![]() ![]() My love was taken away, and I will never get that back. I exist, and I play my guitar to try and ease the pain. My life and all my dreams had died with her in the accident. There are no words that can describe how I’ve felt the past year. About a year ago, I lost the love of my life, my fiancé, in a tragic car accident. After finding my fiancé and my sister together, I moved from Seattle to Santa Monica to start a new life of independence and to focus on my passion for photography, man-free. Cheating was all I grew up with, and I vowed never to live the life my mother did. He would even stoop as low as to take me and my sister with him on his trysts when we were younger. I grew up with a father who was a womanizer and cheated on my mother every moment he had the chance. ![]() That was until I found my fiancé having sex with my sister in the church moments before I was supposed to walk down the aisle. My name is Lily Gilmore, and I was supposed to be getting married today. ![]()
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While he wanted to write a book for years, it wasn’t until his wife challenged him that Wight – at 50 – finally put pen to paper. He also served in the Royal Air Force and helped raise his family. ![]() ![]() He was an English veterinarian who drew inspiration from his life when he turned to writing.īefore he became a writer, Wight lived a full life as a veterinarian. James Herriot is the pseduonym for James Alfred Wight. ![]() Then we are here to help! Who is James Herriot? Are you a fan of James Herriot’s books and looking for a list of all the James Herriot books in order? ![]() ![]() ![]() The terror and tensions Oates creates, comes not just from the concern that the girl makes it home alive, but also by showing us the trauma inflicted on other characters because of Jude, the abductor’s delusional actions. The story flits between the viewpoints of the young kidnapper, a sympathetically drawn grotesque, the kidnapped girl’s mother and a male teacher who is being set up as the potential abductor. The titular novella is a wonderfully crafted tale of girls gone bad, in which Oates tells of the kidnapping of an 11-year-old by older girls at her school. Hers is the horror of real life, the horror of what one human can do to another, the horror of jealousy, loss, hubris and greed. ![]() Joyce Carol Oates might not seem like the first port of call if you are in the mood for some unspeakable dread, but novels such as Zombie, My Sister, My Love and We Were the Mulvaneys all explore the darkness at the heart of humanity. The full title of this collection is The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares: Novellas and Stories of Unspeakable Dread. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Instantly, Cam knows he must possess her. 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Once upon a time, Benedict thought he and Penelope got along rather well. If only she didn't feel so attracted to the arrogant scoundrel. He may be the suave and charming heir to an earl, as well as the most handsome man on earth, but she can't forget how he abandoned a friend in need- nor how he once courted her sister, Abigail. Penelope Weston does not like Benedict Lennox, Lord Atherton. ![]() ![]() USA Today bestselling author Caroline Linden's third novel in her Scandalous series brings together a feisty heiress, a notorious rake, and a shocking book that could bring one woman the utmost despair- or the greatest pleasure. ![]() |