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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Limited Truth </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">by Kay Bennson</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Genre: YA Sci-fi/Speculative Fiction</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Release Date: February 2018</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Solstice Publishing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Summary</b>:</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818;">WAR GAME XRI</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818;" /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818;">YOUR SCHOOL. YOUR HONOR. YOUR DUTY.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818;" /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818;">These words have more meaning than fourteen-year-old Cassie Routhier and her classmates can comprehend when a strange group called the Chi Rho Iota Corporation take over their high school. Suddenly, they are thrust into a state of the art war simulation that is supposed to prepare them for World War III.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818;" /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818;">It doesn’t take long for rules to be broken, for people to fight dirty, and for it to seem like something is amiss with the federally mandated simulation. Cassie and her squad are faced with discovering the intentions of the Chi Rho Iota Corporation as well as partaking in a war game that claims to be harmless when it’s anything but safe.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="background-color: clear; color: #181818;" /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818;">Nothing is as it seems in LIMITED TRUTH.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: clear; color: #181818;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="border: none; color: #7a0951; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; color: #2101fb; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38660012-limited-truth"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtR-Tia6YSO7euZ20Q3wA8cN8wXzm-XAuP57jeD9eMfnjhZb6a_w2ijUCIT9x_YTa60hijWpNXrhCAn26JS7Z_tKrPcgPzu1ioVaqN4SE6O7oAp9RnnITWc_T3BROXjOqCCAw0QrDius/s1600/add+to+goodreads+black.jpg" style="border: none; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 570px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Good morning!” Owen called over the crowd. “And good luck.”
He turned and faced the principals. “If the principals would shake hands.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Wait!” I shouted, alarmed. “That’s it? They’re just going
to start it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For once Patrick had nothing snarky or sarcastic to say. He
looked terrified, his face as white as a ghost. This was really happening and
there was nothing we could do about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Students, face each other.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I looked over my shoulder at Kara and Jared. Their hands
were interlaced, bodies ready to spring.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Enter the simulation now.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The tingling sensation was back as I pressed the button on
my I.D. bracelet with a trembling hand. Just like the day before, the outside
edges of the high school disappeared with a blue ripple and the vivid colors
returned, but I was too scared now to enjoy them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Owen’s voice continued to give instructions: “Turn on all
weapons.” The sound of tasers activating became a dull roar while the excess
electricity seemed to dissolve into air already thick with expectancy. I
clutched my weapon tightly as I watched Aaron several feet away twirl his taser
in his hand in anticipation. I knew the only way Squad Treble stood a chance
was to <i>never</i> let our weapons go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Owen, the woman, and the principals moved toward the Super
Children, out of the way of the battle about to take place. I looked to Patrick
who held onto his staff like his life depended on it. It would have been so
easy to watch him run to his own demise, but I couldn’t do it—I was too
terrified to be alone. Despite everything I felt, I knew I had to follow him to
that supply shed or be eliminated as I stood there in fear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Prepare to battle! Ready…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Patrick gave me a curt nod as he got into position, ready to
run. I took one last glance around, trying to remember partnerships and
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can feel it? I turned my head just in time to see Brayden’s soft brown eyes
looking at me. His face was grave, and it made my heart palpitate. I would have
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Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16317037473645910546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881891149446092646.post-49944525548297435732018-10-29T00:00:00.000-05:002018-10-29T00:00:05.021-05:00Reveal: At the Mountain's Edge by Genevieve Graham<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">SYNOPSIS for “At the Mountain’s Edge”:</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a sweeping new historical novel of love, tragedy, and redemption set during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In 1897, the discovery of gold in the desolate reaches of the Yukon has the world abuzz with excitement, and thousands of prospectors swarm to the north seeking riches the likes of which have never been seen before. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For Liza Peterson and her family, the gold rush is a chance for them to make a fortune by moving their general store business from Vancouver to Dawson City, the only established town in the Yukon. For Constable Ben Turner, a recent recruit of the North-West Mounted Police, upholding the law in a place overrun with guns, liquor, prostitutes, and thieves is an opportunity to escape a dark past and become the man of integrity he has always wanted to be. But the long, difficult journey over icy mountain passes and whitewater rapids is much more treacherous than Liza or Ben imagined, and neither is completely prepared for the forbidding north.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As Liza’s family nears the mountain’s peak, a catastrophe strikes with fatal consequences, and not even the NWMP can help. Alone and desperate, Liza finally reaches Dawson City, only to find herself in a different kind of peril. Meanwhile, Ben, wracked with guilt over the accident on the trail, sees the chance to make things right. But just as love begins to grow, new dangers arise, threatening to separate the couple forever.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Inspired by history as rich as the Klondike’s gold, At the Mountain’s Edge is an epic tale of romance and adventure about two people who must let go of the past not only to be together, but also to survive.</span></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Title: </b>Fat Girl on a Plane</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Publication: </b></span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>June 5, 2018</i></span></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Publisher:</b> </span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Harlequin Teen</i></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Genre:</b> Contemporary</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Source:</b> Publisher</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.kellydevos.us/">Website</a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/KdeVosAuthor">Twitter </a>| <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31123268-fat-girl-on-a-plane">Goodreads</a></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>About the Book </b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don’t miss this unforgettable debut novel, told in two timelines, about smart fashion, pursuing your dreams, and loving yourself! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">FAT. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">High school senior Cookie Vonn’s post-graduation dreams include getting out of Phoenix, attending Parsons and becoming the next great fashion designer. But in the world of fashion, being fat is a cardinal sin. It doesn’t help that she’s constantly compared to her supermodel mother—and named after a dessert. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks to her job at a fashion blog, Cookie scores a trip to New York to pitch her portfolio and appeal for a scholarship, but her plans are put on standby when she’s declared too fat to fly. Forced to turn to her BFF for cash, Cookie buys a second seat on the plane. She arrives in the city to find that she’s been replaced by the boss’s daughter, a girl who’s everything she’s not—ultrathin and superrich. Bowing to society’s pressure, she vows to lose weight, get out of the friend zone with her crush, and put her life on track. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SKINNY. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cookie expected sunshine and rainbows, but nothing about her new life is turning out like she planned. When the fashion designer of the moment offers her what she’s always wanted—an opportunity to live and study in New York—she finds herself in a world full of people more interested in putting women down than dressing them up. Her designs make waves, but her real dream of creating great clothes for people of all sizes seems to grow more distant by the day. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Will she realize that she’s always had the power to make her own dreams come true? </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's all about fashion for Cookie Vonn and she dreams of one day being a famous designer. She has the talent and drive to make it happen but their is just one thing that stands in her way, she isn't the ideal of what the fashion would consider skinny. She's plus size and determined to change the way the world sees bigger women. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I chose this book because the main character is fat and I can essentially relate to that. I wanted to see her make it big in the fashion world but it didn't really to seem to be about fashion. She's teenage girl very aware of her body and what makes it look good but she doesn't see that when she looks in the mirror. She's tired of living in the shadow of her model mother. She's in love with her best friend but doesn't think he wants to be with her because of her weight, so she sets out to lose it so he will notice her and believes all her dreams will fall into place. I felt this was an unhealthy way for her to think. If she's not happy fat, she won't be happy thin because she doesn't deal with the real issue that is causing her to be so unhappy. She's seems angry and naive most of the book. I say angry because she's feels like the world is unfair to her because of how she looks. In a sense, I felt bad for her as she battled with her emotions towards a certain mean girl that everyone gave a pass since she having a rough time. That doesn't excuse her being cruel. I also felt that the romance wasn't believable and was unbalanced because of the age factor. It was also gross in a way how it all worked out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The story is set up in a two narrative with Cookie before she lost weight and after. I think I would've liked it more if it was just about her and the fashion world because she was fine the way she was and it seemed she was more unhappy skinny. Overall, this was a quick read but I felt like the ending left much open with Cookie and her future. I think anyone looking for a book about acceptance may like this one. </span>Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16317037473645910546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881891149446092646.post-27632331200312582192018-05-23T00:00:00.000-05:002018-05-23T00:00:05.350-05:00Excerpt & Giveaway: Furyborn by Claire Legrand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Title: Furyborn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Author: Claire Legrand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ISBN: 9781492656623, Hardcover</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Release Date: May 22nd, 2018</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://empiriumtrilogy.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34323570-furyborn?from_search=true">Goodreads</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The stunningly original, must-read fantasy of 2018 follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world...or doom it.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials. If she fails, she will be executed…unless the trials kill her first.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a fairy tale to Eliana Ferracora. A bounty hunter for the Undying Empire, Eliana believes herself untouchable—until her mother vanishes. To find her, Eliana joins a rebel captain and discovers that the evil at the empire’s heart is more terrible than she ever imagined.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As Rielle and Eliana fight in a cosmic war that spans millennia, their stories intersect, and the shocking connections between them ultimately determine the fate of their world—and of each other.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Lord Commander Dardenne came to me in the middle of the night, his daughter in his arms. They smelled of fire; their clothes were singed. He could hardly speak. I had never seen the man afraid before. He thrust Rielle into my arms and said, ‘Help us. Help her. Don’t let them take her from me.’”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">—Testimony of Grand Magister Taliesin Belounnon, on Lady Rielle Dardenne’s involvement in the Boon Chase massacreApril 29, Year 998 of the Second Age</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Two years earlier</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle Dardenne hurried into Tal’s office and dropped the sparrow’s message onto his desk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Princess Runa is dead,” she announced.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She wouldn’t describe her mood as excited exactly, but her own kingdom, Celdaria, and their northeastern neighbor, Borsvall, had lived in a state of tension for so many decades that it was hardly noteworthy when, say, a Celdarian merchant ship sank off Borsvall’s coast or patrols came to blows near the border.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">But a murdered Borsvall princess? That was news. And Rielle wanted to dissect every piece of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal let out a sigh, set down his pen, and dragged his ink-smudged hands through his messy blond hair. The polished golden flame pinned to his lapel winked in the sunlight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Perhaps,” Tal suggested, turning a look on Rielle that was not quite disapproval and not quite amusement, “you should consider looking less thrilled about a princess’s murder?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She slid into the chair across from him. “I’m not happy about it or anything. I’m simply intrigued.” Rielle pulled the slip of paper back across the desk and read over the inked words once more. “So you do think it was assassination? Audric thinks so.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Promise me you won’t do anything stupid today, Rielle.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She smiled sweetly at him. “When have I ever done anything stupid?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">He quirked an eyebrow. “The city guard is on high alert. I want you here, safe in the temple, in case anything happens.” He took the message from her, scanning its contents. “How did you get this, anyway? No, wait. I know. Audric gave it to you.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle stiffened. “Audric keeps me informed. He’s a good friend. Where’s the harm in that?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal didn’t answer, but he didn’t have to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“If you have something to say to me,” she snapped, color climbing up her cheeks, “then just say it. Or else let’s begin our lesson.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal watched her a moment longer, then turned to pick up four enormous books sitting on the shelf behind him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Here,” he said, ignoring the mutinous expression on her face. “I’ve marked some passages for you to read. Today will be devoted to quiet study. And I’ll test you later, so don’t even think about skimming.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle narrowed her eyes at the book on the top of the stack. “A Concise History of the Second Age, Volume I: The Aftermath of the Angelic Wars.” She made a face. “This hardly looks concise.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“It’s all a matter of perspective,” he said, returning to the papers on his desk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle’s favorite place in Tal’s office was the window seat overlooking the main temple courtyard. It was piled high with scarlet cushions lined in gold piping, and when she sat there, dangling her legs out into the sun, she could almost forget that there was an enormous world beyond the temple and her city—a world she would never see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She settled by the window, kicked off her boots, hiked up her heavy lace-trimmed skirts, and rested her bare feet on the sill. The spring sunlight washed her legs in warmth, and soon she was thinking of how Audric blossomed on bright, sun-filled days like this one. How his skin seemed to glow and crackle, begging to be touched.