6/30/2023 0 Comments Double Full by Kindle Alexander![]() ![]() All the kids I worked with made cheerleader. It got me thinking, so I bought a couple of mats, and I put an ad in the paper. I actually made more money training than I did answering the phones. She had no clue what she was doing, and I had to spend a lot of time getting her ready. ![]() I was working at the telemarketing company overnight, and one of the director’s daughters was trying out for cheerleader. He wanted Jace’s eyes on him, not focused outside. If it helps any, I never got over you.” Colt kissed Jace’s hand again, trying to draw him back. He hated he was responsible for putting the ache in Jace’s words. Colt could feel Jace’s pain as he told the story. How lame is that?” Jace asked he kept his gaze directed out the front window. That first year, I moved back home and took a job telemarketing. I didn’t do so well when I first got out of college. ![]() I was so into you by the time we got back, our breakup tore me up pretty good. “I… it took me some time to get over you. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Kelley instead delves into the minds of the Willson clan past and present, including David, now head of the family business but who once wrote against segregation for a radical newspaper, his wife, Camille, and two children – tracing their psychological trajectory from slave owners to benevolent masters, and then campaigners, of sorts, for racial equality. So when Tucker salts the fields he has bought (ie land on which his forefathers were oppressed), burns down the house and kills his livestock before leaving town, the reason for his actions have “yet to be determined”. Significantly Kelley’s black characters, including Tucker, are seen only through the eyes of the white majority, their motives never explicitly revealed. ![]() The sale sets off a chain reaction and leads to a mass exodus of the town’s black population. The story revolves around the Willsons, a former slave-owning family whose latest scion, David Willson, has sold a piece of their former plantation to his servant, Tucker Caliban, the descendant of a rebel slave. Kelley’s story is set in the deep south, in 1957, amid the racial hostility and resistance of the early civil rights era but he also draws our eye to the complicated nexus of oppression, bigotry, reparation and guilt inherited by white Americans after the abolition of slavery. ![]() ![]() ![]() There's only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that's her uncle, the renowned painter, Finn Weiss he is her godfather, confident, and best friend. As the two begin to spend time together, June realizes she’s not the only one who misses Finn, and if she can bring herself to trust this unexpected friend, he just might be the one she needs the most.Īn emotionally charged coming-of-age novel, Tell the Wolves I’m Home is a tender story of love lost and found, an unforgettable portrait of the way compassion can make us whole again. Haunting and heart-wrenching, Tell the Wolves I'm Home is a tender story of love lost and found. ![]() Inside is a beautiful teapot she recognizes from Finn’s apartment, and a note from Toby, the stranger, asking for an opportunity to meet. A few days later, she receives a package in the mail. But Finn’s death brings a surprise acquaintance into June’s life-someone who will help her to heal, and to question what she thinks she knows about Finn, her family, and even her own heart.Īt Finn’s funeral, June notices a strange man lingering just beyond the crowd. ![]() So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June’s world is turned upside down. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn’s company he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. There’s only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that’s her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka Brunt unfolds a moving story of love, grief, and renewal as two lonely people become the unlikeliest of friends and find that sometimes you don’t know you’ve lost someone until you’ve found them.ġ987. ![]() ![]() ![]() The books are usually quite fast-paced and action-filled, intertwining mystery, magic and adventure, and of course always at the series' heart a deep love and appreciation for books and stories in themselves.Īn eight book series, there has been a sense of a change in course as the books have progressed. ![]() It's a fun and light-hearted series with some great characters, who I have over the years become rather attached to. I've been a fan of the Invisible Library series since I discovered it a few years ago. Of course such a quest is bound to be filled with danger and excitement, the group encountering many old friends, and a few old enemies along the way. In this final (for now at least) installment of the Invisible Library series, Irene and her friends delve deep into the history of the Library itself, discovering the truth behind its creation. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Lev by Belle Aurora![]() and will give her the family she desperately needs. And this first move into their world will challenge Mina. they’re family men but they’re dangerous men if you cross them - with roots linking back to the Russian Mafia. the wallet owner’s brother, The brothers own the Club and their sister plays a big part two. But it wasn’t just anybody’s wallet and her desperate move was witnessed by Lev. or perhaps led by Fate), she finds herself in a busy Gentleman‘s Club where she steals a very tempting wallet. Mina’s been hiding herself and struggling on the streets for seven years, she is now starving and has finally hit rock bottom so, out of options and in utter desperation (. And the wonderful tugs and tension between the intriguing loveable (and not so loveable) cast of characters were all skilfully brought to life by the very talented Jennifer Blom and Edward Thomas. a uniquely different, weighty and compelling dual POV plot that was both well-paced and well-described. ![]() Outstanding storytelling by Bella Aurora. A FEEL-GOOD, UNIQUE, BEAUTIFUL 5 ⭐️ LOVE STORY ![]() |