![]() She experienced some difficult magical side effects with her own relationship, and she’s eager for Lily to avoid a similar mistake. Lily’s sister Anica (heroine of the previous book, Blonde with a Wand, is against the spell from the start. ![]() The potion is almost instantly successful Griffin runs several miles from his apartment back to the bar that night, determined to get Lily into bed. Lily decides to take some drastic measures to get his attention, and brews an adoration potion that transfers feelings from her adoring golden retriever, Daisy, onto Griffin (via a spiked Harvey Wallbanger). But not only won’t he make a move when Lily asks him out for coffee, he turns her down. Griffin comes in nearly every night with his lawyer buddies/colleagues, and it’s obvious from his appreciative glances that he thinks Lily is attractive. One particular happy hour customer has caught her eye: Griffin Taylor. Lily Revere is a talented witch who earns her living as a bartender. ![]() ![]() But I couldn’t get past my conviction that the heroine was unethical, and I couldn’t convince myself that the hero and heroine shared enough common ground to support a relationship or a marriage. I’ve liked Thompson in the past, and I do occasionally enjoy the witchy end of the paranormal – as long as it’s not too silly. I wanted to like Chick with a Charm so much more. ![]()
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![]() Tessa’s not sure if she really can save him-not without sacrificing herself. He needs her.īut the more layers of his past come to light, the darker he grows, and the harder he pushes Tessa-and everyone else in his life-away. Tessa understands all the troubling emotions brewing beneath Hardin’s exterior, and she knows she’s the only one who can calm him when he erupts. I have never, ever hated two characters more than I hate Tessa and Hardin. ![]() Hardin and Tessa get married in Vegas and start trying to start. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was when she met Hardin-any more than he is the cruel, moody boy she fell so hard for. After is the epitome of what most would call a guilty pleasure read. Continuation on after 3 ending which this is After Ever Happy by Anna Todd in my own words. Fans of the beloved After series will have already seen four chapters. But when a revelation about the past shakes Hardin’s inpenetrable façade to the core-and then Tessa suffers a tragedy-will they stick together again, or be torn apart?Īs the shocking truth about each of their families emerges, it’s clear the two lovers are not so different from each other. 7 release of After Ever Happy won’t mark the end of the romantic movie saga. ![]() It’s never been all rainbows and sunshine for Tessa and Hardin, but each new challenge they’ve faced has only made their passionate bond stronger and stronger. ![]() Tessa and Hardin have defied all the odds, but will their fairy tale ending be turned on its head? AFTER EVER HAPPY.Life will never be the same. ![]() 6/8/2023 0 Comments Breakaway by Alex Morgan![]() ![]() Call-Back: The team was trying to raise money for new uniforms in "Go Big or Go Home" in "The Best Defense is a Good Offense," Coach Rivas gets some for them."Breakaway" reveals that she believes she's not smart enough to pass her classes, so she doesn't bother trying. Book Dumb: Mirabelle, though this is largely due to laziness.One student ignores the sign and catches them in the act. When they steal the Alex Morgan jersey, they keep people out by putting up a couple of "Maintenance in Progress" signs in the relevant area, counting on the Pinewood students to obey, given the strict environment they go to school in. ![]() ![]() Bavarian Fire Drill: The plan to infiltrate Pinewood in "The Best Defense is A Good Offense" involves Mirabelle wearing a Pinewood uniform and leading the girls through the front door pretending to be a tour guide.Mirabelle: Do you think Zoe is a good goalie? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You know the place where I was born, but not, perhaps, that I was born with those complexional faults which strangers charge upon our nation-an extreme lightness of temper, and great inconstancy. Observe, I beseech you, at what expense I endeavour to serve you and think this no small mark of my affection for I am going to present you with the relation of such particulars as it is impossible for me to recollect without piercing my heart with the most sensible affliction. Attend to me a moment, hear but the story of my misfortunes, and yours, Philintus, will be nothing as compared with those of the loving and unhappy Abelard. But my skilful friendship has found out an expedient to relieve you. But all these endeavours have proved useless grief, I perceive, has wholly seized your spirits, and your prudence, far from assisting, seems to have forsaken you. What did I not say to stop your tears? I laid before you all the reasons philosophy could furnish, which I thought might anyways soften the strokes of fortune. THE last time we were together, Philintus, you gave me a melancholy account of your misfortunes I was sensibly touched with the relation, and like a true friend bore a share in your griefs. ![]() ![]() 472810 The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise ![]() 6/7/2023 0 Comments James michener alaska![]() ![]() ![]() Its first characters are the mastadon and the woolly mammoth, followed by such other settlers as the Eskimos, Athapaskans, and Russians. A spellbinding portrait of a human community struggling to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic history of the enduring spirit of a land and its people.Library JournalAnother told-from-the-beginning-of-time Michener saga, this one featuring Alaska. The exciting high points of Alaska’s story, from its brutal prehistory, through the nineteenth century and the American acquisition, to its modern status as America’s thriving