Author: Fynn Orion
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387446894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Jessica was...intelligent beyond belief and unknowingly charming. Elijah was...arrogant and stoic but for the most part, a walking disaster. They were never meant to cross paths but when they did, Elijah and Jessica didn't know how to untie themselves from each other.
House of Hunger
Author: Alexis Henderson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593438477
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life’s finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply. A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching. Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she know. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper seeking a bloodmaid. Though she knows little about the far north—where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service—Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery. At the center of it all is Countess Lisavet. The countess, who presides over this hedonistic court, is loved and feared in equal measure. She takes a special interest in Marion. Lisavet is magnetic, and Marion is eager to please her new mistress. But when she discovers that the ancient walls of the House of Hunger hide even older secrets, Marion is thrust into a vicious game of cat and mouse. She’ll need to learn the rules of her new home—and fast—or its halls will soon become her grave.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593438477
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life’s finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply. A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power in this dark and enthralling Gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching. Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she know. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper seeking a bloodmaid. Though she knows little about the far north—where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service—Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery. At the center of it all is Countess Lisavet. The countess, who presides over this hedonistic court, is loved and feared in equal measure. She takes a special interest in Marion. Lisavet is magnetic, and Marion is eager to please her new mistress. But when she discovers that the ancient walls of the House of Hunger hide even older secrets, Marion is thrust into a vicious game of cat and mouse. She’ll need to learn the rules of her new home—and fast—or its halls will soon become her grave.
Islands
Author: Fynn Orion
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387446894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Jessica was...intelligent beyond belief and unknowingly charming. Elijah was...arrogant and stoic but for the most part, a walking disaster. They were never meant to cross paths but when they did, Elijah and Jessica didn't know how to untie themselves from each other.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387446894
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Jessica was...intelligent beyond belief and unknowingly charming. Elijah was...arrogant and stoic but for the most part, a walking disaster. They were never meant to cross paths but when they did, Elijah and Jessica didn't know how to untie themselves from each other.
The Paris Apartment
Author: Lucy Foley
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063003074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension – an undeniably engrossing guessing game.” — Vogue "[A] clever, cliff-hanger-filled thriller." — People From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide… Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not there. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother’s situation, and the more questions she has. Ben’s neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it’s starting to look like it’s Ben’s future that’s in question. The socialite – The nice guy – The alcoholic – The girl on the verge – The concierge Everyone's a neighbor. Everyone's a suspect. And everyone knows something they’re not telling.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063003074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension – an undeniably engrossing guessing game.” — Vogue "[A] clever, cliff-hanger-filled thriller." — People From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide… Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not there. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother’s situation, and the more questions she has. Ben’s neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it’s starting to look like it’s Ben’s future that’s in question. The socialite – The nice guy – The alcoholic – The girl on the verge – The concierge Everyone's a neighbor. Everyone's a suspect. And everyone knows something they’re not telling.
The Family Plot
Author: Megan Collins
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982163852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"At twenty-six, Dahlia Lighthouse has a lot to learn when it comes to the real world. Raised in a secluded island mansion deep in the woods and kept isolated by her true crime-obsessed parents, she spent the last several years living on her own, but unable to move beyond her past-especially the disappearance of her twin brother Andy when they were sixteen. With her father's death, Dahlia returns to the house she has avoided for years. But the rest of the Lighthouse family arrives for the memorial, a gruesome discovery is made: buried in the reserved plot is another body-Andy's, his skill split open with an ax. Each member of the family handles the revelation in unusual ways. Her brother Charlie pours his energy into creating a family memorial museum, highlighting their research into the lives of famous murder victims; her sister Tate forges ahead with her popular dioramas portraying crime scenes; and their mother affects a cheerfully domestic facade, becoming unrecognizable as the woman who performed murder reenactments for her children. As Dahlia grapples with her own grief and horror, she realizes that her eccentric family, and the mansion itself, may hold the answers to what happened to her twin"--
