Download or read book The Wind Knows My Name written by Isabel Allende and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “The lives of a Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Europe and a mother and daughter fleeing twenty-first-century El Salvador intersect in this ambitious, intricate novel about war and immigration” (People), from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea and Violeta “Timely, provocative . . . emotionally satisfying . . . [a story about] the kindness of strangers who become family.”—The New York Times Book Review AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht—the night his family loses everything. As her child’s safety becomes ever harder to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Díaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Durán, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita’s mother. Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers—and never stop dreaming.

Download or read book The Godmother written by Melody Wolfe and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up together in a town of mystery, intrigue and glorious beauty, Melody and Jimmy Marvin believed that they could finally enjoy their life together. Little did they know that their chance at family-paradise would be cut short in the prime of their lives, leaving their fate in the hands of a God unknown. Written by Internationally Acclaimed author, Melody Wolfe, The Godmother will leave you breathless and longing for a sequel!

Download or read book Secret Society written by Miasha and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoying fast-paced lives at the sides of some of society's wealthiest men, Celess and Tina share a dangerous secret that puts their street smarts to the test.

Download or read book Nona and Me written by Clare Atkins and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosie and Nona are sisters. Yapas. They are also best friends. It doesn’t matter that Rosie is white and Nona is Aboriginal: their family connections tie them together for life. The girls are inseparable until Nona moves away at the age of nine. By the time she returns, they’re in Year 10 and things have changed. Rosie prefers to hang out in the nearby mining town, where she goes to school with the glamorous Selena and her gorgeous older brother, Nick. When a political announcement highlights divisions between the Aboriginal community and the mining town, Rosie is put in a difficult position: will she have to choose between her first love and her oldest friend? Winner, Book of the Year: 2016 NT Literary Awards Highly commended, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for Writing for Young Adults Longlisted, 2015 Inky Awards Honour Book, 2015 Children’s Book Council of Australia, Book of the Year for Older Reader Shortlisted, 2016 Territory Read Award ‘A powerful coming-of-age story ... Atkins writes with clear-eyed sensitivity, and although I longed to hear Nona’s voice, its absence is deliberate and effective. Nona & Me is poignant young-adult fiction invoking the complex and often overlooked realities of remote indigenous life.’ —Sydney Morning Herald ‘[Clare Atkins] wrestles with some of this country's most hotly debated political issues with a rare lightness of touch. [Nona & Me is] a convincing portrait of a naive but feverish first love, friendships waxing and waning, and the clash between fitting in and sticking to your values. Above all, there's a warmth and optimism that's hard to resist.’ —Sunday Age ‘This [is a] powerful, beautifully contoured story of cross-cultural friendship.’ —The Weekend Australian

Download or read book Heir of Shadows written by Kel Carpenter and published by Kel Carpenter. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VAMPIRE ACADEMY meets THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS in this completed new adult series! There’s only one rule in the world I come from. Keep our existence a secret. Period. The day my sister broke that rule one too many times, I knew there would be consequences. I expected us to be sent to one of those schools for “troubled” kids—and maybe Daizlei Academy was, in a way. But really, it was far more complicated than that. You see, I thought that world had forgotten me. Forgotten us. For years we were left alone, and one day . . . we weren’t. It was only when I got there that I remembered the second rule: Trust no one. Because in our world? They would kill me if they knew the truth of what I am. Daizlei Academy is a school for Supernaturals. And me? I’m so much more. *Daizlei Academy is perfect for fans of Elise Kova, Richelle Mead, Holly Black, Jaymin Eve, P.C. and Kristin Cast. This is a YA+ Academy series with slow-burn romance and a strong but flawed heroine. It is labeled YA(+) for stronger language and some mature situations. As the heroine ages and grows so does the content of the stories.*

Download or read book Waiting For Columbus written by Thomas Trofimuk and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a beautiful April morning, a man is brought to an insane asylum in contemporary Spain, claiming to be the legendary navigator Christopher Columbus. Found in the treacherous Straight of Gibraltar, he is clearly delusional and has suffered a trauma so severe that he has turned away from reality. As he spins the tall tales of adventure and romance of someone who existed in the late fifteenth century, the lonely Nurse Consuela can’t help but be enchanted by his spirit. Who is Columbus? Where did he come from? This dazzling story about one man’s painstaking search for truth and loyalty will haunt the reader long after the final page.

Download or read book New Beginnings written by T. M. Hawn and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Beginnings By: T. M. Hawn In the community around the New Beginnings apartment complex, sisters Alyssa and Selene focus on maintaining a safe space for all kinds. It is a community filled with vampires, wolves, witches, and battered people. But when the vampire, wolf, and witch kings all show up to the complex asking for a place to stay, who are the sisters to deny them? The kings have an agenda of their own, and questions that require answers. Can an obstacle as heavy as finding your mate cause a problem for the wolf kings? Join these newfound allies on their journey of love, trusting, and believing in themselves again.

Download or read book Journey Into the Dollhouse written by Aaliyah R. Wahebei and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selena White brings black girl magic to everything she does and everyone she knows; however, love is not always genuinely returned. Her battle with abuse, addiction, and depression has had her on a dark lonely road toward destruction. The will to chase her dreams won’t be easy, and her journey will become longer than she thought life intended. After childhood trauma and the unfulfilled love of a father being in her life, feelings of being used and abused will swarm her like a curse. Falling in love would not be so sweet. And her first true love, her soul mate, could be a big pill to swallow, but swallowing pills is a skill Selena has learned how to master. Hope may teach Selena that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Sometimes, things have to come to an end for something even greater to begin. A life of crime, betrayal, and death isn’t worth all the money in the world. Some things are priceless, you know.