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal cleared his throat, breaking her focus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal knew her far too well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She cracked open A Concise History, took one look at the tiny, faded text, and imagined tossing the book out the window and into the temple courtyard, where citizens were filing in for morning prayers—to pray that the riders they had wagered upon in today’s race would win, no doubt. Every temple in the capital would be full of such eager souls, not just there in the Pyre—Tal’s temple, where citizens worshipped Saint Marzana the firebrand—but in the House of Light and the House of Night as well and the Baths and the Firmament, the Forge and the Holdfast. Whispered prayers in all seven temples, to all seven saints and their elements.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Wasted prayers, thought Rielle with a slight, sharp thrill. The other racers will look like children on ponies compared to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She flipped through a few pages, biting the inside of her lip until she felt calm enough to speak. “I’ve heard many in the Borsvall court are blaming Celdaria for Runa’s death. We wouldn’t do such a thing, would we?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal’s pen scratched across his paper. “Certainly not.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“But it doesn’t matter if it’s true or not, does it? If King Hallvard’s councils convince him that we killed his daughter, he will declare war at last.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal dropped his pen with a huff of annoyance. “I’m not going to get any work done today, am I?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle swallowed her grin. If only you knew how true that is, dearest Tal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“I’m sorry if I have questions about the political climate of our country,” she said. “Does that fall under the category of things we’re not allowed to discuss, lest my poor vulnerable brain shatter from the stress?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">A smile twitched at the corner of Tal’s mouth. “Borsvall might declare war, yes.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“You don’t seem concerned about this possibility.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“I find it unlikely. We’ve been on the edge of war with Borsvall for decades, and yet it has never happened. And it will never happen, because the Borsvall people may be warmongers, but King Hallvard is neither healthy nor stupid. We would flatten his army. He can’t afford a war with anyone, much less with Celdaria.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Audric said…” Rielle hesitated. A twist of unease slipped down her throat. “Audric said he thinks Princess Runa’s death, and the slave rebellion in Kirvaya, means it’s time. That the Queens are coming.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Silence fell over the room like a shroud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Audric has always been fascinated with the prophecy,” Tal said, his voice deceptively calm. “He’s been looking for signs of the Queens’ coming for years.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“He sounds rather convinced this time.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“A slave rebellion and a dead princess are hardly enough to—”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“But I heard Grand Magister Duval talking about how there have been storms across the ocean in Meridian,” she pressed on, searching his face. “Even as far as Ventera and Astavar. Strange storms, out of season.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal blinked. Ah, thought Rielle. You didn’t know that, did you?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Storms do occur out of season from time to time,” Tal said. “The empirium works in mysterious ways.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle curled her fingers in her skirts, taking comfort in the fact that soon she would be in her riding trousers and boots, her collar open to the breeze.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She would be on the starting line.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“The report I read,” she continued, “said that a dust storm in southern Meridian had shut down the entire port of Morsia for days.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Audric needs to stop showing you every report that comes across his desk.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Audric didn’t show me anything. I found this one myself.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal raised an eyebrow. “You mean you snuck into his office when he wasn’t there and went through his papers.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle’s cheeks grew hot. “I was looking for a book I’d left behind.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Indeed. And what would Audric say if he knew you’d been in his office without his permission?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“He wouldn’t care. I’m free to come and go as I please.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal closed his eyes. “Lady Rielle, you can’t just visit the crown prince’s private rooms day and night as though it’s nothing. You’re not children anymore. And you are not his fiancée.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle lost her breath for an instant. “I’m well aware of that.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal waved a hand and rose from his chair, effectively ending all talk of the prophecy and its Queens.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“The city is crowded today—and unpredictable,” he said, walking across the room to pour himself another cup of tea. “Word is spreading about Princess Runa’s death. In such a climate, the empirium can behave in similarly unpredictable ways. Perhaps we should begin a round of prayers to steady our minds. Amid the chaos of the world, the burning flame serves as an anchor, binding us in peace to the empirium and to God.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle glared at him. “Don’t use your magister voice, Tal. It makes you sound old.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">He sighed, took a sip of his tea. “I am old. And grumpy, thanks to you.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Thirty-two is hardly old, especially to already be Grand Magister of the Pyre.” She paused. She would need to proceed carefully. “I wouldn’t be surprised if you were appointed as the next Archon. Surely, with someone as talented as you beside me, I could safely watch the Chase from your box—”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Don’t try to flatter me, Lady Rielle.” His eyes sparked at her. There was the Tal she liked—the ferocious firebrand, not the pious teacher. “It isn’t safe for you out there right now, not to mention dangerous for everyone else if something set you off and you lost control.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle slammed shut A Concise History and rose from the window seat. “Damn you, Tal.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Not in the temple, please,” Tal admonished over the rim of his cup.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“I’m not a child. Do you really think I don’t know better by now?” Her voice turned mocking. “‘Rielle, let’s say a prayer together to calm you.’ ‘Rielle, let’s sing a song about Saint Katell the Magnificent to take your mind off things.’ ‘No, Rielle, you can’t go to the masque. You might forget yourself. You might have fun, God forbid.’ If Father had his way, I’d stay locked up for the rest of my life with my nose buried in a book or on my knees in prayer, whipping myself every time I had a stray angry thought. Is that the kind of life you would like for me too?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal watched her, unmoved. “If it meant you were safe and that others were safe as well? Yes, I would.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Kept under lock and key like some criminal.” A familiar, frustrated feeling rose within her; she pushed it back down with a vengeance. She would not lose control, not today of all days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Do you know,” she said, her voice falsely bright, “that when it storms, Father takes me down to the servants’ quarters and gives me dumbwort? It puts me to sleep, and he locks me up and leaves me there.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">After a pause, Tal answered, “Yes.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“I used to fight him. He would hold me down and slap me, pinch my nose shut until I couldn’t breathe and had to open my mouth. Then he would shove the vial between my lips and make me drink, and I would spit it up, but he would keep forcing me to drink, whispering to me everything I’d ever done wrong, and right in the middle of yelling how much I hated him, I would fall asleep. And when I would wake up, the storm would be over.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">A longer pause. “Yes,” Tal answered softly. “I know.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“He thinks storms are too provocative for me. They give me ideas, he says.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal cleared his throat. “That was my fault.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“I know.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“But the medicine, that was his suggestion.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She gave him a withering look. “And did you try to talk him out of it?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">He did not answer, and the patience on his face left her seething.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“I don’t fight him anymore,” she said. “I hear a crack of thunder and go below without him even asking me to. How pathetic I’ve become.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Rielle…” Tal sighed, shook his head. “Everything I could say to you, I’ve said before.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She approached him, letting the loneliness she typically hid from him—from everyone—soften her face. Come, good Magister Belounnon. Pity your sweet Rielle. He broke first, looking away from her. Something like sorrow shifted across his face, and his jaw tightened.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Good.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“He’d let me sleep through life if he could,” she said.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“He loves you, Rielle. He worries for you.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Heat snapped at Rielle’s fingertips, growing along with her anger. With a stubborn stab of fury, she let it come. She knew she shouldn’t, that an outburst would only make it more difficult to sneak away, but suddenly she could not bring herself to care.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">He loves you, Rielle.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">A father who loved his daughter would not make her his prisoner.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She seized one of the candles from Tal’s desk and watched with grim satisfaction as the wick burst into a spitting, unruly flame. As she stared at it, she imagined her fury as a flooding river, steadily spilling over its banks and feeding the flame in her hands.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">The flame grew—the size of a pen, a dagger, a sword. Then every candle followed suit, a forest of fiery blades.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal rose from his desk and picked up the handsome polished shield from its stand in the corner of the room. Every elemental who had ever lived—every waterworker and windsinger, every shadowcaster and every firebrand like Tal—had to use a casting, a physical object uniquely forged by their own hands, to access their power. Their singular power, the one element they could control.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">But not Rielle.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She needed no casting, and fire was not the only element that obeyed her.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">All of them did.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal stood behind her, one hand holding his shield, the other hand resting gently on her own. As a child, back when she had still thought she loved Tal, such touches had thrilled her.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Now she seriously considered punching him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“In the name of Saint Marzana the Brilliant,” Tal murmured, “we offer this prayer to the flames, that the empirium might hear our plea and grant us strength: Fleet-footed fire, blaze not with fury or abandon. Burn steady and true, burn clean and burn bright.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle bit down on harsh words. How she hated praying. Every familiar word felt like a new bar being added to the cage her father and Tal had crafted for her.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">The room began to shake—the inkwell on Tal’s desk, the panes of glass in the open window, Tal’s half-finished cup of tea.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Rielle?” Tal prompted, shifting his shield. In his body behind her, she felt a rising hot tension as he prepared to douse her fire with his own power. Despite her best efforts, the concern in his voice caused her a twinge of remorse. He meant well, she knew. He wanted, desperately, for her to be happy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Unlike her father.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">So Rielle bowed her head and swallowed her anger. After all, what she was about to do might turn Tal against her forever. She could allow him this small victory.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Blaze not with fury or abandon,” she repeated, closing her eyes. She imagined setting aside every scrap of emotion, every sound, every thought, until her mind was a vast field of darkness—except for the tiny spot of light that was the flame in her hands.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Then she allowed the darkness to seep across the flame as well and was left alone in the cool, still void of her mind.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">The room calmed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal’s hand fell away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle listened as he returned his shield to its stand. The prayer had scraped her clean, and in the wake of her anger she felt…nothing. A hollow heart and an empty head.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">When she opened her eyes, they were dry and tired. She wondered bitterly what it would be like to live without a constant refrain of prayers in her thoughts, warning her against her own feelings.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">The temple bells chimed eleven times; Rielle’s pulse jumped. Any moment now, she would hear Ludivine’s signal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She turned toward the window. No more prayers, no more reading. Every muscle in her body surged with energy. She wanted to ride.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“I’d rather be dead than live as my father’s prisoner,” she said at last, unable to resist that last petulant stab.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Dead like your mother?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle froze. When she faced Tal, he did not look away. She had not expected that cruelty. From her father, yes, but never from Tal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">The memory of long-ago flames blazed across her vision.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Did Father instruct you to bring that up if I got out of hand?” she asked, keeping her voice flat and cool. “What with the Chase and all.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Yes,” Tal answered, unflinching.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Well, I’m happy to tell you I’ve only killed the one time. You needn’t worry yourself.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">After a moment, Tal turned to straighten the books on his desk. “This is as much for your safety as it is for everyone else’s. If the king discovered we’d been hiding the truth of your power all these years…You know what could happen. Especially to your father. And yet he does it because he loves you more than you’ll ever understand.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle laughed sharply. “That isn’t reason enough to treat me like this. I’ll never forgive him for it. Someday, I’ll stop forgiving you too.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“I know,” Tal said, and at the sadness in his voice, Rielle nearly took pity on him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Nearly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">But then a great crash sounded from downstairs, and an unmistakable cry of alarm.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Ludivine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Tal gave Rielle that familiar look he so often had—when she had, at seven, overflowed their pool at the Baths; when he had found her, at fifteen, the first time she snuck out to Odo’s tavern. That look of What did I do to deserve such trials?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle gazed innocently back at him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Stay here,” he ordered. “I mean it, Rielle. I appreciate your frustration—truly, I do—but this is about more than the injustice of you feeling bored.