![]() ![]() No cheating, HEA and little on romance.Ģ. Drama, drama, drama!!įoreplay prior to marriage - heat level 3 out of 5. Of course, the h discovers his interest was only so his friend could court her sister. The H realizes he made a mistake with the bet but didn't explain to the h that he truly had feelings for her. ![]() The father has dictated that the younger sister can't marry until she does. What the h has endured broke my heart, but she is a loving older sister. The h had been hurt by another man earlier and then add the insults her father yells at her because she was born a women and not a son/heir. ![]() In this way the friend can court the younger sister. The H is a Duke and his friend requests he pretends to court the older sister. THE TAMING OF THE DUKE by Emily Royal - 4 STARSĪ bet is made and you knew that wasn't going to end well. ![]()
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![]() The main characters are these young dragon buddies hoping for peace, but the world they inhabit is a violent one. While the cover looks like one of the cute characters from The Land Before Time sprouted wings, it's a bit deceiving. ![]() Sutherland, one of the writers in the Warriors series. Parents need to know that The Dragonet Prophecy is the first book in the bestselling Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Talk of all those dragons dead from war and a dragon queen killed by a human years before.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. A mother rejects the son she meets for the first time. ![]() ![]() Young dragons suffer verbal abuse from caretakers who almost kill one of their charges that they deem useless to their cause. ![]() A battlefield shows numerous dead dragons. One "scavenger" (human) gets his head bitten off, others run around a dragon banquet with other livestock until they're picked up and eaten, still more are made to fight in the arena. Many dragons die or are maimed in war, in an arena with blood-thirsty spectators, and in fights: Eggs are dropped wings, necks, and other body parts are ripped through with claws a poisonous tale stabs through a skull a neck is snapped acid spray eats away faces and bodies a flightless dragon is picked up and dropped to his death another is tortured with lack of water until mad and forced to fight. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Farewell, My Lovely has been adapted into multiple films, with one version casting actor Robert Mitchum as Philip Marlowe who also portrays Marlowe in the 1978 version of The Big Sleep.Ī first edition copy of Farewell, My Lovely was published in 1940 by Alfred A. The story’s plot was inspired by Chandler’s previously written short stories, Try the Girl, Mandarin’s Jade, and The Man Who Liked Dogs. Philip Marlowe appears in other works of Chandler such as The Big Sleep, The High Window, and The Lady in the Lake. ![]() Raymond Chandler Farewell, My Lovely First Edition Soldįarewell, My Lovely is Raymond Chandler’s second novel based on his character, Los Angeles detective Philip Marlowe. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Raymond Chandler Farewell, My Lovely first edition that is for sale, please email your description and photos to of Nate D. ![]() ![]() Thor has been having some strange problems lately, which reduce his power and cause things to happen when he gets angry. She finds the man easily enough when he shows up at her house as Thor, the God of Thunder. The man disappears from the hospital, and Kate visits another hospital, Woodshead, hoping to find him. She wakes up in a hospital after a three-day coma and discovers the large man from the airport, along with a Coca-Cola machine. As Kate walks away from the ticket counter, it goes up in a ball of flame, knocking her unconscious. ![]() The ticket counter girl is no help at all, and Kate knows she is going to miss her flight. Kate is desperately trying to make her flight, but the huge, shaggy man in front of her in line at the airport has no ticket. Dirk tries to crack the case while he and Kate travel to Valhalla and back. In fact, several Norse gods are continuing an old fight, and Kate finds herself in the middle of it, along with holistic detective Dirk Gently. ![]() ![]() Kate Schechter is trying to make a trip from London to Norway, but she feels like the gods are trying to prevent her. ![]() ![]() ![]() This view carried the day at Nicea II as a faithful representation of the teachings of the apostles and the fathers and remains the view and practice of the Eastern Church to this day. John argues that such conduits are rightly honored, not as God, but as creatures in whom God’s energy and grace reside. This communion makes it possible for a creature to serve as a conduit for divine energy and grace. But more profoundly, John highlights that the Eastern church fathers understand the Incarnation to bring human nature, and through it the world, into communion with the divine nature. As for the honoring of images, John shows that Scripture, though prohibiting worship of creatures, approves the honoring of people, places, and things. ![]() ![]() John argues that the Incarnation not only makes images of the Son permissible but raises the question of whether resistance to such images indicates a faulty Christology. Because the context of the commandment is that God is unseen, so no image of Him is possible, the question emerges whether something has changed for those who confess that the Son of God has taken on flesh. Contrary to the view that the second commandment prohibits images, John argues that a proper understanding of the commandment shows it is a prohibition on the worship of creatures. John argues that the making and honoring of images of Christ and the saints are in keeping with Scripture and Tradition. I examine John of Damascus’ defense of icons, upheld at the Council of Nicea II (AD 787). