Download or read book Cruel Summer written by James Dawson and published by Orion Children's. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling psychological thriller with a dash of romance from award-winning writer Juno Dawson. Perfect for fans of Sue Wallman and E. Lockhart. Ryan is looking forward to spending the summer with his old school friends at Katie's luxurious Spanish villa. He hasn't seen them all since their friend Janey committed suicide a year ago and he's hoping this summer they'll be able to put the past behind them and move on. But then someone else arrives, claiming to have proof that Janey's suicide was murder. Ryan was hoping for sun, sea and sand. Suddenly, he's facing a long, hot summer of death, drama and deceit . . .

Download or read book Cruel Summer written by Alyson Noël and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This was supposed to be my best summer yet, the one I've been working toward since practically forever. Now I'm being banished from everything I know and love, and it just doesn't make any sense." Having recently discarded her dorky image--and the best friend that went with it--Colby Cavendish is looking forward to a long hot season of parties, beach BBQ's, and hopefully, more hook-ups with Levi Bonham, the hottest guy in school. But her world comes crashing down when her parents send her away to spend the summer in Greece with her crazy aunt Tally. Stranded on a boring island with no malls, no cell phone reception, and an aunt who talks to her plants, Colby worries that her new friends have forgotten all about her. But when she meets Yannis, a cute Greek local, everything changes. She experiences something deeper and more intense than a summer fling, and it forces her to see herself, and the life she left behind, in a whole new way, in Alyson Noël 's Cruel Summer.

Download or read book Cruel Summer written by Wesley Southard and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***WINNER OF THE 2022 IMADJINN AWARD FOR BEST HORROR NOVEL*** Melissa Braun is a broken woman. Only wanting what's best for her family, she's willing to do whatever it takes to mend her fractured relationship with her abusive boyfriend. In a last ditch effort, she hopes the sun and sand of a much-needed Florida vacation will bring them and her son closer together. Patrick Braun is a demoralized kid. Quiet and sullen, he only wants his mother to see her boyfriend's torment as it cripples everything he loves. After years of silence, he refuses to stand by and let the abuse continue to tear them apart. Hoyt Rainey is a vile man. Unable to keep his hands to himself, he finally takes his anger one step too far. Only this time he finds himself on the receiving end of his own punishment. Down and down he goes, plunging deeper into the dark blue abyss of the sea. Melissa and Patrick finally believe they are safe, the trouble now behind them for good. They are wrong. Gods never really stay dead - they only lie in wait. And when a beast as old as time discovers Hoyt...he, too, won't stay gone for long. The nights grow darker, the water flows colder, and the cruelty of summer lives on.

Download or read book Summer Heat written by Rachel Van Dyken and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sexy three book enemies to lovers romance with a dirty dancing twist! Spoiled Princess is what he used to call me.We were an inferno of hate and passion wound up with a dash of chaos.For four years I watched him mow my lawn.For four years I watched my friends make fun of him.For four years I hated myself for wanting him, but even more for the way I treated him.And then I had him.For one night, we put all labels away and I spent the best night of my life in his arms.Then the next day, with my secret night under lock and key, I looked the other way while my friends shamed him.But now the jokes on me, because the scrawny lawn boy who I secretly loved from afar is now the director of Hollywood's most exclusive summer camp.And I'm on his staff.Now it's his turn to punish me.His turn to make me pay.His turn to take his revenge after years of humiliation.He's no longer a boy you can ridicule.But a college graduate who can have any woman he wants.I want him to look at me the way he did that one night we had together, but right nowthe look in his eyes tells me he's going to enjoy having me under him for two straight months.I don't know where his hatred ends, his passion begins.All I know is he wants revenge.And I'm his lucky target.

Download or read book Forever Summer written by Alyson Noël and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just in time for summer vacation comes this two-in-one reissue of "New York Times"-bestselling author Nol's "Laguna Cove" and "Cruel Summer."

