![]() ![]() ![]() The two other books in the trilogy, Twice Upon a Time (published April 24, 2012) and Once Upon the End (published May 7, 2013), expand upon May and Jack's adventures as they seek to thwart the main antagonist, known as the Wicked Queen. This is Riley's first story centered around the idea that the fictional and nonfictional worlds are connected, a common theme in his first eight novels. The novel incorporates plot points from various Brothers Grimm fairy tales, including Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White. It is a fantasy novel centered around a boy named Jack, the fictional son of the main character from the children's story Jack and the Beanstalk, and a girl named May who is from our nonfictional world. James Riley's first published novel, Half Upon a Time, was released on September 7, 2010. In 2014, he moved from Los Angeles, California, to Virginia. Before becoming a writer, he considered a career as an attorney, worked as a travel editor, and worked at Disney. He majored in English at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. James Riley was born in Connecticut on May 9, 1977. All thirteen of his novels have been published by Aladdin, an imprint owned by Simon & Schuster. His other works include the Half Upon a Time trilogy and the Revenge of Magic series. James Michael Riley (born May 9, 1977) is an American novelist, most famous for the fantasy series Story Thieves. ![]()
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![]() ![]() A writer of international best-seller status as well, her books have been published in 17 languages for worldwide sales approaching 22 million. ![]() She has written over 50 books, including ROYAL SEDUCTION, FIERCE EDEN, SHAMELESS, TIGRESS, and her latest release GARDEN OF SCANDAL. Jennifer Blake has been called the Steel Magnolia of women's fiction, and a "legend of the genre." She is a seventh generation Louisianian who married at 15, began writing at 21, sold her first book at 27, in 1970, and gained her first New York Times Best Seller nearly 20 years ago with LOVE'S WILD DESIRE in 1977. Any resemblance to actual events or locals or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, scanning or any information storage retrieval system, without explicit permission in writing from the Author. ![]() ![]() He begs his father to save him, to love him, to choose him.Ĭarter slams his hands against the barrier, knowing his eyes are violet. “It all comes back to tethers.”Ĭarter screams for him. He swallows it down, relishing in the taste as his father watches. His breath is knocked from his chest as his nose breaks, blood pouring down onto his lips and into his open mouth. He only makes it halfway before he smashes into an invisible barrier. When he opens his eyes again, his father is further away, standing on the other side of the clearing. ![]() “You’re not real, you’re not real, you’re dead, you died, you let him take you, you let him hurt you, why why why, did you do it? Why did you-” “Shut up, shut up, shut up,” Carter chants, hands over his ears. Other times, he’s a man, a breakable man who watches Carter with knowing eyes. Sometimes he’s a wolf, white with black on his chest and back. Carter was too young to understand it when it happened, but he knows it now. Duty called, and they’d answered, not caring who stood in their way, or who they left behind. And how he hates them, hates them for all they’ve done, for all the mistakes they’ve made. ![]() ![]() It’s the land of his father, and his father before him. He wants to bite and tear and claw until the earth beneath him gushes blood. He stands in a clearing, the same one where so much of their history has been decided. ![]() When Carter is lost in a haze of violet, his rage alive and all-consuming, he hears the only voice that matters. ![]() ![]() ![]() Expect shivers up your spine, the sound of a monstrous howl, and the occasional touch of wonder. See all pics for general idea of condition. ![]() Download cover art Download CD case insert Short Ghost and Horror Collection 051Ī collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. DESCRIPTION:Shadow of Evil by Greye La Spina, published by Paperback Library, 1966, 1st printing, mass paperback. ![]() ![]() Armentrout, Holly Black, Laura Thalassa, and Raven Kennedy. For mature readers 18+.įor fans of Sarah J. WARNING: This is steamy NA/New Adult fantasy romance with explicit sexual content and language. And if I’m not careful, he’ll crush my very soul. Yet I can’t resist the wicked desire in his eyes, nor his heated touch and devious kiss. If my rakish enemy wants to hunt me, I’ll hunt him back and beat him at his own treacherous game. Now I'm trapped in a dangerous game of hide and seek, lost in this dark, seductive realm where Faeries wield blades and whisper lustful temptations from the shadows.īut I’m not submitting without a fight. And because the Fae bastard likes to play with his captives, he gives me two choices: either hunt or be hunted. ![]() Puck is a smooth-talking rogue with a cruel smirk that sets me aflame in more ways than one. Especially against the ruler of the woodland. When I trespass into their magical world, I need more than my sharp tongue to survive. The moment I step into Faerie, I become his.