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982163852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"At twenty-six, Dahlia Lighthouse has a lot to learn when it comes to the real world. Raised in a secluded island mansion deep in the woods and kept isolated by her true crime-obsessed parents, she spent the last several years living on her own, but unable to move beyond her past-especially the disappearance of her twin brother Andy when they were sixteen. With her father's death, Dahlia returns to the house she has avoided for years. But the rest of the Lighthouse family arrives for the memorial, a gruesome discovery is made: buried in the reserved plot is another body-Andy's, his skill split open with an ax. Each member of the family handles the revelation in unusual ways. Her brother Charlie pours his energy into creating a family memorial museum, highlighting their research into the lives of famous murder victims; her sister Tate forges ahead with her popular dioramas portraying crime scenes; and their mother affects a cheerfully domestic facade, becoming unrecognizable as the woman who performed murder reenactments for her children. As Dahlia grapples with her own grief and horror, she realizes that her eccentric family, and the mansion itself, may hold the answers to what happened to her twin"--
The Year of the Witching
Author: Alexis Henderson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593099613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut. In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet's word is law, Immanuelle Moore's very existence is blasphemy. Her mother’s union with an outsider of a different race cast her once-proud family into disgrace, so Immanuelle does her best to worship the Father, follow Holy Protocol, and lead a life of submission, devotion, and absolute conformity, like all the other women in the settlement. But a mishap lures her into the forbidden Darkwood surrounding Bethel, where the first prophet once chased and killed four powerful witches. Their spirits are still lurking there, and they bestow a gift on Immanuelle: the journal of her dead mother, who Immanuelle is shocked to learn once sought sanctuary in the wood. Fascinated by the secrets in the diary, Immanuelle finds herself struggling to understand how her mother could have consorted with the witches. But when she begins to learn grim truths about the Church and its history, she realizes the true threat to Bethel is its own darkness. And she starts to understand that if Bethel is to change, it must begin with her.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593099613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut. In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet's word is law, Immanuelle Moore's very existence is blasphemy. Her mother’s union with an outsider of a different race cast her once-proud family into disgrace, so Immanuelle does her best to worship the Father, follow Holy Protocol, and lead a life of submission, devotion, and absolute conformity, like all the other women in the settlement. But a mishap lures her into the forbidden Darkwood surrounding Bethel, where the first prophet once chased and killed four powerful witches. Their spirits are still lurking there, and they bestow a gift on Immanuelle: the journal of her dead mother, who Immanuelle is shocked to learn once sought sanctuary in the wood. Fascinated by the secrets in the diary, Immanuelle finds herself struggling to understand how her mother could have consorted with the witches. But when she begins to learn grim truths about the Church and its history, she realizes the true threat to Bethel is its own darkness. And she starts to understand that if Bethel is to change, it must begin with her.
Nothing Stays Hidden
Author: Michael Bellman
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Josh and Lauren Benson have a seemingly perfect marriage, but after their children disappear, Lauren's strange behavior causes Josh to question everything about his wife. As Josh travels down a dangerous path fraught with murder and betrayal, an intelligent killer discovers Josh's buried past and craves revenge. With his life in grave danger, Josh desperately searches for his sons, but the mind-blowing truth leaves him speechless. Editorial Reviews "A fast-paced, shocking thriller!" - Holly Seddon, best-selling author of Try Not to Breathe Review "This thriller will leave you on the edge of your seat wanting more and unable to put it down! So well-written with twists and turns. Highly recommend, can't wait for more from this author! I was truly invested in the characters and the storyline. Nothing is quite what it seems and just when you think you've got it figured out, the ending will blow your mind! A must-read for any thriller fan!" - Amazon Review "Kept me on the edge of my seat throughout! Interesting characters. I wish it was longer!" - Amazon Review "The first book I've read from this author. I read it in one day! Had me guessing until the very end. This is a must-read!" - Goodreads Review "Wow! This was a fantastic edge of your seat thriller! Great characters and the storyline was very well thought out. A fast-paced thriller with a totally unexpected ending. Definitely worth the read. Looking forward to more books from this author!" - Amazon Review "I couldn't put this book down! A fast-paced thriller with deception rampant. The end was a complete surprise. You don't want to miss this exciting tale of deception and thrills!" - Amazon Review "This is one of the best books that I have read in several years! The author did an excellent job of maintaining the mystery as well as developing the characters in the story. I plan to read more of his books." - Goodreads Review "Surprising twists and turns until the very end! Great and unexpected wrap-up make this book a must-read!" - Amazon Review "This book had me hooked from the beginning! I love thrillers and this definitely didn't disappoint. The characters were developed well and I found myself rooting for some of them throughout while also questioning everything. Can't recommend enough!" - Amazon Review "As a lover of mystery thrillers, it's sometimes easy to figure out early on "who's done it", but with this book, I nearly fell out of my seat at the end! You enjoy the characters and there's a human connection. It's funny and suspenseful and all around a great read! Highly recommend! - Amazon Review "Definitely an author to follow! Love the twists and surprises! I'm ready to read the rest of his books. Nicely done!" - Amazon Review "Couldn't stop reading this book! It had me captivated from beginning to end!" - Amazon Review
