Download or read book The Bestseller written by Olivia Goldsmith and published by Diversion Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 795 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times–bestselling author, comes this “highly entertaining tale [with] considerable humor and some cynical fun at the expense of the book business” (Publishers Weekly). At Davis & Dash, one of New York’s most prestigious publishing houses, five new authors will be published—but only one of them will be a bestseller. They have worked long and hard to write their novels of romance and murder, drama and love, but the story behind the stories is even more exciting. And the vicious competition to get the right agent, the perfect editor, and the choice spot on the bestseller list must be seen to be believed. From the author of The First Wives Club, this “dishy” novel set in New York’s book publishing industry (Glamour) is a fun behind-the-scenes romp with “lots of romance and revenge” (The Washington Post Book World). “Extremely satisfying.” —The New York Times Book Review

Download or read book Overcoming Fear and Discouragement written by Kay Arthur and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2002-06-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting study explores the lives of ordinary men and women who faced overwhelming situations and won. Readers go directly to God's Word to learn the precepts that will help them conquer fear and discouragement.

Download or read book The Hero of Los Angeles written by Petra Antwick and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hero of Los Angeles, Max Smith, must fight against the gangs who seek to annihilate the city and its innocent inhabitants. Los Angeles is the only remaining metropolis in the United States that has withstood the force of the mafia government thus far, and it is rapidly going downhill. When President Newbert Pockethand took control of the US government in the year 2030, he turned what had been a democracy into an anarchic dictatorship. Max and the other members of the light community seek to resist the oppressive government and save as many lives as possible. While Sheila, the leader of the light community, believes Max to be a hero, he doesnt find his true motives particularly heroic. Although Max cares about civilians, he cares more for Brenda Gonzalez, who is the gangs most victimized person. The light community expects Max to protect the city, but all he wants to do is protect Brenda from the gangs and her inexplicable illness.

Download or read book hidden realities in the eyes written by Luis Javier Baixauli De La Calle and published by luis javier baixauli de la calle. This book was released on 2024-10-12 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hidden Truths in the Eye" is a disturbing psychological thriller that intertwines mystery, intrigue and dark secrets. Silvia, a 14-year-old girl who lives with her father in the south of Spain, begins to notice that her daily life is being disturbed by unexplainable events. What begins as small strange sensations soon becomes a series of disturbing experiences that challenge her perception of reality. With each page, the secrets surrounding her father and her own existence become darker and more dangerous. Silvia will discover a devastating truth at the most unexpected moment: her father has been dead all this time, and what she sees is not what it seems. From that moment on, her life becomes a race against time to discover the answers she so desperately needs. Faced with lies, deceit and hidden truths, Silvia must decipher who her father really was, why he died and, above all, why she continues to see his spirit. Accompanied by her high school classmates, the young protagonist will be drawn into a whirlwind of mystery in which she will no longer know who to trust or what is real. "Hidden Truths in the Gaze" immerses you in a story full of unexpected twists, where each revelation is more disturbing than the last. If you are passionate about stories full of intrigue, family secrets and an ending that will leave you breathless, this book is for you.

Download or read book How Not to Drown written by Jaimee Wriston and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From WILLA Literary Award-winning author Jaimee Wriston comes a novel for fans of Jami Attenberg and Elizabeth Strout about a former model whose undisciplined granddaughter turns her fastidious, controlled life upside down, forcing her to confront what she values. Amelia MacQueen has lost her favorite son, Gavin, to a suspicious drowning, for which her daughter-in-law has been convicted. She’s been awarded temporary custody of Gavin and Cassie's twelve-year-old daughter, Heaven, a name that makes Amelia cringe. Reluctantly, she takes Heaven in, but asks the girl to call her Grandmelia instead of Grandma, a name that doesn't make Amelia feel quite so old. The daughter of drug addicts, who has long been left to her own devices, Heaven does not appreciate her grandmother’s constant critical ministrations, and the pair quickly butt heads. She instead bonds with Uncle Daniel, Amelia's older, agoraphobic son, who never leaves his bedroom. Through the wall between their rooms, Daniel spins Celtic tales for Heaven from the Isle of Skye, where the family's ancestors lived, including fifteen-year-old Maggie, who mysteriously disappeared crossing the Atlantic many years ago. Heaven decides that the best way to deal with bullying at school is to become a siren from one of Uncle Daniels's stories. She sings "drowning songs" in the swim team pool, luring mean girl Bethany Harrison under at the deep end. Then, Amelia comes home one day to find her granddaughter serving Oreos to the cops who picked her up for "snaking" junk food from the neighborhood. As much as Amelia loved Gavin, Heaven is the last thing Amelia would have asked for, but when Heaven goes missing during a dangerous storm one night, Amelia is forced to reexamine her outlook on family. In vivid prose, Jaimee Wriston tells a wry multi-generational tale of redemption, exploring the bonds that make and break a family and the transformative power of storytelling.

