![]() ![]() In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. Though she knows little about the far north-where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service-Marion applies to the position. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper, seeking a bloodmaid. Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation is all she knows. Girls of weak will need not apply.Ī young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power, in this dark and enthralling gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching. ![]() Must have a keen proclivity for life’s finer pleasures. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The fragile peace Xingyin fought so hard for when freeing her mother is under threat.Forced to flee her home, Xingyin ventures into the unexplored lands of the Immortal Realm to seek aid in her fight, but, with alliances shifting quicker than the tides, she has to overcome past grudges and enmities to forge a new path forward, seeking aid where she never imagined.Xingyin must uncover the truth of her heart and claw her way through devastation - to rise against evil before it destroys everything she holds dear, and the worlds she has grown to love. ![]() Heart of the Sun Warrior Sue Lynn Tan € 21.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 2-3 working days.Īn unspeakable terror is sweeping across the realm as the Celestial Emperor tightens his grip on power. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the two meet, they feel a special connection, much to the dismay of Nen’s father, Pelagios, who creates a wild sea storm to protect his son and the ocean. Nen sends a song of hope across the sea while a lonely, caring young fisherman named Ernest hopes to find warmth in his heart. The synopsis explains: “A modern adaptation of the classic 'Little Mermaid' tale, Nen and the Lonely Fisherman tells the story of a merman’s search for true love. Nen and the Lonely Fisherman will be published on 1st June 2021 to coincide with international Pride month. Sam Langley-Swain, founder and publisher at Owlet, bought rights directly from the author, with agent Eunice McMullen brokering the deal on behalf of illustrator James Mayhew. Independent children's publisher Owlet Press has landed Ian Eagleton's “magical and groundbreaking” reimagining of fairytale "The Little Mermaid", with LGBTQ+ inclusivity at its heart and a subtle environmental message. ![]() ![]() ![]() Catharine's College, Cambridge, and in 2013 was awarded an MBE by the Queen. ![]() In 2000, her 1999 novel Chocolat was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magical realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology, and fantasy. Joanne Harris is an Anglo-French author, whose books include fourteen novels, two cookbooks, and many short stories. The tales are beautifully illustrated by renowned illustrator Charles Vess ( Stardust, Sandman, The Books of Earthsea). ![]() These are just a few of the weird and wonderful creatures who populate Joanne Harris's first collection of fairy tales.ĭark, gripping, and brilliantly imaginative, these magical tales will soon have you in their thrall in a uniquely illustrative edition. The toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife the princess whose heart is won by words, not actions the tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs his size and the sinister Lacewing King who rules over the Silken Folk. ![]() Harris and legendary artist Charles Vess in a collaboration that's been years in the making. Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales from bestselling author Joanne M. The beauty of stories you never know where they will take you. Description A lushly illustrated set of dark, captivating fairy tales from the bestselling author of The Gospel of Loki with illustrator Charles Vess ( Stardust). ![]() ![]() ![]() The conflict between humans and angels seems complex and interesting. The remnants of humanity are scattered and struggling after bands of avenging angels have swooped down to decimate them. The setting is a post-apocalyptic urban wasteland, not far from present day. Together, they journey toward the angels’ stronghold in San Francisco where she’ll risk everything to rescue her sister and he’ll put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again. Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl. Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back.Īnything, including making a deal with an enemy angel. ![]() Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. ![]() ![]() I just felt that the series - despite some rather feeble attempts to develop Irene's background- just does not go anywhere. Maybe I was not in the mood for it because there were no big changes compared to the previous books. This instalment just failed to impress me in any way and finishing it was a chore. ![]() Even though I lost my original enthusiasm by books 4 and 5, I still enjoyed them. ![]() I do not exactly know what really happened, as I used to really love this series. I rarely leave a book unrated, but this is one of those instances. Their goal? The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, in a early twenty-first century world, where their toughest challenge might be each other. But to get their reward, they will have to form a team, including a dragon techie, a Fae thief, a gambler, a driver, and the muscle. He swears that he will give each of them an item from his collection if they bring him the painting within the week.Įveryone takes the deal. Nemo has an offer for everyone there: he wants them to steal a specific painting from a specific world. ![]() Nemo’s remote Caribbean island and are invited to dinner, which includes unlikely company. No copies of the book are available in the Library, so her only choice is to contact a mysterious Fae information broker and trader of rare objects: Mr. The world where she grew up is in danger of veering deep into chaos, and she needs to obtain a particular book to stop this from happening. A Librarian’s work is never done, and once Irene has a quick rest after their latest adventure, she is summoned to the Library. ![]() ![]() ![]() Happily-ever-after might be staring them in the face, but it won’t happen if they’re too stubborn to come clean about their feelings.