![]() And as she races to save England from a most disturbing fate, Maggie realizes that a quick wit is her best defense, and that the smallest clues can unravel the biggest secrets, even within her own family. The upstairs-downstairs world at Windsor is thrown into disarray by a shocking murder, which draws Maggie into a vast conspiracy that places the entire royal family in peril. Yet castle life quickly proves more dangerous - and deadly - than Maggie ever expected. Instead, to her great disappointment, she is dispatched to go undercover at Windsor Castle, where she will tutor the young Princess Elizabeth in math. Spirited, strong-willed, and possessing one of the sharpest minds in government for mathematics and code-breaking, she fully expects to be sent abroad to gather intelligence for the British front. ![]() ![]() Now Maggie returns to protect Britain's beloved royals against an international plot - one that could change the course of history.Īs World War II sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, completes her training to become a spy for MI-5. Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed debut, Mr. ![]()
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![]() ![]() She couldn't let the family see her crying. The doorknob rattled behind her, and she blotted her eyes with the back of one hand. ![]() For a finger snap of time, standing there on the back porch of the farmhouse, she'd been a happy little girl again, her sheltered world still shining and unbroken. But just now when Emma had pulled it from its shelf, the handle had fit her hand with such heartbreaking familiarity that she'd been brought up short. She'd passed the daily chore of chicken tending to her younger sister, Miriam, years ago, and to be honest, she hadn't given the egg basket much thought since. It was a foolish waste of time, she knew, but still, she couldn't help it. Here she sat on a busy June morning, sniffling over a battered egg basket. Ever since the shock of her parents' deaths six months ago, she'd gone teary-eyed over the strangest things. The little, everyday memories always hurt the most.Įmma Hochstedler knew that well enough. ![]() ![]() ![]() WHERT? I know I know! But remember, I said in fiction. ![]() And this boy encompasses pretty much every single characteristic (both good and bad) that I seem to be drawn to in books. If you follow me on Twitter, you saw me flailing. And although I closed it feeling a little confused (it’s the first volume of a series, and I swear there are more questions than answers), it was a great read and I couldn’t put it down. She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been through, she can fall in love. She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed. (we had a ton of emails about this one so THANK YOU to everyone who suggested it!)įrom the summary: Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. Up this week: NOAH SHAW from The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, by Michelle Hodkin. They can be old faves (Oh, Romeo), or new boys we’re meeting for the first time. For the newcomers: What are Swoony Boy Alerts, you ask? SBA’s are reoccurring posts in which we, and you, YES YOU, amazing reader, gather around a cup of tea/coffee/something with a fancy umbrella and squeal over our favorite male characters in fiction. ![]() You’re all lovely and awesome and smart and I just ADORE you. Welcome Back!!! It’s time for another Swoony Boy Alert!!ĬAN I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE THESE POSTS? I love reading your comments and tweets, and it’s so fun to be goofy and swoon right along with you. ![]() ![]() ![]() "A thrilling adventure about found families, ancient magic, and stories that linger.I thoroughly enjoyed it." - S. Abdullah weaves a sweeping adventure of tales within tales, while laying bare the ways those we love can both uplift us and break our hearts."- Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter "The Stardust Thief is a dream written upon a page-absorbing, lingering, and poignantly told. And, in a world where story is reality and illusion is truth, Loulie will discover that everything-her enemy, her magic, even her own past-is not what it seems, and she must decide who she will become in this new reality. ![]() Aided by her bodyguard, who has secrets of his own, they must survive ghoul attacks, outwit a vengeful jinn queen, and confront a malicious killer from Loulie's past. With no choice but to obey or be executed, Loulie journeys with the sultan's oldest son to find the artifact. ![]() When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land-at the cost of sacrificing all jinn. Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. Inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights, this book weaves together the gripping tale of a legendary smuggler, a cowardly prince, and a dangerous quest across the desert to find a legendary, magical lamp. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jones s prose is skillful and clean, equally adept at creating intimate moments of loss and longing or trumpeting big moments of battle and disaster. Thanks to everyone who stopped by! I hope to come by and do another one before the world gets too much older. Kelly McCullough, author of the Fallen Blade and WebMage series 'This is exciting storytelling from one of the best and most knowledgeable writers of heroic fantasy around. Series: Ravirn, Book 1 Unabridged Audiobook Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense. ![]() I’ve written two fantasy series, WebMage and Fallen Blade, and my current book is School For Sidekicks a humorous superhero novel aimed at kids as well as adults who still remember how to have fun.