Jasons sisters get all the attentionand cause him all sorts of trouble. His older sister, Tayleigh, once made a wish that got her suspended from the dance team, and then Jason had to move to a new middle school. His twin, Polly, also made a wish which almost ruined the family vacation when she started hearing and seeing Thomas Jeffersons ghost everywhere. Jason cant wait to get away for a bit, and lucky for him, he gets to go on a band trip to the happiest place on earth! Along with his big brother, Bryant, and his best friend, Scooter, Jason is headed to a special theme park in Florida. Away from his family, Jason will be free of drama and the strange magic that surrounds his sisters. But then he makes a mistake of his own: he wishes for the truly magical experience. Miraculously, he is given the Key to the Kingdom, and he befriends a young woman whose family helped develop the theme park. Jason soon begins to realize that things are coming much too easily, and the wish comes back to haunt him. In a family filled with fulfilled fantasies, did he really think he would be any different? Jason remembers what his big sister said after her wish: Be careful what you wish for. He and his friends must now figure out how to solve a mystery and make it safely home no worse for wear!
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A superb suspense writer…Brava, Ruth Ware. I daresay even Henry James would be impressed.” —Maureen Corrigan, author of So We Read On “This appropriately twisty Turn of the Screw update finds the Woman in Cabin 10 author in her most menacing mode, unfurling a shocking saga of murder and deception.” —Entertainment Weekly From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lying Game and The Death of Mrs. Westaway comes this thrilling novel that explores the dark side of technology. When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss—a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten—by the luxurious “smart” home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. What she doesn’t know is that she’s stepping into a nightmare—one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder. Writing to her lawyer from prison, she struggles to explain the events that led to her incarceration. It wasn’t just the constant surveillance from the home’s cameras, or the malfunctioning technology that woke the household with booming music, or turned the lights off at the worst possible time. It wasn’t just the girls, who turned out to be a far cry from the immaculately behaved model children she met at her interview. It wasn’t even the way she was left alone for weeks at a time, with no adults around apart from the enigmatic handyman. It was everything. She knows she’s made mistakes. She admits that she lied to obtain the post, and that her behavior toward the children wasn’t always ideal. She’s not innocent, by any means. But, she maintains, she’s not guilty—at least not of murder—but somebody is. Full of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware’s signature suspenseful style, The Turn of the Key is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.
It is Christmas Eve and, for the toys in Mr Blossom's shop, it is their last chance to be sold. Holly, a small doll dressed especially for Christmas, wishes hard for her own special child. But the day ends and Holly is left in the window. On Christmas morning a little lost orphan girl finds herself outside the toyshop. Ivy has never had a doll to love, but when she sees Holly, she knows at once that this doll is meant specially for her. But Ivy has no money, and the shop is closed . . . The Story of Holly and Ivy is a Christmas classic by Rumer Godden, beautifully illustrated by Christian Birmingham.
Influenced by Tolkien and many other notable authors, Riggs has been writing stories since age eleven. She has compiled in this book all her finished works from her first seven years of serious writing. Getting into heavy metal in her mid-teens, she began writing poetry in order to better understand herself and the world around her. Impossible love, bitterness, psychoanalysis, and attempts to understand life, the universe and everything; all these themes play parts in the poetry of a girl increasingly anxious to find peace. From tales of fantasy and friendship to the end of the world to the death of a loved one; the stories reflect the growth of a child who never quite fit in.
Finally, a book about Witches, Pagans, Magic and Witchcraft you can gladly recommend or give to inquiring folks as a gift. ATTENTION !!! - A few lines, paragraphs or pages in this book may be somewhat strong or explicit, therefore Parental Guidance (PG) is suggested. "I'm tempted to say this is the best book by Dr. Isis Day - but not really, because each one of her books has something special and unique about it. However, I'd say that if you've not read any of her books before, this would be the best and first one to start with, then you can go read the others. 'I Am A Witch - I Choose Paganism,' is a very wonderful book worth reading over and over by both Pagans and non-Pagans, whether you're a Witch or not." --- Marie Guillaumes (Editor). "This book -- 'I Am A Witch - I Choose Paganism,' by Dr. Isis Day -- is the long-awaited book that sheds extra light on Paganism and Witchcraft. Every Pagan and every true student of occult wisdom should read this book asap, and everyone sincerely inquiring about Pagans, Witches, Magic and Witchcraft should also read it right away, and share it with friends too, and let the truth speak for itself. Blessed be!" --- The Illuminatista. Adapted from the book -- 'I Am A Witch - I Choose Paganism,' by Dr. Isis Day - Merry meet! Yep, the Witch is back, with more oomph to keep you witchy and pagan, while helping inquirers and seekers know a few things about us... People have formed all sorts of ill notions about Witches, Witchcraft, Magic and Pagans, and act on such preconceptions accordingly. So-called experts claim to know everything about Witches, when all they have is the backwater, storybook, movie, flea-market and superstitious distortions of the true definition of Witches and Pagans. But then, again, Witches, true and real Witches, are everywhere, in plain sight, yet invisible to the un-initiated... and with Paganism considered one of the fastest growing religions of today, the number will surely be forever on the increase. Hooray! People are finally seeing the light! Misinforming the public about Witches and Pagans has since been a strong, silent and invisible fist that some religions and individuals have used successfully to control, push out and pull in who they want, when and where and how they want it. Promise to protect people from Witches and they'll be yours to keep and sway as you please forever. A lot of the materials out there on Pagans and Witches are put out by non-Pagans who for the most part are anti-Pagans. So inquirers are actually more exposed to the wrong information -- data that has been primarily designed to malign Pagans, Witches, Wizards, Magic and Witchcraft - data whose ultimate purpose is to paint Pagans evil. Once in a while people ask me questions about Witches, Pagans, Magic and Witchcraft, and this book is very much in response to such questions.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter presents a collection that includes three of her Baron novels. THE WILD BARON Rohan Carrington, Baron Mountvale, receives a letter stating that his late, younger brother ruined a woman and finds himself protecting a young mother whilst on the hunt for a legendary treasure... THE OFFER Phillip Mercerault nurses a beautiful runaway back to health only to find that he is not a hero. Instead, he’s a gentleman who has compromised a lady. Now there’s only one thing left for him to do—marry her... THE DECEPTION The Duke of Portsmouth offers an impecunious half-French relative a job as his young son’s nanny. What he quickly discovers is that he wants her, badly. What he discovers far more slowly is that she isn’t at all what she seems...
A Regency romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter. Rohan Carrington, Baron Mountvale, proud scion of a family renowned for its philandering and charm, is bewildered. He has received a letter stating that his late, younger brother, George, ruined a young lady. But how could this be possible? George was a scholar, a serious young man; without mincing words, he was a prude. Whereas Rohan enjoys the reputation of being a womanizer, George had the reputation of cold porridge. Enter the ruined lady, Susannah, who says that she wasn’t ruined. She claims she’s a Carrington, but that George didn’t leave her in the best way. She has a three-year-old daughter, very little money, a younger brother, and a wastrel father. In short, she’s penniless. But when Rohan and Susannah team up, they find themselves on the trail of a legendary treasure somehow connected to MacBeth, the eleventh-century king of Scotland. There are also cats to be trained for the races, limericks to be sung to the horses, a murder to be solved, a vicar with more secrets than a wizard’s wand, and a man and a woman who are linked by magic as old as time.
