I was pissed that there's only one fic about tkak?. Language: English Words: 4,959 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 14 Kudos: 99 Bookmarks: 9 Hits: 1160Ĭhannelbootsjedi Fandoms: To Kill A Kingdom - Alexandra Christo Most of all, nowadays I usually feel free.īut not on the days that Elian and the Saad disappear on the horizon to yet another adventure. All the emotions that have been missing for many years of my life, when I struggled to keep up with my mother's demands and wishes. Some days, I feel nothing but positive emotions: happiness, pride, love, protectiveness, serenity. It is difficult not to be a bit bitter sometimes. Theoneiam2277 Fandoms: To Kill A Kingdom - Alexandra Christo Lately you've been drifting far away from me Language: English Words: 1,482 Chapters: 1/40 Kudos: 11 Bookmarks: 1 Hits: 125 And after finding a small child who's mom went missing Elian and Lira must sail the seas once more to save the world while also dealing with the most challenging endeavor of all, parenthood. Unfortunately peace does not come overnight and as some sirens refuse to stop their old deadly traditions some of them begin to disappear causing discourse between the kingdoms.
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Terrified yet determined, Amy retraces her sister’s movements, flying to the last place Sylvie was seen. Timid and shy, Amy has always looked up to her sister, the fierce and fearless protector who showered her with unconditional love.īut what happened to Sylvie? Amy and her parents are distraught and desperate for answers. Seven years older, Sylvie was raised by a distant relative in a faraway, foreign place, and didn’t rejoin her family in America until age nine. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older daughter of the Lee family, flies to the Netherlands for one final visit with her dying grandmother - and then vanishes.Īmy, the sheltered baby of the Lee family, is too young to remember a time when her parents were newly immigrated and too poor to keep Sylvie. A twisting tale of love, loss, and dark family secrets.” (Paula Hawkins, number one New York Times best-selling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water)Ī poignant and suspenseful drama that untangles the complicated ties binding three women - two sisters and their mother - in one Chinese immigrant family and explores what happens when the eldest daughter disappears, and a series of family secrets emerge, from the New York Times best-selling author of Girl in Translation. Named a Most Anticipated Book by New York Times Wes and Jamie became best friends while spending their summers together at an elite hockey camp. It’s sweet, funny, sexy as hell, and has zero drama-basically everything I look for in a light romance-only with dudes. This was my first dip in the LGBT pool if you will, and I think I made good choice. Warning: contains sexual situations, hotties on hockey skates, skinnydipping, shenanigans in an SUV and proof that coming out to your family on social media is a dicey proposition. Jamie has waited a long time for answers, but walks away with only more questions-Ĭan one night of sex ruin a friendship? If not, how about six more weeks of it? When Wesley turns up to coach alongside Jamie for one more hot summer at camp, Jamie has a few things to discover about his old friend.and a big one to learn about himself. But all it takes is one look at his longtime crush, and the ache is stronger than ever. Now, with their college teams set to face off at the national championship, he’ll finally get a chance to apologize. Ryan Wesley’s biggest regret is coaxing his very straight friend into a bet that pushed the boundaries of their relationship. So what if things got a little weird on the last night of hockey camp the summer they were eighteen? It was just a little drunken foolishness. Four years ago, his tattooed, wise-cracking, rule-breaking roommate cut him off without an explanation. Jamie Canning has never been able to figure out how he lost his closest friend. Published by Rennie Road Books on July 28th 2015 But Sky isn't who he seems to be, and Vika may not escape this new life unscathed. As Vika and Sky delve into the truth of the attacks, they uncover a web of secrets, murder, and an underground rebellion who may hold the answers they've been looking for. She doesn't like or trust Sky, but when she narrowly escapes an explosion and realizes someone is targeting the will's heirs, Vika knows Sky is the only one who can help her discover the identity of the bomber before she becomes their next victim. The only blight on Vika's lavish new life is the constant presence of Sky Foster, a mysterious young man from Vika's past who works for her benefactors. Invited to live on a glittering neighboring planet, Vika steps into a world she can hardly believe is real. Until one day Vika learns that her benefactor was a billionaire magnate who recently died under suspicious circumstances, and Vika has shockingly been included in his will. Now, Vika longs for a bigger life than one as a poor barmaid on a struggling planet, but those dreams feel out of reach. Ever since she was a child, she’s had an unknown benefactor providing for her and her family, making sure that Vika and her sister received the best education they could. There’s always been a mystery to Vika Hale’s life. The night my friend Anna called me, sobbing on the other end of the phone, I immediately went into nurture mode and walked out of the club, so I could hear her better. Not that I would be listening to the whole explanation anyway, since like I said, I'm