Goalie Interference by Avon Gale5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() This title is part of the Carina Press Romance Promise: all the romance you're looking for with an HEA/HFN. ![]() But there's more to life than winning, and if Emmitt and Ryu can get past their egos and competitive natures, they might just discover they work better as partners than they ever imagined possible. Beating Armstrong at practice feels good, sure, but there are other, more fun ways to shut his rival up. Ryu doesn't want to admit the other goalie's smart mouth turns him on. If the Venom are looking for a meek, mild-mannered pushover, they've got the wrong guy. Emmitt Armstrong knows that, and he's not about to waste the opportunity after grinding his way from the bottom to the top. Not everyone gets to play in the best league in the world. ![]() So when he's called into management's office, he's expecting to hear he's the new starting goalie for the team, not that some new guy-an incredibly hot, annoyingly bratty rookie-is here to compete for his spot. So when he's called into management's office, he's expecting to hear he's the new starting goalie for the team, not that some new guyan incredibly hot, annoyingly bratty rookieis here to compete for his spot. ![]() Ryu Mori has had a stellar season as goalie for the Atlanta Venom. Ryu Mori has had a stellar season as goalie for the Atlanta Venom. goalie in this brand-new enemies-to-lovers hockey romance from Avon Gale and Piper Vaughn. ![]()
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In the little office at the back of Mr McKechnie's bookshop, Gordon - Gordon Comstock, last member of the Comstock family, aged twenty-nine and rather moth-eaten already - lounged across the table, pushing a four-penny packet of Player's Weights open and shut with his thumb. ![]() Eversea book5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() art marinas and is the undisputed heavyweight champion of resort bass fishing. Your truly can have it all here, with eight resort restaurants, lots more independent options, half a dozen bars, nightclub and a replica of an entire 16 th century Mediterranean village, Altos de Chavon, full of working artists with active studios, shops, galleries, restaurants and a 5,000-seat amphitheater that has been home to such stars performers as Elton John, Julio Iglesias, Placido Domingo and Andrea Bocelli.īuilt by the owner of the Bass Pro Shops retail chain, Missouri's Big Cedar Lodge has 2 state of the. The main event is blue marlin but there are other billfish, mahi mahi, wahoo and especially big tuna. Peak season, March and April, is winding down right now but the fishing is excellent from February to May and tuna close to 500 pounds have been landed during Christmas week in December. ![]() But the key is the 370-slip marina and yacht club, the most advanced in the Caribbean, with diving, sailing and excellent deep sea sportfishing, hosting one of the most important marlin tournaments anywhere. But the 7,000-acre resort is devoted to all things sport, with unrivalled facilities that include polo fields, an equestrian club, topnotch tennis center with more than a dozen har-tru courts, and a 245-acre shooting club. ![]() Nina simon the art of relevance5/22/2023 ![]() Instead of lecturing families about the food pyramid, asset-based nutrition programs encourage families to share their own favorite recipes. Instead of penalizing young bullies, asset-based crime prevention programs help assertive children take on leadership roles. In asset-based programs, the institution focuses on cultivating and building on people’s strengths instead of filling needs or fixing weaknesses. Recent research in many fields, including education, public health, and public safety, shows that we can be more effective when we focus on assets as well as needs. It doesn’t invite participants to be active agents in their own experience. It implies that the institution has all the answers. It suggests that the people served are passive consumers. ![]() While addressing needs is important, this service model can sometimes be demeaning and disempowering. You’re socially isolated we give you a community center. The theory goes: you have needs we have programs to address them. ![]() Many organizations have a service model that is strictly needs-based. ![]() I’m using “needs” to mean things people want, desire, or feel necessary, and “assets” to mean things people are proud of, have in hand, or consider strengths. ![]() Instead of nitpicking over wants and needs, I find it much more productive to explore the differences between needs and assets. ![]() The false prince series5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() An extraordinary adventure filled with danger and action, lies and deadly truths that will have readers clinging to the edge of their seats. But Sage's rivals have their own agendas as well.As Sage moves from a rundown orphanage to Conner's sumptuous palace, layer upon layer of treachery and deceit unfold, until finally, a truth is revealed that, in the end, may very well prove more dangerous than all of the lies taken together. Sage knows that Conner's motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword's point - he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. In a discontented kingdom, civil war is brewing. However, this is all part of Conners scheme to find an impersonator for the kings long-lost son, intending to plant him as a puppet prince. New York Times bestseller The False Prince thrills with wild twists and turns, danger and deceit, and the revelation of hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end. The series follows an orphan named Sage, who is adopted, along with three other boys, by nobleman Bevin Conner. ![]() A winter book by tove jansson5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It's a funny story about