Drawing energy and inspiration from Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen, E.M. Forster, and more, while bowing to popular fiction such as Plain Bad Heroines and Red, White, and Royal Blue, The Manor House Governess is a smart, sublimely charming novel destined to become a modern classic. And h...
of which all humans were, at every moment, potential citizens. The inevitable false move, and it was wham, onto the gurney, with workers grabbing smocks and gloves to plunge into the cavity of you, and the lights that burned all night. Outside this building...
“An element of surprise, whether on the level of language or incident or something else entirely. An authority over the story being told. The author’s willingness to take a risk. The sense that this excerpt is but one tantalizing piece in a work that is whole, complex, and inevitable....
. . inevitable. “There’s nothing I want more,” he answered. Could her eyes blaze any brighter? “Then let’s go. Now! Using whichever is best of your three plans!” He glanced around him at the dark cell in which they stood, with its meager necessities. The cold smell of stone...
But, instead of enhancing the advancement of black intellectuals, his conclusion is that they should be saved from the inevitable disappointment of realising that, however hard they tried, they would never be accepted members of the white society, due to racial prejudice. The mission-educated ...
hills. One hundred sixty of these enormous piles would be filled with concrete to support the new bridge’s viaduct. The whole process was choreographed with precision and executed without a hitch; it felt inevitable, its unfolding infused with all the confidence we place in the wordengineering....
Jennifer Lynn Barnes is releasing a new series that ties with The Inheritance Games with the release of The Grandest Gae and fans can finally see what happens next with an exclusive excerpt.
Our chemistry was off the charts, and I fell hard pretty fast. Unfortunately, Alex insisted I was too young for her. I hated that she felt that way. Because age was just a number. Not only that, her words didn’t match the way she looked at me—like she was very interested. ...
“Mom,” Julie called from across the room. She mimed a drinking motion with one hand. Ellie made a Do I have to wait on everybodyface back at her. Julie gave her an exaggerated Yeah you donod. Caving in to the inevitable, Ellie poured two more glasses, reluctantly abandoned her own...
inflationary from the moment of creation, and requires continual adjustment as the money volume is expanded. Money creation rate always increases rapidly and steadily until a state of hyperinflation (dollar glut) (runaway falling dollar parity) is reached; the inevitable result of which is financial...