Cliff Diver by Carmen Amato6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Reluctant to take on the investigation, Emilia soon learns that the dead lieutenant led a double life in Acapulco full of illicit sex and financial manipulation, all of which would be either red herrings or keys to the crime. With hot nights on the beach and suspense straight out of the headlines, CLIFF DIVER and the Emilia Cruz mystery series goes inside Mexico's drug war with a fearless style and a woman who'll be hard to forget.įorced to lead the murder investigation into the death of her shady lieutenant, Emilia faces resentment from the other detectives as well as a blood-spattered crime scene, no witnesses, and the shadow of counterfeit ransom money. When Emilia Cruz, Acapulco’s first and only female police detective, dives into the investigation of a dirty cop’s death, she might just hit the rocks instead of the water. ![]()
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The Siren by Kiera Cass6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() In April 2015, Warner acquired the movie rights for The Selection trilogy. ![]() She is also the author of novellas set in the same environment as the Selection series of books. ![]() She is a valued customer at the local cupcake shop. Kiera Cass lives in Christiansburg, Virginia with her husband, son, and daughter. The Heir followed in 2015 and then came the release of The Crown, and finally The Siren, both in 2016. The next sequel was The Favorite, published in 2015. On August 14, 2014, Kiera Cass decided to expand The Selection Series into more books. This saga, to be published by HarperCollins, would be about social media. In May 2013, Cass declared that she would be working on a new trilogy that she referred to as 238. Besides filming two pilots, executives didn’t pick either of them to develop into a full series. The CW Television Network leased television rights for the series. The first book in the saga, The Selection, was distributed in 2012 by HarperTeen. ![]() She is mostly known for The Selection saga. Kiera Cass is an American writer of young adult stories. She attended and graduated from Socastee High School, Myrtle Beach, in 1999. Cass went to Coastal Carolina University before attending Radford University, where she graduated with a degree in History. Her “Selection” series has earned her a #1 New York Times position.Ĭass was born and brought up in South Carolina. Kiera Cass Author Biography: The is an expert on young adult fiction. ![]() Geisha books fiction6/9/2023 ![]() We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist competing with a jealous rival for men’s solicitude and the money that goes with it. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read ![]() A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan’s most celebrated geisha. ![]() Wolfsong by tj klune6/8/2023 ![]() Ox was seventeen when he found out the boy s secret, and it painted the world around him in colors of red and orange and violet, of Alpha and Beta and Omega. Ox found out later the boy hadn’t spoken in almost two years before that day, and that the boy belonged to a family who had moved into the house at the end of the lane. Ox was sixteen when he met the boy on the road, the boy who talked and talked and talked. He said that Ox wasn’t worth anything and people would never understand him. ![]() ![]() Ox was twelve when his daddy taught him a very valuable lesson. Nothing against TJ or his writing style, I just couldn’t connect to the love side of the story.Īm I going to get messy with this one? Yeah, I am. Wolfsong by TJ Klune was a well written book but not my cup of tea. But, whatever… I started it and I decided I needed to finish it. That was my own silly fault for not paying attention to the synopsis. I didn’t know it was M/M until I started reading it. This gave me a whole lot of male on male romance which isn’t something would normally give a first look to, let alone a second. A girl needs to try something different every now and then. ![]() The hill house book6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() And if there is a trend, who the crimes are being committed by and against. First priority if elected: My first priority when reelected is to establish a data system to collect information that can be reviewed that pertains to the charges, dispositions and demographics of the victims and the accused so that we can track how and where crime is being committed.Guzman (D-Prince William) and Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax) former delegates Hala Ayala (D-Prince William) and Mark Levine (D-Alexandria) Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District Director Michelle Thomas and Prince William County Supervisor Andrea O. Murphy (D-Fairfax), Wendy Gooditis (D-Clarke), Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Irene Shin (D-Fairfax), Elizabeth R. Don Beyer (D-Va.) former Virginia secretary of education Atif Qarni State Sens. ![]() Faery Swap by Susan Kaye Quinn6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() and both worlds to save before the dimensional window between them slams shut. Between them, they have two souls and only one body. Back on Earth, Zaneyr uses Finn's body to fight off his father's seekers and keep the king's greatest weapon-himself-out of his hands. When Zaneyr tricks Finn into swapping places, Finn becomes bodiless soul stuck in the Otherworld, fighting spriggans with sharp teeth and rival faery Houses. Warrior faery Prince Zaneyr just wants to escape his father's reckless plan to repair the Rift-a catastrophe that ripped the faery realm from Earth 4,000 years ago and set it adrift in an alternate, timeless dimension. Especially when they possess your body.Fourteen-year-old Finn just wants to keep his little sister out of Child Protective Services-an epic challenge with their parentally-missing-in-action dad moving them to England, near the famous Stonehenge rocks. ![]() Warrior faery princes can be very stubborn. ![]() The 13th Hex by Jordan L. Hawk6/8/2023 ![]() Yet as the heat between them builds, Tom's need for the other man threatens to overcome every rational argument against becoming involved.