Download or read book The Dark of Day written by Barbara Parker and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miamis hard-partying culture is the backdrop for Parkers latest, a stand-alone featuring CJ Dunn, defense lawyer to the rich and famous. CJ knows aa lotabout partying, having done her sharewith boyfriend Billy Medina, who throws some of theclassiest galas in town. When pretty Alana Martin disappears from one of them, Rick Slater, bodyguard-driver of a localpolitician, is tagged as the last to see her, and CJ, with a possible CNN gig to entice her, agrees to manage the fallout. Slaterclaims he is innocent, but as curious CJ investigates, she finds herself not onlybecoming more skeptical ofher client but also recalling her own youthful mistakes. Parkers earliernovels, especially her Gail Connor series, have earned kudos, but this one is less successful.The multiplestory threadsmostly come together by the close, but not withoutsomestretching, andthe prose this time sometimes verges close to clich.That said, Parker has her fans, and female lawyers are a hot commodity in the genre at the mo

Download or read book The Dark Light of Day written by T. M. Frazier and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the USA Today bestselling author of the King Series. A nontraditional love story you won't soon forget. This special anniversary edition contains a note from the author as well as Dark Needs, A Dark Light of Day Novella. "I fell asleep that night in the arms of a killer...I'd never slept better." Homeless, sleeping in a junkyard, and on the run from a system that has failed her time and time again, Abby meets Jake, a tattooed blue-eyed biker with secrets that rival her own. Two broken souls that can't be healed, they can't be saved. Abby and Jake have to decide if they can accept the darkness not only within one another but within themselves. If they can accept each other for who they really are they might learn that love isn't always found in the light... The story of Jake & Abby contains disturbing situations, graphic violence, sex, strong language, drug use, and all types of abuse.

Download or read book Dark Bad Day Go Away written by Ana M. Gomez and published by . This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Day Is Dark written by Yrsa Sigurdardottir and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's something out there... "Iceland's answer to Stieg Larsson." --Daily Telegraph "Iceland's crime queen." --The Scotsman "Engaging, fresh, and exciting." --James Patterson Yrsa Sigurdardóttir is widely regarded around the world as one of the best Nordic crime writers working today. Yrsa's previous book in the series, Ashes to Dust, also featured lawyer and sometime sleuth Thóra Gudmundsdóttir and received rave reviews internationally. In The Day is Dark, when all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely populated area on the coast of Greenland, Thóra is hired to uncover the fates of the missing people. When she arrives in Greenland, she discovers that these aren't the first two to go missing. The local townspeople believe that the area is cursed, and no one wants to get involved in the case. Soon, Thora finds herself stranded in the middle of a wilderness, and the case is as frightening and hostile as the landscape itself. Chilling, unsettling, and compulsively readable, The Day is Dark is a must read for readers who are looking for the next big thing in crime fiction coming in from the cold.

Download or read book The Dark written by Lemony Snicket and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lazlo is afraid of the dark. It hides in closets and sometimes sits behind the shower curtain, but mostly it lives in the basement. One night, when Lazlo’s nightlight burns out, the dark comes to visit him in his room. “Lazlo,” the Dark says. “I want to show you something.” And so Lazlo descends the basement stairs to face his fears and discover a few comforting facts about the mysterious presence with whom all children must learn to live. Beautifully rendered with sympathy and wit, this first collaboration between Snicket and Klassen offers a fresh take on a universal childhood experience.

Download or read book A Tale Dark Grimm written by Adam Gidwitz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches. Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.

Download or read book The Dark Days Pact written by Alison Goodman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sequel to New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman's acclaimed The Dark Days Club—a smashing combination of Buffy and Jane Austen! Summer, 1812. After the scandalous events at her presentation ball in London, Lady Helen has taken refuge at the fashionable seaside resort of Brighton, banished from her family and training as a Reclaimer with the covert Dark Days Club. She must learn to fight the dangerous energy-wielding Deceivers and prepare to face their master, the elusive Grand Deceiver. As she struggles to put aside her genteel upbringing, Helen realizes that her mentor, Lord Carlston, is fighting his own inner battle. Has the foul Deceiver energy poisoned his soul, or is something else driving him towards violent bouts of madness? Either way, Helen is desperate to help the man with whom she shares a deep but forbidden connection. When Mr. Pike, the hard bureaucratic heart of the Dark Days Club, arrives in Brighton, he has a secret mission for Helen: find the journal left by a mad rogue Reclaimer, before it falls into the hands of the Deceivers. Coerced by Pike, Helen has no choice but to do as ordered, knowing that the search for the journal may bring about Lord Carlston’s annihilation.

