Download or read book The Hemlock Girl written by C. L. Heckman and published by C. L. Heckman. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jasper was always my end game, but am I his? With an invite to the first lake party of the summer at a development she's never been to, Karissa finds herself trapped in the middle of a love triangle with two of the most gorgeous guys in school. Fumbling through awkward teenage drama and deciding whether to follow her head or her heart, she begins sabotaging every relationship before it can even form. After weeks of getting to know "the crew", she finds herself falling for the one no one ever expected and struggles to break free before he pulls her under. However, with those piercing blue eyes and carefree attitude, Jasper isn't so easy to break away from. Just when the crew finally finds a groove and new relationships are coasting along, an unexpected guest from the past changes everyone's life forever, and Karissa is sent chasing the love of her life across the country, only to come home empty handed. Will she find the strength to support the man she loves while he spirals out of control? Or will she move on without him, leaving their once-in-a-lifetime love to drift away with the sand on the beach? Recommended for ages 16+

Download or read book Hemlock Grove written by Brian McGreevy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An epic, original reinvention of the Gothic novel, taking the characters of our greatest novels, myths, and nightmares - the werewolf, the vampire, Frankenstein - and reimagining them for our time"--

Download or read book The Hemlock Cure written by Joanne Burn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glitteringly dark historical novel of love, persecution, and survival set against the backdrop of one of history's most terrifying episodes: the Bubonic Plague. It is 1665 and the women of Eyam village keep many secrets. Especially Isabel and Mae. Isabel Frith, the village midwife, walks a dangerous line with her herbs and remedies. There are men in the village who speak of witchcraft, and Isabel has a past to hide. So she tells nobody her fears about the pious, reclusive apothecary, on whom she is keeping a watchful eye. Mae, the apothecary's youngest daughter, dreads her father's rage if he discovers what she keeps from him: her feelings for Rafe, Isabel's ward, or the fact that she studies from her father's books at night. But others have secrets too. Secrets darker than any of them could have imagined. When Mae makes a horrifying discovery, Isabel is the only person she can turn to. But helping Mae will place them both in unimaginable peril. Meanwhile another danger is on its way from London. One that threatens to engulf them all. . .

Download or read book Fire and Hemlock written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fantastic tale by the legendary Diana Wynne Jones—with an introduction by Garth Nix. Polly Whittacker has two sets of memories. In the first, things are boringly normal; in the second, her life is entangled with the mysterious, complicated cellist Thomas Lynn. One day, the second set of memories overpowers the first, and Polly knows something is very wrong. Someone has been trying to make her forget Tom - whose life, she realizes, is at supernatural risk. Fire and Hemlock is a fantasy filled with sorcery and intrigue, magic and mystery - and a most unusual and satisfying love story. Widely considered to be one of Diana Wynne Jones's best novels, the Firebird edition of Fire and Hemlock features an introduction by the acclaimed Garth Nix - and an essay about the writing of the book by Jones herself.

Download or read book The Girl Behind the Glass written by Jane Kelley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old twins Hannah and Anna agree about everything—especially that they don't want to move to the creepy old house on Hemlock Road. But as soon as they move into the house, the twins start disagreeing for the first time in their lives. In fact, it's almost as though something or someone is trying to drive them apart. While Anna settles in, Hannah can't ignore the strange things that keep happening on Hemlock Road. Why does she sense things that no one else in the family does? It's almost as though someone is trying to talk to her. Someone no one else can hear. Someone angry enough to want revenge. Hannah, are you listening? Is the house haunted? Is Hannah crazy? Or does something in the house want her as a best friend—forever?

