![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Having fought for and won her, he now has to wed her, at the sharp end of a shotgun.īut can a reformed rake like Maxim ever make a good husband - or will his own notorious reputation and the scandalous secrets of his aristocratic family destroy his newfound happiness?Īlessia Demachi has defied and outwitted kidnappers and traffickers, and won the heart of the man she loves, but can she make this marriage work? Confronted by Maxim's lurid past, his forbidding family, and the looks and whispers of London's elite, will she ever be seen as Maxim's countess - or will she always be his former cleaner?įrom the majestic mountains of Albania, through the rural idyll of the English countryside, to the shady glamour of contemporary London, The Missus is a spellbinding journey of love, longing, acceptance, and redemption. Maxim Trevelyan, reluctant Earl of Trevethick, has pursued the woman he loves to the wilds of Albania. What happens once the glass slipper fits…? Her mother's words from their call this morning ring through her head. James is clearlyand self-confessedlya fan of romance novels, and The Mister seems to evoke the formula of historical romances of yore, when men were strong and complicated (and rich), and. She’s capable of a compelling plot, as the Fifty Shades trilogy showed, albeit ones strewn with terrible, frequently hilarious moments, but her self-imposed. The follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Mister, a passionate and thrilling love story from E L James, author of the phenomenal bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogies.Īlessia regards her husband through heavy-lidded eyes. ![]()
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![]() ![]() But the dissembling that she must do before the book ends takes on a darker hue.Īlthough Josephine is resourceful and enterprising, her perspective on events is personal and domestic. The contrast between what Josephine says and what she really thinks is often comical. ![]() Josephine vows that, however much she is required “to dissemble, to flatter and cajole,” she will speak the truth in her journal. Brief footnotes fill in gaps without disrupting the flow of the story. Josephine’s journal entries have a spontaneity that is entirely convincing, and are nicely leavened with dialogue and period lore. It begins in 1796 with the widowed Josephine’s marriage to Napoleon, who by the end of the book – and the century – has risen from obscurity to First Consul of the Republic, while Josephine has become ensconced in the Palace of Kings. Her second novel, Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe, continues in the same vein using the fictionalized diary of the heroine to tell the story. Sandra Gulland’s fictional trilogy of the life of Josephine Bonaparte began with The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B, published in 1995. ![]() ![]() ![]() That afternoon, Ajax and Hector fight until nightfall when both sides agree to stop fighting that day. ![]() The next morning, Diomedes arrives and takes Cressida away from Troy. ![]() Calchas (Cressida’s father) asks the Greeks to exchange a prisoner for his daughter so he can be with her again. Pandarus takes Troilus and Cressida to a bedroom, where they express their love for each other. Ajax’s slave has been honored over Achilles, which further frustrates him because he believes he deserves more honor than his master does. The Greeks are also debating whether they should continue fighting, and Thersites’ abusive behavior is distracting them from that goal. Hector argues for peace, but is swayed by Troilus who wants to keep fighting. The Trojans debate whether to continue fighting or return Helen back to the Greeks. Shortly thereafter, a challenge arrives from Hector for single combat against Ajax but Ulysses has Ajax fight Hector instead of Achilles hoping this snub will wound Achilles’s pride and bring him back into the war. Ulysses informs him that it’s because Achilles refuses to fight and instead spends his time sitting in his tent with Patroclus mocking his superiors. Meanwhile, Agamemnon wonders why his commanders seem so downcast and pessimistic. He is assisted by Pandarus, who is her uncle. In the seventh year of the Trojan War, Prince Troilus falls in love with Cressida. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But nothing is ever easy between them and managing the storm ends up being the least of their problems. When Tom manages to make it New Orleans as well, the two men are reunited and it is clear that there is just as much passion and intensity between them as there was before. When a huge hurricane threatens to once again strike New Orleans and Tom is stuck out of the country, he appeals to Prophet to look in on his elderly aunt. But Prophet isn’t answering Tom’s almost daily emails and Tom isn’t sure how or if he will see Prophet again. Even though Tom fears he is bad luck and curses his partners, he also knows he would much rather be with Prophet than away from him. But Tom is still trying, having realized that he made a huge mistake by leaving Prophet. And Prophet has left his job and gone deep into black ops with no way to be reached. Tom continues to work for Extreme Escapes, Ltd and has been training in Eritrea with his new partner. It has been about four months since Prophet and Tom ended their partnership and went their separate ways. ![]() ![]() She refused, and worked hard at dancing her best, becoming America’s first prima ballerina. Maria Tallchief loved to dance, but was told that she might need to change her Osage name to one that sounded more Russian to make it as a professional ballerina. In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Christine Day, readers learn about the amazing life of Maria Tallchief–and how she persisted. Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds–including Maria Tallchief! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I will most definitely be reading all three of those. The Final Empire is the first book of the first trilogy. If I understood well, the series technically has 7 books, although it is really 2 series – two completely different stories set in the same world. □Īnd because of all of that, The Mistborn was one if the stories I was looking forward to reading the most. ![]() But I knew about it before reading the book, and – it had made me really, really excited about the read.
