The Wind From the East

The Wind From the East

Almudena Grandes

Literature & Fiction

Internationally celebrated author Almudena Grandes has produced her finest work yet with The Wind from the East, a blend of two narratives set alternately in Madrid and an Andalusian town by the sea. Sara Gómes Morales,given up at birth to be raised by her wealthy godmother,is betrayed on her sixteenth birthday when she is forced to leave her godmother’s home and return to live in poverty with her estranged parents. Tortured by resentment and the loneliness of belonging to neither place,she finds solace as an adult only when she moves to the coastal town.Parallel to Sara’s story is the story of Juan and Damian Olmedo, brothers in love with the same woman. One night an argument incited by jealousy leads Damian to stumble down a flight ofstairs and fall to his death. Suspected ofmurdering his younger brother, Juan flees to the same village that served as Sara’s escape. Deftly engaging, The Wind from the Eastis an epic tale of love and redemption. Almudena Grandes' writing has been compared to the work of classic and contemporary voices such as the Brontë sisters and Isabel Allende.
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Resist

Resist

Sarah Crossan

Literature & Fiction / Young Adult / Children's Books

The stunning sequel -and conclusion-to Sarah Crossan's Breathe. A haunting and provocative dystopian adventure in which three teens confront danger, uncertainty, and the yearning to live-and breathe-freely. For fans of Veronica Roth and Patrick Ness.What would you do if you were desperate? Bea, Alina, and Quinn are outlaws. They started a rebellion and have been thrown out of the pod-the only place where there's enough air to breathe. Bea has lost her family. Alina has lost her home. And Quinn has lost his privileged life. What will they find, now that they are refugees in the perilous Outlands? Their final safe haven may be harboring dark secrets. But together, the three teens find the will to keep fighting, to save one another, and to break free from everything that's holding them back. Sarah Crossan has created a dangerous, shattered society, and brought to life three heartbreakingly relatable teenagers who come into their own. A wrenching, thought-provoking, and unforgettable post-apocalyptic novel. Sarah Crossan is the author of Breathe. She has taught high school English and creative writing, and has also been a freelance magazine writer, a book reviewer, and an educational writer. She lives in New Jersey.@sarahcrossanhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Crossan/266594186686482www.sarahcrossan.com
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Dearest Darling

Dearest Darling

Andrea Downing

Romance / Western Romance / Literature & Fiction

Stuck in a life of servitude to her penny-pinching brother, Emily Darling longs for a more exciting existence. When a packet with travel tickets, meant for one Ethel Darton, accidentally lands on her doormat, Emily sees a chance for escape. Having turned down the dreary suitors that have come her way, is it possible a new existence also offers a different kind of man? Daniel Saunders has carved out a life for himself in Wyoming—a life missing one thing: a wife. Having scrimped and saved to bring his mail-order bride from New York, he is outraged to find in her stead a runaway fraud. Even worse, the impostor is the sister of his old enemy. But people are not always as they seem, and sometimes the heart knows more than the head.
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Crazy About a Cowboy

Crazy About a Cowboy

Barbara McMahon

Romance / Literature & Fiction

Texan Sam Haller and his wife Lisa divorced for all the wrong reasons. Two years later he runs into her and realized he's never gotten over her. Doing his best to persuade her to give their relationship a second chance, he is making headway when an insurmountable obstacle comes between them. Will love be enough to carry the day?
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Touch of Danger

Touch of Danger

James Jones

Literature & Fiction / Biographies & Memoirs

A vacation in the Greek islands becomes complicated when a private eye is drawn into the murky waters of international hashish smugglingHis name is Frank Davies, but friends and clients call him Lobo. A private eye with a law degree, Lobo doesn't like to get rough but he'll do it for a friend. When a rich friend sends him to Paris to retrieve some stolen money, he earns himself a trip to Greece as a reward. It's supposed to be a vacation, but as soon as he arrives he's working again.First his landlady, an English woman married to a Greek, asks his help bringing her cheating husband to heel. Though he doesn't like her, he finds himself morbidly fascinated by her train wreck of a marriage. Then he meets a countess with a blackmail problem, and offers her a little pro-bono work. As he digs beneath the island's sunny surface, Lobo learns that no matter how beautiful the scenery, secrets are always ugly.This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including...
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