forty-ninth state, are brought vividly to life in this remarkable novel: the gold rush the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry the discovery of oil and its social and economic consequences the difficult construction of the Alcan Highway, which made possible the defense of the territory in World War II. ![]() Michener guides us across Alaska’s fierce terrain, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling technological present, as his characters struggle for survival. In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. ![]() 6/7/2023 0 Comments Bloom by kevin panetta![]() ![]() By the end of the summer, the band has become a duo of the lead singer (not Ari) and his girlfriend. ![]() He loves baking and thinks the bakery is awesome. Hector is clearing out his Nana’s house after a year at culinary school. He devises a plan to hire someone to take his place, which is how he meets Hector. His friends try to include him in their summer fun, but he has to work. He wants to move to Baltimore with his high school friends and make it big with their band. Long version: After graduation, Ari’s parents expect him to work in their struggling family bakery, but he has other plans. Summary: Short version: Ari isn’t happy working at his family’s bakery until he meets Hector ![]() Setting: a small beach town in Maryland, present day I thought it sounded so good, I immediately requested it from our local library. I saw this discussed somewhere in one of the blogs I read. ![]() ![]() ![]() From my comfortable position here, it feels like most things are pretty okay on that front. I enjoyed the sheer number of queer characters a lot, although it was a little jarring to have a world where they’re clearly somewhat looked down on. Trouble and Her Friends is old school queer cyberpunk - enough said? It is a little on the slow side, but I found that the pacing worked for me: I needed to get to know Trouble (and, well, her friends), and get settled in the world and the old school view of the internet and how it works. Barnett, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire for 27 years, until the latter's death of breast cancer on May 2, 2006. Scott lived with her partner, author Lisa A. In addition to writing, Scott also teaches writing, offering classes via her website and publishing a writing guide. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction in 1986, and has won several Lambda Literary Awards. ![]() Shadow Man, alone among Scott's works, focuses explicitly on issues of sexuality and gender. ![]() While many of her protagonists are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered, this is perfectly integrated into the rest of the story and is rarely a major focus of the story. Scott's work is known for the elaborate and well-constructed settings. She published her first novel in 1984, and has since written some two dozen science fiction and fantasy works, including three co-authored with her partner, Lisa A. Scott studied history at Harvard College and Brandeis University, and earned her PhD. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After returning from a party with Richard she is confronted by a man in her apartment who tries to shoot her and obviously he ends up dead which causes a headache for Anita as she has to explain without letting slip that there are hitmen after her and this one is only going to be the beginning. However, she soon learns that Edward was offered a contract to assassinate her and he is going to turn it down as he feels he can make more money and be more useful protecting Anita which she is grateful for as she knows how lethal Edward is although he isn’t happy about her dating a vampire. The opening to the sixth instalment in the Anita Blake series was interesting as we can see Anita questioning her feelings towards both Richard and Jean-Claude more especially after the events of Bloody Bones. Hamilton (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Book 6) ![]() ![]() ![]() Details beyond just a trope, like a specific occupation or uncommon type of scene. ![]() ![]() An acceptable book request includes at least one of the following: Low-effort book requests will be removed. Book requests must be specific and request something that cannot be found with a simple search of the sub.“What was that book called” posts are exempt from this rule, as they are unlikely to show up in future searchesīook requests must be specific and contain detail.Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for.Inflammatory titles like Does Anyone Else, Unpopular Opinion, or similar are not allowed.Gush and critique posts should contain the book title/author if applicable. 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I read 100 pages of this book, which is a whole third of the story and nothing grabbed me. ![]() I really loved The Butterfly Garden last year and when I saw this, I was super excited to give it a read, but no. Only with Priya’s help can the killer be found-but will her desperate hope for closure compel her to put her very life on the line? ![]() But when she ends up in the madman’s crosshairs, the hunt takes on new urgency. Now she and her mother move every few months, hoping for a new beginning. Priya Sravasti’s sister fell victim to the killer years ago. But for the agents, the impending thaw means one gruesome thing: a chilling guarantee that somewhere in the country, another young woman will turn up dead in a church with her throat slit and her body surrounded by flowers. ![]() With winter coming to an end, the Butterflies have longer, warmer days of healing ahead. Four months after the explosion at the Garden, a place where young women known as the Butterflies were kept captive, FBI agents Brandon Eddison, Victor Hanoverian, and Mercedes Ramirez are still entrenched in the aftermath, helping survivors in the process of adjusting to life on the outside. ![]() |