The Second Song #4: Shine a Light

The Second Song #4: Shine a Light PDF Author: Emily Stone
Publisher: Emily Stone
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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With Avery now lost somewhere in Indonesia, not Malaysia as Elise had thought, the situation seems desperate. There's no way she is going to just sit at home waiting uselessly for news. Using every method available to her Elise is determined that she in Gwen will have to find him themselves, despite the devastation... SNEAK PEEK! She wasn’t kidding, the roads through the mountains were treacherous and we couldn’t travel nearly as fast as I wanted to. In light of the disaster, there was a lot of traffic to contend with and we had to take many detours to avoid roadblocks. There were several times I thought Umi would never get her big truck through the narrow roads that weren’t much better than paths, but she always managed, until we reached Sibolga and a few hours past the small city, we could go no further by vehicle. The entire area was flooded for miles and there was no other choice but to continue on foot. “How many days to Padang from here?” I asked as we divvied up the supplies among our various packs. “In good condition, three days.” Umi shrugged. “Could take much longer.” “We’ll be fine,” Gwen insisted. “I can’t help but think it’s a dumb idea for three women to go trekking across the mountains on their own.” I turned to find them both scowling at me. “Not that we can’t take care of ourselves,” I amended quickly, “it just may invite unwanted trouble.” “Shotgun make good deterrent,” Umi said, slinging the gun over her shoulder, handing Gwen a set of handguns. “Where’s mine?” “She won’t shoot self?” “I usually find it best not to underestimate her,” Gwen muttered. “I’ll take the big ass knife,” I insisted, sheathing it at my waist. The first night we slept on the cold damp ground, I wondered if I’d bitten off more than I could chew. I was so occupied with getting to Padang, I still hadn’t thought about what I’d do once I got there. I stared up at the stars and made my plans while the others slept. I finally fell asleep as the sky began to lighten and I woke feeling sore and exhausted, but eager to get one day closer to Avery. “Let me check for messages and we’ll go,” I said as Gwen and Umi barked orders at each other. I couldn’t quite tell if they hated each other or were genuinely fond of each other but I chose to stay out of the line of fire. I never got to check my messages because the ground started to shake. Umi quickly had us all huddled up against the mountainside as rock and boulder crashed around us. “Ahh!” I heard Gwen cry as the earthquake began to subside. “Gwen?” “I’m fine, just got smacked in the head.” Blood oozed from a small gash and I tended it as best as I could. “Just little quake, we go,” Umi insisted. “Little quake?” I shuddered. We spent the afternoon climbing over rocks and trees that covered the road. We were moving even slower now and I feared we’d never get there. “What kind of damage did that ‘small quake’ cause in Padang?” Gwen murmured softly. “My fear exactly...” new adult, contemporary romance, pop music romance

The Second Song #4: Shine a Light

The Second Song #4: Shine a Light PDF Author: Emily Stone
Publisher: Emily Stone
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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With Avery now lost somewhere in Indonesia, not Malaysia as Elise had thought, the situation seems desperate. There's no way she is going to just sit at home waiting uselessly for news. Using every method available to her Elise is determined that she in Gwen will have to find him themselves, despite the devastation... SNEAK PEEK! She wasn’t kidding, the roads through the mountains were treacherous and we couldn’t travel nearly as fast as I wanted to. In light of the disaster, there was a lot of traffic to contend with and we had to take many detours to avoid roadblocks. There were several times I thought Umi would never get her big truck through the narrow roads that weren’t much better than paths, but she always managed, until we reached Sibolga and a few hours past the small city, we could go no further by vehicle. The entire area was flooded for miles and there was no other choice but to continue on foot. “How many days to Padang from here?” I asked as we divvied up the supplies among our various packs. “In good condition, three days.” Umi shrugged. “Could take much longer.” “We’ll be fine,” Gwen insisted. “I can’t help but think it’s a dumb idea for three women to go trekking across the mountains on their own.” I turned to find them both scowling at me. “Not that we can’t take care of ourselves,” I amended quickly, “it just may invite unwanted trouble.” “Shotgun make good deterrent,” Umi said, slinging the gun over her shoulder, handing Gwen a set of handguns. “Where’s mine?” “She won’t shoot self?” “I usually find it best not to underestimate her,” Gwen muttered. “I’ll take the big ass knife,” I insisted, sheathing it at my waist. The first night we slept on the cold damp ground, I wondered if I’d bitten off more than I could chew. I was so occupied with getting to Padang, I still hadn’t thought about what I’d do once I got there. I stared up at the stars and made my plans while the others slept. I finally fell asleep as the sky began to lighten and I woke feeling sore and exhausted, but eager to get one day closer to Avery. “Let me check for messages and we’ll go,” I said as Gwen and Umi barked orders at each other. I couldn’t quite tell if they hated each other or were genuinely fond of each other but I chose to stay out of the line of fire. I never got to check my messages because the ground started to shake. Umi quickly had us all huddled up against the mountainside as rock and boulder crashed around us. “Ahh!” I heard Gwen cry as the earthquake began to subside. “Gwen?” “I’m fine, just got smacked in the head.” Blood oozed from a small gash and I tended it as best as I could. “Just little quake, we go,” Umi insisted. “Little quake?” I shuddered. We spent the afternoon climbing over rocks and trees that covered the road. We were moving even slower now and I feared we’d never get there. “What kind of damage did that ‘small quake’ cause in Padang?” Gwen murmured softly. “My fear exactly...” new adult, contemporary romance, pop music romance

