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724 tulosta hakusanalla Jenn Bailey
Living her life is like driving by a car crash. It may be a mess, but it attracts attention.Meet June Violet. At 21, she is thoroughly jaded. She exists in a world of materialistic posers. Her college classes are uninspiring, her job in the film industry sucks and her dating prospects are laughable. To maintain sanity, Violet relies on her friends and her wicked sense of humor. Having recently moved home from an apartment shared with another party girl, she goes through the motions of trying to have a good time. From clubs to bars to weekend trips and bad dates, Violet's life becomes a series of drunken nights and hazy days. But after an eviction notice from her parents and a business trip that ends in disaster, Violet's coolness is shaken. She has what it takes to be a success. So why isn't she happy?
"Rolled, silver white hair created a halo about the woman's head. The lamplight cast oblique shadows on her delicate, high cheekbones. Above the cheekbones, her eyes were ice blue and steady, belying the eighty years of this statuesque woman. Her demeanor exhibited and commanded an aura of aristocracy. Kathleen's throat tightened and felt dry. She trembled slightly as she spoke. She was a reasonably intelligent, thirty-eight-year-old woman quite capable of comprehending all that had been depicted and yet, the shocking concept of the old woman's claim was loathsome and incredulous. Acceptance of such cruel allegations against her grandmother, whom she so admired, was totally denied." In this emotionally charged family saga, Kathleen is shocked to learn of her grandmother's wicked past from her Great Aunt Rose. As if the shocking revelations aren't hard enough for Kathleen to deal with, she is forced to make a decision that will determine the course of her future.
"Rolled, silver white hair created a halo about the woman's head. The lamplight cast oblique shadows on her delicate, high cheekbones. Above the cheekbones, her eyes were ice blue and steady, belying the eighty years of this statuesque woman. Her demeanor exhibited and commanded an aura of aristocracy. Kathleen's throat tightened and felt dry. She trembled slightly as she spoke. She was a reasonably intelligent, thirty-eight-year-old woman quite capable of comprehending all that had been depicted and yet, the shocking concept of the old woman's claim was loathsome and incredulous. Acceptance of such cruel allegations against her grandmother, whom she so admired, was totally denied." In this emotionally charged family saga, Kathleen is shocked to learn of her grandmother's wicked past from her Great Aunt Rose. As if the shocking revelations aren't hard enough for Kathleen to deal with, she is forced to make a decision that will determine the course of her future.
Welcome to Watercolour CoveLife on top of the mountain is simple for the two Hill brothers. While Matthew will one day take over the family's banana plantation, young David, an aspiring artist, dreams of becoming the next Pro Hart, and marrying the teasing and tantalisingly pretty Tilly from next door. But in the winter of '79, tragedy strikes, starting a chain reaction that will ruin lives for decades to come.Those who can, escape the Greenhill plantation. One stays-trapped on the mountain and haunted by memories and lost hopes.That is until thirty-five years later when a curious young woman arrives in Watercolour Cove to show everyone: the truth can heal, what's wrong can be righted, the lost can be found, and . . . there's another side to every story.
A story about the choices we make, the connections that matter, the secrets we keep, and the power of a wish.Dandelion House, 1974Two teenage girls--strangers--make a pact to keep a secret.Calingarry Crossing, 2014For forty years, Beth and her mum have been everything to each other, but Beth is blind-sided when her mother dies, and her last wish is to have her ashes spread in a small-town cemetery.On the outskirts of Calingarry Crossing, when Beth comes across a place called Dandelion House Retreat, her first thought is how appealing the name sounds. With her stage career waning, and struggling to see a future without her mum, her marriage, and her child, she hopes it's a place where she can begin to heal.After meeting Tom, a local cattleman, Beth is intrigued by his stories of the cursed, century-old river house and its reclusive owner, Gypsy. The more Beth learns, however, the more she questions her mother's wishes.When meeting Beth leads Tom to uncover his family's disturbing connection to the old house, he must decide if the truth will help a grieving daughter or hurt her more. Should Dandelion House keep its last, long-held secret? From the author of HOUSE FOR ALL SEASONS . . . "A painful exploration of estrangement, loss, truth, redemption and the power of wishes." The West Australian
A country hotel, an unexpected houseguest, and a school reunion.Maggie's perfect storm is about to lift the lid off a lifetime of secrets.Dan Ireland, a work-weary police crash investigator still hell-bent on punishing himself for his misspent youth, has ample reason for not going home to Calingarry Crossing for the school reunion, but one very good reason why he should . . . Maggie Lindeman.Maggie is back in Calingarry Crossing trying to sell the family pub, while also dealing with a restless seventeen-year-old son, a father with dementia, a fame-obsessed musician husband back in the city, and a dwindling bank account. The last thing she needs is a surprise houseguest for the summer. Fiona Bailey-Blair, daughter of an old friend and spoilt with everything but the truth, whips up a maelstrom of gossip when she blows into town in search of answers. This storm season, as Maggie's past and present collide with the unexpected, she'll discover... ... there's no keeping a lid on some secrets.