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle returned to the window seat, hoping her expression appeared suitably abashed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“I love you, Tal,” she said, and the truth of that was enough to make her hate herself a little.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“I know,” he replied. Then he threw on his magisterial robe and swept out the door.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Magister, it’s Lady Ludivine,” came a panicked voice from the hallway—one of Tal’s young acolytes. “She’d only just arrived in the chapel, my lord, when she turned pale and collapsed. I don’t know what happened!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Summon my healer,” Tal instructed, “and send a message to the queen. She’ll be in her box at the starting line. Tell her that her niece has taken ill and will not be joining her there.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Once they had gone, Rielle smiled and yanked on her boots.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Stay here?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Not a chance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She hurried through the sitting room outside Tal’s office and into the temple’s red-veined marble hallways, where embroidered flourishes of shimmering flames lined the plush carpets. The temple entryway, its parquet floor polished to a sheen of gold, was a flurry of activity as worshippers, acolytes, and servants hurried across to the peaked chapel doors.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“It’s Lady Ludivine,” a young acolyte whispered to her companion as Rielle passed. “Apparently she’s taken ill.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Rielle grinned, imagining everyone fussing over poor Ludivine, tragically lovely and faint on the temple floor. Ludivine would enjoy the attention—and the reminder that she had the entire capital held like a puppet on its master’s strings.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Even so, Rielle would owe her a tremendous favor after this.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Whatever it was, it would be more than worth it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Ludivine’s horse stood next to her own just outside the temple, held by a young stable hand who seemed on the verge of panic. He recognized Rielle and sagged with relief.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Pardon me, Lady Rielle, but is Lady Ludivine all right?” he asked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">“Haven’t the faintest,” Rielle replied, swinging up into the saddle. Then she snapped the reins, and her mare bolted down the main road that led from the Pyre into the heart of the city, hooves clattering against the cobblestones. A tumbled array of apartments and temple buildings rose around them—gray stone walls engraved with scenes of the capital city’s creation, rounded roofs of burnished copper, slender columns wrapped in flowering ivy, white fountains crowned with likenesses of the seven saints in prayer. So many visitors had come from all over the world to Âme de la Terre for the Chase that the cool spring air now pressed thick and close. The city smelled of sweat and spices, hot horse and hot coin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">As Rielle tore down the road, the crowd parted in alarm on either side of her, shouting angry curses until they realized who she was and fell silent. She guided her mare through the twisting streets and made for the main city gates, her body pulled tight with nerves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">But she would not give in to her power today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She would compete in the Boon Chase, as any citizen was free to do, and prove to her father that she could control herself, even when her life was in danger and the eyes of the entire city were upon her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">She would prove to him, and to Tal, that she deserved to live a normal life.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Title: </b>Brightly Burning</span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Publication: </b></span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>May 1, 2018</i></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Genre:</b> YA Fantasy, Science Fiction, Retelling</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><b>About the Book </b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Seventeen-year-old Stella Ainsley wants just one thing: to go somewhere—anywhere—else. Her home is a floundering spaceship that offers few prospects, having been orbiting an ice-encased Earth for two hundred years. When a private ship hires her as a governess, Stella jumps at the chance. The captain of the Rochester, nineteen-year-old Hugo Fairfax, is notorious throughout the fleet for being a moody recluse and a drunk. But with Stella he’s kind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But the Rochester harbors secrets: Stella is certain someone is trying to kill Hugo, and the more she discovers, the more questions she has about his role in a conspiracy threatening the fleet.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">I first wanted to read this book because I thought it was a cool idea to retell a classic in space. I thought I'd read Jane Eyre but realized I hadn't but I was still able to get the general plot from this story and concluded that I'm not sure I even want to read the original work this is based on. Stella is a trained engineer that wants to teach but the way the world's set up she has to do both. This world considers unmarried women spinsters at the age of eighteen. I know I wasn't thinking about marriage at that age so, I'll take being a spinster if that's the case.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">This story is a great idea but it seems to falter with the world building and character development. I just couldn't wrap my mind around why they were in space, like what really happened that they would need to be there? It was more telling me through the characters than showing me the history of how they got there. The main characters were young teenagers cast in an older shadow. The lives that they have chosen or inherited, eludes that they are older than they seem but their behavior shows their true age. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Overall, this wasn't a book that I loved but really wanted to. The pace was slow, the characters were hard for me to connect with their story. Overall, it has insta-romance, a little mystery and conspiracy set in space and some people may enjoy this one. </span>Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16317037473645910546noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881891149446092646.post-42540148364089362542018-05-11T00:00:00.000-05:002018-05-11T00:00:07.639-05:00 August and Everything After by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Title: August and Everything After</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Author: Jennifer Salvato Doktorski</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Release Date: May 1st, 2018</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Summary:</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One last summer to escape, to find herself, to figure out what comes next. Fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han will love this contemporary, coming-of-age romance.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Graduation was supposed to be a relief. Except Quinn can’t avoid the rumors that plagued her throughout high school or the barrage of well-intentioned questions about her college plans. How is she supposed to know what she wants to do for the next four years, let alone the rest of her life? And why does no one understand that it’s hard for her to think about the future—or feel as if she even deserves one—when her best friend is dead?</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Spending the summer with her aunt on the Jersey shore may just be the fresh start Quinn so desperately needs. And when she meets Malcolm, a musician with his own haunted past, she starts to believe in second chances. Can Quinn find love while finding herself?</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“A satisfying blend of family drama, romance, and music, staged in the aftermath of tragedy.” –Publishers Weekly</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I fell headfirst in love with this book. It has everything I love in a YA contemporary novel, and I inhaled it... an enticing story with so much feeling.” –Andrew King, University Book Store</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I started wearing my grandmother’s old cat-eye glasses in June, right after my latest crush nearly crushed me. The messy incident involved my band student teacher, a six-pack of Blue Moon, and a freak thunderstorm. Connect the dots any way you want. I know it’s not pretty. Neither was I when I put on Grammy’s glasses. But that was kind of the point. When I fled my small town after graduation to spend the summer at my aunt’s beach house, I didn’t want to be the old Quinn Gallo anymore. Here at the Jersey shore, no one knows me as the half-naked girl who had to be rescued from her band teacher’s Toyota Corolla by the Jaws of Life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The glasses added a layer to my new anonymity. I found them tucked in the top drawer of the wicker dresser as I unpacked in the guest room, and something inside me shifted when I put on the black, bejeweled frames. Like the first time Bilbo slipped on the One Ring of Power.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got the prescription adjusted to fit me and I’ve been wearing them ever since.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In fact, I’m wearing them tonight as I sit on a barstool at Keegan’s Cocktail Lounge, the old-man bar turned indie rock club where I waitress on Friday nights. I’m reading The Awakening while the opening act—a singer/songwriter dude with a backstory more tragic than my own—sets up. It’s his first performance since his guitarist and drummer were killed in a tour bus accident two years ago. My coworker, Liam, told me all about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Malcolm was really messed up. He blamed himself.” I told Liam I couldn’t imagine, but unfortunately, I could. My best friend, Lynn, died when we were fifteen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I’ve been avoiding Malcolm since he got here, knowing that if I’m not careful, I’ll get pulled into his orbit. Fuckups attract fuckups, I’m sure of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Apparently I’m ignoring him better than I thought, because he manages to sneak up behind me, lean down so that we’re almost cheek to cheek, and peek through my glasses. I startle and face him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“What the hell are you doing?” I ask, louder than I intended.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Sorry,” he says. “I had to know if those glasses were real or some hipster gimmick.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Before I can stop myself, I reach up and tug his beard. “I was thinking the same thing about this.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Ouch. I usually get a girl’s name before she grabs my facial hair. Or anything else.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He wishes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I put down my book and hold out my hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Quinn Gallo.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He holds my gaze and hand longer than he needs to, swinging my arm a little like we’re about to twirl a jump rope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Malcolm Trent.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I pull away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I know.” I flick my thumb toward the flyer taped to the mirror behind the bar. “I can read.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He nods toward my book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I see. Is that the feminist lit talking or are you always like this?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I twist the leather cuff bracelet I never take off and think of something nice to say. It’s not his fault he’s immune to Grammy’s glasses. “I’m looking forward to your set.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Yeah? But you brought backup entertainment just in case?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Reading is work, not entertainment. My aunt’s letting me live with her this summer on the condition that I read one book a week. Her picks.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“What else have you read?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I tick off my reading list thus far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Jane Eyre, Beloved, The Bell Jar—”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“It’s possible your aunt needs to lighten up.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I shrug.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Small price to pay for a summer away from home. I had to get away from my town.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Trouble with the law?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“More like trouble with The Mom. I’m not her favorite daughter at the moment.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My “poor judgment” regarding my unromantic evening with my band teacher coupled with my decision not to go to college this fall landed Mom and I on opposite sides of an enormous iceberg. We both needed time to thaw.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Ha! I could write a book about being the prodigal son.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Can you make it a song instead? If you write a book, my aunt will make me read it.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Malcolm’s reflexive laugh warms my body. He looks like he’s about to say something else, but before he has a chance, Caleb, the owner of Keegan’s, signals Malcolm that it’s time to take the stage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I gotta—”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Oh, yeah, of course. I’ve gotta get to work too.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Neither of us moves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I stare at him over the top of my glasses. He tilts his head like he’s deciding what to do next. Then, before I have time to register what’s happening, Malcolm reaches toward my face and gently pushes my glasses back up my nose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“You have pretty eyes, Quinn. You shouldn’t hide them behind ugly glasses.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the first time in my life, someone looked me in the eyes and didn’t point out that they’re two different colors. The right one is brown, the left is blue. I want to say thank you, or have a good set, or something, but by the time I get my voice back, he’s gone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I smooth my apron, pick up my book, and try to shake off the feeling that my defensive shield just failed me and allowed my next nobody to walk right through. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Title: Out of Left Field</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Author: Kris Hui Lee</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ISBN: 9781492663850</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Release Date: May 1st, 2018</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Summary<br />There’s no playing it safe in love or baseball in this sparkling debut, perfect for fans of Morgan Matson and Kasie West.<br /><br />Marnie has never had a hard time fitting in with the guys. It would take a lot more than their goofy antics to keep her from joining them at the neighborhood sandlot to do what she loves best: play ball.<br /><br />An added perk of hanging out at the sandlot? Spending time with Cody Kinski, their high school’s star pitcher and Marnie’s best friend. Sure, he can be stubborn and annoying. He also knows how to make her laugh and respects her skills on the mound. And when he gets nailed in the arm by a bone-fracturing pitch, Marnie becomes the team’s best chance at making it to the playoffs. Except no one told the guys they’re supposed to be on her side.<br /><br />With her own team against her, Marnie begins questioning her abilities. And when fate throws her a curveball, can she play without losing the game, Cody, and her belief in </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Excerpt from Out of Left Field:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SEVENTEEN YEARS OF EXISTENCE HAVE TAUGHT me many lessons—some relevant to survival, others not so much—but one that I have come to fully understand is that there are three kinds of idiocy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first is what I call Mundane Idiocy. This is the type of idiocy that happens when you, say, walk into a dark room thinking you can manage without the lights, and then you stub your toe on a table. It happens to the best of us.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The second kind is Voluntary Idiocy. Sticking your tongue to a frozen pole or prodding a beehive with a stick or eating fourteen brownies in one sitting would fall under this category. Discretion is advised.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And finally, the last level of idiocy has been achieved by only one person, and his name is Cody Kinski.