Įverything they both want is within reach… They just have to be brave enough to grab it. And Kyle never expected their friends-with-benefits arrangement to leave him wanting more. He’ll teach Eric a few tricks, have some mutually consensual fun, then walk away.Įric is more than happy to learn anything Kyle brings to the table. Despite their intense physical attraction, Kyle has no intention of getting emotionally involved. Until he meets a gorgeous, distinguished silver fox hockey player. He’d sworn to find someone his own age to crush on (for once). ![]() ![]() Rachel Reid’s hockey heroes are sexy, hot, and passionate I’ve devoured this entire series and I love the flirting, th. Graduate student Kyle Swift moved to New York nursing a broken heart. Read 'Common Goal A Gay Sports Romance' by Rachel Reid available from Rakuten Kobo. It’s time to make some big changes, starting with finally dating men for the first time. Veteran goaltender Eric Bennett has faced down some of the toughest shooters on the ice, but nothing prepared him for his latest challenge-life after hockey. New York Admirals goalie Eric never thought his friends-with-benefits arrangement with much-younger Kyle would leave them both wanting more… “Rachel Reid’s hockey heroes are sexy, hot, and passionate! I’ve devoured this entire series and I love the flirting, the exploration and the delicious discovery in Common Goal!” - Lauren Blakely, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Guy Walks into My Bar ![]() ![]() ![]() Heist books have received more than 13,000 reviews on Goodreads, and 805,700 ratings with an average of 4.14 stars out of 5. ![]() Feist is a Dungeons and Dragons fan, which is the reason why he got the idea for his own fictional universe since he created Midknenia as an alternate version to D&D. However, Pug is worth to mention, since he is the main character in the first book in the series and therefore serves to introduce us into this amazing fantasy book series. This series does not center on any character, instead, the series narrates the story of different characters who live in this universe. ![]() In this series, magicians and other creatures with magical powers can create rifts which allows them to travel to other planets. ![]() This book is not short (650+ pages) but it never feels overly long as the fine narrative guides you effortlessly through the story. The Riftwar universe is a complex but well built fictional world that narrates the events taking place it two worlds, Midkenia and Kelewan. Feist has an amazing imagination and here he brings to us a war between two worlds reminiscent of Medieval Europe and Japan in the time of the Samurai. Meanwhile, the Riftwar Cycle is the term used to refer to this book series as a whole. Take it before it ends: Is there a difference between Riftwwar saga and the Riftwar cycle?Īctually yes, The Riftwar saga refers to the first trilogy in the series. ![]() ![]() ![]() What is engrossing here is that Harris creates the same sense of loneliness in the characters of this small town. ![]() She was thought to have been killed by her boyfriend, Dell, who then committed suicide, and to some extent this small town is content to believe that lie, until Dell’s mother Sybil brings the truth out into the open when she hires Harper to find the young girl, Teenie. In this novel, Harper and Tolliver come to Sarne to find the body of a young girl, long since dead. Her writing is filled with restraint, and there is a sense of loneliness through her words that is engrossing. ![]() She travels with Tolliver, her step-brother, and Harris has created an intimate, sad and lonely world for the two of them, even as the strength these siblings draw from one another is palpable. She feels them to an extent too, and it’s how she makes her living – solving cases, giving people closure by telling them how their loved ones have died. Harper senses how dead bodies not dead people or ghosts, she senses where the dead are buried and how they’ve passed. ![]() I don’t know why – I know the show ( True Blood) is popular, the books too, but it’s not something that grabbed me.Īnd yet, here I am reviewing Grave Sight, Harris’ Harper Connelly series and I’m completely and utterly in love with it. While Charlaine Harris is more renowned for her Sookie Stackhouse series, I’ve, yes you’ve guessed it, steered away from it. Grave Sight Harper Connelly, Book #1 By Charlaine Harris ISBN# 978-0425212899 Website: īrought to you by Guest reviewer Verushka ![]() ![]() If you don’t have time to read it, get the 18-disc, 24 hour audiobook. For now, here’s a very brief review: go buy this book and read it immediately. I plan to buy and reread (not sure if reread is the right verb) Tree of Smoke as soon as soon as it comes out in paperback. I only bring the two up together as they are both very long books I finished this weekend without pretense or shame, I attest that I enjoyed Johnson’s book over Joyce’s). ![]() I immediately started listening to it again (after I finished Ulysses I simply felt exhausted–Molly Bloom’s infamous monologue was fantastic (and sexy!), and I read it in one sitting, but still…the book inspires a special fatigue. After finishing Tree of Smoke, that special depression reserved for only the best of books set in (you know that feeling–where the book you looked forward to every day is now over, and you feel a little sad and want more). ![]() I managed to do this thanks to BBC America’s fantastic audio book version of Tree of Smoke, read by Will Patton–there’s simply no other way I would’ve managed to read both books. I finished Denis Johnson’s sprawling Vietnam War epic Tree of Smoke the same weekend that I finished James Joyce’s Ulysses. ![]() |