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"We were always The Four. From our very first day at High Realms. The four scholarship pupils. Outsiders in a world of power and privilege. It would have made our lives a lot easier if Marta had simply pushed Genevieve out of our bedroom window that day. Certainly, it would have been tragic. She would have died instantly. But Marta didn't push her then, or - if you choose to believe me - at any other time. If she had, all of what we went through would not have happened. I've told this story as clearly as I could - as rationally as I've been able, in the circumstances, to achieve. I don't regret what we did. And I would do it all again"--

Feathered Quill Book Awards Finalist 2024 for both Fantasy and Debut Author categories. American Fiction Awards Finalist 2024 for the Coming of Age category. Izzy Adams leads an ideal life: college, a charming boyfriend, and a promising career awaiting her after graduation. Everything appears perfect on the surface. Yet, deep inside, she craves something more-something different. Her yearning for change is fulfilled one night as her soul is drawn into the spiritual realm.Challenges quickly emerge as she astral projects into a world beyond her own. Izzy finds herself attacked by demonic creatures and must evade her spirit guide, who is intent on erasing her memories and sending her back to Earth. Her only option is to trust a mysterious ghost who claims to be her soulmate. Together, they embark on an epic adventure that promises to change her life forever.Fans of popular series like 'Harry Potter' and 'The Mortal Instruments' will love 'Descending into Darkness.' This novel is brimming with psychics, magic, witches, and ghosts. It combines heartfelt emotions with discussions on thought-provoking social issues.

"It's 1997, and 14-year-old Juliet has it pretty good. But over the course of the next two years, she rapidly begins to unravel, finding herself in a downward trajectory of mental illness and self-destruction."--

This is a coming-of-age story that follows the journey of a young girl named Helen as she approaches womanhood. The book explores the delicate topics of puberty, sexuality, and the importance of proper education and guidance during this pivotal stage of life. Written in the late 19th century, the book provides valuable insights into the social and cultural norms of the time, as well as the struggles and joys of growing up. The novel also explores themes of love, family, and the importance of communication.

One piece of paper can change everythingAfter my parents received the letter I failed out of college, they didn't ask questions. They just sent me to work for my great aunt in rural Louisiana.I'd spent the last year dealing with a cheating boyfriend and backstabbing sorority sisters, so I figured I could handle the swamp.Enter the most infuriating and gorgeous guys I'd ever met, Blaine Crabtree.But as the bayou heat starts gathering, so do my feelings for the southern charmer.If only things weren't so complicated.He plans to never leave his tiny town and has commitment issues.And my commitment? Well, that's supposed to be going back to college...But sometimes a piece of paper and one summer really can change everything.For better or worse.Books in this series:My Paper HeartOn Paper WingsA Paper TrailThese Paper Walls

Everything in my life was falling into place...or so I thought...After Blaine and I squashed the ghosts of our paths, I thought we were ready to move on together.But a night of sin in New Orleans proved that wasn't going to happen.Now instead of moving forward, we have to go in a completely new direction.Every roadblock has gotten in our way. Everything to tear us apart. Now we have to figure out if we are strong enough to move forward or if this is the end of our paper trail.Books in this series:My Paper HeartOn Paper WingsA Paper TrailThese Paper Walls

