“The doctors said she had only six months to live, and I was always writing my thoughts in little journals. “My mother was dying of cancer when I was little,” Lewis says. Writing started as a coping mechanism for Beverly Lewis. Her latest novel is The Mercy, the third volume in her Rose Trilogy. A keen interest in her mother’s Plain heritage has inspired Beverly to write many Amish-related novels, beginning with The Shunning, which sold more than one million copies and was made into an Original Hallmark Channel movie. Born in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, Beverly Lewis has authored more than eighty books-published in eleven languages worldwide.
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And when rumors start swirling about Juliet’s instability, her neediness, and her threats of suicide, Rose starts to fear not only for Rob’s heart, but also for his life. This is not how the story was supposed to go. Rose is devastated over losing Rob to Juliet. Juliet, who is gorgeous, vindictive, and a little bit crazy… and who has set her sights on Rob. Juliet, who used to be Rose’s best friend. Rose has been waiting for years for Rob to kiss her-and when he finally does, it’s perfect. Rosaline knows that she and Rob are destined to be together. Synopsis: “ What’s in a name, Shakespeare? I’ll tell you: Everything. citizen in 1955, was a national hero to many and prophet of the space age. Moreover, in a letter to Mittelwerk's production manager, von Braun tells how he himself went to the notorious Buchenwald camp to arrange for the transport of more prisoners to Mittelwerk. SS Major von Braun made at least one ""official visit of inspection"" to Dora in 1944 and participated in a Nazi administrative meeting at Mittelwerk to discuss bringing in a thousand French civilians as slave laborers over 700 of them later died there. Space historian Piszkiewicz (The Nazi Rocketeers) synthesizes available bits of information that prove von Braun's complicity. 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She doesn't yet know she is a member of the noble School of Pellinor and has inherited a powerful gift, one that enables her to see the world as few others can. I couldn't put it down! - Tamora Pierce, author of the Protector of the Small and the Circle Opens quartets Maerad is a slave in a desperate and unforgiving settlement, taken there as a child when her home was destroyed. About the Book "First published as The gift by Penguin Books Australia, 2002"-Title page verso.īook Synopsis Epic fantasy in the Tolkien tradition, with a strong girl hero who is entirely believable in her struggles. However, it’s her accusation that his interest in her involves her father’s money rather than their mutual magnetism that derails their newfound bond. Their attraction is instant, even more so when they wake up in the same bed after an earthquake. That is, until his life is turned upside down by the arrival of his neighbour’s daughter. Despite her attraction to Dylan, she can’t figure out whether he’s a friend or foe.ĭylan Harper is merely going through the daily motions after his wife died in a ski crash. He’s not what she expected, a bit on the extravagant side, but she soon warms up to him, thanks no less to Dylan, her father’s neighbour. Now, Lani Dekker is determined to meet the man who, according to her mother’s diaries, is her father. The discovery of her mother’s diaries unravels a secret which sends Lani on a journey to New Zealand … If you love Australian / New Zealand romance, be sure to get your copy today! About IN THE SHADOWS OF A LIE I’m happy to share with you another story which is set in NZ. Today we feature Iris Blobel and her new novel – In The Shadow of a Lie. Man is a communist while Bon is a patriot. The narrator's handler, Man, one of his two best friends, orders the narrator to go with the General, so the narrator includes his own name on the list as well as that of his other best friend, Bon. The General isn't happy about the limit because he would like to take his entire staff with him. When the General decides it is time to leave Vietnam, he asks the narrator to compile a list of evacuees that will leave with them, but the list must be limited to a certain number since there will only be so much room on the plane. He lives in the General's villa with the General's wife and children. The narrator lives in Vietnam with the General, whom he has been assigned to spy on. He begins his confession at a point in time when he is still in Vietnam and Saigon is about to fall. When the story begins, the narrator, who remains unnamed throughout the novel, is being held captive and forced to write his confession for the commandant. His efforts to survive in two worlds at once lead him to make mistakes that end in his capture and torture at the hands of one of the people he most trusts. "The Sympathizer," by Viet Thanh Nguyen, is the story of a communist spy who is conflicted about where he stands within his political beliefs and in the world itself. Also the T-rex from the Cretaceous Period comes back to life with an time machine.īella and Lizzy became known as THE MEG and other Panthelessa creatures rise. It will be a badass battle.Īs Angel's death, Bella and Lizzy become adults and fight Jason and the crew. Jonas is now in big danger.Īngel finally gives the last birth to Bella and Lizzy, The MEG siblings while a monstrous 120 foot Liopleurodon escapes from the Panthelessa Sea with other Prehistoric Creatures. Jonas has to stop them.Īngel gives another birth to some Baby Megalodons, A larger creature comes to terror the seas. Later, they grow very fast in few weeks and cause It will be filmed in 2023.Ĭhris Pine-James Jackson- One of the Main antagonists alongside Celeste Singer, Kronosaurus and Angel.Īngel gives birth to 5 Megalodon babies: Angelica, Jessica, Gnash, Rusk and Sharpteeth. And a bigger monster called Kronosaurus will also appear in the movie. This Time Jonas killing it will just take more than killing it. It is about Jonas finding A Bigger and Deadlier Megalodon named "Angel". It is about a rescue diver called Jonas Taylor discovering the 70 foot shark "Megalodon" and fighting against it. Yet hard fighting and skillful generalship saved both cities. The corresponding fighting outside Petersburg at Poplar Spring Church so threatened Southern supply lines that General Lee considered abandoning his Petersburg rail center six months before actually doing so. The Union attack north of the James River at Chaffin’s Bluff broke through Richmond’s defenses and gave Federals their greatest opportunity to capture the Confederate capital. This monumental study focuses on Grant’s Fifth Offensive (September 29 – October 2, 1864), primarily the Battles of Chaffin’s Bluff (Fort Harrison) and Poplar Spring Church (Peebles’ Farm). Sommers’s masterpiece, in a revised Sesquicentennial edition, is once again available. The original (and long out of print) award-winning 1981 edition conveyed an epic narrative of crucial military operations in early autumn 1864 that had gone unrecognized for more than 100 years. Winner, 2014, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award Richmond Redeemed pioneered study of Civil War Petersburg. You can always contact us for any return question at and issues Items sent back to us without first requesting a return will not be accepted. 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