Download or read book Cruel Summer written by Bernard Jan and published by Bernard Jan. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All he wants to do is skate. But they have other plans for him. Michael Daniels is seventeen and dreams to enter professional skateboarding contests. But beneath New Manhattan, a city under the oppressive shadow of climate change, exists another world altogether-secret laboratories which threaten society as he knows it. Those with power will get what they want. No price is too high, even if it means making someone special or robbing them of their dignity, freedom . . . or life. The price is too high for Michael, though. He has endured his stepfather's abuse and mind games for almost as long as he remembers. Until one day he takes matters into his own hands, ruining the lives of those he loves most. And his skateboarding friends, Alien and Victor, are his only hope for freedom. When there is no hope left, friendship is what remains. Click "Look inside" feature above to start reading a sample, then order your copy of this gripping, unexpected, strong, and emotional, Young Adult cross-genre novel by Bernard Jan, the author of January River, Look for Me Under the Rainbow, and A World Without Color.

Download or read book Summer Nights written by Rachel Van Dyken and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-04 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final installment in Marlo and Ray's story of revenge, love, and the thin line between hate and passion.They'll fight until the bitter end.After all what is love without a whole lotta hate? Life has a way of altering a person when you're forced to face the end of it, and now Marlo and Ray refuse to let the hate win especially since everyone is counting on them. They're ready for the final curtain call.And this one, may be the most important one of their lives as tragedies turn into happily ever afters, and dark secrets are revealed.Break a leg... right?

Download or read book Cruel Summer written by Kylie Adams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-03-07 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One gorgeous celebutante. One hip-hop dreamer. One second-generation Hollywood badboy. One anime-obsessed Latina. One British hottie.... They're five friends living the highlife in sexy South Beach, Miami. And one of them won't make it to graduation alive. Life is fast and furious for these A-listers and their friends: the hottest bars, the hippest clubs, the coolest, most exclusive parties. But not everybody loves this fabulous five from the Miami Academy for Creative and Performing Arts...and if they think they're untouchable, they're about to find out that they're wrong. Dead wrong.

Download or read book Summer Seduction written by Rachel Van Dyken and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marlo and Ray's story continues...I wanted revenge.And I got it in the best way possible.Ray has always driven me insane, now that we're older, all I want is to make her feel the pain she put me through for four years.And then suddenly, everything shifts and I realize I just want her, It's bad enough that I'm the camp director - her boss.Our love is equal to our hate for one another and the burning tension between us refuses to relent. If anything it's gotten worse.I push her.She pushes back.Passion, whether it be born of love or hate - is a powerful beast, one I'm refusing to tame

Download or read book Hello Cruel Heart written by Maureen Johnson and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An electric new story of teenage Cruella de Vil in an original novel inspired by the upcoming Walt Disney Studios Live Action Film, Cruella. Swinging London, Summer 1967. Sixteen-year-old Estella, gifted with talent, ingenuity, and ambition, dreams of becoming a renowned fashion designer. But life seems intent on making sure her dreams never come true. Having arrived in London as a young girl, Estella now runs wild through the city streets with Jasper and Horace, amateur thieves who double as Estella's makeshift family and partners-in-(petty)-crime. How can Estella dedicate herself to joining the ranks of the London design elite when she's sewing endless costumes and disguises for the trio's heists?When a chance encounter with Magda and Richard Moresby-Plum, two young scions of high society, vaults Estella into the world of the rich and famous, she begins to wonder whether she might be destined for more after all. Suddenly, Estella's days are filled with glamorous parties, exclusive eateries, flirtations with an up-and-coming rock star, and, of course, the most cutting-edge fashions money can buy. But what is the true cost of keeping up with the fast crowd-and is it a price Estella is willing to pay?

Download or read book Chastised in Captivity written by Miranda Birch and published by Miranda Birch. This book was released on 1901 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss “Butter wouldn't melt in her mouth” Mills is a secret dominatrix, and having caught the school caretaker in flagrante delicto with an underage pupil (see the previous story, "Caught & Chastised"), she now holds him captive in her house for the duration of the school holidays. It is going to be a long, hot summer for Frank Briggs — and not at all the sort of summer holiday Cliff Richard had in mind, methinks!

