![]() Clever details (Duff and his goats eat popcorn on the sidelines as they watch the PIB do her thing) and short manageable sentences make for a promising, and sure to be wildly popular, new series debut. Pham's watercolor-and-ink illustrations, rendered in the style of the Disney classics, effectively contrast Magnolia's identities and emphasize the text's humor. ![]() Action, clever humor, delightful illustrations and expectation-defying secret identities-when does the next one come out? -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The authors of "Rapunzel's Revenge" and "Calamity Jack," writing here for a slightly younger audience, successfully turn the treacly princess genre on its ear, offering beginning readers a clever, adventurous, and self-reliant heroine who is equally at home in black or pink. The large print and illustrations expand the book to a longish-yet-manageable length, giving newly independent readers a sense of accomplishment. ![]() ![]() The gently ironic text will amuse readers (including adults reading the book aloud). The rounded, cartoony illustrations featuring chubby characters keep the fight sequence soft and comical. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Agent: Natanya Wheeler, Nancy Yost Literary. Malcom’s List, the popularity of diverse historical romance is clear McAvoy’s addition to this growing genre comes right on time. And, between the Bridgerton TV series and the forthcoming film adaptation of Mr. ![]() The melodramatic appeal of their romance is marred slightly by inconsistent pacing and some awkward language, but readers will easily fall in love with the protagonists. Now widowed, he is prepared to do whatever it takes to win her back-but his family secrets put them both in danger. Though he’s only ever loved Aphrodite, circumstances forced him to jilt her all those years ago. ![]() McAvoy - diteur Quercus - Format ePub - Librairie. ![]() Evander Eagleman carries the responsibility of his dukedom-and all the family secrets that come with it-on his back. Retrouvez lebook Aphrodite and the Duke - The perfect Regency romance that will steal your heart de J.J. Though she was the belle of her own first season, a broken betrothal left her both heartbroken and scandalized and she’s been hiding from society ever since. Aphrodite Du Bell returns to London for her sister’s first season. From the beginning, this dramatic and diverting second chance romance from McAvoy ( My Sunrise Sunset Paramour) makes clear that it’s set in an alternate Regency England where race is not a factor in class and racial prejudice does not exist. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lynette Eason keeps getting better with each new novel, and fans of her work will absolutely love the start to this new series. . . . I am falling more and more in love with her writing as she releases each new book. Readers who enjoy the combination of faith and romantic suspense will be thrilled with Eason’s latest, the first in the Danger Never Sleeps series, which introduces a fascinating cast of characters who will surely populate forthcoming sequels. ![]() Interviews and Reviews Praise for Collateral DamageĮason remains a force in action-packed inspirational fiction with this excellently paced, heartening tale. Eason never disappoints me and Acceptable Risk is no exception. . . You won’t want to miss this one."īuckle up, folks, because you are going on a wild roller-coaster ride, and you’ll probably not put this book down until you are done. ![]() " Acceptable Risk by Lynette Eason is another can’t-put-down suspense thriller. Readers will be kept on the edge of their seats. More Than a Review Praise for Acceptable Risk " Active Defense by Lynette Eason proves once again that she is at the top of her game in Christian romantic suspense." " Active Defense by Lynette Eason is a riveting romance, full of character development and edge-of-your-seat moments. . . . ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OL12000570W Page_number_confidence 96.24 Pages 188 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.19 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200711060841 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 862 Scandate 20200630234837 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781892213594 Tts_version 4. Thailand largest bookstore offering books, magazines, music, CD, Manga and much more. 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She had been cared for and loved her entire life had come to expect it. But what they find is that there are more important things than just survival. At nineteen, she realized she’d been protected from all of life’s hardships. Kim Teel has had a hard life, at least she thought she had, until her parents were suddenly killed and then her sister and brother in law disappeared. Could she be what he had been searching for? She resembled a Tornian female, but was much smaller. Wray found himself drawn to the small female he’d found beaten and abused on the Ganglian ship. Could she be what they had been searching for? It was the only reason they had crossed paths with a Ganglian ship leaving Tornian space, and it was the only reason that the small female was discovered. ![]() It was the reason he agreed to meet with Liron, the Emperor of the Kaliszian Empire in Kaliszian space. If they could not find compatible females soon, their