![]() ![]() ![]() Worried that her husband has begun an affair, she seeks solace by writing paranormal romances in secret. Rakesh Satyals NO ONE CAN PRONOUNCE MY NAME is a distinctive, funny and insightful look into the lives of people who must reconcile the strictures of their culture and traditions with their own dreams and desires. Meanwhile, Ranjana, also an Indian immigrant in her mid-forties, has just seen her only child, Prashant, off to college. Rakesh Satyal, No One Can Pronounce My Name 1 likes Like If you had the capacity to shove love into a princess or fury into a winged monster, you had the capacity to generate passion or mirth or humility or patience in yourself. In a misguided attempt to keep both himself and his mother sane, Harit has taken to dressing up in a sari every night to pass himself off as his sister. ![]() His second novel, No One Can Pronounce My Name, just came out in May from. ![]() Harit, a lonely Indian immigrant in his mid-forties, lives with his mother who can no longer function after the death of Harit's sister, Swati. 2.9K views 5 years ago Rakesh Satyal is an award-winning novelist, book editor, and cabaret singer. For some, America is a bewildering and alienating place where coworkers can't pronounce your name but will eagerly repeat the Sanskrit phrases from their yoga class. Summary: "In a suburb outside Cleveland, a community of Indian Americans has settled into lives that straddle the divide between Eastern and Western cultures. ![]()
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![]() She knows her characters and has a path she wants them to take. "Struth has a gift for layering stories within stories while keeping them all connected."-Library Journal "Struth is an author to watch!"-Laura Drake, author of RITA-award winner The Sweet Spot "Sharon Struth writes a good story about love and loss. It was also the last time she and Erik shared a life together. Fifteen years ago she made a decision to put her career before everything else. ![]() But rumors of a big shake-up are rampant and-surprisingly, scarily-Beryl's job as CFO is on the line. Beryl Foster is highly competent and respected by everyone at the office. If that means firing the woman who left his heart in tatters fifteen years earlier, it's a business decision, not personal. For Erik Lindholm, it’s been a long climb to the top of the corporate ladder. If that means a complete staff overhaul, so be it. Twelve Nights by Sharon Struth Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis This Christmas, two career-driven professionals unwrap a second chance at love in small town New England in a romance novel by the author of Harvest Moon. Now, as president he has the power to bring his vision to life and speed his company in bold new directions. For Erik Lindholm, it's been a long climb to the top of his company. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not only Kate but other characters have a quoting familiarity with literature, and these quotes and their sources can be clues. They consider their words they choose them with care they admire the skill of other speakers they are witty they toss in quotations from a variety of authors. Words are indeed important to the characters in the Fansler books: ![]() In the Last Analysis refers both to the analysis of a murder and to the fact that the murder was committed on a psychiatrist’s couch.Ĭross’s heroine, Kate Fansler, is also an English professor, and these popular books have fostered an interest in what might be considered a subgenre: the academic mystery. Fawcett, paperback, 2001.Īmanda Cross is a pseudonym of Carolyn Heilbrun, a professor of English at Columbia University, and the play on words in the title of this novel is just what a reader might expect from one in that academic field. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It soon becomes clear that whatever freedoms Anna and the rest of the Neph are hoping to win will not be gained without a fight. When an unexpected lost message from the angels surfaces, Anna finds herself traveling the globe with Kopano, son of Wrath, in an attempt to gain support of fellow Nephilim and give them hope for the first time. ![]() Play Sample Sweet Evil Series: 1 of Sweet Evil Written by: Wendy Higgins Narrated by: Erin Mallon Unabridged Audiobook Play Free with a 30-day free trial Add to Cart - 27. And all the while there’s Kaidan Rowe, son of the Duke of Lust, plaguing her heart and mind. Embrace the forbidden with the Sweet Evil trilogy Sweet Evil, Sweet Peril, and Sweet Reckoning from bestselling author Wendy Higgins. Listen Free to Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins with a Free Trial. Haunted by demon whisperers, Anna does whatever she can to survive, even if it means embracing her dark side and earning an unwanted reputation as her school’s party girl. Anna Whitt, daughter of a guardian angel and a demon, promised herself she’d never do the work of her father-polluting souls. ![]() ![]() ![]() When the hurricane hit and they were left to their own devices, the teens split into rival tribes. What drove them to such violence?