ĮTA: Closing up shop after two hours, though I will check in again on and off for a bit to see if anyone cruises by and asks anything else. WebMage as its meant to be heard, narrated by Vikas Adam. ![]() ![]() Info at where you can also watch video of me launching my latest title on a rocket from Neil Gaiman's garden: That led me into theater and improv with a side of slapstick, and from there to writing things including a science comic for NASA and the Hubble, poems, short stories, and a dozen or so books. I was raised and educated by hippies who told me I could be anything I wanted to be. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But writing it in Atlin, the virtues of being a homebody became apparent to me. The book I wrote was very much fuelled by wanderlust. Who knew that Harris, whose Taylor Prize-winning work of literary non-fiction Lands of Lost Borders involves a bicycle trip along the fabled Silk Road, is a latent homebody? Stuck in Toronto on a stopover after a book tour in India, she spoke about the new book she’s working on, the adventurism she finds in self-isolation and her holy grail of life balance. “It’s a quirky, artsy place, with lovable people that are my friends and adopted family.” “I really wish I was home,” the author said, pining for her log cabin in the remote northern town of Atlin, B.C. But speaking to The Globe and Mail in Toronto recently, Kate Harris made it clear that she’d rather not be on the road at the moment. She describes herself as a “writer and wanderer.” Marco Polo is her hero and she once was obsessed with going to Mars. ![]() ![]() ![]() I am an author, a metaphysical guide, and healing facilitator who offers private sessions, online workshops, retreats (internationally), and local classes in the San Francisco Bay Area. When we work with our hard moments as a way of seeing what is within us that clouds our perspective, and we work to resolve what we discover within, then we are greatly empowering ourselves and supporting ourselves to live and create life as we truly intend to. ![]() ![]() I Believe All of life is meaningful and sacred, and all moments are an opportunity for deeper love, presence, and appreciation. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's also the story about its price: exhaustion, insomnia, nervous breakdowns, sexual scandals, loneliness, and the notorious public disgrace that nearly destroyed her. But this is not just a story of McPherson's cult of fame. She prayed for the healing of hundreds of thousands of people, founded the Foursquare Church, and built a Pentecostal temple in Los Angeles of Hollywood-epic dimensions (Charlie Chaplin advised her on sets). Her ministry was rolled out in tents, concert halls, boxing rings, and speakeasies. She preached up and down the United States, traveling in a 1912 Packard with her mother and her children-and without a man to fix flat tires. Once she answered the divine calling, Aimee Semple McPherson rose fast from unfulfilled housewife in Rhode Island to "miracle woman"-the most enigmatic, pioneering, media-savvy Christian evangelist in the country. The true story of America's first superstar evangelist that "f ills a significant gap in the history of revivalism" ( The New York Times Book Review ). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The shock and terrible grief involved in losing Sean was a blow I am still recovering from, and probably will be for the rest of my life. No one, not even his doctor, suspected he had cancer until it was too late. ![]() Kathleen Morgan: In June 1996, after a very short illness, my youngest son, Sean, died of a fast-growing, virtually hidden cancer. Would you be willing to share a little about that time? How did that time influence where you are today in your faith? I started writing again, and haven't stopped yet, almost 19 years later.įocus: Eight years ago, you faced an excruciating loss in the death of your youngest son, and came to a real crossroad in your spiritual walk. Then, after reading an article in a magazine on romance writers, something clicked. In time, my love of books evolved into writing stories that were probably the usual for girls my age-horse and other animal stories.įrom second grade on, though, I wanted to be a nurse, so writing as a profession never entered my mind, or at least not until I was in my thirties and home with two toddlers. ![]() I remember one quarterly report card, in third grade I believe, where my teacher noted I had turned in 21 book reports. Focus: Kathleen, thanks so much for joining us! Would you begin our interview by telling our readers when you first became interested in writing? Did you enjoy stories as a child? Or was it later in life that your interest surfaced? ![]() ![]() Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today. New York Times bestseller * 4 starred reviews * A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * A Kirkus Best Book of the Year * A Booklist Editors' Choice of 2017 * A Bustle Best YA Novel of 2017 * A Paste Magazine Best YA Book of 2017 * A Book Riot Best Queer Book of 2017 * A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of the Year * A BookPage Best YA Book of the Year Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day. ![]() |