Author: Pearl Tate
Publisher: Steamy Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Atticus As the medical doctor on the Discovery, I’m exposed to the human females regularly. In addition to monitoring their health, I’ve documented and logged all the mating changes. Of course, I long for a mate of my own. But I can’t imagine it’ll happen before I’m obligated to return and complete my family commitment. Many of the males on the Discovery have similar family agreements, so imagine our surprise when mating marks appear on all of us—all at once! Ashlyn My entire life is controlled by my mother and the genetic disease I was born with that robs me of so much, including the ability to have a baby. As if the special schools and special classes weren’t enough, now my mother is considering a special home! So, when I’m offered another life—one that sounds too good to be true—I jump at the chance to be healed and have a family. Of course, no one mentioned the danger. Someone isn’t happy about the Earth women. They’re discovering spies who not only plan to report back to their planet, but also have orders to kill us all… PLEASE NOTE: This SciFi Romance alien book contains Adult Language and Steamy Adult Bedroom Scenes. It is intended for 18+ Readers & Adults Only.It's part of a science fiction romance series but can be read as a standalone story with no cliffhangers!
Atticus's Angel - A Sci-Fi Alien Romance
Author: Pearl Tate
Publisher: Steamy Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Atticus As the medical doctor on the Discovery, I’m exposed to the human females regularly. In addition to monitoring their health, I’ve documented and logged all the mating changes. Of course, I long for a mate of my own. But I can’t imagine it’ll happen before I’m obligated to return and complete my family commitment. Many of the males on the Discovery have similar family agreements, so imagine our surprise when mating marks appear on all of us—all at once! Ashlyn My entire life is controlled by my mother and the genetic disease I was born with that robs me of so much, including the ability to have a baby. As if the special schools and special classes weren’t enough, now my mother is considering a special home! So, when I’m offered another life—one that sounds too good to be true—I jump at the chance to be healed and have a family. Of course, no one mentioned the danger. Someone isn’t happy about the Earth women. They’re discovering spies who not only plan to report back to their planet, but also have orders to kill us all… PLEASE NOTE: This SciFi Romance alien book contains Adult Language and Steamy Adult Bedroom Scenes. It is intended for 18+ Readers & Adults Only.It's part of a science fiction romance series but can be read as a standalone story with no cliffhangers!
Publisher: Steamy Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Atticus As the medical doctor on the Discovery, I’m exposed to the human females regularly. In addition to monitoring their health, I’ve documented and logged all the mating changes. Of course, I long for a mate of my own. But I can’t imagine it’ll happen before I’m obligated to return and complete my family commitment. Many of the males on the Discovery have similar family agreements, so imagine our surprise when mating marks appear on all of us—all at once! Ashlyn My entire life is controlled by my mother and the genetic disease I was born with that robs me of so much, including the ability to have a baby. As if the special schools and special classes weren’t enough, now my mother is considering a special home! So, when I’m offered another life—one that sounds too good to be true—I jump at the chance to be healed and have a family. Of course, no one mentioned the danger. Someone isn’t happy about the Earth women. They’re discovering spies who not only plan to report back to their planet, but also have orders to kill us all… PLEASE NOTE: This SciFi Romance alien book contains Adult Language and Steamy Adult Bedroom Scenes. It is intended for 18+ Readers & Adults Only.It's part of a science fiction romance series but can be read as a standalone story with no cliffhangers!
