![]() When another scandal lands Alex in major hot water and costs Lauren her job, she’ll have to choose between protecting him and offering him what he really wants-her. But the more time they spend together, the harder it gets to keep her professional remove and her heart intact, especially when she discovers the reasons behind his recklessness…not to mention his Cupid fanfiction habit. Compared to her previous work, watching over handsome but impulsive Alex shouldn’t be especially difficult. When all that reckless emotion explodes into a bar fight, the tabloids and public agree: his star is falling.Įnter Lauren Clegg, the former ER therapist hired to keep him in line. But the showrunners have wrecked his character, he’s dogged by old demons, and his post-show future remains uncertain. ![]() A starring role as Cupid on TV’s biggest show, God of the Gates. ![]() You can definitely read this companion novel without reading the first – I did! But now it’s convinced me to up Spoiler Alert to the top of my TBR! Keep reading this book review to read my full thoughts. All the Feels is my first book from Olivia Dade even though I’ve wanted to read Spoiler Alert since it came out. ![]()
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![]() Despite hating Leslie for stealing his dream, Jesse can’t help but admire the freedom with which Leslie ran – so he gets close and becomes her friend. ![]() The D-Day comes only for Jesse – and all the other boys – to be defeated by a girl named Leslie who lives a few blocks away from his house. He has been training hard since the start of summer and must come out the comfortable winner of the race if he’s ever going to gain the respect of his father – who thinks he’s too weak and girly. ‘Spoiler Free’ Bridge to Terabithia Summaryġ0 years old Jesse Aarons runs through the cow fields rehearsing for the upcoming running competition for fifth-graders at his school. Later, he finds a friend in fellow fifth-grader Leslie, and together both discover new adventures that will transform both of their lives. Jesse feels lonely for not getting the attention he needs from his parents – who are too busy to notice him. ‘ Bridge to Terabithia’ invites readers into the life of the troubled Jesse Aarons from a small town called Lark Creek. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The reader gradually gleans connections between the stories in ingenious or sometimes convoluted ways. In some of the novel’s most thrilling and original sections, we follow ghost hunters from the Saigon Spirit Eradication Co in 2011, encounter a Vietnamese French schoolboy left on a mountain as the Japanese launch their coup in 1945, and meet a trio of childhood friends in the early 90s – the bland brothers Tan and Long, who pine for the headstrong and rather caricaturish Binh. Interwoven with Winnie’s story are spooky vignettes taking place in the days and decades before and after her vanishing. ![]() Neither white nor Asian enough to feel comfortable with either designation, Winnie’s biracial identity renders her a perpetual outsider burdened by microaggressions and self-loathing. mixed breeds, like she was, and dirty like she was too”. She feels an affinity neither with her expat colleagues nor the locals, but with the stray dogs who roam her street, “rangy and keen jawed and encrusted with ticks. Yet the self-effacing, anxious Winnie seems more intent on drowning her inhibitions in meaningless sex and lukewarm beer. Build Your House Around My Body is structured around the disappearance of 22-year-old Winnie, a Vietnamese American who arrives in Saigon in 2010 to teach English and ostensibly reconnect with her heritage. T he twin spectres of colonialism and sexualised violence lurk in the humid Vietnamese air as two-headed snakes slither underfoot in Violet Kupersmith’s marvellous and confounding debut novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() These years were also packed with women's drama and - in the tales of conflicted maternity and monstrous births - alive with female energy. The reality though, argues Sarah Gristwood, was quite different. ![]() The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men involved Richard, Duke of York, Henry VI, Edward IV and Henry VII. It is a fiery history of Queens, the perils of power and of how the Wars of the Roses were ended - not by knights in battle, but the political and dynastic skills of women. 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Since the release of her first novel, The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed, in 1968, Lee Smith has published nearly twenty books, including novels, short stories, and memoirs. A comprehensive treatment of the life and work of this award-winning feminist Appalachian writer ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Without a knowledge of the Habsburgs and the dynastic union they created, many aspects of contemporary Europe are unfathomable. Throughout Europe, it lingers in the placement of borders, in patterns of confessional belief, in styles of architecture, even in ideas of national and supranational sovereignty, the second of which the English common law mind finds so baffling and strange. For a thousand years, from the dynasty’s emergence as feudal warlords in northern Switzerland in the 10th century to their ousting as emperors of Austria in the early 20th, they reigned at one time or another in most European countries (including, briefly, England and Ireland), and over colonial possessions that reached across the globe, from Peru to the Philippines (the one nation that still bears the name of a Habsburg king). The House of Habsburg has a plausible claim to having been the most successful ruling dynasty in world history. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Carriers:Įxceptional circumstances beyond our control such as bad weather or courier delays may cause your order to take longer to deliver than specified. 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Generally we will dispatch your order the same day if placed before Noon however, some orders may be dispatched the next working day due to operational reasons. ![]() We endeavour to dispatch all orders within 24 hours of being placed - Monday to Friday. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rather than attempting to save himself, he purchases at gunpoint a crewman, John Bigalow, to take him to the safe. Guide opens with a guest on the Titanic who is sick in his stateroom. There is thriller initially of guide to the end. The book entails global intrigue and also cold war style reconnaissance as the Americans as well as Russians try a rare aspect, byzanium, that they think is hidden in the freight hold of the Titanic. The hero, Dirk Pitt, benefits the National Underwater and also Marine Company and is a James Bond type character. This is his fourth undersea experience as well as it is a good one. Raise the Titanic! Audiobook – Clive Cussler Free. 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The Devil Rides Out (AKA: The Devil's Bride) is produced out of Hammer Film Productions. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it's too late.Ĭourtney Summers' Sadie is propulsive and harrowing and will keep listeners riveted until the last chapter. When West McCray-a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America-overhears Sadie's story at a local gas station, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him. ![]() Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water.īut when Mattie is found dead, Sadie's entire world crumbles. 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