5/11/2023 0 Comments Kane slater brothers 3Kane needs Aideen, and what Kane needs, Kane takes. Everybody in Kane’s life is threatened, and with his body fighting against him, he doesn’t know if the luck of the Irish is enough to keep his family safe and his demons at bay. An illness is the least of their worries when a devil from Kane’s past comes back to play with him. They hide their need behind arguments, and banter, but when Kane drops his guard for all to see, and succumbs to an illness within his body, it’s Aideen who steps up to the plate to take care of him. They can’t stand each other, but they want each other. He knows her deepest, and darkest secrets. Kane is the only man who can see right through Aideen's tough exterior. Aideen is the only woman who stands up to Kane and throws his bullshit back at him without fear of hurting him. He likes his circle limited to his brothers and their girlfriends, but a thorn from an Irish rose is dug deep into Kane’s side, and her name is Aideen Collins. He relishes in their fear because people who fear you, won’t want to know you. He is misunderstood by people, even feared by them thanks to the scars that mar his face and body. Aideen is protective of her family, there is not a lot she wouldn’t do to keep them safe. He relishes in their fear because people who fear you, wont want to know you. Her family consists of her four brothers, her father, and her group of wild friends. He is misunderstood by people, even feared by them thanks to the scars that mar his face and body. She is outspoken and tough as nails, but she has to be after growing up in a house full of men. ** Book #3 in the Slater Brothers series ** Aideen Collins is a free spirit.
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5/11/2023 0 Comments A wonder book and tanglewood talesHis work is considered part of the Romantic movement and includes novels, short stories, and a biography of his friend, the United States President Franklin Pierce. Much of Hawthorne's writing centers around New England and many feature moral allegories with a Puritan inspiration. Hawthorne died on May 19, 1864, leaving behind his wife and their three children. A political appointment took Hawthorne and family to Europe before returning to The Wayside in 1860. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. The couple moved to The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts, later moving to Salem, the Berkshires, then to The Wayside in Concord. He worked at a Custom House and joined a Transcendentalist Utopian community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. In 1837, he published Twice-Told Tales and became engaged to painter and illustrator Sophia Peabody the next year. Hawthorne anonymously published his first work, a novel titled Fanshawe, in 1828. Shortly after graduating from Bowdoin College, Hathorne changed his name to Hawthorne. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of the nation's colonial history. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. 5/11/2023 0 Comments Nation Builder by Charles N. EdelKaplan’s rationale for the book is based upon his view that Adams’s personality and talents are not fully revealed by previous JQA biographies. Its Introduction is brief but compelling and it ends with an excellent Bibliographical Essay which provides a wonderful roadmap for further study. Its 570-page narrative is thorough, detailed and often quite astute. The product of six years of research, Kaplan’s biography is the second longest of the half-dozen books on John Quincy Adams I’ve read. Kaplan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Queens College in New York City and the author of nearly a dozen books including biographies of Henry James, Charles Dickens and 1984 Pulitzer Prize finalist “ Thomas Carlyle: A Biography.” Fred Kaplan’s 2014 “ John Quincy Adams: American Visionary” is one of the most recent and comprehensive biographies of the sixth president. Thrown together time and time again to plan the festival, Blaire and Cole begin to learn new things about their towns, themselves, and each other. He has finally found a way out of Winterberry Glen, and he doesn’t plan to let anything, or anyone, get in the way of that goal. Cole hates Christmas and is more comfortable dealing in numbers, control, and emotional detachment. The guidelines stipulate Cole Thomas, the CFO from rival town Winterberry Glen, must oversee Blaire’s festival planning. When the future of Holly Ridge depends on the success of the Christmas festival, who better to plan it than the former mayor’s daughter, Blaire Greene? Prodigal daughter returns home to save the day, Blaire must work within the state’s guidelines and framework to plan a Christmas festival that will restore the town’s budget and save the town charter. Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating and through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting story that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up. This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. Standing on the fringes of life Charlie has a unique perspective of the world around him, but there comes a time to stop being a wallflower and see what it looks like from the dance floor. The world of sex, drugs, and music - when all one requires to feel infinite is that perfect song on that perfect drive. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie is attempting to navigate through the uncharted territory of high school. Charlie is not the biggest geek in high school, but he's by no means popular. A modern cult classic, a major motion picture and a timeless bestseller, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story. 5/10/2023 0 Comments Optimism voltaireThere are at least three distinct Voltaires. For all that he was a mad egomaniac and an unabashed self-promoter, he remains matchlessly entertaining company, incapable of either shame or shoddy thinking. In fact, he is most fun to read about when what he is doing is doing good, since he does good without being pious, an unusual mixture. On the Op-Ed page of the Times, he can ornament Paul Krugman or offend William Safire, and he is fun to read about, no matter what he is doing. Johnson dogmatized in the late eighteenth century, and though Pope still sings for those with ears to hear him, Voltaire still squabbles, a more lifelike sound, and does it everywhere. “No authors ever had so much fame in their own life-time as Pope and Voltaire,” Dr. Voltaire, like God, whom he patronized, is always there. Toad of Toad Hall-a grand bourgeois who was also a dissident. Voltaire ended up as a cross between Andrei Sakharov and Mr. And you know what they say about misery loving company. Irby shows you that someone else is having as tough a time of it as you are, maybe even tougher. Her audience is anyone who enjoys Larry David, Nora Ephron, and Luvvie Ajayi the depressed the angry the anti-social those who are generally disappointed by life not meeting their extremely low expectations or just anyone who wants to be taken on a hugely satisfying emotional journey. There’s job crap, dating nonsense, homophobia (Irby’s bisexual), racism, self-esteem issues, and a body & mind plagued by illness. In the essay collection We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, Bitches Gotta Eat blogger Samantha Irby uses a killer sense of humor to do battle with a life that undermines her almost every step of the way. ‘We Are Never Meeting in Real Life’ by Samantha Irby 5/10/2023 0 Comments Savage Bonds by J. BreeHoly crap! If you have not started this series, I recommend you do it soon. Bree’s The Bonds That Tie series, and oh boy, this one knocked the socks off my feet when reading it. It's recommended for 18+ due to language and sexual situations. *Savage Bonds is a full length reverse harem PNR novel with material that may be difficult for some readers. When it becomes clear that the Resistance is closer than we ever thought, I don't know who I can trust.Ĭan I finally take control of my gift, or will it take control of me? With destiny pushing me closer and closer to each of my Bonds, I'm fighting tooth and nail against nature to keep my distance.īut they're fighting harder to keep me in their grasp. I'm no longer the Giftless reject, no longer the girl who's fair game to the other students for daring to run away from my Bonds.īut there are bigger problems heading my way. With my gift coursing through my veins, the tables have turned on the Draven Campus. Genres: Dark Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance Published by Self-Published on September 26, 2021 This book may be unsuitable for people under 18 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. 5/10/2023 0 Comments Pattie boyd todayOnce we receive your item we will process your return and a refund will be issued to either your original payment method or gift card. Shoppe Amber Interiors cannot accept responsibility for any packages lost, stolen or damaged in transit. It is the responsibility of the buyer to ensure the item is adequately packaged for return. We recommend all returns be sent insured and with tracking as we cannot be held responsible for lost or damaged products. Please note all original shipping charges are non-refundable and return shipping costs are the responsibility of the buyer. Please visit our Returns page to begin a return for your order. Items must be postmarked by the 7th day to be eligible for a refund. If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, we accept returns on select items within 14 days of receipt. 5/10/2023 0 Comments Ling ma storiesI don’t normally dig post-apocalyptic books because they always seem to devolve into the same stomach-turning quagmires of lawlessness and starvation. After: Candace and a ragtag group of survivors flee west, trying to avoid encounters with the 99% of the world that the plague has reduced to (harmless) zombies-and scavenging for food, pills, and marijuana. Before: Candace Chen, a twenty-something year old in New York City, toils at a totally unglamorous book production job, so mired in the details of Bible manufacture (polyurethane and sateen, anyone?) that she doesn’t realize a sudden pandemic is ringing in the apocalypse. The story has two plotlines, a Before and After. And the book I loved most of all in 2018, the queen of the stack (if you will), is Severance. But the truth is, there are a few reads from this year that I absolutely adored- For Better and Worse and An American Marriage come to mind-above all the others. Look, I want to be a good book-mom here and say that I love all our selections equally. |