Sci-Fi Alien Abduction Romance Boxed Set - The Quasar Lineage Series Books 6 to 12
Author: Pearl Tate
Publisher: Steamy Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description
Complete the hot and steamy alien abduction romance series The Quasar Lineage. The women are abducted from Earth and given new lives with their fated mates. Discover the instalove in this complete action and adventure boxset containing the following seven sci-fi alien abduction romances: TRAVEK’S TREASURE When I’m sucked into a bright light and confined to a freezing cell, I’m scared to death as I try to figure out what’s going on… and why? I’m one of the most boring, average girls you could ever meet. So, why would the government want me? And why do I feel a magnetic pull I can’t explain to someone... or something... I’ve never met before? REMUS’S REVELATION When I’m sucked into their bright light while at a study group, I’m shocked that they’re abducting me from a room with other people—why can I suddenly remember not only this visit but dozens more? And who is this strange, new alien claiming I’m his mate? SELAS’S SALVATION When I’m abducted by aliens at a study group with friends, I’m told if I give up my family and life on Earth, I can have the life I want. But it also comes with a little catch that definitely sounds… interesting. Is there really someone out there that’s perfect for me? ATTICUS’S ANGEL My entire life is controlled by my mother and the genetic disease I was born with that robs me of so much, including the ability to have a baby. As if the special schools and special classes weren’t enough, now my mother is considering a special home! So, when I’m offered another life—one that sounds too good to be true—I jump at the chance to be healed and have a family. Of course, no one mentioned the danger… BROCK’S BELOVED When I’m offered a chance to be healed, there really isn’t anything that could make me turn it down. Even finding out my new mate comes from the most volatile lineage in their society. After all, I can talk down the most irrational idiots. How different could this be? What I don’t expect is to enjoy it. But his possessiveness and dominating personality do strange things to me. And I like it… CHEVEPAK’S CHERISHED When I’m approached and offered an important mission, a purpose that could help thousands of people lead a better life, I’m intrigued… especially since it also comes with a mate. Someone who’s not only going to heal my body and want only me, but I’ll never catch them banging someone else on the kitchen table. But on the way to fulfill my destiny, our spacecraft is almost destroyed by a sleeper spy attempting a suicide mission. Then, we’re hijacked by an insect-shaped species that’s planning on conquering the Quasar planet. The Council seems dead-set against even discussing either event, which leads us all to believe they’re involved. But could the Sacred Mother, the planet’s original salvation, be part of the conspiracy too? Will we reach the planet and find my mate in time to expose the truth of their women’s past treachery to all the Quasar citizens, uniting them once and for all? Or will the Marel arrive first, taking over and harvesting them for food? MIHILE’S MARVEL My mate’s planet is under siege by the Marel, an insect-looking species of alien that accosts us on our way to Quasar. We escape but find out more Marel are on the way. They’re working with someone high in power on the planet, and we need to expose the female’s original treaty with the Ashen in addition to this new threat. Is it too late to save the clueless on the planet Quasar and offer them additional protection? Will the Marel be able to set up their breeding farms when their backup arrives? Will the population of Quasar even believe the threat is real before it’s too late? Don’t miss out on these fated mate alien romances guaranteed to have you wanting an Quasar alien all for yourself!
Publisher: Steamy Media LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description
Complete the hot and steamy alien abduction romance series The Quasar Lineage. The women are abducted from Earth and given new lives with their fated mates. Discover the instalove in this complete action and adventure boxset containing the following seven sci-fi alien abduction romances: TRAVEK’S TREASURE When I’m sucked into a bright light and confined to a freezing cell, I’m scared to death as I try to figure out what’s going on… and why? I’m one of the most boring, average girls you could ever meet. So, why would the government want me? And why do I feel a magnetic pull I can’t explain to someone... or something... I’ve never met before? REMUS’S REVELATION When I’m sucked into their bright light while at a study group, I’m shocked that they’re abducting me from a room with other people—why can I suddenly remember not only this visit but dozens more? And who is this strange, new alien claiming I’m his mate? SELAS’S SALVATION When I’m abducted by aliens at a study group with friends, I’m told if I give up my family and life on Earth, I can have the life I want. But it also comes with a little catch that definitely sounds… interesting. Is there really someone out there that’s perfect for me? ATTICUS’S ANGEL My entire life is controlled by my mother and the genetic disease I