To let their demons loose on me.īut maybe these Kings of Chaos have let my pretty face fool them.īecause I'm just as vicious as they are. Even though they've agreed to help me, I know they want to punish me too. They’ll give me a chance to exact my vengeance, and in exchange, all they want is… Lucky for me, the last name on my list is someone they’ve got their own grudge against, so instead of killing me, they offer me a deal. But it turns out revenge is a messy business, and when I end up in the wrong place at the wrong time, I royally piss off four brutal, twisted, gorgeous men. Six people who turned me into the monster I am now. Six people who wronged me, who hurt me, who took everything from me. Some people wear their heart on their sleeve. I was a good girl once, but now I dance with devils.
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But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her. The more time Emma spends there, the more it starts to feel like she is also divided into two people. Her mother grew up in working class North Lake, while her dad spent summers in the wealthier Lake North resort. When Emma arrives at North Lake, she realizes there are actually two very different communities there. Now it''s just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable.until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother''s family that she hasn''t seen since she was a little girl. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever, with cold, clear water and mossy trees at the edges. Emma Saylor doesn''t remember a lot about her mother, who died when Emma was twelve. "From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen comes a big-hearted, sweeping novel about a girl who reconnects with a part of her family she hasn''t seen since she was a little girl-and falls in love, all over the course of a magical summer. This story was great, it was sexy, face paced and full of fantasies. I would rank this on the lighter side of taboo romance, but it’s sexy, entertaining and HOT! I was literally fanning myself with the pages! It does not have a deep plot line that has you emotionally connecting yourself to the characters but that’s not what it was meant to be, it is relevant to the genre. Listen to: Nikki Sloane - Three Simple Rules Audiobook Listen to: Nikki Sloane Three Simple Rules Audiobook Octogold audiobooks Adults, Teen & Young Adult Nikki Sloane Three Simple Rules (The Blindfold Club Book 1)Audiobook Three Simple Rules Audiobook. Cassidy is one naughty nineteen-year-old and the Doctor has just the cure! Set the scene with a devilishly handsome and charming Doctor Greg Lowe who’s twenty years Cassidy’s senior and also her ex boyfriends Daddy. “You want to hear about my fantasies?” he asked “Because I have a lot, and they are very, very bad!”Įver had a doctor fantasy? Well Nikki Sloane took that fantasy and didn’t just turn the heat up on it, she blew the damn thing up! This is a very wicked and erotic taboo story. Her ex boyfriends father! Cassidy’s Summer just got a whole lot hotter! BOOK DETAILS: Nashville Neighborhood Book #1Ĭassidy is home from college for the summer break, she’d planned on spending most of it with her boyfriend of three years Preston Lowe but after his lack of enthusiasm and support over the last few months she is deciding to call it quits.ĭon’t be sad for her though because she has just traded in the boy for the man, and not just any man. The title story shames it's lone female character for being raped and victimized by the other protagonists and another story focuses around the idea that a woman is pathetic because she "lets" one of her shipmates rape her. I don't care about how meaningful the social commentary in it is. I don't care if you really liked the game. I don't care if it's considered a classic of scifi. Whaaaaat?) I am going to reduce the rating I gave it from three to two stars and put this big red disclaimer on here: Don't read this. So while I'm gonna leave this review as I wrote it, (It's seriously weird to me that this throwaway review I wrote years ago still gets likes and is apparently the highest rated review of this collection. So I decided I should come back to this and append this review with a disclaimer: I wrote this before A: coming out as trans and B: realizing that I don't have to defend a writer for the things they do well when their writing is overshadowed by disgusting and horribly backwards views regarding marginalized groups. It's been almost five years since I wrote this review and I've learned a lot about feminism and misogyny and what constitutes GOOD writing to me. Offerman also shares his hard-bitten battle strategies in the arenas of manliness, love, styles, and religion, and invaluable advice on getting the utmost pleasure out of woodworking, assorted meats, outdoor recreation, and other palatable entrées. When it comes to growing a robust mustache, masticating red meat, building a chair, or wooing a woman, who better to educate you than the always charming, always manly Nick Offerman, best known as Parks and Recreation's Ron Swanson? Combining his trademark comic voice and very real expertise in carpentry, Paddle Your Own Canoe features tales from Offerman's childhood (born, literally, in the middle of an Illinois cornfield) to his theatre days in Chicago to the, frankly, magnificent seduction of his wife, Megan Mullally. In an alternate universe, dragons have lived alongside humans for as long as anyone can remember. I was not wrong to be excited, because Burn is