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here I am, in the bleachers of my high school baseball field on a brisk May night—crickets chirping in the darkness beyond the bright stadium lights, the scent of french fries hitching a ride on the gentle breeze. I’m on the tips of my toes, waiting in anticipation like all my fellow game goers. Usually the excitement at high school baseball games never gets higher than the occasional collective gasp after a great hit followed by an anticlimactic defensive play, but our team is far from what you’d call usual. And this particular game is miles from being typical.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It’s the bottom of the seventh. The last inning. There are two outs and two strikes. Kyle’s on first. Cody’s at bat. We’re down five to four, and even though, to me, it feels like our chances of turning it around are borderline zero, everyone else seems to have an ounce of belief left in them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The pitcher’s given name is Santino Acardi, but in our neck of the woods, he is commonly known as Douche Face.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are only two things you need to know about this olive-skinned, curly-haired, smarmy bastard: (1) no one on this planet knows how to wear a condescending, selfrighteous smirk like he does, and (2) every time he and Cody get within two hundred feet of each other, the apocalypse seems imminent. I mean, they’re two of the best pitchers in our entire region. They have both been playing on varsity since freshman year, on teams with a notorious rivalry. It’s the kind of clash that’s going to put an end to the world as we know it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Basically every time Cody has been up at bat during this game, Santino has thrown at least one brushback pitch past Cody’s face. It is only thanks to Cody’s lightning-fast reflexes that he hasn’t been knocked unconscious. Santino has been pulling this stunt since freshman year. He suffers from an oversize ego. Jock stuff—you know the deal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Standing behind home plate, bat raised over his shoulder, eyes focused on Santino, Cody looks beyond prepared. He’s ready for anything. And he should be, considering Santino’s brushbacks are consistent. Parents, classmates, and residents from around the neighborhood cheer for Cody all across the home-team bleachers. Iron-Arm Kinski, they call him. He was first dubbed that when he was eight by his Little League coach. His killer fastball got him that name, but Cody is one hell of a hitter too. He’s not a god, but sometimes he doesn’t seem to be entirely human.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the mound, Santino winds up his pitch. Every part of his body, from his long legs to his muscular arms, displays his power.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then it comes. The ball launches out of Santino’s hand at Major League speed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Right toward Cody’s head.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But he must not be as prepared as he seemed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Does he move out of the way?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He stands there like a moron, like there’s not some sadist on the mound. It’s only at the very last second that his left arm flies up to shield his head.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ball smashes into Cody’s left forearm. His bat clatters to the ground, and it’s like everyone from here to the moon and beyond gasps. Cody clutches his arm to his chest as his face twists in pain. It’s a look I recognize to mean I’ve broken a bone, and I’m in some real fucking pain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fire from the pits of hell radiate from the glare Cody shoots Santino, and if I were Santino, I’d want to jump on the next flight out of the country. All of Cody’s fury and hatred—three years in the making—engulfs his face, his whole body. Cody has never been the kind of guy to be provoked by cheap shots, which I’ve learned in the eleven years I’ve known him, but right now, not even I can predict his next move.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But even though he might want to react, Cody doesn’t get the opportunity. Jack Chizz, our coach, runs out to home plate as the ump calls, “Time!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Joey, our guy on deck and Cody’s best friend, follows Chizz. The three of them—Chizz, the ump, and Joey—gather around Cody, blocking my view of what’s happening.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Santino’s cronies in the outfield crowd together too, but unlike those huddled around home plate, they seem unconcerned about what their overlord Santino has done. And Santino, for all the emotion he’s showing, might as well be standing in line at a grocery store. I’m surprised he isn’t shooting off fireworks and confetti of triumph over his good aim.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The buzzing energy is gone, and it's replaced by silent anticipation. And then: “WOOOO! WAY TO GO, CODY!” This is Sara, who’s standing next to me. To everyone else, it probably sounds like a cheer of encouragement. But Sara is no overzealous cheerleader.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She’s teasing him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“You’re an asshole,” I tell her, trying to keep a straight face. Under the florescent lights, her normally tawny skin seems lighter. Her grin widens as she claps loudly. “Bringin’ ’em to state!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Oh my gosh,” I mutter, but I can’t help but laugh a little. Sara, like me, has more than a decade of history with Cody, which entitles her to be a complete asshole to him in this very serious and stressful moment.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cody, who has gotten some breathing room, takes off his batting helmet to reveal his disheveled dark brown hair. He then takes a moment out of the time-out to nonchalantly scratch his forehead with his middle finger in our direction. Those eleven years of friendship work in Cody’s favor too—he gets a pass on being nice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cody drops his hand and listens intently to what Chizz is saying. At first, they both seem rather calm, given what’s happened, but then Chizz says something else, and Cody goes ballistic. His eyes bulge in rage, and his uninjured arm flies in all directions. Cody points to first base. Chizz points a commanding finger toward the dugout.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Don’t be an idiot, Cody,” I mutter. “Go to the hospital.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As if he can hear me, Cody kicks his bat to the side and stalks toward first. Chizz objects, but Cody shrugs him off. The interaction looks dramatic from here, which is so unlike Cody. He has always been a quiet, modest guy, but being on the field changes him. Out there, he’s the confident jock everyone expects him to be.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everyone cheers as Cody takes his base. I wonder if they can see him wince in pain with every step. Proud, stubborn bastard.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As the game resumes, so does the crowd’s excitement. They’re exhilarated by Cody’s perseverance (or, as I would call it, idiocy).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The count: two outs, zero strikes, with Kyle on second, Cody on first, and Joey at bat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tufts of Joey’s blond hair stick out from under his batting helmet as he steps up to the plate and takes a few practice swings. This is a guy who walks into closed glass doors and trips on perfectly tied shoelaces, but I swear he has magic powers when he’s on the field. He will move mountains to catch a foul ball and has been known to belt homers at the exact moment they’re needed. You’d never know it though, because he can be a real baby sometimes. A few months ago, he was reduced to an inconsolable teary mess after he found out his ex-girlfriend is a lesbian. No one would have guessed at the time that the crying weenie he was then is our best hope for bringing in a miraculous run to tie up the game now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the mound, Santino winds up again. One of his trademarks is his sidearm pitching style. That’s why he’s one of the best; he’s unique. I feel like a traitor, but I must admit that I admire his skill.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He throws the first pitch against Joey: foul tip. Strike one.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Second pitch: the ball and bat connect, and the crowd gasps. It’s a foul over the first baseline. There’s a collective sigh. Strike two.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The count: two outs, two strikes, five to four. The hopelessness settles in deeper.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the third pitch, Joey smacks the ball with an echoing clink! and he runs. Screams of excitement follow him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ball soars toward the fence. It looks like it will be a home run between left and center field. Unfortunately, that’s the kind of luck you can only dream about.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ball hits the back fence and bounces onto the grass where two fielders race to snatch it up.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kyle’s past third, on his way to home, and Cody’s passing second.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ball is traveling from the outfield to shortstop.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kyle’s foot lands on home plate. It’s now five to five.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cody’s foot hits third.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From the dugout, Chizz shouts at Cody to stop where he is.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ball is at the shortstop. And Cody’s going home.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Idiot!” Sara and I both shout.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But it’s no use. The ball and Cody race toward home.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The throw to the catcher is off by a foot. He steps away.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cody dives, headfirst, arms outstretched.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He collides with home plate and becomes buried under a plume of sand and the catcher.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Safe!” the ump shouts. “Safe!”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The shouting and cheering intensify as our team hops over the dugout wall and dog piles Joey, who brought in the runs. Santino and his team look like they’re about to commit fifteen different types of manslaughter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And there, still on the ground in the fetal position clutching his arm, ladies and gentlemen, is the third and final category of idiocy: Cody Kinski. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I survived working overtime these past few weeks, barely. I had to go home two nights because I felt so bad. I didn't post anything last week because I just didn't feel up to it and I couldn't read either. Basically, getting out of bed was an accomplishment. I went to the doctor and they did some blood work and I was told my iron is a little low, so that contributes some to my being so tired. I've decided to put the "til Next Tuesday meme on hold for now since it takes so much time to just do one but I'll get back to it or maybe make it a once a month meme. On another note, I have cut back on requesting books but I did get two books that I'm really excited to read. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://littlelibrarymuse.blogspot.com/2018/04/giveaway-summer-of-65-by-brooke-st-james.html">Summer of '65 by Brooke St. James ~Giveaway</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><a href="https://littlelibrarymuse.blogspot.com/2018/04/giveawayspeak-now-or-forever-hold-your.html">Speak Now: or Forever Hold Your Peace by Becky Monson </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26032887-the-wicked-king">The Wicked King by Holly Black</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29386918-wildcard">Wildcard by Marie Lu</a> (No Cover yet)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong>Speak Now: or Forever Hold Your Peace by Becky Monson </strong></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">
Speak Now is the latest hit from the author of the hit Spinster Series, Becky Monson. In this Readers’ Favorite Book Award Winner (Bronze Medal) novel, Bridgette Reynolds needs to stop a wedding, but can she do it?
If there’s one thing that Bridgette Reynolds has learned recently, it’s that the perfect shoes, the perfect hair, and the perfect dress do not make for the perfect proposal. In fact, sometimes they make for the not-so-perfect breakup.
Now, Bridgette must do everything in her power to win Adam back. She knows they are meant to be. And nothing will stand in her way—not her friends, not her grandmother, not even the fact that Adam is now engaged to Serene after a whirlwind romance.
Focused on her plan to win Adam back, Bridgette isn’t expecting Ian—her college best friend, her love, her big regret—to come back into her life. They sink back into their comfortable friendship as if no time has passed at all, making Bridgette start to question her feelings for Adam. But Ian has a few secrets of his own . . . secrets that could shatter their friendship once and for all.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> After some channel surfing, and a vain attempt to catch up with The Young and the Restless (I couldn’t watch the Ian and Heather and Jessica drama—a bit too close to home), I decide to drag myself upstairs to Margie’s place where Gram and the girls are playing bridge. I need something to get my mind off everything. I doubt it will work, but it’s worth a try.
“Is Gram here?” I ask Margie when she answers the door.
“Sure is,” she says, opening the door wide. She ushers me in with a sweep of her hand.
I walk into Margie’s apartment, which is set up a lot like Gram’s. And just as old-fashioned as well. But, like Gram’s place, it has a homey feel to it. I will say that there are doilies. Lots of doilies.
“Look who’s here, ladies,” Margie says as we walk into the living room.
Gram and two other ladies, Evelyn and Barbara, all turn to see who it is. Once they see me they all start talking in unison. Saying hello and asking me question after question. I try to field each query, but they keep talking over each other.
“Well, Bridgette, what brings you here?” Gram asks, after the chatter has settled. She looks slightly concerned. She wasn’t expecting me. Likewise, I was not expecting to come up here, but here I am.
“I thought I would come and see what you ladies are doing.” I knew they were playing cards, so that was kind of a dumb comment. “And also to check up on Gram,” I say, pointing to the wine glass sitting to her left. That was not something I was expecting to find, but I’m glad I did.
She looks down at the glass and then back up at me, a sheepish just-been-caught look on her face.
“Oh, that’s mine,” Evelyn declares, and I roll my eyes. Evelyn isn’t even sitting next to Gram.
“Gram, you’ve got to be kidding. Does she drink every time she’s playing cards with you?” I ask, looking around the room.
“Not all the time,” Barbara pipes in. “Just . . . most of the time.”
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"Speak Now grabbed me from the beginning! This is the perfect escape/beach read - light and fun, amusing with some tearful moments." -Reviewing in Chaos
"By the end of the book I felt like Bridgette was a real life friend of mine and I was actually sad when the book ended." -Divine Books Blog
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Ivy Lewis went home to Memphis in the summer of 1965 unaware of the adventure that awaited her. She was content to go through the motions of her predictable routines back home while safeguarding a few little secrets about her life in Nashville. In her mind, the two worlds weren't meant to intersect.
Then Michael Bishop entered the picture. He had just moved to Memphis from Detroit in hopes of expanding his motorcycle company. He appeared to be nothing more than an outlaw and a menace to the community. Any type of relationship between them was sure to be met with resistance from Ivy's family and friends.
But Michael Bishop was too great of a temptation for Ivy.
The summer of 1965 would be one of first impressions, first dances, and forbidden love.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I glanced at Alice who gave me a wide-eyed smile. I heard the noise of shifting gravel, and I looked up to find that Michael was getting off of his motorcycle.
"Ivy Lewis," he said, closing the distance between us.
"Michael Bishop," I returned.
"You came back to look for a hairpin," he said as more of a statement than a question.
The other waiters came closer to help me look, which caused their shadows to block the light. "I think it was over here," Alice said, redirecting them. She had, thank goodness, caught on to the fact that I might want to say a couple of words to Michael and was helping me out.
"I really liked that song," he said.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “Just like her other books, you get everything a good book provides. It has a beautiful love story, nostalgia and a bit of mystery without repeating things over and over. Love it and will read it again I'm sure.”
“I'm always anxious to see what Brooke writes and this book didn't disappoint. Michael and Ivy experienced typical 1965 prejudices and problems but the fun and flirty dialogue is still there. Motorcycles and the preacher's kid, misunderstood music and parental expectations... this story had it all. Can't wait for the next generation!”