was born with that robs me of so much, including the ability to have a baby. As if the special schools and special classes weren’t enough, now my mother is considering a special home! So, when I’m offered another life—one that sounds too good to be true—I jump at the chance to be healed and have a family. Of course, no one mentioned the danger… BROCK’S BELOVED When I’m offered a chance to be healed, there really isn’t anything that could make me turn it down. Even finding out my new mate comes from the most volatile lineage in their society. After all, I can talk down the most irrational idiots. How different could this be? What I don’t expect is to enjoy it. But his possessiveness and dominating personality do strange things to me. And I like it… CHEVEPAK’S CHERISHED When I’m approached and offered an important mission, a purpose that could help thousands of people lead a better life, I’m intrigued… especially since it also comes with a mate. Someone who’s not only going to heal my body and want only me, but I’ll never catch them banging someone else on the kitchen table. But on the way to fulfill my destiny, our spacecraft is almost destroyed by a sleeper spy attempting a suicide mission. Then, we’re hijacked by an insect-shaped species that’s planning on conquering the Quasar planet. The Council seems dead-set against even discussing either event, which leads us all to believe they’re involved. But could the Sacred Mother, the planet’s original salvation, be part of the conspiracy too? Will we reach the planet and find my mate in time to expose the truth of their women’s past treachery to all the Quasar citizens, uniting them once and for all? Or will the Marel arrive first, taking over and harvesting them for food? MIHILE’S MARVEL My mate’s planet is under siege by the Marel, an insect-looking species of alien that accosts us on our way to Quasar. We escape but find out more Marel are on the way. They’re working with someone high in power on the planet, and we need to expose the female’s original treaty with the Ashen in addition to this new threat. Is it too late to save the clueless on the planet Quasar and offer them additional protection? Will the Marel be able to set up their breeding farms when their backup arrives? Will the population of Quasar even believe the threat is real before it’s too late? Don’t miss out on these fated mate alien romances guaranteed to have you wanting an Quasar alien all for yourself!
Iced - sci fi alien romance (steamy romance and action in space)
Author: Arcadia Shield
Publisher: Alien Romance Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
A broken warrior puts everything on the line to save the woman he loves. Rexx is an oddity. Held prisoner for months by a brutal enemy, he’s damaged, and uncertain he’ll ever heal. His job on the Apocalypse should be easy. And it is until he gets assigned a feisty human biologist to protect. He isn’t even good enough to shine her boots. But being around Daisy is enough. She makes him feel alive. But he wants so much more... Daisy Roebuck's days are filled with crucial conservation work. She doesn't have time to deal with her elusive, overly-protective partner. Rexx is a mystery. He's more machine than alien. But he’s always protecting her. And he stirs something inside her she's never felt before... When Daisy discovers she’s been implanted with alien tech, her dreams implode. Her team sees her as a threat and she’s imprisoned. When all hope is lost, Rexx saves her. On the run, desperate, and isolated, they only have each other. Defenses crumble, and desire takes over. But the threats close in. If they can't figure out how to remove the tech, Daisy will be lost forever, and Rexx will be destroyed. *** This action-romance sci-fi novel has a crew of feisty, smart women, hot, gorgeous Apexian alien warriors, action-packed battles, funny, quirky alien critters, and steamy scenes set in space.
Publisher: Alien Romance Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
A broken warrior puts everything on the line to save the woman he loves. Rexx is an oddity. Held prisoner for months by a brutal enemy, he’s damaged, and uncertain he’ll ever heal. His job on the Apocalypse should be easy. And it is until he gets assigned a feisty human biologist to protect. He isn’t even good enough to shine her boots. But being around Daisy is enough. She makes him feel alive. But he wants so much more... Daisy Roebuck's days are filled with crucial conservation work. She doesn't have time to deal with her elusive, overly-protective partner. Rexx is a mystery. He's more machine than alien. But he’s always protecting her. And he stirs something inside her she's never felt before... When Daisy discovers she’s been implanted with alien tech, her dreams implode. Her team sees her as a threat and she’s imprisoned. When all hope is lost, Rexx saves her. On the run, desperate, and isolated, they only have each other. Defenses crumble, and desire takes over. But the threats close in. If they can't figure out how to remove the tech, Daisy will be lost forever, and Rexx will be destroyed. *** This action-romance sci-fi novel has a crew of feisty, smart women, hot, gorgeous Apexian alien warriors, action-packed battles, funny, quirky alien critters, and steamy scenes set in space.