īut when their investigation uncovers a conspiracy that threatens all of New York, Tom must make the hardest decision of his life: to live a lie and gain his heart's desire, or to confess the truth and sacrifice it all.Īnother amazing combo: Jordan and Tristan ![]() Tom knows that taking Cicero as his familiar would only lead to discovery and disaster. ![]() Though they're completely unsuited to one another, Cicero has no choice but to work alongside Tom.all the while fighting against the passion growing within. When the trail of his investigation crosses Tom's, the very bohemian Cicero instinctively recognizes the uncultured Irish patrolman as his witch. ![]() But Tom's secret is threatened when a horrible murder on his beat seems to have been caused by the same ancient magic that killed his gang.Ĭat shifter Cicero is determined to investigate the disappearance of one friend and the death of another, even though no one else believes the cases are connected. If anyone finds out he once ran with the notorious O'Connell tunnel gang, he'll spend the rest of his life doing hard time behind bars. New York copper Tom Halloran is a man with a past. ![]() Die young with me by rob rufus6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() But as Rob’s life diverges from his brother’s, he learns to find strength within himself and through his music. While Rob suffers through nightmarish treatments and debilitating surgery, Nat continues on their band’s road to success alone. Not only are his dreams of punk rock stardom completely shredded, there is a very real threat that this is one battle that can’t be won. When the brothers start their own band, their lives begin to change: they meet friends, they attract girls, and they finally get invited to join a national tour and get out of their rat box little town.īut their plans are cut short when Rob is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that has already progressed to Stage Four. But what can you expect when you’re the only punks in town? To them, school (and pretty much everything else) sucks. ![]() ![]() In fact, it blares constantly from the basement of Rob and Nat Rufus-identical twin brothers with spiked hair, black leather jackets, and the most kick-ass record collection in Appalachia. In the tradition of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl comes the incredibly moving true story of a teenager diagnosed with cancer and how music was the one thing that helped him get through his darkest days. Follow Rob: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram ![]() When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() In one short statement, Tucker, you have succeeded in demeaning the work of many of Colorado's dedicated bar men and women. But was the purpose of the item really to take on Denver's up-and-coming bartenders? One of his bits of restaurant gossip reads as follows: "Which hotel bar serves a better martini than any of Denver's bratpack of dandy-fied mixologists?" Honestly, I'd love to have a martini at the bar to which this refers I am always up for a proper cocktail. But right now, he wants to offer a defense of the "dandy-fied brat pack."Īlthough it's been a week since Tucker Shaw wrote his blind-item column in the Denver Post, I just got back into town and can't let this slide. ![]() You can find him behind the bar at Squeaky Bean - and here every week, where he'll answer your questions. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. ![]() Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. ![]() Alpha's Temptation by Renee Rose6/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Named Eroticon USA's Next Top Erotic Author in 2013, she has also won Spunky and Sassy's Favorite Sci-Fi and Anthology author, The Romance Reviews Best Historical Romance, and has hit the USA Today list seven times with her Wolf Ranch books and various anthologies.**Sign up to receive a FREE ebook: /alphastemp**Visit her blog at Renee at - She loves to chat with readers!**Follow her on Instagram at OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT RENEE'S BOOKS:"I savor Renee Rose's books as if they were the finest of champagnes" ~USA Today Bestselling Author Sierra Cartwright"Renee Rose has an ability to write the most captivating, most intriguing, and the hottest books around." ~ USA Today Bestselling Author Alta Hensley"A sexy tale for modern women that's as steamy as a locker room shower." ~Kirkus Reviews"I've been completely blown away by this series" ~The Romance Reviews"Nobody writes a bad boy hero like Renee Rose" ~USA Today Bestselling Author Cara Bristol"If you are looking for a romance you can lose yourself in and think fondly of for days after, look no further. ![]() ![]() Her books have been featured in USA Today's Happily Ever After and Popsugar. ![]() USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR RENEE ROSE loves a dominant, dirty-talking alpha hero! She's sold over a million copies of steamy romance with varying levels of kink. ![]() |