Download or read book Hemlock written by Kathleen Peacock and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Maggie Stiefvater and the hit television show True Blood will flock to this first book in the supernatural mystery series set in a town where werewolves live in plain sight. Mackenzie Dobson's life has been turned upside down since she vowed to hunt her best friend Amy's killer: a white werewolf. Lupine syndrome—also known as the werewolf virus—is on the rise across the country, and bloodlust is not easy to control. But it soon becomes clear that dangerous secrets are lurking in the shadows of Hemlock, Mac's hometown—and she is thrown into a maelstrom of violence and betrayal that puts her in grave danger. Kathleen Peacock's thrilling debut novel provides readers with a mystery that Kimberly Derting, author of The Body Finder, calls "clever and frightening," while Sophie Jordan, New York Times bestselling author of Firelight, raves: "Forget every werewolf book you've ever read. This one breaks the mold."

Download or read book The Girl with the Uninvited Ghost written by Cynthia Varady and published by Cynthia Varady. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahogany, a human living in the magical town of Pandemonium, Oregon has taken a job collecting enchanted relics from deceased magical folk. While on a routine collection, Mahogany finds the wizard and his apprentice murdered. But that's not the worst part; the murderer is still in her house! Mahogany narrowly escapes with the help of her demon spider Bazgul, only to discover that she is now haunted by the apprentice's ghost until she solves his murder. With the help of Bazgul and her new ghost, Mahogany breaks into police evidence to retrieve the enchanted objects before the Guild of Myth and Magic discovers that the relics have fallen into human hands. But Mahogany gets more than she bargained for when she uncovers a clue to her family's past that intrinsically links her to the murdered wizard. Now Mahogany must race to find the murderer before she becomes the next victim.

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Download or read book The Country Girl s Guide to Hexes and Haints written by Mer Whinery and published by JournalStone. This book was released on 2022-12-09 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Hayder Hennessey wants to be a good son for his struggling mother and have a new start at a normal life, especially after the deaths of his father and baby sister. But when his mother moves them from Dallas to the small town of Black Knot, Oklahoma, Hayder figures out pretty fast things are a little bit different here. A little bit off. Enter Cora Corbucci, Hayder’s new next-door neighbor. The sole survivor of a grisly mass murder, Cora has been seeing and hearing a lot of unsettling things lately. Soon, Hayder begins to see and hear things too—unreal things that can’t be disbelieved. Meanwhile the citizens of the Knot drift through their lives, blissfully unaware of the slow poisoning of their souls. Of their blood. Hayder and Cora join forces with Juston Matheson, the town sheriff, to unearth the source of these horrors, exhuming dreadful secrets about their hometown better off having stayed forgotten. An ancient family of witches, the Fulcis, seek to open a door into another realm, a door hidden away in the dark forests and hollers around Black Knot, allowing the awakening of a sleeping horror who seeks to bring about hell on earth. Only, the gang learns these witches may not be the only evil they must face to survive. For in the town of Black Knot, where every day feels like Halloween, of eternal twilight, Hayder and his friends are about to go to war. “The low-down, greasy tone of the narration...will appeal to bizarro and hardcore horror fans. For those readers, there’s plenty to love” —Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Girl Who Never Was written by Skylar Dorset and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Romantic, suspenseful, and witty all at once—Alice in Wonderland meets Neverwhere."—Claudia Gray, New York Times bestselling author of the Evernight series In Selkie's family, you don't celebrate birthdays. You don't talk about birthdays. And you never, ever reveal your birth date. Until now. On Selkie's seventeenth birthday, Selkie finally understands why. All she wanted a simple "Happy Birthday" from her secret crush, Ben. But the instant she blurts out the truth, her whole world shatters. Because the world she's known is only an elaborate enchantment designed to conceal the truth: Selkie is a half-faerie princess. And her mother wants her dead. The faerie court believes Selkie is a child of prophecy—fated to destroy the court's powerful grip on the supernatural world. And the only way for Selkie to survive...is to prove them right.

Download or read book DAIRY FARMING WITH REGISTERED HOLSTEINS IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY NEW YORK written by Terrence Grant and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1821 dairy farming has been a major industry in Livingston County, New York and since the early 1900's registered Holsteins have been the breed of choice for many farmers in the county. This is the story of the breeders, their farms and their Holsteins.

