Later going on to study at the highly prestigious Glasgow Academy, he would have a highly successful learning career that was both eventful and fruitful. Studying at the Carlisle Grammar School, George MacDonald Fraser was always an academically gifted child, something which lent itself well to his writing. With an interest in writing from a very young age, he grew up in Carlisle in Scotland, where he was born and raised seeking inspiration from the world around him. Building an impressive legacy he wrote a lot of books that are still revered to this very day, with many continuing to discover his works as time goes on. With an extensive knowledge of what he was writing about, he was also able to make them engaging and insightful, keeping his readers hooked right up until the very end, with his relatable and enduring characters.īorn on the 2nd of April in 1925 and living till the 2nd of January, 2008, the author George MacDonald Fraser lived a long and eventful life. Focusing largely on historical literature, he had a keen eye for accuracy and period detail, something which his many peers and contemporaries came to admire him for. A prominent British writer during his time, the author George MacDonald Fraser left behind a long and illustrious legacy that any upcoming novelist would hope to aspire to, as he wrote not only fiction and non-fiction, but screenplays as well.
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As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of. Resolving to meet the threat head-on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival. To her horror, the information she acquires only makes her situation more dangerous. But it means taking one last job for her ex-employers. When her former handler offers her a way out, she realizes it's her only chance to erase the giant target on her back. They've killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. government, but very few people ever knew that. In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life. He discovers love is a crash course in determination. Everyone is better off having as much fun as possible with as many people as possible…except his shy, sad little sack of a roommate is seriously screwing up his world view.Īs Walter sets out to lure Kelly out of his shell, staying just friends is harder than he anticipated. Walter Lucas doesn't believe in storybook love. Worst of all, he’s landed the charming, handsome, gay campus Casanova as a roommate, whose bed might as well be equipped with a revolving door. In fact, Kelly could be the only virgin on campus. But when he arrives at Hope University, he quickly realizes finding his Prince Charming isn't so easy. Kelly Davidson has waited what seems like forever to graduate high school and get out of his small-minded, small town. 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Everyone’s lives have become an endless list of don’ts: don’t water the lawn, don’t fill up your pool, don’t take long showers. The drought has been going on for a while now. Rating: ★★★★ Published by Walker Books Australia Nalini lives and works in beautiful New Zealand. She's beyond delighted to be able to follow her dream as a writer. Though she's traveled as far afield as the deserts of China, the Highlands of Scotland, and the frozen landscapes of Antarctica, it is the journey of the imagination that fascinates her most. About the Author: Nalini Singh is the New York Times bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling series and the Guild Hunter series. From "the alpha author of paranormal romance" ( Booklist) comes the most highly anticipated novel of her career-one that blurs the line between madness and genius, between subjugation and liberation, between the living and the dead. A dangerous, volatile rebel, hands stained bloodred.Ī woman whose very existence has been erased.Ī love story so dark, it may shatter the world itself. Save up to 80 versus print by going digital with VitalSource. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Heart of Obsidian are 9781101605196, 1101605197 and the print ISBNs are 9780425263990, 0425263991. Praise for Nalini Singh and her Psy-Changeling Novels A must-read for all of my fans.Christine Feehan, 1 New York Times bestselling author Scorching hot.Dear Author I don’t think there is a single paranormal series as well planned, well written, and downright fantabulous as Ms. Step into New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh's explosive and shockingly passionate Psy-Changeling world. Heart of Obsidian: A Psy-Changeling Novel is written by Nalini Singh and published by Berkley (P-US). He studied Zoology and Geography at University of Oslo. He created a small museum in his childhood home, with a Vipera berus as the main attraction. As a young child, Thor Heyerdahl showed a strong interest in zoology. Thor Heyerdahl was born in Larvik, the son of master brewer Thor Heyerdahl and his wife Alison Lyng. All his legendary expeditions are shown in the Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo. Heyerdahl became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed 4,300 miles (8,000 km) by raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914, Larvik, Norway – April 18, 2002, Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography. I thought Lisette's story was very interesting and intriguing, as well. I don't know what it is about them, but they are just some of my favorite things to read about. The positive: The first thing I have to throw out there is the Greek mythology reference at the beginning of the book! If you don't know by now, (and you really should.I've only mentioned this about a million and a half times!) I am, like, the biggest fan of mythology! My fave, of course, is Greek mythology.I just love it! Anyway, about this reference, it was just a little something about Hestia: Goddess of the hearth.Īs I said before, I love ghost stories. I am a HUGE fan of mysteries and especially ghost stories! And I thought Ruined was a great combination of both! This book had been on my to-read list for a while now. Sweet, mysterious Lisette is eager to talk to Rebecca, and to show her the nooks and crannies of the city. Then one night, in Lafayette Cemetery, Rebecca makes a friend. Only gorgeous, unavailable Anton Grey seems to give Rebecca the time of day, but she wonders if he's got a hidden agenda. And at the snooty prep school, a pack of filthy-rich girls treat Rebecca like she's invisible. She's staying in a creepy old house with her Aunt Claudia, who reads Tarot cards for a living. Rebecca couldn't feel more out of place in New Orleans, where she comes to spend the year while her dad is traveling. Soon the Duke is escorting her to ton affairs so they can check out the short-listed women on her list and assess if they’ll make a suitable duchess. Penelope, already head over heels for her handsome employer, is determined to discharge her current assignment to the best of her ability. Will this second go-round be more successful than the first? You have your secretary review the applications and announce the winner at an annual ball hosted for this very reason. If once you don’t succeed and you’re a duke, you just execute the same plan again with a slight twist. As readers who’ve read the first book in this series know, this could go so wrong and the perfect duchess rides off into the sunset with her perfect man who is not the Duke of Kingsland. How does a duke find a wife? if you’re the so-very-regal Duke of Kingsland, you put out an ad in the newspaper and ask the ladies of the ton to apply extolling their beauty and characteristics that make them suitable Duchess material. Historical Romance published by Avon 28 Sept 21 Veena’s review of The Duchess Hunt (Once Upon a Dukedom, Book 2) by Lorraine Heath Other offerings include “Whatever You Want,” in which a Christmas wish has terrible consequences “Torn,” a bizarre vision of a highly personalized hell and “The Way Station,” a tribute to the legendary Stefan Grabinski. The darkly beautiful “The Dead Outside My Door” is a haunting post-apocalyptic tale unlike any you’ve ever read. In “The Parts Man,” a man enters a desperate contract with a sinister entity in a long, vintage automobile. In “Reflections in Black,” a man takes a phantasmagoric Halloween journey in search of a former love. These 21 stories – four published here for the first time – explore some of our fundamental fears: death, loss, grief, and aging. Thanatrauma: the dread of it erodes you, the shadows waiting at the end, the impending conclusion, the troubling dream from which you will not wake. |