The Second Song: The Complete Series

The Second Song: The Complete Series PDF Author: Emily Stone
Publisher: Emily Stone
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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What do you do when everything in your life just feels wrong? Elise Leroux seems to have it all; a glittering pop career and a cabinet full of awards, not to mention her hot pop-star boyfriend, Silas. But it's not all that it seems – the songs chosen by her management are cheesy and as for Silas, well, that is nothing more than a "showmance", encouraged by their shared management. Despite her frustration at the lack of input she is allowed into her career, Elise is not looking forward to an enforced break between touring and starting her new album and is even less thrilled when her manager suggests that she return to Louisiana to get in touch with her Cajun roots. The last time she was home, she wasn't exactly made to feel welcome in town. And then there is Avery. A past love, not yet forgotten, how will she respond when she finally sees him again? SNEAK PEEK! "Elise Leroux? Is that really you?" "Avery?" I gasped. Boy has he grown up! I tried not to stare. "You deign us with your presence?" He laughed, reaching for his jeans after he’d toweled off most of the mud. I’d seen him do this a thousand times, but he’d been a boy back then. "Don’t be mean; you know I love this place!" I said playfully, encouraged by his lighthearted tone. "Come on over, I’ve got a load of grass ready for Léoma. I should have been back a month ago, I’m sure she’s out by now." "Not quite." I poled over to the dock where his pirogue was loaded with the kind of grass you could only find deep in the bayou. He’d been working hard all day. "I feel bad you’ve been doin’ this for gran all these years," I said as I joined him on solid ground, trying not to stare at the hard muscled chest of a man I hardly recognized, but he seemed so familiar at the same time. "I just assumed she got her swamp grass from ole Mr. Thibodaux." "She does from time to time, but I don’t mind helpin’ her out." "So what brings you home?" He asked, clearly avoiding my gaze as he tied the last bundle of grass and hefted it into the boat. His jaw was clenched almost like he was intimidated and didn’t know how to act around me. I’d seen that look often enough with the people who worked for me and I did not want to see it on Avery’s face. "Oh taking a much needed break from my life as a performing seal," I said with a huge sigh, hoping to ease the tension I felt between us. He burst out laughing, and I saw a bit of the old Avery return. "I’ve often wondered if you saw it, or if you were so blinded by the glitz and the glam that you didn’t realize it." "What that I’m a pop-princess-puppet, dancing to the strings my managers wield? Yeah, I see it, I’ve always seen it Avery - I’ve just always hoped it would lead to something more me." "And has it?" He asked, easing his pirogue back into the water, linking it with mine, and securing both to the dock. "I don’t know who I am anymore, so no, I suppose not." It was odd how quickly we slipped back into our old ways of brutal honesty. I had always been able to count on Avery to tell me the truth. It was part of what hurt us the most when we parted ways; we’d been too honest, and hurtful, with one another... This is the complete series edition of The Second Song

Hand to Hold

Hand to Hold PDF Author: JJ Heller
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0593193253
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

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This heartwarming picture book reassures children that a parent’s love never lets go—based on the poignant lyrics of JJ Heller’s beloved lullaby “Hand to Hold.” “May the living light inside you be the compass as you go / May you always know you have my hand to hold.” With delightful illustrations and an engaging rhyme scheme, this book offers the promise of security and love every child’s heart longs to know. From skipping stones and counting stars to climbing trees and telling stories, every moment is wrapped snugly in the certain warmth of a parent’s presence and God’s blessing. With poignancy and joy, this bedtime read captures the unconditional love parents want their children to know but so often fail to express amid the chaos of daily life.

