7/8/2023 0 Comments Corrupt Idol by Dinah Harper![]() ![]() The Greek's Forgotten Wife (Boarding School #1) By Elizabeth Lennox. Innocent's Desert Wedding Contract By Heidi Rice. The Demigods of San Francisco by KF Breene. She makes an elder vampire feel things that. The heroine isn't shy or scared, she's more sassy and confident. Romance novels where the alpha male chases after the shy girl. Many different types of alpha heroes exist, but at their core most alpha heroes. That same alpha hero continues to be written and rewritten today. This hero has existed since the first romance novel, Pamela or, Virtue Rewarded was penned in 1740 (Regis, 78). Hero Chases Or Stalks Heroine Books Showing 1-20 of 20 Keeping Secrets (Paperback) by Lisa Eugene (Goodreads Author) (shelved -1 times as hero-chases-or-stalks-heroine) avg rating 4.09 - 552 ratings - published 2015 Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Uncaged (An MMA Stepbrother Romance) by The alpha hero is one of the most prevalent archetypes in the genre of romance fiction. ![]() Alpha hero chases shy heroine goodreads Books shelved as hero-chases-or-stalks-heroine: Keeping Secrets by Lisa Eugene, Uncaged by Emilia Kincade, Ryker by Cheryl Douglas, Tangled Bond by Emma. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. In the summer of 1953, two eleven-year-old boys-best friends-are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. ![]() Readers will come to the end feeling sorry to leave richly textured and carefully wrought world." - STEPHEN KING, Washington Post A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice-not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God I am a Christian because of Owen Meany. so extraordinary, so original, and so enriching. A Prayer for Owen Meany is a rare creation in the somehow exhausted world of late twentieth-century fiction-it is an amazingly brave piece of work. ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto![]() ![]() A shojo adherent tried to define her own life, eschewed worry over the reaction of authorities, and resisted archaic social conventions. The quintessential shojo was feminine and youthful, but she was neither docile, nor meek, nor pure, nor innocent rather, she was a young woman, not quite at adult femininity, whose life was characterized by freedom and a dearth of strong male authority. Publications targeting young women also proliferated, and thus both the school environment and the literary world became spaces for constructing girlhood. In 1899, the Meiji government’s Girls’ Higher School Order initiated a wave of new girls’ schools concomitantly, literacy rates rose. The term shojo means “girl,” but in the context of contemporary culture, it is specifically about a cultural space that is girls-only, a space in which, scholar Emily Jane Wakeling writes, “girls negate and make complex the dominant gender stereotypes that exist in contemporary Japanese society through creations of gender that transgress hegemony.” We will look at what this term means, which will provide greater context for Yoshimoto’s works and greater insights into Kitchen. ![]() Banana Yoshimoto is often classified as a purveyor of “ shojo culture,” a term that may not be familiar to most readers. ![]() 7/8/2023 0 Comments The book every last secret![]() ![]() For both women, the desire for a perfect life can turn perfectly dangerous. But beneath their cordial interactions is a wealth of temptations, secrets, and toxic jealousy. The life next door.Īs Neena's secret fixation grows, so does her friendship with Cat. When Neena's infatuation escalates into obsession, it's just a matter of eliminating a few obstacles to get the life she wants. It's also making Neena aware of what she doesn't have. This beautiful new town is a step in the right direction. A life coach with off-the-rack dresses, personal issues, and a husband who hasn't delivered, she's anxious to move up in the world. Neena Ryder isn't a fellow lady of leisure. While cautious, a good neighbor like Cat greets them with open arms and warm hospitality. Ancilla Ivana Milievi Elly Meadow Williams Mrs. Matthew Coppola Director, Writer Top Billed Cast Mark Kassen Freeman Bender Sophie Turner Penelope Ray Liotta Mr. Then a friendly new couple moves into the estate next door. Every Last Secret (2022) 15 (US) Drama, Thriller 1h 33m User Score Play Trailer Overview A war veteran suffering from PTSD befriends a teenage girl. Watch your husband, watch your friends, and watch your back.Ĭat Winthorpe has worked hard to get what she has: a gorgeous home social standing and William, her successful, handsome husband. ![]() ![]() She is now volunteering her talents as an instructor at the Tabitha Trumbull Academy of the Arts (The Tabby). ![]() Lee lost her job as a television psychic. This paranormal cozy mystery features Lee Barrett and is set in Salem, Massachusetts. Perry is the second book in the Witch City Mystery series. But ghosts in the store's attic are the least of her worries with a killer on the loose. Even the witches in town are spooked, and when Lee begins seeing visions in the large black patent leather pump in her classroom, she's certain something evil is afoot. ![]() As Lee and her intrepid students begin work on a documentary charting the store's history, they unravel a century of family secrets, deathbed whispers-and a mysterious labyrinth of tunnels hidden right below the streets of Salem. The Tabby is housed in the long-vacant Trumbull's Department Store. But when the school's handyman turns up dead under seemingly inexplicable circumstances on Christmas night, Lee's clairvoyant capabilities begin bubbling to the surface once again. ![]() Her instincts may be killer-but can she catch one this wicked?