![]() ![]() Well written and proofread (not always a given with indies). ![]() Cue magical anti-heist drama and, hm, not romance (so far - it's a series) but friendship fic, a refreshing change of pace. All of what would be the usual ensuing story of this type is lightly leaped over and we pick up from our local hero's viewpoint later after she's acclimated and got a new job as a cop in the capital city. C equivalent) by an evil insane witch looking to create magical bodyguards it goes badly for the witch, eventually, but our heroine is stranded. Set-up, quickly got over, is that a tough female FBI agent from our world (very California 21st C.) is magically kidnapped into another (steam-punkish with magic v. ![]() Title, cover, description, and indie status intrigued, so I downloaded the free sample, a very useful invention that has both sold and saved me from assorted purchases. Wandered into this from an Amazon-bot cross-link from I-forget-what browsing. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The first book in a new series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after.Įvangeline Fox was raised in her beloved father’s curiosity shop, where she grew up on legends about immortals, like the tragic Prince of Hearts. I'm so excited to share that Once Upon a Broken Heart has a full description: The UK will have a separate and very different cover, which will be revealed at a later date. I hope you all love the cover as much as I do! Update, March 11: I'm so excited to share that Once Upon A Broken Heart has a US cover! It was revealed today Frolic, along with an interview and a sneak peek of the prologue. Update, April 15: If you've been waiting for a signed US edition, Barnes and Noble has just announced their exclusive edition-it has bonus material, a secret cover printed on the hardcover case, and it's PINK! ![]() ![]() ![]() His books were not only sophisticated masterpieces of plot and spy craft, but investigations into human nature, especially desire in all its forms." Matthews worked 33 years in the CIA's highly secretive Operations Directorate before retiring a decade ago and following the path of such authors as le Carre and Charles McCarry in fictionalizing their time in intelligence. ![]() "But when you learned Jason Matthews spoke six languages, had read widely for decades, was an astute observer of human behavior, and was adept at composing long classified narratives, it all made sense. "How a bestselling, critically-acclaimed spy novelist sprung from the head of a quiet CIA operations officer appeared to be a great mystery," Colin Harrison, Matthews' editor at Scribner, said in a statement. Matthews died Wednesday from Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD), a rare, untreatable neurodegenerative disease, according to his publisher, Scribner. Jason Matthews, an award-winning spy novelist who drew upon his long career in espionage and his admiration for John le Carre among others in crafting his popular "Red Sparrow" thrillers, has died at age 69. ![]() ![]() But nothing will ever be as deadly - or as personal - as the danger he must face in Without Remorse. ![]() In The Cardinal of the Kremlin, he spirited away a KGB chief's family by submarine. In Clear and Present Danger, he led aerial raids against drug lords. In The Sum of All Fears, he hunted down nuclear terrorists. 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I needed to muster up my inner Tim Gunn and work some magic, because I was going to sweat myself to death out there. ![]() ![]() ![]() And fully expects Valentine to ride out after Arabella and prove to her that he's not the cold-hearted cad he seems to be.Despite copious misgivings, Valentine finds himself on a pell-mell chase to Dover with Bonny by his side. Bonaventure "Bonny" Tarleton, has also grown up.romantic. ![]() ![]() So romantic that a marriage of convenience will not do and after Valentine's proposal she flees into the night determined never to set eyes on him again.Arabella's twin brother, Mr. But, unfortunately, too many novels at an impressionable age have caused her to grow up.romantic. From the acclaimed author of Boyfriend Material comes a delightfully witty romance featuring a reserved duke who's betrothed to one twin and hopelessly enamoured of the other.Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally.It was always his father's hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton. ![]() ![]() But when you return, no matter how long you’ve stayed in the past - two days, five years, whatever - only two minutes have gone by in the present. And keep walking until you feel your foot fall. Al Templeton, the owner of the diner, explains them to Jake Epping, an English teacher at the local high school. The rules of the rabbit hole into the past are outlined in the first pages of the novel. ![]() And John Kennedy, the young senator from Massachusetts, is still alive. The Kennebec Fruit Company isn’t a curio for tourists it sells oranges. “Vertigo” is showing at the outdoor movie theater - on its first run. On the other end is America under Eisenhower. The diner - and the time portal inside it - may last a few more weeks in the footprint of a burned textile mill. An unpopular diner has finally been bought out by L. In his new novel, “11/22/63,” it is a rabbit hole into the past that pops up in Lisbon Falls, a woebegone corner of Maine. ![]() In all of Stephen King’s work there is an admixture of the ordinary and the supernatural - call it the weird quotidian. ![]() ![]() Discounts are available for groups of 10 or more at 31. Tickets can be purchased online at, by phone at 31 or in person at the Syracuse Stage Box Office at 820 E. “The Glass Menagerie” performs April 2-27 in the Archbold Theatre at the Syracuse Stage/Drama Complex. 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