![]() ![]() When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. Hard to review without spoiling it, lets just say that if you enjoy a clever psychological thriller then you will love this book.īlurb: Think you know the person you married? Think again… The reveal of the significance was a delightful little moment for me. I adored the little images at the top of the chapters. ![]() Set mostly during a weekend away in a remote – bleak – part of Scotland, the books is hugely atmospheric and highlights painfully the absence and distance that can form within relationships. Having previously read I Know Who You AreI guess I can’t claim to be surprised! Clever and twisty, this is a supremely plotted tale. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But the more time she spends with Jack, the more real it all starts to seem. Even though her ex, says no one will believe it. And so Hannah-against her will and her better judgment-finds herself pretending to be Jack’s girlfriend as a cover. Only one catch: He doesn’t want his family to know about his stalker. ![]() When Jack’s mom gets sick, he goes home to the family’s Texas ranch to help out. But a few years back, in the wake of a family tragedy, he dropped from the public eye and went off the grid. Jack Stapleton’s a household name-captured by paparazzi on beaches the world over, famous for, among other things, rising out of the waves in all manner of clingy board shorts and glistening like a Roman deity. But the truth is, she’s an Executive Protection Agent (aka "bodyguard"), and she just got hired to protect superstar actor Jack Stapleton from his middle-aged, corgi-breeding stalker. Hannah Brooks looks more like a kindergarten teacher than somebody who could kill you with a wine bottle opener. ![]() ![]() A shot of pure joy.”-Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers I wish I could erase it from my mind just to read it again for the first time. As funny and sweet as all the very best nineties rom-coms, but with Center’s signature heart-tugging depth. Katherine Center's The Bodyguard is “My perfect 10 of a book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Vampire fiction is rooted in the "vampire craze" of the 1720s and 1730s, which culminated in the somewhat bizarre official exhumations of suspected vampires Petar Blagojevich and Arnold Paole in Serbia under the Habsburg monarchy. Some authors created a more "sympathetic vampire", with Varney being the first, and Anne Rice's 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire as a more recent example. Later influential works include the penny dreadful Varney the Vampire (1847) Sheridan Le Fanu's tale of a lesbian vampire, Carmilla (1872), and the most well known: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897). The literary vampire first appeared in 18th-century poetry, before becoming one of the stock figures of gothic fiction with the publication of Polidori's The Vampyre (1819), which was inspired by the life and legend of Lord Byron. ![]() Vampire literature covers the spectrum of literary work concerned principally with the subject of vampires. Artwork based on Sheridan le Fanu's Carmilla, an early and influential work of vampire literature. ![]() ![]() Matilda, Manfred’s daughter, is talking with her servant Bianca about the disappearance of Isabella when a servant informs them that Isabella has taken sanctuary. 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Realizing his only heir is dead and unable to produce more sons with his own wife, Hippolita, Manfred decides to continue his line by marrying his son’s fiancé Isabella. ![]() Rumors fly about Manfred’s impatience for the wedding, and the people believe that the marriage is in some way related to an ancient prophecy: “that the castle and lordship of Otranto should pass from the present family, whenever the real owner should be grown too large to inhabit it.” However, on the day of the wedding, Conrad is mysteriously crushed to death by a giant helmet falling from the sky. ![]() Manfred, the ruler of Otranto, is impatiently waiting for the marriage between his son Conrad and the princess Isabella, the daughter of Frederic the Marquis of Vincenza. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, his half-sister, the witch-queen Morgause entraps him in an incestuous liaison, which begins a road down love, treachery and vengeance. 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Merlin’s destiny took him from prophesying for the High King Vortigern all the way to Uther Pendragon’s coronation and the birth of Arthur. As a child, Merlin was haunted by visions and portents. Merlin was born Myridden Emrys, the bastard son of a Welsh princess. etina (cs) Deutsch (de) English (en) Español (es). If You Like Arthurian Saga Books, You’ll Love…Īrthurian Saga Synopses: The Crystal Cave is the first in the Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart. The Prince and the Pilgrim by Mary Stewart, 1995, Coronet edition, in English. ![]() ![]() ![]() Angela is undergoing another stressful round of in vitro fertilization attempts for a desperately wanted pregnancy in 2017. Nancy is horrified after she begrudgingly accompanies a friend to an illegal abortion in 1979, when the two are in their teens. Years later, when Angela discovers it in a dusty antique drawer, it sends her down a road of discovery as she digs through generations of women in an effort to reunite the letter with its intended recipient.