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The Small Rain by L'Engle Madeleine;
epub |eng | 2016-08-18 | Author:L'Engle, Madeleine;

TWELVE When she went back to the apartment where she and Julie had lived on Tenth Street (How long ago was it? Nearly eight years), the street, and its ailanthus ...
( Category: Contemporary August 15,2017 )
For the Love of the Land by Bonnie Leon
epub |eng | | Author:Bonnie Leon [Bonnie Leon]

Rebecca signed her name and then reread the letter she’d written to Collin O’Neill. It was important that it be done properly. She didn’t want to miss an opportunity to ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 15,2017 )
The Man of the House by Stephen McCauley
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen McCauley

In addition to the cookies, which I didn’t have the heart to look at, and the beer, two more bottles of which she drank in the next hour, Agnes had ...
( Category: Contemporary August 15,2017 )
Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past by Sharyn McCrumb
epub |eng | 2014-07-31 | Author:Sharyn McCrumb

* * * The wind smelled of snow. It shook the bare branches of the oaks and rattled the windows in the old farmhouse. On the sagging porch, Spencer’s cheeks ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 15,2017 )
Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson
epub |eng | 2017-01-10 | Author:Peter Swanson

Chapter 20 Mrs. Anderby actually placed a hand against her chest and gasped a little after what Alan had said. “Well, that’s what I read,” Alan continued. “Online.” “Was it ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense August 15,2017 )
Doctorow by E.L. Doctorow
epub |eng | 2017-01-10 | Author:E.L. Doctorow

When Betty told me she would go that night to Walter John Harmon, I didn’t think I reacted. But she looked into my eyes and must have seen something—some slight ...
( Category: Literary August 15,2017 )
The Heart of Thornton Creek by Bonnie Leon
epub |eng | | Author:Bonnie Leon [Bonnie Leon]

Shortly after Willa’s return, Daniel and his father rode up and disappeared into the barn. A few minutes later, a weary Daniel ambled toward the house. He dusted off his ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 15,2017 )
When the Storm Breaks by Bonnie Leon
epub |eng | | Author:Bonnie Leon

After an exciting two-day stay in Brisbane, Daniel, Rebecca, Callie, and the baby prepared to travel north to the cottage on the coast. There’d been no mention of Marshal. Daniel ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 15,2017 )
The Winter Lodge by SUSAN WIGGS
epub |eng | 2016-08-15 | Author:SUSAN WIGGS

Chapter Sixteen Daisy had been raised to expect much of herself, yet she always fell short and managed to disappoint herself time and time again. So working at the bakery ...
( Category: Women's Fiction August 15,2017 )
An Imaginary Life by David Malouf
epub |eng | 2001-07-16 | Author:David Malouf [David Malouf]

IV OUR WINTER DREAM begins. It is my fifth year in this place, and I have still not grown used to it. Day in day out there is the same ...
( Category: Contemporary August 15,2017 )
Unity by S.D. Perry
epub |eng | | Author:S.D. Perry

11 VAUGHN WOKE FROM A DREAM OF PRYNN, A VERY YOUNG PRYNN WHO shouted meaningless, angry sounds at him while he tried in vain to speak. For a second after ...
( Category: Science Fiction August 15,2017 )
Fly Away Peter by David Malouf
epub |eng | 1982-10-07 | Author:David Malouf [David Malouf]

11 IT WAS A quiet section of the front. They were billeted in an abandoned cotton mill close to the centre of town. Though Armentières by then had been fought ...
( Category: Contemporary August 15,2017 )
Rising Son by S.D. Perry
epub |eng | | Author:S.D. Perry

9 MUCH TO PIF’S annoyance, he was teamed with Aslylgof for the Hw17 job. Even Glessin would have been better than Aslylgof, because Glessin didn’t talk as much—and when he ...
( Category: Science Fiction August 15,2017 )
The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
epub |eng | | Author:Jennifer Chiaverini

James avoided me for the rest of the fair that summer. I know, because I looked for him everywhere, but I saw neither hide nor hair of him the rest ...
( Category: Women's Fiction August 15,2017 )
The Marrying Kind by Ken O'Neill
epub |eng | 2012-06-01 | Author:Ken O'Neill [O’Neill, Ken]

Chapter Fifteen: Talkin’ ’bout a Revolution My tenure at More Parties! was turning out to be quite a bit less live-from-the-trenches than I’d originally anticipated. Most days Adam and I ...
( Category: LGBT Romance August 15,2017 )

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