![]() ![]() Then again, Ethan is not likely to fall for a girl with Goth clothing, black-rimmed eyes and piercings. When Stephanie Kendrick sacrificed her entire summer in order to pass a screenwriting course, she was pissed off to be paired with a spoiled frat boy for their writing assignment. The series begins when someone discovers that pretending that they are not falling in love would be harder than pretending they actually are. ![]() She puts a new adult spin on Pygmalion, also the inspiration for Pretty Woman, and gives the classic love story its edgiest twist yet. ![]() Lauren Layne is well known for writing the ‘Redemption’ series, and the prequel to this series is titled ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ and it talks about the rules being clear until a fake relationship ends. Have you met the ladies of Stiletto? Read on to find out how you can get your hands on a copy of sharp, sexy and contemporary romance. If you are looking for feisty heroines and headstrong heroes, this woman’s work is what you should be reading. ![]() She is a Seattle native and she currently lives in the Pacific Northwest. Lauren graduated from Santa Clara University with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science that she has yet to put to good use. Before Lauren became an author, she worked in online marketing and e-commerce. Lauren Layne is the USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Keiko’s rebirth as a convenience store worker gives her structure and rules to follow – a blueprint for life. “What?” “Daddy likes yakitori, doesn’t he? Let’s grill it and have it for dinner!” Her penchant for mild sociopathy continues at school when she tries to help a teacher break up a fight between two boys by walloping one of them over the head with a shovel: “Everyone started screaming as he fell down clutching his skull.” Blueprint for life As a young child in a playground when all the other children are terrified by a dead bird, Keiko runs to her mother with a very public suggestion: “Let’s eat it!” I said. Murata writes with a deadpan humour in early scenes that have much fun depicting Keiko the outsider. ![]() ![]() Though her family and friends are aghast at this waste of her life and education, Keiko took the job upon leaving school as a way to be "reborn", to become "a normal cog in society". Convenience Store Woman tells the story of a 36-year-old social misfit who has worked for 18 years in a titular store in Tokyo. Irasshaimasé! The "stock greeting" to customers in Japanese convenience stores won't be familiar to most Irish readers, but by the end of Sayaka Murata's engaging debut novel we are so immersed in narrator Keiko Furukura's world we might expect to hear it in our local Spar. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With Ford's life in her hands, she must decide what is right and what is wrong. Q: What if you saw it happen from inside his mind?īack in her own body, Sadie is faced with the ultimate dilemma. As Sadie falls deeper into his world, dazzled by the shimmering pinpricks of color that form images in his mind, she begins to think she knows him. There's just one problem: Sadie's fallen in love with him.įord Winters is haunted by the murder of his older brother, James. ![]() She's been accepted to the prestigious Mind Corps Fellowship program, where she'll spend six weeks as an observer inside the head of Ford, a troubled boy with a passion for the crumbling architecture of the inner city. Sadie Ames is a type-A teenager from the wealthy suburbs. ![]() Q: If the boy you love commits a crime, would you turn him in? Here's the cover blurb, to get you more oriented: Minders is described by publisher Razorbill like this: "A high-concept young adult romantic thriller set in a world where through the power of technology, select elites can observe other people's every thought and action in the most direct way possible - from inside their own brain." Yeow! And how about that cover? Creepy or what? Happy Tuesday, HEA readers! To celebrate, we get to check out an exclusive excerpt from Minders by Michele Jaffe, which comes out Jan. ![]() ![]() ![]() There's a lot of plotting here, and it will take a mature reader to both follow all the various story lines and understand the often-chilling subtext. So, well written book, just be aware of the above and decide whether it is for your child/children. ![]() ![]() Same painful embarrassing kinds of memories could have been accomplished with something non-sexually related. Even my 15 year old son was so uncomfortable he skipped the audiobook to the end of that segment. not needed for the story or character development.)Īnother "scene" pertains to a male character having memories pulled from his brain and the author spent a minute or so describing his daydream/fantasy of a female character having her uniform fall off in front of him. The author decided to spend a couple sentences with the one character mentioning how they could grope themselves. Listened to this as an audiobook during a family driving trip.īe aware that the sexuality rating does not even mention "scenes" where a male character and female character are in a virtual reality simulation but have switched genders in their characters. Loved the story line and the author has a good writing style. ![]() ![]() Rick Riordan announced that he would be creating a new series on his The Sword of Summer tour, where he announced the title of his new book. Come along with Apollo and Leo for what promises to be a harrowing, hilarious, and haiku-filled ride. Fortunately, what he lacks in godly graces he’s gaining in new friendships–with heroes who will be very familiar to the fans of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus series. What is affecting the Oracles, and how can Apollo/Lester do anything about them without his powers? After experiencing a series of dangerous–and frankly, humiliating–trials at Camp Half-Blood, Lester must now leave the relative safety of the demigod training ground and embark on a hair-raising journey across North America. The only way Apollo can reclaim his rightful place on Mount Olympus is by restoring several Oracles that have gone dark. ![]() Zeus has punished his son Apollo – god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more–by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-covered sixteen-year-old mortal named Lester. ![]() |