Saved - sci-fi alien romance (steamy action and romance in space)
Author: Arcadia Shield
Publisher: Alien Romance Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
If this mission fails, they all die. And if Dallin doesn’t let Sloane in, he’ll lose her forever. Dallin’s solace is his lab. Ever since the experiments to enhance his abilities went wrong, he feels awkward around everyone. He’s better off helping the crew of the Apocalypse stay safe and keeping his head down. Especially as the Siblet have finalized their deadly plans. But his gorgeous human partner, Sloane Harper, has other ideas. And damn, if that female doesn’t tempt him to try something different. But if he does, the consequences will be devastating. Sloane adores Dallin. He’s smart, sexy, and determined. And even though he has his quirks, he’s practically perfect. But there’s a problem. He doesn’t notice her. What can she do to break down that solid alien wall? Or should Sloane admit defeat and accept love isn't for her? When they’re thrown together to save the crew from a devastating poison, Dallin must face his fears, leave his solace, and admit he loves Sloane before it’s too late and he loses everything. This sci-fi action-romance novel has a crew of feisty, smart women, gorgeous Apexian alien warriors, action-packed battles, funny, quirky alien critters, and steamy scenes set in space. If you like muscled alien warriors, women who know how to handle themselves, and steamy romance, you’ll love Saved, book six in Arcadia Shield's complete sci-fi romance series. Perfect for readers of Anna Hackett, Mina Carter, and Honey Phillips.
Publisher: Alien Romance Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
If this mission fails, they all die. And if Dallin doesn’t let Sloane in, he’ll lose her forever. Dallin’s solace is his lab. Ever since the experiments to enhance his abilities went wrong, he feels awkward around everyone. He’s better off helping the crew of the Apocalypse stay safe and keeping his head down. Especially as the Siblet have finalized their deadly plans. But his gorgeous human partner, Sloane Harper, has other ideas. And damn, if that female doesn’t tempt him to try something different. But if he does, the consequences will be devastating. Sloane adores Dallin. He’s smart, sexy, and determined. And even though he has his quirks, he’s practically perfect. But there’s a problem. He doesn’t notice her. What can she do to break down that solid alien wall? Or should Sloane admit defeat and accept love isn't for her? When they’re thrown together to save the crew from a devastating poison, Dallin must face his fears, leave his solace, and admit he loves Sloane before it’s too late and he loses everything. This sci-fi action-romance novel has a crew of feisty, smart women, gorgeous Apexian alien warriors, action-packed battles, funny, quirky alien critters, and steamy scenes set in space. If you like muscled alien warriors, women who know how to handle themselves, and steamy romance, you’ll love Saved, book six in Arcadia Shield's complete sci-fi romance series. Perfect for readers of Anna Hackett, Mina Carter, and Honey Phillips.
Hunted - sci fi alien romance (steamy romance and action in space)
Author: Arcadia Shield
Publisher: Alien Romance Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
A galaxy-wide threat. A point to prove. And a love that'll never fade. Haunted by a past that almost destroyed her, Cleo Newman won’t let anything ruin her career. She leads the crew on the Apocalypse, who have the highest success rate of any conservation ship. But she has two problems: the stifling orders from High Command, and her tempting partner, Hunter, who she spent one blistering night with. But Cleo learned the hard way never to mix business and pleasure, so she can’t have him. Hunter never expected to find love with a human, but Cleo consumes him. He had a taste of her, but then backed off when she asked to keep things professional. But he’s done waiting. They’re perfect for each other, and when her life is threatened, he doesn’t hold back from protecting her and ensuring she knows what they both need. When a mission goes off-plan and Cleo’s future is in jeopardy, Hunter makes the ultimate sacrifice to ensure she keeps her dreams alive. Whatever it takes, he won’t lose her. *** This sci-fi action-romance novel has a crew of feisty, smart women, gorgeous Apexian alien warriors, action-packed battles, funny, quirky alien critters, and steamy scenes set in space. This is book 5 in the complete series. Perfect for readers of Mina Carter, Anna Hackett, and Honey Phillips.
