After Me

After Me PDF Author: Deborah Coonts
Publisher: Chestnut Street Press
ISBN: 1944831983
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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Twenty million in diamonds missing. Kate Sawyer, a cop in witness protection, holds the key. If she could only remember. Early-onset Alzheimer’s clouds the past. Stem cell therapy is working to clear it. But time is running out for Kate. One night she finds a dead man in her bathtub with a note stuck in his pocket. I know what you’ve done. Her cover blown, Kate runs, the clock is ticking. People close to her are being killed. Shadowy memories tease her. Some she recognizes. Others don’t seem familiar at all. Running from people she can’t remember, dogged by a past lost in the haze, Kate discovers no one is who they appear to be, perhaps not even herself. After Me is a dark psychological thriller on the cutting edge of medical science, perfect for those who like scientific what-ifs...with a ray of hope. AN INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH COONTS After making a name for yourself in another genre, why switch genres now? My first series featuring Lucky O’Toole is a light, romantic mystery series. At the time, my life was pretty dark, so I enjoyed the laugh-out-loud snark of Lucky and her pals. But, now life is a bit brighter and I find the darker side, my love of thrillers calling to me. I’ve always loved thrillers, especially psychological thrillers, medical thrillers, women in jeopardy chase books, that sort of thing. Fast-paced storylines with deep, well-rounded characters—I wanted to add my name to the list of writers who have delved deep into these waters. You’re a lawyer, so why the medical tie-in? I’ve always been a science geek. When I first went to college, medical school was my target. Alas, life got in the way, but it didn’t dim my interest in the field. And today, technology is honing a sharp edge in the medical field raising lots of possibilities for cures. But where there is a good use there is also a bad use—the yin and the yang. Nothing ever comes without a price. Great for storytelling. PRAISE FOR After Me "Fantastic! Coonts combines her trademark strong characters and clever plotting with one of the freshest concepts in suspense--a heroine with early onset Alzheimer's who literally can't remember why everyone wants her dead. Buckle your seatbelt for a wild ride!" - Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A firecracker of a thriller--with an ingenious premise, non-stop suspense and terrific writing. But it's the heroine who makes this such a winner--a heart-breakingly damaged loner who's got 'soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture' written all over her." - Hank Phillippi Ryan, Anthony, Agatha, and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author "Everyone who loves Deborah Coonts's Lucky series knows that she is a master of the humorous mystery; now everyone will watch Coonts make her mark in the darker world of suspense. After Me hooked me from page one. After Me is the hallmark of a great thriller: strong voice, twisting mystery, and a compelling heroine." - Allison Brennan, New York Times bestselling author "Relentlessly paced, After Me is the compelling quest of a woman's inspiring quest to survive...and a haunting reminder of the great truth: we are what we remember. It's Coonts's most gripping book yet." - Vicki Pettersson, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author "Deborah Coonts' After Me is the perfect thriller: a protagonist is being chased by those driven to make her pay with her life for a deed she may or may not have done, and truly cannot remember. Coonts's masterly use of memory flashback gives her heroine, Kate Sawyer, just enough revelatory insights into her own private hell to draw her readers into this purgatory with her. The premise is harrowing. The reveal is explosive. And the ending is redemptive. In other words, this is not just a satisfying novel; you'll find it a memorable read." - Josie Brown, author of The Housewife Assassin series "Deborah Coonts has given us an incredibly original story. Enjoy!" - Catherine Coulter, #1 New York Times bestselling author "From the white-hot opening sentence - complete with dead body - Deborah Coonts introduces Kate Sawyer, a highly original and different character. From first page to last, you will be caught up in Kate's world, her struggles, her victories, her fear, and her own battles leaving her uncertain what is real and what is not... or who she can trust... even herself. Kate is a new type of heroine in ways that cannot be described; you have to read this book. One can only hope Ms. Coonts will take a suggestion from a certain British Secret Agent and Kate Sawyer will return!" - Will Graham, author of Spider's Tango, Spider's Dance, and Spider's Kiss "After Me is a fast-paced page-turner with a plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat. In this taut romantic thriller, no one is who they seem--least of all, Kate Sawyer. Kate must piece together a past she can't remember--a past that holds the key to her staying alive. Coonts has a sure winner!" - Barbara Freethy, #1 New York Times bestselling author "I love Kate Sawyer! Deborah Coonts has created an unforgettable character and thrust her into a fascinatingly unique and dangerous situation. I want more!!!" - Debra Webb, USA Today bestselling author