Are you ready to fall in love? Pour a cuppa and come home to the country with these ten short stories from Australia's small-town storyteller and bestselling author of House for all Seasons* and the Calingarry Crossing Collection. Like all Jenn's full-length novels, these compact reads with a backdrop of country life have characters to surprise and delight country lovers. Country Crush contains ten complete stories; the perfect size for that coffee break or commute. THAT TIME IN TANGLEWOOD The Timekeeper's Store A watchmaker can't control time; he can only set the hands. What happens after he returns the timepiece is up to the owner. Sew Special Audrey's tiny alteration business can't prevent her life from falling apart at the seams any more than it can mend her broken heart. That will take someone special. About Midnight Who is Claudia more afraid of losing? Jack, the boyfriend? Or Ben, the best mate? Lost in Lingerie Could the cute customer in the Akubra hat take out Nina's Weirdo of the Week Award? A Suitcase by the Door Zippers The noise coming from the spare room-the suitcase zipping shut-is the tiny sound that screams someone is leaving someone. *** ONE FRIDAY IN SUNFLOWER Swept Away Life's special moments usually flash before a person's eyes moments before death. Reporter, Sally O'Neill, sees a headline: Washed Up Before She's Even Begun A Penny for your Thoughts The coin will decide for him. Heads, he'll do it without delay. Tails, it can wait. Geronimo Grayce was thirty-eight when she jumped, but with nothing much to say. Quick was easy. Brief was best. A single word more than enough. The Male Run Dr Ellie Porter doesn't know 'a male run' is what she needs until the day her sister gives her one. Some Days are Diamonds She's on her way to the fortieth floor to say yes-to a marriage proposal and a penthouse apartment in Paris-when a city-wide power outage traps her in an elevator with country lad, Mack Pratt.
There was no saving their father, but can they save each other?On her sixteenth birthday, Layla Scott uncovered an unimaginably cruel secret, and over the years tried too many times to stop the hurt. Now her sister is in the last place Layla wants to be, remembering someone Layla wants to forget, and dangerously close to the painful truth.Loss, grief and guilt have kept Chelsea clinging to her childhood home, alienating her husband and kids. She's now alone in the house nobody wants to live in but her and surrounded by memories of a beloved father the sea swept away three decades earlier. Chelsea hopes to confront her past trauma by returning to Sandbar Campground, but her fears only intensify when her estranged sister shows up.Can Layla, along with local surfing fanatic, Thaddeus Poulle, help Chelsea see she's holding too tight to all the wrong things and . . . . . . the sea always gives up its secrets.
An impossible choice. A warning they can't ignore. One shot at fixing fate.Kaedrich Mannly always wanted to be a hero, and now that's certainly happened. So the question is, what comes next? According to Praxis Fellows, the answer is obvious: get back to work. With a shift in Praxis's approach to tackling the puzzle of Orange Rail Lines' engine designs, and with Kaedrich's steady help, things have been going better than ever and the two of them have settled into a comfortable routine.But all of that changes when a woman appears, a woman who claims to be Praxis herself from twenty-two years in the future. Bringing a tale of tragedy and doom, she swears that the only way to prevent disaster is to kill the man that will ultimately be responsible for all of their suffering. It is, of course, unthinkable-but how do you argue with yourself? And how do you say no, if it means saving the person that you love?
