One Wish is an incredibly whimsical tale full of colourful characters. When Ratty is kidnapped it is up to Tanya, along with Ratty's mischievous fairy guardian Turpin, to rescue him but that is going to be easier said than done. Tanya is thrilled when she meets a young boy called Ratty and realises that he has the same ability as she does, not only can he see the fairies but he also has ways to protect himself against them and he's willing to teach them to Tanya. This rare ability often gets her in trouble, the fairies don't like to be seen and they take great pleasure in tormenting her by causing mischief and because Tanya's mother can't see them it is always Tanya who gets the blame for the things they do. Tanya is a young girl with the second sight which allows her to see the fairies and other fae creatures. This whole series has been incredibly fun to read and One Wish is no exception to that, it has all the magic and wonder you could hope for from a fairytale and is full of great characters and fun adventures. One Wish is a new prequel story for Michelle Harrison's Thirteen Treasures series so it's ideal for fans of the series or anyone who is new to this author.
0 Comments
If there was an award for most creative monster peen then this book would win. She?s not afraid of him, and his insatiable desire deepens within every moment of her presence. OPAL REYNE Duskwalker Brides 1 A Soul to Keep Opal Reyne 4.22 14,196. The brief companionship does little to ease his loneliness, and their lives were always, unfortunately, cut short.He'd thought it was a hopeless endeavour, until he met her. His skull face and glow eyes are ethereal, and she finds herself unwittingly enchanted by him.All Orpheus ever wanted was a companion.Each decade, in exchange for a protection ward from the Demons that terrorise the world, Orpheus takes a human offering to the Veil ? the place he lives and the home of Demons. A Soul to Keep: Duskwalker Brides: Book One Kindle Edition by Opal Reyne (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 8,555 ratings Book 1 of 2: Duskwalker Brides See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 0.00 This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited 5.99 to buy Paperback 25.00 1 Used from 61.58 2 New from 25. When the next offering is due and the monstrous Duskwalker is seen heading their way, her village offers her an impossible choice ? be thrown into the prison cells or allow herself to be sacrificed to a faceless monster.However, he is not what he seems. Read Online A Soul to Keep (Duskwalker Brides, #1)Īll Reia ever wanted was freedom.Known as a harbinger of bad omens and blamed for Demons eating her family, Reia is shunned by her entire village. They sell their services as assassins and spies to the Warlords. Unknown to Takeo, his real father was a celebrated assassin and a member of the Tribe, an ancient network of families with extraordinary skills, including night vision, invisibility, creating a second self when fighting, and many methods of assassination. A marriage is arranged with Shigeru, ostensibly to bring the Otori into alliance, but really to mask his murder. However his uncles, the lords of the clan, would prefer to see him dead, and so would his greatest enemy, Iida.įifteen year-old Kaede, a hostage of the Noguchi, allies of the Iida, has acquired the reputation of bringing death to any man who desires her. Defeated ten years before by the Dairyo, many of the Otori still want revenge and look to Shigeru, the rightful heir, to lead them. When his family fall victim to religious persecution at the hands of Lord Iida of the Dairyo clan, he is rescued and adopted by the warrior, Shigeru, of the Otori clan. Takeo is raised among the Hidden, whose beliefs forbid them to kill. A land of incomparable beauty torn by civil war.Īn ancient tradition undermined by spies and assassins.Ī society of rigid castes and codes subverted by love. When the Dark starts to rise, Will with the help of Merriman Lyon and Herne the Hunter, stall the Dark in their effort and wait until the second and final rising. Dogging his footsteps is the sinister yet somehow sympathetic Walker, whose role in the struggle (along with Will's family) reveals the cruel consequences of loved ones caught in the middle of a timeless war. He is aided in his quest by Merriman Lyon, the first of the Old Ones, and races to retrieve the signs before the forces of the Dark, led by the mysterious Black Rider. On Will Stanton's 11th birthday, he discovers he is the last of the Old Ones, beings with ancient knowledge of the power of the Light, and must collect and join Six Signs to wage a battle against the Dark. This novel is set in Susan Cooper's childhood home of Dorney in Buckinghamshire. Their own cottage was built in the 16th century, while next door were the protected ruins of an early Roman villa, and nearby was a 14th century castle.Īfter four years in England, Stephanie and her husband returned to Australia, where she continued to work in cancer research, eventually heading her own research laboratory. They lived in an area surrounded by history. Once in London, Stephanie and her husband both began work as research scientists in Kent. in Biochemistry in Australia, Stephanie and her husband moved to Great Britain, taking one of the last true overland journeys from Katmandu to London. After continuing through school and earning a Ph.D. When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she was raised. Stephanie Laurens was born in Sri Lanka, which was at the time the British colony of Ceylon. Mina is one of the people that I look up to. Mina posts some of her books on Wattpad–some are excerpts, and there are complete ones! (How awesome is that?) Her contemporary romance novellas won the Filipino Readers’ Choice awards for Chick Lit in 2012 (Fairy Tale Fail) and 2013 (That Kind of Guy).