In my view, the earlier section could do with judicious pruning. Then, suddenly, all that disappears and a different story begins when Opal walks, trembling, through the gates of the sweet factory. This is a long book, 520 pages, and, for the first 140 pages, the main characters are Opal’s beloved, if hopeless, father her best friend Olivia and Opal’s struggles at school. Then Opal meets Mrs Roberts’ son, Morgan, who, she feels is her soulmate. Furthermore, she takes her to a suffragette meeting and invites her back to tea. Her life becomes utterly miserable.įortunately, Mrs Roberts discovers Opal’s artistic talent and gives her a more interesting job decorating sweet tins. Her father, an overworked clerk with literary aspirations, is caught forging a cheque and ends up in prison Olivia is forbidden to see her and Opal must leave school and go to work at Mrs Roberts’ sweet factory, ‘Fairy Glen’, where she’s bullied. She copes with not fitting in at school (she’s plump and shabbily dressed) because her best friend, Olivia, is on her side. She hopes to go to university, though her real love is painting. Fourteen-year-old Opal Plumstead is a scholarship girl at a posh school.
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This novel was such a page turner! From the crew planning the heist, to flashbacks of how London and Sebastian fell in love the first time, to their explosive romance burgeoning again, the action and romance and banter was so fast paced and well written. And yet there was such an emotional resonance to it that the author skillfully unveils piece by piece. It’s the kind of push and pull that many readers will be easily drawn into. The romance between ex-lovers thrown together again had such an amazing tension to it. The crew surrounding London was more like a family than a band of thieves, and I especially enjoyed the friendship between London and Hale as they both had something so valuable to offer each other. Cover Reveal: Under Pressure by Kara Greenan.The cinematic quality of it was lovely, and the supporting characters gave it an even more emotional pull. A year ago, Sebastian left him behind with only a scribbled word, but now they are forced to team up to pull off another risky heist. London, a highly skilled, adrenaline junkie of a thief, scorns the thought of giving Sebastian, a professional liar and grifter, another chance to break his heart. On the surface Under Pressure is an interesting, heist novel set amidst a Venetian background, but just under the surface is an emotional and passionate romance between two thieves, wary of risking their hearts a second time. 1978, Ulverscroft Large-print Edition, Hardcover, ISBN 0-7089-2346-1.Also two supernatural stories, which Christie did not have the stylistic resources to bring off successfully." Publication history Robert Barnard: "Posthumous collection, containing several good Marple cases previously only available in the States. Greenshaw's Folly (added in new editions by Alexander Afgan).In 2010, an audio book and the Kindle edition were released, which included six stories from the book, plus Greenshaw's Folly. The book contains eight short stories, six featuring Miss Marple and two other stories, and did not originally appear in the United States because most of the stories had been published earlier in the US in magazines. It was the last Christie book to be published under the Collins Crime Club imprint although HarperCollins continue to be the writer's UK publishers. Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in October 1979 retailing at £4.50. 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Mariana Zapata is the New York Times bestselling author of multiple books. Kulti is a standout slow burn for fans of sports romance novels prepare for your heart to race as you read this book by Mariana Zapata! About Mariana Zapata Now Sal and Kulti are at odds, and it’s not until a rocky relationship blooms into a strong friendship that they both begin to wonder: could this be something more? Coaching? Sal’s not even sure he knows the meaning of the word. Nothing will stop her from rising to the top as an international women’s soccer player.īut when she finds out her team’s new coach is the soccer icon she worshiped as a kid, who also happens to be her brother’s rival, everything changes. She’s lasered in and focused on her professional career. Sal Casillas is the hardest worker you’ll ever meet. With a motley crew of allies, including a fae-cursed young man, the lady of thieves, and a corgi that may or may not be a spy, Mer may finally be able to steal precious freedom and peace for herself. The best way to do that is to destroy the magical well that keeps the prince’s lands safe. Then Mer’s old handler returns with a proposition: use her powers to bring down the very prince that abused them both. After discovering what he had done, Mer went to great lengths to disappear from his reach. Under the prince’s orders, she located the wells of his enemies, and he poisoned them without her knowledge, causing hundreds of deaths. She is the last living water diviner and has spent years running from the prince who bound her into his service. Once upon a time, the kingdoms of Wales were rife with magic and conflict, and eighteen-year-old Mererid “Mer” is well-acquainted with both. |