![]() ![]() But the celebration is upstaged when Amanda Goran, the owner of the rival Knitting Nest, is found dead in her shop on the other side of town. Maggie Messina, beloved owner of the Black Sheep Knitting Shop, is thrilled to be hosting a workshop for one of her former students, now a celebrity in the knitting world. Now a shocking murder has peaceful Plum Harbor, Massachusetts, in knots - and the Black Sheep women must herd together to protect one of their own from a scandalous frame-up. The Black Sheep Knitters - Maggie, Lucy, Dana, Suzanne, and Phoebe - meet once a week without fail, sharing the varied and colorful skeins of their lives as much as knitting tips, recipes, and small-town gossip, and creating an intricate, durable pattern of friendship. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Illustrated in a contemporary animation style, Rejected Princesses turns the ubiquitous "pretty pink princess" stereotype portrayed in movies, and on endless toys, books, and tutus on its head, paying homage instead to an awesome collection of strong, fierce, and yes, sometimes weird, women: warrior queens, soldiers, villains, spies, revolutionaries, and more who refused to behave and meekly accept their place.Īn entertaining mix of biography, imagery, and humor written in a fresh, young, and riotous voice, this thoroughly researched exploration salutes these awesome women drawn from both historical and fantastical realms, including real life, literature, mythology, and folklore. Good thing these women are far from well behaved. ![]() Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep, a brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog. ![]() ![]() ![]() But no one knows where the Stone of Farewell is. A single chance remains: if Simon can deliver Thorn to Joshua and lead his followers to the Stone of Farewell, the rebels may be able to muster the forces necessary to rise up against Elias and the Storm King. ![]() And the Storm King may also be in possession of one of the swords. But Simon is more alone than ever before: his friends have been imprisoned and his liege lord, Prince Josua, has been exiled. Once but a humble kitchen-boy, Simon is now Simon Snowlock, dragonslayer and bearer of the mythical sword Thorn. ![]() A single hope remains: if the rebels can find the three swords of legend - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn - they might be able to bring the Storm King and evil King Elias down. Following a brutal civil war, Osten Ard has been crushed under the rule of the two villainous High Kings. ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon, their long simmering desires grow to a burning passion. Through his choices, he's come to believe the pretty librarian is too good for him, but after their time in the woods, Chace realizes that she may be his last chance for redemption. He's made a lot of choices he regrets, including denying his feelings for Faye. ![]() Chace doesn't think he's the good guy everyone believes him to be. She's resigned to live contentedly with only her books for company-until Faye suddenly meets Chace alone in the woods. For years, Faye has had a crush on Chace Keaton, but the gorgeous cop has always been unattainable. She may also be Carnal's last remaining virgin. In Carnal, Colorado, Faye Goodknight is the town's quiet, shy librarian. Welcome to New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley's Colorado Mountain Series, where friends become family and everyone deserves a second chance. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's not long before he and another guy (Specs) seize an opportunity to escape their captors. After the death of his wife (Shelley), he's captured by a Militia group - and is forced to clear the streets of the rotting corpses that are littered around the city. The story is told from a first person perspective by Rick Nash - the protagonist of the book (yeah, right). The radiation from the fallout has altered the DNA of just about every species on the planet. ![]() There's a threat around every corner, in every street, in every building and every city. It had everything you could imagine (except little green men running around shooting lasers), from mutated Giant Rats, White Worms, Trogs, Scabs, Hatchet Clans, Militia and Insects etc.the list goes on. Not sure if I've read anything quite as messed up as this though. I've read quite a few Post-Apocalyptic novels that portray a bleak future - when some idiot gets an itchy trigger finger and pushes the self destruct button (or some biological weapon is unleashed.etc). ![]() ![]() When her husband dies, ``Akiko'' finds herself stranded in Hawaii with no money, a five- year-old child to care for, and a tenuous hold on her sanity. As the war ends, Soon Hyo escapes to Pyongyang, where she marries an American missionary who knows her only by her hated Japanese name, returns with him to the US, and eventually gives birth to a daughter. ![]() ![]() Profoundly traumatized, Soon Hyo struggled to survive by imagining herself emptied of her soul. One of hundreds of girls kept like animals in stalls and forced to service long lines of soldiers, Soon Hyo was assigned the name Akiko-the name each girl inhabiting that stall had been given-then raped, beaten, humiliated, and