“What an amazing new book by an incredible author! The story was sincere and well-paced with adorable dialogue, poignant moments and surprises along the way. I can't get enough of these charming and realistic main characters and eagerly await the next book in this series.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Author Brooke St. James</strong> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Brooke St. James is an author of contemporary romance novels with Christian and inspirational themes and happy endings. She was born and raised in south Louisiana but has had the opportunity to travel and live throughout the U.S. An avid reader, writer, audio book addict, and fan of all things artistic, Brooke constantly has her hands in some creative activity. She's currently back home in Louisiana enjoying life with her husband, children, and two lazy dogs.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The schedule for this week is kind of up in the air. I've been so exhausted lately and haven't wanted to do much of anything. I have reviews to write but none posted last week because I had some promos that I signed up to post. It feels like I'm in another reading slump because even when I reading it feels like I'm forcing myself to do it. I think what's going to happen is that I'll back away from reading young adult and become a lot more selective in what I read in this genre. Then I'm also contemplating if I should keep with the "til Next Tuesday meme. On another note, I'll be work 14 hrs shifts for the next two weeks starting today because it's finals and my night job stays open 24 hours for the students to study. At least the weather has been nice this week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Summer of '65 by Brooke St. James ~Giveaway</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Come From Away by Genevieve Graham ~Review</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'Til Next Tuesday #17: TBD</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne ~Review</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas ~ Review</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>The Stranger She Married by Donna Hatch</strong> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span id="freeText2829278790926532057">When her parents and only brother die within weeks of each other, Alicia and her younger sister are left in the hands of an uncle who has brought them all to financial and social ruin. Desperate to save her family from debtor's prison, Alicia vows to marry the first wealthy man to propose. She meets the dashing Lord Amesbury, and her heart whispers that this is the man she is destined to love, but his tainted past may forever stand in their way. Her choices in potential husbands narrow to either a scarred cripple with the heart of a poet, or a handsome rake with a deadly secret. Cole Amesbury is tormented by his own ghosts, and believes he is beyond redemption, yet he cannot deny his attraction for the girl whose genuine goodness touches the heart he'd thought long dead. He fears the scars in his soul cut so deeply that he may never be able to offer Alicia a love that is true. When yet another bizarre mishap threatens her life, Alicia suspects the seemingly unrelated accidents that have plagued her loved ones are actually a killer's attempt to exterminate every member of her family. Despite the threat looming over her, learning to love the stranger she married may pose the greatest danger to her heart.</span> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> As Cole looked down into Alicia Palmer’s face, he knew of a surety she was worth any risk. She touched him in a place he’d thought long dead.
A younger man wearing a saucy grin approached Miss Palmer. “Did you save me a dance, Lissie?”
Cole’s initial irritation for the man’s cheekiness faded to puzzlement. He knew him from somewhere. A vague unease arose.
When the young man’s gaze moved to Cole, he paled visibly. “You!”
Miss Palmer gasped. “Robert Palmer, where are your manners?”
Of course. Robert Palmer. From London. Cold dread trickled across his heart as he considered the ramifications.
Palmer pinned him with a dangerous glare. “Stay away from my cousin.”
“Your cousin?” Cole looked from him to the lovely Miss Palmer and understanding dawned. He cursed under his breath. He hadn’t been aware Armand Palmer had a sister. Not that he’d bothered to find out. The possible ramifications took a more serious turn.
Miss Palmer sent Cole a look of apology and turned to her cousin. “Robert, explain yourself.”
In a cold sweat, Cole waited for her condemning stare.
Palmer trembled in rage. He spoke quietly, but each word shot through Cole like bullets fired at close range. “He’s the scoundrel who shot your twin.”</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>The Guise of a Gentleman by Donna Hatch</strong> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Though her heart longs for adventure, Elise strives to be a perfect English lady within the stifling confines of society for the sake of her impressionable young son. Her quiet world is shattered when she meets the impulsive and scandalous Jared Amesbury. His roguish charm awakens her yearning for adventure. But his irrepressible grin and sea-green eyes hide a secret. A gentleman by day, a pirate by night, Jared must complete one last assignment for the Secret Service before he can be truly free. Elise gives him hope that he, too, can find love and belonging. His hopes are crushed when his best laid plans go awry and Elise is dragged into his world of violence and deceit. She may not survive the revelation of Jared's past...or still love him when the truth is revealed. The Rogue Hearts Series: The Stranger She Married The Guise of a Gentleman A Perfect Secret The Suspect's Daughter Praise for Donna Hatch: "Donna Hatch is one of the masters of clean romance with electric tension and smokin' hot kisses." Reading is My Super Power Reviews "Written with heart and depth, Donna Hatch's books are absolute must-reads for any fan of swoon-worthy historical romance." Sarah M. Eden, USA Today best-selling historical romance author Dance with a duke, outwit pirates, save a kingdom, and fall in love. Believe in happily ever after. Note from the Author: This romantic story of loss and betrayal, forgiveness and redemption, and strangers marrying, will leave you laughing, crying, and swooning. Sprinkled liberally with suspense, mystery, and heart-melting kisses, this is not your ordinary historical tale of an arranged marriage nor of redeeming the rakes. Fans of Victorian and Regency Eras as well as those seeking clean and wholesome romance with plenty of chemistry will love this story!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> “You are a woman of great courage to face those cutthroats alone.”
His fingers closed around hers as if she were a lifeline. Her late husband’s hands had always been smooth and soft, the hands of a gentleman, so unlike this man’s calluses which bespoke hard work. She marveled at the strength in those hands, not to mention the tingles that traveled up her arm.
A flush crept over her face and she struggled to retain her composure. “I saw a cruel act and felt compelled to intervene. I could do nothing less.”
His eyes darted over her face and he said in a stronger voice, “Those men might have turned on you.”
“I’m an excellent shot.”
“And did you not consider that you may have been in danger from me?”
She suspected many women found him a very great danger, but not for the reason he spoke.
Swallowing against a dry mouth, she lifted her chin. “You hardly looked dangerous at the time. And I daresay you lack the strength to offer any threat now.”
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>A Perfect Secret by Donna Hatch</strong> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Desperate to protect her father from trial and death, Genevieve breaks off her engagement with Christian Amesbury and marries a blackmailer. After a year of marriage, she flees her husband's violent domination only to have fate bring her back to Christian. Just when she thinks she's started a new life of safety and solitude, her husband tracks her down, stalks her, and threatens everyone she loves.
Still brokenhearted over Genevieve's betrayal a year ago, Christian can't believe she's come back into his life--and worse, that she's done it on the anniversary of his brother's death, a death that haunts him. Though tempted to throw her back into the river where he found her, he can't leave her at the mercy of the terrifying man she married.
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She buried her face into his shirtfront. “I know you will. I’m not afraid.”
Heaven help him, he loved this woman so much that it physically hurt. He drew back and held her at arm’s length. “Do you have your gun?”
She nodded. “It’s in my pocket.” She patted the front of her pelisse.
“And the dagger?”
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>The Suspect's Daughter by Donna Hatch</strong> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Determined to help her father with his political career, Jocelyn sets aside dreams of love. When she meets the handsome and mysterious Grant Amesbury, her dreams of true love reawaken. But his secrets put her family in peril.
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Grant bowed. “Good night, Miss Fairley.”
He turned to go, but she touched his arm, a light touch, no more than the feathering brush of a butterfly. Still, he stiffened at the contact and withdrew. She blinked down at the thwarted contact as if searching for the source of his abruptness.
“Yes?” he prompted.
She faltered but seemed to draw from that endless well of happiness, and managed a sincere smile. “I look forward to seeing you at our house party.”
If Miss Fairley knew her father was his prime suspect, she wouldn’t be treating him with such kindness and familiarity. Her devotion to her father was clear. She’d be devastated when he brought her father to justice for conspiring to murder and treason. That Grant might play a part in dimming that ray of sun felt a tragedy. But better that than allowing a group of radicals commit murder.</span></div>
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Fresh from a writer’s convention in New York, Jase is excited to return home and start putting into practice all the things he’s learned. He has no idea that his gesture of kindness to a mysterious woman on a plane will turn his life upside down and give him his first tantalizing glimpse of true love. But unlike the fiction he spends his days writing, he can’t simply remove all the obstacles in his path to happiness. Love comes in its own time and on its own terms.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rosemary sat down on the steps and waited for Jase to do the same. She loved this time of day when the last rays of the setting sun bathed the backyard in a mellow glow and the crickets in the bushes began their nightly roll call. “Last time we did this, my legs were longer than yours.” His chuckle brought her glance to his face.
“I bet mine are longer now.” To prove his point, he proceeded to stretch out his leg next to hers. “By at least three inches.”
Her legs might be almost as long, but they looked like a child’s in comparison. His thighs were thick with muscles and easily double the width of hers. When she realized she was staring, she rushed into speech. “This is something of a novelty for me. I’m taller than most of the people I work with.”
His grin told her that he’d noticed her perusal of his legs. She waited to see if, like most men, he would make a comment about it, but he didn’t.
“I spent the majority of my teenage years worried that I’d never grow. Every few months, my dad would give me a pep talk about growth plates and being a late bloomer. He’d remind me that Quinn had been the same way. I wanted to tell him that all of that was fine and good, but I needed those extra inches right then, not five years down the road.”
Rosemary leaned against the balustrade and tilted her face toward the darkening sky. “My biggest hang-up was wearing glasses. By the time I was fourteen, my lenses were as thick as the bottom of a glass soda bottle. My mother finally let me get contacts, but by then my eyes were so bad I still had to wear glasses to read or drive. After I left home, I saved enough money to have laser surgery. That took care of the problem.”
“I’ve compared high school to a refined sort of torture. At a time when you’re the most insecure about your appearance is when you look your worst. I remember the horror of waking up in the morning to see a huge pimple on the end of my nose, but that wasn’t nearly as bad as the time I was standing at my locker right after P.E. and realized I’d forgotten to put on deodorant. Before I could make my escape, the girl who had the locker next to me showed up. I had a major crush on her at the time, so it was even more mortifying when she kept asking me what the smell was. I wanted to crawl into a hole.”
At least his embarrassing moments were confined to high school. Rosemary had tripped over her own feet while walking around on stage during a concert. “Did you ever get together with her?”
“Sadly, I did not. I really thought that being given lockers next to each other was the universe’s way of telling me to go for it. My ability to quote the periodic table backwards and forwards wasn’t nearly as impressive to her as the muscles on the man-among-boys who had the locker on the other side of her.”
Rosemary sent him a quick sideways glance. “You don’t appear to be doing too badly in that area now.”
He shrugged. “I sold out to the myth that a guy with a six-pack can get any woman he wants.”
A smile tugged at her lips. “So women are the reason you spend your days in the gym staring at yourself in those floor-to-ceiling mirrors.”
“That was my motivation at first. Now I do it because writing is sedentary. I need the exercise. But I don’t stare at myself in the mirror. I use it to see if there are any pretty girls working out that I might like to talk to.”
“So you use the mirror to check out girls? That’s even worse.” She reached over and pinched one of the legs she’d been admiring. The shocked look on his face was priceless.
“What was that for?”
“I don’t know. I just felt like doing it.”
One eyebrow went up. “Does that rule apply to me, too? There might be something I want to do some time.”
It wasn’t so much his words as the gleam in his eyes that made her heart skip a beat. “I took a self-defense class. Proceed at your own risk.”
He laughed. “Thanks for the warning.”
Rosemary heard Ambrose pawing at the door. Before she could move, Jase reached behind them and let the cat outside. Ambrose surveyed the situation and made his move, placing himself in the six inches of space between her and Jase.
“Ambrose is giving me the same look I used to get from the fathers of the high school girls I dated.”
She stroked the cat’s head. “He’s a little protective of me. Are you going to tell me why you’re willing to take care of him?”
“Is the other subject getting too hot for you?”
“Do you want another pinch on the leg?”
“Sure, but could you switch to the other leg? I bruise easily. As for Ambrose, why wouldn’t I want to help you? That’s what friends do for each other.”
“I haven’t been too lucky with my friends lately.”
“You have to get back on the friendship horse and try again. I’m a good place to start. You have some history with me.”
“Why do you care?”
He smiled, and Rosemary’s breath lodged in her throat and refused to budge.
“Isn’t it obvious? I like you.”
She liked him, too. Much more than seemed possible after only a few hours together and definitely more than was wise considering she couldn’t see him again.
“Is something wrong, Rosemary?”
“Wrong? Not at all.” She rose to her feet with a quickness that belied her words. It was the rabbit bolting into the nearest hole all over again. “I’m in the mood for some pudding. How about you?”
“I’m game.”
By the time they were eating their dessert in the living room, the momentary panic that had seized her on the porch had faded. She was making too much of too little.
Jase pointed to the dark wood paneling on the walls. “Have you thought about just painting over it?”
“Can I do that?”
“I don’t see why not. If you get the primer tinted to match the paint, you’d probably only have to use one coat.”
“So you know about painting, too?”
“I know a little about a lot of things; you know, a jack of all trades, master of none.” He sat up and reached for his wallet. “Do you have a pen I could borrow?”
