![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Funder captures perfectly the sense of her characters' deprived and dangerous lives' Daily Mail 'A superb novel that transcends its setting. ![]() In what she has to say about love, loss and betrayal there is profound truth' The Times 'An often pacy and exciting read. 'The strengths of Funder's writing are emotional and imaginative. But England is not the safe-haven they think it to be, and a single, chilling act of betrayal will tear them apart. Here they take breath-taking risks in order to continue their work in secret. Dora, passionate and fearless, her lover, the great playwright Ernst Toller, her younger cousin Ruth and Ruth's husband Hans find refuge in London. United in their resistance to the madness and tyranny of Nazism, they must flee the country. When Hitler comes to power in 1933, a tight-knit group of friends and lovers become hunted outlaws overnight. Anna Funder, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize and author of Stasiland, offers a thrilling tale and powerful love story that tells the heroic and tragic true story of the German resistance in World War II in All That I Am. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Entering her world, he rediscovers what he left behind - a place of suffocating class strictures, seductive patrons, and aristocratic civil rights leaders. ![]() What caused his once stable, gentle sister to take her own life? Why did she marry Jameson Sweet, giving a man she barely knew a claim to the family home? What caused her flamboyant twin, Gem, to return to Harlem from Paris, forge new bonds, and suddenly depart again? Most important, why did Lilian feel compelled to keep David in the dark about it all?Burdened by a secret of his own, David dares to stay in Harlem just long enough to stave off the threat to his family home and answer questions about Lilian’s death. Four years after dropping out of Harlem society, David McKay, a handsome young lawyer from a prominent Strivers’ Row family, returns home, devastated by the news of his sister Lilian’s suicide. ![]() ![]() ![]() His world is thrown into upheaval, and the only one he trusts is Merritt. Keir doesn’t know why someone wants him dead until fate reveals his secret connection to one of England’s most powerful families. One: don’t fall in love with the dazzling Lady Merritt Sterling. ![]() They couldn’t be more different, but their attraction is powerful, raw and irresistible.įrom the moment Keir MacRae arrives in London, he has two goals. But then she meets Keir MacRae, a rough-and-rugged Scottish whisky distiller, and all her sensible plans vanish like smoke. So far, she’s been too smart to provide them with one. ![]() Lady Merritt Sterling, a strong-willed young widow who’s running her late husband’s shipping company, knows London society is dying to catch her in a scandal. “The devil never tries to make people do the wrong thing by scaring them. New York Times bestseller Lisa Kleypas returns with an enthralling and steaming romance between a widowed lady and a Scot on the run-who may have connections to one of London's most noble families. Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | AudibleĪlso in this series: Cold-Hearted Rake, Marrying Winterborne, Devil in Spring, Hello Stranger, Devil's Daughter, Chasing CassandraĪlso by this author: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor, Rainshadow Road, Dream Lake, Crystal Cove, Cold-Hearted Rake, Marrying Winterborne, Devil in Spring, Hello Stranger, Devil's Daughter, Chasing Cassandra Published by Avon Genres: Historical Romance ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kelly currently serves on the board of a Catholic parents non governmental organization and enjoys speaking on issues of parenting LGBT children. ![]() She would go on to publish her first work while working for an airports restaurant organization. It was during this time that she penned an Easter Bunny story for the first grade class. ![]() Quindlen thought writing was a very interesting career since she was six. Kelly currently makes her home in Atlanta, Georgia. She would then spend two years in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she was a teacher with Teach for America specializing in Mathematics. Quindlen graduated with a American Studies and English Literature degree from Vanderbilt University. She would then pivot to traditional publishing and has been combining both modes for her subsequent novels. The author initially started out as a self published author and was very successful as she sold more than twenty five titles in her first year. Kelly Quindlen is a young adult romance bestselling author who made her name with her debut novel “Her Name in the Sky” that she published in 2014. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Initially, Amazon Lilly was published by Pocket Books, but later on, Bantam Books reissued the book. In the year 1988, Anne Frasier published her debut book, Amazon Lilly, a cult phenomenon. The Orchard, Anne Fraiser’s memoir titled the Orchard, featured a positive review in Entertainment Weekly and an Oprah Magazine pick. Fraiser’s work has been printed in Paperback and Hardcover and has been translated into more than twenty languages. During her career as an author, Anne wrote for different publishers including Simon & Schuster, Penguin Putnam, Bantman Books, HarperCollins and several others. Also known as, Theresa Weir, Anne Frasier is a USA Today and New York times best-selling author, who has penned more than 25 books and several short stories that fall under thriller, romantic suspense, fantasy and paranormal genres. ![]() ![]() ![]() “The Leviathan of Trincomalee” is a Lovecraftian steampunk adventure tale on the high seas. ![]() the Zombies” is an entirely different take on a zombie apocalypse it’s set in the world of my book INSTALLING LINUX ON A DEAD BADGER. ![]() “Diamante and Strass” is a post-apocalyptic, rock-and-roll science fiction weird Western. “Antumbra” is a post-apocalyptic science fiction horror story. Braunbeck and I cowrote for a Hellraiser anthology we were asked to edit this version because it was deemed too disturbing for that book (yes: too disturbing for Hellraiser. “However….” is the original version of a story Gary A. It won the 2012 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction. “Magdala Amygdala,” the opening story in the collection, is my take on the zombie apocalypse. All of the stories are dark, perhaps not all horror, but very dark nonetheless. What kind of short stories will fans see inside the pages? SOFT APOCALYPSES is your latest anthology. Fifteen of those are included in this latest book SOFT APOCALYPSES, in a range of genres. Snyder has sold over one-hundred and twenty short stories. Author Lucy Snyder returns with an anthology, including the Bram Stoker winning story of 2013 titled “Magdala Amygdala.” Snyder is also the author of an urban fantasy series featuring Jessie Shimmer. