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Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena María Viramontes
epub |eng | 1995-04-01 | Author:Helena María Viramontes [Viramontes, Helena María]

Estrella ran, feeling the breeze on her face. If Maxine were here, she would have run to her, but instead she ran as fast as her clumsy boots allowed to ...
( Category: United States August 25,2018 )
In the Midst of Life by Ambrose Bierce
epub |eng | | Author:Ambrose Bierce [Bierce, Ambrose]

GEORGE THURSTON THREE INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A MAN GEORGE THURSTON was a first lieutenant and aide-de-camp on the staff of Colonel Brough, commanding a Federal brigade. Colonel Brough ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies August 25,2018 )
in the Shadow Of the Cypress (2010) by Steinbeck Thomas
epub |eng | 2011-01-14 | Author:Steinbeck, Thomas [Thomas, Steinbeck,]

AND THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP ITS DEAD "Wisdom is not a birthright, it is a treasured inheritance." --CHINESE PROVERB NINETEEN NINETY-EIGHT WAS A TROUBLING year for young Charles Lucas, ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense August 25,2018 )
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
epub |eng | | Author:Robert Olen Butler

PREPARATION Though Thy’s dead body was naked under the sheet, I had not seen it since we were girls together and our families took us to the beaches at Nha ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies August 25,2018 )
A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
epub, azw3 | | | Author:Robert Olen Butler

PREPARATION Though Thủy's dead body was naked under the sheet, I had not seen it since we were girls together and our families took us to the beaches at Nha ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies August 25,2018 )
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride
epub |eng | | Author:Eimear McBride [McBride, Eimear]

PART IV EXTREME UNCTION 1 Jesus that. Stink of that. City when I got off the train. Get a lungful of that in you and see how you do, she ...
( Category: Women's Fiction August 25,2018 )
(Lester Family Saga 02) - A Lady Of Expectations by Stephanie Laurens
epub |eng | 2011-02-22 | Author:Stephanie Laurens [Laurens, Stephanie]

"My aunt was commenting on that fact," Sophie returned, keeping her gaze firmly on their surroundings. "I believe that a number of ladies are considering holding coming-out balls next week." ...
( Category: Regency August 25,2018 )
The Credit Draper by J. David Simons
epub |eng | 2014-03-15 | Author:J. David Simons [Simons, J. David]

Twenty-eight IT WAS DEEP INTO THE NIGHT when he awoke to a light thudding sound at the door. At first, he thought the noise came from the snout or claw ...
( Category: Contemporary August 24,2018 )
The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson
epub |eng | 2003-01-01 | Author:Neta Jackson [Jackson, Neta]

24 Dia’s daddy? Back? “Uh, I thought . . . but you said . . .” Didn’t Chanda say her “baby’s daddy” had a new girlfriend and they’d gone off ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 24,2018 )
Bedtime Eyes by Amy Yamada
epub |eng | 1985-01-02 | Author:Amy Yamada [Yamada, Amy]

• ' 1 0 4 A M Y Y A M A D A glance, and I could have had him licking my boots with just a sigh But now ...
( Category: Contemporary August 24,2018 )
Anansi Boys: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
epub, pdf |eng | 2005-09-20 | Author:Neil Gaiman [Gaiman, Neil]

SPIDER HAD SLEPT PEACEFULLY IN HIS OWN ENORMOUS BED, in his place in Fat Charlie’s spare room. He had begun to wonder, in a vague sort of way, whether Fat ...
( Category: Contemporary August 24,2018 )
An Evening of Long Goodbyes: A Novel by Paul Murray
epub |eng | 2007-12-18 | Author:Paul Murray [Murray, Paul]

9 Taking my chance meeting with Hoyland to be nothing less than a warning from the gods, I did not attempt any other agencies that day. The rain had become ...
( Category: British & Irish August 24,2018 )
An Adultery by Alexander Theroux
epub, azw3 |eng | 1989-12-31 | Author:Alexander Theroux [Theroux, Alexander]

13 Farol was a fascinator. Her compulsion was to notice every man in the self-challenging way she set herself – I’d once in passing mentioned a colleague of mine from ...
( Category: Contemporary August 24,2018 )
An Unsuitable Match by Joanna Trollope
epub |eng | | Author:Joanna Trollope

CHAPTER ELEVEN Wood Cottage had a lovely garden. Rose could see that, could see how lovely it was and, more importantly, how it could be made lovelier. It faced south, ...
( Category: Women's Fiction August 24,2018 )
An Assembly Such as This: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman by Pamela Aidan
epub |eng | 2006-06-06 | Author:Pamela Aidan [Aidan, Pamela]

O, God, who by Thy Spirit dost lead men to desire Thy perfection, to seek for truth and to rejoice in beauty: Illuminate and inspire us, we beseech Thee Rejoice ...
( Category: Genre Fiction August 24,2018 )

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