![]() ![]() Luca might be one of the most sought after men in New York thanks to his good looks, wealth and predator-like charisma that radiates power, but the society girls throwing themselves at him don’t know what Aria does: that the bad boy aura isn’t just a game blood and death lurk beneath Luca’s striking gray eyes and arrogant smile.In her world a handsome exterior often hides the monster within a monster who can just as easily kill as kiss you.The only way to escape the marriage to Luca would be to run away and leave everything she’s ever known behind but Aria can’t bear the thought of never seeing her family again. Aria is terrified of marrying a man she hardly knows, especially someone like Luca who got his nickname ‘the Vice’ for crushing a man’s throat with his bare hands. ![]() Now with eighteen, the day Aria has been dreading for years is looming dangerously: her wedding to Luca. Aria was only fifteen when her parents betrothed her to Luca – The Vice – Vitiello, the oldest son of the head of the New York Cosa Nostra to ensure peace between the two families. Born into one of the leading Mob families in Chicago, Aria Scuderi struggles to find her own path in a world where no choices are given. ![]()
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![]() There are things that I need and use every day and things that are in my bag for fun or just have been in there for too long because I was too lazy to take them out. I would define the contents of my bag as a collection of random things. But everyday carry, or “EDC”, is a term I never used before we started talking about this series of articles. Nacho: “Jorg, you’re up next in our series of EDC articles.” Me: “My what…? I’m not in the military, Nacho!” I’m joking of course. Does Jorg pack a lot of stuff, knowing that he practically lives next to the Fratello offices? This time, the Fratello editor to share the contents of his bag and pockets is the next-door neighbor. ![]() It’s time for another installment of Fratello EDC, where we’re sharing our editorial team’s everyday carry essentials. ![]() ![]() ![]() Too many cakes and I’d look like Jabba the Hutt. ![]() ![]() This interview only confirms why I adore her…Maori tattoos…love it □Ĭookies because there are so many varieties and they are small. I’m thrilled beyond measure that Francine has taken the time to share with us here today. Be sure to enter the giveaway offered by the fabulous folk at Tyndale House. If you haven’t read her books, be sure to start making your way through them – you won’t be disappointed. Her Mark of the Lion series and The Atonement Child are my favourites amongst her wonderful back list of books. I’m attaching a photo below of some of my Rivers collection, just for fun. I own all her titles, the original editions as well as more recent. Many of her books have changed my perspective and strengthened my faith. When you have been reading novels written by Christian authors for as long as I have – let’s just say for many, many decades – Francine Rivers is more than a notable Christian author. ![]() ![]() ![]() When a male writer creates a female character who's beautiful, sexy and often not wearing many clothes, I'm a little leery. Not a sports bra, but a bra and not for any real reason. I was iffy about this book when they introduced the main character driving down the road just wearing a bra. However I found The Univited so frustrating and borderline offense that I feel the need to explain my feelings. ![]() Rarely do I actually write a review for a 1 star book. But Mimi has just arrived, so who is responsible? And more alarmingly, what does the intruder want? Part gripping thriller, part family drama, this fast-paced novel plays out in alternating viewpoints, in a pastoral setting that is evocative and eerie - a mysterious character in its own right. The house is fairy-tale quaint, and the key is hidden right where her dad said it would be, so she’s shocked to find someone already living there - Jay, a young musician, who is equally startled to meet Mimi and immediately accuses her of leaving strange and threatening tokens a dead bird, a snakeskin, a cricket sound track embedded in his latest composition. ![]() So when her artist father, Marc, offers the use of his remote Canadian cottage, she’s glad to hop in her Mini Cooper and drive up north. Mimi Shapiro had a disturbing freshman year at NYU, thanks to a foolish affair with a professor who still haunts her caller ID. Who is the uninvited? This twisty page-turner from a master of suspense plumbs the unsettling goings-on at a picture-perfect woodland cottage. ![]() ![]() Tristan Fewings/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty ImagesĬasino Royale is a spy novel, but it’s a deadly serious one, a world in which the thrills are just as grotesque as they are exciting. But, in 1953, that’s just what the book was about.