The Writing on the Wall
Jenny Eclair
Jenny Eclair
From acclaimed writer and comedian, Jenny Éclair, comes a hilarious and heart-breaking story about a friendship against all odds. Summer 1975: Helena is bored out of her mind - there's absolutely nothing to do and her supposed "best friends" Gwen and Elaine are holidaying in the South of France without her. The only saving grace is that she's allowed to re-decorate her room - bring on the purple floral wallpaper.
Summer 2021: New to the north, Hermione's mum has moved her away from London and all her friends to start a new life with new boyfriend Paul, who resembles a slab of meat from the butchers. Just as well she can paint over that hideous wallpaper in her new room.
By some miracle, the girls meet. When Hermione discovers Helena's writing under the wallpaper - she's transported back to Summer 1975 and the two instantly hit it off. But after dancing to the juke box at the infamous Blue Monkey café, and meeting Helena's multiple crushes, Hermione discovers a truth about Helena's future that suggests she is in great danger...Hermione found the writing on the wall. But can she save Helena?Jenny Éclair is one of the UK's most popular writers and performers - she is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and Sunday Times Bestselling adult novels, including the Richard and Judy bestseller, Moving. Jenny was the first woman to win the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award.
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Force the Truth
W. J. May
Fantasy / Young Adult
If you can't trust your family, who can you trust? The Fae Queen and her King are locked in a millennia-spanning war of wills, and Lina has to walk the treacherous line between them to expose an even greater danger. Her trusty velox Braken is by her side, but even the well-trained soldier has secrets of his own. Her friends are imprisoned while her sister holds the key, but it's an outsider who provides an exit when it's needed. From one trap to another, their ragtag band faces beasts, dreams, and illusions, to try and free the Fae Royals from their curse. Trusting the wrong person can get you killed, but trusting the right one could save the Realm. Fae Wilds SeriesTwist & TurnsCurse of the FaeForce the TruthCrown & GloryEnemy & RivalsLight in the DarkUSA Today Bestselling Author, W.J. May creates a new paranormal series with a...
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Temptation in Istanbul
Hana Sheik
Hana Sheik
Escape to Istanbul, where a nanny may just tempt a bruised billionaire to give love a second chance in this heartwarming romance by Hana Sheik.A single dad's greatest temptation?The nanny on his doorstep! Billionaire Faisal is anxiously awaiting custody of his little girl, who's been living miles away with her mother. First he must win the approval of her nanny, Maryan, who has traveled with her to Istanbul. While he shows Maryan the delights of his city, the instant attraction between them is hard to ignore. But Maryan leaves in two weeks, so Faisal must decide how much of his bruised heart he is prepared to risk...From Harlequin Romance: Be swept away by glamorous and heartfelt love stories.
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Mother of Valor
Gary Corbin
Gary Corbin
Rookie Cop Valorie Dawes must stop an imminent violent attack by an extremist group. Little does she know, the ruthless, cunning organizer of the attack is her own estranged mother. As part of a prostitution sting operation, rookie cop Val Dawes uncovers a national sex trafficking ring operating out of Clayton, one with ties to a violent shadowy right-wing splinter group. Her investigation reveals the group may be planning a violent attack in a matter of days. Just when the investigation heats up, her estranged mother, who left without a trace a decade before, suddenly reappears on the scene, with a nine-year-old brother Val never knew she had. Manipulative and cunning, her mother divides Val's attention and loyalties, seemingly intent on disrupting both Val's promising career and her rekindled relationship with her father. As Val the group's violent plans near, Val tries to safeguard her family, leading to shocking...
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The Hero of This Book
Elizabeth McCracken
Literature & Fiction
A taut, bighearted new novel from bestselling and award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken about a daughter's relationship with her larger-than-life mother—and all that is left behind as one generation moves to the next Over the course of one weekend in London, a woman, "trying to decide what I thought about my life," winds up wrestling with the memory of her mother. Her mother—who had also loved to visit London—died ten months earlier, but her presence is in no way diminished by her death.In The Hero of This Book, Elizabeth McCracken tracks a daughter's relationship with her larger-than-life mother. At every turn the narrator is confronted by the past—remembered conversations, the days the two of them spent wandering through museums or going to the theater—playing alongside questions of the future: back in New England, the family home is now for sale, its considerable contents already winnowed.But the messy detritus of an...
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Meant for the Marquess
Aston, Alexa
Aston, Alexa
Meant for the Marquess (Second Sons of London, Book Seven)
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People Love Dead Jews
People Love Dead Jews- Reports from a Haunted Present (retail) (epub)
People Love Dead Jews- Reports from a Haunted Present (retail) (epub)
A startling exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living.Reflecting on subjects as far-flung as the international veneration of Anne Frank, the blockbuster travelling exhibition called "Auschwitz," the Jewish history of the Chinese city of Harbin, and the little known "righteous-gentile" Varian Fry, Dara Horn challenges us to confront the reasons why there might be so much fascination with Jewish deaths, as emblematic of the worst of evils the world has to offer, and so little respect for Jewish lives, as they continue to unfold in the present.Horn draws on her own family life—trying to explain Shakespeare's Shylock to a curious ten-year-old, her anger when swastikas are drawn on desks in her children's school in New Jersey, the profound and essential perspective offered by traditional religious practice, prayer, and study—to assert the vitality, complexity, and depth of this life against an anti-Semitism...
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