Ivy has moved to her new stepfatherês cold castle in the wilds of Scotland where strange things begin to happen: the ancient walls spilling their dark secrets. Rescue comes when she meets Logan, a gorgeous, elusive boy - a ghost who has haunted the castle grounds for decades. Ivy is immediately drawn to himÄbut Logan is not the only spirit around. Soon Ivy finds herself at the heart of a dangerous mystery.
Another unforgettable heroine! Like a dandelion in the wind, Hope Ladley blows from one farm to the next, helping cook for the field hands during the harvest. Illiterate and often twisting cliches and Bible verses into mind-boggling observations, Hope leaves widower Jakob Stauffer baffled by her unconventional ways. But her sunny disposition and unstinting love make changes of a different kind around the place. His little daughter and the pregnant sister he's shielding from an abusive husband adore Hope, and things are getting accomplished even if Hope's methods are unique. Then Jakob's brother-in-law shows up and threatens the newfound peace and happiness of the farm. With Jakob's future uncertain and his heart tangled, can the farmer convince Hope to take root and remain as his wife?
Romania stays vacant, and the people stay far away from the predator of the night. Lucian stays in his castle in slumber by day and attacks by night. He finds himself craving for blood, but what he finds is beyond a surprise. Young Erin mistakenly flees out as the night grows darker. Yet the presence stays colder. What this vampire is wanting is something he cant take away. But a love blossoms from out of the shadows, and the attraction is more than a simple feeding. In this poetic romance, you see prey meet the predator. With action enticing the chapters and twisting, chilling details, this is Forever More. And love casts all fear aside in Forever No Less. It is about a mothers instinct and a childs cry. Erin is alone, and her lover is nowhere to be found. Doubt catches her off guard. And the search for truth causes her fears to become a cycle of ruin. Time remains unfazed and changes us in the most fascinating ways. The journey is more than what the eye can see. What is is not reality. And what was comes knocking. The door for hope is one to be yet opened when words remain unspoken. Erin finds a family curse and a path to the other side. She carries on and walks to the light. Lucian is searching for his lost child. Fate shows the destination. And hope is not compensated. Forever and always, time shows to be an advantage of surprising demands. What is to be of the land of Eden? Will all be free? Here beauty is but a figment of imagery. It is a kingdom of royal decrees, and fate becomes a mockery. An enemy changes the heart of one hero. But good has plans to overcome all evil and to forgive all against them. Love triumphs, and hate breeds. What youre expecting is not a clichd ending, but a story of the ages. Words bounce for off these pages. And faith has unsatisfying wages. Death is a foe and cannot prevail. Sink your teeth into love everlasting. For what history shows is a passage way unto the unknown.
Isolated and alone, Sin Evernight is one of the most powerful supernatural creatures in heaven and on earth. As an angel of vengeance, he hunts down the darkest evil, but when his long-lost friend, Layla Starling, needs him, he vows to become her protector. Even though she will be horrified by the man he has become. Now a famous singer and the toast of London, Layla believes that Sin is only here to guard her from rabid fans and ardent suitors. However, the truth is far more sinister. Desperate to avoid losing Layla a second time, Sin will face a test of all his powers to defeat an unstoppable foe - and win an eternity with the woman he loves.
“A well-written and worthy sequel to one of SF’s enduring classics”—the Nebula Award winner The Forever War—now with a bonus story, “A Separate War” (Publishers Weekly). On virtually every list of the greatest military science fiction adventures ever written, Joe Haldeman’s Hugo and Nebula Award–winning classic, The Forever War, is ranked at the very top. In Forever Free, the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master and author of the acclaimed Worlds series returns to that same volatile universe where human space marines once engaged the alien Taurans in never-ending battle. While loyal soldier William Mandella was fighting for the survival of the human race in a distant galaxy, thousands of years were passing on his home planet, Earth. Then, with the end of the hostilities came the shocking realization that humanity had evolved into something he did not recognize. Offered the choice of retaining his individuality or becoming part of the genetically modified shared Human hive-mind, Mandella chose exile, joining other veterans of the Forever War seeking a new life on a wasteland world they called Middle Finger. Making a home for themselves in this half-frozen hell, Mandella and his life partner, Marygay, have survived into middle age, raising a son and a daughter in the process. Now, the dark truth about the colonists’ ultimate role in the continuation of the Human group mind will force Mandella and Marygay to take desperate action as they hijack an interstellar vessel and set off on a frantic escape across space and time. But what awaits them upon their return is a mystery far beyond all human—or Human—comprehension . . . In Forever Free, Joe Haldeman’s stunning vision of humankind’s far future reaches its enthralling conclusion in a masterwork of speculation from the mind and heart of one of the undisputed champions of hard science fiction. And in the bonus story included in this volume, “A Separate War,” Marygay, reassigned and separated from her lover, Mandella, continues fighting in military engagements across the stars—all the while planning how she and Mandella can reunite despite the time and space between them.
