It has been a year since Alex and Bartholomew first ventured into the mystical Artania. Now, Mona Lisa has been kidnapped, and the two are called in to investigate. Peril awaits at every turn. Traitorous pirates, fearful gods, monsters of the deep. Artania's safety lies in their hands. With their spunky sidekick Gwen, Alex and Bartholomew return to Artania to save Mona Lisa from the ruthless pirates. But can they reach her in time?
Laughter is a natural quality of man. Except man no other creature does laugh. God has especially gifted this quality to man exclusively. God has bestowed the humans with the art of laughter so that we can forget our woes. Only the one who is surrounded with various desires becomes unhappy. That’s why, God has dictated that you perform your duties, don’t desire anything. You can only appear in the examination. But the result is not in your hand. Still, if there are agonies, anxieties, wounds in your heart, then learn to laugh. Even witnessing sorrows also you can laugh. That which has to occur, the same shall occur anyways, and the same is but happening only. Don’t make yourself a culprit for no reason. ‘If one moment of smile can make your photograph beautiful, then what about when you smile always to make your life charming and beautiful?’ So come. Let’s take resolve from now itself that we shall always keep smiling, laughing, humming. You will see that miraculous changes would start occurring in your life and negative energy will get destroyed automatically; and by turning into a complete optimist you can relish the joy of life.
From the author of Layoverland comes another bitingly clever, laugh-out-loud funny novel, about a group of teen girls going up against an exploitative megachurch in their small Montana town. The only thing Genesis, Holly and Zoe seem to have in common is being stuck in Violet, Montana. Well, that and the fact that Hope Harvest Ministries is trying to ruin their lives. Genesis lives on a commune that is now an echo of the New Age cult it once was. She’s witnessed power couple Pastor Jay and Ree Reaps transform their sleepy small town into a haven for online Influencers, who flock to Violet, Bible in one hand and Ree’s bestselling ACT LIKE A LADY, PRAY LIKE A BOSS in the other. Now, the Reaps have decided it’s God’s Will™ that they take over Gen’s ranch. Holly is a begrudging tourist, forced to spend the summer with her estranged father as punishment for her unsavory behavior back in LA. To Holly, Hope Harvest is nothing but a gimmicky marketing ploy, but it’s threatening to put her father’s diner out of business and, for some reason, Holly cares. All Zoe wants is to leave Violet, working thankless shifts at the diner to scrape together enough cash to start a new life with her girlfriend. But Zoe’s mother has lost everything to the church’s multilevel marketing schemes so the little money that Zoe manages to make goes right to debt collectors. The only solution to their problems is to scam the scammers and protect what’s theirs. It shouldn’t take much – the Reaps’ golden son, an accidental kidnapping, some light blackmail – and the Reaps’ fortune will be in the girls’ much more deserving hands. As long as everything goes according to plan…
Why would anyone kidnap a nobody like Aaron Greene? And who's going to pay to get him back? Terry Kay tackles significant moral dilemmas in his gripping new novel, which combines graceful, sensitive writing with an intelligent excursion into the state of our social consciousness.
This fourth of July isnt like any other celebration the Bensons have ever celebrated before. This year, JJ Benson will turn twelve on the fourth of July. His family will go crazy planning the best party they have thrown for him. Starting with a barbecue at his home celebrating with a few of JJs best friends and finish the party off in the park, awaiting for the annual fireworks to begin. Once the fireworks are off, his father discovers JJ isnt with his family. A frantic search of JJ is underway, with no signs of the boy anywhere inside the park. Is JJ Bensons disappearance because of his fathers past? Or is someone out to get Jesse Benson? This is a mystery that only Jesse can solve. Or is it?
Carolina Mendonza is a very smart and upbeat girl. Niece and admirer of Deputy Mendonza's work, a respected police officer, the youngster tries to follow the steps of her uncle, becoming an amateur detective. In this case, when her friend Camile's dentist go missing, Carolina decides to investigate the doctor's disappearence, which leds her to live different and dangerous experiences. On the other hand, Deputy Mendonza has a difficult kidnapping to solve. A lot of emotion and adventure are reserved for this mysterious case.
This thrilling, adventurous story takes you all the way from Santa Barbara to Tijuana in search of Sofia, a famous author who vanished without a trace. Aideen, her granddaughter won't give up and hires more than one investigator who failed to locate her fast enough. She had a contact with an Italian crime family who went in search for her. Aideen's life was turned upset down, not knowing where to turn next. A group of six special ops retirees took over and that changed everything.
Faye Grimm thought there was no such thing as Faeries, and nightmares were nothing more than bad dreams. Until the Fey stole her away and she discovered her last name was more than just a coincidence. Eight years later, she and her family are still trying to come to terms with the terrifying world that has invaded their lives—a world that now threatens to claim her younger sisters, Ember and Evadne. Faye has devised a reckless plan to save her sisters from her fate, but before she can carry it out the unthinkable happens—she is kidnapped by a group of mere humans. In retaliation, Ember and Evadne are dragged into the dark and dangerous Faerie Realm where they can only trust each other as an unstoppable, inherited power blooms within them. Caught between Summer and Winter Courts in an age-old struggle for power and control, the girls fight to keep hold of who they are. Both courts believe that Ember and Evadne are the twins from an ancient prophecy, but no one can see the darker hand pulling the strings beneath it all. A figure entangling them in secrets, and seeking to unveil an even greater evil with the girls' blood. Desperate to return to the Realm to help her sisters, Faye is doing everything she can to escape her kidnapper Ronan, despite the mind numbing drugs forced into her system every day. As she struggles to outwit Jeremiah, the true mastermind behind her kidnapping, the truth about why she was taken slowly begins to emerge. As the net of deception tightens around her, Faye must decide who she can trust and what to believe. Once she chooses her path, there will be no turning back. Fate and shadowy forces beyond Jeremiah's madness push her toward the dark truth; buried within the bones of the past lurks a danger with the power to unravel the present.