Humor and poignance mix in this powerful polyphonic novel about family secrets, judgmental aunties, and Brazilian butt lifts, from the internationally bestselling author of Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad.Freshly out of Obafemi Awolowo University, 20-year-old Temi has a clear plan for her future: she is going to surgically enlarge her backside like all the other Nigerian women, move from Ile-Ife to Lagos, and meet a man who will love her senseless. When she finally finds the courage to tell her mother, older sister, and aunties, her announcement causes an uproar. But as each of the other women try to cure Temi of what seems like temporary insanity, they begin to spill long-buried secrets, including the truth of Temi's older sister's mysterious disappearance five years earlier. In the end, it seems like Temi might be the sanest of them all...In Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow, Damilare Kuku brings her signature humor, boldness, and compassion to each member of this loveable but exasperating family, whose lives reveal the ways in which a woman's physical appearance can dictate her life and relationships and show just how sharp the double-edged sword of beauty can be.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION - A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"A master comedian with a virtuoso prose style has produced an audacious, original and highly disturbing book . . . an incandescent satire." --Giles Harvey, The New York Times Magazine From the Whiting and O. Henry-winning author of Private Citizens ("the first great millennial novel," New York Magazine), an electrifying novel-in-stories that follows a cast of intricately linked characters as rejection throws their lives and relationships into chaos.Sharply observant and outrageously funny, Rejection is a provocative plunge into the touchiest problems of modern life. The seven connected stories seamlessly transition between the personal crises of a complex ensemble and the comic tragedies of sex, relationships, identity, and the internet.In "The Feminist," a young man's passionate allyship turns to furious nihilism as he realizes, over thirty lonely years, that it isn't getting him laid. A young woman's unrequited crush in "Pics" spirals into borderline obsession and the systematic destruction of her sense of self. And in "Ahegao; or, The Ballad of Sexual Repression," a shy late bloomer's flailing efforts at a first relationship leads to a life-upending mistake. As the characters pop up in each other's dating apps and social media feeds, or meet in dimly lit bars and bedrooms, they reveal the ways our delusions can warp our desire for connection.These brilliant satires explore the underrated sorrows of rejection with the authority of a modern classic and the manic intensity of a manifesto. Audacious and unforgettable, Rejection is a stunning mosaic that redefines what it means to be rejected by lovers, friends, society, and oneself."Rejection is unrelentingly brutal and gut-bustingly funny and spares no one--not you, not me. Tulathimutte is a pervert and a madman and a stone-cold genius." --Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties"One of the foremost fiction writers exploring the subject of his own generation." --Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker

Nick Willard may be three years her junior but he has pined for Annie Kurtz since they were both prep school students. After 9/11, however, Annie joins the Marines, eventually making a split-second decision her superiors never wanted her to make and leaving her to wrestle with whether she should have followed orders or her conscience. After her return from a combat deployment to Afghanistan, Nick, now a successful journalist, must grapple with his own conscience as he uncovers the reasons for the changes to the schoolgirl he has long deified. Together, Nick and Annie explore the tensions between love and friendship, even those between morality and law, as they come of age amid the psychological traumas that result when war makers sweep reality under a rug of ridiculous details.

"An Irish-American family comes to life in this first novel by actor and independent filmmaker Ed Burns. The book opens at a wake, as our twelve-year-old narrator, an aspiring writer, takes in the death of his beloved grandfather, Pop, a larger-than-life figure to him. The overflowing crowd includes sandhogs in their muddy work boots, old Irish biddies in black dresses and cops in uniform, along with the family in mourning. There's an open casket, the first time he's seen a dead person. Later, at the bar across the street, he tells a story to the assembled crowd about the day his dad proposed to his mom, and how he almost got beat up by her brothers for it, and then how Pop made him propose twice. His mom calls him "Kneenie," and with her husband and older son Tommy lost to her, he's the best thing she's got. He sees her struggling, but doesn't know how to help-since like his brother and father before him he knows he'll also abandon her soon enough. Stories cascade between the prior generation's colorful origins in the Bronx and the softer world of the Long Island town of Gibson, where the family lives now. There are scenes in the Rockaways, at Belmont Race Track, and in Montauk. Out of individual struggles a collective warmth emerges, a certain kind of American story, raucous and joyous"--

"The unbreakable bonds of family are explored in this brilliant and tender story from the author of Guy's Girl. On the day she arrives in Canada for her older brother's wedding, Eliot Beck hasn't seen her family in three years. The separation has been painful. Eliot adores her big, wacky, dysfunctional family. Still, there's a reason she fled to Manhattan and buried herself in her work, and that reason is a secret she's not willing to share with anyone. Not when speaking it aloud risks sending her back there. Into the torturous, never-ending cycle of the obsessive-compulsive disorder that consumed her for years. Eliot thinks she's mentally prepared to survive the four-day-long wedding extravaganza-that is, until she sees her best friend, Manuel, waiting for her on the dock at the marina. The same person who, when they met, felt like finding the missing half of her soul. The same person she tried so hard not to fall in love with-but whose heart she broke anyway. Manuel's presence at the wedding threatens the stone walls that Eliot built around herself. The fortress that keeps her OCD at bay. And if she isn't careful, by the end of this wedding, the whole castle might come crumbling down"--

