The Damnation Affair

Author : Lilith Saintcrow
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316226475
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Damnation Affair written by Lilith Saintcrow and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The West is a wild place, where the poison wind blows and the dead walk. But there is gold, and whiskey, and enough room for a man to forget what he once was -- until he no longer can. Jack Gabriel's been the sheriff in Damnation almost since the town grew out of the dust and the mud. He keeps the peace -- sort of -- and rides the circuit every dawn and dusk with the chartermage, making sure the wilderness doesn't seep into their fragile attempt at civilization. Away from the cities clinging to the New World's eastern rim, he doesn't remember what he was. At least, not much. But Damnation is growing, and along comes a schoolmarm. Catherine Barrowe is a right proper Boston miss, and it's a mystery why she would choose this town where everything scandalous and dangerous is probably too much for a quality lady like her. Sometimes the sheriff wonders why she came out West -- because everyone who does is running from something. He doesn't realize Cat may be prickly, delicate, and proper, but she is also determined. She's in Damnation to find her wayward older brother Robbie, whose letters were full of dark hints about gold, trouble. . .and something about a claim. In a West where charm and charter live alongside clockwork and cold steel, where hot lead kills your enemy but it takes a blessing to make his corpse stay down, Cat will keep digging until she finds her brother. If Jack knew what she was after, he could solve the mystery -- because he was the one who killed Robbie. The thing is, Cat's brother just won't stay dead, and the undead are rising with him. . .

Author : Harold Frederic
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Damnation of Theron Ware or Illumination written by Harold Frederic and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lilith Saintcrow
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316235539
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ripper Affair written by Lilith Saintcrow and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enthralling conclusion to the Bannon and Clare trilogy from New York Times bestselling author, Lilith Saintcrow. Sorcery. Treason. Madness. And, of course, murder most foul. . . A shattering accident places Archibald Clare, mentath in the service of Britannia, in the care of Emma Bannon, sorceress Prime. Clare needs a measure of calm to repair his faculties of Logic and Reason. Without them, he is not his best. At all. Unfortunately, calm and rest will not be found. There is a killer hiding in the sorcerous steam-hells of Londinium, murdering poor women of a certain reputation. A handful of frails murdered on cold autumn nights would make no difference. . .but the killings echo in the highest circles, and threaten to bring the Empire down in smoking ruins. Once more Emma Bannon is pressed into service; once more Archibald Clare is determined to aid her. The secrets between these two old friends may give an ambitious sorcerer the means to bring down the Crown. And there is still no way to reliably find a hansom when one needs it most. The game is afoot. . .

Author : Bridget Bennett
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815603900
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Damnation of Harold Frederic written by Bridget Bennett and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Damnation of Harold Frederic is a finely honed work of literary criticism. Bennett examines how Frederic both directly and indirectly manipulated his own personal experiences to craft his literary pieces. (His life involved two families: one with his wife, and one with a lover, who eventually was tried for manslaughter in his sensational death.) Her book provides a critical reading of The Damnation of Theron Ware, as well as a close look at his oeuvre, including his final novel, The Market-Place, a pioneering work that paved the way for works of socioeconomic commentary such as Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Drawing on material previously unavailable to scholars, Bennett engages readers in exploring how an author's private life and public works intersect.

Author : Elizabeth Cooke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 080271143X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Damnation of John Donellan written by Elizabeth Cooke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On August 30, 1780--at the height of the American Revolution--twenty-year-old Theodosius Boughton, the dissolute heir to a vast fortune and the seventh Boughton baronetcy, died suddenly and in painful convulsions after taking a medication prescribed by his doctor. He was buried in a vault shortly thereafter, but his body was exhumed three days later when rumors began to circulate that the young man had been poisoned. The evidence of poison was compelling, but who could be responsible was far from clear. Theodosius' mother had given her difficult son the medicine and insisted he drink it, even though she thought it smelled suspicious. His brother-in-law, Captain John Donellan, an Irish soldier of fortune who lived in the house with Theodosius' sister, coveted the inheritance that would flow to his wife if Theodosius died. A maid in the house with whom Theodosius--whose taste for women was voracious--had cavorted might well have been jealous at the rumor he was to be married. With the cleverness of a master detective and the literary skill of the finest crime writers, Elizabeth Cooke deconstructs the evidence and chronicles the sensational trial that ensued, providing in the process a fascinating portrait of Georgian society, high and low. The Damnation of John Donellan is a masterpiece of forensic reconstruction.

