Certainly not one whose values on faith and family are so different from his own.ĭespite their best intentions, they are drawn together until Danielle learns Patrick had a hand in putting her sister in harm s way. Seeing Danielle again unexpectedly reignites their old flame, but no way will he introduce a woman into his daughter s life. When a family crisis brings her back to her hometown, she is forced to face the past and the disturbing fact that her sister s car accident was staged to mask a brutal beating.Ī police officer and widower, Patrick guards his heart as fiercely as he guards his beloved daughter. Now she buries the pain of what might have been by channeling all her energy into her career. But circumstances came between them and left Danielle with a broken heart. "Īs a child, watching her mother always pick the wrong man left Danielle Carson wary of opening her heart to anyone except Patrick Kingsley. "Second chances can have a terrible sense of timing.
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The Cartel, the blockbuster sequel to The Power of the Dog, is also available. In a brutal world filled with striking characters, from a high class prostitute to an Irish hitman and a charismatic Catholic priest, everyone is in search of some kind of salvation - or damnation.ĭon Winslow's masterpiece is not only a page-turning thriller but also a rich and compelling novel in the league of James Ellroy or Don DeLillo. His nephew, Adan Barrera, is his worthy successor.Īrt Keller is a US government operative, so determined to obtain revenge for a murdered colleague that his pursuit of the cartel veers dangerously towards an obsession outside the law. 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Cassandra Gay Peterson (born September 17, 1951) is an American actress. Don’t get me wrong, the book was finished. Though I could imagine the pain she was in, her moaning did drag on a little in parts. It turns out having all the kit does not make you a hiker. Whilst she seemingly starts the journey prepared, it soon transpires otherwise. It is this conflict that left me unsure if I enjoyed the story, or hated it. The funny thing is that Cheryl herself doesn’t actually know much about it either, which leaves you both annoyed and admiring her strength of character. The actual walk is called the Pacific Crest Trail (or PCT) and is well documented and famous among hikers – apparently. But fear not, it does, I guess, set the scene.Īs explained briefly in the blurb, Cheryl goes on a big long hike. Chapter 1 made me want to give it up completely, I felt drained and depressed. The story starts horrifically – well, about as depressing as reading about someone’s mother dying from cancer can be at any rate. For a #1 Best Seller and a book that’s been since made into a “major motion picture”, we were all a bit at odds with it. It was a very mixed discussion, let’s just say that. I find that I love them because they’re celebrities or people I already find funny or admire in some way. However, I have read a few autobiographies and loved them, just not usually from strangers. It’s not a usual book I’d have picked up, favouring fiction over non-fiction. Wild by Cheryl Strayed was chosen as a read from my Bloggers Book Club, organised by the lovely Jenny at Sunny Sweet Pea. Beneath the façade of this self-possessed woman lie some sinister truths, and a keen interest in fascism. Miss Brodie is more than just an individual with an intense desire to control and mould her girls. But the price they pay is their undivided loyalty. They are the Brodie set, the crème de la crème, each famous for something – Monica for mathematics, Eunice for swimming, Rose for sex – who are initiated into a world of adult games and extracurricular activities they will never forget. Passionate, free-thinking and unconventional, Miss Brodie is a teacher who exerts a powerful influence over her group of ‘special girls’ at Marcia Blaine School. Muriel Spark’s classic, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, is a brilliantly comic novel featuring one of the most unforgettable characters in all literature.Įdinburgh, 1930, and the world is on the brink of change. ‘Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life. Plus you can read it in a day.’ Ian Rankin, Guardian ‘Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is such a perfect gem of a story, morally complex, harrowing, funny, and featuring the most charismatic anti-hero in Scottish literature. Each volume in the series is heavily based on primary documents, including writings by and about each subject. Thomas Jefferson is the latest title in the Oxford Portraits series, which offers informative and insightful biographies of people whose lives shaped their times and continue to influence ours. Bernstein also examines the less-remembered points in Jefferson's thinking the nature of the Union, his vision of who was entitled to citizenship, his dread of debt Illuminates Jefferson's central place in American enlightenment the "revolution of ideas" that did so much to create the nation we are today. An architect, inventor, writer, diplomat, propagandist, planter, party leader Jefferson was multifaceted, and Bernstein explores these roles even as he Thomas Jefferson details his luxurious (and debt-burdened) life as a Virginia gentleman to his passionate belief in democracy, from his tortured defense of slavery to his relationship with Sally Hemings. Bernstein finds the key to this enigmatic Founder not as a great political figure, but as leader of a "revolution of ideas that would make the world over again".īernstein examines Jefferson's strengths and weaknesses, his achievements and failures, his triumphs, contradictions, and failings. In this new concise biography Thomas Jefferson historian R.B. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. Ongoing Covid restrictions, reduced air and freight capacity, high volumes and winter weather conditions are all impacting transportation and local delivery across the globe.
If she succeeds, Sam's soul may be returned…But will he truly be Alive? Read online Almost no one who has entered the Land of Resting Souls has ever been seen again. In exchange, the victor may choose one soul to retrieve from the Land of Resting Souls, and bring them back to life.Hoping to see her brother again, Amber accepts the challenge. Here, the group is asked to embark on a mission to revive the soul of King Cyril's dead wife. Mid-flight, she and the group of misfit students are informed they were never destined for an island paradise-but a whole other world, riddled with dangers, mystery, and most importantly-the dead.After crashing through a mysterious portal and landing in the Veiled World, the group is welcomed by King Cyril, who guards the gateway to the Land of Resting Souls. A place outside of her tiny town, where people won't stare and shake their heads while silently blaming her for the death of her twin brother, Sam.Amber's wish is granted when energy-drink billionaire, Bruce Harvey, extends an invitation…When she and seven other students from Red Gum High are recruited to sample new beverage flavors, they board Bruce's private jet and fly toward the island headquarters of Alive Energy Drinks. Seventeen-year-old Amber Reid dreams of one day leaving the dusty farm she calls home…She aches for an adventure somewhere new. |