined to do the work to piece together the marriage he shattered. Forced by circumstances to tell Wyn things he never wanted her to know, Remy reveals his tragic secrets. As the family reels from pain long buried now laid bared, Wyn realizes instead of letting go, she has to hold tight to the man and the family they made that’s perfect together. “…the deep bonds of family, the imperfectly perfect characters, the REAL LIFE and real love. The story is immaculate.” -Verve Romance

Download or read book To My Brother s Cocky Best Friend written by J. S. Cooper and published by J.S. Cooper. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To My Brother’s Cocky Best Friend, Tyler Redwood, you might be my brother’s best friend, but I find you to be insufferable, cocky, arrogant, immature, and totally annoying. You are not God’s gift to women and certainly not a gift to me. No, I don’t need you to wrap yourself in a bow. And even if you did, I would not be unwrapping it. I have no interest in seeing or touching your six pack and no, I don’t need you to teach me the hidden lessons of the Kama Sutra. Go and find another woman to bother and flirt with. I am not interested at all. Not even a little bit. Olivia Olivia, I have seven words for you. That’s not what you said last night. Tyler

Download or read book A Little Life written by Hanya Yanagihara and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.

Download or read book I Love Jesus But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Download or read book Da Joka written by T. Fulton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Da Joka, Nicolette she thinks she's as tough as they come. She never backs down from anything. Once on a straight and narrow path, she now finds herself in new surroundings and has to learn a new way of life. Trying to cope with the loss of her father. She finds herself becoming a person she wouldn't dream of in her worse nightmares. She must now learn and learn fast how to adapt to the environment that she was thrown into. Through it all she has her cousin, Janet and her best friend Stephanie. Together they grow through life's experiences, from their first sexual experience to the first time one of them gets caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. Notice that I said the first time one of them gets caught up. So, just sit back, relax, and get comfortable because trust me you're about to experience the life of Da Joka, SERIOUSLY!

Download or read book Here Comes the Best Man written by Angela Britnell and published by Choc Lit. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He needs to save his brother’s big day—and may find love along the way . . . When special ops veteran Josh Robertson returns home to Nashville to be the best man at his younger brother’s wedding, he’s sure he’ll mess it all up somehow. He’s already on edge just from reuniting with his family after years in the service. It’s fun to pick up his old guitar again—but facing his father is another story . . . But when it becomes clear the wedding might not go according to plan, it’s up to Josh and fellow guest Louise Giles to make sure that the bride- and groom-to-be get their perfect day. Can Josh be the best man his brother needs? And is someone else beginning to realize that Josh could be her “best man” too?