The Second Song #3: Lost

The Second Song #3: Lost PDF Author: Emily Stone
Publisher: Emily Stone
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30

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With Avery and Gwen covering the developing crisis in Malaysia, Elise has no option but to push forward with her plans. Overseeing the construction of her recording studio and writing new music keeps her busy, but it is still difficult to keep Avery from her mind. Sure, he keeps texting when he can and in her head she knows that he is an experienced professional, but how safe can he possibly be? SNEAK PEEK! “Ave!” I nearly shouted into the phone. “Sorry Elise, it’s Max,” he said apologetically. “I’m on my way out to the bayou, you need to give an interview about all this.” “What?” I sat up in bed, realizing I hadn’t ever gotten around to taking a shower yesterday. I was a mess; the last thing I needed to deal with was my career or my nosey fans. “The press has still been buzzing about you and Avery. You successfully managed to get your fans behind your new relationship and they are worried about him and what his absence is doing to you. A picture of Avery at the press conference was all over the gossip sites yesterday and everyone is chomping at the bit for a word from you.” “You’ve got to be kidding me.” I rolled my eyes, flopping back against the pillows. “I know you must be a wreck, but it will be good PR for the fans to see you like this.” “Have you ever had a heart Max? Or did your mother manage to give birth to you without one?” “You know it’s true Elise. Even in the darkest moments of your life, you’ll never have total privacy.” “Do you even care to hear about Avery?” I squinted my eyes against another onset of tears. “Of course, I just assumed you hadn’t heard anything.” “We have a system, he tries to at least text me every six hours. I just heard from him a few hours ago. He’s alive, that much I know...”

In Order to Live

In Order to Live PDF Author: Yeonmi Park
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698409361
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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“I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.” - Yeonmi Park "One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard - and one of the most inspiring." - The Bookseller “Park's remarkable and inspiring story shines a light on a country whose inhabitants live in misery beyond comprehension. Park's important memoir showcases the strength of the human spirit and one young woman's incredible determination to never be hungry again.” —Publishers Weekly In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions of North Korean people continue to endure to this day, but also onto her own most painful and difficult memories. She tells with bravery and dignity for the first time the story of how she and her mother were betrayed and sold into sexual slavery in China and forced to suffer terrible psychological and physical hardship before they finally made their way to Seoul, South Korea—and to freedom. Park confronts her past with a startling resilience. In spite of everything, she has never stopped being proud of where she is from, and never stopped striving for a better life. Indeed, today she is a human rights activist working determinedly to bring attention to the oppression taking place in her home country. Park’s testimony is heartbreaking and unimaginable, but never without hope. This is the human spirit at its most indomitable.

The Light of the Midnight Stars

The Light of the Midnight Stars PDF Author: Rena Rossner
Publisher: Redhook
ISBN: 031648363X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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Experience an evocative combination of fantasy, history, and Jewish folklore in this lush and lyrical fairytale-inspired novel from the author of The Sisters of the Winter Wood. Deep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives on in his descendants. Gathering under the midnight stars, they perform small miracles and none are more gifted than the great Rabbi Isaac and his three daughters. Hannah, bookish and calm, can coax plants to grow even when the weather is bitterly cold. Sarah, defiant and strong, can control the impulsive nature of fire. And Levana, the fey one, can read the path of the stars to decipher their secrets. But darkness is creeping across Europe, threatening the lives of every Jewish person in every village. Each sister will have to make an impossible choice in an effort to survive—and change the fate of their family forever. Praise for The Light of the Midnight Stars: "Storytelling as spellcasting. Rossner has conjured something vivid and wild and true."—Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies "Rossner creates a lush, immersive world through which the sprawling plot meanders, punctuated by moments of intense grief. The result is as lovely as it is heartbreaking." —Publishers Weekly "Rossner's tale is as lyrical as the slow growth of roots, the quick dance of fire, and the stately procession of the stars. Blending folktale with history, hope with tragedy, its touch will linger on your heart long after you put it down."—Marie Brennan For more from Rena Rossner, check out The Sisters of the Winter Wood.

Bible Stories for All Ages

Bible Stories for All Ages PDF Author: Margaret Kyle
Publisher: Wood Lake Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1551455463
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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Presents one bible story for every Sunday of the year, which is paired with an activity suitable for small children which reinforces the moral or lesson appearing in each story.

A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language

A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language PDF Author: Samuel Wells Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese language
Languages : en
Pages : 1164

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The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular

The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 818

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The Musical Herald

The Musical Herald PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 548

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