"Highly recommended." – Midwest Book Review Haunted by memories of Afghanistan, and determined to protect the Hawaii he loves from dirty politics tied to huge destructive energy developments, Pono turns to Special Forces buddies and his own skills to fight his deadly enemies, trying to both save himself and track down her killers.Ī national US best-seller, Saving Paradise is alive with the sights, sounds and history of Hawaii, a rich portrait of what Pono calls "the seamy side of paradise", and a relentless thriller of politics, lies, manhunts and remorseless murder. What he learns soon targets him for murder or life in prison as a cabal of powerful corporations, foreign killers and crooked politicians focuses the blame on him. When a beautiful journalist drowns mysteriously off Waikiki, former Special Forces veteran Pono Hawkins, now a well-known Hawaii surfer and international surfing journalist, quickly gets caught in trying to solve her death. To tourists Hawaii is an air-conditioned tanning booth with shopping, booze, bikinis, and lots of smiling low-paid help.
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Take a look at the covers by Jenny Frision, Frank Cho and Mike Del Mundo as well as a preview of this début issue. Loki: Agent of Asgard #1 is available in comic stores and digitally from February 5th. For all you Thor fans out there, don’t stress, there is most likely to be a twist. So what is Loki’s first mission? Loki must preform a high stakes heist on Avengers Tower and kill Thor. Expect Loki to lie, cheat and deceive but this time for a good cause. As Asgardias one-man secret service, Loki is ready to lie, cheat and steal. Although, just because he is trying to be good doesn’t mean that he isn’t still up to his old tricks. Loki: Agent Of Asgard - The Complete Collection by Al Ewing, Jason Aaron. Now that he is in adult form he is trying to fix his reputation by taking on missions for the All-Mother, the current leaders of Asgard. Written by Al Ewing (Mighty Avengers, 2000AD) and with art by Lee Garbett (Batgirl), Loki: Agent of Asgard will see the mischievous Loki taking missions in the name of Asgard.īut isn’t Loki a bad guy? He was, but since dying and being resurrected as a child* he has been on the straight and narrow. So there is no better time than any for Loki to have his own series again. Tom Hiddleston has been able turn the character into his own and as a result he has become one of the most popular of Marvel’s characters. Old God - New Trickster Kid Lokis all grown up - and the God of Mischief is stronger, smarter, sexier and just plain sneakier than ever before. If there is one character that has benefited the most from the Marvel cinematic universe it would have to be Loki. This series started out hit or miss with me, but two in a row have been really fun reads so I’m on board. But the real test lies ahead: eliminating a hidden enemy, so that he and Dwyn can seal their Highland passion with a vow. Her lush figure and eager kisses delight him, as does her honesty. Lady Dwyn is not nearly as plain as she thinks. But one lass in particular draws his attention from the moment he spies her climbing a tree. Yet a chance encounter with a stranger in the orchard awakens her to a new world of sensation and possibility…Īfter weeks away, Geordie Buchanan returns to find his home swarming with potential brides, thanks to his loving but interfering family. Since her betrothed died, Dwyn has resigned herself to becoming an old maid. She isn’t long-legged and slender like her sisters, or flirtatious and wily like other lasses. Lady Dwyn Innes feels utterly out of place among the eligible women who’ve descended on Buchanan Keep, vying for the attention of the last unmarried brothers. CLICK TO PURCHASE Highland Brides, Book 8 From the publisher:įour Buchanan brothers have found their brides…only three more to go in this scintillating romance from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands… Her genius, however, was unquestioned by her partner Alice B Toklas, who dedicated her life to supporting the work of the woman she loved. She influenced a generation of artists and writers, but her own work remains hotly debated for its controversial and sometimes contradictory statements. One of the most significant and contentious female voices in the 20 th century, Gertrude Stein rose to international notoriety with her memoir The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas. Before they leave, they want to find out what has become of their artistic and cultural influence, and how their lives and work are – or are not – remembered. The couple recounts stories of their 40-year marriage, of meetings with iconic artists and writers, and of Alice’s overwhelming, consuming devotion to Gertrude’s genius. Visiting the audience in the present day, Gertrude and Alice come to find out how history has treated them. "Just days before the official birth of independent India and Pakistan in August 1947, Khushwant Singh, a lawyer then practicing in the High Court in Lahore, drove alone across what would soon become a bloody frontier and arrived here at his family’s summer cottage in the foothills of the Himalayas. Having only just returned from vacation I haven't been able to write my own thoughts on Khushwant Singh's "Train To Pakistan", so I share with you what the New York Times had to say: This book is one of my favorites because it describes simply, yet effectively, the price paid, in terms of lost lives, loss