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 Cruel Summer written by Cahjli Symes and published by Cahjli S Symes. This book was released on 2024-03-22 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A post-punk revival band known as Cruel Summer is jaded by the flop of their previous album and lack of creative control. After completing their final album, the band is tasked with filming a music video for their highest charting single. While filming, a prank goes catastrophically haywire, resulting in a grisly murder. It’s now up to the band to not only finish their music video, but to get help before bodies begin to pile up. From the writer of the gothic noir “Houdini Logic: VHS SPECIAL EDITION”, presents to you his grim take on the horror genre! In this new edition, we get brand new scenes with more character development.

Download or read book Cruel Illusions written by Margie Fuston and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The perfect sinisterly magical escape…full of longing, desperation, and betrayal.” —Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval trilogy and Once Upon a Broken Heart Caraval meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this “beguiling” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) young adult fantasy about a girl who makes a deal with a magical secret society to enter a potentially deadly competition for the chance to avenge her mother’s death. Ever since a vampire murdered her mother, Ava has been determined to get revenge. This all-encompassing drive has given her the fuel she needed to survive foster home after foster home. But it’s been ten years since anyone’s seen a vampire, and Ava has lost hope that she’ll ever find one…until she stumbles across a hidden magic show where she witnesses impossible illusions. The magicians may not be the bloodsuckers she’s hunting, but Ava is convinced something supernatural is at play, so she sneaks backstage and catches them in acts they can’t explain. But they’ve been waiting for her. The magicians reveal they’re part of an ancient secret society with true magic, and Ava has the same power in her blood that they do. If she joins them, they promise to teach her the skills she needs to hunt vampires and avenge her mother. But there’s a catch: if she wants to keep the power they offer, she needs to prove she’s worthy of it. And to do so, she must put on the performance of her life in a sinister and dangerous competition where illusion and reality blur, and the stakes are deadly.

Download or read book Cruel Summer written by M. R. Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-08 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Zoe Callahan is having the summer from hell... and it’s about to get a whole lot worse. She’s stuck in a dead-end job, her relationship is going nowhere and the memory of the Kelvingrove Park Murders three years ago continues to cast a long shadow over every aspect of her life. When a prostitute is brutally assaulted by Dominic Ryland, a rising political star with a suspiciously spotless personal reputation, Zoe leaps at the chance to embroil herself in a noble cause and sets out on a one-woman crusade to bring Ryland to justice. But in doing so, she quickly finds herself on the wrong side of some very dangerous people – people who have reputations to protect and who would think nothing of silencing Zoe by any means necessary. An explosive thriller set against the backdrop of a sweltering heatwave, Cruel Summer is the sequel to M. R. Mackenzie’s critically acclaimed McIlvanney Prize-nominated debut, In the Silence, and the second instalment in the Kelvingrove Park Trilogy."--Back cover.

Download or read book Cruel Summer written by L.L. Hunter and published by L.L. Hunter. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the summer, Stacey Miller lost her innocence. But it’s not how people think. The pastor’s step- daughter has a dark secret, one she’d rather keep hidden forever. But when recent events force her to open up and tell Darcie, her best friend, the truth, Stacey knows she can’t run or hide. Besides that, there is still a killer on the loose, and Darcie might be next. They’ll do anything to keep the town, and Darcie, from uncovering the truth. The thrilling third instalment of the Summervale series.

Download or read book Cruel Summer written by Ed Brubaker and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2022-01-26 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS’ CRIMINAL epic, collected in a gorgeous oversized deluxe edition. In the summer of ’88, Teeg Lawless comes home to plan the biggest heist of his career. But Teeg’s son Ricky and his friends are starting down the same dark path their fathers are on, and this is about to become the worst summer of their lives. An epic tale of tragedy handed down from generation to generation, CRUEL SUMMER is a crime comic masterpiece from the most celebrated noir masters in the industry, creators of CRIMINAL, FATALE, KILL OR BE KILLED, and THE FADE OUT. Collects CRIMINAL #1 and #5-12 in a beautiful new edition with additional behind-the-scenes material