Publisher: Alien Romance Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
A galaxy-wide threat. A point to prove. And a love that'll never fade. Haunted by a past that almost destroyed her, Cleo Newman won’t let anything ruin her career. She leads the crew on the Apocalypse, who have the highest success rate of any conservation ship. But she has two problems: the stifling orders from High Command, and her tempting partner, Hunter, who she spent one blistering night with. But Cleo learned the hard way never to mix business and pleasure, so she can’t have him. Hunter never expected to find love with a human, but Cleo consumes him. He had a taste of her, but then backed off when she asked to keep things professional. But he’s done waiting. They’re perfect for each other, and when her life is threatened, he doesn’t hold back from protecting her and ensuring she knows what they both need. When a mission goes off-plan and Cleo’s future is in jeopardy, Hunter makes the ultimate sacrifice to ensure she keeps her dreams alive. Whatever it takes, he won’t lose her. *** This sci-fi action-romance novel has a crew of feisty, smart women, gorgeous Apexian alien warriors, action-packed battles, funny, quirky alien critters, and steamy scenes set in space. This is book 5 in the complete series. Perfect for readers of Mina Carter, Anna Hackett, and Honey Phillips.
Dog Warrior
Author: Wen Spencer
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101212594
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Atticus Steele is en route to Cape Cod when he rescues a stranger from death at the hands of a religious cult—and is surprised to learn that the man he’s saved is Ukah Oregon, his long-lost brother. Ukiah’s membership in the Dog Warriors— a paramilitary biker gang—gives him the ability to repay the favor by assisting Atticus in an undercover assignment to purchase an elusive new designer drug. What Atticus discovers—and can’t believe—is that the mysterious drug is an alien intoxicant specially attuned to the brothers’ shared alien biology. When the religious zealots threaten Ukiah’s life again, Atticus must learn to trust the Dog Warriors and accept his own origins if he’s to have any chance of saving his brother’s life…and his own.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101212594
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Atticus Steele is en route to Cape Cod when he rescues a stranger from death at the hands of a religious cult—and is surprised to learn that the man he’s saved is Ukah Oregon, his long-lost brother. Ukiah’s membership in the Dog Warriors— a paramilitary biker gang—gives him the ability to repay the favor by assisting Atticus in an undercover assignment to purchase an elusive new designer drug. What Atticus discovers—and can’t believe—is that the mysterious drug is an alien intoxicant specially attuned to the brothers’ shared alien biology. When the religious zealots threaten Ukiah’s life again, Atticus must learn to trust the Dog Warriors and accept his own origins if he’s to have any chance of saving his brother’s life…and his own.
The Never Hero
Author: T. Ellery Hodges
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780990774600
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
What if when you died, no one would ever know you were all that stood between man and the enemy?When Jonathan Tibbs awakes in a puddle of his own blood, there isn't a scratch on him to explain it. In the weeks to follow, he comes to find he's been drafted for a war with a violent otherworldly species. A war that only he can remember. Now, the man Jonathan imagined himself becoming is no longer the man who can endure his future. The first installment in this science fiction action adventure series, The Never Hero is a gritty and honest look at the psychological journey of a man forced to forge himself into a weapon. Abandoned with little guidance, and at the mercy of a bargain struck far outside his reach, Jonathan races to unlock the means to surmount the odds, and understand the mystery behind a conflict raging outside of time and memory.In the end, the real question is what Jonathan is willing to become to save a planet that will never see his sacrifice.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780990774600
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
What if when you died, no one would ever know you were all that stood between man and the enemy?When Jonathan Tibbs awakes in a puddle of his own blood, there isn't a scratch on him to explain it. In the weeks to follow, he comes to find he's been drafted for a war with a violent otherworldly species. A war that only he can remember. Now, the man Jonathan imagined himself becoming is no longer the man who can endure his future. The first installment in this science fiction action adventure series, The Never Hero is a gritty and honest look at the psychological journey of a man forced to forge himself into a weapon. Abandoned with little guidance, and at the mercy of a bargain struck far outside his reach, Jonathan races to unlock the means to surmount the odds, and understand the mystery behind a conflict raging outside of time and memory.In the end, the real question is what Jonathan is willing to become to save a planet that will never see his sacrifice.
