![]() ![]() He’s not the corporate shark who believes in winning at all costs he’s the frightened lover trying to keep the man he cares for from self-destructing in his own valor. When a police detective is abducted – and Jackson and Ellery hold the key to finding her – Ellery finds out exactly what he’s made of. Jackson gets away, but the fallout from the encounter might kill him. Hurt in a scuffle with drug-dealing squatters and trying damned hard not to grieve for a childhood spent in hell, Jackson is weak and vulnerable when Owens strikes. When Owens starts going after people Jackson knows, Ellery’s instincts hit red alert. ![]() ![]() Jackson and Ellery have been trying to track down Tim Owens since Jackson got out of the hospital, but Owens’ time as a member of the department makes the DA reluctant to turn over any stones. Not only is Jackson still suffering from his wounds, the trigger-man remains at large – and the body count is mounting. Two months ago, Jackson Rivers got shot while trying to save Ellery Cramer’s life. They must work together to stop a psychopath – and save each other. This title may be downloaded from Audible via Amazon ![]()
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![]() ![]() He also teaches Cartoon Drawing and Illustration workshops at the De Vita Academy of Art. In 2020 Angel's first author/illustrated children's book Alphabet Amigos was published by Vinal Publishing Inc.Īngel teaches Digital Art and Animation at North Broward Preparatory School in Coconut Creek, FL. In 2015, he was selected by Simon and Schuster Art Director as the first place Florida SCBWI rising kite winner in illustration. ![]() He now specializes in children’s illustration his work reflects an interest in visual storytelling and humorous characters. Angel attained his Masters in Fine Arts in Illustration through the Prestigious University of Hartford program. His artistic abilities were recognized early on and Angel was admitted to one of the top ranked art magnet programs in the nation Design and Architecture Senior High. ![]() The son of immigrant parents, his first language was Spanish, growing up in a large Hispanic community. ![]() Born and raised in South Florida, Angel began drawing at an early age influenced by animated features, Saturday morning cartoons and Sunday comic strips. ![]() ![]() The problem is not with the writing or the characters that Stevenson has created it’s not even with the plot. It’s one I’m a little embarrassed to admit. Someone recently asked me what review I enjoyed writing the most, and, well, this is it: Fraser terms it 'an utterly original book' and goes on to write: 'There will always be a place for stories like Treasure Island that can keep boys and old men happy.' ![]() Chesterton, 'the realization of an ideal, that which is promised in its provocative and beckoning map a vision not only of white skeletons but also green palm trees and sapphire seas.' G. Designed to forever kindle a dream of high romance and distant horizons, Treasure Island is, in the words of G. It is the villainy of that most ambiguous rogue Long John Silver that sets the tempo of this tale of treachery, greed, and daring. ![]() Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of both action and atmosphere, the story centers upon the conflict between good and evil - but in this case a particularly engaging form of evil. ![]() From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the novel creates scenes and characters that have fired the imaginations of generations of readers. "For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. ![]() ![]() When Giulia's involvement with him ends with his murder, she's drawn into a treacherous web of espionage and deceit involving the forces of Rome, Naples, and a man known as Lorenzo the Magnificent. She accepts the job and begins smuggling his talismans throughout the city.īut the talismans are not what they seem, and neither is the Magician. But his identity is secret-he is known only as the Magician of Florence-and he is in need of an assistant. The man claims to be a cabalist, a student of Jewish mysticism and ritual magic, who works for the most powerful families in Florence. Now, after spending two years as a successful pickpocket, an old man catches her about to make off with his purse, and rather than having her carted off to prison he offers her a business proposition. She chose neither, and after refusing an elderly suitor, Giulia escaped onto the streets of Florence. Raised in Florence's famous Ospedale degli Innocenti, her probing questions and insubordinate behavior made her an unwelcome presence, and at the age of fifteen, she was given an awful choice: become a nun, or be married off to a man she didn't love. In this irresistible historical novel set in the turbulent world of the Medicis, a young woman finds herself driven from pick-pocketing to espionage when she meets a mysterious man. ![]() ![]() This biography delves into the character of the remarkable woman whose life story provided much of the material and inspiration for her fiction.īorn Mary Annette Beauchamp in Sydney, Australia, she was brought up in London. Known today as Elizabeth von Arnim, this author’s most famous novel now is probably The Enchanted April (1922), but modern readers will appreciate the lively approach and relevance of all her work. With their unique humour and brand of rebellious feminism, these won high critical praise and gained a wide readership across the world. Writing as ‘Elizabeth’, she immediately became a literary celebrity and went on to publish twenty more eagerly anticipated novels. Her first best-selling work of fiction, Elizabeth and her German Garden (1898), launched a long and distinguished writing career. Jennifer Walker’s recent biography of the author Elizabeth von Arnim (1866 – 1941) provides a fascinating and comprehensive introduction to this writer and her entertaining novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But it is Accra that eventually wins Afi’s heart and gives her a life of independence that she never could have imagined for herself.