If you have the opportunity, listen to Lord of Scoundrels then this book. I had quite a few chuckles as the story progressed. Loretta Chase does a great job of defining these two characters and having them fall in love. The rather lengthy prologue gives the reader a chance to see Vere's soft underbelly and maybe not judge him too harshly for being a massive doofus in the first part of the book. Her sidekick, the Mastiff, Susan, really added a lot to the story for me. She was devoted to her 'cause' but was funny and kindhearted as well as incredibly determined. As a Journalist, she was in a very unconventional profession for the time but she approached it with courage and dignity. Some authors can portray the bluestocking as a bit of a harridan. I really enjoyed the role Lydia Grenville played in this story. It has long been one of my favorite historical romance books but with the addition of Kate Reading as a narrator, it becomes even better. I am so glad that this book is available at Audible. I read this and then, recently, when I saw it available on Audible, I listened to it. 5/5 5 stars A+ Since I listened to Lord of Scoundrels last week I thought I'd go dig up the rest of my Loretta Chase books.
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Shortly after taking command of the army, he launched an invasion of the Persian empire, and continued his conquests as far south as the deserts of Egypt and as far east as the mountains of present-day Pakistan and the plains of India. Tutored as a boy by Aristotle, Alexander had an inquisitive mind that would serve him well when he faced formidable obstacles during his military campaigns. Our interest in him has never faded.Īlexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia, the kingdom that would soon rule over Greece. He established the greatest empire of the ancient world Greek coins and statues are found as far east as Afghanistan. He flashed across the sky of history like a comet, glowing brightly and burning out quickly: crowned at age nineteen, dead by thirty-two. He was a general of such skill and renown that for two thousand years other great leaders studied his strategy and tactics, from Hannibal to Napoleon, with countless more in between. The celebrated Macedonian king has been one of the most enduring figures in history. In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a generation, classicist and historian Philip Freeman tells the remarkable life of the great conqueror. Her work has also appeared in Parabola Magazine, The Rumpus, Literary Mama, and a variety of anthologies. An essay under her pseudonym, Leigh Stuart, was published in the anthology Dear John, I Love Jane. She lives in Santa Fe with her wife Laura André, their two children, and two dogs.Barbara Straus Lodge is an essayist whose work has appeared in the New York Times Motherlode blog and the "LA Affairs" section of the Los Angeles Times. Her essays have been published in the anthologies Here Come the Brides!, Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage, Blended, and Spent, and she is currently editor in chief of El Palacio Magazine. Licking the Spoon - by Candace Walsh (Paperback). Recipes and cookbooks, meals and mouthfuls have framed the way Candace Walsh sees the world for as long as she can remember, from her frosting-spackled childhood to her meat-eschewing college years to her post-college phase as a devoted Martha Stewart's Entertaining disciple.In Licking the Spoon, Walsh tells how, lacking role models in her early life, she turned to cookbook authors real. Her writing has appeared in numerous national and local publications, including Newsday, Travel + Leisure, Sunset, Mademoiselle, New York magazine, and New Mexico Magazine. Carefully selected from Phaidons Silver Spoon cookbooks, which have sold more than one million copies. Candace Walsh is the author of Licking the Spoon: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Identity, a New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards winner and the editor of Dear John, I Love Jane, and Ask Me About My Divorce. 7/7/2023 0 Comments Magic Dreams by Ilona AndrewsIt may cost Derek his life, but there are things for which even he would risk everything. Their search pits them against powers they never imagined and magic so old, it predates history. Never one to be left on the sidelines, equally determined-some might say stubborn-Julie Lennart-Olsen soon joins in his pursuit and what began as revenge turns into a race to save the city. So, when several of those close to him are murdered, he’ll stop at nothing to hunt their killer through the magic-drenched streets of Atlanta. With no family he answers to no one but is fiercely loyal to a chosen few. Synopsis: Scarred, solitary Derek Gaunt has separated from his Pack, and is truly a lone wolf. Grey Wolf, Book 1 & Kate Daniels, Book 8,5 7/7/2023 0 Comments Joel osteen best life nowMy dad came from the poorest of families. Nobody in my family has ever amounted to much, so I guess I won’t either.”ĭon’t believe that lie. “My parents were poor,” we say with a pout. Too often, we get comfortable with where we are in life and use that as an excuse to remain in mediocrity. It means believing for more good things in the days ahead, while living in the moment and enjoying it to the hilt. Living your best life now means being excited about the life God has given you. Why? Because we not only have a fabulous future, we can enjoy life today! So happy, in fact, that other people notice. God’s people should be the happiest people on earth. What a great compliment! That’s the way it should be. Everybody that comes in here like you is from Lakewood.” The clerk shook her head and smiled, “I should have known. The clerk looked at the woman quizzically for a moment and then said, “Let me ask you a question. “How nice of you to ask! I’m doing great. The clerk just stared at her for a long moment, as though wondering what was wrong with her, offering an obligatory, “How are you doing today?” A woman shopping in Houston happily hummed a tune as she collected the items she wished to purchase and approached the cashier. 