accepting and embracing the notion of 'travelling light' (the name of the penultimate story), and even about a sort of 'taking leave' (the title of the last). (She has plenty of canned food: she is mostly worried about her Madeira.) She keeps putting off her tasks.and then the squirrel arrives. In "The Squirrel" an aging woman, alone on her island as winter approaches, keeps reminding herself of the supplies she wants to replenish before she can no longer get her boat out. The story that leads off the last section, and the only one written in third-person, is my favorite. When she is older, she sets out to sail solo around the archipelago, at the wink of her mother, hoping to dodge her father. She rolls a huge stone home up the stairs she tags along oblivious to where she's not wanted she claims an iceberg as her own. The stories of the first two sections are the first-person narrations of an unnamed, feisty, stubborn young child. Not that all of these stories, selected from Jansson's earlier collections and most previously untranslated, are set in winter-or even in the winter of a life, though those of the third, and last, section are. Last July I read Jansson's The Summer Book and then bought this one, saving it for the winter. ![]() It fell from the sky fan brothers5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a beautifully illustrated book with one of my very favorite art styles, monochromatic with splashes of color, and the personalities of each of the insects comes through in the drawings and words. Will his plan work? Needless to say, things are never that easy. As long as the other insects are willing to pay him a small fee, they can enjoy this and other wonders too. ![]() I don’t often review children’s books here, though they’re a regular part of my job, but I have to admit I’m a HUGE sucker for a good picture book and this new one by Canadian author-illustrator team the Fan Brothers, Eric and Terry, is a gorgeous, whimsical story about what happens when a mysterious object falls from the sky.Īs the insects humorously debate what this object could be and where it came from, a shrewd spider crafts his own plan for this “Wonder from the Sky”. ![]() Ghost the book by raina telgemeier5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() The beautiful color pictures help tell Cat’s story. Maya is curious about what will happen to her after death. Even though Maya is sick, she remains adventurous and inquisitive. ![]() The story shows Maya’s treatments in a fun, illustrated format. Ghost focus on Cat’s fear of losing her sick sister, who has cystic fibrosis. Will Cat be able to put aside her fears? Will Maya fulfill her dream of a ghostly encounter? But Cat doesn’t want to have anything to do with the celebration, and she certainly doesn’t want to meet a ghost. According to Carlos, Maya isn’t the only one that likes the cool, salty air-so do the ghosts who visit Bahia de la Luna.Īs the town prepares for El Día De Los Muertos, Maya is determined to meet a ghost. When the two sisters start exploring their new home, they meet their neighbor, Carlos. But moving to the coastal town Bahia de la Luna, with its cool, salty air, will help her little sister Maya’s cystic fibrosis. ![]() Joanne harris different class review5/22/2023 ![]() A boy capable of twisting everything around him. But every so often there's a boy who doesn't fit the mould. ![]() 'A magnificently plotted and twisty journey to the heart of a 24-year-old crime.darkly nstantly wrongfoots and misdirects.up to a satisfyingly eccentric conclusion.' - Observer 'Classy writing, sensitive and moving.' - The Times 'Harris pulls off an impeccable thriller nsistently entertaining.' - Sunday Times 'Just fabulous' - ***** Reader review 'An absolute triumph of a book' - ***** Reader review 'Twists, turns and droll humour - a great read!' - ***** Reader review 'Absorbing' - ***** Reader review **************************************************************************************************** After thirty years at St Oswald's Grammar in North Yorkshire, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go - the clowns, the rebels, the underdogs, and those he calls his Brodie boys. Perfect for fans of Ann Cleeves, Susan Hill, Nicci French and Val McDermid. ![]() The impressively versatile Joanne Harris in her psychological thriller mode, at her darkest and most unsettling. ![]() ![]() ![]() That said, my 11 year old liked the narration. I preferred other narrators in this genre like Bronson Pinchot and Johnny Heller. He has a flat quality to his voice which I didn't really like. They were very similar so if you liked the last one, you will likely enjoy this as well.ĭid you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?Ĭolder isn't my favorite narrator which surprised me since he's an actor. My 11 year old and I listened to his first book as well (the prior book in this series). Have you listened to any of Chris Colfer’s other performances before? How does this one compare? The fresh take on fairy tale stories we all know. Fairy tale fantasy type stories seem to translate really well to the audio format. The Land of Stories Series 6 primary works 14 total works Book 1 The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer 4. ![]() I haven't read the print version but this is a great book on audio. Chris Colfer, The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns Alex and Conner are back in the modern world, living normally, when their mother doesnt appear one night. Your Majesty a man shouted from the other side of the door. Sleeping Beauty and King Chase were awoken by a thunderous banging on their chamber door. Would you consider the audio edition of The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns to be better than the print version? But a few hours before dawn, the silence was broken. Second in the series continues the adventure ![]() |