Download or read book The Night My Bum Dropped written by Gretel Killeen and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gleefully exaggerated memoir, Gretel Killeen looks at the big questions that we're confronted with in times of calamity: what the hell is life all about and what on earth are we supposed to do with it? Yes, it's the female midlife crisis for the generation who were meant to be superwomen, able to run a global empire, raise a family, help a crippled dog give birth and do the ironing while having multiple orgasms! With warmth, wisdom and wicked wit, Gretel seeks advice from old friends ('life sucks and then you die'), new friends ('life is a life-changing experience') and family ('maybe you should rent out your big bum as a kind of mobile advertising space'), taking us on a hilarious yet poignant ride as she stands on top of the hill that she's not only climbed but has also built, looks at the view and wonders, ''Is this all there is?''

Download or read book The Night She Fell written by Eileen Merriman and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘When I last saw Ashleigh, she was lying in a pool of blood . . . Her eyes were open, staring sightlessly into the sky. I’d like to think she saw the stars before she died; that in her last moments she flew, soaring on serotonin, dreamy with dopamine. I’d like to think she didn’t suffer . . .’ A beautiful young law student dies on the concrete below her third-storey window in chilly Dunedin. It’s clear enough how she died. What isn’t is why — or who’s involved. Plenty of people had a reason to hate Ashleigh, with her straight As and perfect looks. She’s fallen out with her flatmates, and her boyfriend Xander is having second thoughts about their future together. And then there are the weird messages. The Night She Fell is a gripping psychological thriller from one of New Zealand's most multi-talented contemporary novelists. 'Pacy, clever and enthralling, The Night She Fell is a deliciously evil exploration of narcissism. A thriller that will keep you awake long into the night.' - Rose Carlyle, bestselling author of The Girl in the Mirror.

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Download or read book My Reluctant Earl written by Shirley Karr and published by Shirley Karr. This book was released on 2023-03-25 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a respectable spinster end up hiding an earl in her bedchamber? Miss Ashley Hamlin has two months of the London Season to find a husband or another job at a ladies’ academy. Despite her experience and spotless reputation, rejection letters are piling up. And the gentlemen of the ton show no interest in courting this bluestocking. David, Earl of Ravencroft, is a talented musician and singer who reluctantly inherited his title after a family tragedy. He gave up the carefree life of a second son and takes his new duty to protect very seriously. Perhaps too seriously: he winds up unconscious and bleeding after defending a woman. He never expected to see again the lady he had previously rescued … yet here Ashley is, tending his wounds, concealing him and his secret identity. Despite their friendship blossoming into romance, they both have secrets. Secrets that could tear them apart and ruin their carefully planned lives if exposed. Add in David’s affectionate but nosy sisters, a patron who doesn’t take no for an answer, and a prestigious competition David’s siblings want his help to win … and his path to happily-ever-after with Ashley is anything but smooth. A lighthearted, slow burn, friends-to-lovers story with more humor than heat, just a little too naughty to call it sweet. Potential trigger warning: This story includes a Regency-style attempted date rape scene early on. Emphasis on “attempted.”

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Download or read book Midnight Sun Series Boxed Set written by Lynn Burke and published by Lynn Burke. This book was released on 2022-02-26 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This boxed set contains all three of the Midnight Sun Series of standalone but connected dark action-adventure romantic suspense novels. Wilderness: A Dark Romantic Suspense Novel A man searching for peace. A woman determined to save her family name. Fulfillment is attainable for both ... but at a price neither are willing to pay. Wildling: A Noir Domestic Thriller Novel A timid woman desperate for love. A wild, young man born of the wilderness. Off-limits desire spirals them toward sure danger—and conflict that will end in death. Wildfire: A Second Chance Romantic Suspense Novel A woman striving to make her dreams come true. A man who took from her without asking. Can a second chance save them from the consuming wildfire? If you're a reader of romantic suspense and dark trigger warning love stories, you're going to love the Midnight Sun series boxset that takes place in the wilds of Alaska. HEA guaranteed, these books include possessive, protective alpha heroes who will move mountains to save the women they love.

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