This beautiful novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story of two young people growing up in Mason, Missouri, and how Arthur Moses, a shy young man, becomes the wise and compassionate person readers loved in The Story of Arthur Truluv.“A poignant tale of love, grief, and the resiliency of the human spirit.”—Kirkus ReviewsA CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARNola McCollum is the most desirable girl in Arthur Moses’s class, and he is thrilled when they become friends. But Arthur wants far more than friendship. Unfortunately, Nola has a crush on the wrong Moses—Arthur’s older brother, Frank, who is busy pursuing his own love interest and avoiding the boys’ father, a war veteran with a drinking problem and a penchant for starting fights. When a sudden tragedy rocks the family’s world, Arthur struggles to come to terms with his grief. In the end, it is nature that helps him to understand how to go beyond loss and create a life of forgiveness and empathy. But what can he do about Nola, who seems confused about what she wants in life and only half aware of the one who loves her most?Full of unforgettable characters and written with Elizabeth Berg’s characteristic warmth, humor, and insight into people, Earth’s the Right Place for Love is about the power of kindness, character, and family, and how love can grow when you least expect it.

One of Granta's Best Young British Novelists 2023 "Eliza Clark's writing embraces the socially unacceptable and wryly explores themes of gender, power, and violence."--Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023"Chilling, clever, and unputdownable."--GuardianFrom the author of the cult hit Boy Parts comes a chilling, brilliantly told story of murder among a group of teenage girls--a powerful and disturbing novel as piercing in its portrait of young women as Emma Cline's The Girls.On a beach in a run-down seaside town on the Yorkshire coastline, sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson is set on fire by three other schoolgirls.Nearly a decade after the horrifying murder, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has written the definitive account of the crime, drawn from hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, painstaking historical research, and most notably, correspondence with the killers themselves. The result is a riveting snapshot of lives rocked by tragedy, and a town left in turmoil.But how much of the story is true?Compulsively readable, provocative, and disturbing, Penance is a cleverly nuanced, unflinching exploration of gender, class, and power that raises troubling questions about the media and our obsession with true crime while bringing to light the depraved side of human nature and our darkest proclivities.

Xiania er et glamourøst og beskidt drama om jazztidens Oslo.Året er 1922. Klara tager toget fra en lille norsk flække til storbyen Kristiania (Xiania) for at håndtere en uønsket graviditet. Hun er 19 år gammel, og i hånden har hun en lap papir med et navn og en adresse: Madam Zavarella, Elvegata 2.Efter en abort, som næsten koster Klara livet, bliver hun en del af den sammensatte verden omkring Madam Zavarella i slummen Vaterland. Det er en stinkende, fattig, pulserende underverden, men hos Madam Zavarella er der pengesedler gemt i alle sprækker af det vakkelvorne hus, der er en automobil i gården, forbindelser til de finere kredse på Bygdøy, og selvom det er forbudstid, flyder alkoholen frit. Før Klara ved af det, har hun fået kort hår og bukser og færdes hjemmevant i byens natteliv, hvor hun føler sig splittet mellem revolutionære Matteo og smukke Leander.Xiania er et portræt af en ung kvindes møde med et sydende Kristiania og med en farverig, excentrisk flok af outsidere. Xiania 1: Klara er første bind i en trilogi af den norske forfatter Lotta Elstad. Hvert bind følger en ny karakter fra det samme univers.

What Happened to Him? is a coming-of-age tale that explores the confluence of journalism and politics through the eyes of a young man experiencing first love, losses and the struggles to find a path in life.We were all young once-or are young now. We asked ourselves or are presently asking, "What should I become when I grow up?" Sometimes, the answer to this question was prescribed by others, but it was challenged. And often, there was no prescription. But each of us struggles to find an identity that will stand the test of time; one that will respond to the demons of our younger years. Looking back-in remembering others and as we wonder about that young person we once were-we sometimes ask, "What happened to him?"After his sophomore year in college, Paul Newton accepts a summer internship with a weekly newspaper. The newspaper's publisher suggests a research project Paul that could turn into his senior year baccalaureate thesis. The project would be an investigation into the disappearance of a young politician whose promising career had collapsed and whose life had fallen apart. What Happened to Him? tells of Paul's effort to comprehend that missing politician's life and career at the same time as Paul seeks to choose a path for his own life.

