First sentence: “On the day the Teller of Small Fortunes came to Necker, the village was in an uproar because the candlemaker’s would-be apprentice had lost all the goats.”Support your local independent bookstore: buy it there!Review copy pilfered from the ARC shelves at work.Content: ...
But since the book was being used as a testing ground for the son-in-law, it had been placed under the direct scrutiny of Tom Hagen, to whom a report was sent every day.Now with the line posted, the gamblers were thronging into the back room of the candy store to jot down the od...
When he was finished he turned her right side up again, kissed her tenderly on the mouth and said, "Baby, I'm going to build you a whole new thing down there, and then I'll try it out personally. It will be a medical first, I'll be able to write a paper on it for the offi...
She had failed first grade and was a year older than me. Mildred didn’t have any friends, so she seemed to concentrate on making enemies. Because I was one of the smallest children in first grade, she had selected me as her number one enemy.As soon as the dismissal bell rang each ...
There seems to be considerable interest in my finances at present.Every day, I am hauled up before another board of inquiry and asked foolish questions.The rumor seems current that I made off with the mythical gold of the Confederacy.” “Well—did you?” “What a leading question!You ...
He tossed and turned, remembering the older man’s threat to use the cane on him, if he were to be late. What an awful thought. What an awfully exciting thought though! His penis seemed to have a life of its own as he thought about being on the receiving end of a caning. Perhaps...
Then, one day, Owen’s fears all come true. And it will take everything he’s got to escape the explosion intact. Buy it: Bookshop | Amazon | IndieBound Hard Drive by Shae Connor (October 18th) Hi, my name’s Annie Clark, and I’ve managed to flip my quiet, nerdy, single life...
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Book Summary: Anna, a bakery owner in a Southern town, discovers a recipe for creating the perfect man with “magic sugar” from her late grandmother’s mysterious box. After using the formula, the man of her dreams shows up the following day. Too cute! See the official book synopsis. ...