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The Education of Harriet Hatfield: A Novel by Sarton May
mobi |eng | 2014-07-22 | Author:Sarton, May [Sarton, May]

15 It is time for a lull and I am happy to have the afternoon ahead of me here at the store, for once hoping that not too many people ...
( Category: Contemporary October 8,2017 )
Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier Barbara Harshav
epub | | 2010-01-08 | Author:Pascal Mercier, Barbara Harshav [MERCIER, PASCAL]

23 Natalie Rubin had called three times. Gregorius called back. The dictionary and the Portuguese grammar had been no problem at all, she said. ‘You’ll love this grammer book! Like ...
( Category: Literary October 8,2017 )
What a Dragon Should Know by G. A. Aiken
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 2009-01-02 | Author:G. A. Aiken

“She should have warned me, Jack.” “Aye, my Lord Gwenvael. She should have.” “She should have told me the truth about herself.” “Very true, my lord.” “Spinster? Spinster, my perfect ...
( Category: Fantasy October 8,2017 )
Colours in the Steel by K. J. Parker
mobi, epub |eng | 1998-01-01 | Author:K. J. Parker

CHAPTER TWELVE Loredan got the letter just as he was being led out of the cells to his first council meeting as Deputy Lord Lieutenant. He read it, felt vaguely ...
( Category: Fantasy October 8,2017 )
The Belly of the Bow by K. J. Parker
epub, mobi |eng | 1999-01-01 | Author:K. J. Parker [Parker, K. J.]

Machaera woke up with a scream, and opened her eyes. The dream started to fade, and she was glad to see the back of it; there had been fighting, and ...
( Category: Fantasy October 8,2017 )
Babyville by Jane Green
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2003-05-26 | Author:Jane Green [Green, Jane]

16 How did this happen? It is three weeks since my first lunch with Mark, three weeks since I told him I was not prepared to wait longer than a ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense October 8,2017 )
Away From Her by Alice Munro
epub |eng | 2007-02-15 | Author:Alice Munro [Munro, Alice]

Teenagers at the baseball game, sitting at the top of the bleachers out of the way of the boy’s friends. A couple of inches of bare wood between them, darkness ...
( Category: Short Stories & Anthologies October 8,2017 )
Baby Brother by Noire & 50 Cent
epub |eng | 2007-01-01 | Author:Noire & 50 Cent [Noire & Cent, 50]

CHAPTER 7 Raheem was on fire. Outta all the mothafuckahs they coulda played with, they picked him. He had nutted up like a crazy man in the admin office. Them ...
( Category: Genre Fiction October 8,2017 )
Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
epub, mobi |eng | 2007-05-15 | Author:Emily Giffin [Giffin, Emily]

* * * sixteen It takes me a good three days to really shake the Ben funk settling back into my psyche. During this time, I avoid Richard. Not completelywe ...
( Category: Women's Fiction October 8,2017 )
Agincourt (Azincourt) by Bernard Cornwell
epub |eng | 2014-11-19 | Author:Bernard Cornwell [Cornwell, Bernard]

CHAPTER EIGHT "You won't die here," Saint Crispinian said. Hook hardly heard the voice because he was screaming a battle cry that was part terror and part exhilaration. Hook and ...
( Category: Genre Fiction October 8,2017 )
In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-06-30 | Author:Sheridan Le Fanu [Fanu, Sheridan Le]

Chapter XI — The Dragon Volant * I TOOK one look about me. The building was picturesque; the trees made it more so. The antique and sequestered character of the ...
( Category: Classics October 8,2017 )
Best Laid Plans by Sheldon Sidney
epub |eng | 2010-12-19 | Author:Sheldon Sidney [Sidney, Sheldon]

AUTOPSY PROTOCOL NAME OF DECEDENT: JANE DOE FILE No: C-Ix6l ANATOMIC SUMMARY I. DILATED AND HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY A. CARDIOMEGALY (750 GM) B. LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY, HEART (2.3 CM) C. CONGESTIVE ...
( Category: Action & Adventure October 8,2017 )
Star Trek: Vanguard - 02 - Summon the Thunder by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore
epub |eng | 2006-01-02 | Author:Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore [Ward, Dayton & Dilmore, Kevin]

His attention was drawn to the flames licking the edges of the building at the opposite end of the village’s center square. A hole was visible in the thatch material ...
( Category: Science Fiction October 8,2017 )
Anita Brookner by Hotel du Lac
epub |eng | 2011-04-06 | Author:Hotel du Lac [Lac, Hotel du]

8 ‘Dearest David, ‘Astounding news! Mrs Pusey, that pinnacle of feminine chic, that arbiter of taste, that relentless seeker after luxury goods, that charmer of multitudes, is seventy-nine! I know ...
( Category: Literary October 8,2017 )
Miss Julia Hits the Road by Ann B. Ross
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-07-05 | Author:Ann B. Ross

Chapter 21 I came close to being as inhospitable as I’d ever been in my life by practically pushing Sam out the door soon after we finished eating. He’d wanted ...
( Category: Humor & Satire October 8,2017 )

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