![]() Stark, violent, sharp, and funny, The Guards is an exceptional novel, one that leaves you stunned and breathless, flipping back to the beginning in a mad dash to find Jack Taylor and enter his world all over again. Odds are he won't be able to climb off his barstool long enough to get involved with his radiant new client, but when he surprises himself by getting hired, Jack has little idea of what he's getting into. Nonexistent, that is, until a dazzling woman walks into the bar with a strange request and a rumor about Jack's talent for finding things. But in truth Jack is teetering on the brink of his life's sharpest edges, his memories of the past cutting deep into his soul and his prospects for the future nonexistent. ![]() In his sober moments Jack aspires to become Ireland's best private investigator, not to mention its first-Irish history, full of betrayal and espionage, discourages any profession so closely related to informing. ![]() ![]() Still stinging from his unceremonious ouster from the Garda Síochána-the Guards, Ireland's police force-and staring at the world through the smoky bottom of his beer mug, Jack Taylor is stuck in Galway with nothing to look forward to. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() But thanks to a prophecy surrounding him, Prince Cyrus has to put his faith in Violet to ensure the safety of his kingdom. The only person who see’s her as the sometime charlatan she is is Prince Cyrus, the boy Violet rescued as a child. And as the boundary between hatred and love grows ever thinner with the prince, Violet must untangle a wicked web of deceit in order to save herself and the kingdom-or doom them all.Īs Seer to the King, Violet uses her skill to carefully manipulate the court with her cleverly phrased, and sometimes false, revelations. ![]() Violet’s wits may protect her in the cutthroat court, but they can’t change her fate. Violet faces her own choice: Seize an opportunity to gain control of her own destiny, no matter the cost, or give in to the ill-fated attraction that’s growing between her and Cyrus. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so- not charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip Violet of her official role once he’s crowned at the end of the summer-unless Violet does something about it.īut when the king asks her to falsely prophesy Cyrus’s love story for an upcoming ball, Violet awakens a dreaded curse, one that will end in either damnation or salvation for the kingdom-all depending on the prince’s choice of future bride. Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the royal court with her cleverly phrased-and not always true-divinations. ![]() ![]() Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him. ![]() Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. ![]() Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this sweeping fantasy about one girl's journey to fulfill her destiny and the monster who gets in her way-by stealing her heart.īased on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is another one where I’m certain I’ll forget people, because I wrote this book in a postnatal haze. The Complete Memories Series Boxset, including Holding On, a novella. The Love Game and Playing for Keeps box set edition Mature sexual situations, strong language and heavy subject matter are used throughout. ![]() This book is intended for mature audiences of 17+. PLAYING FOR KEEPS is a New Adult Contemporary Romance. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously. This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. Your support and respect for the property of this author is appreciated. Please keep this book in its complete original form with the exception of quotes used in reviews. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. A link to official distributors would be preferred. Please do not post or archive on other sites. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to the retailer and purchase your own copy. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. ![]() This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. SECOND EDITION – edited and extended content. ![]() ![]() ![]() For younger kids, this is there chance to be introduced to music in a new and exciting way. ![]() ![]() The publisher ensures that Lil Nas X fans will be surprised that the book commemorates the power his songs hold. Israel □ □□ #BlackLivesMatter ❼ September 15, 2020 Lmao i’m jealous small children gonna grow up reading this masterpiece. ![]() The summary reads: “Experience wide-open pastures, farm animals, guitar music, cowboy hats, and all things country in this debut picture book that’s perfect for music lovers learning their ABCs and for anyone who loves Nas’s signature genre-blending style.” They go on an adventure learning about the alphabet until the sunsets. I like it.Īccording to Random House, the story is about Lil Nas X and his pony, Panini. Goin from the best selling Artist to the best selling Author. The cover features Lil Nas X atop a horse and holding a guitar in a vibrant outfit that suits the rapper’s style and personality. This book will be illustrated by Theodore Taylor III and published by Random House Kids. The book is expected to release on January 5, 2021, and is intended for children ages 3-7. You can pre-order it right now at the link in my bio.