7/6/2023 0 Comments War & peace leo tolstoyThe Wagner boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, complained that his fighters were still not getting enough shells from the defence ministry. Serhiy Cherevatyi, a spokesperson for Ukrainian troops in the east, said the situation remained “difficult” in Bakhmut, but Moscow was increasingly having to use regular army units because of heavy losses among Wagner group fighters. Ukraine’s military said its forces had seriously damaged Russia’s 72nd independent motorised rifle brigade near Bakhmut, made up of thousands of troops. Transneft said nobody was injured in the incident. Russia’s oil pipeline operator Transneft said a filling point on the Europe-bound Druzhba pipeline had been targeted in a “terrorist attack” near the border with Ukraine, according to the Tass news agency. Col Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, who heads Ukraine’s ground forces, posted on Telegram: “In some areas of the front, the enemy could not resist the onslaught of the Ukrainian defenders and retreated.” A Ukrainian military commander said Russian forces in Bakhmut had been pushed back by up to 2km in some areas after counteroffensives. He has created numerous comics for the Croatian and Serbian market, including self-drawn comic-strip Borovnica, poetic fantasy La Béte Noire with Milan Jovanović, Mister Mačak ( Mr. doing a comic strip of his own creation, Bemmet (Bočko) for Croatian science fiction magazine SFera, as well as launching licensed Tom and Jerry comics for Croatian publisher Vjesnik. He's been drawing comics ever since he was in elementary school, but he got his first professional work in 1988. writing science fiction for numerous SF magazines in former Yugoslavia. Macan started writing professionally in 1986. He has a degree in history and archeology from the University of Zagreb. Darko Macan was born in Zagreb, where he still lives. 7/6/2023 0 Comments The dovekeepers summarySoon after the deaths of Ben Simon and his family, warriors from Masada found Yael and her father. Even though Yael and her father tried to find a cure, they were unsuccessful. While in the desert, Ben Simon and his family got sick with a fever. Ben Simon romanced Yael and the two had an ongoing affair. After the Romans took their house for their own use, Yael and her father escaped to the desert where they were joined by Ben Simon and his wife and family. For this reason, and because Yael’s red hair reminded him of her mother, Yael’s father had always hated her and blamed her for her mother’s death. Yael was the daughter of a Sicarii assassin whose mother died giving birth to Yael. One of the main women featured in the novel is Yael. Themes in the novel include the importance of religion, the symbol of the lion, and the relationships bonded between the women. The novel follows the historical story of the fortification but uses fictional characters. These women formed bonds as they worked together caring for the doves whose wastes were used for fertilizer at the fortification. The novel focuses on the lives of four very different women who took refuge at Masada. The story of the last Zealot stronghold in Judea is told from the point of view of four fictional women in the novel “The Dovekeepers” by Alice Hoffman. 7/6/2023 0 Comments Verity audio bookNext, we’ve provided 10 Verity book club questions. First, we’ve provided a synopsis of Verity, to refresh you on all those plot twists and suspicious characters. Our discussion guide for Verity will keep your book club’s discussion of the novel racing along. How do mothers respond when their own children scare them? What dangers arise when we avoid getting to know the dark side of our loved ones? How can the stories we tell to comfort ourselves come back to haunt us? We’re here to help you unpack these themes and others with our list of Verity book club questions! In between steamy scenes and jump scares, the novel provokes deeper questions. The stakes are high in this mystery getting the story wrong could be the last thing either woman does. Topping multiple bestseller charts, Verity follows a pair of female writers who use their powers of observation and creativity in a struggle to control the truth about the death of young twin girls. Book clubs with a taste for dark, psychological thrillers can’t miss Colleen Hoover’s Verity. and the dark force that stalks them across the ages. and steps into a world that vanished a thousand years ago.Ī rich tapestry of clashing worlds and cultures, Enchantment is a powerfully original novel of a love and destiny that transcend centuries. This time he awakens the beauty with a kiss. Read Enchantment: A Classic Fantasy with a Modern Twist by Card, Orson Scott, lexile & reading level:, (ISBN: 9780345484505). Compelled to return to his native land, Ivan finds the clearing just as he left it. Yet he cannot forget that long-ago day in the forest-or convince himself it was merely a frightened boy’s fantasy. Now, years later, Ivan is an American graduate student, engaged to be married. But beneath the foliage a malevolent presence stirred and sent the ten-year-old Ivan scrambling for the safety of Cousin Marek's farm. Atop a pedestal encircled by fallen leaves, the beautiful princess Katerina lay still as death. The moment Ivan stumbled upon a clearing in the dense Carpathian forest, his life was forever changed. In Enchantment, Orson Scott Card works his magic as never before, transforming the timeless story of Sleeping Beauty into an original fantasy brimming with romance and adventure. |