probably the poster child for ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, unless you're my boss or a really hot guy. So when a friend of mine asks me to do them a favor, I'll usually just do it without asking a lot of questions. Second, I am not the most discriminating person on the planet. This is why I often end up in some spooky neighborhoods after dark. This gets particularly dicey when I'm getting directions, because you never want to ask someone to repeat something they have already gone over in specific detail. I'll hear the beginning, start thinking about what I'm going to do later, and then come back in time to hear the end. First, I have a terrible habit of tuning out in the middle of a conversation. After careful thought and consideration I have come to the conclusion that things happen to me for two reasons. It is shortly after the scream when Rollins shares a more disturbing thought. And their fears are confirmed with a feral scream. And the rhino, slain by an unknown predator larger than a lion, is mostly intact and untouched by carrion feeders. Except for insects, there seems to be no noise. Khamisi, a descendant of the proud Zulu people, makes note of the unusual silence under the canopy. Marcia Fairfield to inspect the remains of a black rhino. It happens as game warden Khamisi Taylor heads down a ravine with Dr. And it is this beast's first unseen appearance in the Black Order by James Rollins that is one of several unforgettable moments in the book when the author brushes his thriller against horror. In a private preserve nestled against the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa, a mythological beast is preying on the largest of protected wildlife. But not in the world of Blyton, where it is a given and it levels all the girls the same as they meet at a London station for the special train to Malory Towers. Not the type of uniform that a girl of today would probably like and certainly one that would be worn with some reluctance. Darrell is excited even by her uniformīrown coat, brown hat, orange ribbon, and a brown tunic underneath with an orange belt. We are straight into the book with the departure of Darrell Rivers to Malory Towers, the boarding school for girls located in Cornwall. Here I am again with another one First Term at Malory Towers. I am on a revisit to my childhood reads and at the moment they involve Enid Blyton. The development gave her no option but to abandon her career. Before long, she had a publishing deal on her hands. Tucker’s work attracted the attention of an agent who connected her to a publisher. Along with the complexities that raising children added to the equation, it quickly became obvious to Tucker that juggling her career, her family and her writing might not be the smartest approach to managing her life.įortunately for her, K.A. She did this while pursuing a full-time career. She tried to keep the writing spark going by self-publishing the books she wrote. The author was a stay-at-home mom at the time and she had already given birth to her second child. She was 31 years of age when she finally decided to give writing another go. She went to school, finished college, got a job and finally got married. Though, surprisingly enough, the author’s passion for writing faded soon after. Her librarian at the time was kind enough to help her get her first book published. Back then, she had an obsession with princesses and she couldn’t write enough stories about them. She was only six-years-old when she penned her first novel. Writing came into the author’s life at a very young age. That is also where she grew up, though she finally left, settling down in Toronto with her husband and children. Tucker is a Canadian author that writes romance, both contemporary and suspense. It was separated from the rest of the library by a short, half wall that I was just recently tall enough to see over. I walked past towering shelves of library books, struggling to keep my feet to an appropriate, indoor pace when all I wanted to do was run to the children’s area in the back. The smell of age–of dust and paper and the slightest hint of vanilla–surrounded me. My sanctuary.Įnclosed by four towering walls and separated from me by one hundred and three footsteps worth of creaking, uneven wooden floor covered in time-ravaged berber carpet. My heart sped up, adrenaline flooding my system as I stopped and surveyed my second home. I pushed through the large door, the curve of the metal handle four times as big as my palm and cool to the touch. I was six years old and knew exactly what I wanted. *Adapted from my MFA artist’s statement and first posted here on my personal writing blog It soon becomes clear that Catherine will need all the cunning she can muster to command the respect she deserves as one of France's most powerful queens.Ĭontributor Bio(s): Meyer, Carolyn: - Carolyn Meyer is the acclaimed author of more than fifty books for young people. But, all too soon, that love is replaced with an engagement to a boy who is cold and aloof. After a childhood spent locked away behind the walls of a convent, she joins the household of the pope, where at last she can be united with her true love. Young Catherine de' Medici is the sole heiress to the entire fortune of the wealthy Medici family. Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 10.0 Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Europe Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine De' Mediciīinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & EditionsĬlick for more in this series: Young Royals Books (Quality) |