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Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Title: Make You Mine
Author: Tia Louise
Genre: Second Chance Romance
Release Date: December 4, 2018
Blurb
(Second-chance romance, forbidden love, best friend’s little sister)
A promise written on a coaster.
A lost night in a dark room.
Grayson Cole was my brother’s best friend.
He was all of my firsts.
Then he went away…
Drew Harris was just a kid, a senior in high school, my best friend’s little sister.
They said she was too young to know her feelings.
I was too old to have them, so I left to join the military.
Four years passed.
Loss, injury, angry words I can never take back.
I’m home, but I’m not the same.
Neither is she.
Now she’s a woman with flashing blue eyes, long blonde hair, and gorgeous curves.
She’s the same sweet smile, the same sassy mouth…
I could never say No to her before.
I should say No for her sake.
She deserves better than what I’ve become, scarred and damaged.
“They told me to stay away from you.
I went away to try… God, I tried.
Now everything has changed. I’m back, and
I’ll do whatever it takes to make you mine…”
(A full-length, STAND-ALONE CONTEMPORARY romance about first love, redemption, and finding your way home. No cheating; No cliffhangers.)
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Excerpt
Gray
“I dreamed
about you every night.” My confession makes her smile.
It’s the
truth. It’s the only truth I know—if she’s in danger, I’ll carry her out. If
she’s crying, I hold her until she stops. If she wants me… I can’t tell her no.
It’s been
that way since she was just a cute little kid. It’s been this way since last
summer when everything changed. I tried to fight it. She was only seventeen. I
was almost twenty-one… Her daddy would’ve shot me dead and buried my body.
I tried to
date… One time. It was a fucking disaster. I could only see her, taste her,
want her. Only Drew gets me this way.
At night,
I’d lie in bed and remember the first time we were together. Two triangles of
white fabric covered her small breasts. I could see the curves at the bottoms
and sides. They were perfect handfuls, high and pointed.
She looked
at me as if she knew what she was doing to me in that white bikini. I’m sure I
looked like an awestruck fool.
Then she
blinked and tucked her chin into her shoulder, taunting me. Her hair swished
down her back, ending at her slim waist. Her flat stomach led to round hips,
long, silky legs. Her toenails were painted bright white, and I wanted to put
them in my mouth. I’ve never wanted to do that.
I’ve never
wanted to devour someone before.
My dick was
so hard.
“I dreamed
of you touching me.” Her voice drips with desire, and just like that, I have a
steel rod in my pants. “Will you touch me now?”
“Drew…” I
should tell her no.
Being here
with her is dangerous.
If Danny
found out… He’d say what I know. I’m too old for her. She’s too young. I should
give her a chance to grow up. On top of that, I have nothing, no name, no
status. I’m an orphan raised by a nobody.
I’m working
to change it, but I haven’t yet.
She takes
my hand and places it on the top of her thigh, at the hem of her red dress.
“Touch me here,” she whispers, leaning into my ear.
She owns me
in this moment, and she knows it.
She knows
holding her is the greatest feeling in the world. It’s like coming home.
Her hand
guides mine higher, sliding up the smooth skin of her leg. I feel her body
tremble, and when my fingers touch the soft folds of her sex, I almost come in
my pants. She’s not wearing underwear.
“Drew.” My
voice is a hungry noise, the growl of a starving man.
“Yes,” she
sighs. “Touch me, Gray.”
Her nails
cut into my shoulders as I trace my fingers along the damp slit, teasing the
tiny strip of curls, dipping the tip of one finger into her tight, clenching
core. One more, and she moans. She’s so wet. I want to taste her.
“Gray…” Her
hands go to my waist, pulling at the button on my jeans. She has my pants
undone, and my erection is pointing right at her.
“Hang on.” I
stand, fishing out my wallet, finding a condom.
I turn to
the side to roll it on my aching dick.
As much as
I dream of her carrying my baby, I know neither one of us is ready for that
responsibility. Hell, I’m leaving for fucking Africa in less than two days. How
I’ll survive four years without her, I don’t have a fucking clue, but I won’t
do what they say I will. I won’t “ruin her” and run off.
My hands
are on her again, lifting her by the ass and carrying her so her back is
against the wall. Her mouth is on my neck, her soft tongue touching my hot skin
as she kisses her way higher. I’m about to explode.
“I need you
inside me.” Her lips graze my ear before she kisses it, and I don’t hesitate.