He's poor. She's rich.He's a sub. She's a switch.It's not love.It's a marriage of Kink-venience.Grayson Locke Danforth, in his wildest of dreams, never expected two things. The first was to be recalled from India by Queen Victoria where he worked for the quiet purposes of the crown. He must now become the Duke of Warrick after the tragic deaths of his father and brothers.However, tragedy is entirely in the eyes of the beholder, and Grayson doesn't want the title, or to return to what remains of his family. Grayson wants to remain invisible, an outcast, a man in exile for the way his body and mind behave and the secrets he needs to keep.The second thing he never expected was to be forced into marriage to a woman from the twenty-first century. Lulu is no mere woman, however. She's a switch who works as a professional Dominatrix--at least, she did. When she wakes up in a strange house, a strange world, a strange body, she isn't quite sure what to think and is certain she's dreaming. She has less than a day to gain her bearings and make a decision that will dictate the rest of her life in this world--whether or not to marry this beautiful stranger.As Lulu and Grayson attempt to begin a life together, she discovers the true reason why this man is a stranger to his family.She can only hope she can persuade Grayson to accept who she is, and who he was born to be, before he forces her out of his life in order to maintain his well-kept secrets.Trust doesn't come easily to either of them, but it's the only thing they have.Grayson will have to give in to his need to submit in order to get his wife to open up and allow him to possess her fully in return.It's a cautious dance between two people who have never known how to trust, or love. > BOOKS IN THE LORDS OF TIME SERIES: THE RAKE AND THE RECLUSETHE DUKE AND THE BARONTHE DUKE AND THE DOMINATHE TROUBLE WITH GRACETHE SPARE AND THE HEIRTHE SADIST AND THE STOLEN PRINCESSTHE LADY AND HER SECRET LOVER
Me and trouble go together like Nutella and, well, anything. Meaning, as a team we offer no real benefit and are ultimately bad for you in the end, yet you just can't help yourself from indulging. Yeah, hi there, my name is Stacy and I'm what some might call a miscreant. Though I'd prefer you compare me to the likes of a mischievous fairy. (Because I'm adorable and spritely and how many criminals can you say that about?) I mean no harm, it's all in good fun. But some people - *coughChadcough* - have a hard time appreciating my good-natured, all-around lovable personality. But on occasion, my fun becomes a little less... innocent. Like when the stick-up-his-butt police officer, whom I like to refer to as Officer McSexyPants, made an enemy in me. Tossing me in jail over a very obvious joke (because what kind of idiot legitimately tries to whore herself out to an officer in uniform, am I right?) might have sounded like a good idea at the time, but he was wrong. Oh, (cue evil laughter) he was so, so wrong. To prepare you for this ride-along, I've composed a list of things you'll need before beginning your journey: Extra undies (Because mom always said to wear clean underwear in case you were in an accident, and I foresee a lot of wreckage); A toothbrush ('Coz I'm a dental hygienist and bad oral care habits bug me); A playlist of songs that get you pumped up for badassery (Mine is full of NSYNC - everyone knows they are the real OGs); And lastly, some pencil and paper (You'll want to take notes for future use. Eventually it'll be your turn to exact revenge on someone and I promise to give you good material).
The Lion and the Five Deadly Serpents
Jenn Zuko Boughn; Ian Thomas Healy
Local Hero Press
2015
pokkari
Man. Lion. Warrior.Enigmatic superhero Lionheart was always cut from a different cloth than his teammates on Just Cause, so when he learns his old kung fu teacher, Master Chou, is dying, he doesn't hesitate to travel halfway around the world to pay his final respects to the man who saved his life and set him off upon his heroic journey. Upon arrival, he discovers his old master has been murdered, and quickly becomes embroiled in a battle for the honor of his master's Cherrywood School against one of the most dangerous heroin cartels in Hong Kong: the Five Deadly Serpents. His only allies are Master Chou's two children: Qiao, the seething warrior determined to avenge his father's death, and Lihua, the lovely and dangerous fighter who steals the lion's heart.They're outnumbered, outgunned, and the Five Deadly Serpents have numerous parahumans within their ranks. Lionheart, Qiao, and Lihua only have their training, their wits, and each other. Only time and blood will tell if the three warriors can save the Cherrywood School from the many-headed serpent of the Triad.