Įveryone knows about the Fae of the forest-gorgeous, sinful, deadly. ![]() ![]() In fact, it's all extremely complicated and Cletis never knows for sure what he's supposed to do or feel. There's a heavy burden on Cletis (nicknamed for the cleats he wears) or Torlock as he's known by his original family. What is, in the beginning, a simple story about the game of baseball and collector cards and doing good deeds becomes one of dark forces working against the Dungarvan family, a family with at least 1,000 years of secrets. If you enjoy the play-by-play game, this is for you.Īs the story moves along, it becomes clear only that Cletis is central to the fulfillment of the prophecy written on the outside of the wooden box that the old woman, Abish, gives him. Beyond that, the story is filled with small surprises and adventure.Īnd lots of baseball. There's only a little predictability in that the fearsome, homely witch is not what she seems and because The Traveler can change form, you never know for sure who is evil and who can be trusted. ![]() Bruce Newbold has created a world of sandlot baseball and time travel fantasy that captivates. If you're a fan of books like "The Dark is Rising" or the "Harry Potter" series, this story is for you. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1831, Cooper revised and added an introduction and notes to the Bentley Standard Novels Edition, first published that year. This copy of the Carey stereotype edition belonged to James Beard and was collated on the Hinman Collator for the Cooper Edition. Gregory, successor to Stringer & Townsend, in 1864. Stringer & Townsend acquired the plates around 1849 and they were still in use by James G. Cooper's work sold well, and a stereotype edition was published later that same year. ![]() The copy-text for the Cooper Edition is the Carey & Lea edition that was published in two volumes in February 1826. Because Cooper destroyed the manuscripts of his early novels before going to Europe in 1826, no manuscript of The Last of the Mohicans survives. The Last of the Mohicans is the second but most well-known and well-read novel in Cooper's Leatherstocking series. ![]() ![]() ![]() This year, she was honored by the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists with their Keeper of the Flame Lifetime Achievement Award for her work. ![]() Along the way, she and her team won numerous state and national honors, including the First Amendment Award and the National Journalism Award for Public Service. She began her writing career as a columnist and investigative reporter and eventually became the first woman editor-in-chief of two different newspapers. She attributes her love of historical romance with the years she spent visiting ruins and castles in Europe. ![]() She loves history, having studied Archaeology in college, and has traveled extensively, living for almost three years in Denmark, which feels like home to her. Pamela Clare writes historical romance and comtemporary romantic suspense books. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By not holding back any punches and truly saving the best for last, Sylvia Day has given these characters the ending they’ve always deserved, the ending I’ve always hoped for, the perfect conclusion to a story that remained poignant and electrifying until the very last page. Gideon and Eva are two characters whose visceral need for one another has driven their story forward over four unforgettable instalments, over hundreds of pages of mouth-watering exchanges and heart-wrenching confessions, and their grand finale is nothing less than breathtaking. Heartbreakingly and seductively poignant, One with You is the breathlessly awaited finale to the Crossfire® saga, the searing love story that has captivated millions of readers worldwide. Committing to love was only the beginning. Together, we could stand against those who work so viciously to come between us.īut our greatest battle may lie within the very vows that give us strength. Now, I must prove I can be the rock, the shelter for him that he is for me. Gideon is the mirror that reflects all my flaws. We have bared our deepest, ugliest secrets to one another. ![]() Ours is both a refuge from the storm and the most violent of tempests. Staying married to him is the fight of my life. Falling in love with him was the easiest thing I've ever done. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is, without question, the most glamorous, anarchic city on earth, dedicated purely to creativity and play, where on any given stroll you might wander past giant metal flame-spewing lotus flowers, commune at a three-story temple made from discarded dinosaur puzzle pieces, or hop on a life-size, glowing white whale as it sails over the sands backlit by an endless starry sky. The rules are few: Participation and self-reliance are mandatory money and spectators are not allowed. Every year, an elaborate, fantastical city rises out of Nevada's vast and forbidding Black Rock Desert, only to vanish again one week later. But none of these terms captures the essence of the ecstatically wild, visionary desert gathering known as Burning Man. It's been compared to Brigadoon and Woodstock, called Xanadu and Utopia. ![]() |