Ī post shared by Lil Nas X on at 10:33am PDT I’m dropping the best kids book of all time soon! □ C IS FOR COUNTRY, out Janufrom I can’t wait to share it with you all. ![]() ![]() ![]() They carried great clubs in which slits had been cut and doubtless these were what they used to hurl the crystalline disks.” ( The Sailor on the Seas of Fate) ![]() Balanced on these legs, their bodies towered over the water. Their forelegs were like the arms and hands of men, but their hindlegs were incredibly long and storklike. “The things were essentially reptilian but with feathery crests and neck wattles, though their faces were almost human. Assailed by whizzing disks of sharpened rock from both banks of the river, weapons with the power to behead a man or dis-mast a ship, the horrified crew take cover as the creatures wade out to attack: ![]() On a journey to a lost jungle city in search of the mysterious origins of his people, Elric’s ship is attacked by the semi-humanoid Olab. ![]() ![]() ISBN: 9781408709979 SKU: 1298381 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book. ![]() This 2019 Abacus Paperback is in Good condition. Tangerine is an extraordinary debut, so tightly wound, so evocative of 1950s Tangier, and so cleverly plotted that it will leave you absolutely breathless. Then Alice's husband, John, goes missing, and Alice starts to question everything around her: her relationship with her enigmatic friend, her decision to ever come to Tangier, and her very own state of mind. But soon a familiar feeling starts to overtake Alice - she feels controlled and stifled by Lucy at every turn. Lucy, always fearless and independent, helps Alice emerge from her flat and explore the country. She has not adjusted to life in Morocco, too afraid to venture out into the bustling medinas and oppressive heat. But Lucy is standing there, trying to make things right. After the horrific accident at Bennington, the two friends - once inseparable roommates - haven't spoken in over a year. Joyce Carol Oates, author of The Book of American Martyrs. ![]() As if Donna Tartt, Gillian Flynn, and Patricia Highsmith had collaborated on a screenplay to be filmed by Hitchcocksuspenseful and atmospheric. The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. 4.98 108 Used from 1.13 31 New from 4.98 1 Collectible from 7.99. Unputdownable' The Times The perfect read for fans of Daphne du Maurier and Patricia Highsmith, set in 1950s Morocco, Tangerine is a gripping psychological literary thriller. ![]() 'Girl on a Train meets The Talented Mr Ripley under the Moroccan sun. ![]() ![]() ![]() The idea that thinness equals personal worth and social success is everywhere. ![]() “Weight stigma is deeply embedded into our culture,” she writes. The author discusses how diet and weight-loss businesses are rebranding themselves as being about good health, a misleading ploy to continue to grow an industry approaching a valuation of $300 billion. Kazdin has struggled with a disorder herself, and her book is as much her personal story as an examination of body anxiety. “Over 90 percent of women in the United States are dissatisfied with their bodies,” she writes, and nearly 30 million people “suffer from an eating disorder.” Furthermore, eating disorders have the second-highest mortality rate of any mental illness, on a par with opioid deaths, and the problem crosses socio-economic lines. Eating disorders are a massive yet often hidden problem, writes the author, who speaks with the insight of experience.Įarly on, Kazdin, a four-time Emmy Award–winning TV journalist, cites some remarkable, frightening statistics. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reflecting in extended flashbacks, now-middle-aged Danny evaluates his and Maeve’s connection to “the Dutch House,” what it meant to each of them, and what they really lost and mourn. Have you ever stalked a house? Conflated the grief over lost family with a lost homeplace? In The Dutch House, Ann Patchett’s eighth novel, protagonists Danny Conroy and his older sister, Maeve, stalk and lament their childhood home throughout their lives.Īs she has before, the author explores family relationships, particularly the compensatory bond between siblings cut adrift by the absence of their mother, the death of their father, and their abrupt, premature exit from their onetime home. ![]() ![]() ![]() The third subdivision of this poem argues that the nature of love is not subject to the passage of time. The second part of the poem addresses the permanent nature of love by likening it to a “guiding star unshaken by tempests” (Shakespeare 6). The first part of this poem addresses the unchangeable aspect of love. This subdivision makes it simple for the poet’s message to be understood. Shakespeare subdivides his poem in a manner that covers his core beliefs about love. The last line of the poem captures this sentiment using the words that “…no man has ever loved” (Shakespeare 14). The love defined in this poem has often been thought to be an accurate representation of true love.Īccording to the speaker in this poem, love that is immortal, permanent, and never changing qualifies to be termed as true love. Shakespeare’s description of love in this sonnet is often quoted by other numerous works of literature. ![]() This poem represents Shakespeare’s innermost beliefs about love. The poem talks about a love that never changes, never admits inferiorities, never fades, and goes beyond death. In this poem, Shakespeare paints the picture of what constitutes an ideal love. ![]() The type of love that is defined in this poem has been replicated in various poetic works. ![]() |