The Football Girl
Author: Thatcher Heldring
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375987142
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375987142
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book
Love, Lucas
Author: Chantele Sedgwick
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1634500032
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A 2015 Whitney Award Nominee! A powerful story of loss, second chances, and first love, reminiscent of Sarah Dessen and John Green. When Oakley Nelson loses her older brother, Lucas, to cancer, she thinks she’ll never recover. Between her parents’ arguing and the battle she’s fighting with depression, she feels nothing inside but a hollow emptiness. When Mom suggests they spend a few months in California with Aunt Jo, Oakley isn’t sure a change of scenery will alter anything, but she’s willing to give it a try. In California, Oakley discovers a sort of safety and freedom in Aunt Jo’s beach house. Once they’re settled, Mom hands her a notebook full of letters addressed to her—from Lucas. As Oakley reads one each day, she realizes how much he loved her, and each letter challenges her to be better and to continue to enjoy her life. He wants her to move on. If only it were that easy. But then a surfer named Carson comes into her life, and Oakley is blindsided. He makes her feel again. As she lets him in, she is surprised by how much she cares for him, and that’s when things get complicated. How can she fall in love and be happy when Lucas never got the chance to do those very same things? With her brother’s dying words as guidance, Oakley knows she must learn to listen and trust again. But will she have to leave the past behind to find happiness in the future? Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1634500032
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A 2015 Whitney Award Nominee! A powerful story of loss, second chances, and first love, reminiscent of Sarah Dessen and John Green. When Oakley Nelson loses her older brother, Lucas, to cancer, she thinks she’ll never recover. Between her parents’ arguing and the battle she’s fighting with depression, she feels nothing inside but a hollow emptiness. When Mom suggests they spend a few months in California with Aunt Jo, Oakley isn’t sure a change of scenery will alter anything, but she’s willing to give it a try. In California, Oakley discovers a sort of safety and freedom in Aunt Jo’s beach house. Once they’re settled, Mom hands her a notebook full of letters addressed to her—from Lucas. As Oakley reads one each day, she realizes how much he loved her, and each letter challenges her to be better and to continue to enjoy her life. He wants her to move on. If only it were that easy. But then a surfer named Carson comes into her life, and Oakley is blindsided. He makes her feel again. As she lets him in, she is surprised by how much she cares for him, and that’s when things get complicated. How can she fall in love and be happy when Lucas never got the chance to do those very same things? With her brother’s dying words as guidance, Oakley knows she must learn to listen and trust again. But will she have to leave the past behind to find happiness in the future? Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Whose Names Are Unknown
Author: Sanora Babb
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806187522
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Sanora Babb’s long-hidden novel Whose Names Are Unknown tells an intimate story of the High Plains farmers who fled drought dust storms during the Great Depression. Written with empathy for the farmers’ plight, this powerful narrative is based upon the author’s firsthand experience. This clear-eyed and unsentimental story centers on the fictional Dunne family as they struggle to survive and endure while never losing faith in themselves. In the Oklahoma Panhandle, Milt, Julia, their two little girls, and Milt’s father, Konkie, share a life of cramped circumstances in a one-room dugout with never enough to eat. Yet buried in the drudgery of their everyday life are aspirations, failed dreams, and fleeting moments of hope. The land is their dream. The Dunne family and the farmers around them fight desperately for the land they love, but the droughts of the thirties force them to abandon their fields. When they join the exodus to the irrigated valleys of California, they discover not the promised land, but an abusive labor system arrayed against destitute immigrants. The system labels all farmers like them as worthless “Okies” and earmarks