![]() ![]() Before Myles sinks any deeper into this dangerous attraction, he needs to solve this murder and get back on the road. In other words, the insatiable hunger and protectiveness she is awakening is a threat to his peace of mind. ![]() ![]() She's also brave and beautiful and reminds him of the home he left behind three years ago. Sure, she's stubborn, distracting and can't stay out of harm's way. ![]() is becoming less and less of a hardship to have Taylor around. It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod-just me and my beloved brother-but discovering a corpse in our rental house really throws a wrench into our tanning schedule. Myles is just there to do a job, not babysit an amateur sleuth. An all-new, spicy murder mystery from Tessa Bailey, New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer. Not to mention her fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders.Ī brash bounty hunter and an energetic elementary school teacher: the murder-solving team no one asked for, but thanks to these pesky attempts on Taylor's life, they're stuck together, come hell or high tide. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe Taylor can be helpful, despite the countless hours she's spent listening to true crime podcasts. It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod-just Taylor and her beloved brother-but discovering a corpse in their rental house has really thrown a wrench into their tanning schedule. A spicy rom-com with a murder mystery from Tessa Bailey, #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer! ![]()
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![]() ![]() Kirkus Reviews Robinson and Mansbach amp up the laughs in this wry novel. ![]() Featuring more than 160 illustrations, Jake the Fake is sure to bring the laughs with his hilarious high jinks! Review Quotes Praise for Jake the Fake: A Publishers Weekly African-American Young Readers selection! A fast and funny alternative to the Wimpy Kid. More jokester than composer, Jake will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him. Which is a real problem because Jake just faked his way into the Music and Art Academy for the gifted and talented (and Jake is pretty sure he is neither). And his art? Its better suited for Pictionary than Picasso. Jake can barely play an instrument, not even a kazoo. ![]() ![]() Book Synopsis For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the first book in a side-splitting illustrated series from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient and cartoonist Keith Knight. About the Book Having faked his way into the Music and Art Academy, a performing arts school for gifted students where his talented older sister rules, sixth-grader Jake, a jokester who can barely play an instrument, will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him. ![]() ![]() After several years as a freelancer, she began writing and illustrating children’s books publishing her first work that won the Nebraska Golden Sower Award with “Rugby & Rosie.” She published her first novel “The Gin & Chowder Club” in 2011. Later on, her family moved to Barkhamsted in Connecticut and she went to Northwestern Regional 7 High School before she graduated with a degree in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. Some of her favorite characters included the likes of Harriet the Spy, Laura Ingalls, and Mrs. It was in that very same library that she first got hooked into books and reading. It was a tiny space built as an extension to the Hutchinson Elementary school though she would not have cared if she had to read under a tree. Even as a child, she loved reading and would ride her Stingray bike to the Pelham Library. ![]() She still remembers her childhood in Pelham where she spent a lot of time riding her bike complete with a sissy bar and banana seat. ![]() Nan Rossiter is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author from Pelham New York. ![]() ![]() ![]() As various townspeople, some good-hearted, some nefarious, reveal themselves to be monster hunters on the sly, can Herbert and Violet elude them and discover what happened to Violet’s kin? This lighthearted, fantastical mystery, featuring black-and-white spot illustrations, kicks off a trilogy of fantasies set in the seaside town. ![]() And the town legend of the Malamander - a part-fish, part-human monster whose egg is said to make dreams come true - is rearing its scaly head. The trouble is, Violet is being pursued at that moment by a strange hook-handed man. It seems that Violet Parma, a fearless girl around his age, lost her parents at the hotel when she was a baby, and she’s sure that the nervous Herbert is the only person who can help her find them. Inside, young Herbert Lemon, Lost and Founder for the hotel, has an unexpected visitor. THE PLOT It’s winter in the town of Eerie-on-Sea, where the mist is thick and the salt spray is rattling the windows of the Grand Nautilus Hotel. The series begins with Malamander but will lead right into Gargantis, scheduled for release in May, 2020. ![]() Rights were sold in twelve territories.World rights were acquired in 2018 at an eight publisher, six figure auction.Much buzz has preceded the release of this new trilogy: ![]() ![]() ![]() Love’s the last thing on her mind when she locks eyes with Will Darcy across the crowded club, yet the spark between them is undeniable-that is, until she overhears the uptight wealth manager call her merely “tolerable.”īennet is determined to write Darcy off, but once their besties fall head-over-heels, they’re thrown into each other’s orbit again and again. Now an executive assistant by day and stage kitten by night, she’s discovered a second home with the performers at Meryton, Manhattan’s top-tier burlesque venue. ![]() A sparkling contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in the tantalizing world of New York City burlesque, perfect for fans of The Kiss Quotient and The Roommate.