![]() ![]() But as Hayato’s tragic past comes back to haunt him, Masuo wonders if he’s ready to carry all Hayato’s baggage.Ĭan the unlikely pair learn to accept each other and find their way to happiness even while new challenges arise, or is their love destined to fall like balls through a pachinko machine? When Hayato realizes he’s falling for the young parlor manager, he is more than ready for fun. Assigned to run a failing pachinko parlor, Masuo is determined to turn it around to prove himself to everyone…especially his sexy superior. Masuo believes he and his boss made a deep connection, but when he’s blown off the next morning, he feels lied to. And just when Hayato thinks things can’t get worse, he accidentally gets blackout drunk and wakes up in the arms of a clingy underling. He can’t crash at his brother’s because his girlfriend is moving in. His boyfriend broke up with him, changed the locks, and kept all his stuff. Any similarity between the characters and situations within its pages and places or persons, living or dead, is unintentional and co-incidental.Ĭan a night of passion lead to a happily ever after? No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. ![]() Bonus First Chapter of The Yakuza Path: Flowers of Flesh and BloodĪddicted to Lust (A Yakuza Path Romance) © 2021 Amy Tasukada ![]()
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![]() ![]() He would have devoured Zeus as well, but Rhea, unable to bear the pain of losing another child and seeing her husband now for the monster he was, entered into an alliance with Gaea, who smuggled her son away to safety, and gave her husband a rock instead to devour in which he ate without looking.Īfter years in hiding, Zeus was finally old enough and strong enough to overthrow his father. ![]() Hestia first, then Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon. The six elder Greek gods and goddesses were Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus, because they were the sons and daughters of the two rulers of the Titans: Kronos and Rhea.įearing his children would overthrow him in the same way he had done to his own father like Ouranos had predicted, Kronos devoured his first two sons and his three daughters almost immediately after they were born. 9.1.1 Major Olympian Gods and Goddesses. ![]() ![]() And the closer they come to finding the coveted pearls, the closer they come to danger and death.and to each other. With deadly competitors on their tails, Archer and Hannah race through uncharted waters in search of the fabulous Black Trinity. And at his side in pursuit of the stolen fortune is a woman he shouldn't want, yet cannot resist.a woman who may know more than she's telling about her husband's death.and more than is safe to know about the dark and elusive black pearls. Pearl Cove by Ann Maxwell and Elizabeth Lowell. Archer Donovan would rather roget hed ever heard of Pearl Cove. But when Hannah McGarry calls in an old debt Archer is back in the game. Pearl Cove by Ann Maxwell, Elizabeth Lowell, June 1, 2000, Avon edition, in English. Buy Pearl Cove Mass Market Paperbound Book By: Elizabeth Lowell from as low as 2.99. That life taught him to trust no one but family. He might help her.if the price is right.Īrcher Donovan would rather forget he'd ever heard of Pearl s memories of living on the dark side, the soul-numbing certainty that there was no law, no justice, no mercy just hunters and the hunted. Desperate, she calls Archer Donovan, a silent partner in Pear Cove, her late husband's pearl farm venture. Surrounded by potential enemies, Hannah McGarry faces the mystery of her husband's suspicious death, the prospect of bankruptcy.and the disappearance of the fabulous Black Trinity necklace that was to be her financial security. Other books in the series are Amber Beach, Jade Island and Pearl Cove. Pearl Cove (Donovan, Book 3) Elizabeth Lowell Mass Market Paperback Romance novelist Elizabeth Lowell talks about Midnight in Ruby Bayou, settings. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They only have each other: two brothers who have been at odds with each other for years after a family tragedy, a friend who has medical issues, and another with claustrophobia. They don’t have supplies or skills for such a predicament. And you guessed it…the boys find themselves in a situation, trapped in a cave. In the case of these four high school boys that decided it would be a good idea to go out cave exploring (also known as spelunking) without a plan or experience, no one knows that they are out in the Ocala National Forest except them. Depending on the environment, weather and savvy for survival of the missing persons, the search and rescue can be a relief or end in tragedy. Usually, they are reported missing by a friend or loved one who knew they were going out on their own and worried when they didn’t come back. It is not an uncommon occurrence to watch the news and hear a story of someone who went missing while going on a hike. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lisbon pulls all the girls out of school, claiming that it would help the girls recover from Cecilia's suicide. Consequently, the Lisbons become recluses. ![]() After having sex with Trip on the high school football field after the dance, Lux misses her curfew. Lisbon to take Lux to a homecoming dance, on the condition that he finds dates for the other three girls. ![]() Trip negotiates with the overprotective Mr. Lux begins a romance with local heartthrob Trip Fontaine. The mystique of the Lisbon girls operates also for the neighborhood boys, the narrators of the novel. The cause of Cecilia's suicide and its after-effects on the family are popular subjects of neighborhood gossip. A few weeks later, the girls throw a chaperoned party, during which Cecilia jumps from their second story window and dies, impaled by a fence post. Their lives change dramatically within one summer when Cecilia, a stoic and astute girl described as an "outsider", attempts suicide by cutting her wrists. The family has five daughters: 13-year-old Cecilia, 14-year-old Lux, 15-year-old Bonnie, 16-year-old Mary, and 17-year-old Therese. The father, Ronald, is a math teacher at a private school and the mother is a homemaker. The Lisbons are a Catholic family living in Grosse Pointe, Michigan in the 1970s. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Typically, body snatchers turn humans into zombies, but these aliens must share their host's mind, fighting for control. Droplets flew into the fire and hissed like fat in a hot skillet."