![]() ![]() I almost wish the focus had been more on that, although that would make it more women’s fic thann romance, but the romance itself had me flip flopping on how I felt about it. I love how they lift each other up and support each other in all things, whether it be love, work, or whatever. ![]() The friendship aspect is everything, especially since it brings together three different women from completely different walks of life. I was so excited for The Boyfriend Project, as I love stories about women bonding over mutual scumbag exes lately. I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. But is Daniel really boyfriend material or is he maybe just a little too good to be true? What are the chances? When it comes to love, there’s no such thing as a coincidence. Which is the exact moment she meets the deliciously sexy, honey-eyed Daniel Collins at work. įor once Samiah is putting herself first, and that includes finally developing the app she’s always dreamed of creating. No men, no dating, and no worrying about their relationship status. Now the three new besties are making a pact to spend the next six months investing in themselves. Suddenly Samiah-along with his two other “girlfriends,” London and Taylor - have gone viral online. But a live tweet of a horrific date just revealed the painful truth: she’s been catfished by a three-timing jerk of a boyfriend. Samiah Brooks never thought she would be “that” girl. ![]()
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![]() Would she ever allow herself to trust him? Could she ever allow herself to trust God? Or would the winter of their tragic youths rise from the shadows of the past and freeze any chance at happiness? She suspected his special attention and constant kindness came with expectations of something from her in return, something she wasn't willing to give. When he bought the restaurant where Robin bartended, she immediately resented his intrusion into her well ordered, but exhausting, life. Striking out on his own, he let God lead him to eventually become a very successful businessman. Lovingly fostered by the youth minister, Tony learned about God. ![]() At seventeen, he entered a downtown church with the intent of casing it, but found himself on his knees at the altar. Her heart had turned to ice and she had no use for men or God.ĪNTONIO "TONY" VISCOLLI had grown up on the streets, homeless. ![]() ![]() Determined to give her sisters a very different life from that of their mother to never have to rely on a man for anything, she worked two jobs and put them both through college, while accepting help from no one. ![]() To ROBIN BARTLETT, men were nothing more than violent users.Īfter a hair-raising childhood, Robin and her two younger half sisters battled simply to survive. ![]() ![]() The key contains a yellowing fragment of parchment with a name written upon it: Deliverance Dane. As she is drawn deeper into the mysteries of the family house, Connie discovers an ancient key within a seventeenth-century Bible. But when her mother asks her to handle the sale of Connie's grandmother's abandoned home near Salem, she can't refuse. Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin needs to spend her summer doing research for her doctoral dissertation. Katherine Howe's talent is spellbinding."-Matthew Pearl, author of The Poe Shadow and The Dante ClubĪ spellbinding, beautifully written novel that moves between contemporary times and one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods in American history-the Salem witch trials. This debut novel flows with poetic charm and eloquence that achieves high literary merit while concocting a gripping supernatural puzzler. Forget broomsticks and pointy hats here are witches that could well be walking among us today. ![]() Summary "A fresh present-day story infused with an original take on popular history. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane Katherine Howe ![]() ![]() Morgan doesn’t think she can do it–she’s not *that great* of an art student, and she knows nothing about art restoration, but desperate to leave prison, she accepts.ġ940, North Carolina: Anna Dale, an artist from New Jersey wins a national contest from the Treasury Department’s Great Depression-era 48 State Mural Competition. Her assignment: to restore an old post office mural in a sleepy southern town. In 2018, we meet Morgan Christopher, a 22-year old woman who has gone to prison for a crime she didn’t commit. Her dream of an art career has been put on hold–until a mysterious visitor (and her attorney) approach her with a ‘get out of jail free card,’ that she would be a fool to pass up. She always takes big issues and spins them into an immersive story with all the feels.īIG LIES IN A SMALL TOWN introduces two very strong, competent, and complicatedyoung women across a dual timeline , 20, in small town Edenton, North Carolina. I’ve been a longtime fan of Diane Chamberlain, so no surprise I jumped at the chance to read her her newest title, BIG LIES IN A SMALL TOWN (St. ![]() Diane Chamberlain skillfully weaves dual timelines in BIG LIES IN A SMALL TOWN, which carefully straddles the line between women’s fiction meets mystery and historical fiction. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Under the tutelage of Jeremy and his cousin Regina, Danny blossoms into a lady. Intrigued by her beauty and spunk, Jeremy hires Danny as his upstairs maid, although he really wants her to be his mistress. She demands Jeremy give her a legitimate job so she can become respectable. When Danny, a young woman from the streets of London with no memory of her real family, helps handsome rakehell Jeremy Malory steal back the jewels his friend lost in a card game, she is kicked out of her gang. This "delightfully engaging" ( RT Book Reviews) entry in New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey's Malory-Anderson Family series follows the son of a gentleman pirate as he falls in love with the streetwise young woman he hires as his maid. ![]() ![]() ![]() From 1920 until 1963, Canada's international representation was by senior amateur club teams. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The Canada men's national ice hockey team (popularly known as Team Canada French: Équipe Canada) is the ice hockey team representing Canada internationally. ( Les Avants, Switzerland January 10, 1910) For other uses, see Canada national hockey team. ![]() "Canada men's national hockey team" redirects here. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has worked on The Strain, Buffy, Aliens, and Call of Duty. The author lives in Portland, Oregpn.ĭan Jackson is a penciller, inker, colorist, and letterer. Rich on the acclaimed comic book 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, and they have since shown up as a team in the pages of Popgun, Portland Noir, and Madman Atomic Comics. Joëlle also did the cover and interior illustrations for Jamie's novel, Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?, and their most recent full-length effort was the acclaimed crime graphic novel You Have Killed Me. She has also worked on a long-form comic for Vertigo called T he Starving Artist, as well as Troublemaker, a collaboration with bestselling author Janet Evanovich. Horrible, Token), Troublemaker brings ultimate adventure set in sun-filled Miami Janet Evanovich, the New York Times number-one best-selling author, brings her hit Barnaby series to Dark Horse Comics The entire Troublemaker story collected into one affordable. ![]() Joëlle Jones has collaborated with Jamie S. Written by Janet and Alex Evanovich, and illustrated by Jolle Jones (Dr. She has more than fifty novels to her name.Įvanovich's Alex Barnaby series was adapted by Dark Horse comics and was met with rave reviews. by Dark Horse Comics, Inc., 10956 SE Main Street, Oregon 97222. Her novels have debuted at #1 throughout her entire career.Įvanovich was educated at Rutgers University, where she majored in art. Janet Evanovich is a bestselling writer known for the Stephanie Plum series, the Wicked series, and the Fox and O'Hare series. ![]() ![]() ![]() We tend to blame our busy lives when we reach for the convenience foods (need two jobs to pay the bills or must answer BlackBerry at all times). Food and Drug Administration, David Kessler, have explored why we are addicted to eating bad food (basically because evolution has primed us to love salt, fat and sugar). The media have already made the connection between the current obesity crisis and the Western diet, and other books, such as The End of Overeating, by the former head of the U.S. Yeah, yeah, we know that there might be more salt than is good for you in a can of soup, and that soda pop contains so much sugar that some believe soft drinks may be the cigarettes of tomorrow. ![]() Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Michael Moss sics his reporting prowess on the big food industry in his book, revealing the dark side of the products at the supermarket.Īnd it isn't what we think it is. But that all those processed foods in your local supermarket are "perfectly engineered to compel overconsumption?" Now that's something to write a book about. That's not news to anyone who has ever opened a bag of chips or reached a second time (maybe a third?) for the ice cream. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And Laura, hoping for a quick prescription fix, must commit to weekly sessions that will stretch into five years. As a newly-minted therapist eager to "save the world," Gildiner realizes she must work slowly to engage with Laura and earn her trust. She is attractive and smart, but trapped in a relationship with an abusive male not unlike her father. Laura (all the names and identifying details have been altered) is her first patient, a young woman who has herpes and can't reduce the stress in her life enough to heal from the virus. We are invited into her office and allowed to share in the exploration of childhoods that no one deserved and weaker victims would not have survived. ![]() She shares the stories of five of her clients in "Good Morning, Monster." These are not written with academic detachment but with empathy, deep caring and the occasional wit that her memoirs displayed. All were bestsellers, as was her novel, "Seduction."īut before becoming a writer, Gildiner spent 25 years in private practice as a clinical psychologist. She followed it with her teen years, "After the Falls," and her coming of age at U of T and Oxford in the 60s ("Coming Ashore"). My family read it and laughed aloud that Christmas. "Too Close to the Falls," about her early life as the daughter of a pharmacist in Niagara Falls, New York, was published in 1999. ![]() "Good Morning, Monster: five heroic journeys to recovery", Catherine Gildiner, Viking, 359 p., $23.99 paperback, ebook and audiobook availableĬatherine Gildiner is best-known for her memoirs. ![]() ![]() ![]() I guess about half way through the book, I decided I must tell more of the stories with these characters growing and new ones being added.īLOG TOUR and GIVEAWAY: Elfin by Quinn Loftis It is a gorgeous and mystical place with very rich history and even the place of alien sightings in Roswell, New Mexico.ĭid you plan on for the book to be a series or did it just work out that way? The mysteries of the place seemed like the perfect paranormal setting. I wondered about all of those people and what they would say telling their stories in words and not pictures. I remember thinking wow, there are lots of stories to be told here. When I was in New Mexico visiting the Petroglyphs I found out the images made on the rocks were from hundreds of years ago by many different people. I love them but I wanted a different paranormal. There is nothing wrong with vampires and werewolves. I wanted to write something original and different than what is out there now. ![]() How did you come up with the idea of Under a Painted Sky? I like closing all the loop holes of impossibilities and making them seem possible. ![]() ![]() I enjoy plot busting as I call it the most. What is the one thing you enjoy the most as being an author? I became an author because I felt I had exciting and original stories to tell. ![]() |