![]() ![]() And besides, even though Griffin had been an obnoxious asshole in the previous book, I am interested to see deeper in the heart of that persona. ![]() ![]() Being one of my all-time favorite book boyfriends, I couldn’t pass on the chance to read about him even though he is not the main MC. So why was I so excited to read Untamed, the 4th book in the series? One reason. ![]() There are few books that I’ve read that made me want to drop kick someone because of anger, pull all my hair out because of frustration, and scream because of the pain. After finishing it I just felt emotionally EXHAUSTED. My heart literally feels like it has been torn in half over this book – and particularly torn in half over my opinion of the characters. Just as the recognition Griffin seeks is finally within reach, the thing he loves most in life could be slipping through his fingers… Anna has always found his unpredictable behavior sexy, but lately he’s seen an ache in her eyes–and it has his soul in knots. One that pushes his relationship with Anna to its limits. Suddenly he’s caught up in a new level of lights, cameras, and chaos. Without warning, Griffin makes a shocking decision and takes the gamble of a lifetime. But Griffin is through waiting for permission to shine. Anna tells him to be patient, that his talent will win out. The one thing it hasn’t brought him is the spotlight. Sometimes it burns.īeing the bad-boy bassist for the world’s hottest band has earned Griffin Hancock some perks: a big house, a fast car, and most importantly his incredible wife, Anna. ![]()
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![]() ![]() A book about healing from betrayal and allowing ourselves to trust. A powerful sisterhood bent on taking down corruption, no matter what the cost. It was exactly the book I needed to read. Plus, Seafire has been billed one of this year’s most anticipated fantasies. It was hard to not get caught up in the excitement of the moment. While we were there, Natalie had received the news about her book deal. Parker, at Madcap Retreats along with my Winged Pen pal Julie Artz in March 2017 at a Writing Cross-Culturally workshop. But when I read the blurb for Seafire I thought, hmmm. I’m a very hard sell on books set at sea. Is this boy the key to taking down Aric and the Bullets? Or is he an enemy implant who will destroy everything they’ve worked for? He is taken captive aboard the otherwise all-women-ship while Caledonia decides what to do with him. Caledonia becomes the captain of her own ship, the Mors Navis, and acquires a crew of girls like her and Pisces, those who have lost everything because of Aric and the Bullets. The crew’s mission: stay alive and destroy the Bullets and their evil warlord.īut then Pisces survives an attack thanks to help from a Bullet who claims to be a deserter from Aric’s crew. She and her best friend Pisces are left to fend for themselves. Caledonia Styx’s family was killed by the bloodthirsty warlord Aric Athair and his viscous army, the Bullets. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you loved Francesca Wade’s Square Haunting or Parallel Lives by Phyllis Rose, you’ll love this. Having run away from her family home to escape an arranged marriage, Welsh heiress Henry Nettleblack finds herself ambushed, robbed. ![]() In this group biography the focus is on June 1846, and as London swelters in a heat wave, a group of artists and writers come together for a series of parties to welcome a visiting German novelist. !) but the reading experience is immersive, this is one for you.Ī Sultry Month by Alethea Hayter was first published by Faber in 1965 and will be released in a lovely new edition in July. 1893: Welsh heiress Henry Nettleblack flees an arranged marriage and disguises herself among a ramshackle group of vigilantes who call themselves the Dallyangle Division. If you like books where not a lot happens (I do. weed, herb Robert, dog violet, all - heal, attributed to the decomposition of the white nettle, black knapweed, buttergreenstone which abounds in. New Wayward Children book), A Venom Dark and Sweet (second half of the Book of Tea duology). While there, he receives a letter calling him back to Leningrad, which he knows to be a death sentence and so goes into hiding in the Shannon estuary on the coast of Ireland where he lives among the locals, observes their lives and considers the path his own has taken. The Geometer Lobachevsky by Adrian Duncan (Profile): it is 1950, and Nikolai has been sent by the Soviet State to the British Isles to expand his expertise as an engineer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Imbued with a punk spirit, active and idealistic, without any institutional backup or logistic support, we slowly built from scratch a dynamic community to be the main platform to divulge steampunk and launch the Euro Steam Con (ESC) in Portugal. ![]() The Clockwork Portugal team has been working towards this event since February with the purpose of uniting all the small communities and draw attention to a genre that internationally has been ground or motto for a lot of activities and prized works. Though it was the country’s first major steampunk event, a concept unknown to the general public in Portugal, there were still about 150 visitors between both days. On the last weekend of September, the Portuguese contribution to the European Steampunk convention was held in Porto. ![]() ![]() Mi-ja is the daughter of a Japanese collaborator. Throughout this time, the residents of Jeju find themselves caught between warring empires. The Island of Sea Women takes place over many decades, beginning during a period of Japanese colonialism in the 1930s and 1940s, followed by World War II, the Korean War, through the era of cell phones and wet suits for the women divers. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility-but also danger.ĭespite their love for each other, Mi-ja and Young-sook find it impossible to ignore their differences. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. ![]() Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. “A mesmerizing new historical novel” ( O, The Oprah Magazine) from Lisa See, the bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and devastating family secrets on a small Korean island. ![]() |