![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, his guilt grows day by day, along with his desire for the beautiful, brave lass nursing him back to health. It's the last thing Cailean Grant ever thought he'd become, but being part of the Black Riders was his only way to survive. And Temperance won't rest until she uncovers it. But there's a secret lurking in the depths of his blue-gray eyes. And now she's determined to give this braw, brooding Highlander the help she couldn't give her father. Grief-stricken over the death of her father at the hands of the Black Riders, she almost didn't see the wounded stranger in the woods. Series: The MacGregors: Highland Heirs #5Īlso in this series: The Taming of Malcolm Grant, The Scot's Bride, Laird of the Black Isle (The MacGregors: Highland Heirs #7)Īmazon | Barnes & Noble | The Ripped Bodice | Google Play BooksĬhristmas may be coming to Linavar, but Temperance Menzie is far from joyful. A Highlander's Christmas Kiss by Paula Quinn ![]()
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Reading the Virgil Flowers books in order will introduce you to a main character who is a charismatic and cunning member of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. ![]() ![]() ![]() My favorites have backdrops of spooky, Gothic elements that make you wonder if a supernatural hand is at work, but then are resolved with a satisfying rational explanation. It’s the ultimate puzzle because not only are you looking for who did it but also how. I’ve always been drawn to locked-room mysteries, the type of mystery in which a crime looks truly impossible. I knew, then, that I could write this book. When I wrote a short story featuring Tempest Raj, she sprung to life so vividly that she demanded I do more with her. ![]() ![]() But I didn’t yet have the perfect main character who fit the idea. I clearly saw the wondrous architectural creations such a family could build into houses, from sliding bookcases leading to secret libraries to fireplaces built with bricks that hide secrets. 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In TransAtlantic, National Book Award-winning Colum McCann has achieved an outstanding act of literary bravura. ![]() On his travels he inspires a young maid to go to New York to embrace a free world, but the land does not always fulfill its promises for her.įrom the violent battlefields of the Civil War to the ice lakes of northern Missouri, it is her youngest daughter Emily who eventually finds her way back to Ireland. Frederick Douglass, a black American slave, lands in Ireland to champion ideas of democracy and freedom, only to find a famine unfurling at his feet. How many more bereaved mothers and grandmothers must he meet before an agreement can be reached?ġ845. Senator George Mitchell criss-crosses the ocean in search of an elusive Irish peace. Among the letters being carried on the aircraft is one which will not be opened for almost a hundred years.ġ998. 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It explores the lives of four friends from the city of Pawtucket: Rydell, Lazarus, Rakim, and Giovanni, or more affectionately Rye, Dub, Rolls, and G. a compassionate and powerful exploration of how race, friendship and sex intersect and the real-world consequences of stereotypes.' - Independent Summer Readsīoth humorous and heart-breaking, How Are You Going To Save Yourself is a timely debut about sex, race, family and friendship for fans of Junot Diaz and Ta-Nehisi Coates. ![]() ![]() Hilarious and compelling, Holmes offers up a mirror to contemporary society. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo 'A powerful rendering of contemporary masculinity in America.' TLS ![]() ![]() ![]() There are a few minor things that get wrapped up, but the major stories, the major events are still very much open and ongoing. And while his other books have stood alone each telling their own stories and wrapping it all up, this one, THE COLLAPSING EMPIRE, is certainly just the beginning of a series. 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