The story is Philosophical and Psychological in nature.Well, we areproving to forget our own youth, in the first encounter of our life atlarge, we do not have the treasury and wisdom. We are also confused andtired to understand the complexities of life in a simple way. In this bookwe will relive those days of earlier life. It is always useful to look throughyounger eyes, that prevent generation - gap. In this work characters maynot appear very well worked out, all men do not appear the same to all.As George Santayana, commented on Dickens characterization and said,"his characters do not confirm to everyday experience of life and men.They are like men seen and described by a child." A child view is differentfrom an adults he emphasizes the Wrong things, but his view is no lesstrue than that of an adult. Marshall's attitude toward the surroundingsis general and towards love in particular has not been worked out with amature skill of Psycho social analysis, but what comes to him is the basictruth of life, stated in an unadorned way. It is a tragic romantic fiction.Marshall the protagonist lives in Tripura and went to Calcutta Universityto complete his Master degree, where he meets Adriana. It is surroundedby the lives of other individuals who are attached with Marshall.

The Betrayal of Joel is the all too familiar story of how an innocent boy is betrayed by present day society. When his father, whom he adored, is no longer in his life, he feels he must protect his mother. He becomes entangled in a world of drugs and crime, from which he feels helpless to escape.The story illustrates how, so often, the very people who decry the drug culture and the destruction it causes to the young and vulnerable are often those individuals who perpetuate the problem through their own addictions. A cast of colourful characters are interwoven in Joel's story, in particular his art teacher who inspires him to believe in himself and pursue his dreams.This is a story which everyone who cares about the future of our young people should read.There is no time for complacency concerning the lives of the Joels of this world. All too often, so much creativity and potential are sadly lost in an underworld of darkness and negativity. Young people should be full of hope and dare to dream!

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis Carroll is a classic work that tells the extraordinary tale of Alice, a seven-year-old girl. She feels bored and drowsy while sitting on the riverbank with her elder sister and notices a talking, clothed White Rabbit with a pocket watch run past. Intrigued by it, she follows it down a rabbit hole when, unexpectedly, she finds herself amidst a series of adventures. She has many marvelous, often bizarre adventures with thoroughly illogical and very strange creatures. With its fantastical tales and riddles, this book takes you on a strange yet amusing journey that will leave you enchanted.

Maddison Harley thront als Queen B der Ocean Side Highschool ganz oben an der Spitze. Geliebt oder gefürchtet, niemand würde es wagen, sich ihr in den Weg zu stellen. Niemand außer Sydney. Als Sydney auf die Schule wechselt und damit droht, Maddisons dunkelstes Geheimnis an die Öffentlichkeit zu tragen, beginnt Maddisons perfekte Fassade zu bröckeln. Schnell wird klar, der einzige Weg hier heraus ist es, Sydney loszuwerden. Und das um jeden Preis ...

"Catalina is trying to work out her own life as she leaves her undocumented family behind to enter Harvard. Suffering from bouts of PTSD, she struggles to connect to her new world just as she struggled to make sense of her old one. She infiltrates the subcultures of elite undergrads-internships and college newspapers, parties and secret societies-and observes them like an anthropologist, but then falls in love, or something like love, with a fellow student, an actual anthropology scholar who wants to teach her about the Andean world she was born in but never knew. They are drawn to each other by the strange attraction of exocticized fascination-she, a real live Latin American, becomes a subject of academic interest; he, in turns, draws her fascination as a white legacy admit born into the strange world she now navigates. Catalina is uncertain: should she let herself become what he wants her to be and take up residence in his secure and privileged world? Or should she return to the life she's known, with all its thorny precarity? Who is she anyway?"--

Named a Best Book of the Summer by Harper's Bazaar and ELLE • Audiofile Magazine Earphones Award Winner?Stunning . . . An intricately built novel that spans decades, moving in and out of a collective voice, while also telling Hi'i's deeply personal and devastating story of trying to find her way.? ?Los Angeles TimesSet in Hilo, Hawai'i, a sweeping saga of tradition, culture, family, history, and connection that unfolds through the lives of three generations of women?a tale of mothers and daughters, dance and destiny.?There's no running away on an island. Soon enough, you end up where you started.?Hi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there's a lot she doesn't understand. She's never met her legendary grandmother and her mother has never revealed the identity of her father. Worse, unspoken divides within her tight-knit community have started to grow, creating fractures whose origins are somehow entangled with her own family history.In hula, Hi'i sees a chance to live up to her name and solidify her place within her family legacy. But in order to win the next Miss Aloha Hula competition, she will have to turn her back on everything she had ever been taught, and maybe even lose the very thing she was fighting for.Told in part in the collective voice of a community fighting for its survival, Hula is a spellbinding debut that offers a rare glimpse into a forgotten kingdom that still exists in the heart of its people.?A full-throated chant for Hawai'i . . . It's impossible to come away unchanged.? ?Kawai Strong Washburn, author of the PEN/Hemingway award-winning Sharks in the Times of Saviors