Download or read book In Plain Sight written by Hope Anika and published by Hope Anika. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a carny, always a carny… When Fiona's estranged stepbrother calls asking for help, she's pretty sure the apocalypse has arrived. Because Max walked away from her—and the carnival they called home—years ago, and only silence has filled the decade between them. But Special Agent Max's FBI safe house has been exposed, and he's desperate for a place to stash his young murder witness. Fi is tempted to show him the door but said witness is just an innocent kid, and no matter the tangled, painful mess between them, Fiona can't bring herself to abandon a child. Unlike Fi, retired Army Ranger Rye Wilder has no problem coming to the rescue when his friend and former Ranger Max calls, especially if it means finally laying eyes on the mysterious Fiona, a woman whose image has haunted Rye since he first laid eyes on the worn photo in Max's wallet. A man with no one to call his own, Rye has never understood Max's desertion of his sister, and the opportunity to witness the reunion is too tempting to resist. Because family is precious and rare and a gift to be protected—something Rye is determined to make them both understand. But first Max has to unmask a mole. Fiona has to safeguard an innocent girl against the man hunting her. And Rye… Rye has to keep everyone alive. An intense, suspenseful romantic thriller with characters you won't forget. Keywords: romantic thriller, romantic thriller series, new romantic thriller, linda howard, Susan Stoker, Toni Anderson, Rachel Grant, Romantic suspense series, romance series mystery, romantic thriller, romantic thriller series, romantic suspense anthology, romantic suspense, mystery romance series, mystery romance, FBI romance, Barbara Freethy, FBI romantic suspense thrillers, military romance, first love romance, found family romance, lost love romance, alpha male romance, action adventure romance, romantic suspense box set, romance box set, serial killer romance, law enforcement romance, contemporary romance, contemporary romantic suspense, contemporary romantic thriller, popular romantic suspense, popular romance, new romance, new romantic suspense.

Download or read book When A Real Man Loves You 2 written by Regina Swanson and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-17 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A real man has manners, is polite, and considerate. He is honest and open and true. He will fight for and defend the woman he loves. He respects her and shows her appreciation." Selena Mathis has always demanded her daughters, Zell and Boz, not follow in her footsteps by dating men who don't know the value of their worth. Selena's attempts to protect them forces her to seek help from people she banned from her life years ago. When Zell and Boz learn the whole truth about Selena's past, it threatens their close mother and daughter relationship. Selena, Zell, and Boz all have men vying to show them the beauty of letting a real man love them. But with Zell's crazy former boyfriend still lurking around with revenge on his mind, will they be able to exhale, put their past behind them and enjoy new found love?

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 The Listeners written by Adesuwa Agbonile and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If your dad mysteriously disappeared, wouldn't you want him back? That's all Tess wanted. Instead, she uncovers a mysterious secret about strange rocks with weird magical powers. That leads to an even bigger discovery: She is a Listener. And so, Tess gets sucked into this world where she has strange powers and abilities no normal person has. When all she really wanted was her dad, she gets an epic adventure to find the one thing that can help her find her dad. Seven chunks of rock. Seven chunks of rock are the only things standing between Tess and saving her father. Oh, and saving the world...Yeah. That too.

Download or read book Spellcasting in Silk written by Juliet Blackwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of A Vision in Velvet comes more spooky sleuthing with Lily Ivory, vintage boutique owner and gifted witch… Lily would like nothing better than to relax, enjoy her friends, and take care of business at her store, which is booming thanks to San Francisco's upcoming Summer of Love Festival. But as the unofficial witchy consultant to the SFPD, she is pulled into yet another case. A woman has jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge, and her apparent suicide may be connected to a suspicious botanica in the Mission District. When the police investigate the shop, they ask Lily to look into its mysterious owner, whose granddaughter also appears to be missing. As Lily searches for the truth, she finds herself confronted with a confounding mystery and some very powerful magic…

Download or read book Leila written by M. K. Speaks and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alejandro thought he had lost the fire and passion he had to compose his music until the night he meets a gorgeous Latino dancer, Leila. Everything about Leila, the color of her hair, the way she moves her hips, stirs something inside him that he thought he would never feel again. But his music once again comes together and his career in the Latino music industry soars, and it is all because of her. However Leila had escaped from Hell, a Hell no one should ever have to experience, at the hand of the world's cruelest and most powerful men. It left her with memories she could not reveal to anyone, not even Alejandro. As she and Alejandro travel the world, their love grows for one another, and her defenses gradually come down, until one night when she comes face to face with the fact that she isn't the only one with a secret past.

Download or read book Return to Peyton Place written by Grace Metalious and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The continuing story of Peyton Place is once again available in paperback

Download or read book Hollywood Temptation written by Scarlet Wilson and published by Entangled: Indulgence. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood surgeon Colt Travers needs a new receptionist ASAP. When the adorable—and completely broke—Selena Harris comes in needing stitches, he takes a risk and hires her on the spot. She can pay off her bill, and he won't have to answer the phone anymore. They're opposites in every way, and she's exactly what he doesn't want in a woman—impulsive, carefree, and amusing. He's trying to resist her, but the longer she's around, the further he sinks into temptation. Selena never meant to get herself in such deep financial straits. LA has way too much temptation, from high-end shopping to gorgeous men, and now her life is in chaos. But Colt is different—responsible and noble—and although their chemistry is off the charts, he's keeping her at arm's length. She's determined to win his trust--and his heart--but will the secrets she's desperately trying to hide ruin their chance for a big Hollywood happy ending?

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