Īfter a betrayal derailed her interior design career, Liz Bennet found a fresh start in New York. ![]() ![]() ![]() I thoroughly enjoyed Impostor, but Defector was explosive. Her final decision will leave readers breathless. Summoning all of her courage and strength, Tessa must decide who can be trusted and what is worth fighting for. Desperate to save her friend and uncover the mystery behind Abel's Army, Tessa launches her own investigation, but nothing could prepare her for what she finds.įinding the truth will take her out on the road and out of her comfort zone, with danger lurking at every turn. But who is after her? And more importantly, why? When the FEA's efforts to rescue Holly don't yield results, Tessa takes matters into her own hands. Her best friend Holly is kidnapped, and Tessa knows it was meant to be her. When Tessa is summoned for her second mission, she is unexpectedly launched into a massive conspiracy. An agent has disappeared and rogue Variant organization Abel's Army is likely the culprit. But the air is tense at FEA headquarters. ![]() ![]() She and longtime love Alec are officially a couple, and for the first time, she has everything she wants. Tessa has made peace with her life as a Variant. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The denouement, however, is a lovely picture of God’s provision, forgiveness, and love. But can she live in a loveless marriage that can save the family farm but damage her heart? Jennings’s story is rife with interesting subplots-evil neighbor, unrequited love, guilt-though a bit disjointed at the start as readers struggle to figure out who is who. When Rosa follows Louise’s suggestion to approach Weston for help-straight from the Ruth/Boaz story-she gets more than she bargained for. She is the author of Sixty Acres and a Bride, Love in the Balance. Rosa and Louise soon find themselves in trouble over back taxes. The entertaining storytelling style of author Regina Jennings is in full force in. Her Mexican ways, however, take the town by surprise, and also catch the eye of Weston Garner, Louise’s nephew and a wealthy landowner. Rosa Garner, widowed daughter-in-law of widow Louise Garner, returns with her to Lockhart, Tex., to take over the farm the Garners left years before. Jennings’s debut novel will have historical romance fans flocking to her tale that puts a Texas spin on the story of Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz. ![]() ![]() Their mother is working a lot of extra shifts so they barely ever get to see her. Their father passed away, suddenly, and they miss him a great deal. They learned them from their father who owned a bookstore and was a wonderful influence in their lives as well as at their grandmother. Not the remakes or Disney-fied versions, but the actual originals with all their gruesome details and sad endings. ![]() Both of them though are quite knowledgeable about fairy tales. Connor on the other hand has a hard time staying awake for his classes but while he sleeps through classes he tends to make it up with his social life, something Alex is lacking. She’s essentially class pet and especially a star in her English class. The Land of Stories follows Alex and Connor. At first I was surprised since the last book I’d read staring a set of twins going on an adventure had left me highly disappointed. Until of course, I found it at an Aladdin and decided, why not, let’s see what all the fuss had been about. Even though it seemed like it would’ve been a book I would’ve enjoyed. ![]() ![]() He seemed like an already successful actor/musical performer and to suddenly be an acclaimed published author made me jealous. To be fairly honest I was a little bitter. I wasn’t particularly interested when it came out. So I remember when this book came out I felt like I was being buried in press and signing info for when he was on his book tour. One of my friends from college is a huge fan of Chris Colfer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In “Pirates of Yellowstone,” two Eastern European tough guys find out what it means to be strangers in a strange land, and in “Le Sauvage Noble,” the stranger is a Lakota in Paris who enjoys playing the “noble savage” for the French women-until he meets Sophie. In “One-Car Bridge,” one of four Joe Pickett stories, Pickett goes up against a “just plain mean” landowner, with disastrous results, and in “Shots Fired,” his investigation into the radio call referred to in the title nearly ends up being the last thing he ever does. All of those strengths are in the ten riveting stories-three of them never before published-that make up Shots Fired. Box has been consistently hailed for his brilliant storytelling and extraordinary skills at creating character, suspense, and a deep sense of place. ![]() ![]() "The 10 selections, which include four Joe Pickett tales, are filled with Box trademarks: drama, darkness, surprise twists, and a palpable sense of a wild, magnificent, and sometimes cruel Wyoming.” - Publishers Weekly Box, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Joe Pickett novels, comes a thrilling book of suspense stories about the Wyoming he knows so well-and the dark deeds and impulses that can be found there. ![]() ![]() Internet Girls (series) by Lauren Myracleġ3. And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnellĩ. Captain Underpants (series) by Dav PilkeyĦ. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieĢ. Some of the titles here aren’t really a surprise (not the first rodeo for Lolita), while others seem a little more puzzling-what did Adam Mansbach ever do to us? Stories about dystopia ( Feed, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Giver) continue to get resistance, almost like they have important points to make about the dystopia where we live now.ġ. ![]() Kicking off Banned Books Week, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom released the list on Sunday based on the censorship reports it reviewed from 2010-19. ![]() ![]() In other words, all the books that we should be reading all the time. The results are in, and the list of most challenged books from the last decade is a mix of American classics, LGBTQ-themed books, and stories about female agency and empowerment. ![]() |