“Sure. Let me get one out of my purse.”
After she handed it to him, he wrote something on a business card. “If you decide you want to go with Winnie and me on Wednesday evening, you can reach me at this number.” He laid the card on the coffee table and rose to his feet. “I should get going. I have an errand to run for Quinn before I go home.”
“Thanks again for fixing the sink. I really appreciate it.”
“It was my pleasure. Goodnight, Rosemary.”
“Goodnight, Jase.”
Only after he pulled out of the driveway did she return to the living room and pick up the card he left her. The front of it had a picture of a bouquet of flowers along with the contact information for a florist shop called Violets are Blue. On the back, along with his name and number, he’d written, “We don’t lose friends; we just learn who our real ones are.”
His words touched her and at the same time made her feel guilty. Why did he have to be so thoughtful and funny and nice and sweet and charming? It made closing the book on her reunion with him that much more difficult.</span></div>
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I have loved this whole series...each book has had great characters but Jase is probably my favorite. He was definitely swoon worthy to me!!! He was so romantic and sweet...definitely my favorite book boyfriend in this series.
Book 6 in this series has lived up to all my expectations and then some. She writes such wonderful characters, and I love how they overcome such different obstacles in each book. A lot of series tend to follow a perfect little formula, but these are definitely individual stories woven into a common little town. We get glimpses into former characters' lives, but not awkwardly so. She balances everything very well. Definitely one of my favorite clean romance authors and I look forward to every new release!
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Author Delaney Cameron
I'm a Georgia girl at heart if not by birth. I love to read, watch college football, and spend time with my husband. I'm a hopeless romantic so there will always be a happily ever after in my stories. I also like to write about second chances because love doesn't always work out the first time.
My books are sweet romances set in both contemporary and regency settings featuring stories about the journey to love, from that first meeting to the point where two people know their hearts are no longer their own. My characters aren't perfect. They make mistakes and have faults like the rest of us. They learn the sometimes painful truth that the path to love isn't always smooth, but it's a road worth traveling.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Suitors and Sabotage </strong><br /><strong>Cindy Anstey</strong><br />Published by: Swoon Reads<br />Publication date: April 17th 2018<br />Genres: Historical, Romance, Young Adult</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Two young people must hide their true feelings for each other while figuring out who means them harm in this cheeky Regency romance </b><b>from the author of <i>Love, Lies and Spies</i> and <i>Duels & Deception</i>. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shy aspiring artist Imogene Chively has just had a successful Season in London, complete with a suitor of her father’s approval. Imogene is ambivalent about the young gentleman until he comes to visit her at the Chively estate with his younger brother in tow. When her interest is piqued, however, it is for the wrong brother.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Charming Ben Steeple has a secret: despite being an architectural apprentice, he has no drawing aptitude. When Imogene offers to teach him, Ben is soon smitten by the young lady he considers his brother’s intended.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But hiding their true feelings becomes the least of their problems when, after a series of “accidents,” it becomes apparent that someone means Ben harm. And as their affection for each other grows—despite their efforts to remain just friends—so does the danger. . .</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In <i>Suitors and Sabotage</i>, author Cindy Anstey delivers another witty young adult historical fiction novel that is the perfect mix of sweetly romantic and action-packed.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Suddenly, it would seem that the Fates had answered Imogene’s call. The earth began to rumble as if it were thinking about splitting open. However, the noise was not coming from beneath her feet; it was coming from the ruin. Startled, Imogene jerked her head to look over her shoulder. As she watched in alarm, the floor to the great hall collapsed into the cellar below in a cascade of stone and dust.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jumping up, they backed away from the huge cloud of debris until they could go no further. The moat was at their backs. And then the rumbling stopped—except for the occasional skitter and plop of an errant rock dropping into the newly formed hole visible through the arched doorways. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Imogene waved the dust out of her eyes, coughing in the thick air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Oh dear, that is most unfortunate,” Mr. Benjamin said with more tragedy in his tone than his words implied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even Emily looked upset.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Imogene shook her head in dismay. As the dust and dirt began to settle, it became apparent that the floor was not all that had been damaged in the collapse. The front wall of the great hall was leaning in at a worrisome angle. “We might lose the entire face as well,” Imogene said in a whisper of melancholy. The castle was her favorite sketching subject. More than half of her paintings featured the castle in some capacity… and now it… “Well, it’s not gone,” she said with conviction. “The tower still stands and with bracing, I imagine we can secure the wall.” She looked over to Mr. Benjamin. He seemed to know about these things. “Would you agree?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Most certainly. It is still a beautiful structure—worthy of praise and study.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Imogene nodded and turned back to stare at the mess. “The lower floor will have to be dug out.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Yes, but as you can see the stairs are still intact. Once the debris around is cleared out— Miss Chively? Is something wrong? Why—Miss Chively, stop! The wall might give way. Where are you go—?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Imogene ran toward the ruined ruins, her heart hammering. She couldn’t breath, so acute was her fear. “Jasper,” she screamed. “Jasper! Come Jasper!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She listened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And in the silence she heard a terrible sound. A whimper. Coming from under the collapsed floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Whenever she is not sitting at the computer, throwing a ball in the backyard, gardening or reading, Cindy can be found–actually, not found–adventuring around the world with her hubby.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She has lived on three continents, had a monkey in her yard and a scorpion under her sink, dwelt among castles and canals, enjoyed the jazz of Beale St and attempted to speak French.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cindy loves history, mystery and… a chocolate Labrador called Chester. Love, Lies and Spies is her debut novel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>My Sister’s Intended by Rachael Anderson</strong> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For as long as Prudence can remember, it has been understood that her sister will one day wed the eldest son of their nearest neighbor. Such an alliance will benefit both families and bring a great deal of joy to all parents involved.
Unfortunately, Prudence has never been able to feel as joyful. She believes her sister is mad to consider marrying a man she hardly knows, even if he will one day make her a countess. Titles and wealth shouldn’t factor into matters of the heart, and as an aspiring romance novelist, Prudence cannot fathom how anyone could even think of settling for less than love. She certainly wouldn’t, and she doesn’t want her sister to either.
Unable to stand by and do nothing, Prudence sets out to help the awkward couple discover the best in each other with the hope that they will eventually find love. What she neglected to foresee, however, was the possibility that she might fall in love with Lord Knave herself.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> When Prudence lifted her eyes to his again, they sparkled with a challenge. “I was going to save this question until later so as not to shock you from the get-go, but I really do need to know . . . What does it feel like to kiss a woman?”
A large lump formed in Brand’s throat, and his mouth went dry. <em>What the deuce?</em> She had promised not to ask questions that would make him uncomfortable, but already he wanted to flee like a frightened kitten. How could he possibly explain how it felt to kiss a woman?
Brand searched his mind for a way to avoid answering until he heard a snicker escape her lips. She was laughing at him. Him! Hildebrand Ethan Cannon, Viscount Knave—a man at least eight years her senior and a great deal higher in social standing.
<em>Unbelievable.</em>
“You are teasing me,” he said, hoping it was true. If she’d posed the question to make him squirm—and perhaps make him more inclined to answer her other questions—then she wouldn’t be expecting an answer.
She shook her head, still smiling. “I’m afraid not, my lord, although I did find the look of terror on your face vastly amusing.”
“I’m glad I could entertain you.”
“I hope you will be equally glad to instruct me on a few things as well. The first scene in my book will include a kiss, and I have no idea how to describe the experience. Do a woman’s lips feel warm or soft or even moist? Would your pulse quicken? Aside from touch, what other senses are engaged? How would it make you feel and what would you notice when you held a woman in your arms?”
If she thought he’d appeared terror-stricken before, there would be no word for how he looked now. Did she earnestly expect him to answer such questions? Surely even <em>she</em> knew how inappropriate it would be to discuss such things, her being an innocent.
“I cannot say,” he finally muttered.
Her brow puckered in confusion. “Have you never kissed a woman, my lord?”
Brand was sorely tempted to lie and say he had not, but he couldn’t bring himself to do so. Any man of six-and-twenty who had never experienced a kiss would be laughed out of his manhood. Women were expected to remain innocent until married. Men were not.
“Yes, I have kissed a woman,” he finally admitted, “but I have no intention of discussing any of the details with you.”
“Why not?” she asked, her large brown eyes blinking at him curiously. “Would you rather I invent the information?”
“Yes.”
She obviously didn’t appreciate his retort because she scowled. “Can you not tell me at least a little?”
“No.”
“Why?”
“Because a kiss could never be described with any sort of accuracy, at least not by me. It involves too many feelings and sensations and complexities of thought. If you wish to know what a kiss feels like, you’ll have to experience it for yourself.”
Too late, Brand realized his mistake. Her expression became contemplative, as though she was actually considering doing just that. Good gads, had he really just encouraged an innocent young woman to go hunting for a kiss? Who would she ask? A groom? Stablehand? The next peddler that came to town?
“I think you are right,” she said at last. “I really must experience a kiss for myself if I am to describe it with any sort of accuracy.” She blinked up at him with that innocent expression again. “Will <em>you</em> kiss me Lord Knave? No, how silly of me. You are to marry my sister, so that would never do.” She pursed her lips for a moment before musing, “Perhaps one of the footmen would be kind enough to show me how it’s done.”
<em>Kind</em> enough? Brand could think of a great many reasons a footman would comply with such a request, and kindness did not factor into any of them. Brand would kiss her himself before he allowed a footman near her.
He rubbed the bridge of his nose, feeling a headache coming on. “Perhaps I can try to explain what it feels like after all.” Better that than having her chase after a footman.
“But you only just said you couldn’t do it justice,” she pointed out. “I realize I sound dreadfully forward, but I really must know, and experience is the best teacher, is it not?”
“No, it isn’t,” he lied. “And you are not going to kiss a footman.”
“Then who? Felix or Lionel, perhaps? I’m fairly certain I can convince one of them to do it, if given the opportunity. The question is how to go about it?”
It was plain to see by the firm set of her jaw that she would not rest until she had experienced a kiss of her own. She didn’t seem to care who did the deed, only that the man did a thorough job of it. A quick peck on the lips wouldn’t satisfy her curiosities.
