![]() When a series of brutal murders threatens the Pack, Elena is forced to make an impossible choice. Betrayed and furious, she cannot accept her transformation, and wants nothing to do with her Pack – a charismatic group of fellow werewolves who say they want to help. Armstrong lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets.Įlena Michaels didn’t know that her lover Clay was a werewolf until he bit her, changing her life for ever. She’s the author of the NYT-bestselling “Women of the Otherworld” paranormal suspense series and “Darkest Powers” young adult urban fantasy trilogy, as well as the Nadia Stafford crime series. ![]() Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing dungeon. All efforts to make her produce “normal” stories failed. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers’ dismay. ![]() Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. Kelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could write. ![]() TRIGGER WARNING: The following review contains discussion of rape/sexual assault and child molestation, please don’t read if those topics upset you or make you feel uncomfortable. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The Spy is the story I’ve been waiting for since I read The Heir and noted Ares’ shiftiness. She does not accept deceit with a whimper. Nix is fundamentally kind and loyal, but she is inordinately strong and vicious. She expects transparency, the exact thing Ares is unable to give her. And even though Nix sees through to the heart of him, it’s not enough. Their romance is doomed before it begins. Their disagreement ruins their relationship and ignites an enmity that leads to the attack on Ares’ family, catalyzing his and Nix’s future. Unfortunately, Moroz wants too much vengeance. When Moroz loses his wife to a rival mafia, he seeks the Ares’s father’s help, which he gives it. Ares and Nix’s father were once friends and allies. He’s been patient, but when Nix Moroz arrives, his easy mask begins to slip. ![]() He’s spying and plotting revenge for the bloody coup that ripped his family out of their home years earlier. Ares has been undercover at Kingmakers college for three years. ” The Spy is a scorching hot mafia romance that follows the forbidden romance between opposing mafia heirs. I want you to have everything you ever desired, and I want to watch you enjoy it. “I don’t want you restrained, Nix-I want you wild and free and untamed. ![]() ![]() Female genital mutilation (FGM) was finally banned in Egypt in 2008. Her grandmother’s sexism – “a boy is worth 15 girls at least” – appalled her, and a clitorectomy at the age of six, described in The Hidden Face of Eve, prompted her campaign against the practice. She could not understand why, although academically gifted, she was praised only when she learned to light the kerosene stove. Nawal’s radicalism was shaped by experience. Love in the Kingdom of Oil (1993) uses a dreamscape narrative to examine a world in which, for a woman, husband and boss are interchangeable, and for a man, female self-determination is incomprehensible.īorn in Kafr Tahla, north of Cairo, the second of nine children, Nawal was the daughter of Zaynab (nee Shoukry), from an Ottoman Turkish family, and Al-Sayed El Saadawi, a teacher. ![]() ![]() Her best known novel in the west, Woman at Point Zero (1975), gives a horrifying account of childhood and marital abuse leading to prostitution. El Saadawi’s fiction is similarly concerned with social issues. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alfa's final transformation, as he attempts to atone for his guilt over the death of his friend, is unexpected, poetic - and chilling' - The Spectator You may also be interested in. Diop presents a world with no firm dividing line between courage and madness, murder and warfare the most dedicated killers are awarded the Croix de Guerre. Diop's short, sharp, and serrated novel is a visceral dramatization of how our humanity and inhumanity are forever intertwined' - Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer And yet where At Night All Blood is Black truly succeedsand succeeds marvelouslyis when it simply allows us to witness the experience of those soldiers like Ndiaye whose stories, until now, have gone. ![]() 'An unrelenting take on war, race, masculinity, and colonialism. But it does leave the book’s ending a bit untethered, I’m afraid, and may likewise leave some of its readers grasping for answers. 'More than a century after World War I, a great new African writer is asking these questions in a spare yet extraordinary novel about this bloody stain on human history' - Chigozie Obioma, The New York Times Book Review ![]() This slight book explodes with extraordinary force - readers will not forget it in a hurry' - The Times 'It is an intense exploration of the dehumanising effect of war and colonialism. 'So incantatory and visceral I don't think I'll ever forget it' - Ali Smith, The Guardian 'An extraordinary novel, full of sadness, rage and beauty' - Sarah Waters ![]() ![]() and far more passionate than he ever imagined. She might not be the quiet, sensible wife he thought he wanted, but she is beautiful. Though he needs a wealthy bride to escape his cruel father's control, spirited Penelope just doesn't suit his plans for a model marriage-until a good deed goes awry, and scandalous rumors link his name to Penelope's. Once upon a time, Benedict thought he and Penelope got along rather well. If only she didn't feel so attracted to the arrogant scoundrel. He may be the suave and charming heir to an earl, as well as the most handsome man on earth, but she can't forget how he abandoned a friend in need- nor how he once courted her sister, Abigail. ![]() Penelope Weston does not like Benedict Lennox, Lord Atherton. ![]() USA Today-bestselling author Caroline Linden's third novel in her Scandalous series brings together a feisty heiress, a notorious rake, and a shocking book that could bring one woman the utmost despair- or the greatest pleasure ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Bostic writes this graceful, affecting tale without pretension. Her story is sad, but it is real and pulls no punches."