Download or read book Mr Chen s Emporium written by Deborah O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A real charmer and a fine debut.' - Deborah Rodriguez, author of The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul. Mr Chen's Emporium is an enchanting tale of forbidden love and following one's heart... In 1872, seventeen - year - old Amy Duncan arrives in the Gold Rush town of Millbrooke, having spent the coach journey daydreaming about glittering pavilions and gilded steeples. What she finds is a dusty main street lined with ramshackle buildings. That is until she walks through the doors of Mr Chen's Emporium, a veritable Aladdin's cave, and her life changes forever. Though banned from the store by her dour clergyman father, Amy is entranced by its handsome owner, Charles Chen ... In present - day Millbrooke, recently widowed artist Angie Wallace has rented the Old Manse where Amy once lived. When her landlord produces an antique trunk containing Amy's intriguingly diverse keepsakes - both Oriental and European - Angie resolves to learn more about this mysterious girl from the past. And it's not long before the lives of two very different women, born a century apart, become connected in the most poignant and timeless ways.
Download or read book The Last Crimefighter written by Bradley S. Hartman and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been twenty-five years since the world collapsed. The great cities left to ruin. Three quarters of the worlds population dead from a man made disease only known as The Reaping. Great minds lost. Technology stopped. Mankind in an attempt to survive, rebuilt several cities in the image of an long ago and almost forgotten, World Fairs. The grandest of these cities, White City rests on the shores of the Great Lake, where humankind has returned to steam, to power its needs. The people now adapted to steam power, live in a world mixed with the wonders of two eras, where societies lower classes are classified, ranked and placed. Then, rumors of a Hero from the past spread. Some say, to fight the latest form of government and bring hope back to the people of White City. With the backing of the Council of Literary Research, Ryan Fuggles and a very surprising ally, the startling beautiful, Miss Ophelia Whitecastle must find, not only a legend from the past, but together they must find a magical place once known as, Riverview. It is up to these two to succeed, if humankind is to ever dream again.
Download or read book When You Wish Upon a Lantern written by Gloria Chao and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed author Gloria Chao creates real-world magic in this luminous romance about teens who devote themselves to granting other people's wishes but are too afraid to let themselves have their own hearts' desires—each other. Liya and Kai had been best friends since they were little kids, but all that changed when a humiliating incident sparked The Biggest Misunderstanding of All Time—and they haven’t spoken since. Then Liya discovers her family's wishing lantern store is struggling, and she decides to resume a tradition she had with her beloved late grandmother: secretly fulfilling the wishes people write on the lanterns they send into the sky. It may boost sales and save the store, but she can't do it alone . . . and Kai is the only one who cares enough to help. While working on their covert missions, Liya and Kai rekindle their friendship—and maybe more. But when their feuding families and changing futures threaten to tear them apart again, can they find a way to make their own wishes come true?
Download or read book New Statesman written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Seduced by Crimson The Jade Lee Romantic Fantasies Book 4 written by Jade Lee and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago Los Angeles became Crimson City, a glittering home and sometimes battleground for humans, werewolves, and vampires. But the veil between Crimson City and the Demon World has been torn, and the demons want Earth for their own. There exist few who can oppose the Dark Ones: Patrick, the Druid's Draig-Uisge, is one. Able to shape energy to harm or heal, Patrick must first have something to bend, and such power can come from only one source: Xiao Fei, the Phoenix Tear. Xiao's blood is the key, coupled with her ecstasy. Her union with Patrick is Earth's salvation. As foes rise from every shadow, and peril infuses every caress, redemption and oblivion lay with one woman being SEDUCED BY CRIMSON. REVIEWS: "Starts off running and never lets up." ~Sinclair Reid "A totally engrossing story." ~ParaNormal Romance THE JADE LEE ROMANTIC FANTASIES, Dragonborn Dragonbound A Magic King Seduced by Crimson Sexy Bites OTHER SERIES by Jade Lee The Regency Rags to Riches Series A Lady's Lessons Series
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Download or read book Millard s Review of the Far East written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 34 includes "Special tariff conference issue" Nov. 6, 1925.