After Me Comes the Flood

After Me Comes the Flood PDF Author: Sarah Perry
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 006266641X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239

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From the internationally bestselling author of The Essex Serpent—soon to be an Apple TV+ Series “A beautiful, dream-like, unsettling narrative in which every word, like a small jewel, feels carefully chosen, considered and placed. Rarely do debut novels come as assured and impressive as this one.”—Sarah Waters, New York Times bestselling author of The Paying Guests Elegant, sinister and psychologically complex, After Me Comes the Flood is the haunting debut novel by Sarah Perry, the bestselling author of The Essex Serpent and Melmoth. One hot summer’s day, John Cole decides to shut his bookshop early, and possibly forever, and drives out of London to see his brother. When his car breaks down on an isolated road, he goes looking for help and finds a dilapidated house. As he approaches, a laughing woman he’s never seen before walks out, addresses him by name and explains she’s been waiting for him. Entering the home, John discovers an enigmatic clan of residents all of whom seem to know who he is, and also claim they have been awaiting his arrival. They seem to be waiting for something else, too—something final.... Written before Sarah Perry’s ascension to an internationally bestselling author, After Me Comes the Flood is a spectacular novel of obsession, conviction, and providence.

He's After Me

He's After Me PDF Author: Chris Higgins
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
ISBN: 1844569993
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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His smile faded and our eyes held and that's when it happened. A charge passed through me, like an electric shock. Anna meets Jem when her life is falling apart. He is everything Anna needs him to be. Her dad may have run off with a younger woman, her mum may be a wreck and her younger sister, Livi, is swerving off the rails - but as long as she has Jem, Anna will be OK. And for the first time in her life Anna falls. Deeply and truly and intensely in love. The end? Not quite...

