NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR When Truman's dark past collides with his future, his loyalties will be tested, and he'll be faced with his toughest decision yet. But Gemma has a way of slithering into people's lives and eventually she pierces through his ironclad heart. He's never needed help in his life, and when beautiful Gemma Wright tries to step in, he's less than accepting. Truman's hard, he's secretive, and he's trying to save a brother who's even more broken than he is. When he's finally released, the life he knew is turned upside down by his mother's overdose, and Truman steps in to raise the children she's left behind. There's nothing Truman Gritt won't do to protect his family-Including spending years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. He wore the skin of a killer, and bore the heart of a lover. Imagine falling in love with a man, then finding out he was a killer.TRU BLUE is a sexy, dark stand-alone novel written in the same loving, raw, and emotional voice romance readers have come to love, and the deeply emotional literary prose women's fiction readers have come to expect, from New York Times & USA Today bestselling, award-winning author Melissa Foster.
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The narrative back and forth between the two leads is well-played, bringing the tensions of the past to the surface and setting the stage for the unfolding drama. Likewise, both Reef and Leeza are reintroduced on their own before their romance is rekindled. For her part, Leeza is torn between loyalty to her mother’s wishes and her feelings for Reef.Īker eases readers into the narrative by gently weaving the backstory of the earlier novel into the first few chapters. Despite the peace bond imposed on him by Leeza’s mother, and under the watchful eye of both the media and a political opportunist, the now adult and reformed Reef finds his thoughts – and his feet – returning to the girl he harmed and then helped to heal. In the sequel, Reef, after two years in Calgary, is back in Halifax for the funeral of his former social worker and mentor. As part of his community service, Reef is assigned to her hospital ward – where the two fall in love, each unaware of the other’s identity and their connection. In Don Aker’s 2004 novel, The First Stone, Halifax teenager Reef Kennedy serves time as a young offender after throwing a rock from an overpass and wounding a young girl named Leeza. The layouts of the rectangular panels are fairly conventional, but there’s a striking contrast between the dull red, blues, and browns of Abel’s impoverished and desolate Mars and the vivid colors of the hover derby players’ uniforms. Abel ( La Perdida) designs a complex world at the intersection of class (and planetary) exploitation, spectator sports, and xenophobia without allowing the setting to become overly complicated. Mars teenager Patricia “Trish Trash” Nupindju is obsessed with the sport of hover derby forsaking her responsibilities at home and at school, Trish indentures herself to the local team as an intern, which turns out to be thankless and demanding work. They are a vicious group who will do anything to woo the young, malleable, and extremely powerful neophyte, including commit murder-and frame Paige for the crime. For this girl is being pursued by a dark faction of the supernatural underworld. But even Paige's wildest antics can't hold a candle to those of her new charge-an orphan who is all too willing to use her budding powers for evil.and evil is all too willing to claim her. Now that she is twenty-three and her mother is dead, the Elders can no longer deny her. Paige Winterbourne was always either too young or too rebellious to succeed her mother as leader of one of the world's most powerful elite organizations-the American Coven of Witches. FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BITTEN -NOW A SYFY SERIES From one of today's most original writers comes the mesmerizing tale of an exceptional young woman caught up in an otherworldly realm where some will stop at nothing to get what they want. The group included her once close friend, the popular Kaycee Mitchell, who disappeared during their senior year, shortly after the teens in the clique came down with a mysterious illness. As a teen, Abby was the target of a mean-girls clique that constantly and, at times, sadistically, bullied her. Since then, her only contact with the town has been her sporadic calls to her abusive, reclusive father. One could easily see Ritter playing the part of her heroine, Chicago lawyer Abby Williams, whose return to Barrens, Indiana, brings back the bad memories and fears she had growing up there.Ībby left Barrens a decade ago, right after high school graduation. "Bonfire" (Crown Archetype), by Krysten RitterĪs an actress, Krysten Ritter has been building a solid career playing characters on the edge - the doomed Jane in "Breaking Bad," the lead in "Don't Trust the B- in Apartment 23" and especially her role in "Jessica Jones" and the same role in "The Defenders."