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**Contains graphic sexual content and harsh language. Stepbrother Dearest is a standalone novel. I had a feeling my heart was about to get broken again. When tragedy struck our family, I'd have to face him again.Īnd holy hell, the teenager who made me crazy was now a man that drove me insane. The Rules of Dating My Best Friends Sister by Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward Her Filthy Reverse Harem Romance Collection by Penelope Wylde Obsessed With My Exs Dad (Forbidden Fantasies) by S.E. Just as quickly as he'd come into my life, he was gone back to California. Then, things started changing between us, and it all came to a head one night. I hated that he brought girls from our high school back to his room.īut what I hated the most was the unwanted way my body reacted to him.Īt first, I thought all he had going for him were his rock-hard tattooed abs and chiseled face. I hated that he took it out on me because he didn't want to be here. 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She lives for part of the year in Brittany, in a remote cottage deep in an ancient landscape where many past inhabitants have left their mark on her doorstep are relics that date from the stone circles and dolmens of the Neolithic to the commanderies, chapels and ancient tracks of those infamous warrior monks, the Knights Templar. Brought up in the countryside close to where the Hawkenlye Novels are set, she went to school in Tonbridge and later studied archaeology at the University of Kent. Alys Clare is the pen name used by Elizabeth Harris for the Hawkenlye series of historical mysteries.Īlys Clare is the pseudonym of a novelist with some 20 published works to her name. Lovecraft approved of other writers building on his work, believing such common allusions built up "a background of evil verisimilitude." Many readers have believed it to be a real work, with booksellers and librarians receiving many requests for it pranksters have listed it in rare book catalogues, and a student smuggled a card for it into the card catalog of the Yale University Library. Other authors such as August Derleth and Clark Ashton Smith also cited the Necronomicon in their works. Among other things, the work contains an account of the Old Ones, their history, and the means for summoning them. It was first mentioned in Lovecraft's 1924 short story " The Hound", written in 1922, though its purported author, the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, had been quoted a year earlier in Lovecraft's " The Nameless City". The Necronomicon, also referred to as the Book of the Dead, or under a purported original Arabic title of Kitab al-Azif, is a fictional grimoire (textbook of magic) appearing in stories by the horror writer H. Lovecraft created the Necronomicon as a fictional grimoire and featured it in many of his stories. 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TERRY PRATCHETT'S THE COLOUR OF MAGIC THE ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY: The Discworld is flat, and rides through space on the backs of Berilia, Tubul, Great P'Thon and Jerakeen, the four elephants who stand in turn on the back of Great A'Tuin, the giant turtle. The book is professionally wrapped and packed with great care with bubble wrap and placed in a special book box to ensure that the book arrives at your destination in perfect condition. The Jacket is protected by archival protective covering. Publishers number sequence 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 confirms that this book is a first printing. This book is guaranteed to be a 1st Edition, 1st Printing. There are no inscriptions and the Dust Jacket has not been price clipped. Both Book and Dust Jacket are in As New condition. Signed without Dedication by Terry Pratchett to the Pre-Title Page. the only retail outlet authorised to sell Signed copies of Terry Pratchett's books, a copy invoice will be provided with the book to give provenance. The plot twists plus the use of two culturally different worlds make for very interesting reading. The character development is also excellent and they come alive in your mind and leave you genuinely caring about what happens to them. This book is not short (650+ pages) but it never feels overly long as the fine narrative guides you effortlessly through the story. Feist has an amazing imagination and here he brings to us a war between two worlds reminiscent of Medieval Europe and Japan in the time of the Samurai. This is an epic tale of intrigue and action. Pug's destiny is to lead him through a rift in the fabric of space and time to the mastery of the unimaginable powers of a strange new magic. Tomas will inherit a legacy of savage power from an ancient civilization. A magically created rift in space brings together the two worlds, the world that Pug has always known and the world of the invading Tsuranuanni. The peace that he has known all his short life disappears and is replaced by war in the shape of invaders from another world. An orphaned young boy named Pug becomes a master magician’s apprentice and two world’s destinies are forever changed. The story begins in Crydee, a frontier outpost in the Kingdom of the Isles. His provocative and groundbreaking writing, combined with masterly artwork by some of the medium's top artists, made Swamp Thing one of the great comics of the late twentieth century. Alan Moore took the Swamp Thing to new heights in the 1980s with his unique narrative approach. Created out of the Swamp by a freak accident, Swamp Thing is an elemental creature who uses the forces of nature and wisdom of the plant kingdom to fight the polluted world's self-destruction. With modern-day issues explored against a backdrop of horror, The Swamp Thing stories became commentaries on environmental, political, and social issues, unflinching in their relevance. 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