vaulted over my high expectations. I’ll read literally anything he writes, but I was especially excited for Burn because I adore fantasy and I’ve been on a major fantasy kick lately. Dalloway and A Monster Calls is about a young boy making sense of his mother’s imminent death), but they’re all absolutely amazing. All his books are extremely different ( The Rest of Us Just Live Hereis a hilarious meta take on fantasy And the Ocean Was Our Skyis essentially Moby Dick from the whales’ perspective Releaseis at once a contemporary coming-of-age and a fantasy retelling of Mrs. A Monster Callsis one of the best books I’ve ever read, and I am endlessly amazed by Ness’ creativity and pure talent. Patrick Ness is one of my all-time favorite writers. There have been more than 100 translations and reprints of his works. His writings have been translated into 24 languages. He has been listed on Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers list twice and he was included on Prospect magazine's World Thinkers list, the youngest person in the top 15 from all fields and the highest-ranked analytic philosopher. Gannon Award (one person selected annually worldwide from the fields of philosophy, mathematics, the arts and other humanities, and the natural sciences). In 2000, he was awarded a PhD in Philosophy from the London School of Economics. He is the author of some 200 publications, including Anthropic Bias (Routledge, 2002), Global Catastrophic Risks (ed., OUP, 2008), Human Enhancement (ed., OUP, 2009), and Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (OUP, 2014), a New York Times bestseller.īostrom holds bachelor degrees in artificial intelligence, philosophy, mathematics and logic followed by master’s degrees in philosophy, physics and computational neuroscience. He also directs the Strategic Artificial Intelligence Research Center. Nick Bostrom is Professor at Oxford University, where he is the founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute. After working in a nursing home, in fundraising, and as a stay-at-home mom, she finally figured out what it was she really should be doing (apart from the mom part), and started writing a romance novel. Marissa Doyle graduated from Bryn Mawr College and went on to graduate school intending to be an archaeologist but somehow got distracted. Lyrics and Larceny is the third installment in The Ladies of Almack’s series by Marissa Doyle.Ĭlick "Buy Now" to read about the Lady Patronesses' musical adventure! Read more But a happily-ever-after for Hartley and Demetria isn’t necessarily out of the question, thanks to the Ladies and-much to Annabel’s indignation-a little help from the Marquis of Quinceton. When the Ladies realize that the thefts coincide with Demetria’s recitals, they understand why they seem so familiar. Hartley begs Annabel to help convince his overbearing mother that Demetria is the only wife for him.but Demetria’s aunts don’t approve of the match either. In the meanwhile, Annabel’s cousin Hartley, Viscount Mompesson, has fallen hard for Demetria Pouli, a bewitching Greek soprano with the voice of an angel who is taking London by storm. A sneaking suspicion that it’s happened before.Ī rash of brazen jewel thefts across London society-just like one that happened decades ago-has Annabel and the Lady Patronesses of Almack’s on their guard. I picked it up and read it in one go, late into the night. This is a really fun Middle Grade mystery set in a magical world. As various townspeople, some good-hearted, some nefarious, reveal themselves to be monster hunters on the sly, can Herbert and Violet elude them and discover what happened to Violet’s kin? This lighthearted, fantastical mystery, featuring black-and-white spot illustrations, kicks off a trilogy of fantasies set in the seaside town. And the town legend of the Malamander - a part-fish, part-human monster whose egg is said to make dreams come true - is rearing its scaly head. The trouble is, Violet is being pursued at that moment by a strange hook-handed man. It seems that Violet Parma, a fearless girl around his age, lost her parents at the hotel when she was a baby, and she’s sure that the nervous Herbert is the only person who can help her find them. Inside, young Herbert Lemon, Lost and Founder for the hotel, has an unexpected visitor. It’s winter in the town of Eerie-on-Sea, where the mist is thick and the salt spray is rattling the windows of the Grand Nautilus Hotel. Sun Basket is offering $35 off your order when you go right now to /GOODLIFE and enter promo code GOODLIFE at checkout. Learn more about Peloton’s 30-Day Home Trial at and get $100 off accessories with the purchase of the Peloton Bike and use promo code GOODLIFE You can find Glennon Doyle at: Website | Instagram Glennon’s wife, soccer legend and activist, Abby Wambach, also appeared on the show last year where w e explored her powerful journey, along with many of the deeper motivations, struggles, moments of awakening, defining stories and so much more. Glennon originally appeared on the show in 2016, exploring her feelings about faith, family, public and private, art and service, love and leading. An activist and voice for social change, she is also the founder and president of Together Rising, an all-women led nonprofit organization that has revolutionized grassroots philanthropy – raising over $20 Million for women, families and children in crisis. Glennon Doyle is the author of New York Times bestselling memoirs Love Warrior and Carry On, Warrior, and the powerful new book, Untamed. |