entire civilization would cease to exist. The number of compatible females was dwindling faster than anyone knew. His House has ruled the Empire ever since the great infection, which struck over five hundred years ago and he feared he would be the last. Emperor Wray Vasteri was the ruler of the Tornian Empire. ![]() ![]() ![]() The trauma of her enslaved past still obviously haunts Sethe and her surviving daughter, Denver. The excerpt comes from the opening chapter of the novel which begins detailing the family’s post-war life on 124 Bluestone Road in Cincinnati. In the novel Beloved, Morrison imagines what might have happened if defiant woman like Garner (envisioned through the character of Sethe) had survived long enough to experience freedom with her broken family in Ohio. ![]() She apparently died from typhoid in 1858. Following a dramatic fugitive slave hearing, Garner and her surviving children were then sold into Toni Morrison (Princeton) Cornered by federal marshals in Cincinnati, Garner killed one of her daughters before officials managed to stop her desperate act of resistance. Beloved (1987) is a novel based loosely on the tragic story of Margaret Garner, a runaway slave who sought freedom with her children, escaping from Kentucky to Ohio in 1856. She worked in publishing before entering academics where she taught for many years as a professor of humanities at Princeton University. Morrison was born in Ohio and graduated from Howard University. Toni Morrison (1931-2019) became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, recognizing her achievements as a leading novelist of the Black experience in the United States. Suspended between the nastiness of life and the meanness of the dead, she couldn’t get interested in leaving life or living it, let alone the fright of two creeping-off boys. ![]() ![]() ![]() Aside from the four main characters - Ellery, Ezra, Malcolm, and Mia - all the other characters are broad clichés: snobby, rich, popular girls football-player jocks who are violent bullies a rich, powerful dad. In fact, so many names are introduced in the first few chapters, it can be hard to keep track. ![]() Part of the problem is that the story has too many characters, which doesn't give McManus enough space to give them depth or make them intriguing. Unfortunately, the story unfolds too slowly and isn't exciting or tense enough. Some of the plot points provide a good look at survivor's guilt and how it can damage lives. McManus doesn't give away too much and keeps readers guessing until the end. The main characters are solid and engaging, and author Karen M. The premise of Two Can Keep a Secret is good: Two teens find themselves in the middle of a murder mystery very similar to crimes committed years earlier, and there's a good chance the killer is a town resident. This teen murder thriller commits the crime of not being very thrilling. ![]() ![]() ![]() Newlywed Leigh-Anne Pinnock sizzles in a skimpy grey bikini as she prepares to return home from Jamaica following sun-soaked wedding to Andre Gray Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup are married! Australian actress shares adorable wedding day photo as they tie the knot in the US ![]() 'She is beautiful!' 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Lily of the Nile : Dray, Stephanie: Amazon.ca: Books Manage Your Content and Devices Your Prime Video Your Amazon Drive Sign in Start here. ![]() She can’t hide the hieroglyphics that carve themselves into her hands, nor can she stop the Roman emperor from using her powers for his own ends.įaced with a new and ruthless Caesar who is obsessed with having a Cleopatra of his very own, Selene is determined to resurrect her mother’s dreams and succeed where she failed. Trapped in an empire that reviles her heritage and is suspect of her faith, Selene struggles for survival in a court of intrigue. But when Alexandria falls and her parents are forced into suicide, the once-pampered princess and her two surviving brothers are left at the mercy of their captors and dragged through the streets of Rome in chains. ![]() The extraordinary daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony seeks to reclaim her birthright in the first novel of an epic historical fiction trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of America's First Daughter.įrom the first breath of her life, young Princess Selene understands herself to be a cherished daughter and the future queen of Egypt. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He sparks a spectrum of emotions in viewers, making us laugh, cry, and celebrate in unison with the characters on screen. Keanu infuses his characters with a vibrancy that feels tangible. They usher us into fantastical worlds where ordinary life fades into the extraordinary. This excitement, this sense of imminent adventure, is what his films invoke. ![]() Imagine this scene: You’re in a dimly lit cinema, anticipatory energy buzzing as you await the start of a movie. Related: Top 10 Richest Actors in the World Keanu’s ability to effortlessly blend talent and charisma, all while embodying a mysterious allure, had my heart pounding as if I were Neo, evading bullets. I recall being a teenager and experiencing his magnetic performance in “ The Matrix” for the first time. Keanu Reeves‘s films are well-known for their thrilling and captivating nature. ![]() |