5/9/2023 0 Comments Captive Rose by Miriam Minger![]() Miriam Minger's most enticing romance to date." - Romantic Times "Miriam Minger is a master storyteller who illustrates the full gamut of emotions felt by her characters. ![]() ![]() Yet, even in her fury, she is drawn to this man of unexpected tenderness and awakened to a raw, sensual power that will carry them both on a tumultuous journey into adventure, danger, and love. "Captive Rose is exotic, erotic, yet as delicate as a desert rose. To Leila, the Crusader is a savage barbarian who ravaged her adopted homeland and ruthlessly carried her away to serve his own purposes. Never did he imagine that his damsel in distress would become a hot-blooded temptress who would torment his days and nights with every move of her innocent young form. She is Leila, a raven-haired English beauty kidnapped in infancy, schooled in medicine by the wealthy physician who adopted her.and trained in the sensual delights of the harem. Yet he couldn't leave Damascus without rescuing the lovely violet-eyed "slave girl" who had saved his life by tenderly caring for his battle wounds. ![]() ***Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist for Best Historical Romance*** With the sheer strength of his muscular body, Crusader Guy de Warenne overpowered his captors and fled the hell-hole of the Syrian prison. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Expectation became fixed on 22 October 1844. Signs in the heavens were reported: a meteoric shower, strange rings around the sun, crosses in the sky, a great comet at high noon that for days ominously overhead. ![]() Interesting note in the SFoEAP volume - contemporaneous to the writing of "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion", a Father Miller in 1831 created a great uproar, predicting the end of the world in 1843 (subsequently shifted to 1844):Īt least 120 camp meetings were held during the summer months of 1842-1844 with an estimated attendance of half a million. what area of letters didn't Edgar stand on its head? Horror, science fiction, detective fiction, journalism. This is definitely a lesser work, but reading this story in The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe brought to my attention the great influence Poe had on folks like Jules Verne, who would go on to set the science fiction paradigm. Well, I suppose that taken in the context of the exciting time it was written, when scientific advances in all fields were revolutionizing modern society, it was inevitable that a ground breaker like Poe would attempt to use scientific principles to explain away biblical prophecy. ![]() ![]() James Walker is a writer who specialises in the fiction of Nottingham. He died in 2010 after writing over 70 works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and children’s stories. He took up writing, living in France and Spain where he began writing Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. ![]() Sillitoe’s writing celebrates the working-class spirit of Arthur, and is a vital, alive depiction of the Nottingham streets in which he lives.Īlan Sillitoe was born in Nottingham in 1928. The novel follows Arthur Seaton, a rebellious young factory worker who works all week so he can spend the weekends drinking a fraternising with married women. ![]() In this episode, we talk to writer James Walker about Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe. This podcast, by the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, explores the novels on Burgess's list with the help of writers, critics and other special guests. ![]() ![]() The list is typically idiosyncratic, and shows the breadth of Burgess's interest in fiction. In 1984, Anthony Burgess published Ninety-Nine Novels, a selection of his favourite novels in English since 1939. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Solomon northup descendants![]() When Solomon protests his captivity and asserts his right to freedom, Burch responds by beating him into submission and threatening to kill him if he ever mentions his freedom again. Burch, a brutal slave trader in Washington, D.C. This second period of 12 Years a Slave, told in Chapters III–VI, relates how Solomon finds himself a prisoner in the slave pen of James H. When he woke up, Solomon Northup was alone, chained in darkness. On his way to see a doctor, he passed out. ![]() Unsuspecting, he joined them in their travels and in Washington, D.C., after a day of unusual revelry and drinking, became terribly ill. In 1841, Solomon met two white men who offered him lucrative work with a circus-if he would travel with them to Washington, D.C. Solomon worked in many trades, including farming, lumberjacking, and performing on the violin, while Anne earned money as a cook. At age 21, he married Anne Hampton, and they settled down to raise a family. Additionally, he learned to play the violin, a skill that would be both a blessing and curse to him in coming years. ![]() He grew up working on a farm at his father’s side, and also was educated to a degree of competence in reading and writing. Born in July 1808, he was the son of an emancipated slave. In Chapters I and II, Northup tells of his life as a free black man living in upstate New York. 12 Years a Slave covers five primary periods in Solomon Northup’s life: ![]() ![]() ![]() Sutcliff's early schooling was constantly interrupted by moving house and her illness. Due to her chronic illness, Sutcliff spent most of her time with her mother from whom she learned many of the Celtic and Saxon legends that she would later expand into works of historical fiction. ![]() She was affected by Still's disease when she was very young, and used a wheelchair most of her life. She spent her childhood in Malta and various naval bases where her father, a Royal Navy officer, was stationed. Sutcliff was born 14 December 1920 to George Ernest Sutcliff and his wife Nessie Elizabeth, née Lawton, in East Clandon, Surrey. In a 1986 interview she said, "I would claim that my books are for children of all ages, from nine to ninety." įor