Download or read book Under A Dark Sky written by Johan M. Dahlgren and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2021-12-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On rebel planet Elysium, a man is executed on live video streamed by religious extremists. Nothing terribly original so far for Elysium. Only this time, the man doesn't die. When security expert Asher Perez is sent to find him, dark secrets about the rebel colony are exposed. Something dark is stirring in the shadows. Something that has been watching humanity since the dawn of history.

Download or read book Dark Day in the Deep Sea written by Mary Pope Osborne and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures after joining a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. "Challenger.".

Download or read book Dark Day Light Night Dark Day Light Night written by Jan Carr and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manda's Aunt Ruby helps her to deal with some angry feelings by making lists of all the things that they like in the world.

Download or read book The Dark Powers of Tolkien written by David Day and published by Pyramid. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion are some of the greatest tales of good versus evil ever told. From the creation of Arda to the War of the Ring, Tolkien's Middle-earth has seen war and rebellion, devastation and loss, in which the powers of darkness emerged. Here in his latest book, best-selling author and Tolkien expert David Day explores Tolkien's portrayal of evil, and the sources that inspired his work: from myth, literature and history. This work is unofficial and is not authorized by the Tolkien Estate or HarperCollins Publishers.

Download or read book A Day Dark as Night written by White Wolf Publishing Inc and published by World of Darkness. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Exalted novel featuring characters from the hugely popular Exalted: The Abyssals.

Download or read book Writing Into the Dark How to Write a Novel Without an Outline written by Dean Wesley Smith and published by Wmg Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than a hundred published novels and more than seventeen million copies of his books in print, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith knows how to outline. And he knows how to write a novel without an outline. In this WMG Writer's Guide, Dean takes you step-by-step through the process of writing without an outline and explains why not having an outline boosts your creative voice and keeps you more interested in your writing. Want to enjoy your writing more and entertain yourself? Then toss away your outline and Write into the Dark.

Download or read book Every Day Is a New Shade of Blue written by David Roper and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life can be tough, especially when your heart is troubled. Every Day Is a New Shade of Blue explores the biblical principles of the Shepherd and sheep relationship from Psalm 23 to help readers find encouragement and rest even during their darkest moments in life. Using insights from Scripture along with timely quotes, the author reveals the heart of God as the Good Shepherd. Drawn from the deep well of the author's own experience, this inspiring devotional book encourages readers to build trust in God and experience a sense of well-being under His watchful care.

Download or read book Dark Day Dark Night written by Jonah Raskin and published by McCaa Books. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the seemingly bucolic town of Sonoma, California, all is not as it appears. The wine industry is being challenged by marijuana growers and distributors in the area. Tioga Vignetta, a private investigator or "op" as she calls herself, becomes tangled in a web of murder, distrust, lies, bacchanalian parties, false leads, Mexicans, Yaqui Indians, and many white suspects. Come to the party and ride along with the "op" on an exhilarating and frightening ride.

Download or read book The Last Light of Day written by Ryan Schow and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-28 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The EXPLOSIVE prequel to the critically acclaimed Dark Days of the After series by USA Today Bestselling Author of The Last War Series, The Age of Embers Series and The Swann Series! America is changing fast. Cities are becoming dangerous. Time to bug out... Security Engineer, Logan Cahill, and a woman who may or may not be his girlfriend, Skylar Madigan, live together, but only because it makes their conspiring that much easier. Logan, like Skylar, is tormented by the notion that time is running out for America. As the nation spins perilously out of control and foreign forces make their foothold in the country known, Logan is tasked with investigating the mysterious Harper Whitaker, a programmer he believes to be working under false pretenses. Is she caught up in cyber espionage, or something darker? And how does Skylar fit in with this? Has she been using him to get to Harper? Things are not as they seem, and the lid is about to blow off the whole city, maybe even the country. The question that plagues Logan is the question of when, and how. When does he bug out? How will he survive a total collapse of society? The good news is, Skylar has a plan and Harper just might be a part of it. Will they be able get off the grid before all hell breaks loose? The apocalypse is coming, which means the end is near... Books in the Dark Days of the After Series: Dark Days of the After Dark Days of the Surge Dark Days of the Apostasy Dark Days of the Enclave

Download or read book Dark Needs written by T. M. Frazier and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A revenge kill is the best kind of kill. But a revenge kill for your family, with your woman's permission? That's borderline erotic." - Jake, The Dark Light of Day. Jake has come back home to Abby after violently disposing of the man who almost destroyed his family. With blood literally still on his hands, the only thing on Jake's mind is making up for lost time with the woman he loves. Dark Needs is a companion novella to The Dark Light of Day