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, I loved seeing their mindsets change. The choices they make aren’t always the sensible one and that’s okay. ![]() It was realistic, and you have to remember that these characters are in high school, so they’re still maturing and growing into who they are. It did get a bit repetitive, but the development of the characters throughout these two books were amazing and I loved how Walsh spaced it out. They’re super long, and the page count is kind of scary, but ignore the covers and the page length. These books hooked me in and I couldn’t stop reading. ![]() She has experienced more bullying than one could count, and this prompts her to move schools to Tommen College mid-way through the school year in hopes of a fresh start. Shannon is a sixteen-year-old, who lives in a very toxic and abusive household. ![]() He wasn’t going to let anything get in his way, until her. His only love has always been rugby he’s focused and determined to be the best and get to the top, ignoring any and all injuries he suffers. Johnny is a seventeen-year-old, who comes from a wealthy and loving family. Novel s Binding 13 and Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh follows Shannon and Johnny, two teenagers, whose lives couldn’t be any more different and can still somehow fit perfectly together anyways. Trigger Warnings: physical and verbal abuse, bullying, substance abuse, mature content, death, sexual harassment Tropes: friends to lovers, slow burn, sports romance, grumpy/sunshine, found family Title: Binding 13 (book #1) and Keeping 13 (book #2) ![]() ![]() ![]() Prophecy: Eugenie's first born son will conquer the human worldĮugenie is a powerful shaman who banishes spirits and fey out of the mortal world into either hell or back to their world, depending on their crime. Iron Crown: A crown made of iron, which gives it's bearer the ability to separate a monarch from his/her land, without having to kill the monarch first.✥ Shaman, Faeries, fae creatures, shape-shifters, Kitsune, spirits, Souls, demonic beings, prophecy, elementals, water spirits, Thorn Queen, Fae king, magical iron crown, Otherworld, Underworld, Thorn Land in the Underworld, Rowan Land, gentry, creatures that cause immense depression, Yew Land: Volusian was once a soldier of the Yew Land.Bloodlines (6 books) (Vampire Academy spin-off).First person narrative told by Eugenie Markham, protagonist.She either destroys them or sends them back to the Underworld. ~ Fang-tastic: Dark Swan Lead's Species ![]() She runs her own business as a hunter of evil Fae creatures and other demonic beings from the Otherworld and the Underworld. Eugenie Markham (aka “Odile Dark Swan”) is a shaman living near Phoenix, Arizona. ![]() ![]() This is the story of his time alone in the Gila, and of the visitors he receives and the visits he pays back to town it’s the story of his and his dog Alice’s interactions with nature. But his “field notes” tell so much more than the story of his career as a lookout. His job is to spot smoke and call it in for control or “management” of the fires. Connors works summers in a teeny, tiny tower room way up in the sky in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico, as a fire lookout. The first sentences immediately grabbed me. You can also read my father’s review, and friend Tassava’s, of same. I first reviewed this book in May of 2011. Naturally we’re beginning with one of my all-time favorites, Phil Connors’ brilliant first book, Fire Season. (Bonus: I had fun going way back to look for reviews to rerun.) I’ll try to keep the editing of my original reviews to a minimum. ![]() If this is old news, obviously, skip it, as you please. We are nearly 12 years old here at pagesofjulia! My hope is that some newer readers may be exposed to reviews they’ve not seen before, and I get another chance to expose you to (or remind you of) some of my favorite books. On occasional blog-post-days, I’m going to rerun old content. Of the irons in my fire, this is not one I really want adding to the stress. ![]() ![]() I’ve been a bit overwhelmed, and I’m in danger of getting behind here at the blog. Without getting too far into it all, the last weeks have been a stressful time for me, for both personal and work-related reasons. Trying something new here, friendly readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Arthur comes across as a very optimistic young man with a great exuberance for life. And never is the battle more fiercely joined than on Saturday night.īut Sunday morning is the time of reckoning, the time for facing up to lifeĪ book of its age (written in 1958) and very true to the working class factory-worker’s life, the plot is imbued with a wonderful, underlying sense of humour which we found it very interesting and enjoyable. He is a warrior of the bottle and the bedroom - his slogan is 'If it's going, it's for me' - for his aim is to cheat the world before it can cheat him. You don't need to give Arthur more than one chance to do the Government, trick the foreman or dally with married women.Īnd when the day's work is over, Arthur is off to the pubs, raring for adventure. To Arthur Seaton, key worker on a lathe in a Nottingham cycle factory, life is one long battle with authority. ![]() |