Īttention, Writers! Want some tips on publishing and self-publishing? Check out Mina’s advice on her Wattpad book, Publishing and Self-publishing: Advice for Writers. Her young adult/fantasy trilogy Interim Goddess of Love is a college love story featuring gods from Philippine mythology. She created the workshop series “Author at Once” for writers and publishers, and #romanceclass for aspiring romance writers. When not writing romance, she is president of communications firm Bronze Age Media, development communication consultant, indie publisher, professional editor, wife, and mother. Through her blog Publishing in Pajamas, she documents her experiments in publishing. Esguerra writes contemporary romance, young adult, and new adult novellas. With backing from a powerful ally, Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer El Trinidad, along with its fortune in Spanish gold. Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself. Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by diseaseor by dagger. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. From one of the best-loved authors of all time comes an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates in the New World, a classic story of treasure and betrayal. This incredible tale begins in January 1976, in San Diego where a young Cupcake Brown tragically discovers her mother’s dead body. It is also the most genuinely affecting rollercoaster ride through hell and back that you will ever take. A Piece of Cake is an emotional and gritty true story of how a series of unfortunate events throws an innocent 11 year old head first into adulthood. Unlike any memoir you will ever read, A Piece of Cake is a redemptive, gripping tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contemporary urban life and survived it. Astonishingly, Cupcake turned her life around and this is her brutally frank, startlingly funny story. In this book I met a woman who endured every conceivable horror but determinedly struggled her way to success. Half-dressed and half-dead, she finally realized she had to change her life or die on the streets - another trash-can addict, another sad statistic. After one four-day crack binge she woke up behind a dumpster. Ironically, it was Cupcake's rapid descent into the nightmare of crack cocaine addiction that finally saved her. Cupcake learned to survive by turning tricks, downing hard liquor and ingesting every drug she could find while hitchhiking up and down the California coast.Īt just 16 she stumbled into the terrifying world of the gangsta, dealing drugs, hustling and only just surviving a drive-by shooting. But there comes a point in her preteen years - maybe it's the night she first tries to run away and is exposed to drugs, alcohol, and sex all at once - when Cupcake's story shifts from a tear-jerking tragedy to a dark, deeply disturbing journey through hell. This is the heart-wrenching true story of a girl named Cupcake and it begins when, aged eleven, she is orphaned and placed in the 'care' of sadistic foster parents. Such a summary does the book a disservice, however, because all of these stories and many others besides are woven together with cross-references, psychic communications, brisk farces and satires, and interconnected picaresque. (They are never certain which is which.) The central story concerns Mahound, the Prophet of Jahilia who founds the religion of "those who submit," which parallels Islam another is about Ayesha, a contemporary visionary who leads a group of villagers to the sea, where she promises that the waves will part before them (they all drown, of course) yet another dream-story involves the Imam, a sort of grim Ayatollah. Gibreel then presides over the dream/stow worlds of his "arehangelic other self" after he and Saladin are transformed into angelic or satanic opponents. It begins with the explosion of a hijacked jumbo jet Gibreel Farishta, a Bombay movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, an exile who lives in Britain, survive their free fall from the plane. Satan, according to an epigraph by Defoe, has no fixed place to settle, and the difficulty of telling good from evil, the way that one reincarnates into the other, is the theme of this epic tale-which contains stories within stories, dreams within dreams. Rushdie (Midnight's Children Shame, etc.), long a magical realist, turns finally to Islam for his jumping, off point, and his inventiveness never flags. This controversial novel, banned in India for its alleged blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed, is a surreal hallucinatory feast. Though neither boy is certain how the day will end, they know they want to spend it together.even if that means their goodbye will be heartbreaking. But when the first round of End Day calls goes out, their lives are changed forever-one of them receives a call, and the other doesn't. Orion and Valentino cross paths in Times Square and immediately feel a deep connection. He has a long and promising future ahead and he only registered for Death-Cast after his twin sister nearly died in a car accident. Valentino Prince is restarting his life in New York. He has a serious heart condition, and he signed up for Death-Cast so he could know what's coming. Orion Pagan has waited years for someone to tell him that he's going to die. It's the night before Death-Cast goes live, and there's one question on everyone's mind: Can Death-Cast actually predict when someone will die, or is it just an elaborate hoax? In this prequel to #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast first makes their fateful calls. |