![]() ![]() Theo is afraid if he follows his heart, he’ll fail, and not just himself, but his brother who believed in him when no one else did.ĭrawn together by their pain, Theo and Kacey slowly build a friendship, re-forge old ties, help each other to heal, and give one another the courage to reach for their dreams. ![]() His mother’s health is fragile and his father’s disapproval is breaking him down. ![]() Theo Fletcher has a secret burning in his heart, one that he holds close, while he struggles to keep strong for his family that is falling apart. Kacey teeters on the edge of oblivion, and must fight her way through the pain, to build a new life for herself with her music, and somehow fulfill the promise she made to Jonah…one she feels is impossible to keep. Reeling from her loss, Kacey Dawson is grieving and heartbroken, her addictive demons hauling her back into the alcohol-soaked abyss she worked so hard to crawl out of. *HUGE SPOILERS FOR THE 1ST BOOK - FULL TILT* ![]()
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![]() ![]() While Dick rejected the offer, he and Batman ended up captured by Two-Face, leaving Tim to don the Robin costume and save them. ![]() He used this knowledge to leverage a conversation with the two heroes to convince them to team back up. ![]() Paying close attention to Batman's career after Robin died, Tim monitored Bruce and watched him gradually descend deeper into darkness.īy connecting the time he watched the Graysons die at Haly's Circus as a boy with Bruce adopting Dick Grayson, Tim even figured out Batman and Nightwing's secret identities. Instead of Bruce taking him in as an orphan or Batman saving him from a life of crime, Tim simply wanted to help the Dark Knight come to terms with Robin's death. Bruce Wayn's third canonical Robin, Tim Drake took a very different angle to becoming Batman's partner. ![]() ![]() ![]() Language is key in this tale, or rather, the attempt to abolish it. When her master goes missing and a wounded traitor of the Arc shows up at her door, her world is turned upside down. Not only does she distribute the allowed list, but categorizes no longer used words and files them away in case they might someday be necessary again. Letta holds a rare and important position she's the Word Smith's apprentice. Speaking any other word is punished by banishment and certain death. Here, language is controlled and only 500 words are allowed. Letta lives on a future Earth, where the big 'melting' has left only a few survivors in a place called the Arc. With a wave of greeting to The Giver, this story tackles the power of language, emotion, imagination and bravery in a controlled world which is trying to strangle all four. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But when he learned a high level CIA target being investigated for treason was keeping tabs on her?Īnd like everything Crew Vega did in life, when he goes in, he’s all in. He had a plan, one that didn’t include getting involved with his new neighbor, a woman who not only kept cows for pets, but treasured her employees as family, and understood him better than anyone ever had before. All he had to do was train his replacements and he’d be out for good. He’d fulfilled his commitment, done his duty, gone above and beyond to settle the score. ![]() She’d poured everything she had into her struggling vineyard, because once she’s in, she’s all in.Īfter giving himself wholly to the job for ten years, Crew Vega was done. And not just because people and cows were counting on her. Experiencing more than her fair share of tragedy and loss, she had plans for her future, one where failure wasn’t an option. When the opportunity arose, she settled in horse and wine country. In the Virginia countryside outside of Washington, DC, Addy Wentworth was on a mission to make a new life for herself. Vines (The Killers #1) by Brynne Asher – Free eBooks Download ![]() ![]() Additionally, since A never wakes up in the same body twice, A tries to maintain a healthy detachment from each person’s life. A has accepted this existence, choosing to fall asleep before the switch each night, so that it occurs peacefully. ![]() ![]() Even if A stays awake, A’s spirit involuntarily-and painfully-rips from the body it is inhabiting in order to move on to the next. Over the years, A has learned that it is impossible to prevent the switch to a new body at midnight each night. When A wakes up in a new body, they have access to that person’s memories, which helps them navigate the day. ![]() Comfortable living as both male and female, A is non-binary and does not exclusively identify with either gender. A has no control over the gender, race, location, or appearance of each body they occupy, but they do always wake up in the body of a person their age. A is a sixteen-year-old disembodied spirit who wakes up in the body of a different person each day. ![]() ![]() ![]() So what could possibly go wrong? How about everything. ![]() Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. But he'll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. He's a killer for hire and the best in the business. Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. And then the two of them-the most compelling and surprising duo in King fiction-set out on one last mission, to rectify the injustices of one extraordinarily evil man"-īook Synopsis From legendary storyteller and #1 bestseller Stephen King, whose "restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained," ( The New York Times Book Review) comes a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job. A stranger needs rescuing, and Billy sacrifices the safety of his own perfectly devised new life to offer her protection. And then something happens that changes everything for Billy. He's got a perfect new identity lined up and a scrupulously orchestrated, flawless escape plan. He takes on a very complicated, very lucrative job that he hopes will be his last. He's a good guy in a bad job, and he wants out. For nearly twenty years, he's worked as a paid assassin. At 18, he was a sniper in Iraq and involved in the deadly battle to recapture Fallujah. About the Book "When Billy Summers was twelve years old, He shot and killed his mother's boyfriend after he kicked Billy's sister to death. ![]() ![]() ![]() Other than that, the book was really good. It is also one of romances where the couple gets together pretty early in the story (I think it was before 50% mark) so the conflict that was necessary to keep the story going felt forced. ![]() This book is pitched as gender reversed Notting Hill and I can see why. To me, Ryan's relationship with his father was too familiar as it reminded me of the one I ha(d)ve with my mother. This book touches the topic of losing a parent, so keep that in mind, as it could be triggering. ![]() It was written in third person following two different POVs: Ryan's and Lindsay's. It was well written with easy to connect with characters. I guess I have a thing about romance with cakes/baking, as this was the third novel in that subgenre I read in a row, and I liked it.Īlso, two main characters are Asian, just like in previous books I read too, and I loved that (huge) aspect of the story. Maybe that is not a big thing for some of you guys, but I rarely read books that take place in that country, so it means a thing to me. Second, let's also appreciate that the story is set in Canada. First of all, let's take a moment to appreciate this amazing title that can be interpreted in three different ways (you got it: DONUT like sweets two main characters were making, then DO NOT fall in love, and DO NUT fall in love, like do crazy fall in love)! ![]() ![]() ![]() Dana Emerging Writer Fellow at Cornell College. She received her MFA from Emerson College, her PhD from the University of Missouri, and was the 2017-2018 Robert P. Her stories and essays have been published in Shenandoah, West Branch, TriQuarterly, Pleiades, New Ohio Review, The Arkansas International, The Florida Review, Bennington Review, Passages North, Black Warrior Review, Fourteen Hills, The North American Review, Ninth Letter, New Orleans Review, Indiana Review, and other journals, as well as having won the Disquiet Prize (for nonfiction), the Walker Percy Prize (for fiction), and the Best of the Net (for nonfiction). ![]() She is the author of two books-the essay collection And It Begins Like This (Black Lawrence Press, 2017) and the novel When the Reckoning Comes (Harper Perennial, 2021), a Goodreads Choice nominee and Bram Stoker Award finalist. LaTanya McQueen is the recipient of grants from the National Endowment of the Arts (2022 Fellowship in Prose) and the Elizabeth George Foundation (2019 grant recipient). ![]() ![]() ![]() Their erasure from trans history masks the profound ways race has figured prominently in the construction and representation of transgender subjects. Her celebrity, however, has obscured other mid-century trans narratives-ones lived by African Americans such as Lucy Hicks Anderson and James McHarris. The story of Christine Jorgensen, America’s first prominent transsexual, famously narrated trans embodiment in the postwar era. Winner of the Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies from the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies Winner of Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction 2018 Winner of an American Library Association Stonewall Honor 2018 ![]() Winner of the William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association 2018 Winner of the John Boswell Prize from the American Historical Association 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() “I’m particularly afraid of the ones under water. I’m afraid that the elevator will stop working and we’ll get stuck in it. “For real?” His eyes sparkle with curiosity. ![]() As for another secret,” I raise my eyes and tap my chin, “Hmm…I’m afraid of elevators and tunnels.” Looking down at my barely there bump, I smile. “Is there any other big revelation because I didn’t think you were expecting, “ he says with a grin. I will,” I say, letting go of his hand as mine suddenly feels bereft. I know his words could be empty and that he’s just offering his help to be polite, but the powerful gleam in his eyes makes me believe him. “If you ever feel like you need to talk to someone…if you ever feel like fear is making it hard for you to breathe…talk to me. Arsen remains quiet for a minute as he studies our hands clasped together. ![]() |