- VOYA Bostic's narrative is concise, chapters are short, and the story never lags. "It is easy to connect with Austin because his journey is honorable. And what starts as a way to say goodbye turns into a personal journey that brings love, acceptance, and meaning to Austin's life. He journeys to places he's loved and those he's never seen. So with the help of his best friend, Kaylee, Austin visits every person in his life who touched him in a special way. The doctors say his chances of surviving are slim to none even with treatment, so he's decided it's time to let go.īut before he goes, Austin wants to mend the broken fences in his life. ![]() At the rate he's going, he probably won't even see the end of the year. "There won't be many dry eyes at the end of this extremely affecting story."- Kirkus ReviewsĪustin Parker is never going to see his eighteenth birthday. A teenage boy takes a journey to bring truth, beauty, and meaning to his life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kim is a young orphaned boy, his Irish father and mother having died in abject poverty. ![]() Kipling loved India, his homeland, and right off the bat he gives you gorgeous portraits of the people, and the landscape, with particular focus on the bazaars and life on the road. That’s what we now call the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia, around the time of the Second and Third Afghan Wars (late 1800s, basically). So, Kim‘s story takes place against the backdrop of “The Great Game” (which I thought meant chess, but apparently not). That makes it sound like some kind of mash-up of The Alchemist and The Thirty-Nine Steps, right? Actually, that’s probably not far off… His first assignment is to capture the papers of a Russian spy in the Himalayas…” Kim, Pan Classics edition (1978) While he is accompanying a Tibetan lama on his search for the River of Immortality, Kim is picked up by the British and groomed for the Secret Service. ![]() “Kim, a young Irish orphan, is brought up in the native quarter of Lahore. The blurb on the back of this edition is hectic, and I had no idea what to make of it: ![]() ![]() Sansom, who holds a doctorate in history, was a solicitor for decades until his writing found success with the first of his Matthew Shardlake series, Dissolution, published in 2003. ![]() ![]() But the latter's success has not gone unnoticed, and All3Media's The Forge is forging ahead with an adaptation of another series that blends the two flavors so well, CJ Sansom's Shardlake novels, with Disney reportedly signing on to stream it. The lack of shows that meet the criteria of both fandoms is why Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries was so popular and why Miss Scarlet & The Duke is currently such a massive hit for PBS because they are part of the few where the mystery of the week meets the period drama and makes it work. There are very few shows where historical period dramas and police procedural mysteries crossover. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A relationship which is slow to build but wonderful to witness. His interactions with Natalie's baby is also touching and, at times, funny and he never excludes the baby in their relationship. This is a very emotional story as it tracks Natalie's life as she gets the tragic news, gives birth, attends his funeral and has to piece her life back together and, even when Liam comes onto the scene, her grief takes time to lessen in the arms of a very loving and caring Liam. Liam is sexy, handsome, understanding, supportive and patient - a true hero - but he is also a Navy SEAL too and Natalie has to face the fact that, once again, if she chooses Liam history may repeat itself and she could be left alone again. But it's also a beautiful love story about her and her husband's best friend Liam as they grieve together, slowly become friends and eventually lovers. ![]() If you're looking for a light listen then this isn't your book as it's a heartbreaking journey of loss, broken dreams, betrayal and grief as Natalie has to come to terms with the devastation of losing her Navy SEAL husband during a mission. TRAGIC, HEARTBREAKING, BREATHTAKING & BEAUTIFUL ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Celie does not even feel she is worth enough to sign her name at the end of the letters. So many bad things have happened to Celie that she lacks self-esteem and confidence. Celie believes only to God may she talk honestly and openly about her suffering.Ĭelie is not, however, at this point, complaining to God, she is simply confiding in him.Ĭelie was born into a poor family her mother was sick most of the time, mentally and physically there were too many children in the family and Celie was abused by the man she believed was her father.Ĭelie feels used and abused but does not understand why. She knows her sister Nettie loves her, but she is too young to understand. She feels that what happened to her is so terrible that she can only talk about it to someone she feels loves her. She writes to God, because she has no one else to write to. ![]() |