“Perhaps I could send a note to Felix and ask him to call on me,” she continued to muse. “We could take a stroll through the maze in the gardens. There is a hidden alcove on the south side, which could be quite perfect. We would have to evade Ruth, obviously, but—”
“Devil take it,” Brand growled as he pulled her to him. Her quick intake of breath was the only sound she made before his mouth covered hers.</span></div>
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"The moment I set eyes on this cover page, I knew I am going to love this cute love story. Delightfully crafted with endearing characters this is an ongoing tale of fun, love and some hard decisions. --Finitha J., Know Your Books Blog
"My Sister’s Intended is my FAVORITE kind of book to read. It is the kind of story I will save in my Kindle forever so I can re-read again and again. What makes this story so good? Everything! This book is pure perfection." --Nicole, Christian Fiction Girl Blog.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So far the challenge is going well I've lost 3lbs!!! I didn't get any reviews written for last week but there are some promos with giveaways and some limited time freebies. I'm going to try to do better on writing to my reviews. On another note I did get some reading done. I didn't get many books this week, mostly because my library card is maxed out. Somehow, I didn't realize I checked out 20 books, so I need to work on that stack before they come due. On another note, the weather has been crazy still and we had a Tornado Watch and Warning most of Saturday. Then up in the northern states there was a snow storm, so yeah. I've also been extremely tired this week and have had trouble sleeping. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://littlelibrarymuse.blogspot.com/2018/04/promo-giveaway-how-you-ruined-my-life.html">Promo & Giveaway: How You Ruined My Life by Jeff Strand</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://littlelibrarymuse.blogspot.com/2018/04/til-next-tuesday-15-someday-every-day-3.html">'Til Next Tuesday #15: Someday (Every Day #3) by David Levithan </a></span><br />
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<a href="https://littlelibrarymuse.blogspot.com/2018/04/25-giveaway-finding-peace-by-melanie-d.html"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Finding Peace by Melanie D. Snitker ~</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">$25 Giveaway</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://littlelibrarymuse.blogspot.com/2018/04/giveaway-excerpt-love-on-limb-by-laurie.html">Love on a Limb by Laurie Lewis ~Giveaway & Excerpt</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://littlelibrarymuse.blogspot.com/2018/04/release-blitz-giveaway-beyond-darkened.html">Beyond A Darkened Shore by Jessica Leake ~Blitz & Giveaway</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My Sunday Post #60</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My Sister’s Intended by Rachael Anderson ~Giveaway</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Come From Away by Genevieve Graham ~Review</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'Til Next Tuesday #16: Pride by Ibi Zoboi</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas ~ Review</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hardcover & ebook, 384 pages</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">April 10th 2018 by HarperTeen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The ancient land of Éirinn is mired in war. Ciara, princess of Mide, has never known a time when Éirinn’s kingdoms were not battling for power, or Northmen were not plundering their shores.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The people of Mide have always been safe because of Ciara’s unearthly ability to control her enemies’ minds and actions. But lately a mysterious crow has been appearing to Ciara, whispering warnings of an even darker threat. Although her clansmen dismiss her visions as pagan nonsense, Ciara fears this coming evil will destroy not just Éirinn but the entire world.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then the crow leads Ciara to Leif, a young Northman leader. Leif should be Ciara’s enemy, but when Ciara discovers that he, too, shares her prophetic visions, she knows he’s something more. Leif is mounting an impressive army, and with Ciara’s strength in battle, the two might have a chance to save their world.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With evil rising around them, they’ll do what it takes to defend the land they love...even if it means making the greatest sacrifice of all.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The waves viciously beat against the worn rock, sending sprays of white water into the air. It should have been deterrent enough, but the Northmen were relentless. Their longship had already landed. Men poured from its side like a wave of death. As I took in the square sail—white with a crimson skeletal dragon—my heart beat a furious rhythm in my chest. I’d fought countless Northmen in battles throughout our kingdom, but the sight of that sail still made every muscle in my body clench in warring fear and anger—and memory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I shook my head, banishing the memories before they could weaken my mind further. Sleipnir snorted and pawed the ground in response. Like other horses, he could sense my emotions. But unlike other horses, my apprehension only made him bolder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fergus wheeled his horse over to me and spat on the ground. “Let us pray the blood of the raiders will flow this day.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I glanced at the men assembled beside me and frowned. A Northman longship of the size of the one on our shore could hold at least sixty men, far more than our own crew. “The battle can go no farther than this cliff—not this time.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I tightened my grip on the hilt of my sword. My arm muscles tensed, and my heart pounded. Anticipation of the battle was always the hardest: the prickling adrenaline, the torrent of memories, the cold dread. I endured it all because my sisters and mother were huddled in fear in their room. We were the only things preventing them from being killed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I snapped my attention back to the battle. The Northmen had begun the treacherous climb to our stronghold. With any luck, we would pick them off as they emerged at the top of the cliff. The Northman raiding strategy was always to ambush. Instead of recognizing such actions as dishonorable, they seemed happy to live to fight again. They wouldn’t expect us to be waiting for them, and if we could defeat their leader quickly enough, they might retreat. There was no dishonor in retreat in their eyes either, not when their strategy to ambush meant they were usually slinking into a castle and catching its warriors unawares.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With a shout, the first man made it to the top. He showed a momentary flash of surprise that we were lying in wait for him, but he recovered quickly. Battle-axe raised and shield in front of his chest, he charged. More of the enemy followed, their armor and long beards making them indistinguishable from one another. My clansmen made rivers of their blood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong>Bachelor Remedy by Carol Ross</strong> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong><em>She’s the most unconventional woman he’ll ever meet…</em></strong>
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Raised by her healer grandfather, former army medic Ally Mowak knows her alternative approach to traditional medicine puts her at odds with most of her Alaskan town. That includes Tag James, the rugged transport pilot with the sprawling family and political ambitions. Ally couldn’t be more wrong for the aspiring senator. Then why does everything feel so right when they’re together?</span></blockquote>
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“No." Ally looked offended. "And that’s not why you like me, either. We didn’t feel anything the first couple times we met, did we? Except for irritation. I didn’t even remember who you were at one point and you thought I was a crackpot. Maybe still do, a bit.”
This was true, mostly. “Crackpot is kind of a strong term,” Tag hedged.
She chuckled. “Don’t start pulling the political correctness card on me now. I know what you thought of me. And I thought you were just another arrogant know-it-all. I’m attracted to you because you’re not those things. You are confident and smart and incredibly thoughtful and kind. You love your family, and from what I’ve seen you’re extra good to them all, especially your sisters. You’re also a paramedic, a decent basketball player and an excellent pilot, and I’ll admit I find that particular skill set highly attractive.”
Toast. He was toast. How was he supposed to resist this—her? He was 100 percent certain he’d never been tested this way in his entire life. And he’d thought running for the senate was going to be his biggest challenge.</span></div>
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As for the story...dive in knowing you will get a fully developed storyline, wonderful characters all around, and an extremely satisfying happily-ever-after.
Ross writes dialogue that is fresh, fun, and realistic just like the story itself.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong style="text-align: center;">Author Carol Ross</strong><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">USA Today bestselling author Carol Ross grew up in small town America right between the Pacific Ocean and the Cascade Mountains, in a place where you can go deep sea fishing in the morning and then hit the ski slopes the same afternoon. The daughter of what is now known as free range parents, she developed a love of the outdoors at a very early age. As a writer, Carol loves to breathe the life she has lived into the characters she creates, grateful for the “research material” that every questionable decision, adrenaline-charged misstep, and near-death experience has provided.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Love on a Limb by Laurie Lewis</strong><br />Matthew Grayken is young, successful, and dying, which is why he’s about to propose to a total stranger. He isn’t interested in love. He needs a caregiver, a companion, and someone to be his legal voice when he can no longer speak for himself.
Lonely, compassionate nurse Mikaela Compton is intrigued by Matt Grayken’s tender request, but when their friendly marriage turns into love, she rejects the inevitability of Matt’s death and prays for a miracle instead.
Mikaela succeeds in reigniting Matt’s will to fight, but his body is losing the battle and he is suffering. She recognizes that her urgent need to save Matt has caused her to betray the fundamental promise she made him--to help him die peaceably.
Matt needs a miracle, and Mikaela believes one is attainable, but she will need to leave him at the hour of his greatest need. She's about to learn that while love sometimes draws you close, it sometimes requires you to go out on a limb.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She slipped her hand back again and sat upright with her elbows on the table. “You’ve spelled out the financial terms, and the wedding plans. So far, this is just a lucrative long-term nursing job with companion care, but what are your expectations for—” her voice lowered to a whisper, “—the marriage?”
Of course, he knew this delicate issue would arise, but it was the most painful part of the equation. “I hope we’ll be great companions, enjoying friendship, respect, humor. But that’s not what you’re asking, is it?” He played with his spoon as he gathered the right words. “You want to know if a dying man would play on your sympathies to lure you into his bedroom?”
She didn’t flinch. “The thought crossed my mind.”
Try as he might to remain even, he knew his disappointment showed on his face. “Fair enough. No, Mikaela, I am not asking for a full marriage in that way, nor am I looking to fall in love. I want to avoid that, as much to protect me as to protect you.”
“I don’t understand.”
“I don’t want to grieve for anyone else as I pass, nor do I want to leave someone else grieving for me.”
“So just friendship and companionship?”
“Yes, but neither is a small thing. I’m embarrassed to admit that I find myself feeling a little anxious. I would be a bit possessive of your time and company.”
“Would I need to quit my job?”
“Not at first. I intend to work a while longer. When I quit, I’d like you to do the same. That’s when I’ll need you the most.”
Mikaela nodded quietly as she stared down at the table. Matt couldn’t read her expression, and his heart clutched.
“So what do you think?”
She looked up, tilted her head to the side, and studied his face. “I’m up for a second date.”</span></div>
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Laurie (L.C.)</b><br />Lewis knows that wherever life takes her, she will always be a Marylander at heart—a weather-whining lover of crabs, American history, and the sea. She admits to being craft-challenged, particularly lethal with a glue gun, and a devotee of sappy movies.
Therapists have been chasing her down to diagnose her multiple personality syndrome, since she writes under three names--historical fiction as L.C. Lewis, romance and women's fiction as Laurie Lewis, and general fiction as Laurie L.C. Lewis.
Laurie was honored to win the 2017 RONE Award for Inspirational Romance. She also has been an IndieBRAG Medallion Honoree, and a New Apple Literary Medallion winner. She has twice been named a Whitney Awards finalist, and a USA Best Books Award finalist<b>.</b></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><strong>Finding Peace by Melanie D. Snitker</strong> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Police Officer Tuck Chandler is good at his job. He’s also good at holding women at arm’s length. Jilted by his fiancée for his dedication to his job, he’s not about to open himself up to hurt like that again.
Laurie Blake is a struggling photographer. After growing up in a wealthy family, she’s determined to make it on her own, even if it means doing it the hard way.
When Tuck is assigned to a puzzling burglary involving Laurie’s fledgling photography business, he goes into it with his usual perseverance. He wants to help her – if she’ll let him. As the case unfolds and the mystery deepens, another question arises.
Will the past get in the way of their future?</span></blockquote>
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“Look. I wanted to apologize for yesterday.”
Of all the things Tuck might have said, that was not what Laurie had expected. “That isn’t necessary.”
Tuck stopped walking and touched her elbow. “I think that it is. I know my comment about us being friends bothered you. Which was the last thing I wanted.”
“It was silly of me to take offense at what you said. There’s nothing to apologize for.”
“I don’t think anything about you is silly.”
Tuck’s expression was open, and she just wished she knew what he was thinking. She took in a deep breath to steady her nerves. “I had the impression… Or at least I thought…” Closing her eyes, she tried to form the right words and work up the courage to let them pass her lips. “I thought there might have been something there. Because of that, I took what you said way too personally. I was wrong and I’m sorry about that.”
Feeling incredibly uncomfortable, she started down the path again. After only a couple of steps, she felt his strong hand gently hold her arm and tug her to a stop. She pivoted around and sought his eyes for an explanation.
“You weren’t wrong.”
The intensity in his gaze warmed her from the inside out. “I wasn’t?” Her words were breathless as she spoke them.
Tuck collected the strands of her hair that were blowing freely in the breeze and deposited them behind her ear. “Look, I had a relationship in the past that fell apart because of my job. It really did a number on my confidence.”
“What happened?”
They walked side by side as he told her about Jana and how much she had come to resent the interruptions his job brought to their lives.
He shrugged. “What kind of guy doesn’t know his fiancée is unhappy enough to cancel their engagement?”
“A guy whose fiancée isn’t honest with him?”
“I wish it were as simple as that.” He kicked a dirt clod with the toe of his boot and it tumbled down the slight embankment and into the pond.
Laurie stopped their progress. Ducks swam by and she watched as the ripples from their movement traveled across the surface of the pond. “It never is. Look, even if it was all your fault, are you really supposed to torture yourself over it for the rest of your life?”
“I was actually okay with that. Until my issues started to affect someone else I’m beginning to care about.”