"A riotous adventure through the ages of Greek mythology, populated by a cast of vivid, glittering characters. Luna McNamara strikes the perfect note of irreverent humor and furious emotion in this fabulous novel. An absolute joy!" ? JENNIFER SAINT, bestselling author of Ariadne and ElektraThe god of desire is cursed to fall for a spirited young mortal woman, but if she looks upon his face they will be parted forever in this utterly transporting reimagining of Greek mythology?an epic adventure and love story for the ages, sure to satisfy fans of Madeline Miller and V.E. SchwabWho said true love is a myth?A prophecy claims that Psyche, princess of Mycenae, will defeat a monster feared even by the gods. Rebelling against her society's expectations for women, Psyche spends her youth mastering blade and bow, preparing to meet her destiny.When Psyche angers the love goddess Aphrodite, she sends Eros, god of desire, to deliver a cruel curse. After eons watching humanity twist his gifts, the last thing Eros wants is to become involved in the chaos of the mortal world. But when he pricks himself with the arrow intended for Psyche, Eros finds himself doomed to yearn for a woman who will be torn from him the moment their eyes meet.Thrown together by fate, headstrong Psyche and world-weary Eros will face challenges greater than they could have ever imagined. And as the Trojan War begins and divine powers try to keep them apart, the pair must determine if the curse could become something more . . . before it's too late.A joyous and subversive tale of gods, monsters, and the human heart and soul, Psyche and Eros dazzles the senses while exploring notions of trust, sacrifice, and what it truly means to be a hero. With unforgettably vivid characters, spellbinding prose, and delicious tension, Luna McNamara has crafted a shimmering and propulsive debut novel about a love so strong it defies the will of Olympus."An enthralling tale of adventure, romance, and star-crossed lovers.? ? SUE LYNN TAN, bestselling author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess"Startlingly lovely. This is Greek mythology as it's meant to be told?witty, indulgent, deeply felt." ? GRACE D. LI, New York Times bestselling author of Portrait of a Thief"Every page is a breathless, swoonworthy adventure." ? ROSHANI CHOKSHI, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Tale of the Flower Bride

"I adored this summer novel! My favorite beach reads are written by Meg Mitchell Moore, and Summer Stage is her brand new smash hit. If you like my books, you'll love this!" ?Elin HilderbrandFrom the bestselling author of Vacationland, a spirited summer page-turner following a family of actors grappling with fame, scandal, and ambition.The Trevino family hasn't spent much quality time together lately. But as the summer months arrive, they find themselves all together on Block Island.Amy Trevino, a high school teacher and occasional theater director, has stayed close to her Rhode Island hometown while her famous brother, Timothy, pursued and achieved his Hollywood dreams. When Timothy returns to Block Island to direct a summer play, Amy agrees to be the production manager in an effort to mend rifting family relationships. Sam, Amy's daughter, was a Disney child star who continued her pursuit for fame in a Manhattan TikTok house. Now she's also returned home unexpectedly, her sudden arrival shrouded in secrets. Sam refuses to open up to her mother, deciding instead to live with her uncle for the summer. As the three Trevinos work together to ensure the production is a success, Amy, Sam, and Timothy are forced to grapple with their desires for recognition and fortune, stand up for what they believe art and fame actually mean, and discover what they really want out of life.A bighearted and delicious novel about family, ambition, and opportunity, Summer Stage is the must-read book of the summer.