Lowering
her onto my dick, my knees almost give out. My mind tilts at the sensation of
her hot, tight, and clenching around my shaft. I have to hold still or I’ll
come. Her thighs tense around my waist, and she struggles to move, letting out
a low moan.
“Gray…” I
feel her tremble, her muscles spasm, and my brow tightens.
I raise my
head to find her eyes. “Did you come?”
Her nose
curls, and she stretches up and down on me. “I came when you touched me.” She
grips my shoulders, pulling up to kiss me. “Do it hard—the way you like it. I
want to feel you. I want to remember you were here.”
Jesus. My eyes close, and I lower my
mouth to hers. Her lips part, and our tongues curl together. I start to move, a
deep thrust, and there’s no turning back.
“Drew…”
It’s a ragged groan, and her body breaks again.
I’m
relentless, driven by a need that never lets me go. Her small breasts bounce
against my chest with every hard thrust. She moans, and her back arches, more
clenching around my dick, pulling me further in.
“Oh,” she
gasps, and I brace myself.
This is
better than any drug. She’s my crack cocaine.
My hands
grip her hips, pulling us together again and again, until I break, pressing her
to the wall, filling that condom with every pulse, the way I dream of filling
her, of putting my baby into her, of having all the things I want with her, a
home, a family.
I’m
breathing hard. My eyes are closed, and her fingers trace my neck, thread into
my hair. She kisses my jaw, my cheek. The sensations consume me, overpower me.
I hold onto her as I fumble my way back to Earth. I got lost in heaven.
Mine…
Mine… The word
echoes in my ears on every heartbeat. What will it take to make her mine?
Author Bio
Tia Louise
is the USA Today best-selling,
award-winning author of When We Touch,
the “Bright Lights,” “One to Hold,” and “Dirty Players” series, and co-author
of the #4 Amazon bestseller The Last Guy.
After being
a teacher, a book editor, a journalist, and finally a magazine editor, she
started writing love stories and never stopped.
Louise
lives in the Midwest with her trophy husband, two teenage geniuses, and one
grumpy cat.
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Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Title: Melt With You
Series: Into the Fire #8
Author: J.H. Croix
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Blurb
Harlow
A wedding,
a one-night stand, and no happily-ever-after.
That’s how
it all started with Max Channing.
Along comes
another cliché – a second chance.
A year
later, I’m about to face Christmas alone when tall, dark & s*xy as h*ll Max
shows up again.
Our lives
are worlds apart. He’s a billionaire tech investor. I’m a hotshot firefighter.
Nothing
about us makes any sense.
I never
thought I’d see him again after the hottest night of my life.
I was
wrong, so very wrong.
When our
paths cross again, we break every rule.
And set each
on fire.
Max
Harlow May
tests every limit I have and makes me want to break every d*mn rule she
creates.
She’s a
temptation I can’t seem to resist.
She fits no
category. She’s strong & sassy and a firefighter to boot.
She fights
the fire between us.
Once I have
a taste, no one else will do.
I’ll fight
for her and for us.
I only want
one woman. Harlow.
*This is a
full-length, standalone romance with a guaranteed HEA.
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USA Today Bestselling Author J. H. Croix lives in a small town in the
historical farmlands of Maine with her husband and two spoiled dogs. Croix
writes steamy contemporary romance with sassy independent women and rugged
alpha men who aren't afraid to show some emotion. Her love for quirky
small-towns and the characters that inhabit them shines through in her writing.
Take a walk on the wild side of romance with her bestselling novels!
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Wednesday, 31 October 2018
The Spellwork Syndicate Book 2
by Lola Dodge
Published 30 October 2018
by Ink Monster LLC
For fans of Hex Hall, The Magicians, Practical Magic, and Food Wars!
After her run-in with a jealous warlock, apprentice baker Anise Wise can’t wait to get back the kitchen where she belongs. But thanks to her brush with death, the land of the living isn’t all cupcakes and marshmallows.
Anise’s magical mojo is way out of whack and her evolving powers are stirring up trouble. As the town buzzes with news that Anise can bake deathly spells, unsavory characters start lining up for a taste. They’ll stop at nothing for the chance to use Anise and her witchcraft to further their own plots.
She plans to hole up researching magic recipes until the attention dies down, but then she discovers the horrifying terms of her bodyguard’s contract. Wynn has saved her life so many times, she can’t leave him trapped. But doing the right thing will mean risking death or worse—being cast out of her dream job.
For this witch, justice might not be as sweet as advertised.