Ī brilliant scholar and a fierce advocate for women’s rights, author Peace Adzo Medie infuses her debut novel with intelligence and humour. It turns out that he is in love with another woman, whom his family disapproves of Afi is supposed to win him back on their behalf. He sends a stand-in to his own wedding, and only weeks after Afi is married and installed in a plush apartment in the capital city of Accra does she meet her new husband. She acquiesces but soon realizes that Elikem is not quite the catch he seemed. Then one day she is offered a life-changing opportunity-a proposal of marriage from the wealthy family of Elikem Ganyo, a man she doesn’t truly know. ![]() She lives in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother, spending much of her time in her uncle Pious’s house with his many wives and children. “Elikem married me in absentia he did not come to our wedding.”Īfi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly. ![]() ![]() There was little to do,” and so they decide to cut their honeymoon short and return home.īut this is only the beginning of Effie and Henry’s journey in Chip Cheek’s exquisitely-paced, erotically-charged debut novel, Cape May. Instead of offering a romantic escape from their provincial upbringing in Georgia of the late 1950s, Cape May leaves the couple feeling lonely, depressed, and uncertain - they do not seem to possess the language to express what they want, or how they want it, sexually or otherwise: “The days were long. Both are virgins and, as we soon learn, practically strangers to themselves as well as to each other, stumbling over their bodies to have sex for the first time. It is September: the off-season, and the young newlyweds from Georgia find the beach town all but deserted. ![]() When Henry and Effie first arrive at Cape May, New Jersey, they are almost immediately disappointed. ![]() ![]() ![]() Twin stories so gripping you will believe history itself can be rewritten. ![]() "A young Tsarina traveling towards tragedy and an aging Grand Duchess penniless and betrayed. Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours Ariel Lawhon unfolds a complicated story with skill, style, and compassion." Every view is tantalizing, surprising, compelling, and utterly fascinating. The doors swish open here, then there, scenes sometimes racing by, sometimes drifting far into the mysterious lives of Anastasia Romanov and Anna Anderson. "I Was Anastasia is a wild train trip through time. Are we who we say we are, or who others believe us to be? It's a question that lingers long after the final page." " effortless, eloquent prose transports the reader via a dramatic, suspenseful and satisfying work of historical fiction.Lawhon brilliantly employs an inventive and non-linear dual narrative to tell the tale of how Anastasia would become Anna Anderson, or, perhaps, how Anna became Anastasia.In the end, what Lawhon does so convincingly is shake up our notion of identity. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She was able to wrest control of the company in the end, but she didn’t redeem herself to me. She HAD plans to improve the conditions of the workers, but it just didn’t come to fruition because she was just not that believable as a leader. She didn’t even try to find ways to improve the mine. One of the things that I expected her to do was rise up and take over her father’s company, but she didn’t. Sure, she was a spoiled rich socialite, but she was grated on my nerves. One of the main reasons I didn’t like this book is because of the heroine, Lillian Davies was just so unlikeable. ![]() I think I even skimmed the last few pages. As much as I want to love it, I just couldn’t. Unfortunately, Mogul didn’t live up to my expectations. In fact, I rated Baron 5 hearts, it was that good. Where do I start with Mogul? This book was honestly one of my most anticipated reads for 2017, especially after I read Baron and absolutely LOVED it. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.ĭon’t want to read the whole review? Click to jump to the Skinny Review. I received this book for free from the Publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. ![]() ![]() ![]() *This hardcover edition includes the bonus short story, Royally Marooned, for the first time in print. ![]() or the man who gets to love Olivia forever. ![]() In the end, Nicholas has to decide who he is and, more importantly, who he wants to be: a King. ![]() Nicholas grew up with the whole world watching, and now Marriage Watch is in full force. While they've traded in horse drawn carriages for Rolls Royces and haven't chopped anyone's head off lately―the royals are far from accepting of this commoner. Royally Screwed by Emma Chase - Nicholas Arthur Frederick Edward Pembrook, Crowned Prince of Wessco, a.k.a. Nicholas wants to find out if she tastes as good as her pie, and this heir apparent is used to getting what he wants.ĭating a prince isn't what waitress Olivia Hammond ever imagined it would be.There's a disapproving queen, a wildly inappropriate spare heir, relentless paparazzi, and brutal public scrutiny. Then, one snowy night in Manhattan, the prince meets a dark haired beauty who doesn't bow down. Nicholas Arthur Frederick Edward Pembrook, Crown Prince of Wessco, aka "His Royal Hotness," is wickedly charming, devastatingly handsome, and unabashedly arrogant―hard not to be when people are constantly bowing down to you. Emma Chase is known for writing steamy, compulsively readable contemporary romance novels (including her Tangled series and her Legal Briefs series), but her. "Passion, pleasure, and princely responsibilities make this sexy fairy tale a real page turner." -Audrey Carlan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Calendar Girl ![]() |