įor all its nicely described mayhem, Dreamcatcher is mostly a psychological drama. ![]() Poor Pete tries to remove one that just bit his ankle: "Blood flew in splattery fans as Pete tried to shake it off, stippling the snow and the sawdusty tarp and the dead woman's parka. His body is erupting with space aliens resembling furry moray eels: their mouths open to reveal nests of hatpin-like teeth. Then comes worse trouble: an old man named McCarthy (a nod to the star of the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers) turns up at Hole in the Wall. They've all got midlife crises: clownish Beav has love problems the intellectual shrink, Henry, is slowly succumbing to the siren song of suicide Pete is losing a war with beer Jonesy has had weird premonitions ever since he got hit by a car. The four have been telepathically linked since childhood, thanks to a searing experience involving a Down syndrome neighbor-a human dreamcatcher. A throwback to It, The Stand, and The Tommyknockers, Dreamcatcher is also an interesting new wrinkle in his fiction.įour boyhood pals in Derry, Maine, get together for a pilgrimage to their favorite deep-woods cabin, Hole in the Wall. Stephen King fans, rejoice! The bodysnatching-aliens tale Dreamcatcher is his first book in years that slakes our hunger for horror the way he used to. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() de Winter walked in the shadow of her mysterious predecessor, determined to uncover the darkest secrets and shattering truths about Maxim's first wife-the late and hauntingly beautiful Rebecca. With an eerie presentiment of evil tightening her heart, the second Mrs. Danvers: a suite immaculate and untouched, clothing laid out and ready to be worn, but not by any of the great house's current occupants. For in every corner of every room were phantoms of a time dead but not forgotten-a past devotedly preserved by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the chilling events that transpired as she began her new life as the young bride of a husband she barely knew. With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. "Last Night I Dreamt I went to Manderley Again." Now a Netflix film starring Lily James, Armie Hammer, and Kristin Scott Thomas ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You’ll want to hightail it to a library or bookstore near you ASAP in order to experience this fantastic journey for yourself. Author illustrator Danica Novgorodoff ( Refresh, Refresh) tells Deshi and Lily’s story through sparkling, darkly humorous dialogue and lavish watercolor panels that take your breath away with each turn of the page. This beautifully illustrated modern fable of love and death hooked me from the very first sentence with an original plot grown from the rich soil of Chinese folklore. Should he just murder Lily and take her body home to his parents? But how can he, when each day he delays killing her in sleep he falls deeper in love with her? Meanwhile, Lily’s father and crooked Song are hot on their trail, each hoping to exact their own special brand of revenge. The two team up on the road, and Deshi finds his thoughts going to dark places. But when the two men are startled at the graveyard and become separated, Deshi runs into Lily, a rural girl desperate to escape an arranged marriage who’s looking for a free ride to Beijing. Stricken with grief and guilt, Deshi complies, hiring a black market body dealer named Song to help him secure a girl who’s not too long gone in her grave. ![]() When Deshi Li’s irresponsible older brother Wei is killed in a tragic accident, his parents charge Deshi with finding him a corpse bride, a dead female body to accompany him into the afterlife. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book is about two students who are targeted by an anonymous person trying to ruin their lives. I am so glad that I have read it as it is such an important book. ![]() I finally got the chance to pick it up by working it in for a prompt from Orilium: The Novice Path readathon. With heart-pounding suspense and relevant social commentary comes a high-octane thriller from debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.Īce of Spades instantly grabbed my attention when it came out a few months ago. Can Devon and Chiamaka stop Aces before things become incredibly deadly? Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone who goes by Aces begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down and threaten every aspect of their carefully planned futures.Īs Aces shows no sign of stopping, what seemed like a sick prank quickly turns into a dangerous game, with all the cards stacked against them. ![]() After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too. When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school’s senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. SYNOPSIS: Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully. GENRE: Young Adult, Mystery, Contemporary, Thriller, LGBT ![]() ![]() ![]() Then there's this build up that always starts with the same words and goes nowhere "if someone looked into the cottage, they would have seen an ashen haired girl." it says it like 7 times, and it's a full paragraph of text. ![]() Same event, different narrators from different times. Sometimes the narration of an event just jumps around. As in he has no idea what he's doing, and the book admits it. The writing feels lost, ambling around without direction, constantly jumping scenes, and forgetting about Geralt altogether about half way through the book. I really really want to like these books, and I have enjoyed most of them, but the honest truth is that this one is really not that great. I started playing The Witcher 2, then I began reading the books and playing The Witcher 3. I am enthralled by the idea of Witchers, and I am in love with the characters. Translated from original Polish by David French. ![]() Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies including Dandelion, Milva, Regis, and Cahir, to rescue her. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life.īut the net around her is closing. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, races to find her in the fourth novel of Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games. The world is at war and the prophesied savior is nowhere to be found. ![]() |