Let's just get this one thing out of the way before we do anything else in this review, readers. These covers are killing me! I have died and gone to purple heaven and you cannot make me leave.
I want paperbacks so I can have these books facing outwards on my shelf just facing the room and when I need a bookish pick-me-up, I can just glance over and BAM! Shot of purple power! I'm not saying purple is one of my top 3 favourite colours but I did dye all of my hair purple for a few months a few years ago. No, really. It was a tacky purple explosion of rebellion I enjoyed flaunting in a small Southern Baptist Georgia town. *sigh* Ah, memories. Moving on!
In Sugar Spells, we return to Taos, Arizona and our heroine, Anise Wise, and her compatriots weeks after the events of Deadly Sweet. We quickly learn that Anise has been banned from working at her great-aunt Agatha's magical bakery for the time being as her magic's gone a tad bit awry following her near-death experiences of the first book and she's now filled with death magic. Because you don't want to accidentally sell any tourists a death-laced custard bomboloni, right?
Well, Anise decides that, yes, she's going to sell death-laced macarons to see if that will get the death magic to wear off. To a well-paying shifty customer who actually wants to eat an entire batch on a regular basis, and she's doing it in order to help her Shield, Wynn, pay off his indentured servitude contract.
Now. For the whosits and whatsits. I'm glad to see that Gabi gets more of a role in Sugar Spells than she had in Deadly Sweet where you had to skip back to remind yourself who she was a few times. When her new death magic starts to act up, Anise seeks refuge at Gabi's animal rescue/hospital and stays in a cottage apartment away from other lifeforms. We also see a fair bit of Blair, Anise's other best friend, including a bestie shopping trip with all three of them and their bodyguard contingent.
Thankfully, Anise steps away from the bumbling blonde routine she had developed in Deadly Sweet and it seems as if she's found her feet in Sugar Spells. I'm so thankful for that, too. She doesn't sit about waiting for her mum or Aunt Agatha for Wynn or anybody and everybody BUT her to do the figuring out of things for her this time. Instead of waiting around for someone or something to fix her magic, she takes the magic bull by the horns and keeps trying to find a way.
My favourite part is, of course, the magical baking. I mean, if I could make good fortune blueberry-lemon bars, well, I wouldn't be typing, I'd be baking. And, if anybody wants to try to make macarons after reading Sugar Spells, here's 12 Tips for perfect macaron feet because the feet are important!
Wynn maintains his steadfast role of silent but deadly throughout the story, except for moments where Anise manages to break his stony façade and he gifts us with a full sentence or two. Call the news, it's a miracle!
I'm giving Sugar Spells 4 stars because it improved a lot from Deadly Sweet and it gave me the edge of my seat feeling a few times. You know how much I love that edge of my seat feeling.
Now. For the whosits and whatsits. I'm glad to see that Gabi gets more of a role in Sugar Spells than she had in Deadly Sweet where you had to skip back to remind yourself who she was a few times. When her new death magic starts to act up, Anise seeks refuge at Gabi's animal rescue/hospital and stays in a cottage apartment away from other lifeforms. We also see a fair bit of Blair, Anise's other best friend, including a bestie shopping trip with all three of them and their bodyguard contingent.
Thankfully, Anise steps away from the bumbling blonde routine she had developed in Deadly Sweet and it seems as if she's found her feet in Sugar Spells. I'm so thankful for that, too. She doesn't sit about waiting for her mum or Aunt Agatha for Wynn or anybody and everybody BUT her to do the figuring out of things for her this time. Instead of waiting around for someone or something to fix her magic, she takes the magic bull by the horns and keeps trying to find a way.
My favourite part is, of course, the magical baking. I mean, if I could make good fortune blueberry-lemon bars, well, I wouldn't be typing, I'd be baking. And, if anybody wants to try to make macarons after reading Sugar Spells, here's 12 Tips for perfect macaron feet because the feet are important!
Wynn maintains his steadfast role of silent but deadly throughout the story, except for moments where Anise manages to break his stony façade and he gifts us with a full sentence or two. Call the news, it's a miracle!
You can find some of her stories at Ink Monster. The rest are in progress and are represented by Rebecca Strauss at DeFiore & Company.
Questions? Concerns? Fears for Miss Dodge's sanity? E-mail Miss Dodge at lola@loladodge.com or visit her at any of her public social media.
Other books by Lola Dodge that I've reviewed include the first in The Spellwork Syndicate Series, Deadly Sweet, back when I first started this blog.
