Maison d'édition: Maurice Baring Books
The Blue Rose Fairy Book is a mesmerizing collection of half-forgotten fairytales, including The Silver Mountain, the Ring, the Merchant's Daughter, the Wise Princess, the Glass Mender and, of course, the Blue Rose. The last four stories of the book are traditional tales from Russia and Greece, and include Orestes and the Dragon.
Amanda Clarke knows she’s a witch. She unleashed unstoppable magic to save her friends and catch a murderer. But she only did it the one time. And now? Back to powerlessness. Her friends insist that all she needs is proper training. Sophie wakes her before dawn for meditation and workouts designed to channel magic. Brianna buries her under books, so many books. Amanda longs for a distraction. But when the woman who lives next door to Miss Zenobia Weekes’ Charm School for Exceptional Young Ladies turns up dead, and the murder weapon dates back to Prohibition, she gets more of a distraction than she bargained for. But who in 1927 would want her neighbor dead in 2018? “Work Like a Charm”, Book 2 in the Witches Three Cozy Mystery series. This mélange of magic and murder mystery is sure to charm you.Voir livre
Story 1 • Ice Cream Makes Her Hot •Emily T • Adopted Granddaughter Emily committed adultery while her husband was at work. It was her first time. She hadn't planned to have sex with me, nor did I plan foe sex with my married granddaughter, but, as they say, shit happens. Story 2 • Posing, Then Fucking Kelly Kelly M, 30 • Daughter's Friend When I asked Kelly M. to pose for me, I never expected the eighteen-year old girl to say yes. After all, my daughter's best friend wasn't interested in spending time with a dirty old man like me., but, as they say, shit happens.Voir livre
A long-haul flight. Two ambitious dance mums. A child in danger. Bridget and Simone aren’t friends. But their daughters are in the same dance troupe, so they’re flying to Los Angeles for the girls to perform at Disneyland. Simone’s daughter Zahra is indisputably a leader in the group, but Bridget’s daughter Becky is a talent on the rise. Simone and her husband are accustomed to business class, but Bridget is less comfortable there. Both lonely women are surprised to find something in common, until Bridget discovers images of Zahra and other dancers that shock her. Are they exploitative or art? A fierce examination of their dance world ensues, tension rises, and there’s no way for anyone to escape it. For two very different families and four teenagers, what unfolds over the flight will shock and threaten to destroy them.Voir livre
Award-winning wildlife photographer Elijah Ellis has come back home due to the tragic accident that killed members of both his and his best friend Tabitha Brodie's family. Despite their grief, Eli hopes that he and Tabby can pick up their familiar friendship. He's never forgotten the way Tabby makes him feel—full of hope and a sense of home—but she seems determined to keep him at arm's length. Tabby has always loved Eli. He's everything she wants in a man. But he left Gatlinburg to make a name for himself outside of his famous family. Even though there's no one better to help her through this time, she refuses to be an anchor to a life he never wanted. Not to mention Tabby's hiding a secret that will change all of their lives. As Eli and Tabby spend more time together, he's determined to show her they could be perfect together. Too bad she's spent years building her walls against him . . .Voir livre
Trixie Burnett, a 23-year-old single mom and the only prostitute in the small northeast Texas town of Pineywoods, knows the winning lottery ticket in her purse is about to change things forever. Trixie retires from the world’s oldest profession and seeks a new life for herself and her eight-year-old son, Tyler. Trouble starts when she decides the rest of the town needs changing too. But reputations and attitudes don’t change as easily as bank accounts or hairstyles. Seems everyone in town has something to hide, and movers and shakers don’t give up their positions easily. Some will stop at nothing to protect their power, especially from a hooker-turned-philanthropist who knows their most intimate, embarrassing secrets and now dares to enter their sanctuaries. EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS a contemporary women’s fiction, southern literary novel that explores small-town America, celebrating its many blessings while exposing all its dirty little secrets, from the author of such award-winning greats as Hannah’s Voice, Carry Me Away, and Slade.Voir livre
Underhill is my ruthless mother. Her realm is my deadly home. The brutal creatures here are both foe and friend. But the group of fae that just attacked me? They're all foe. Dragged from my game of hide-and-seek with a dragon, and my home of twenty-one years, I'm thrust into a weak, ugly realm. Earth. Something is taking the fae children of the Irish court, and an Oracle has declared I must find them. Not my problem. Except a three-year-old girl they suspect is the next Queen of All Fae was taken too. She's crucial to the success of my mother's work and the well being of all, including these simpering fae who've forgotten who they are. Now they have my attention. The child-snatching darkness flickers in and out of sight, spreading in secret, reaching through cracks and fissures to steal the innocent. Yet I earned each breath in my life by understanding that which seeks to kill me. I will learn the ways of this enemy and find its lair, ideally without the Seelie and Unseelie males who only slow me—even if they're not quite as stupid as most Earth-dwelling fae. All I'm sure of is that Underhill is testing me. My mother is testing me in her typical, brutal fashion. And I will not fail.Voir livre