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Josh and Lauren Benson have a seemingly perfect marriage, but after their children disappear, Lauren's strange behavior causes Josh to question everything about his wife. As Josh travels down a dangerous path fraught with murder and betrayal, an intelligent killer discovers Josh's buried past and craves revenge. With his life in grave danger, Josh desperately searches for his sons, but the mind-blowing truth leaves him speechless. Editorial Reviews "A fast-paced, shocking thriller!" - Holly Seddon, best-selling author of Try Not to Breathe Review "This thriller will leave you on the edge of your seat wanting more and unable to put it down! So well-written with twists and turns. Highly recommend, can't wait for more from this author! I was truly invested in the characters and the storyline. Nothing is quite what it seems and just when you think you've got it figured out, the ending will blow your mind! A must-read for any thriller fan!" - Amazon Review "Kept me on the edge of my seat throughout! Interesting characters. I wish it was longer!" - Amazon Review "The first book I've read from this author. I read it in one day! Had me guessing until the very end. This is a must-read!" - Goodreads Review "Wow! This was a fantastic edge of your seat thriller! Great characters and the storyline was very well thought out. A fast-paced thriller with a totally unexpected ending. Definitely worth the read. Looking forward to more books from this author!" - Amazon Review "I couldn't put this book down! A fast-paced thriller with deception rampant. The end was a complete surprise. You don't want to miss this exciting tale of deception and thrills!" - Amazon Review "This is one of the best books that I have read in several years! The author did an excellent job of maintaining the mystery as well as developing the characters in the story. I plan to read more of his books." - Goodreads Review "Surprising twists and turns until the very end! Great and unexpected wrap-up make this book a must-read!" - Amazon Review "This book had me hooked from the beginning! I love thrillers and this definitely didn't disappoint. The characters were developed well and I found myself rooting for some of them throughout while also questioning everything. Can't recommend enough!" - Amazon Review "As a lover of mystery thrillers, it's sometimes easy to figure out early on "who's done it", but with this book, I nearly fell out of my seat at the end! You enjoy the characters and there's a human connection. It's funny and suspenseful and all around a great read! Highly recommend! - Amazon Review "Definitely an author to follow! Love the twists and surprises! I'm ready to read the rest of his books. Nicely done!" - Amazon Review "Couldn't stop reading this book! It had me captivated from beginning to end!" - Amazon Review
Bite Me
Author: Christopher Moore
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006198616X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
“Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word.” —Carl Hiaasen The undead rise again in Bite Me, the third book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore’s wonderfully twisted vampire saga. Joining his farcical gems Bloodsucking Fiends and You Suck, Moore’s latest in continuing story of young, urban, nosferatu style love, is no Twilight—but rather a tsunami of the irresistible outrageousness that has earned him the appellation, “Stephen King with a whoopee cushion and a double-espresso imagination” from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and inspired Denver’s Rocky Mountain News to declare him, “the 21st century’s best satirist.”
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006198616X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
“Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word.” —Carl Hiaasen The undead rise again in Bite Me, the third book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore’s wonderfully twisted vampire saga. Joining his farcical gems Bloodsucking Fiends and You Suck, Moore’s latest in continuing story of young, urban, nosferatu style love, is no Twilight—but rather a tsunami of the irresistible outrageousness that has earned him the appellation, “Stephen King with a whoopee cushion and a double-espresso imagination” from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and inspired Denver’s Rocky Mountain News to declare him, “the 21st century’s best satirist.”
Surviving the Applewhites
Author: Stephanie S. Tolan
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062213369
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The side-splittingly funny Newbery Honor Book about a rebellious boy who is sent to a home-schooling program run by one family—the creative, kooky, loud, and loving Applewhites! Jake Semple is notorious. Rumor has it he managed to get kicked out of every school in Rhode Island, and actually burned the last one down to the ground. Only one place will take him now, and that's a home school run by the Applewhites, a chaotic and hilarious family of artists: poet Lucille, theater director Randolph, dancer Cordelia, and dreamy Destiny. The only one who doesn't fit the Applewhite mold is E.D.—a smart, sensible girl who immediately clashes with the defiant Jake. Jake thinks surviving this new school will be a breeze . . . but is he really as tough or as bad as he seems?
