A heart of blood and ashes milla vane6/29/2023 OPINION: This book has one of the most memorable introductions of a hero and heroine ever. But when she offers Maddek an opportunity for revenge through a marriage, allowing them to claim her family’s throne, Maddek is willing to take the chance to satisfy his desire for vengeance. Although she comes from a line of warrior-queens, she is weak. When he is told that the king’s secret daughter was instrumental in his parents’ deaths, Maddek intends to get revenge through her. Yvenne is not what Maddek expects. THE STORY: Forbidden from killing the king responsible for his parents’ murders, Maddek intends to find a way to get revenge. Vane (aka Meljean Brooks) knows how to weave romance, plot, and incredible overarching storylines and world-building in a way that this cohesive and compelling. This is the story of vengeance and passion. The world-building supported the romance, which is the center of the story. A Heart of Blood and Ashes (A Gathering of Dragons, #1) by Milla Vane, Meljean BrookįINAL DECISION: This book was amazing.
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Mutual uninterest, even dislike, evolves into a fascination with the delicious complexities of each other. The sorcerer Dain, who works his ""magic"" in a tower of the castle, has no interest in Ceridwen but hates Caradoc, and so rescues the girl and begins to heal her. There, she's derisively tortured and displayed. When she's mature, Ceridwen is affianced to Caradoc but flees into the forest, where she's captured and taken to the Castle Wydehaw. The children are whisked away by a Druid's daughter and sent to be raised in the homes of devout Christians. In the Prologue, two small children, the boy Mychael and his twin sister Ceridwen, are lost in the caves beneath the castle of Cam Merioneth as their mother, descendent of a priestess, is about to perform a rite to ""open the door between worlds."" But then death and horror arrive in the terrifying person of the vicious Caradoc, ""the Boar,"" who kills all and becomes the new lord of Cam Merioneth. A first hardcover in which a love affair of erotic discovery and passion is staged against a background of horror and ancient rites in 12th-century Wales-and brought to a gripping conclusion in a chase through fantastic underground caverns. Rush too far6/29/2023 He has every reason in the world to stay away from her. And he knows if he gets too close it will destroy Nan, who has a secret connection to Blaire. Simon & Schuster, 2014 - Families - 256 pages. The three-story beach house, luxury car, and line of girls begging for time between his sheets are the envy of every guy in Rosemary Beach, and Rush handles it all with the laid-back cool of a rock stars son. Even if he craves her.īecause Rush knows why Blaire is all alone in the world, forced to ask for help from the father who abandoned her three years ago. Rush has earned every bit of his bad-boy reputation. The Alabama farm girl instantly captures Rush's attention once he discovers that the angelic beauty is his new stepsister, but he vows to keep his distance. Until Blaire Wynn drives into town in her beat-up pickup truck with a pistol under her seat. All he needs are his best friend, Grant, and his sister, Nan. The three-story beach house, luxury car, and line of girls begging for time between his sheets are the envy of every guy in Rosemary Beach, and Rush handles it all with the laid-back cool of a rock star's son. Rush has earned every bit of his bad-boy reputation. But Rush is back to tell his side of the story. After the worldwide success of Fallen Too Far and its two sequels, Never Too Far and Forever Too Far, Abbi Glines takes her readers back to the beginning with Rush Too Far.Įveryone in Rosemary Beach thinks they know how Rush Finlay and Blaire Wynn fell in love. Trace evidence kathy reichs6/28/2023 As a member of a Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT), she assisted in the recovery of remains at the World Trade Center following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As part of her work at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA, formerly CILHI) she aided in the identification of war dead from World War II, Korea, and Southeast Asia. She travelled to Africa to testify at the UN Tribunal on Genocide in Rwanda, and helped exhume a mass grave in Guatemala. Reichs consulted to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in North Carolina and to the Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Québec. She is a Professor (on leave) in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Reichs served on the Board of Directors and as Vice President of both the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, and as a member of the National Police Services Advisory Council in Canada. She specializes in the subfields of bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology, and is one of only 119 forensic anthropologists ever certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. Allison draws the distinct profile of each one of the thirteen British colonies underlining their geographical locations as a powerful factor determining their commercial opportunities and agricultural development. In this book, Allison sets out to provide an understanding of the political decisions of the revolutionary period that were intended, on the one hand, to knit thirteen separate colonies together into a new nation and, on the other, to redefine the United States’ position in international affairs.