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Aeterna is a kingdom ruled by order, where everyone knows their place. The shy Miss Grace Ainsworth never expected to find herself to flung into a world of chaos, but after her marriage to Lord Frey, everything changes. Soon, Grace is torn between her love for the cosmic order of the stars and a coven that seeks to take power . . .
The intense, complicated, intriguing, journal of a noble lady. . . .
To friends and family there is nothing remarkable about Justin Cade. Seeing only an awkward, sometimes isolated high school sophomore they would never suspect that he lives a double life as Milestone City’s protector: the holographic heroine known as Glimmer Girl. Juggling school, superherodom and his own skewed sense of self Justin starts down the road of transition into . . .
Unusual Florida is a YA mystery/coming of age serial with some supernatural/fantastical elements. It is the story of one very strange summer spent at Holden Point Resort in northwestern Florida, where the year is 1997 and nothing is as it seems. Where wonders and dangers lurk near the pool and beneath the palm trees. Where the unexplained happens just . . .
The gods are said to be dead. What once was a gift, is now a curse. And with a Norian king on the throne, no gifted Aruel is safe. Norians paint glaciers red with Aruel blood, believing it will bring them the favor of the gods—an end to the hunger, the bloodshed and the suffering of the kingdom. . . .
One day Maria finds an odd package sitting on the front step of her home. Opening it leads to an odd boy materializing in her bedroom claiming to be an immortal being. Of course her first thought is that he’s nothing more than a loon and tries to shoo him off, but days go by and he doesn’t go away, . . .
Survivor’s Trust is a legal drama about a hotshot young attorney who wants the high-powered career she trained for, despite some terrible choices. Now a single mom, she’s returned to her Southern hometown to build a life and provide for her daughter. Outwardly, she’s full of ambition and hustle, but the shameful secrets in her past make her vulnerable in . . .
Hazel and Holly are two witch sisters trying to find a way to free their mother’s soul trapped by their necromancer father. In need of help, they team up with a pair of warlocks–Hemlock and Hawthorn–and embark on a journey that’s magical and whimsical, humorous and playful, and just a little bit dark. . . .
A young but retiring international hitman returns home after a decade to lie low after a botched hit, but soon finds that the only family he has left, his younger brother, needs him to be the man he dearly wants to leave behind – the masterful ruthless killer. . . .
Young business tycoon Raktim Choudhari’s family receives an anonymous call about his death in a road accident. Within minutes, an unknown young woman Aparajita (Apu) walks into the house, introducing herself as Raktim’s widow. Ape’s agony of sudden widowhood becomes multifold, because other than Raktim’s loving stepmother Madhumita, everyone in the family suspects her credentials and intentions. One by one, . . .
Of Vice and Virtue is soap opera in the form of a blog. It focuses on three main families, the Bains, the Falcones, and the Gardners. The Falcone family is the root of all the problems of the other two. The story shows the interpersonal relationships between the families, and includes several soap elements, such as love, betrayal, mystery, suspense, . . .
Seventeen-year-old Sidonie Ardash is leaving her home in Uptown Rivalie, headed for the Bromian Ghetto, a forbidden place she has only read about in the pages of a book written by her mother. She finds a new home, a new family, and a new life in the haunted world of the Broms, a people displaced and cursed by unknowable . . .
Oct 6, 2008: Note: I’m reviewing Dawnwalker now, after only 5 chapters, as we have a bit of a backlog of reviews, presently. I will rewrite this review later, once I’ve had time to finish the whole novel. Something I will definitely be doing.
Dawnwalker is a nice, pleasant, modern fiction read. The story follows Randy, Crystal, and Myleigh, three university students at Northern Michigan University in 1995. Crystal and Myleigh are roommates, while Randy is taking some kayaking lessons from Crytal, an uber-jock [more . . .]
Feb 25, 2011: Let it be known from the start, I am a sucker for an epistolary story. And the attraction only gets better when the voice of the narrator is so well written.
I came into Tapestry a bit late, but enjoyed every moment of catching up. I found myself clicking to the next piece without hesitation. Pretty soon my afternoon is gone, and I am jonesing for the next update.
I think my [more . . .]