Īs an author, Ritter brings that same unconventional, edgy approach to her engrossing suspense novel, "Bonfire." Deliciously moody with a noirish undertone, "Bonfire" ignites a first-rate mystery resplendent with shadowy scenery, a tight plot and a lead character that is both fragile and strong. If I were a producer, I would hire security to keep him away from my opening nights or any other nights. He is currently back in London as drama critic for the Spectator. Young went on to fail sensationally as a writer for Vanity Fair and as a Hollywood screenwriter. The magazine ended in tabloid headlines after Young shut it down and traded savage insults with his co-editor, the equally famous Julie Burchill, who had left her husband and announced she was a lesbian. He first came to fame in the early '90s as co-editor of Modern Review, a British magazine devoted to fierce criticism of everything but itself. He is much more preposterous than "Sidney Young," the hero of this film, which is based on Toby's memoir. I have been a follower of the real Toby Young for years. But it could fairly claim to be "inspired by real events so much more outrageous than anything in this movie that you wouldn't believe it." I can't remember if "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" even makes that particular claim. When a film begins with the proud claim that it was "inspired by real events," the word inspired usually translates as heavily rewritten from. Now, another secret crouches, poised to change everything. With the Wild Hunt as our guard, he points us back to where it all began: the village of Mistfell and the boundary where the Veil once shimmered in the wind. His intentions are a mystery, his desires impure, and he seeks to shackle me to his side for all eternity. The legend we only speak of with hushed words, in shuttered rooms, for fear of drawing his wrath once again. Then, I discovered the truth of who he is.Ĭaldris is whispered in the Nothrek wind. But Caelum’s true identity is terrifying enough to bring me to my knees. He consumed my mind and my body, then finally claimed my heart for himself. He enraptured me with his smooth temptation, leaving no corner of my being untouched. Once, I fell in love with a man who deceived me.įor weeks, he stood by my side, twisting his words into pretty half-truths. Names, characters, organisations, dialogue and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, firms, events or locales is coincidental or used for fictional purposes. This is a work of fiction, though it may refer to some real events or people. We welcome your support of the author’s rights, so please only buy authorised editions. PanteraPress, the three-slashed colophon device, great storytelling, good books doing good things, a great new home for Australia’s next generation of best-loved authors, WHY vs WHY, and making sense of everything are trademarks of Pantera Press Pty Limited. Lynette Noni has asserted her moral rights to be identified as the author of this work.ĭesign and typography copyright © Pantera Press Pty Limited, 2017 This book is copyright, and all rights are reserved. First published in 2017 by Pantera Press Pty Limited The interplay between the Medici family, the French invasions of Italy and the near constant conflict between Pisa and Florence also comes into play here, but the much stronger underlying spirit of the book is one of pride, honor and love.Īs an Art History student during my undergrad years, I briefly met these artists, learned about the zeitgeist that surrounded their genius and of course, the art itself. The book is a fictional rendition of Florentine life between the years 15, the time during which Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarotti were both in Florence, each working on creating the respective masterpiece that would later immortalize them for future generations.Īs backdrop to the tumultuous lives of these two artists, history provides us with some of the most eventful years in Italy’s colorful past: the ascension of Pope Alexander VI, better known as the Borgia Pope, and consequently the ravaging of the Italian city-state system by the Spanish Pope’s son, Cesare Borgia, leading the Papal armies. Last week I read Oil and Marble by Stephanie Storey. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance. In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. A collection of essays, songs, illustrations, and interviews about activism and hope, How I Resist features an all-star group of contributors, including, John Paul Brammer, Libba Bray, Lauren Duca, Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita, Alex Gino, Hebh Jamal, Malinda Lo, Dylan Marron, Hamilton star Javier Muñoz, Rosie O'Donnell, Junauda Petrus, Jodi Picoult, Jason Reynolds, Karuna Riazi, Maya Rupert, Dana Schwartz, Dan Sinker, Ali Stroker, Jonny Sun (aka Sabaa Tahir, Shaina Taub, Daniel Watts, Jennifer Weiner, Jacqueline Woodson, and more, all edited and compiled by New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson. To show readers that they are not helpless, and that anyone can be the change. How I Resist is the response, and a way to start the conversation. They're ready to stand up and be heard - but with much to shout about, where they do they begin? What can I do? How can I help? Now, more than ever, young people are motivated to make a difference in a world they're bound to inherit. |