ĢThe book’s opening chapter “The Revolution’s Origins” sets the stage for an exploration of the varying causes that led to a gradual transformation in the mentality of the North American colonists and the realization of their collective potential. Although this volume does not represent the first attempt toward an analysis of the causes and consequences of the American Revolution, its significance lies in Allison’s ability to combine broad coverage of the events of the Revolution with targeted commentary. 1Allison’s well-written account of the American Revolution traces the essential transition of the United States from a group of isolated colonies to a new nation born in the aftermath of a successful revolution and guided by the principles of social and political liberalism. Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard6/28/2023 Sexy, suspenseful, and lightning fast, Up Close and Dangerous showcases a beloved author at her dazzling best. where a killer may be waiting to finish the job. For in Linda Howard’s world, trust can be a weapon, a kiss can be a threat, and intimacy can be deadly. Who tampered with their plane? Who’s trying to reunite Bailey and her husband in the afterlife? 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In her latest tour de force of romantic suspense, New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard blends these elements into a gripping story that will keep readers breathless–and leave them begging for more. Rainbow Jews by Jonathan C. Friedman6/28/2023 Again, he emphasized his need for visas, explaining that while he and his wife are both devout Catholics, their half-Jewish status puts them in danger. In his letter (translated from Italian), he writes, “ Thanks to the goodness of Reverend Monsignor, I have been given the attached recommendation to which I permit myself to join my deep and devoted prayer in order that Your Excellency may benevolently care to extend to me and my wife His help to make it possible for us to immigrate to Brazil.”Īfter no response, Pick typed out another letter, in blue ink, referring to his prior correspondence. While they were both of the Catholic faith, both had Jewish fathers and were classified as mixed race under Italian law. In the letter, which can now be read on the Vatican library website, he requested help from the pope in securing permission for both him and his wife, Pauline, to flee Italy and enter Brazil. On April 24, 1940, Arthur Pick typed out a letter in crisp black ink and sent it to the Vatican. Linda nochlin why have there been6/28/2023 In this stand-alone anniversary edition, Nochlin’s influential essay is published alongside its reappraisal, ‘Thirty Years After’. With unparalleled insight, Nochlin lays bare the acceptance of a white male viewpoint in art historical thought as not merely a moral failure, but an intellectual one. Instead, she dismantles the very concept of greatness, unravelling the basic assumptions that created the male-centric genius in art. Nochlin refuses to handle the question of why there have been no ‘great women artists’ on its own, corrupted, terms. At once challenging and enlightening, it is never less than fully engaging, enticing the reader to question their own assumptions and to set off in new directions. It remains fundamental to any appreciation of art today. Linda Nochlin’s landmark essay heralded the dawn of a feminist history of art. One moment one morning by sarah rayner6/27/2023 One Moment, One Morning by Sarah Rayner,, download free ebooks, Download free PDF EPUB ebook. But in One Moment, One Morning, everything changes for three women when a man collapses and dies from a heart attack. One Moment, One Morning, Sarah Rayner, (Picador) by Patrick O'Connor COMMUTERS on the train from Brighton to London usually keep themselves to themselves, buried in their books, newspapers or whatever gadget floats their boat. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. 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From the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature-and one of our most beloved writers-a new selection of her peerless short fiction, gathered from the collections of the last two decades, a companion volume to Selected Stories (1968-1994).įamily Furnishings brings us twenty-four of Alice Munro’s most accomplished, most powerfully affecting stories, many of them set in the territory she has so brilliantly made her own: the small towns and flatlands of southwestern Ontario. |