Willkommen in Heartside Creek! (Winter-Reihe)Eine Stadt, drei Freundinnen und ein ereignisreicher Advent.Komm mit nach Heartside Creek und begleite die Bewohner auf ihrem Weg zum Glück:Cami, Marla und Julia könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein, dennoch sind sie Freundinnen seit ihrer Kindheit. Weihnachten steht vor der Tür, und jede der jungen Frauen kniet vor den Trümmern ihres Lebens. Können sie bis zum Fest zu sich selbst finden, um endlich glücklich zu werden?Back to you:Cami weiß, was sie will. Sie hat einen Plan für ihr Leben und arbeitet unermüdlich, um ihr Ziel zu erreichen. Doch in diesem Dezember scheint sich das Universum gegen sie verschworen zu haben. Mit jedem Tag entgleitet ihr die Kontrolle über ihren durchgetakteten Alltag mehr.Ihre besten Freundinnen sind nicht da, ihr eigener Körper stellt sich ihr in den Weg und dann taucht auch noch ihr Exfreund wieder auf - Ben. Seine bloße Anwesenheit droht zum Einsturz zu bringen, was Cami krampfhaft zusammenhalten will.Ben weiß genau, was er nicht will - werden wie sein Vater. Verpflichtungen, Erwartungsdruck, all dem ist er vor Jahren entflohen. Dennoch landet er entmutigt wieder in seiner Heimatstadt Heartside Creek, auf der Suche nach etwas, das ihm endlich eine Richtung gibt.Und dann steht Cami vor ihm. Seine Jugendliebe erinnert ihn an den Menschen, der er einst war, und Ben muss sich eingestehen, dass er irgendwo falsch abgebogen ist.Begleite Cami und Ben durch eine Vorweihnachtszeit, wie sie keiner von beiden geplant hat und stelle dir mit ihnen die wirklich wichtigen Fragen:Wann ist man in seinem Leben angekommen und darf sich endlich Erholung erlauben?Wo sucht man nach Erfüllung, wenn man schon überall war?Darf man im Winter Erdbeeren essen?Oh und die wichtigste: Ist es eine gute Idee, sich auf ein Entspannungscoaching mit seinem Ex einzulassen?Der vorliegende Band Back to you ist Teil der Heartside Creek Winter-Reihe, die unabhängig voneinander ohne Spoiler gelesen werden kann, da alle drei Geschichten zur gleichen Zeit spielen.Siehe auch Parallelbände:Heartside Creek - Lost in you und Heartside Creek - Home with you.

A quaint Irish village, a klutzy single mum, and a handsome former flame... In this charming romantic comedy, twenty-six-year-old Aislin is at a crossroads. As a Dublin single mammy, a lot of her life needs improvement, yet what she really needs is a father. Not for herself-she so does not need a father-but for her young son, daddy-hungry Kevin. And she's determined to succeed at motherhood, if nothing else. So Aislin follows the mad impulse to track down the perfect father-figure for her little boy. Who else but her first love, Ben Carpenter? Ben is great dad material, and has a cozy manor house tucked away in a quaint little village in County Galway. All the same, after her truly awful breakup with him seven years ago, commitment-shy Aislin is determined to keep Ben at arm's length. Or at least very platonic. Besides, surely friends-to-lovers only happens in films, right? Not...always! And now, along with this sizzling attraction, Aislin has new family complications to sort out. In this heartfelt novel of secrets, second chances and forgiveness, will Aislin find her own fairy-tale ending? Susan Colleen Browne's Village of Ballydara series, set in a sleepy Iris village, features deeply romantic, feel-good novels about love, friendship and family! "Browne has done wonderful work in capturing Ireland's language and current cultural milieu from pubs to puddings."-The Bellingham Herald About the Author:Susan Colleen Browne weaves her love of Ireland and her passion for country living into her Village of Ballydara series. She's also the author of an award-winning memoir, Little Farm in the Foothills, a heartwarming, true-life story of modern homesteading, and the sequel, Little Farm Homegrown. A community college instructor, Susan runs a mini-farm in the foothills of the Pacific Northwest, USA. When not writing, Susan is wrangling chickens, tending vegetable beds, and dreaming up new Irish stories!

Creighton Mine, where the innocent hide in the shadows and a killer walks free.In 1951 Canada is experiencing a post-war boom, but life moves slower in the northern town of Creighton Mine. For nine-year-old Rose unpaved streets and outhouses are all she's ever known, but change is coming. This will be the summer she stops being invisible.It's been five years since her sister, Virginia, has been home and everyone in town is eager to hear about her glamorous life in Los Angeles. Rose is determined with all the buzz she'll grab a bit of that spotlight for herself but not long after Virginia's return excitement turns to tragedy when the first murder in living memory casts a shadow over the town. A murder with no suspects and no motive.Detective Victor Lapointe of the OPP is assigned to the case. He expects to wrap it up quickly but soon finds that small town secrets sometimes takes precedence over the truth. And from day one something about the victim stirs up memories he'd rather keep buried.For Rose the murder unveils a family secret she was never meant to learn. One that puts her dangerously into the spotlight she craved.