In this heartfelt conclusion to the Heart Song duet, April and Carter face their greatest challenges yet, as love and fame collide in an emotional storm. This book is perfect for fans of Jennifer Hartmann and Nicholas Spark. April Simmons, a bestselling author, treasures her quiet life, far from the prying eyes of the public. But falling for Carter Hills, a global music superstar, thrusts her into a whirlwind of fame and chaos. Their chemistry is undeniable, a spark that ignites every time they're together. Yet, beneath the glitz and glamor, shadows of doubt and fear threaten to tear them apart. As their relationship teeters on the edge, April must decide if she's ready to face the intense spotlight and stand by Carter, or retreat into her protective shell, risking the chance of a lifetime love. With the pressure mounting and hidden truths surfacing, they uncover that some wounds run deeper than they ever imagined. Will their love withstand the ultimate test and endure the tumultuous waves of fame and heartbreak or will the haunting echoes of the past shatter everything they've built? In a world where passion meets peril, April and Carter must fight for a love that could either save them or destroy them completely. Forever More is book two in the Heart Song duet. This is the conclusion of April and Carter’s heartbreakingly beautiful love story. Perfect for fans of emotional books, contemporary love stories, realistic fiction, enemies to lovers, grumpy x sunshine, small town, he falls first, found family tropes. Fans of Nichols Sparks, Mia Sheridan, Paige Toon, Colleen Hoover, and Rebecca Yarros will be delighted.
Series reading order: More Than This (Book one) More Than Her (Book two) More Than Him (Book three) -LUCY- There is a love so fierce it cannot be measured. A heart so strong it will never slow. There is a promise so sure it can never lie. He promised me that love forever. Even when it wasn't enough. -CAMERON- Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. There is no measure of time. No sounds of the ticking of a clock. Just the rising and falling of the sun. And our own sense of forever. But our forever isn't always.
“A sensitive, evocative exploration of how the past threads itself through our lives, reemerging in unexpected ways.”—Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author At Forevermore, a sleepaway camp in the Pacific Northwest, campers are promised adventures in the woods, songs by the fire, and lifelong friends. Bursting with excitement and nervous energy, five girls set off on an overnight kayaking trip to a nearby island. But before the night is over, they find themselves stranded, with no adults to help them survive or guide them home. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore follows Nita, Andee, Isabel, Dina, and Siobhan beyond this fateful trip, showing us the lives of the haunted and complex women these girls become. From award-winning novelist Kim Fu comes a stunning portrait of girlhood, the nuances of survival, and the pasts we can’t escape. “[Fu] is a propulsive storyteller, using clear and cutting prose to move seamlessly through time . . . In the one-way glass of the novel, we watch the girls of Forevermore from a series of angles, in all their private anguishes. We lean closer, unable to turn away.”—The New York Times Book Review “Fu precisely renders the banal humiliations of childhood, the chilling steps humans take to survive, and the way time warps memory.”—Publishers Weekly “An unblinking view of the social and emotional survival of the fittest that all too often marks the female coming of age.”—Toronto Star “These portraits of sisterhood, motherhood, daughterhood, wifehood, girlfriendhood, independent womanhood, and other female-identified-hoods sing and groan and scream with complexity and nuance, and they make me want to read her next ten books.”—The Stranger
Soviet socialism was based on paradoxes that were revealed by the peculiar experience of its collapse. To the people who lived in that system the collapse seemed both completely unexpected and completely unsurprising. At the moment of collapse it suddenly became obvious that Soviet life had always seemed simultaneously eternal and stagnating, vigorous and ailing, bleak and full of promise. Although these characteristics may appear mutually exclusive, in fact they were mutually constitutive. This book explores the paradoxes of Soviet life during the period of "late socialism" (1960s-1980s) through the eyes of the last Soviet generation. Focusing on the major transformation of the 1950s at the level of discourse, ideology, language, and ritual, Alexei Yurchak traces the emergence of multiple unanticipated meanings, communities, relations, ideals, and pursuits that this transformation subsequently enabled. His historical, anthropological, and linguistic analysis draws on rich ethnographic material from Late Socialism and the post-Soviet period. The model of Soviet socialism that emerges provides an alternative to binary accounts that describe that system as a dichotomy of official culture and unofficial culture, the state and the people, public self and private self, truth and lie--and ignore the crucial fact that, for many Soviet citizens, the fundamental values, ideals, and realities of socialism were genuinely important, although they routinely transgressed and reinterpreted the norms and rules of the socialist state.
