Gabriella's Book of Fire


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Spanning a 20-year period, this novel follows the story of Salvatore Capistrano and Gabriella Zazo, the youngest son and daughter of two Sicilian families who live side by side in a Brisbane suburb. It follows the course of their epic love affair, which is pulled apart by their family's animosities toward one another.




Angel Fire


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Someone to watch over me? Sean Seamus Desmond, newly-announced Nobel Prize winner, relishes the unknowns of science, but a real-life mystery of love and passion. . . in the form of a beautiful woman who says she's his guardian angel? Impossible. Yet there in his New York hotel room is an enchanting creature named Gabriella Light, who inexplicably and dramatically has just saved his life. Voluptuous and exquisitely dressed, sexy Gabriella, angel or not, is determined to keep him alive as a terrifying web of intrigue closes around him. Pursued by a very real and present danger, Sean Desmond will question his own sanity and his deepest beliefs, as he experiences what cannot be rationalized away as anything other than a powerful, radiant, and transcendent love. . . one that will test him as a man too long afraid of human and divine fires within himself! A wonderful, electrifying novel, Angel Fire, will delight readers with the storytelling magic that Andrew Greeley does best. Again he has created a tale rich with suspense, breathless entertainment, compelling ideas--and fascinating charaters we love, cherish, and never forget. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.




Gabriella's Song


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In the streets and canals of Venice, Gabriella can hear nothing but sweet music. The drying laundry goes slap-slap, the church bells go ting-aling-ling, and the lire go jing-aling-ling. Soon, Gabriella is humming her way through town -- and everyone hears her song! Some find it sad, others smile when they hear it -- but none can forget the beautiful melody. Before long, a certain struggling composer is inspired by Gabriella's song -- and a beautiful symphony is born.




The Last Checkmate


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A PopSugar Best Book of the Year! Readers of Heather Morris’s The Tattooist of Auschwitz and watchers of The Queen’s Gambit won’t want to miss this amazing debut set during World War II. A young Polish resistance worker, imprisoned in Auschwitz as a political prisoner, plays chess in exchange for her life, and in doing so fights to bring the man who destroyed her family to justice. Maria Florkowska is many things: daughter, avid chess player, and, as a member of the Polish underground resistance in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, a young woman brave beyond her years. Captured by the Gestapo, she is imprisoned in Auschwitz, but while her family is sent to their deaths, she is spared. Realizing her ability to play chess, the sadistic camp deputy, Karl Fritzsch, decides to use her as a chess opponent to entertain the camp guards. However, once he tires of exploiting her skills, he has every intention of killing her. Befriended by a Catholic priest, Maria attempts to overcome her grief, vows to avenge the murder of her family, and plays for her life. For four grueling years, her strategy is simple: Live. Fight. Survive. By cleverly provoking Fritzsch’s volatile nature in front of his superiors, Maria intends to orchestrate his downfall. Only then will she have a chance to evade the fate awaiting her and see him punished for his wickedness. As she carries out her plan and the war nears its end, she challenges her former nemesis to one final game, certain to end in life or death, in failure or justice. If Maria can bear to face Fritzsch—and her past—one last time.




Gabriella


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He lost a wager . . . but won a treasure. Due to a lost wager, the Duke of Ravenham is obliged to bring a pretty little nobody from the country into fashion among the high-sticklers of London Society. Ravenham would never refuse a debt of honor, no matter how unorthodox, so he overlooks Miss Gordon’s vulgar relations to do what is necessary, escorting the unsophisticated chit to balls, etc. But what he expects to be an irksome duty turns out to be something quite different as he falls under the spell of his protege’s innocent charm. When he lost that wager, he definitely never counted on losing his heart as well! First impressions can be deceiving. Miss Gabriella Gordon only came to London at her mother’s and sister’s insistence, for she’d much rather assist in running her father’s veterinary practice than attempt to fit into fashionable society. No sooner has she arrived in London than the exalted (and exceedingly handsome) Duke of Ravenham comes to call. The reason is less than flattering, however: due to a lost wager, the Duke is forced to bring Gabriella into fashion, a “favor” she would certainly refuse if her family would let her. But the more time she spends in the dashing Duke’s company, the more conflicted she feels— particularly when she discovers they have more in common than she ever dared dream. Book 1 of Brenda Hiatt’s bestselling Hiatt Regency Classics collection.




