![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() RT Book Reviews MagazineĮvery woman dreams of saying “I do.” Jilly Jones did–and years of a deeply imperfect marriage followed. But don’t be fooled by the lightness: there’s also depth of plot and character and great wit to entrance even the most jaded reader. Her irresistible and irrepressible hero and heroine will steal your heart. “Wonderfully quirky characters, a devilishly clever plot, and writing that is both laugh-out-loud funny and sweetly romantic all add up to a completely captivating Regency historical from one of the romance genre’s most dazzling new authors.” - John Charles, Booklist Starred ReviewĤ 1/2 stars, “Top Pick”: Kramer’s latest delectable romance is enchanting, joyous and adorable. “Quirky, fresh, and filled with brilliant dialog and whimsy, this sexy confection from the talented Kramer is pure sunshine.” - Library Journal Starred Review Booklist Top 10 Romances of 2011 Booklist Top 101 Romances of the Past Ten Years ![]()
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![]() ![]() If I were completely objective, I'd say that The Fallen Kingdom was probably the weakest instalment of the Falconer trilogy, a trilogy I cherished from the first moment. “As it begins in death, so shall it end in death, until the day a child of the Cailleach confronts their fate with a true lie on their lips and sacrifices that which they prize most: their heart.”įor the sake of honesty, I have to admit that my rating is rather partial. And some sacrifices you cannot avoid, not when the future of your world is at stake. Their story, though, was not meant to have a happy ending. ![]() The king had many demons to fight, but he loved her so much he defied his own insticts, his own survival. With time running out, she set off a journey with her mother's murderer, a broken queen and a dark faery king. Her world had fallen apart, and the only way to prevent its demise was to find a cruel, ageless being trapped in a realm of nightmares, where reality was fluid. But then started to remember, and the weight of her choices and her destiny brought her to her knees. She could only catch a glimpse of her former self when she bathed in blood, when she harnessed her newfound powers. She clawed her way out of the grave, with no memories of her past and some abilities that burned her and begged to be unleashed. ![]() Once upon a time, a human girl fought in a desperate battle, and she was sliced with a blade. “If you were alive, you'd wish you had killed me.” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Overwhelmed with renovations and her long list of responsibilities, Fallon is struggling to make ends meet while attempting to bring the cabins back to their original glory. Needing to lie low amid the media fallout, Sawyer lands in the charming town of Canoodle, California, where he crosses paths with Fallon Long, who runs the Canoodle Cove Cabins, a family-owned business and Sawyer’s new short-term residence. The pressure, the resentment, the media coverage-it’s all too much-and before he knows exactly what he’s doing, he’s making a run for it, leaving a shocked congregation and flashing cameras in his wake. That’s how he finds himself standing at the altar…as his ex-girlfriend ties the knot with his very famous best friend. But when it comes to real life romance, he’s a mess. Hollywood screenwriter Sawyer Walsh knows a good love story when he sees it. From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a heartfelt romantic comedy about new beginnings and finding the romanticized happily ever after in the most unlikely of places. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. ![]() ![]() If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() Daughter of King Lot of Norway and Sangive. Niece to Gurnemanz of Graharz.Ĭondrie Sister of Gawain. Lover of Iblis.Ĭondwiramurs Queen of Brobarz, and Parzival’s wife. Playmate of Obilot.Ĭlias the Greek A knight at Arthur’s court.Ĭlinschor Duke of Terre de Labur. First husband of Orgeluse.Ĭlauditte (1) Daughter of the Burgrave Scherules. Herzeloyde’s first husband.Ĭidegast Duke of Logroys. ![]() Maternal uncle of Gramoflanz.īrickus Son of Mazadan, grandfather of Arthur.Ĭastis King of Wales and Norgals. Son of Narant.īrandelidelin King of Punturteis. Mother of Feirefiz.īernout de Riviers Count of Ukerlant. Wife to Pansamurs, mother of Liahturteltart.īelacane Queen of Zazamanc. King Arthur’s mother.Īrthur King of Britain, son of Uther Pendragon, grandson of Brickus, maternal uncle of Gawain, husband of Guinevere, who bore him Ilinot. Loved by Galoes of Anjou.Īntanor the Silent A knight at Arthur’s court.Īntikonie Sister of King Vergulaht of Ascalun.Īrnive Widow of King Uther Pendragon. Parzival’s maternal uncle.Īnnore Queen of Averre. The daughter of Jernis of Rhyl.Īnfortas The Grail King, succeeded by Parzival. ![]() Gahmuret’s lady in a formal sense.Īmpflise (2) A Grail maiden. Wife to Duke Lambekin of Brabant.Īmpflise (1) Queen, then Dowager Queen of France. Parzival’s great-grandfather in the male line.Īffinamus of Clitiers A companion of Gramoflanz.