Īfter losing her job as a TV psychic, Lee Barrett has decided to volunteer her talents as an instructor at the Tabitha Trumbull Academy of the Arts-known as "The Tabby"-in her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts. ![]() ![]() ![]() The little girl billeted at Maisie s home in Kent does not, or cannot, speak, and the authorities do not know who the child belongs to or who might have put her on the Operation Pied Piper evacuee train. ![]() ![]() And as Maisie delves deeper into the killings of the dispossessed from the last war," a new kind of refugee an evacuee from London appears in Maisie's life. In a London shadowed by barrage balloons, bomb shelters and the threat of invasion, within days another former Belgian refugee is found murdered. Francesca Thomas has an urgent assignment for Maisie: to find the killer of a man who escaped occupied Belgium as a boy, some twenty-three years earlier during the Great War. At the moment Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain broadcasts to the nation Britain s declaration of war with Germany, a senior Secret Service agent breaks into Maisie Dobbs' flat to await her return. "A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs ![]() ![]() ![]() Grade 4-7 Ghost story fans have a spooky treat in store with Hahn's eerie new novel. Some scary situations, but age appropriate If you like ghost stories, give this one a try! You won't be sorry! ![]() The story was spooky, but totally age appropriate for middle grade children. The mystery unraveled just at the right speed to keep me reading, and wondering up until the very end. The ghost story is creepy, but not overly scary. Just an enjoyable, eerie, afternoon read. It was the perfect combination of ghost story and mystery. Wait Til Helen Comes is a fabulously spooky middle grade ghost story. Will anybody listen to Molly about the ghost before it's too late?Īfter a lackluster experience with Hahn's The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall, I decided to try another of her stories. When Heather starts threatening that the ghost is going to come and make them all pay, Molly realizes she has to protect her step-sister. But, instead, Molly gets in trouble for scaring Heather with ghost stories. Molly tries to tell everyone that Heather is in danger when she overhears her step-sister talking to someone in the cemetery. When they move to live in an old church in rural Maryland, Heather is drawn to the nearby old cemetery and a dilapidated, burnt-out old house. Since their mother married Heather's father, Dave, it seems all the 7-year old girl has done is try to cause trouble. Molly and Michael are trying their best to like their new step-sister, Heather. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence![]() ![]() ![]() A rousing debut that may inspire readers to acquaint themselves with Stevenson’s works. He also includes well-defined characters, from greedy and black-hearted murderers to noble youngsters, and a powerfully charming man who may or may not be a friend. Lawrence stirs up all the essential elements: page-turning prose, ghostly legends, grisly danger, a storm-tossed coast, and a rousing lightning-lit finale. When John discovers that his father is alive and held prisoner, he must try to rescue him without knowing who can be trusted to help. Hunted by the ruthless wreckers, he is protected by Simon Mawgan, whom he believes to be their secret leader, and befriended by Mawgan’s niece, Mary. John, who was sailing home after his first trading voyage with his merchant father, is apparently the only survivor. ![]() Lawrence’s first novel opens in 1799 a storm rages and a ship is lured onto the rocky Cornwall coast by those who live off the plunder of wrecked ships. Although it lacks the epochal resonance of the 19th-century adventure yarns-e.g., Treasure Island-that inspired it, this old- fashioned thriller has enough action, plot twists, and eerie melodrama to satisfy young enthusiasts of the genre. ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments 1957 ray bradbury novel![]() The author's second novel, "a bucolic evocation of of Bradbury's youth through rose-colored glasses. Dustjacket is price-clipped, showing mild wear to crown, and some light dust-soil to rear panel and on verso Near Fine. ![]() Inscribed by the author to his fine press publisher Herb Yellin on the front endpaper: "For Herb - This "Dandelion Wine" from the vintner himself - Ray Bradbury." Spine ends a little pushed, upper right corner of front board gently tapped (though still sharp), with subtle offsetting from jacket flaps onto endpapers Near Fine, with the topstain bright and unfaded. Octavo (21.5cm) yellow cloth, with titles stamped in gilt and light blue on spine yellow topstain dustjacket ,11-281,pp. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Taking form seriously in discussions of minority literature, the book examines key genres associated with the slave narrative: sentimentalism, the gothic, satire, ventriloquism, and the bildungsroman. ![]() Exploring the ethics and aesthetics of globalism, the book forwards alternative conceptions of human rights, showing that the revival and proliferation of slave narratives offers not just a chance to rethink the legacy of slavery itself, but also to assess its ongoing relation to race and the human. To fathom forms of freedom and bondage today – from unlawful detention to sex trafficking to the refugee crisis to genocide – this project reads a vast range of contemporary literature, showing how the literary forms used to tell these stories derive from the antebellum genre of the slave narrative. Runaway Genres: The Global Afterlives of Slavery tracks the emergence of slavery as the defining template through which current forms of human rights abuses are understood. ![]() |