Her breath caught as his gaze slowly explored her face and settled on her lips.</span></div>
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"It's refreshing to read a book that showed Christian values in a budding romance & police investigation. The characters where nicely developed and the storyline moved along quickly, so that I didn't want to put the book down." - Amazon Customer
"This is a must-read story for everyone who loves good, clean romance centered around families. Looking forward to reading entire series." - Kindle Reader</i></span></div>
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Melanie D. Snitker writes inspirational romance novels, including the Love's Compass series. She has enjoyed writing for as long as she can remember. She started out writing episodes of cartoon shows that she wanted to see as a child and her love of writing grew from there. She and her husband live in Texas with their two children who keep their lives full of adventure, and two dogs who add a dash of mischief to the family dynamics. In her spare time, Melanie enjoys photography, reading, baking, computer games, and hanging out with family and friends.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For eighteen-year-old Rouen Rivoche, being a fairy princess isn’t about fancy parties and happily ever afters.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rouen’s people are the dark Fae whose powers of lightning, thundersnow, and all things Winter make them cold, severe, and 100% intolerant of rebellion.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Too bad being a rebel is in Rouen’s blood.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Against tradition, she’s teamed up with Syl Skye, the sleeper-princess of the fair Fae—a mortal enemy who Rouen should want to kill but only wants to kiss. Plus, to be with Syl, Rouen’s masquerading as a glam goth-rock star and human high school student. Honestly, Rouen doesn’t think things could get any more complicated.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then, she discovers she must become Queen of the Winter Court or all her people will die. No pressure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, dark forces are amassing in the Winter Court, turning Rouen’s people against her and blocking her path to the throne. Even Syl with all her powers of white flame and Summer can’t stop this new kind of evil.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Because betrayal cuts close when it’s someone you love… and now it looks like Rouen’s going to be dethroned before she ever becomes queen.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Raised by witches and dragons in the northern wilds, GIE writes angsty urban fantasy YA romance--where girls who are mortal enemies kick butt, take names, and fall in love against all odds.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She enjoys long hikes in the woods (where better to find the fair folk?), believing in fairies (in fact, she's clapping right now), dancing with dark elves (always wear your best shoes), being a self-rescuing princess (hello, black belt!), and writing diverse books about teenage girls finding love, romance, and their own inner power.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She might be planning high tea at the Fae Court right now.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">GIE is multi-published, and in her role as an editor has helped hundreds of authors make their dream of being published a reality.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Circuit Fae series<br />
<a href="https://www.girlyengine.com/derailed">Derailed – A Moribund Prequel Novella</a><br />
<a href="http://wp.me/p7Tzb3-2Ym">Moribund eSampler (FREE)</a><br />
<a href="http://monsterhousebooks.com/books/circuit-fae/moribund-circuit-fae-1">Moribund</a><br />
<a href="http://monsterhousebooks.com/books/circuit-fae/ouroboros-circuite-fae-2">Ouroboros</a><br />
<a href="https://www.girlyengine.com/dethroned">Dethroned</a><br />
<a href="https://www.girlyengine.com/inimical">Inimical</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Title: How You Ruined My Life</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Author: Jeff Strand</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ISBN: 9781492662020</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Release Date: April 3, 2018</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Summary:</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A new hilarious novel from the author of The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever and Stranger Things Have Happened.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rod’s life doesn’t suck. If you ask him, it’s pretty awesome. He may not be popular, but he and his best friends play in a band that has a standing gig. Yeah, it’s Monday night and they don’t get paid, but they can turn the volume up as loud as they want. And Rod’s girlfriend is hot, smart, and believes in their band—believes in Rod. Aside from a winning lottery ticket, what more could he ask for?</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Answer: A different cousin. When Rod’s scheming, two-faced cousin Blake moves in for the semester, Rod tries to keep calm. Blake seems to have everyone else fooled withgood manners and suave smile, except Rod knows better. Blake is taking over his room, taking over his band, taking over his life! But Rod’s not about to give up without a fight. Game on. May the best prankster win…</span></blockquote>
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<b>Excerpt from How You Ruined</b> <b>My Life:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thanks for coming out tonight! Are you ready to rock?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A couple of people in the audience indicate that yes, they are indeed ready to begin the process of rocking. A few others don’t look up from their cell phones, but I’m confident that they’ll discover their readiness to rock as soon as we start playing. The rest of the eleven or so people in the club haven’t bothered to walk over to the dance floor. Presumably, they’re waiting for the headline act before committing to whether or not they’re mentally and physically prepared to rock.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“We’re Fanged Grapefruit,” I say into the microphone. “This first song is an original called, ‘You Can’t Train a Goldfish to Catch Popcorn in Its Mouth, So Don’t Even Try.’ One, two, three, go!”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I can’t remember which of us came up with the name Fanged Grapefruit. I think it was Clarissa, our drummer. I consider myself the creative driving force of the band, but if you see Clarissa, you’ll understand why she doesn’t lose many arguments. She’s at least six foot three (though I’ve never measured her), and you wouldn’t want to arm wrestle her unless you were willing to lose an arm. When she really gets going, her drumsticks become a blur. And when she’s done with a set, the sticks look like they’ve been gnawed on by beavers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mel, short for Melvin, is lead guitar and background vocals. I’m lead vocals and rhythm guitar. Ironically, Mel is a worse guitar player and a better singer than me. Not everything we do in Fanged Grapefruit makes sense.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mel doesn’t look like he should be in a punk rock band. He looks like he should be president of the Chess Club. Which he is, but I assure you, the guy plays chess with attitude. He also gets straight A’s and is likely to be our class valedictorian, and if so, I hope he’ll pause his inspiring commencement speech for a wicked guitar solo.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I’m Rod, short for Rodney. Nice to meet you. I’m pretty much average, I guess.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Other band names we’d brainstormed included Untidy Reptiles, Autocorrected Text Fail, Rod & the Whacknuts, Carnivorous Vegans, Impolite Music for Unruly People, The RMC Experiment, Say Goodbye to Your Ears, Pawn Takes Rook, Crunchy Noise, Crispy Noise, Chicken Fried Noise, (The Parentheticals), Apes with Monkey Faces, Hairnets Gloriously Aflame, Dog Eat Dog Eat Munchkin, The Self-Diagnosing Hypochondriacs, Sequel II, and Sushi Gun.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We play at this club, the Lane, every Monday, which is the only day you can get in if you’re under eighteen. We go onstage around eight, and we’re home by nine fifteen, so all our parents are cool with us being out on a school night. It also helps that they’ve never actually been inside the Lane, which is a bubbling pit of health code violations. If you have to go to the bathroom, hold it. Trust me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I’m sure we’d have a much bigger audience if we could play on a Friday or Saturday night, but Clarissa, Mel, and I are only sixteen, so we’ve got a couple of years to go. (Sorry if it was insulting that I did the math for you.) We hope that by the time we’re old enough to play there on a weekend, we’ll have upgraded to venues where your feet don’t stick to the floor as often.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anyway, we begin to rock out on our guitars and drums, and select members of the audience begin to move to the music. Well, okay, only two of them. And one is my girlfriend, Audrey. You might say that she doesn’t count, but we got together because I was in a band, so I think she does count, thank you very much.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Audrey runs our merch table. We never sell anything, though she gives away free stickers to people who look like they might be band managers. She’s as tiny as Clarissa is non-tiny. You won’t believe me if I say she’s the most gorgeous girl at our school, so all I’ll say is that if you look at her and look at me, you’d say, “Wow, how did that happen? He must be in a band.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">By the end of our set, three people in the audience are bopping their heads to the music. That’s a fifty percent increase from when we started. Fanged Grapefruit rules!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After dropping off Clarissa, Mel, and then Audrey (because I always pick her up first and drop her off last, even though she lives the furthest away), I go home, take a shower, and start packing my lunch for the next day.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“How was your gig?” Mom asks, walking into the kitchen.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Great! Every show gets a little better.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I was going to do that for you,” she says, pointing to the sandwich I’m making.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I know.” Mom works two jobs, both of which suck, so I’m always happy to make my own lunch. Plus I’m very specific about the spread of my peanut butter. It should be as close to the edge of the bread as possible without spilling over, and the thickness should be consistent. Generally, I’m a pretty casual guy, but not when it comes to peanut butter application. We all have our quirks.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I’ve got news,” she says.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Dad got out of prison?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dad isn’t really in prison. He left us two years ago. We joke about him being in prison as a coping mechanism.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“No.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I’m finally going to get a baby sister?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Ha. You wish.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“You got a raise?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mom shakes her head. “I did get a five-dollar tip on an eighteen-dollar meal though. That was nice.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Wild panthers have run amok in our neighborhood, gobbling up people left and right?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Maybe you should stop guessing.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Maybe I should. So is this good news or bad news?” I ask.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Well…”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I set down the butter knife. “That doesn’t sound like a good ‘well…’”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I wouldn’t necessarily call it bad news,” Mom says. “It’s definitely not the worst news ever. Nobody died or anything.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Tell me.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“You know your aunt Mary and uncle Clark?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Of course.” I don’t think I’ve seen Uncle Clark since I was six. We live in Florida, and they live in California. He and Dad never got along, so every couple of years, Aunt Mary would visit us by herself. With Dad out of the picture, I assumed we’d see more of our extended family, but it never really happened.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Aunt Mary and Uncle Clark are going on a cruise.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“That’s cool.” I consider that for a moment and then get very excited. “Are they taking us with them?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“No.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Oh.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“It’s one of those around-the-world cruises. Three whole months. Doesn’t that sound fun?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Did I mention that Aunt Mary and Uncle Clark are rich? You probably picked up on that when Mom said they were going on a three-month-long world cruise.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Is Blake going with them?” I ask.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“No. He’s not.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Suddenly, I have an idea where this conversation is headed. It doesn’t make me happy. “Maybe you should spell this out for me,” I say.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Your cousin Blake is going to live with us for three months. Isn’t that exciting?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I stare at her for a few hours.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(Possibly, I’m exaggerating.)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Starting when?” I ask.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Next week.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“You mean before the school year ends?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Yes. He’s going to transfer to your school.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“That’s messed up!”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mom shrugs. “They got a good deal on the cruise.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Where’s he going to stay? We don’t have a guest bedroom.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Well, I thought…you know…”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“He can’t share my room!” If I wasn’t almost an adult, I would have stomped my foot.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Honey, it’s only for three months.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“That’s a quarter of a year! I thought we were broke,” I say. “How are we going to pay for all that extra food?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“We’re not that broke, and obviously, your aunt and uncle will help pay for groceries.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Isn’t he a spoiled brat?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“You haven’t seen him in ten years,” Mom says.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Well, ten years ago he was a spoiled brat.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“I’m sure he’s fine now.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Doesn’t he have any friends he can stay with in California?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My mom sighs. “Rodney, he’s family. Family is always welcome in our home.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I hope I’m not coming off as whiny and selfish. If a hurricane tore the roof off their house and they lost all of their worldly possessions, sure, I’d happily donate half of my room to Cousin Blake while they rebuilt their lives. But asking me to give up my privacy so Aunt Mary and Uncle Clark can go on a luxury cruise seems kind of unreasonable.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">However, I’m pretty sure this is a done deal, and my mom has enough stress in her life without me continuing to protest.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“All right,” I say.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">“Thank you.” Mom gives me a hug. “I think you’ll enjoy having him here.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Who knows? Maybe I will. Maybe my cousin is a really cool guy. Maybe he has good taste in music. And maybe he’s witty and entertaining. And maybe he’ll be willing to help with emergency cleanup if we’re having a wild party and Mom calls suddenly to say she’s on her way home early.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We might end up being the best friends that any two cousins could ever be. We’ll giggle and frolic and be inseparable.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But probably not.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I can’t believe I have to share my room.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I return to making my lunch. I’ll try to be optimistic and pretend that these will be the best three months of my life. How bad could it be?</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><b>Summary:</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">When your best friend is just a tiny bit psychotic, you should never actually believe him when he says, "Trust me. This is gonna be awesome."</span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Of course, you probably wouldn't believe a voodoo doll could work either. Or that it could cause someone's leg to blow clean off with one quick prick. But I've seen it. It can happen.</span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">And when there's suddenly a doll of YOU floating around out there—a doll that could be snatched by a Rottweiler and torn to shreds, or a gang of thugs ready to torch it, or any random family of cannibals (really, do you need the danger here spelled out for you?)—well, you know that's just gonna be a really bad day ...</span></blockquote>
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</b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harry Houdini. Penn and Teller. David Copperfield. Marcus Millian the Third.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Okay, so Marcus isn’t a famous magician. He may not even be a great magician. But his great-grandfather, the once-legendary and long-retired Zachary the Stupendous, insists Marcus has true talent. And when Grandpa Zachary boasts that he and Marcus are working on an illusion that will shock, stun, and astonish, Marcus wishes he could make himself disappear.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The problem? Marcus also has stage fright—in spades. It’s one thing to perform elaborate card tricks in front of his best friend, Kimberly, but it’s an entirely different feat to perform in front of an audience.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then Grandpa Zachary dies in his sleep.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To uphold his great-grandfather’s honor, the show must go on. It would take a true sorcerer to pull off the trick Marcus has planned. But maybe he’s the next best thing…</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Promo & Giveaway: How You Ruined My Life by Jeff Strand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'Til Next Tuesday #15: Someday (Every Day #3) by David Levithan </span><br />
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