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Download or read book The Same Sweet Girls written by Cassandra King and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new novel by the celebrated author of The Sunday Wife chronicles the lives of a tight-knit group of lifelong friends. None of the Same Sweet Girls are really girls anymore, and none of them have actually ever been that sweet. But this spirited group of Southern women, who have been holding biannual reunions ever since they were together in college, are nothing short of compelling. There's Julia Stovall, the First Lady of Alabama, who, despite her public veneer, is a down-to-earth gal who only wants to know who her husband is sneaking out with late at night. There's Lanier Sanders, whose husband won custody of their children after he found out about her fling with a colleague. Then there's Astor Deveaux, a former Broadway showgirl who simply can't keep her flirtations in check. And Corinne Cooper, whose incredible story comes to light as the novel unfolds.

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Download or read book The Favorite Childhood Books Sellected Classics for Young Girls written by Various Authors and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 8146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection is prepared for the heroines of the future: Novels: Little Women Anne of Green Gables Series Rose in Bloom Pride and Prejudice Emma Jane Eyre Heidi Emily of New Moon Alice in Wonderland The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Secret Garden A Little Princess Peter and Wendy The Girl from the Marsh Croft The Nutcracker and the Mouse King The Princess and the Goblin At the Back of the North Wind A Girl of the Limberlost Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Mother Carey's Chickens Pollyanna A Sweet Girl Graduate Daddy Long-Legs Understood Betsy The Luckiest Girl in the School What Katy Did Patty Fairfield Two Little Women on a Holiday Mildred Keith The Wide, Wide World The Silver Skates Six to Sixteen The Wind in the Willows The Box-Car Children Five Children and It The Phoenix and the Carpet The Story of the Amulet The Railway Children Journey to the Centre of the Earth Great Expectations And Both Were Young Rapunzel Cinderella Snow-white The Twelve Brothers Little Match Girl Little Mermaid Thumbelina… The Heroines of the Past: Biographies & Memoirs Helen Keller: The Story of My Life Harriet, The Moses of Her People Joan of Arc Saint Catherine Vittoria Colonna Mary Queen of Scots Pocahontas Priscilla Alden Catherine the Great Marie Antoinette Catherine de' Medici Fanny Burney Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony Catherine Douglas Lady Jane Grey Flora Macdonald Madame Roland Grace Darling Sister Dora Florence Nightingale Augustina Saragoza Charlotte Bronte Dorothy Quincy Molly Pitcher Harriet Beecher Stowe Madame de Stael Elizabeth Van Lew Ida Lewis Clara Barton Virginia Reed Louisa M. Alcott Clara Morris Anna Dickinson Lucretia Sappho Xantippe Aspasia of Cyrus Portia Octavia Cleopatra Julia Domna Eudocia Hypatia The Lady Rowena Queen Elizabeth The Lady Elfrida The Countess of Tripoli Jane, Countess of Mountfort Laura de Sade The Countess of Richmond Elizabeth Woodville Jane Shore Catharine of Arragon Anne Boleyn Jane Addams ….

Download or read book Happy Days for Boys and Girls written by Various and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Happy Days for Boys and Girls' by Various, readers are transported to a collection of heartwarming stories that capture the innocence and joy of childhood. This anthology of tales is written in a simple and accessible style, reflecting the literary context of the late 19th century when it was first published. Each story is filled with vivid descriptions and relatable characters that will resonate with readers of all ages. The book offers a nostalgic glimpse into a bygone era, making it a delightful read for those looking to reminisce about simpler times. Various authors who contributed to 'Happy Days for Boys and Girls' were likely inspired by their own experiences growing up or by the desire to preserve the magic of childhood for future generations. Their diverse backgrounds and storytelling techniques add depth and variety to the collection, making it a well-rounded and enjoyable read for anyone interested in classic literature or children's literature. The book stands as a testament to the enduring power of storytelling and the universal themes of joy, friendship, and adventure. I highly recommend 'Happy Days for Boys and Girls' to any reader seeking a charming and uplifting escape into the world of childhood. From heartwarming tales of friendship to exciting adventures, this anthology offers something for everyone to enjoy and cherish for years to come.