Author : Tiffanie DeBartolo
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492646954
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God-Shaped Hole written by Tiffanie DeBartolo and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "God-Shaped Hole will change you as a reader, writer and human. It is rare books like this one that remind me why I fell in love with the written word." — Colleen Hoover When I was twelve, a fortune teller told me that my one true love would die young and leave me all alone... When Beatrice Jordan meets the unpredictable Jacob Grace, the two wild souls become instant allies. Together they discover an escape in each other's creativity and insecurities, while running from secrets they cannot seem to shake — or a fate that could throw them to the ground . . . This 15th Anniversary reissue of Tiffanie DeBartolo's classic love story introduces a new audience of dreamers to a quintessentially real and raw vision of spirit, and inspires everyone to live — and love — as vividly as possible. "This generation's Love Story." — Kirkus "If Holden Caulfield were a twenty-seven-year-old woman living in LA, this is the book he'd write, or read. It's very fast and very funny, and at its core it's that rarest of things - a truly convincing love story." — Dave Eggers "With wit and humor, the author brings these characters and their quirky, artsy friends alive. Bottom Line: You'll dig it" — People

Author : Amanda Quick
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0307575675
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mystique written by Amanda Quick and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-12-23 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tantalizing tale of a legendary knight and a headstrong lady whose daring quest for a mysterious crystal will draw them into a whirlwind of treachery–and desire. When the fearsome knight called Hugh the Relentless swept into Lingwood Manor like a storm, everyone cowered–except Lady Alice. Sharp-tongued and unrepentant, the flame haired beauty believed Sir Hugh was not someone to dread but the answer to her dreams. She knew he had come for the dazzling green crystal, knew he would be displeased to find that it was no longer in her possession. Yet Alice had a proposition for the dark and forbidding knight: In return for a dowry that would free Alice and her brother from their uncle's grasp, she would lend her powers of detection to his warrior's skills and together they would recover his treasured stone. But even as Hugh accepted her terms, he added a condition of his own: Lady Alice must agree to a temporary betrothal–one that would soon draw her deep into Hugh's great stone fortress, and into a battle that could threaten their lives...and their only chance at love.

Author : Mary Balogh
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 044024529X
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Mistress (with bonus short story Now a Bride) written by Mary Balogh and published by Dell. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER While Lady Angeline Dudley’s pedigree dictates that she must land a titled gentleman, the irrepressible beauty longs for a simple, ordinary suitor. So when Edward Ailsbury, the new Earl of Heyward, defends her honor with unmatched civility, Angeline thinks that she has found true love. Persuading the earl is another matter entirely. From her unconventional fashion sense to her hoydenish antics, Angeline is the last woman on earth for Edward. And yet a stolen kiss awakens something primal within him. Naturally, being a gentleman, he does the right thing after compromising a lady: He offers marriage. The proposal is born of duty, but will Angeline cause Edward to forget about decorum behind closed doors, where sensuality and seduction play wicked games? For a proper wife by day can become a husband’s secret mistress by night, when delicious desire rules. Includes Mary Balogh’s “Now a Bride,” featuring extra scenes from her Mistress series.

Author : Lilith Saintcrow
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316209805
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unfallen written by Lilith Saintcrow and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unfallen includes two stand alone stories from New York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow. Unfallen: Falling in love with the teenage Antichrist is dangerous, in this short story from New York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow. Bonus short story: The Last Job: When Izzie Borden is your last hope and even she doesn't want the job, things can get. . .complex.

Author : Lilith Saintcrow
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316440639
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of Waterstone written by Lilith Saintcrow and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An elemental witch and her shieldmaiden navigate a dangerous world of forgotten myth and deep magic in the second volume of New York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow’s sweeping Norse-inspired epic fantasy series. Solveig and her shieldmaid have finally reached the fabled Elder sanctuary of Waterstone—a city of healing, restful beauty hidden from the Enemy’s gaze. Yet whispers race through the palace halls, and those they have come to tentatively trust have hidden intentions. For not only is the city a refuge for an elementalist, her protector, and a mortal prince, it also holds a great weapon, one that only Solveig’s kind may wield. Yet Sol’s faith in her own magic is perilously fractured. She can rely only her wits and skills of negotiation to be heard, or she will become a pawn in a dark game played by Elder and Enemy alike. The lord of the Black Land is mighty; treachery slithers amid Waterstone’s many wonders, and time is growing short. Before the darkness finds a way in, Sol must decide who to trust, where to turn for aid, and if she will take up a power she cannot hope to control. Even the right choice may doom not just the home she has left behind, but the entire world… Black Land's Bane A Flame in the North