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This classic collection by Bret Harte captures the rugged spirit, humor, and unexpected humanity of life in California’s Gold Rush-era mining camps. The titular story, The Luck of Roaring Camp , tells the poignant tale of a group of rough miners who find purpose and redemption through the care of an orphaned infant. Other stories blend sentiment, irony, and adventure, portraying gamblers, outcasts, and dreamers navigating love, loss, and fortune-seeking in the untamed West. Harte’s vivid characters and rich storytelling helped define the Western literary genre, blending realism with romanticism to paint a nuanced portrait of frontier morality, camaraderie, and fate. A foundational work of American regional fiction.Mostra libro
Identical twins Sylvie and Betty Allard loathe each other. They loathe the outside world more. Estranged for ten years, their worlds collide. A shared competitive streak leads them to derail each other as they embark on a killing spree of celebs and wannabes to make the world a better place. As the net and the Met closes in on them, the twins might need to work together, for the first time ever. A crime noir literary romp.Mostra libro
When someone close to Kinsley is cursed, she turns to a Voodoo Priestess to help her break the awful spell. This seems to be the right solution . . . until the Priestess turns up dead. A detective from New Orleans arrives in Coventry, determined to prove that Kinsley had something to do with the murder. Worse yet, the Priestess's husband, and fellow Voodoo Priest, rolls into town the next day, but he's not looking for justice. His eye is on revenge. But, is he as innocent as he claims to be? After all, most people know that most of the time, it's the husband that did the deed . . . But the suspect list doesn't end there. A few Coventry residents didn't like that Kinsley brought a Voodoo Priestess into their town. Did it make them angry enough to kill? Kinsley and friends are a pinprick away from danger while working to solve this case. Can she conjure the truth? Or will Kinsley end up caught in a killer's bedeviled snare? Come along as the intrepid residents of Coventry solve this crime one spell at a time.Mostra libro
ஒரு சிறுமியும் மற்றும் தலையில்லா முண்டத்தின் சிறுக்கதை ஆகும். This is a story about a small girl's encounter with a headless trunk.Mostra libro
Mila: The six-foot-three, two hundred pounds of lean muscle, disgustingly defined by his white tee hugging . . . all that, with a backpack slung over his bulging broad shoulder is far from innocent. He's Max Steel. He's all sorts of grown up. And he's my enemy . . . even though he doesn't know it yet. Max: For the past two years, I've been traveling the world, searching for the ultimate wave, while also secretly looking for what my entire crew has already found—their Forever. I already realized that I would never settle for less than what I knew growing up. Instead, I found myself. Content with that, I returned to Jersey to fulfill a promise made to my parents—to get an education. Move-in day at Jersey U, I run into the one girl from high school who had me chasing her. Back then, I messed up and lost her. Now she says she despises me, but I know better. Contains mature themes.Mostra libro
Getting pregnant is a good way to cherish a one night stand . . . said no one ever! Ebony Thomas let her guard down and spent one amazing night with a rich white boy named Christoff from the club. It was supposed to be no strings, no feelings. She doesn't know he's head over heels in love with her! Ever since that night, he's been figuring out how to get her back. Add to the fact that his parents keep hassling him to settle down before they sign over his inheritance and he's got a brilliant idea. Fake marry the mother of his child! Ebony agrees as long as it's strictly business with no feelings. She could use the help for her kid. But if Christoff has his way with his charming self, then . . . that fake marriage won't stay fake for long! Contains mature themes.Mostra libro
