Publisher: Amz Jay
War and Peace is a literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published serially, then published in its entirety in 1869. The novel's primary historical setting is the French invasion of Russia in 1812, which was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars and a period of patriotic significance to Russia.
He’s not supposed to exist in this world. A 700-year-old dragon in rural America. And yet, Dante is drawn to the small town he hasn’t visited for 100 years. Perhaps it’s the nostalgia calling to him. Perhaps it’s Luca. The idyllic small town isn’t the only gem in the remote countryside. Dante’s attraction to Luca is immediate — an all-consuming fire — and Luca feels the heat as well. Will these two men be able to overcome such staggering differences to make a life together? And will Luca be able to bear Dante’s dragon baby?Show book
As the reader is pulled into a compelling story, they are exposed to the reality of a crime that is growing globally.After Mallory Shields graduates from college in her idyllic Midwestern hometown, she embarks on an adventure with her best friend Jenna, taking a gap year to explore the other side of the world. Their journey quickly takes an unexpected turn, and the two young women find themselves in danger and exposed to crime, abuse, and the most dehumanizing conditions possible.Forced into the horrific world of human sex trafficking, and fighting to return to their lives and families back home, the women struggle navigating a corrupt system and injustice beyond their control. Faced with the loss of time, betrayal, and extraordinary guilt, Mallory learns she must conjure strength she never knew possible and make hard compromises to become her true self.This thrilling tale follows their individual experiences as captives and how those circumstances impact the future and relationships they long to return to.The determination and strong will of the leading characters gives the reader a sense of how honesty, regret, time, and redemption work together to bring hope to a difficult situation as the characters discover what friendship and reclamation really mean.I've been in a relatively unique position of dealing with the counselors, social workers and to a lesser degreee the actual victims. . .and even through the stories I've heard, I've never felt the panic, the horrors, and the relentlessness that victims feel of being held and trafficked and sexually assaulted like I did while reading this book. This story needs to be told to a wide audience!" - Karen Marks, Agape International Mission.Show book
It was bad enough when her beloved mother died and the beautiful young Idona Overton and her father faced the news that the meagre allowance Lady Overton received from her Family Trust died with her. In his grief Sir Richard Overton spent more and more time away from Overton Manor enjoying London’s dissolute pleasures before finally he was killed in a duel in somewhat suspicious circumstances.But the greatest shock of all for Idona was yet to come! A legal representative arrives at her home with appalling news for her. Her father had gambled away everything that he owned on the turn of a card – the Manor House, the stables, all the horses and, most shockingly, even Idona herself! The new owner is the imperiously handsome Marquis of Wroxham, who treats his new Ward with a mixture of scorn and amusement as he launches her into a frighteningly sophisticated world of subterfuge, deceit and a sinister highwaymen’s plot. Soon a stolen kiss changes everything and Idona is in love with the Marquis – a love that is surely doomed since he is set to marry the beautiful Lady Rosebel one of the great beauties of London.Show book
The world is frozen. The animals ascendant. And, locked in desperate pursuit of "the other father" across a grim icy apocalypse, Jim will do anything to keep his daughter alive.Show book
High in the mountains of Colorado, mountain lion shifters hold rare power among mountain lions and humans, able to live in both worlds at once. Secrecy has kept them safe for centuries. Daniel Hayes returns to Painter, Colorado, after learning he's a shifter, a secret kept from him by his parents after his brother died. Daniel encounters the breathtaking Sophia Ashworth by chance. The lion in him wants her with a force he can't deny. Sophia's ancestors laid claim to the founding of shifters back East and traveled West centuries ago to strengthen their line. Sophia is busy trying to hold her family together after her brother almost died in a car accident. When Daniel crosses her path, her lion calls for a chance to explore the passion beating wildly between them. While Sophia struggles to help her family mend, Daniel comes face to face with an explosive secret within his own family. As passion stokes a love that can't be ignored, they find themselves fighting side by side to drive out the danger bubbling from within the shifter community. Daniel's newfound knowledge of the lion within him will be tested to the max as he calls upon his power to go up against his own blood to keep Sophia and all shifters safe. Sophia and Daniel are caught up in a storm of passion driving them to a love that cannot be denied.Show book
‘This is a cracking page turner with twists galore. When I wasn't reading it I was thinking of this book trying to work out what was going on.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fans of Vera, Val McDermid and Elly Griffiths will love Last Seen Alive! When Anna Matheson fails to collect her son from the babysitter after a works party, the police are swiftly called. Anna is a stickler for time and a good mother – she would never abandon her baby. Her disappearance is totally out of character and DI Isabel Blood and her team soon suspect foul play. CCTV footage shows Anna was last seen at precisely 11.11pm, as she collected her coat to leave the party. But the cameras outside the venue have failed to pick up her exit from the car park – how could she have vanished in plain sight? Rumour has it that Anna was set to make big changes in the workplace, and Isabel can’t help but think someone wanted her out of the way. Everyone at the party is a suspect, and all the clues point to murder…Readers LOVE Last Seen Alive! ‘Just superb. Well written and so easy to read. Characters were well drawn and I just can’t tell you how good the end was. Brilliant!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Jane does it again with another gripping read. I read this one in 24 hours and had me engrossed from page 1.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Great story, thought I had it all worked out, turned out I hadn't. Thoroughly enjoyed it, once I got into it, did not see that ending coming.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A cracking read with great characters.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This book was very good. Great storyline so many twists in each chapter. I didn't see the conclusion coming at all. Was so well written. Would recommend this book to others.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This was an easy read with plenty of twists and turns that kept me engaged throughout.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A well written and thoroughly enjoyable read congratulations to Jane Bettany for a great read.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jane Bettany's Last Seen Alive is a riveting addition to the mystery fiction genre. The noir-infused narrative and the intricate detective procedural make it one of the best crime thrillers of the year. For fans of Katie Gayle (An English Garden Murder), Clare Chase (Murder in the Fens), Alice Castle (The Murder Affair), Dee Macdonald (A Body at Lavender Cottage), and Jane Adams (THE SISTER'S TWIN an absolutely gripping mystery thriller that will take your breath away). HarperCollins 2022Show book