After Me

After Me PDF Author: Deborah Coonts
Publisher: Chestnut Street Press
ISBN: 1944831983
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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Book Description
Twenty million in diamonds missing. Kate Sawyer, a cop in witness protection, holds the key. If she could only remember. Early-onset Alzheimer’s clouds the past. Stem cell therapy is working to clear it. But time is running out for Kate. One night she finds a dead man in her bathtub with a note stuck in his pocket. I know what you’ve done. Her cover blown, Kate runs, the clock is ticking. People close to her are being killed. Shadowy memories tease her. Some she recognizes. Others don’t seem familiar at all. Running from people she can’t remember, dogged by a past lost in the haze, Kate discovers no one is who they appear to be, perhaps not even herself. After Me is a dark psychological thriller on the cutting edge of medical science, perfect for those who like scientific what-ifs...with a ray of hope. AN INTERVIEW WITH DEBORAH COONTS After making a name for yourself in another genre, why switch genres now? My first series featuring Lucky O’Toole is a light, romantic mystery series. At the time, my life was pretty dark, so I enjoyed the laugh-out-loud snark of Lucky and her pals. But, now life is a bit brighter and I find the darker side, my love of thrillers calling to me. I’ve always loved thrillers, especially psychological thrillers, medical thrillers, women in jeopardy chase books, that sort of thing. Fast-paced storylines with deep, well-rounded characters—I wanted to add my name to the list of writers who have delved deep into these waters. You’re a lawyer, so why the medical tie-in? I’ve always been a science geek. When I first went to college, medical school was my target. Alas, life got in the way, but it didn’t dim my interest in the field. And today, technology is honing a sharp edge in the medical field raising lots of possibilities for cures. But where there is a good use there is also a bad use—the yin and the yang. Nothing ever comes without a price. Great for storytelling. PRAISE FOR After Me "Fantastic! Coonts combines her trademark strong characters and clever plotting with one of the freshest concepts in suspense--a heroine with early onset Alzheimer's who literally can't remember why everyone wants her dead. Buckle your seatbelt for a wild ride!" - Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A firecracker of a thriller--with an ingenious premise, non-stop suspense and terrific writing. But it's the heroine who makes this such a winner--a heart-breakingly damaged loner who's got 'soon-to-be-a-major-motion-picture' written all over her." - Hank Phillippi Ryan, Anthony, Agatha, and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author "Everyone who loves Deborah Coonts's Lucky series knows that she is a master of the humorous mystery; now everyone will watch Coonts make her mark in the darker world of suspense. After Me hooked me from page one. After Me is the hallmark of a great thriller: strong voice, twisting mystery, and a compelling heroine." - Allison Brennan, New York Times bestselling author "Relentlessly paced, After Me is the compelling quest of a woman's inspiring quest to survive...and a haunting reminder of the great truth: we are what we remember. It's Coonts's most gripping book yet." - Vicki Pettersson, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author "Deborah Coonts' After Me is the perfect thriller: a protagonist is being chased by those driven to make her pay with her life for a deed she may or may not have done, and truly cannot remember. Coonts's masterly use of memory flashback gives her heroine, Kate Sawyer, just enough revelatory insights into her own private hell to draw her readers into this purgatory with her. The premise is harrowing. The reveal is explosive. And the ending is redemptive. In other words, this is not just a satisfying novel; you'll find it a memorable read." - Josie Brown, author of The Housewife Assassin series "Deborah Coonts has given us an incredibly original story. Enjoy!" - Catherine Coulter, #1 New York Times bestselling author "From the white-hot opening sentence - complete with dead body - Deborah Coonts introduces Kate Sawyer, a highly original and different character. From first page to last, you will be caught up in Kate's world, her struggles, her victories, her fear, and her own battles leaving her uncertain what is real and what is not... or who she can trust... even herself. Kate is a new type of heroine in ways that cannot be described; you have to read this book. One can only hope Ms. Coonts will take a suggestion from a certain British Secret Agent and Kate Sawyer will return!" - Will Graham, author of Spider's Tango, Spider's Dance, and Spider's Kiss "After Me is a fast-paced page-turner with a plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat. In this taut romantic thriller, no one is who they seem--least of all, Kate Sawyer. Kate must piece together a past she can't remember--a past that holds the key to her staying alive. Coonts has a sure winner!" - Barbara Freethy, #1 New York Times bestselling author "I love Kate Sawyer! Deborah Coonts has created an unforgettable character and thrust her into a fascinatingly unique and dangerous situation. I want more!!!" - Debra Webb, USA Today bestselling author

Look After Me

Look After Me PDF Author: Elena Matthews
Publisher: Elena Matthews
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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Book Description
The moment Sebastian Gilbert watches his soul mate declare her undying love to another man, his entire life changes. Unable to cope with the loss of his fiancée, his job, his life, he turns to the only thing that helps ease the pain. Cocaine. Seven months later… Sebastian checks out of rehab, but after three months locked away from the outside world, he struggles to adapt to his new life. When he reaches out to his drug counselor from rehab, Addison Scott, he begins to find hope. Addison is sweet, smart, and understands him in a way that no one else does. As she helps Sebastian rebuild his life, their friendship grows but lines become blurred and lust quickly turns into love. Sebastian’s broken heart is slowly mending, but will letting Addison in shatter it once more? **Can be read as a standalone** Warning: Recommended for ages 18+ due to subject matters of drug abuse, violence, explicit language and sexual situations.