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062213369
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The side-splittingly funny Newbery Honor Book about a rebellious boy who is sent to a home-schooling program run by one family—the creative, kooky, loud, and loving Applewhites! Jake Semple is notorious. Rumor has it he managed to get kicked out of every school in Rhode Island, and actually burned the last one down to the ground. Only one place will take him now, and that's a home school run by the Applewhites, a chaotic and hilarious family of artists: poet Lucille, theater director Randolph, dancer Cordelia, and dreamy Destiny. The only one who doesn't fit the Applewhite mold is E.D.—a smart, sensible girl who immediately clashes with the defiant Jake. Jake thinks surviving this new school will be a breeze . . . but is he really as tough or as bad as he seems?
The Hurricane Notebook
Author: Elizabeth M
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578619217
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
"No lies" The Hurricane Notebook, found on a Wilmington beach after a storm, contains the thoughts, artistic experiments, vignettes, and recorded dialogues of an unknown author calling herself "Elizabeth M." Its entries record the inner life of a soul in crisis, perpetually returning to the moment she learned of her sister's suicide and making an unrelenting attempt to understand herself and the human condition. Whether engaged in introspective soul-searching, or reconstructing her discussions with friends, mentors, and acquaintances, she challenges herself to accept "No lies" that would mask or hide her own responsibility for evil in the world. The notebook ends abruptly; having traversed subjects as diverse as God, childhood, chess, philosophy, ballet, self-hood, conscience, guilt, and friendship, Elizabeth's questions are left uncertain and hanging in the air, just like her hope that she might find "one person on earth who understands me," and unanswered, like her plea "Having understood me, would you grieve on my behalf, my friend?"
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578619217
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
"No lies" The Hurricane Notebook, found on a Wilmington beach after a storm, contains the thoughts, artistic experiments, vignettes, and recorded dialogues of an unknown author calling herself "Elizabeth M." Its entries record the inner life of a soul in crisis, perpetually returning to the moment she learned of her sister's suicide and making an unrelenting attempt to understand herself and the human condition. Whether engaged in introspective soul-searching, or reconstructing her discussions with friends, mentors, and acquaintances, she challenges herself to accept "No lies" that would mask or hide her own responsibility for evil in the world. The notebook ends abruptly; having traversed subjects as diverse as God, childhood, chess, philosophy, ballet, self-hood, conscience, guilt, and friendship, Elizabeth's questions are left uncertain and hanging in the air, just like her hope that she might find "one person on earth who understands me," and unanswered, like her plea "Having understood me, would you grieve on my behalf, my friend?"
Kick
Author: Carmen Jenner
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781507719329
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
When I was ten, my father indoctrinated me into the family. A brotherhood who would fight, protect, and give their lives for one another. A club whose ties ran thicker than blood, murkier than the dirt and grime that tainted my soul. Stronger than the bonds that connected me to my own family. A band of brothers, where loyalty was kept and paid in a currency of blood. When I was twenty-seven, I betrayed that brotherhood. I've spent every day since running, avoiding paying back that debt. My name is Daniel Johnson. I have betrayed everyone I ever loved. And I'll betray her too. This is my story-if you're screwed up enough to want to read it. Warning: KICK contains graphic violence, profanity, drug use, and explicit sexual situations of a taboo nature. Intended for an 18+ audience only. Not intended for pussies.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781507719329
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
When I was ten, my father indoctrinated me into the family. A brotherhood who would fight, protect, and give their lives for one another. A club whose ties ran thicker than blood, murkier than the dirt and grime that tainted my soul. Stronger than the bonds that connected me to my own family. A band of brothers, where loyalty was kept and paid in a currency of blood. When I was twenty-seven, I betrayed that brotherhood. I've spent every day since running, avoiding paying back that debt. My name is Daniel Johnson. I have betrayed everyone I ever loved. And I'll betray her too. This is my story-if you're screwed up enough to want to read it. Warning: KICK contains graphic violence, profanity, drug use, and explicit sexual situations of a taboo nature. Intended for an 18+ audience only. Not intended for pussies.