Carrie is plain, reserved and keeps to herself. Not because that's her personality, but rather to keep herself from being the center of attention. See, Carrie doesn't date. At all. She's also reached a point in her life where she's tired of having to explain why, which is the reason for her introverted behavior. Carrie is also the opposite of the type of girl Joe usually goes after. Not that Joe has to work for the attention of a woman, but normally he wouldn't even give someone like Carrie a second glance. Joe is laid back, out-going and makes friends everywhere he goes, so he knows right away that he won't have anything in common with the timid and mousy looking Carrie. Except their mutual friend, Stacy, that is. Only Joe doesn't exactly make the best first impression on Carrie, which results in him having to work harder than normal to even form some kind of friendship with her. Joe starts out trying to win Carrie's friendship for the sake of his friendship with Stacy, but the more he gets to know Carrie, the more he realizes just how wrong he was about her. A friendship emerges and feelings that are more than friendly start to threaten the easy relationship Joe and Carrie fall into, until one day the metaphorical curtain over Joe's eyes gets pulled back and he sees Carrie in an entirely different light.
A city of turmoil. A string of disappearances. The deciding move of a perilous game.It's springtime in Monfort, and unrest is stirring everywhere. Shops are closing, trust in the Crown is faltering, and support for Pon Lanali's anti-magic rhetoric is growing by the day. But for Kaedrich Mannly, it's all background noise: between classes at the academy of arms, work, independent studies, and a new batch of friends, there's little time for such concerns-or, mercifully, for thoughts of Praxis Fellows to creep back in. The last thing that Kaedrich needs is an extra complication.So of course it's now, with the Academy Trials coming up, that Praxis appears unexpectedly. Alongside her comes news of mysterious disappearances sweeping the city, and soon the two of them are once again caught up in a tangle of secrets and danger. It has to be Lanali's doing, but can they prove that before it's too late? And more importantly, will it ever be the right time for the truth of Kaedrich's feelings to come out?
The world is a scary place, even when you know who you are, where you come from and most importantly, who your enemies are. So imagine how I felt when I woke up inside of Mayford Mental Institution, strapped to a bed in a dark, empty room with no recollection of how I got there. Try to picture having no family or friends to help you try to remember and adjust to a totally new life. If only my problems stopped there. If only I didn't have someone trying to torment me at every turn. If only my life didn't become more and more complicated the more I started to remember. It started out okay enough - my friend-turned-psychiatrist Mark found me a job and a place to live. My neighbor Keegan took me in under her wing and helped me adjust. Wyatt, a dark, brooding and dangerously sexy new tenant moved in a week after me, taking on the task of reminding me what blinding lust feels like. What goes up, must come down, and as soon as life starts to feel like something I can handle, the gravity of my messed up life yanks me right back down on my ass. Kind of crazy how quickly you can go from being completely apathetic about your unknown future, to fearing that your future might not even exist at all....
Desperate to avoid rumors that she set her ex on fire, Jessica Hart finds herself neck deep in something that smells suspiciously like hot chocolate and doesn't wear well when circumstances (a shortage of pumpkin pie and heartache) convince her to escape the family Thanksgiving.Rallying from fate fueled melancholy, Jessica is forced to swallow her pride and accept any help she can get, meaning her over the top cousin and best friend, Barbie O'Grady. Before the turkey is cold, the cousins set out to save Jessica's sanity, and find themselves way over their heads.Her big brother, Greg, wants her to go home. The perpetually unavailable Eric Wolf wants her out of the way. Barbie wants her to kiss and make up. And, a hoard of elves and mercenaries want her dead. But, Jessica can't give up now, Christmas is on the line