Download or read book The Heart of a Woman Who Prays written by Elizabeth George and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 100,000+ copies bestseller from Elizabeth George is made even better with a new cover and the addition of a study guide! The question every believer asks—whether new in Christ or a seasoned veteran—is, How can I be more effective in my prayer life? When it comes to talking to God about people and life-issues, there's always room for growth. Which is why The Heart of a Woman Who Prays is such a significant resource for Christian women at all stages of faith. With Scripture, ideas, and practical advice, Elizabeth provides the inspiration, motivation, and step-by-step guidance to help a woman utilize prayer to... stabilize her emotions and perspective when life is unstable apply God's promises to her problems talk to God about family and friends discover and carry out God's plan for her life count on God's provision through hard times Includes a study guide helpful for both individuals and groups.

Download or read book The Complete Shorter Poetry of George Eliot Vol 2 written by Antonie Gerard van den Broek and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents George Eliot's shorter poetry. This volume includes an introduction, which discusses Eliot's interest in poetry verse and its relation to her prose and prose fiction; her recurring themes and motifs; the poetry's critical reception and its value to modern readers.

Download or read book The Weight of Words written by Georgina Guthrie and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aubrey Price is in the final months of her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto. Bright, witty, and fiercely independent, Aubrey works part-time for the college dean and has her sights set on graduating with distinction. When she meets Dean Grant's son, Daniel, the TA in her senior Shakespearean studies course, a shared love of the Bard's works and an instant mutual attraction draw Aubrey and Daniel together. Unfortunately, a strict anti-fraternizing policy--made more perilous by a black mark on Daniel's record--keeps them apart. Against this academic backdrop, Aubrey and Daniel navigate their way through a steamy courtship, their forbidden romance aided, abetted, and sometimes thwarted by a colorful cast of friends, family, and classmates.

Download or read book An Irish Promise written by Isabella Connor and published by Choc Lit Limited. This book was released on 2014-10-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An art historian returns to her hometown in Ireland to reconcile with the past in an emotional love story of secrets, revenge, and forgiveness. Rachel Ford has changed a lot since she left her Irish village of Kilbrook. But the vow she made to herself hasn’t: that one day she’d return unsuspected, and with a new identity, to make the bullies pay for ruining her childhood and destroying her family. Rachel never expected that a stranger might change her mind. But can she trust him with her heart? Australian actor Finn MacKenzie has also returned to sleepy Kilbrook to help with a school production for the Winter Festival. He seems to have a charmed life, yet his confident façade hides painful memories, and his real agenda—to right a terrible wrong from the past. Although Finn isn’t looking for love, when he meets the lovely Rachel, there’s a definite spark between him and this mysterious woman from London. Now, an affair blooms between two wounded souls—each with secrets that could bind them or tear them apart in “a tale that will stay with the reader long after the story has ended” (InD’tale Magazine).

Download or read book A romance in the summer written by João Víctor de Melo and published by João Víctor de Melo. This book was released on 2018-05-12 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book brings the story of Antônio: a boy that lived in the coutntryside and faced many adventures and that in a moment sees himself facing a romance in the summer with Sofia. Thenceforwawrd, the boy begins to describe Sofia in a diary.

Download or read book One Kind Desire written by Christine DePetrillo and published by Christine DePetrillo. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’m hot. In places I shouldn’t be hot. Not for Daniel Mariano. Scoring a work trip back home to Vermont is a dream for Robin Sideris. Having to go with her sworn enemy Daniel Mariano is a nightmare. They’ve made careers of avoiding contact, but there’s no steering clear of each other on this new assignment to a small town. Robin will find a way to get this job done so she can prove she’s ready to be more than the company’s statistics geek. All data suggests this trip isn’t going to be easy, but she isn’t going to let Daniel stand in the way of her career goals. Even if he is a Roman god. Daniel isn’t thrilled with the prospect of spending an entire week with Robin for this assignment. All they’ve done at work is glare at each other and stay in their opposite corners of the office. It’s totally his fault she hates him, but so what? Her number crunching keeps shooting down his new ideas for products. Is he supposed to be delighted to work with someone like that? Hell, no. This trip could mean a promotion though, so he’ll suck it up and soldier through somehow. Can an eight-hour flight in too-close seats, the sharing of a cozy cabin, the discovery of common goals, and the electricity that shoots through Robin and Daniel every time they touch bring them success in work… and love? Is one kind desire enough to turn animosity into attraction? One Kind Desire is an enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, workplace, contemporary romance with a technology manager and a research assistant who have more in common than they think. The One Kind Deed Series, contemporary romance "The town, the people, the love story... a perfect romance." Other Series by Christine DePetrillo The Maple Leaf Series, contemporary romance "Fears, pride, love, passion ~ beautifully woven together with substance and depth." The Warrior Wolves Series, paranormal romance "Full of memorable characters with a solid plot and plenty of passion." The Shielded Series, sci-fi romance "Great world-building, excellent emotional depth, and a great ending..."

