![]() In the high-pressure lives of emergency services workers, it turns out it’s not the getting together part that’s hard, it’s the staying together. fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced. He likes driving fast and saving lives, and he doesn’t do relationshipshe does hookups. In between keeping an eye on Grandad, renovating his house, and the demands of his job, he somehow finds himself in a tentative relationship with Hayden and very slowly gets to know the damaged guy beneath the happy-go-lucky persona.īut the stressors of shift work, fatigue, and constant exposure to trauma threaten to tear Hayden and Matt apart before they’ve even found their footing together. Lights and Sirens by Lisa Henry Kindle Edition Pages: 231 Published: September 13th, 2018 Heat Level: 3 Star Rating: 4 Paramedic Hayden Kinsella is single and the life of the party. Police officer Matt Deakin moved to Townsville to take care of his elderly grandfather. until clearing the air leads to a drunken one-night stand, which leads to something neither of them was expecting: a genuine connection. ![]() ![]() Except he wouldn’t hook up with copper Matt Deakin if he were the last guy on the planet. Maybe we can get wherever it is we’re going together. He likes driving fast and saving lives, and he doesn’t do relationships-he does hookups. Paramedic Hayden Kinsella is single and the life of the party. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I like the connection between these two, but they both have a ton of baggage and it keeps piling on so much that they end up doing stupid things. I am not sure I would even call this a romance, though there is some yearning and pining going on. They have the ability to hurt each other. Both Preston and Kit have some kind of connection with each other and it isn’t just the fact that they were both with Becca. ![]() This is a very different book than I have ever read before and not only because Kit is a Lesbian. ![]() Neither of them can forget about the other. They end up becoming friends of a sort despite how they first met. They get to talking and reveal some things about themselves to each other that neither of them usually talks about. The story: Preston meets Kit on a bridge in the middle of nowhere one night after both of their worlds are thrown into chaos by the same girl. Preston is attending Yale and has a gambling problem when he finds out that his girlfriend cheated on him with a woman and is now pregnant with his child. The Hero(es): Preston Holden – the son of an NFL player that now owns a team. ![]() She is devastated when she finds out that her fiancé Becca has cheated on her with a man. She wears her heart on her sleeve and just wants to be loved. The heroine: Kit Bishop – a lesbian who falls in love over and over and keeps getting hurt. ![]() ![]() ![]() Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that he’s been hiding secrets of his own?įrom the heart of London through wild, rural Cornwall to the bleak, forbidding beauty of the Balkans, The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page. Reticent, beautiful, and musically gifted, she’s an alluring mystery, and Maxim’s longing for her deepens into a passion that he’s never experienced and dares not name. ![]() ![]() If so, it is disturbing to think what socially programmed fantasies the book fulfils. It’s a role he’s not prepared for and one that he struggles to face.īut his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected, enigmatic young woman who’s recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. More ghastly than the book, though, is the thought that this is what millions of readers might want. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his family’s noble title, wealth, and estates, and all the responsibility that entails. With his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, he’s never had to work and he’s rarely slept alone. The passionate new romance from E L James, author of the phenomenal #1 bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogy ![]() ![]() ![]() And don’t get me started on how women are represented by these ‘canonical’ authors. I have read far too many works by men throughout my time at university, because, unfortunately, majority of the ‘literary canon’ is by male authors. So I went to Waterstones and allowed myself free-reign to pick up anything at all.Īfter a while, I came across a table of books entitled something along the lines of ‘female voices’. Anyway, I didn’t want to read anything on my shelf, nor did I want to purchase anything on my to read list. I add loads of movies and tv shows to my watch list, but when it comes to actually choosing something to watch, I never choose anything from my list, and instead spend what feels like an eternity scrolling through every other category). I always have a list I want to read in the notes app of my phone of books (which, to be honest, is a great way of making certain that I’ll never read them – I do the same with Netflix. While I have a good many books on my shelves that I have so far neglected to read, I couldn’t fight the urge to go to a book shop and pick up a couple of new additions. ![]() After finishing A Thousand Splendid Suns last week I felt that I needed a slightly more light-hearted read. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Initially written in Portuguese, it would later become a bestselling sensation worldwide, translated into a number of different languages. Several years later, he would publish The Pilgrimage in 1987, and this would see him rise in popularity, but it was in 1988 that he would release The Alchemist which would really make his name. In 1982 Coelho would release his first book, Hell Archives, but this would fail to make much of an impact upon publication. With elements of new-age philosophy running throughout his work, his stories often contain protagonists finding themselves on a journey of self-discovery and embarking on a quest for truth. ![]() Also adept at historical dramas, the Brazilian writer has had his praises sung by numerous names and celebrities, perhaps most notably by Oprah Winfrey. A bestselling international sensation, his infusion of spirituality and self-help into easily digestible stories has seen him become a household name for many. As an Amazon Associate I earn money from qualifying purchasesīringing together faiths and beliefs from around the world, Paulo Coelho has been lauded from many corners for his lyrical prose and finely crafted contemporary parables. ![]() ![]() ![]() In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people “the art of being fearless.” It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it’s also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill’s prime-ministerial country home, Chequers his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest and of course 10 Downing Street in London. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally-and willing to fight to the end. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. ![]() Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review ![]() “A bravura performance by one of America’s greatest storytellers.”-NPR.The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz-an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis. ![]() ![]() She writes mystery and suspense in multiple genres, including contemporary, science fiction, and fantasy. ![]() With two degrees in computer science and an MFA in writing popular fiction, Alicia loves creative problem solving and all things mysterious. She’s now an Atlanta attorney, but she moonlights as an author, electronics junkie, and secret superhero. Website | Amazon | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Alicia Ellis decided to write books about ten minutes before graduating from law school. Her debut novel, Girl of Flesh and Metal, a young adult sci-fi mystery, was the first self-published book ever to make the American Library Association’s LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists. ![]() ![]() Alicia Ellis decided to write books about ten minutes before graduating from law school. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They had a shared sense of values, known as "the hacker ethic" that still thrives today. Levy profiles the imaginative brainiacs who found clever and unorthodox solutions to computer engineering problems. Steven Levy's classic book traces the exploits of the computer revolution's original hackers - those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early '80s who took risks, bent the rules, and pushed the world in a radical new direction. A unique example, rare and desirable signed. Best Steven Levy.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Lengthily signed by the author on the half-title page, “To hackers, a program was an organic entity that had a life independent from that of its author. $850.00 Item Number: 140919įirst edition of this classic work. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2014, a fifth installment of the series, Amarillo, was released in various translations. The publication of this 184-page collection also coincided with the European release of the series' fourth installment, L'Enfer, le silence (literally The Hell, the silence), in September 2010. In 2010, Dark Horse Comics published all three translated volumes as one volume. ![]() An English translation of the third volume was delayed due to the bankruptcy of its North American publisher, iBooks. ![]() The second volume, Arctic-Nation, was published in 2003 and the third, Âme Rouge ( Red Soul), was published in 2005. The first volume, Quelque part entre les ombres (literally Somewhere between the Shadows, but simply called Blacksad in the US), was published in November 2000. Though both authors are Spanish, their main target audience for Blacksad is the French market and thus they publish all Blacksad volumes in French first the Spanish edition usually follows about one month later. Blacksad is a noir comic series created by Spanish authors Juan Díaz Canales (writer) and Juanjo Guarnido (artist), and published by French publisher Dargaud in album format. ![]() ![]() ![]() Interactions should not primarily be for personal benefit. Interact with the community in good faith. 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