Download or read book A Pointed Death written by Kath Russell and published by Katharine Russell. This book was released on 2010 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When techno whiz Nola Billingsley finds her former employee, an amoral creep who was stealing from startup companies, dead, she doesn't shed tears. But she is determined to sovle the crime, even as she begins falling for the detective assigned to the case. Soon, though, both her life and her love are on the line. With the help of her shorthaired pointer Skootch and the stunning backdrop of San Francisco, Nola unravels a helix of clues to find a murderer. 'A Pointed Death' reinterprets the thriller as never before. Smart, funny, and full of plot twists and turns, 'A Pointed Death' introduces a feisty female heroine solving crimes in the world of high finance, bioscience, and technology." --
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Download or read book The Enchantment Emporium written by Tanya Huff and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of the Blood Books delivers a masterful new urban fantasy. Alysha Gale is a member of a family capable of changing the world with the charms they cast. Then she receives word that she's inherited her grandmother's junk shop in Calgary, only to discover upon arriving that she'll be serving the fey community. And when Alysha learns just how much trouble is brewing in Calgary, even calling in the family to help may not be enough to save the day.
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Download or read book A Place of Her Own written by Deborah O'Brien and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling novel of starting over from the author of Mr Chen's Emporium. Eighteen months ago Angie Wallace thought her world had ended. Now she's fighting off suitors – and facing a crisis she never saw coming . . . ‘Unrequited love hurt like hell – whether you were fifteen or fifty-something.’ Following the death of her beloved husband Phil, Angie has made a new life for herself in the enchanting gold rush town of Millbrooke. The proud proprietor of the Old Manse B&B and a fierce protector of local history, her transition from ‘blow-in’ to bona fide Millbrooker is complete. She’s even fallen for the erudite but scruffy Richard Scott, owner of Millerbrooke House. But just as the relationship between Angie and Richard seems to be blossoming, a woman from his past arrives back in town – and turns their world upside down. Because Diana Goodmann isn’t all she seems, and when Angie vows to unearth the truth about her rival she finds herself a long way from home - and in very grave danger.
Download or read book The Trivia Man written by Deborah O'Brien and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Mr Chen’s Emporium comes a quirky and heartwarming tale about finding your true place in the world, set against the backdrop of a weekly trivia competition. ‘Trivia is a serious business, not a social occasion’ Kevin Dwyer, the 'trivia man' Dubbed ‘brainbox’ by his peers and ‘weirdo’ by his sister, Kevin Dwyer is a middle-aged forensic accountant who has never had a real friend, other than his eight-year-old nephew Patrick. When Kevin joins the Clifton Park Sports Club trivia competition as a one-man team, and convincingly wins the first round, he is headhunted by the other contestants. But Kevin would prefer to be on his own. That is, until he meets Maggie Taylor . . . Maggie is a Latin teacher and movie buff, who’s good at her job but unlucky in love. In fact, she’s still besotted with the man who dumped her years ago. Nagged by her friend Carole about getting out and meeting people, Maggie reluctantly joins the trivia team founded by Carole’s husband Edward. Over a season of trivia nights, Kevin, Maggie and her team will experience arguments and crises, friendships and romances, heartbreaks and new beginnings. And maybe, just maybe, Kevin will find his happy ever after ...
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Download or read book The Kowloon Contract written by Philip Atlee and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operative Joe Gall heads to Hong Kong to identify a bizarre new weapon and the mysterious forces behind it in this thriller from the Edgar Award nominee. What could’ve caused the sudden, multiple miscarriages among the ordinary, healthy women working at an innocuous Asian company? To solve the mystery, Joe Gall must head to Hong Kong—where he will tangle with a Taiwanese businessman and Soviet agents to uncover a complicated conspiracy . . . “[Philip Atlee is] the John D. MacDonald of espionage fiction.” —Larry McMurtry, The New York Times “I admire Philip Atlee’s writing tremendously.” —Raymond Chandler