I was going to post this yesterday, but I've spent the past 3 days trying to make words into proper sentences. I pretty much had "book good. you buy." for a review until today. I spent the weekend moving from one apartment in my complex to another because they're renovating my old building and my new one is already renovated, we have all tile floors now, so everything echoes now. That's going to take some getting used to. I'm heavy into procrastinating on the unpacking thing. I've gotten my books partially unpacked and that's about it. I have my priorities, right?
Also, here's the one photo left of my purple hair rebellion, there's probably more with my friends back in Georgia and my ex and his daughter but this is the only one I sort of liked. This was right before all the piercings and tattoos, actually. I only had 2 sets of piercings and they were in my ears! I'm actually piercing-free because of all my medical issues right now, but I'm going to re-pierce this winter. I miss all the metal.
Since today is Halloween, I think I'll use this as a time to share Magic Wheelchair, a nonprofit that builds amazing costumes for children in wheelchairs - at no cost to families. You can donate time, money, fundraise, or raise awareness by purchasing Magic Wheelchair t-shirts (which look pretty amazing).
And with that, darling readers, I bid you all adieu. I'm exhausted and headed to bed. Until next time, have a happily ever after!
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
The Cursed Ravens MC, Book 2
Chantal Fernando
Published on 9 July 2018 by Pocket Star
A single father struggles to change for his daughters and the woman he loves in this second book in the Cursed Ravens Motorcycle Club series from New York Times bestselling author Chantal Fernando.
As a single father of two girls and the sergeant at arms for the Cursed Ravens Motorcycle Club, Jack “Knuckles” Chester doesn’t have much free time. And having earned his road name from his reputation as a fighter, Knuckles isn’t one to back away from a challenge.
But what he'll never admit out loud is that his two daughters have changed him irrevocably, softened him even. And these two girls are the only women who will ever hold his heart forever. That is, until he meets Celina.
Celina is nothing like the women Knuckles used to date. She’s a journalist for the local newspaper, and basically just has her life together. And the last thing she wants is to be involved with a Cursed Raven. But when the ripped, badass biker worms his way into her heart, she has trouble remembering all the reasons they would never work.
But when a shocking story is published her newspaper, it breaks the thin trust she has with Knuckles. Will she lose him forever? Or will Knuckles fight to keep Celina in his life?
That's all for today, folks. Tomorrow I have yet another doctor's appointment and another blood draw and I am not looking forward to it. If you're looking for a place to donate to, the American Red Cross has a donation page set up to help aid people affected by Hurricane Michael. Until next time, have a happily ever after.
I received a digital copy of Knuckle Down from the publisher via
NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The following review contains
opinions that are mine and mine alone.
I
was honestly in love with Knuckles the Cursed Ravens’ Sergeant in Arms in Ace
of Hearts and I was overly excited to learn that he was next in line to receive
his own story ( there was squealing) and I quickly made the request to review as soon as I saw the
listing go up on NetGalley.
I
had some worries about pairing Knuckles with Erin’s journalist cousin, Celina,
since journalists and bikers totally go well together, right? Ha. I just knew
that our sweet and amazing Knuckles was in for a rough time of it. But I
buckled my seat belt and prepared for the ride. No, really. I read this on the
way to the medical centre for my MRI scans. I buckled up, my mum’s not a Sunday
driver. Knuckles and Celina work, they have a bumpy journey, but Knuckles isn’t
your stereotypical biker and Celina isn’t your stereotypical journalist. And
that’s what makes this work, thankfully. I’d have been heartbroken if Knuckles
didn’t get a HEA.
Knuckles is enamoured of his bestie’s cousin, Celina, the moment
he sets eyes on her at Erin’s birthday party. He politely bulldozes his way
through the roadblocks Celina’s erected to keep all men at bay since her
disastership with her workmate and Celina recognises that yes, she likes
Knuckles and she’s letting her past relationship and her daddy issues cloud her
vision when it comes to Knuckles. We also see Knuckles letting his past
relationship with his daughters’ mother cloud his relationship with Celina a
few times. If nothing else, we do learn that open communication is important,
right?
From the very beginning of the story we see Celina having an
internal struggle between her journalistic drive and her morals. Should she use
her family connection to the Cursed Ravens MC to get an all-access pass to
write a front-page story or not? She even tries to reason that if it's a positive story on the MC, it'd be okay. Can I have some of whatever she's on? We see this tug of war go back and forth for a good portion of the book, and it only gets worse as her relationship with Knuckles progresses. Be forewarned, this storyline will frustrate you and you
will be tempted to pull your hair out.