of property, displacement etc., the price India paid for its independence. It is titled, "Train to Pakistan" and is written by veteran Indian journalist and author, Khushwant Singh. Tomorrow India celebrates 60 years of Independence from British colonial rule, Happy Independence Day,India!!! To commemorate the occasion I thought I would share with you a book that I always make time to read around this time of year. Year: First written, 1956,this publication, 2006 Kimberly Derting does it again! THE TAKING is an exciting, fast-paced thriller with an eerie and intriguing paranormal mystery at the heart of it. Kyra races to find an explanation and reclaim the life she once had, but what if the life she wants back is not her own There are others like her who have been taken. As Tyler and Kyra retrace her steps from the fateful night of her disappearance, they discover strange phenomena that no one can explain, and they begin to wonder if Kyra's father is not as crazy as he seems. With Austin gone, she turns to Tyler, Austin's annoying kid brother, who is now seventeen and who she has a sudden undeniable attraction to. Confused and lost, Kyra isn't sure how to move forward unless she uncovers the truth. Her parents are divorced, her boyfriend, Austin, is in college and dating her best friend, and her dad has changed from an uptight neat-freak to a drunken conspiracy theorist who blames her five-year disappearance on little green men. Everything else about Kyra's old life is different. With a terrible headache and a major case of déjà vu, she heads home only to discover that five years have passed. When sixteen-year-old Kyra Agnew wakes up behind a Dumpster at the Gas 'n' Sip, she has no memory of how she got there. But how can she possibly let down her guard again to a guy who has heartbreak written all over him? Soon their friendly meetings turn into flirty dinner dates, and Kailyn can feel their chemistry is as explosive as ever. And though Kailyn hasn't forgiven Dax, she isn't heartless enough to make him fend for himself, either. As guardian to his thirteen-year-old sister, he's in way over his head. Of course, she never saw his betrayal coming, either. In fact, their meet cute led to a friendship she never saw coming. Then she did the unthinkable: She became a mortifying fangirl in five seconds flat, which may or may not have included professing her undying love. Kailyn Flowers was always calm, rational, and controlled-until she ended up sprawled all over Daxton Hughes, the former actor she totally crushed on as a teenager. Fans of Jasmine Guillory's The Wedding Date and Helen Hoang's The Kiss Quotient will love Meet Cute." - The Washington Independent Review of Books "As charming as its title, but it's also so much more. The New York Times bestselling author of Pucked and The Good Luck Charm delivers a Hollywood happily-ever-after where a famous heartthrob falls for his ultimate fangirl. Many of these unpublished cases repose in a safe-deposit box at Cox and Co. Is that significant? Holmes constantly reminds us of the importance of trifles.) Watson tantalizingly alludes to a number of others, “for which the world is not yet prepared.” Recall some of their titles: “The Giant Rat of Sumatra,” “The Politician, the Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant,” “The Amateur Mendicant Society” and “The Singular Adventures of the Grice Patersons in the Island of Uffa.” Don’t they all inspire reverie and speculation? (Note, for instance, the word “in” rather than the expected “on” in that last case. There are 56 short stories and four novels in the established canon of the Sherlock Holmes adventures. Watson has just left for a stay with friends in the country, and her husband has, temporarily, moved back into his old rooms.Īnd so the stage is set for one of the greatest cases of Victorian England’s greatest detective. Watson, no longer lives at 221B Baker St., having wed Mary Morstan, whom he met two years previously in “The Sign of the Four.” But, as “ The House of Silk” opens, Mrs. It is the year 1890, the month of November, and Sherlock Holmes is rapidly recovering from three days and nights of starvation, part of an elaborate ruse to trick a murderer, in “The Adventure of the Dying Detective.” Only a few weeks before that, he had solved the ingenious mystery of “The Red-Headed League.” His friend and chronicler, Dr. Typical popular folklore suggests that Samhain was a festival based on human sacrifice. Generally, it is agreed upon that Halloween has its origins in the Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of summer. It is the night when ghosts walk and fairies and goblins are abroad… We cannot understand this curious mixture unless we go back into history and unravel the threads from which the present holiday pattern has been woven. At the same time, it commemorates beings and rites with which the church has always been at war. It is the eve of All Hallows-or Hallowmas or All Saints’ Day-and as such it is one of the most solemn festivals of the church. Scholars Ralph and Adelin Linton write:Īmong all the festivals which we celebrate today, few have histories stranger than that of Halloween. This festive day also carries a lot of baggage, however. Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking-for lack of a better word-on Instagram for the last few months. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. She just quit her well-paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment. |