Repeat After Me

Repeat After Me PDF Author: Jessica Warman
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
ISBN: 1649374801
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333

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She’s about to have a serious temporal tantrum. In retrospect, I probably should have passed on the ceviche. It was already a weird Friday. My class is stuck on an eerily remote island for our senior trip, I’m pretty sure Mr. D (“call me Max”) is hiding something from us, my ex–best friend turned nemesis keeps stealing my candy, and tonight’s plan for my boyfriend and me to finally lose our virginity to each other is going hellishly. I mean, ceviche is delicious, don’t get me wrong. But a dish made from a supposedly immortal octopus should really come with a warning label. Caution: consuming a telepathic sea creature of unknown origin may result in immortality, no consequences to any actions, and getting stuck in a time loop for all of eternity. Now every morning I wake up, and it’s the same Friday all over again. Same annoying classmates. Same island suspended in time by an evil oyster farmer with a God complex. Same outrageous candy theft. The only person I can count on to keep me from losing my grip on this new reality is Louis, my best friend who knows me better than anyone else in this world. This should be a cephalopod-induced nightmare but somehow—in some ridiculous way—I feel like I’m experiencing the extraordinary, the gift of endless opportunities to get things right. But when I wake up every morning and it’s Friday again, sometimes it feels more like a never-ending prison sentence. They say some things are worse than death... ...guess I’m about to find out. At Entangled Teen, we care about our readers' experience. Please be advised that this title is intended for ages 17+ and may not be suitable for all audiences.

Vampires After Me

Vampires After Me PDF Author: Carol Barnhill
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483613771
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215

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The Blood-borne Saga continues in this emotionally enthralling and riveting story of Dr. Paul Geraud, vampire and his human wife, Alexandra. Almost two years had passed since Paul ran from vampire hunters leaving his beloved Alex behind with the intent she should seek a normal life. He was certain she would never find him, she was adamant that she would---and she did. After an impasse, they decide to live near each other, but not together as they attempt to rekindle the deep love and trust they once shared. Emotional turmoil and rivalry develop when Alex meets vampire hunter, Jon Brennan, who romantically pursues her. Forced to choose between her vampire husband and a man who could eventually destroy him, things are further complicated when a jealous force from the past raises its ugly head bent on destroying her. In an effort to save Alex, Paul must trust his rival to hide her while he attempts to destroy the combined forces of vampires, "halflings", and mastiff dogs. He goes to battle insurmountable forces with the knowledge he may not survive, and if he survives, the fear that Alex may not choose him. .

Repeat After Me

Repeat After Me PDF Author: Rachel DeWoskin
Publisher: ABRAMS
ISBN: 1468304860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229

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A young New Yorker teaches English to a Chinese dissident in this “heartbreaking and uplifting” novel of love, loss, and language (Publishers Weekly). Aysha is a twenty-two-year-old plagued by guilt and anxiety ever since her parents’ divorce. But after suffering severe symptoms, she’s now focused on recovering and on teaching her English as a Second Language students. Then a young man named Da Ge joins her ESL class. A dissident with a painful past, he has fled China after the Tianenmen Square massacre, and Aysha finds herself falling irresistibly in love, in spite of the language barrier—and often, the emotional barrier—between them. When he asks her to marry him for the sake of a visa, she cannot say no. It is a relationship that will bring both great joy and great sorrow—and will take Aysha to places she never imagined. A winner of the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award, this is an insightful and emotional novel by the author of Big Girl Small and the memoir Foreign Babes in Beijing. “Her writing gleams with beautifully realized descriptions of people, places, and encounters.” —Time Out

Repeat After Me

Repeat After Me PDF Author: Asenath Tannie
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1434363112
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Toofer, two books in one, is comprised of "Vaudeville Blues A Play in One Scene," and "Leftovers," a collection of the author's old writings. The play was written in 2005, and the old writings date from 1973 to 1991. Toofer is the author's sixth published book.