I loved the bit we saw of Celina's best friend, Akeira, she reminded me of my sister and that's always a good thing. No filter and a taste for adventure. I wish there'd been more of her!
I was a bit disappointed that Knuckles didn’t get a more action-packed
story for being an enforcer but I’m also glad he got a more emotional story
because it showed him as more than a stereotyped biker. Oh, look at me. I
learned something. Ha. I’m kidding, y’all.
I loved how Knuckles was always a gentleman towards Celina, never
invading her personal space except when they were flirting, and it was still
done respectfully. No groping! Even when they’re playing chase at the beach in
bathing suits, Knuckles doesn’t grab Celina inappropriately. I was just so
proud of him. Don’t judge me.
Knuckles, along with his two daughters, Willow and Westley,
quickly become regular fixtures in Celina’s home. It’s a normal occurrence for
Knuckles to bring the girls over for dinner and a movie. While she’s
consciously still fighting the lasting relationship aspect of their
relationship, Celina’s already acting maternal towards the girls. You might as well just give them keys, honey.
The big event at the end really freaked the living tar out of me,
readers. I actually had to take a moment to just breathe – both times I read
it! I can’t tell y’all about it, because spoilers and all, but eesh, it made me
thank the deities my momma is my momma. Long story and it'd be a bit of a spoiler. But y'all,
I had a lot of laughs reading Knuckle Down, and I even reread it
because I enjoyed it the first time through. I don’t like rereading books
within the first year because I’ve got a photographic memory and I loathe déjà
vu. But I reread Knuckle Down and it was totally worth it. Because I took
notes! Don't expect that to happen again, it was so constrictive and I couldn't knit while I read. So annoying.
Overall, I'm giving Knuckle Down a 4 out of 5 stars and 2 flames for the sexy times. Although, that one scene on the stairs had my friend and I both hoping Celina has some good insurance for a chiropractor!
New York Times, Amazon & USA Today Bestselling Author Chantal Fernando is thirty years old and lives in Western Australia.
Lover of all things romance, Chantal is the author of the best selling books Dragon's Lair, Maybe This Time and many more.
When not reading, writing or daydreaming she can be found enjoying life with her three sons and family.
That's all for today, folks. Tomorrow I have yet another doctor's appointment and another blood draw and I am not looking forward to it. If you're looking for a place to donate to, the American Red Cross has a donation page set up to help aid people affected by Hurricane Michael. Until next time, have a happily ever after.
Sunday, 14 October 2018
You grow up never knowing who will make the most
impact in your life until you reach a certain age and then you hear that
someone’s died and it hits you. They shaped your life in ways you didn’t even
notice before. That's what Miss Bev of The Bookworms' Exchange did. She shaped my life in ways I'm just discovering now that she's dead.
Beverly Brown ran a used bookstore that my family
frequented every time we drove to Burlington, Vermont. We lived in small-town
St Albans, Vermont and Burlington was and still is the bustling city where
everything happens. And Miss Bev had The Bookworms' Exchange where you could
bring in your read books and she’d give you store credit for other books. Why am
I explaining the concept of an used book store to y’all? Anyways. I grew up in
The Bookworms' Exchange and Miss Bev was always recommending books to me. I’d burst
through the door – because I was a wild child and never did anything calmly
back then, and run up to the counter where she’d be reading crocheting something for
charity and I’d ask her what book she thought I’d like. And sometimes she’d
have a book or two stashed under the counter with a note on them with “Miss
Margo” written on it and they’d be definite buys for that trip. Even after we
started moving around the Eastern Seaboard, we’d make it back home every now
and then, and we’d stop by Miss Bev’s place and I’d come bursting through that
door same as always and she’d still remember me, even on my last trip home when
I was a week away from turning 13. She still remembered me and she still had
the best book suggestions for me.
She introduced me to so many amazing books that took
me to far off places and different worlds, and as a kid going through absolute
hell, that was a wonderful gift she gave to me and I can honestly never repay
that debt.
Every time I buy gifts for kids, it's always books because of Miss Bev. Every time I walk into a used bookstore, I think of Miss Bev's place. Every time I start writing a review for this site, I think about all of the books and authors Miss Bev introduced me to. I constantly weeble wobble between becoming an ACA accredited librarian and owning a cafe/bookstore and it's in great part because of Miss Bev. Miss Bev made a major impact on my life and I never got to tell her that because I stopped going home.