![]() ![]() "A complex plot and likeable cast of characters" Suspense Magazine Best Historical Mystery 2015 "Colorful alchemical lore and vividly imagined." A solid choice for devotees of Elizabethan mysteries." "Full of period details, Lawrence's latest series outing captures Tudor London in all its colorful splendor. "Atmospheric.Fans of Tudor historicals will eagerly await the next installment." Ī Suspense Magazine "Best Historical Mystery of 2019" Bianca must unravel the interests of alchemists, apothecaries, chandlers, and scoundrels-to find out who among them is willing to kill to possess the element known as lapis mortem, the stone of death. When her husband John is conscripted into King Henry's army to subdue Scottish resistance, finding the stone becomes a matter of life and death. Bianca has reason to suspect her own mother may be involved in the theft and the murder. Soon after, a woman's body is found behind the Dim Dragon Inn, an eerie green vapor rising from her mouth. But when the substance is stolen, he implores his daughter to help. Desperate to win back the favor of King Henry VIII, disgraced alchemist Albern Goddard plans to reveal a powerful new element he's discovered-one with deadly potential. Spring 1544 Now that she is with child, Bianca is more determined than ever to distance herself from her unstable father. A dangerous element discovered by Bianca Goddard's father falls into the wrong hands. ![]() ![]() ![]() I especially enjoyed her poem admiring a feature of Michelangelo's David, "Ass." The second and third stanzas: Sometimes it's "Beautiful Man-France" and somtimes it's "Sensuality Plunging Barefoot into Thorns" (two titles). She is an agent throughout, choosing her own mistakes. It's a rare poem in the next 60 pages that does not involve a man, yet there is no sense of the speaker being a victim. I loved the way it wrapped me like a skin.įrom "Letter to Ilona from the South of France"įrom here on out, we're hearing from a woman being honest about her passionate dabbling in men, treating them as experiences rather than answers to anything. The first is choppy:Īnd then beginning with the section "Other Countries," we are confronted with a smoother, more confident voice that remains throughout the rest of the collection: ![]() At first, I thought I'd found another disappointing book, but this book has two parts and two voices. ![]() ![]() ![]() For most this is a dangerous proposition, but Matty can pass through Forest unharmed. Lying isn't allowed in Village, but Matty needs to get into Forest alone. Ramon invites Matty to his homeplace for supper, but Matty lies that he has a message to deliver. After supper, Seer tells Matty to light a lamp, and Matty remembers Seer saying once that Forest-which is dangerous for most people-is "just an illusion." Matty goes past the kind schoolteacher Mentor's house in the hopes of seeing Jean, Mentor's daughter, but he runs into his friend Ramon instead. His guardian, a blind man named Seer, teases Matty good-naturedly about whatever it is that Matty needs to see in Forest. A teenaged boy named Matty tries to hurry through supper preparations so he can go check on something in Forest. ![]() ![]() What really binds them all, and one of the themes Doerr explores, is the timeless nature and necessity of storytelling. It helps that the characters in the sub-stories are so likable, even when, like a teenager named Seymour in modern-day Idaho, they’re under the thrall of an eco-terrorist group. Doerr’s ability to juggle all the stories and interlock them over the course of 600+ pages is quite a literary feat. Sound a little, well, cuckoo? It sort of is, but it’s also admirable in its ambition. How do you follow up a Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction? If you’re novelist Anthony Doerr (“All the Light We Cannot See”) you write a story that consists of five separate stories, spans millennia, and all ties together with a fictional manuscript attributed to the ancient Greek novelist Antonius Diogenes called “Cloud Cuckoo Land.” “Cloud Cuckoo Land,” by Anthony Doerr (Scribner) This cover image released by Scribner shows "Cloud Cuckoo Land" by Anthony Doerr. ![]() |