īut, despite the author’s clear stand on the side of abortion rights for all women, the novel is well-rounded in its representation of women in various stages of their lives with different reproductive goals. ![]() The story kicks off with a striking prologue: A letter informing Nancy that she was adopted is misdelivered, then misplaced. Gripping from the moment it begins, Heather Marshall’s novel “Looking for Jane” is getting a well-deserved re-release to hit the post-Roe v. “Looking for Jane” by Heather Marshall (Atria) This book cover image released by Atria shows "Looking for Jane" by Heather Marshall. ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon, both were having affairs and they divorced five years later. He gave her everything, Priscilla lamented, a child "shouldn't have and couldn't appreciate."Įlvis had an aversion to making love to a woman who had given birth, so Lisa Marie's arrival caused a sexual estrangement between the singer and his young bride. Priscilla said Elvis "looked petrified" the first time he held his daughter, but soon he was spoiling her with expensive jewelry, a miniature fur coat and an impromptu jet ride to Utah so she could see snow for the first time. ![]() ![]() As the only child born to the King of Rock and Roll and his wife, Priscilla, Lisa Marie was internationally known from the moment of her birth on February 1, 1968, exactly nine months after her parents' wedding night. Lisa Marie Presley inherited her father's eyes, lips and fame. ![]() ![]() ![]() Predating Le Fanu’s Carmilla by half a century and Dracula by nearly eight decades, The Vampyre broke with the folklore tradition of vampire stories and established what would become a convention of the genre by introducing sexuality and sexual seduction as key qualities of the modern vampire. ![]() Ultimately, they are easy prey for men in general, and for Lord Ruthven in particular. The narrator harshly describes women who do not meet this standard as "female hunters of notoriety." Presumably, this description reflects 19th-century English society's judgment toward women who deviated from the norm by showing any expression of their sexuality.Īt the same time, the author portrays the women who are virtuous-like Ianthe and Miss Aubrey-as helpless. Moreover, in the upper-class British society that Polidori depicts in The Vampyre, women are expected to be pure and innocent. The fictional letter-writer presents men as more intelligent and capable than women, referring to just one or two female authors or scholars who have really proven their "often claimed equality with, the nobler man." ![]() From the first paragraphs of the letter extract that opens the novella, it is evident that the story depicts a society that looks down on women and judges their actions by a stricter standard. ![]() ![]() National Security Advisor James Cutter seizes an opportunity to help the president initiate covert operations within Colombia with the intent to disrupt the illegal drug trade there. Robert Fowler, has rallied the American public behind the current administration's failures in the War on Drugs. The President of the United States is running for reelection. ![]() A film adaptation, featuring Harrison Ford reprising his role as Ryan, was released on August 3, 1994. It debuted at number one on The New York Times bestseller list. A sequel to The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988), main character Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence in the Central Intelligence Agency, and discovers that he is being kept in the dark by his colleagues who are conducting a covert war against a drug cartel based in Colombia. ![]() ![]() Clear and Present Danger is a political thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published on August 17, 1989. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kay’s illustrations are in color, and are considered to be more realistic than both Rickman’s and GrandPré’s. The seventh and eighth Harry Potter books were illustrated by British artist, Jim Kay. GrandPré’s illustrations are in color, and are considered to be more whimsical than Rickman’s. The fifth and sixth Harry Potter books were illustrated by American artist, Mary GrandPré. Rickman’s illustrations are black and white, and are considered to be some of the most iconic images from the series. The first four Harry Potter books were illustrated by British artist, Alan Rickman. The illustrations play an important role in the books, and help bring the story to life for readers. The Harry Potter book series has been illustrated by a number of different artists. The illustrators of the Harry Potter books ![]() They are “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”. There are four different Harry Potter illustrated books. The different Harry Potter illustrated books ![]() The third, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, was published in hardcover on March 7, 2017. The second, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published in hardcover on October 4, 2016. The first, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was published in hardcover on October 6, 2015. How many Harry Potter illustrated books are there?Īs of June 2017, there are three official Harry Potter illustrated books. ![]() |