But what I realised just recently was, she also impacted my life in
another way. She also crafted for charity and I never really put it together with my thing. Next time I'm asked why I mainly knit for charity, I won’t answer with “otherwise, I’d be buried in finished projects”. I’ll answer with “because a bookworm taught me to”. I didn’t know it, but she did. Miss Bev's final act of charity was to request that instead of sending flowers, people donate to the Children’s Literacy Foundation that serves Vermont and New Hampshire or to the Chittenden County Humane Society.
This post was written while I was crying and there’s
like, no editing, but Miss Bev was an amazing woman and she will live on in the
hearts of every bookworm she helped create and I wanted to do something to say
she was a part of my creation. In memorium of Miss Bev, I present to you, my first book list - in no particular order.
ღ Wolfwalker by Tara K Harper
ღ Nemesis by Louise Cooper
ღ Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. He will grow up fast.
But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Neither was found suitable for the military's purpose. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. Valentine's abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Hiding their youth and identities behind the anonymity of the computer networks, these two begin working together to shape the destiny of Earth-an Earth that has no future at all if their brother Ender fails.
ღ Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
ღ The Giver by Lois Lowry
ღ Dragon's Blood by Jane Yolen
10 Books Recommended by Miss Bev
Goodreads links are in the covers as usual!
Dion was a healer and a wolfwalker, and the unique telepathic bond that she shared with the wolf Gray Hishn sometimes seemed to amplify her sensitivity to her patients. But she never guessed how strong that bond could be, or what kind of power it could wield, until she found herself lost in the wilderness, with angry slavers at her heels and war on the horizon. Suddenly she and her fellow travelers were fighting for their lives in the snowy winter wastes, where the wolves were their only guides, the greatest secret of the ancients their only salvation...and Dion their only hope to survive.
ღ Redwall by Brian Jacques
As the inhabitants of Redwall Abbey bask in the glorious Summer of the Late Rose, all is quiet and peaceful. But things are not as they seem. Cluny the Scourge, the evil one-eyed rat warlord, is hell-bent on destroying the tranquility as he prepares to fight a bloody battle for the ownership of Redwall. This dazzling story in the Redwall series is packed with all the wit, wisdom, humor, and blood-curdling adventure of the other books in the collection, but has the added bonus of taking the reader right back to the heart and soul of Redwall Abbey and the characters who live there.
This first book of the series establishes the setting for the following seven. Princess Anghara had no place in the Forbidden Tower, and no business tampering with its secrets. But she did, and now the seven demons are loose and her world is cursed, prey to the wrath of the Earth Goddess.
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. He will grow up fast.
But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Neither was found suitable for the military's purpose. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. Valentine's abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Hiding their youth and identities behind the anonymity of the computer networks, these two begin working together to shape the destiny of Earth-an Earth that has no future at all if their brother Ender fails.
ღ Acorna: the Unicorn Girl by Anne McCaffrey
"Something's Alive In There!"
She was just a little girl, with a tiny horn in the center of her forehead, funny-looking feet, beautiful silver hair, and several curious powers: the ability to purify air and water, make plants grow, and heal scars and broken bones. A trio of grizzled prospectors found her drifting in an escape pod amid the asteroids, adopted her, and took her to the bandit planet Kezdet, a place where no questions are asked and the girl might grow up free.
But Kezdet has its own dark secret. The prosperity of the planet is based on a hideous trade in child slave labor, administered by "The Piper" -- a mystery man with special plans for Acorna and her powers. But free little girls have a way of growing into freedom-loving young women, and Acorna has special plans all her own. . .
No one ever told Margaret Simon that eleven-going-on-twelve would be such a hard age. When her family moves to New Jersey, she has to adjust to life in the suburbs, a different school, and a whole new group of friends. Margaret knows she needs someone to talk to about growing up-and it's not long before she's found a solution.
Twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind this fragile community.
Dragons are trained to fight to the death, and two determined teens help free them in this spellbinding saga.
Training a dragon to be a fighting champion is the only way to freedom for fifteen-year-old Jakkin.
ღ Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid LindgrenTraining a dragon to be a fighting champion is the only way to freedom for fifteen-year-old Jakkin.
Ronia, who lives with her father and his band of robbers in a castle in the woods, causes trouble when she befriends the son of a rival robber chieftain.
ღ Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C Wrede
Cimorene is everything a princess is not supposed to be: headstrong, tomboyish, smart - and bored. So bored that she runs away to live with a dragon - and finds the family and excitement she's been looking for.
Read in Peace, Miss Bev.
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