adored on a daily basis, according to each soldier's whim. Poor, orphaned Kim Soon Hyo was only 12 when her oldest sister raised the money for her own dowry by selling Soon Hyo to the occupying Japanese. First-novelist Keller, a Korean-American living in Hawaii, offers a shocking and unusual version of the mother-daughter relationship tale, in which a Korean woman whose experience as a ``comfort woman'' servicing Japanese troops during WW II profoundly distorts her own life and that of her Korean-American daughter. ![]() ![]() ![]() More worryingly, the aliens who abducted me are back, and thanks to the translator in my ear, they can find me. ![]() I’m convinced that Aehako can never love me if he knows the full truth. It’s hard to push away the sexy, flirtatious Aehako when I long to grab him by his horns and insist he take me to his furs.īut I’ve got a terrible secret-a few of them, actually. Human women are treasured here, and one alien in particular has made it clear that he’s interested in me. But when Aehako comes along, everything changes.Īs one of the humans stranded on the ice planet, I should be happy that I have a new home. The third novel in the Ice Planet Barbarians series, an international publishing phenomenonnow in a special print edition with bonus materials and an. Kira plans on remaining single on this alien planet-she doesn’t want a mate anyway. The third novel in the Ice Planet Barbarians series, an international publishing phenomenon-now in a special print edition with bonus materials and an exclusive epilogue! Books 1 and 2 in this series were originally released as six-part serials. ![]() ![]() St Joseph's University (Brooklyn Voices Series). ![]() ![]() But then Steele runs into trouble at a squalid, small-town bar in Mexico. Andif the 'wanted' posters stated that a man was wanted dea or alive. ![]() So Adam Steele elects to earn his bread as a bounty hunter. Condition: Fair to Good, Dust Jacket Included. Cover creasing Heavy black felt marker to front cover pen to backcover Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. ![]() ![]() And if the scheme works - the town is doomed!" > This is a reading copy. The sheriff has banned all citizens from carrying guns, but is bringing in extra deputies - hired gunslingers! All kinds of wild promises are being made to persuade the townfolk to vote for Stanton's men. Once there, Edge learns that there is much bad feeling about the upcoming election, in which Stanton hopes to win control of the town and county by ensuring that his cronies win all the offices. Edge claims a mount and they all leave for election headquarters. The Warrens kill one man and steal the horses. They begin to tell Edge about the crooked election when shots explode and three deputies ride up. Caught in a sudden rainstorm, the half-breed takes shelter in a building where he meets a young couple - Laura and Dan Warren - who are on the run from a posse sent after them by the town's sheriff, Gene Stanton. "Edge arrives in Carroll County, Nebraska, where posters are displayed asking people to vote for the mayor and town council of a neighboring town. Bruce Minney Painted Cover! (illustrator). ![]() ![]() Why are their stories so fascinating? The political intrigue? The constant betrayals and backstabbing? The complicated women who deserved better than the man they married? The triumph of the young girl whose mother was perhaps most wickedly done by? Maybe all of the above. From feature films and prestige television series to successful Broadway musicals, we’re obsessed-with the man who almost broke the world with his desire to end his marriage, with the six very different women he made memorable only for the facts of their deaths (or divorces, as the case may be), with the son he was desperate to have, with the daughter who survived him and became one of the greatest monarchs who ever lived. ![]() No matter what we do, no matter how many times we tell their stories, we can’t seem to get enough of England’s Tudor family. ![]() ![]() ![]() He cared about his family and couldn’t help but do what’s best for them. something (can’t tell you without spoiling it). I loved his way of getting Kiko to utilize her potential and then helped her achieve. He was so kind and he suffered the same way that Kiko did. I wish that I could’ve met the characters in more detail. ![]() All of them changed a lot over the course of the book. I loved the way that the characters developed over the course of the book and how they interacted with one another. The characters were so beautiful and pure and innocent and I wanted to get to know them way more then the book did and I wish that they were all happy from the very beginning. ![]() If you want to hear more of my thoughts then you should read the rest of my review. The book pulled me in at the very beginning and I couldn’t wait to pick this book up again. ![]() I loved the plot and the setting as well. It was beautiful and I fell in love the characters instantly. Kiko Himura yearns to escape the toxic relationship with her mother by getting into her dream art school, but when things do not work out as she hoped Kiko jumps at the opportunity to tour art schools with her childhood friend, learning life-changing truths about herself and her past along the way. ![]() |