Download or read book Blossoms of Love written by J.M. Jeffries and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her love may be the ultimate prize… Greer Courtland and her family have been designing floats for Pasadena's Rose Parade all her life—but have rarely had a client as determined as Daniel Torres. The talk show host intends to win the prize for best float in a much-publicized charity wager. As they spend time together, he makes it clear that he intends to win Greer, too. But the former Rose Parade queen isn't dazzled by wealth and fame—even when delivered in a sexy and sensual package. From the moment he invites her on his show, Daniel is enthralled by Greer. Beautiful, effervescent and talented, she keeps him grounded in a way no one ever has before. But as their relationship becomes tabloid fodder, Greer backs away. And unless he's willing to be vulnerable and expose his heart, Daniel risks letting wonderful possibilities of forever float away…

Download or read book The Rushing of the Brook written by Kansas Bradbury and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s 1987, and a dark shadow is about to fall upon the city of Sifton and its residents. Hayward Barry and his best friends—Joe, Davey, and Pete—are typical fifth- and sixth-grade boys, hanging out after school and getting into trouble. However, powerful urges and deep feelings have begun to grow in the boys as they approach young adulthood; for Hayward, this is his affection for Beth, a girl in his class who he fears will be swept away by another boy named Daniel. For Pete, it is a volatile temper and the desire to always get his way. When Davey is given something that Pete wants, it sets off a disastrous chain of events that strips them all of their childhood, drowning their innocence to the sound of a rushing brook—a sound none of them will forget. As misery and happenstance would have it, the day tragedy strikes Hayward and his friends, a murderous monster awakes from hibernation in a town miles away. Getting into a stolen vehicle with bloody clothes and an unspeakable lust for violence, the nameless man drives towards Sifton, wreaking destruction and horror along the way. While his story won’t collide with the boys’ lives until seventeen years later—when they have all grown up—this man will reopen old wounds and awaken the trauma that has never healed. Hayward, now a failed artist and reluctant police officer, is left to pick up the pieces of a shattered community and solve the mystery of the event that has come to dominate his life.

Download or read book Life without Air written by Mary Perrine and published by White Bird Publications, LLC. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norah, Colton, and Grace are strangers who belong to the same club, one they didn’t choose. The club shouldn’t even exist—but it does. And the pain its members suffer is unbearable. The life each once dreamed of has slipped through their fingers, leaving all three single parents grappling with the loss of their only child. Their new reality slowly begins to suffocate them, sending them, brokenhearted, into a world filled with children who are not their own. Colton tries to avoid the past altogether, Norah attempts to erase her child’s very existence, while Grace battles with demons she fears she can never overcome. Then, just when their good days finally begin to outnumber their bad ones, the letters start to arrive. Someone doesn’t want them to forget. But how could they? When a child is gone, they are always remembered, just as when a song stops playing, the melody can still be heard. But who’s turning up the volume of loss so loudly no one can move forward? Who keeps pointing out what they already know? More importantly, why? Sometimes secrets leave deep wounds; other times, they heal. Will Norah, Colton, and Grace find the answers they need before they are forced to exit life without air?

Download or read book The Lightest Object in the Universe written by Kimi Eisele and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection * An Indie Next Pick * An Indies Introduce Selection * One of Reader’s Digest’s Best Summer Books of 2019 * One of The Millions’ Most Anticipated Books of 2019 * One of Real Simple’s Best Books of 2019 “[This] might be the most optimistic post-apocalyptic story ever written. It’s Sleepless in Seattle meets Station Eleven.” —The A.V. Club Carson is on the East Coast when the electrical grid goes down. Desperate to find Beatrix, a woman on the West Coast who holds his heart, he sets off along a cross-country railroad line, where he encounters lost souls, clever opportunists, and those seeking salvation. Meanwhile, Beatrix and her neighbors begin to construct a cooperative community, working to turn the end of the world into the possibility of a bright beginning. Without modern means of communication, will Beatrix and Carson be able to find their way to each other? The answer may lie with one fifteen-year-old girl, whose actions could ultimately decide the fate of the lovers. The Lightest Object in the Universe is a moving story about adaptation and the power of community, imagining a world where our best traits, born of necessity, can begin to emerge.

Download or read book We Also Serve written by Nanette Sagastume and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, a book for parents of the deployed . We Also Serve: A Family Goes to War chronicles the impact of the two most controversial wars of our time on a mother, her marriage, and her family. In 2004, Nanette Sagastume's son is sent to Fallujah, Iraq with the same battalion, company and platoon that his father served with in Vietnam. To a degree not possible in previous global conflicts, advanced technology virtually plunges Nanette and her family into real time war, where the double-edged sword of instant information can bring both agony and relief. When a suicide bomber attacks the platoon, the family suffers through the experience with painful memories, faith, and courage. In We Also Serve, Nanette shares the emotional turmoil of having a son join the military just before the country is catapulted into war. She recalls in intimate detail the toll the war took on her relationships with her husband, family, and friends. Most unexpected was the impact of the war on her husband and his Vietnam veteran friends, who relived the stress, anxiety and anger they had tried to leave behind. When two generations of warriors come together, the tale becomes one of hope and healing.

Download or read book The Complete Shorter Poetry of George Eliot written by Antonie Gerard van den Broek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents George Eliot's shorter poetry. This volume includes an introduction, which discusses Eliot's interest in poetry verse and its relation to her prose and prose fiction; her recurring themes and motifs; the poetry's critical reception and its value to modern readers.