įirst editions of Thunderball, Casino Royale, and Diamonds Are Forever. But the biggest difference between the 1953 novel and the 2006 film is simple: In 2006, the depth and pathos that Daniel Craig’s Bond felt seemed subversive to the rest of the film series to that point. ![]() ![]() If your only experience of Casino Royale is just the 2006 Daniel Craig movie, know this: Of all the Bond films it’s probably the only handful of the films that both closely follow the plot one of the source material and actually capture the tone and meaning of the book. Published seven decades ago on April 13, 1953, Casino Royale created a new kind of action thriller - one that wasn’t afraid to actually mock its male protagonist. And, in many ways, the first Bond book, is still the best. No with Sean Connery as James Bond is certainly more visible, but without Fleming and his books, the phenomenon of Bond simply wouldn’t exist. ![]() It was called Casino Royale and it not only changed Fleming’s life but shocked and thrilled the entire world. Just before his getting married, at the age of 43, former British Naval officer Ian Fleming sat down at his typewriter, after what many biographers say was five years of procrastinating. ![]() ![]() Nate Piven is a rising star in Brooklyn's literary scene. Moreover, he was in possession of a functional and frankly rather clamorous conscience." From The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. On the contrary: Nathaniel Piven was a product of a postfeminist 1980s childhood and politically correct, 1990s college education. "He was not the kind of guy who disappeared after sleeping with a woman - and certainly not after the condom broke. Bold, touching, and funny - a debut novel by a brilliant young woman about the coming-of-age of a brilliant young literary man. ![]() ![]() Grace and Eliza know that there is no room for error they must be more perfect than everyone else. For two northern women, learning to navigate their way through the segregated army may be tougher than boot camp. ![]() Not only will they be among the first class of female officers the army has even seen, they are also the first Black women allowed to serve.Īs these courageous women help to form the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, they are dealing with more than just army bureaucracy-everyone is determined to see this experiment fail. Grace Steele and Eliza Jones may be from completely different backgrounds, but when it comes to the army, specifically the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), they are both starting from the same level. ![]() The idea was amazing but the actual execution of the story let me down. This historical fiction novel just released today and I was interested because it featured two Black women from New York City and their war story - something I haven't encountered before in my (very white) WWII reading. That was part of why I was so excited when I heard about Kaia Alderson's Sisters in Arms. ![]() ![]() I love that there are still new stories to be told and from different perspectives. ![]() ![]() Sullivan's stirring third League of Scoundrels romance (after The Rebel and the Rake) rekindles the lost love between a socially radical widow and a naval captain in Victorian London. Assisting Lady Arlington will put both his body and his heart in danger-and yet, he can’t resist a second chance with the one woman he’s never been able to forget. Now a decorated naval hero, he could have his choice of women, but no other woman has Georgie’s allure, nor the tenacity he can’t help but admire. When a mysterious enemy jeopardizes her livelihood and reputation, there’s only one person she can trust to help her uncover the threat: the same man she left heartbroken years ago.Ĭaptain Henry Harris is no longer the penniless fortune hunter he was when they first met. Her husband’s death has left her stronger and bolder-a hellion, some would even say. Lady Georgiana Arlington has always done what’s best for her family-even when it meant marrying a man she didn't love to save her father. ![]() ![]() Fans of Netflix’s Bridgerton series will love this captivating second chance story-from the series that delivers “both emotional intensity and lush sensuality, and vivacious writing enhanced by ample measures of wit.” ( Booklist, Starred Review) ![]() ![]() With temptation lurking in close quarters, keeping even a shred of distance is a challenge neither's willing to meet. The rugged bush pilot is the very best kind of distraction, but the emotions he stirs up in River feel anything but casual, and he's in no position to stay put. Nobody's ever made him want to stand still-until Griffin. Chasing adventure means always moving forward. Nothing the Alaskan wilderness has to offer has ever called to Griffin so badly. However, his gig as a wildlife guide presents a new kind of temptation in superhot supermodel River Vale. He's fought too hard for his sobriety to lose control now. It keeps him from falling back into old habits. ![]() "Whether making my heart melt or my head burst into flames, Annabeth Albert draws the reader in and keeps them captivated." -Gay Book ReviewsĮx-military mountain man Griffin Barrett likes his solitude. But it doesn't stand a chance against the unrelenting pull of a man who's everything he shouldn't want. ![]() He's built a quiet life for himself in Alaska. ![]() ![]() ![]() Can this lawyer, her ex husband, and this teenaged girl all find some way to resolve their collective drama and closely guarded secrets successfully? What about the horse? These issues kept me turning the pages, even if some parts of the book seemed rather far fetched. This lawyer is estranged from her husband, but he suddenly pops back into the picture - saying he needs to stay at their house for a while. When Sarah is caught lifting some fish sticks from a grocery store a local lawyer gets involved. ![]() ![]() When the grandfather has a stroke, the girl struggles with keeping up with the upkeep of the horse, the payments for boarding him, and food for herself as well. Her grandfather was involved in a specialized form of horse dressage in France and he has taught it to his granddaughter and her horse Boo. ![]() The main story centers about a teenaged girl named Sarah living in London with her grandfather. I did enjoy it, especially the horse part. I wanted to try a JoJo Moyes book and this one has a horse in it. ![]() |