![]() ![]() Not when she doesn’t know if he’s out to pilfer her dreams. Without his suits and fancy cars, he’s almost human.Įxcept only a fool would let down her guard. ![]() ![]() Pierce is nearly irresistible by candlelight. Stranded together for days, she’s in for the battle of her life. No sooner does she arrive than a snowstorm traps her with Pierce. Pushed to the extreme, she drives to his ritzy mountain lodge to force the arrogant You Can Call Me Mr. A brazen billionaire, he seems intent on ruining Kerrigan’s life.īut if Pierce Sullivan thinks she’ll go down without a fight, he’s sorely mistaken. Until his unexpected death put her fate in his grandson’s hands. With hard work and hustle as her steadfast companions, who needs romance or adventure? Her empire in Calamity, Montana, isn’t going to build itself.įor years, her mentor-and investor-helped make her dreams come true. Kerrigan Hale’s personal life is about as exciting as a bucket of tar. From USA Today Bestselling Author Devney Perry, writing as Willa Nash, comes a stranded together, small town romance. ![]()
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Meyer first met her husband Christian when she was only four years old in Arizona and 1994 the couple married at the age of 21. ![]() After high school, she went to Brigham Young University in Utah where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Later years she attended Chaparral High School in Arizona. She spent her childhood moments with her five siblings: Emily, Seth, Heidi, Jacob, and Paul. Meyer was born in Hartford, Connecticut to Stephen and Candy Morgan in a family of six children. ![]() ![]() ![]() Winslow currently lives in Southern California. From the New York Times bestselling author, here is the first novel in the explosive Power of the Dog series-an action-filled look at the drug trade that. ![]() ![]() He is a former private investigator and trial consultant. 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Nellie wants nothing more than to live out her days in a house trailer in the desert, but her daughter Margie wants to sell the land while the offers are still hot. ![]() ![]() ![]() Only two things stand in the way of two cantankerous women maintaining peace and independence in their twilight years-their daughters. ![]() ![]() Her other young adult novels include These Shallow Graves, Revolution, and A Northern Light, winner of Britain’s prestigious Carnegie Medal, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, and a Michael L. Jennifer Donnelly is an award-winning, best-selling author of books for young adults and adults, including the Waterfire Saga: Deep Blue, Rogue Wave, Dark Tide, and Sea Spell. But what about her friends in the Beast’s castle? Can Belle trust her new companions inside the pages of Nevermore? Is Nevermore‘s world even real? Belle must uncover the truth about the book, before she loses herself in it forever. ![]() Here Belle can have everything she ever wished for. The charming and mysterious characters Belle meets within the pages of Nevermore offer her glamorous conversation, a life of dazzling Parisian luxury, and even a reunion she never thought possible. The adventures Belle has always imagined, the dreams she was forced to give up when she became a prisoner, seem within reach again. When she comes upon Nevermore, an enchanted book unlike anything else she has seen in the castle, Belle finds herself pulled into its pages and transported to a world of glamour and intrigue. Smart, bookish Belle, a captive in the Beast’s castle, has become accustomed to her new home and has befriended its inhabitants. ![]() ![]() Beauty and the Beast: Lost In A Book by Jennifer Donnelly * On sale now * Ages 9+ * Goodreads ![]() ![]() In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage to James Herondale crumble before her eyes. ![]() Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel.Īll first edition hardcovers will include full-color reverse jacket art, ten black-and-white interior illustrations, and a bonus short story!Ĭordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her. ![]() James and Cordelia must save London-and their marriage-in this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to the Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Many thanks to Cassie for letting me read the book early! ♥ Since it is tradition, here is my review for Chain of Thorns. ![]() Happy reading to everyone once you have your book! You can buy it in your local/favourite book shop or online. ![]() Happy book birthday to Chain of Thorns and Cassandra Clare! ♥ The day has come: Chain of Thorns is officially out in the world! We’ve waited quite a long time, but Cassie’s readers can finally read the conclusion to The Last Hours trilogy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But toxic masculinity punishes those fundamental emotions, and it's so deeply ingrained in our society that it's hard for men to not comply-but hooks wants to help change that. In The Will to Change, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express the emotions that are a fundamental part of who they are-whatever their age, marital status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways that patriarchal culture keeps them from knowing themselves, from being in touch with their feelings, from loving. ![]() From the New York Times bestselling author of All About Love, a brave and astonishing work that challenges patriarchal culture and encourages men to reclaim the best part of themselves.Įveryone needs to love and be loved-even men. ![]() |