It Is Wood, It Is Stone


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“A lush depiction of privilege and power, sex and stability . . . following three women in São Paulo . . . It Is Wood, It Is Stone is an elegant arrival of a new talent.”—Elle NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Good Housekeeping • Marie Claire • Harper’s Bazaar • Publishers Weekly With sharp, gorgeous prose, It Is Wood, It Is Stone takes place over the course of a year in São Paulo, Brazil, in which two women’s lives intersect. Linda, an anxious and restless American, has moved to São Paulo, with her husband, Dennis, who has accepted a yearlong professorship. As Dennis submerges himself in his work, Linda finds herself unmoored and adrift, feeling increasingly disassociated from her own body. Linda’s unwavering and skilled maid, Marta, has more claim to Linda’s home than Linda can fathom. Marta, who is struggling to make sense of complicated history and its racial tensions, is exasperated by Linda’s instability. One day, Linda leaves home with a charismatic and beguiling artist, whom she joins on a fervent adventure that causes reverberations felt by everyone, and ultimately binds Marta and Linda in a profoundly human, and tender, way. An exquisite debut novel by young Brazilian American author Gabriella Burnham, It Is Wood, It Is Stone is about women whose romantic and subversive entanglements reflect on class and colorism, sexuality, and complex, divisive histories.




Suspicion's Fire


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She’s a pawn in a deadly game, and before it’s over, she’ll end up on the auction block. Gabriella knew her wedding wouldn’t be traditional–after all, it’s an arranged marriage to two men. But when a bomb goes off at the reception, she realizes that her new husbands both have dark secrets. The kind of secrets that mean people want them, and now her, dead. The get-to-know-you honeymoon is put on hold as Gabriella, Vicente, and Emiliano race against the clock to find their enemies, before their enemies find them. But when the mafia catches up with them, it’s Gabriella they take, and she may pay the price for her husbands’ sins. Suspicion’s Fire is a threesome romantic suspense. It can be read as a standalone or enjoyed as part of the ongoing Trinity Masters series. Trigger Warning: dubious consent and elements of human trafficking.




A Link Between Two Worlds / Un Lien Entre Deux Mondes


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[This book is in both English and French language] A light in the darkness . . . Hey, my name is Lily and in this volume the nightmare truly begins. So Alia Reven, the rest of the group and I finally prepare a plan to stop the two worlds from merging. We had everything planned out, or so we thought . . . When the Telepathies sisters did the spell of Senyria, they awakened a hidden dark force that is out to destroy the world, which goes by the name of the black mist, or Devoile. Friends get possessed, new worlds are unlocked, hidden mysteries are discovered, and, worst of all, our friends, the world and realms are all in danger because in this volume the nightmare begins! Une lumière dans le noire . . . Bonjour mon est Lily et dans cette tome le cauchemar a commencé. Alors Alia, Reven, tout le rest du groupe et moi ont finalement trouvé un plan pour arrêter les deux mondes de se réunir. Nous avons prévu chaque étape ou alors nous pensions . . . Quand les soeurs Telepathie ont fait le sortilège de Senyria, elles ont réveillé une nouvelle force du mal qui s'appelle la brume noire aussi appellé Devoile. Nos amis deviennent possedés, deux nouveaux mondes se montrent, des secrets inconnu sont révélés. Mais le plus pire: nos amis, l'univers et tout le monde sont en danger car dans cette tome le cauchemar a commencé!




Happy Birthday Una - The Big Birthday Activity Book


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Happy Birthday Una is a personalized kids activity book, it includes personalized crosswords, word searches, number puzzles, jokes, drawing and coloring >It is suitable for children between 6-11 years old It is the perfect birthday present for Una, and is a great keepsake for parents to remember their child's early years and birthdays This personalized book is available for other names also This is a great gift for children and an amazing keepsake for parents Happy Birthday Una




The Good Guy


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"I spent a significant amount of time under the thumb of these vile creatures that would steal us away in the night. My family gone, I spent every night trapped in that fog-shrouded town, my trembling hands cupping a mug of beer to my lips. I was nothing more than a future meal for a vampire, just like everyone else. They were our masters, and our insurmountable enemy. And then that man appeared, and they were not." Tammy Knitbar is thrust into the world of a cold and unceasing hunter of men and monsters. As the stakes grow higher, she has little choice but to follow in a wake of utter chaos, come what may. There is a world out there that has succumbed to darkness, and to save that world, Tammy must make allies from within that darkness. The worst of all is that man. And quite unfortunately, he's the good guy...