![]() ![]() He did not yet know his enemies’ names or faces, but he could feel them inching closer like so many jackals. With a musing expression, Lord Lucien Knight lifted his crystal goblet of burgundy to his lips, pausing to inhale its mellow bouquet before he drank. Preparation was all, and he had been meticulous. Its shifting radiance glimmered over his raven-black hair and caught the Machiavellian glint of cunning in his quicksilver-colored eyes. Shadows sculpted his sharp profile as he watched the crowded ballroom from the dim, high balcony in the oscillating glow of the draft-buffeted wall candle, he seemed to flicker in and out of materiality like some tall, elegant phantom. ![]() May there be many, many more- Love always, G To my favorite feisty heroine, Aunt Yi, and her lovable tough-guy hero, Uncle Gene, in honor of their fortieth wedding anniversary. ![]()
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Five years ago there was a car accident and that accident took the lives of Coyote's mom and Coyote's two sisters Rose and Ava. ![]() You can run and run and run but you can never outrun the conversations and the feelings.Ĭoyote and her father, Rodeo, live in a big converted school bus they've named Yager. There are conversations that need to be had. ![]() ![]() ![]() The narrative spans the years from when Lee is about three years old and his mother and his siblings move to the village until shortly before he “walked out one midsummer morning”. In thirteen quasi-episodes he describes his chaotic but loving family, the village eccentrics, the beautiful Cotswolds, and more. As a result the books I´m reading often look like in the picture □ Can you already tell that I loved Cider with Rosie?Ĭider with Rosie is Laurie Lee´s memoir of his Cotswold childhood. ![]() (I carry a pack of them with me and even keep some on my bedside table). 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Kate Atkinson, author of Life after Life and Behind the Scenes of the Museum. 'A book about witches with no owls and not a pair of round spectacles in sight. But if White Witches are good and Black Witches are evil, what happens if you are both? He's been kept in a cage since he was fourteen. His mother was a healer, his father is a killer. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through public scandal, betrayal, personal heartbreak, and tragedy, she is tested again and again. Yet some challenges are impossible to prepare for. Behind closed doors, she astutely manages their expanding household, and assists her husband with his political writings. In the new capital, Eliza becomes an adored member of society, respected for her fierce devotion to Hamilton as well as her grace. But it is in the aftermath of war, as Hamilton becomes one of the country's most important figures, that she truly comes into her own. They marry quickly, and despite the tumult of the American Revolution, Eliza is confident in her brilliant husband and in her role as his helpmate. But no visitor to her parents' home has affected her so strongly as Alexander Hamilton, a charismatic, ambitious aide to George Washington. ![]() "Īs the daughter of a respected general, Elizabeth Schuyler is accustomed to socializing with dignitaries and soldiers. "Love is not easy with a man chosen by Fate for greatness. In this beautifully written novel of historical fiction, bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott tells the story of Alexander Hamilton's wife, Eliza-a fascinating, strong-willed heroine in her own right and a key figure in one of the most gripping periods in American history. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Across America, tens of thousands of lottery tickets are penciled in every day based on nothing more or less than people’s lucky numbers. 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Wounded in the Army, he roams through 1970’s New York, a city of perpetual night, punctuated by crime and populated by streetwalkers, hooker bars, strip clubs, easy drugs and a feeling of doom. Three Strikes by Ross Klavan, Tim O’Mara, and Charles Salzberg on Tour September 1 – OctoSynopsis:īartok is horribly scarred. ![]() |