Īccording to park policy, employees gave up their electronic devices to make FantasticLand more authentic. ![]() Yet the only ones who could have committed these savage and horrible acts were the college-aged employees. Evidence of grisly murders are all over the park. After the hurricane, detectives and others who make it to the survivors more than a month later discover a scene out of a nightmare. FantasticLand has been the theme park where "Fun Is Guaranteed!" for nearly forty years. When online personas take the place of private identities, what happens when those societal constructs disappear? The employees of FantasticLand find out after a hurricane hits the Florida coast. Ideal for fans of Lord of the Flies and Battle RoyaleA gripping thriller in which an amusement park becomes the scene of a real-life nightmareWritten as an investigation with first-person interviews ![]() ![]() Each chapter pairs a textual 'moment' of writing on censorship by a past writer with analysis by an expert current scholar. Censorship Moments provides short, accessible and stimulating essays on a variety of these responses. From the death of Socrates to the present, attempts to silence thinkers and writers have provoked passionate and often penetrating responses that speak of their historical moment. ![]() "Censorship in varying forms has been part of human experience for 2,500 years and has proved to be a recurring presence for political thought, whether as active repression, a shaping context for expression, or as itself a subject for analysis and argument. ![]() ![]() ![]() Renowned author Katherine Paterson here chooses a little-known area off the Maryland shore as her setting for a fresh telling of the ancient story of an elder twin's lost birthright. Tan boards quarter-bound in maroon cloth with gold lettering on spine. ![]() Alone and unsure, Louise began to fight her way to a place where Caroline could not reach. But the dream did not satisfy the woman she was becoming. The war unexpectedly gave this independent girl a chance to fulfill her childish dream to work as a watermen alongside her father. While everyone pampered Caroline, Wheeze (her sister's name for her) began to learn the ways of the watermen and the secrets of the island, especially of old Captain Wallace, who had mysteriously returned after fifty years. Growing up on a tiny Chesapeake Bay island in the early 1940s, angry Louise reveals how Caroline robbed her of everything: her hopes for schooling, her friends, her mother, even her name. Caroline, her selfish younger sister, was the one everyone loved. " With her grandmother's taunt, Louise knew that she, like the biblical Esau, was the despised elder twin. "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. ![]() ![]() Schuyler’s old world comes from the original Blue Bloods series, but this new entry functions as a reboot and spinoff, inviting in new readers. Turns out Schuyler isn’t the only one with memories of the other world her friend Kingsley remembers it, and he believes it’s up to Schuyler to defeat Lucifer…again. ![]() ![]() She’s in an alternate universe where it’s 2020, a pandemic is raging, her mom is a completely different person, Lucifer is still alive and mayor of the city, and Jack is alive, too-but he doesn’t even know Schuyler. She soon realizes that this New York is not the same one she remembers, and even her reflection in the mirror looks different, although she is still a half vampire. Last she remembers, she was in London, where she defeated Lucifer but lost her love, Jack. When Schuyler wakes up in New York City, she’s disoriented. ![]() The Blue Blood vampires are back, but the world now looks very different. ![]() ![]() ![]() This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. ![]() Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man’s touch - and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. The catch? Avery has no idea why - or even who Tobias Hawthorne is. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES!ĭon’t miss this New York Times bestselling “impossible to put down” (Buzzfeed) novel with deadly stakes, thrilling twists, and juicy secrets - perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out.Īvery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you’re a stickler for that kind of thing, following this list is the way to roll!ġ) The Rock Chick Series (now, this series is a definite first…BUT, I would strongly suggest reading the Colorado Mountain Series somewhere in this mix. So with this list, I’m giving you how to experience it how it was written and released. Remember, at the time, jumping back and forth between series as I wrote and published, the Easter eggs were hidden all over the place. This is a very convoluted list of how I would consume my library. However, when I started publishing, I had more than 25 titles ready to rumble, and I spruced them up and got them out there, so you’ll see a lot of books printed willy-nilly and very close together. ![]() Okay, to make this easy, I’ve uploaded a checklist at the end of this section so you can have a handy-dandy, thorough guide of every title, all the publication dates, and you can also keep track of what you have, what you want and what you’ve read! This document shares what book came out when…which is kind of a reading order on its own. ![]() |