Īlize Sister of King Hardiz of Gascony. Addanz Son of Lazaliez, grandson of Mazadan. ![]() ![]() When the wash of symbols threatens to flood the narrative field, MacDonald transports the story to higher ground. ![]() While other novelists have ventured into the Jungian dark – Robertson Davies and Margaret Atwood, for two – MacDonald’s feel for the requirements of drama keep her writing dynamic and prevents it from seeming derivative. By some sparkling shape-shift, MacDonald has been transformed into a novelist, the only clues to her dramatic heritage being a fervent use of rising action, reversals, and Shakespearean gender overlaps. ![]() But Fall on Your Knees is not a retelling of, or a sequel to, MacDonald’s plays. And her more recent play, The Arab’s Mouth, skirts some of the thick thematic concerns of the novel, such as how we constantly pick at the tight tangle of family secrets. Her Governor General’s Award-winning play, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), is brilliantly imbricated with allusions to Shakespeare and Jung. ![]() Predictably, her first novel – a saga spanning five generations of an Island family – is riddled with ghosts and saints and governed by a splice of Roman Catholic and Jungian magic: alchemical transformation, fertility quests, and shadow presences function as crafty plot devices. ![]() In a 1990 interview, Ann-Marie MacDonald said she is haunted by “the mythic place called Cape Breton,” and that her imagination projects “an aura of magic, of mystery” onto its landscape and residents. ![]() ![]() ![]() I will absolutely admit there came a point around fifty pages in where Riley’s car take a hatchet to the hood and then starts leaking fluids – we assume at this point that the car is not going to make it – and all I thought was “Oh my god. Not that I’m complaining, it’s a formula that works, and is highly enjoyable, it’s just predictable! Together, this mismatched trio will embark on a world-wide investigation that will expose a conspiracy one hundred years in the making.Īh Janet… you certainly have a formula, don’t you. Vernon has been Emerson’s loyal partner in crime since childhood. ![]() Riley has a harvard degree and can shoot the eyes out of a grasshopper at fifty feet, but she can’t figure out how to escape Emerson’s odd world. ![]() Since a crack team isn’t available, he enlists his cousin Vernon, and Riley Moon. When clues start leading to a dark and sinister secret, Emerson will need to assemble a crack team for help. And now it’s vanished without a trace.īoyishly charming Emerson Knight likes nothing better than solving an unsolvable mystery. The Pacific island had a mountain, beaches, a rainforest, and a volcano. Monk Wayan Bagus has lost his island of solitude and wants it back. Dangerous Minds (A Knight and Moon novel, #2) blurb: ![]() ![]() ![]() The trees and birds gradually disappear, to be replaced by houses, roads and supermarkets. And as he grows, the landscape seen through his window changes, reflecting the impact of the expanding community. The double-page spreads follow the view from the window as the baby grows up. In the first panel a woman stands at the window, holding a baby, looking out at bush teeming with bird life and plants, with wooded hills beyond. Each of the thirteen double-page spreads shows the window frame and the view outside the window – the reader is always standing inside, looking out. (While it has no text, it does not lack words what words there are, are incorporated into the visual images some of the scenes are ‘immersed’ in print.) The central image is a window. ![]() Window is a simple book with deep resonances. ![]() Mark Butler tracked Jeannie down in her sun-drenched house in Sydney and discussed Window with her. It also has a serious purpose, to give children an understanding of how growth affects the world we live in. Window is a groundbreaking work which points to one possible direction for books in the future – the wordless picture book. ![]() ![]() ![]() The light | Love in O'Leary #5.6 | May Archerġ9. Screwing solstice | Familiar Magick #2.5 | Abigail Kadeġ7. Winter's knight | L'Ange #3.5 | Mary Calmesġ5. ![]() Dicked down on New Year's Eve… | Masters of Romance #0.5 | Emma Alcottġ4. The Christmas ride | Pitching Tents #2 | Mari Thorneġ2. Roll for initiative | Table topped #1 | Alex Silverġ1. ![]() Fake date flip-flop | Williamsville Inn #4.5 | Hank Edwardsġ0. The Christmas spirit | Kings of the Mountain #1.5 | Morgan Briceĩ. The first boy he ever kissed | Suki Fleetħ. Soulbond | The omega's assasin #1 | Devon Vesperģ. Downhill hearts | Learning the Ropes #0.5 | E.M. Aquí actualizaré cuáles voy leyendo, junto a enlaces a reseñas en GR y en el blog en caso de que publique. Tengo la lista escrita con un número asignado, y como son todos los títulos cortitos, me animaré entre lecturas para ir desconectando. A ver, algunos pertenecen a sagas, así que quizá en vez de leer este título me anime a leer el primer libro de la saga a la que pertenece, pero en definitiva en este reto lo que voy a hacer es que, de cuando en cuando, voy a entrar en y voy a ver qué libro me sale por leer. Cuando salió me hice con todos los títulos, sé que no todos me gustarán… pero me he propuesto leerlo todos, o intentarlo. A comienzos de año salió un giveaway en Prolific Works (que si no la conocéis es una plataforma en la que algunos autores regalan de cuando en cuando algunos de sus títulos, normalmente relatitos cortos o novelitas) de cientos de autores M/M y le tenía unas ganas tremendas porque muchos de ellos me encantan. ![]() ![]() ![]() Anne Brontë was the love of Emily’s life, with family friend Ellen Nussey describing them as ‘like twins - inseparable companions, and in the very closest sympathy, which never had any interruption’.Ģ. She was happiest in her own company, or with her beloved sister Anne. ![]() For someone who understood the varieties of love so well, it seems that Emily herself never knew romantic love. Wuthering Heights is the greatest book ever written, and one full of passion and love, if of a twisted and sometimes frightening kind. Emily is perhaps the most mysterious member of the literary family from Yorkshire that we all know and love, so let’s take a look at 10 things you didn’t know about Emily Brontë. ![]() ![]() That was more than enough, however, and today Emily Brontë is celebrated the world over as one of the greatest writers the world has ever seen. Emily Jane Brontë died from tuberculosis on 19 December of that year, leaving just one novel, Wuthering Heights, and a collection of poetry to posterity. For most households the week before Christmas is a joyous one filled with happiness and anticipation, but it was rather different for one household on the western edge of Yorkshire in December 1848. ![]() |