them for beatings and worse when hardworking men and women, such as Milt and Julia, object to wages so low they can’t possibly feed their children. The informal communal relations these dryland farmers knew on the High Plains gradually coalesce into a shared determination to resist. Realizing that a unified community is their best hope for survival, the Dunnes join with their fellow workers and begin the struggle to improve migrant working conditions through democratic organization and collective protest. Babb wrote Whose Names are Unknown in the 1930s while working with refugee farmers in the Farm Security Administration (FSA) camps of California. Originally from the Oklahoma Panhandle are herself, Babb, who had first come to Los Angeles in 1929 as a journalist, joined FSA camp administrator Tom Collins in 1938 to help the uprooted farmers. As Lawrence R. Rodgers notes in his foreword, Babb submitted the manuscript for this book to Random House for consideration in 1939. Editor Bennett Cerf planned to publish this “exceptionally fine” novel but when John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath swept the nation, Cerf explained that the market could not support two books on the subject. Babb has since shared her manuscript with interested scholars who have deemed it a classic in its own right. In an era when the country was deeply divided on social legislation issues and millions drifted unemployed and homeless, Babb recorded the stories of the people she greatly respected, those “whose names are unknown.” In doing so, she returned to them their identities and dignity, and put a human face on economic disaster and social distress.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806187522
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Sanora Babb’s long-hidden novel Whose Names Are Unknown tells an intimate story of the High Plains farmers who fled drought dust storms during the Great Depression. Written with empathy for the farmers’ plight, this powerful narrative is based upon the author’s firsthand experience. This clear-eyed and unsentimental story centers on the fictional Dunne family as they struggle to survive and endure while never losing faith in themselves. In the Oklahoma Panhandle, Milt, Julia, their two little girls, and Milt’s father, Konkie, share a life of cramped circumstances in a one-room dugout with never enough to eat. Yet buried in the drudgery of their everyday life are aspirations, failed dreams, and fleeting moments of hope. The land is their dream. The Dunne family and the farmers around them fight desperately for the land they love, but the droughts of the thirties force them to abandon their fields. When they join the exodus to the irrigated valleys of California, they discover not the promised land, but an abusive labor system arrayed against destitute immigrants. The system labels all farmers like them as worthless “Okies” and earmarks them for beatings and worse when hardworking men and women, such as Milt and Julia, object to wages so low they can’t possibly feed their children. The informal communal relations these dryland farmers knew on the High Plains gradually coalesce into a shared determination to resist. Realizing that a unified community is their best hope for survival, the Dunnes join with their fellow workers and begin the struggle to improve migrant working conditions through democratic organization and collective protest. Babb wrote Whose Names are Unknown in the 1930s while working with refugee farmers in the Farm Security Administration (FSA) camps of California. Originally from the Oklahoma Panhandle are herself, Babb, who had first come to Los Angeles in 1929 as a journalist, joined FSA camp administrator Tom Collins in 1938 to help the uprooted farmers. As Lawrence R. Rodgers notes in his foreword, Babb submitted the manuscript for this book to Random House for consideration in 1939. Editor Bennett Cerf planned to publish this “exceptionally fine” novel but when John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath swept the nation, Cerf explained that the market could not support two books on the subject. Babb has since shared her manuscript with interested scholars who have deemed it a classic in its own right. In an era when the country was deeply divided on social legislation issues and millions drifted unemployed and homeless, Babb recorded the stories of the people she greatly respected, those “whose names are unknown.” In doing so, she returned to them their identities and dignity, and put a human face on economic disaster and social distress.