her contribution as a children's writer Sutcliff was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1974. Although she was primarily a children's author, some of her novels were specifically written for adults. Rosemary Sutcliff CBE (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends. ![]() 5/9/2023 0 Comments Goodnight june by sarah jio![]() ![]() bad parenting, discovering love, learning to forgive, and keeping long held secrets are at the heart of this lovely book. Sarah Jio - 'The New York Times bestselling author of Blackberry Winter imagines the inspiration for Goodnight Moon Goodnight Moon is an adored childhood classic, but its real origins are lost to history. In Goodnight June, Sarah Jio offers a suspenseful and heartfelt take on how the great green room might have come to be.June Andersen is professionally. I loved the hidden letters and I only wish we all had an Aunt Ruby in our lives.įinding your individual course of happiness, good vs. The New York Times bestselling author of Blackberry Winter imagines the inspiration for Goodnight Moon Goodnight. The diminished relationships of sisters were ever present in the book and made me want to pick up the phone just to hear my sister’s voice, which I did of course, several times. Seriously people…what reader doesn’t love a book about saving a bookstore? ![]() ![]() Sarah Jio does a great job weaving the storylines together while keeping the reader in suspense as to the fate of the beloved bookstore. It was equally comforting to read both the epistolary segments between Margaret Wise Brown and Ruby as well as the current day struggles of the main protagonist, June. I’m not sure if was the timing in which I read this book, but it definitely fell onto my plate just when I needed it. Goodnight June read like my own bedtime story: rich in imagination, a good story line, characters I loved and honors a childhood classic I hold dear to my heart, Goodnight Moon. ![]() ![]() She finally comes around and decides to go to work. Contracts need signing and she’s the only one with any legal authority, but hey, not her problem. She decides the best thing to do is ignore the team completely as she knows nothing about football. She gets to keep the team if, and only if, the league basement Chicago Stars make the AFC championships this year. Phoebe, a girl abused in her youth that has no real connections to her family, was left her father’s football team in his will. ![]() Is this one of those pre-enlightenment books I’ve heard about where the guy is an asshole, the girl is a pushover, and the plot is maddening? ![]() I can see why many people like this book but I have to wonder if it’s a generational thing. So why is Dan drawn to the shameless sexpot like a heat-seeking missile? And why does the coach’s good ol’ boy charm leave cosmopolitan Phoebe feeling awkward, tongue-tied…and ready to fight? And the sexy new boss is everything Dan despises-a meddling bimbo who doesn’t know a pigskin from a pitcher’s mound. ![]() And Phoebe is definitely not ready for the Stars’ head coach, former gridiron legend Dan Calebow, a sexist jock taskmaster with a one-track mind. The Windy City isn’t quite ready for Phoebe Somerville-the outrageous, curvaceous New York knockout who has just inherited the Chicago Stars football team. ![]() 5/8/2023 0 Comments Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir![]() ![]() Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.Īnd thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance. ![]() His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.Īll he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish.Įxcept that right now, he doesn't know that. Number-One Audible and New York Times Audio Best SellerĪ lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Martian. ![]() Winner of the 2022 Audie Awards' Audiobook of the Year ![]() 5/8/2023 0 Comments The lone man jane harper![]() ![]() Dead at the grave is Cameron - clearly died of dehydration in the punishing desert sand. An urban legend among the small community. They travel out to the middle of nowhere where a lone grave stands. One morning Nathan and his son Xander get the call that Cameron is dead. Bub has never married but lives with Cameron’s family and their Mother on the ranch. ![]() Cameron married a traveler, Ilse and they had two young girls. Nathan moved next door to his own cattle ranch with his now ex-wife Jacqui and they had a son, Xander. Nathan Bright, Cameron Bright, and Bub Bright are three brothers that have grown up among their cattle ranch. As always there will be spoilers so if you haven’t read this book yet, please go do it, it’s fucking incredible. ![]() ![]() The Lost Man is a whole new set of characters set in the punishing outback of Australia. But at least her most recent story was probably the best one yet. YOU GUYS! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?! I’m devastated that I have to wait who knows how long. I’m so sad to write this, it’s breaking my heart….because I’ve finished Jane Harper’s most recent book and now I have nothing left of hers to read. ![]() ![]() They’ll join a team of dragons, Fae gamblers and thieves, so their greatest challenge may be one another. But in return for the book, they must steal a painting from twenty-first-century Vienna. This is held by Mr Nemo, secretive Fae villain and antique dealer, so Irene and Kai travel to his Caribbean retreat to strike a deal. The world where she grew up is in danger and only one book can save it. ![]() Or they must risk the wrath of a dangerous villain, in his secret island lair.Īs Irene tries to manage a fraught Fae–dragon truce and her overbearing parents, she’s given a hot new mission. Irene and Kai have to team up with an unlikely band of misfits to pull off an amazing art heist. ![]() ![]() The Secret Chapter is the sixth novel in Genevieve Cogman’s Invisible Library series. Imagine Ocean’s Eleven meets James Bond with a pinch of magic. In this bookish fantasy adventure, a Librarian spy must fall in with a villainous group to achieve her goals. ![]() |