Come after Me

Come after Me PDF Author: Billy-John
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450052525
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 437

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Nine years in the making, author Billy-John releases through Xlibris his new book Come after Me. The stirring narrative is all set to entertain readers as they get wrangled into doing whatever’s necessary to be of service; flashlights seen sweeping the passages in their effort to help the heroine, Susan Parble, whose life’s sultry drama forms the spline of the story. Wise in the ways of the world, Susan puts away her childish things, including coning off the boy next door. And he´s not liking it either! So without the appeal of buff, his BLING so immature, Jeff takes matters in hand, but quickly learns his inventions, spiteful actions of a cast-off lover, are no match for the new man in her life. Fooled into believing her new career is on the up and up, Susan soon wants off the merry-go-round, out of porn, but not without him—the heartstrings now yearning for a different guy. And if that´s not love than somebody better tell her what is!—Because her enflamed brush is only splashing out happy clouds now, her ecstasy so controlling that she´s not wanting to make mention of the cougar whose mature experience and seduction are all so sweet on the same flame—further fraught with the tissues of lies a meddling aunt has revealed in anger. So paramount a think up of dark behavior here, that its readers exhibit unpreparedness; falling on them is what’s beyond what is marked out—the truth! Will Susan be blessed every step of the way and succeed in life and love or will the deprivation shake her trust and be so wantonly wowed that she’s left coupling without ever connecting? With Come after Me, readers will find believable authenticity attached to each of the fictitious roles which will draw them into the story and latter find out that their emotions have been stirred. Warning! The moving novel, ‘Come after ME’ involves unrevealed stimuli that purposely affects below the threshold of consciousness; unrealized by sleight of what’s perceptible text! Prologue: Hello! I’m Susan, the heroine of Billy-John’s novel; wasn’t it awesome, reading Marilyn’s love letter I mean, poking our nose into her erotic business so secret like and all? Wonder what he looks like? Hey, I admit it. I am so given to any form of snooping! Susan is referencing a promotional campaign, whereby copies of Marilyn’s private love letter were mailed out, her penned feelings scattered far and wide, all across the country—hopefully drawing some favorable attention to Billy-John’s new book, ‘Come after Me’...Susan didn’t happen to mention that she stole the woman’s—shoots from the heart—right out of her personal safety deposit box did she?—Of course not! She knows full well that her conduct need not be judged if enough people partake in the deliciousness of what she snuck. And for those unfortunate diehard romantics who missed out, a copy of the letter is included within each book. Well, after seeing the author’s eraser being exhibited in a menacing way, I suddenly feel compelled to speak with you on behalf of all the cast; memorable characters whose stream of imagery will stage the show that’s going to deliver your draw with the intimacy it shares—not discounting the salty hook, entertaining exuberance, cool excitement, or any of the splendid thematic considerations that’s deliciously waiting for you. And ladies, I can tell you that my paramount role, culled to champion our gender in the story, is only more dimensional and more powerful because it is in fact a female led thriller, a female led romantic journey whose emphasis is greatly on love—dripping with so much emotional content that the books spleen is a swamp of passion, such that it can’t segue, for the descriptive writing constantly whelms you with splashes of womanly luxunance, all to it creating pell-mell for him—the supposedly stronger sex who’s r

Follow After Me

Follow After Me PDF Author: Allison Marlow Paterson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1922265276
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303

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In 1914, Evie's dreams are destroyed when the shadow of World War I descends. Her sweetheart, eighteen-year-old Tom Windridge, leaves the family's farm to serve in the war with his four brothers. Before he goes, Evie gives Tom a small key as a good luck charm - the key to her heart. Evie's spirit is shattered when she learns Tom will not return. Grappling with religious differences and the conscription debate, Evie abandons her values and ambition when wooed by the local priest's charming, yet controlling nephew. Fate intervenes to unlock a new beginning for Evie when Tom's older brother, Jack, returns from the Western Front with the missing key. In a parallel narrative, Evie's great-granddaughter, Lizzie, is dealing with the social challenges of becoming an adult in 2018. In her final year of high school, she suddenly rejects her friends, her study and her principles to start a potentially life-changing relationship with Brandon, a narcissistic football player who conceals his predatory intention. Nick, a fellow student, secretly protects Lizzie, but an altercation with Brandon fills her with shame and regret. A century on, the tiny key once again unlocks the way forward.