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Still keeping up at the back? I've said it before, but by crikey Moorcock's bibliography is convoluted. Although Corum is also an aspect of Moorcock's larger Eternal Champion concept. Because these three form The Swords Trilogy, which is only the first half of the six-volume Books of Corum series – which focus on Corum Jhaelen Irsei of the Vadhagh Folk, also known as the Prince in the Scarlet Robe – the second half being The Chronicles of Corum. And unlike the previous post, where I was missing one of the books in the Chronicles of Castle Brass trilogy, here I have all three books in this particular trilogy. ![]() Left to right we have The Knight of the Swords, published in paperback by Mayflower in the UK in 1971 (the copy seen above is the reprint from 1972) The Queen of the Swords, also published in paperback by Mayflower in 1971 (a first edition in this instance) and The King of the Swords, this time published by Mayflower in 1972 (again, mine is a first edition). ![]() ![]() ![]() Mildred now has two grown-up children, a son and daughter, and two adorable grandchildren, Abigail and Ben. Her Anne Mather's novel, Leopard in the Snow, was developed into a 1978 movie. She also published books as Caroline Fleming or Cardine Fleming. And now, more than 160 books later, she's literally - excuse the pun - staggered by what happened. Not very professional, as you can see, but that's the way it was. She was newly married then, and her daughter was just a baby, and it was quite a job juggling her household chores and scribbling away in exercise books every chance she got. The trouble was, she never used to finish any of the stories, and Caroline, her first published book as Anne Mather, was the first book she'd actually completed. One the contrary, for years She wrote only for her own pleasure, and it wasn't until her husband suggested that she ought to send one of her stories to a publisher that they put several publishers names into a hat and pulled one out. Mildred has always wanted to write - which is not to say she has always wanted to be a professional writer. Her Anne Mathers novel, Leopard in the Snow, was developed into a 1978 movie. ![]() Her mother used to gather these up from time to time, when her bedroom became too untidy, and dispose of them! And now, more than 160 books later, Shes literally - excuse the pun - staggered by what happened. She had written all through her infant and junior years and on into her teens, the stories changing from children's adventures to torrid gypsy passions. Mildred Grieveson was born on Octoin England. ![]() ![]() ![]() The less attention anyone pays to them, the better! But a deadly mystery has begun to haunt the ancient city of Camorr, and a clandestine war is threatening to tear the city's underworld, the only home the Gentlemen Bastards have ever known, to bloody shreds. ![]() Locke and company are con artists in an age where con artistry, as we understand it, is a new and unknown style of crime. All of Locke's gains are strictly for himself and his tight-knit band of thieves, the Gentlemen Bastards. And while Locke does indeed steal from the rich (who else, pray tell, would be worth stealing from?), the poor never see a penny of it. He certainly didn't invite the rumors that swirl around his exploits, which are actually confidence games of the most intricate sort. ![]() ![]() Slightly built, unlucky in love, and barely competent with a sword, Locke Lamora is, much to his annoyance, the fabled Thorn. The other half believe him to be a foolish myth. Half the city believes him to be a legendary champion of the poor. The Thorn of Camorr is said to be an unbeatable swordsman, a master thief, a ghost that walks through walls. It's recently been promoted quite a bit thanks to the author's third release. You follow the story of Locke Lamora, a master con artist leading his band of thieves. The Lies of Locke Lamora is a fantasy crime novel by Scott Lynch. ![]() ![]() ![]() And in turn-of-the-century New York, an Irish cook caused two lethal outbreaks of typhoid fever, a case that transformed her into the notorious Typhoid Mary. In late-seventeenth-century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome-a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure. In a month more than 400 people had been stricken by the mysterious dancing plague. She danced until she was carried away six days later, and soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn't stop. ![]() ![]() A witty, irreverent tour of history's worst plagues-from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio-and a celebration of the heroes who fought them ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Next door, lives Rose, whose family has moved to the house formerly owned by her grandmother only recently. The only thing that keeps her going is her passion for ghost books and possibly meeting a ghost in person, some day. She feels no one pays her any attention and the final straw is having to share her room with Susie, a baby. Polly is part of a bustling family, her father is a minister, her mother is a do-gooder of the first order, filling the home with foster children to supplement Polly, her older sister and the horrors, her twin 8 year old brothers. Two 12 year old girls are bemoaning their separate existences. The Swallow by Charis Cotter is one of those books. I had the privilege of reading it through NetGalley (thank you, NetGalley!) It is one of my favorite books of the year! Sometimes the Recommender comes across a book that is a complete surprise and such a gem that you just want to get everyone you know to read it. ![]() |