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![]() ![]() And Jackie discovers that Grace secretly catfishes people online-a hobby Jackie thinks is unforgivable. Grace starts having nightmares about her disabled twin sister, who died when they were kids. Good intentions turn bad soon after Jackie moves in. And maybe it’ll be a chance for them to bond-or at least give each other a hand.īut living with Mother isn’t for everyone. Then again, she needs help with the mortgage after losing her job. ![]() They’ve never had a great relationship, and Grace likes her space-especially now that she’s stuck at home during a pandemic. Grace isn’t exactly thrilled when her newly widowed mother, Jackie, asks to move in with her. A claustrophobic psychological thriller about one woman’s nightmarish spiral while quarantined with her mother. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Eidem has said that she began her journey with loose leaf paper and a pencil that she had to sharpen every few hours.Īs a young teen, she used to pen stories about the lead singer of the pop band she loved listening to who fell in love with her. ![]() But it was not until both of her kids were out of the house that she got down to writing her own fiction.Įidem published “Cassandra’s Challenge,” her debut novel in 2013, and now has more than two dozen works to her name spread across several series, single-standing novels, collections of short stories, and contributions to series by other authors.Īs for how she came to be a writer, M.K. It was from this that she started writing alternative endings to her favorite stories and this is how she fell in love with writing. She thought about what if a character did not fall in love with a particular character or changed their mindset. She used to hide these books and would only return them after reading them cover to cover.Īs she got older, she always wondered if there was a better ending to the stories she read. She always loved reading when she was growing up and remembers taking novels from the bookshelves in her sisters’ room. Eidem is a bestselling USA Today paranormal romance author that is best known for the “Tornians” series of novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() As she probes Kline’s background, she discovers his sixteen novels are all sadistic tales of stalking and murder. When strange occurrences happen-a ghostly figure in her bedroom late at night and other disturbances-Emily wonders if the author might be stalking her. Kane, whose real name is Howard Grosvenor Kline, demands she retract her review, but she refuses. ![]() Emily’s only neighbor, a quarter mile away, is Deek Cowl a man with whom she communicates via messages written on a whiteboard and viewed through a telescope. Alone in a remote beach house on the rain-swept Washington coast, she walks her dog Laika along the beach and reads cheap novels to escape the pain of a personal loss. ![]() Kane a one-star review for his poorly written novel. In one of the creepiest thrillers you’ll read this year, schoolteacher Emily Carpenter has no idea what she’s getting into when she gives author H. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With an inquisitive disposition, yet a relaxing presence, Edwina is a mystery which has held him captive ever since their first meeting three years ago. Everyone except one Miss Edwina Banks, that is. Having been deceived and used more times than he’d care to remember, he’s erected a wall around his heart and is skeptical of everyone. Or can she… Despite his three engagements, the thrice-jilted baronet, Sir Wallace Benedict, has never had an easy time charming those of the fairer sex. For truly then she can put aside her feelings for him and pursue her own match. Disappointed but not defeated, Edwina forms a plan to help Sir Wallace gain his much-deserved and long awaited happily-ever-after by winning the object of his affection’s favor. She then spends three years doing everything in her power to see him again only to be devastated when she hears that he still holds a tendre for his former love interest―Lady Chatterfield. Upon their first meeting, seventeen year old Edwina Banks loses her heart to the handsome, Sir Wallace Benedict. ![]() ![]() ![]() His wife, Barbra, sat on the couch, her posture tepid, shoulders loose, head slouched, no acknowledgment of his existence. Release, that was always how he had thought of it. What was the point of it? He had so little left to give him joy, or the approximation of it. A thousand bucks gone, a visit to the bathroom stall. But even then, he’d blown through that pleasure fast. He’d been at the casino earlier, hanging with the young bucks. ![]() All the things he loved to do, smoking, drinking, walking off his frustrations, those pleasures were gone. ![]() And he had coughed his way through his cigar, the smoke tonight tickling his throat vindictively. The bottle of Scotch had been sitting too close to the window for months, and the afternoon sun had destroyed it, a fact he had only now just realized, the flavor of the Scotch so bitter he had to spit it out. The pacing came after the cigar and the Scotch. He made it from one end of the apartment to the other in no time at all-his speed a failure as much as it was a success-then it was back to the beginning, flipping on his heel, grinding himself against the floor, the earth, this world. ![]() Not much space for it in the new home, just a few rooms lined up in a row, underneath a series of slow-moving ceiling fans, an array of antique clocks ticking on one wall. He was an angry man, and he was an ugly man, and he was tall, and he was pacing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family.īut even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is not a book about a monster that tyrants over a devastation this is not a book about an alien species that encounters the hero and go on adventures this is not a book about the end of the world this is a story of nature, nurture, growth, and communication. ![]() ![]() A memory stamp, a reality I was able to share with the author. As I said, this is not a review, is a recollection. Their stress, their fears, and their will to survive. And I didn't know how much I needed Borne until I made my way through it. Science-fiction, fantasy, alternative reality, the truth was, stories are not simply escapism, but conduits of reality. Throughout the year, I tried to make my mind wander, and focus on a story far from this world. A blend of speculative fiction, fantasy, adventure, and apocalyptic literature, Borne, like other VanderMeer novelsparticularly the books of the award-winning Southern Reach trilogy. Safety and security were challenged, universal and world changing powers were being misused by pretenders, magicians without magic, and people would put themselves at risk to survive and to protect. The three attempts of reading this book happened last year, a year of changes, of urgency, and of miscommunication. ![]() ![]() ![]() One can never truly be free from the worries of daily life, even when on vacation. ![]() As a writer and traveler myself, I related to her concerns. Her work continuously gets rejected and she struggles with writer’s block. Knisley finds it difficult to enjoy all of Paris’ splendor while simultaneously fretting about finding a job after graduation. Traveling is not all about eating and shopping, though-a large portion of the novel deals with Knisley’s fears as a graduating college student. ![]() Reading French Milk will make those who have never been want to take a long trip to Paris, and those who have been, return as soon as possible. French Milk is also a sweet story of a mother and daughter’s trip to a city so often reserved for lovers. ![]() This novel is a perfect representation of Paris, as it really is a city that one has to see to appreciate. As the novel was written while Knisley was on her trip, it serves as a visual diary about all of the beautiful architecture, amazing food, and handsome men that Paris has to offer. The graphic novel is filled with Knisley’s own drawings and handwriting as well as various pictures she took. Reading Knisley’s text made me even more excited about our trip. I picked it up in anticipation of our upcoming trip to Paris. I found Lucy Knisley’s French Milk in a small graphic novel store whilst in London. ![]() ![]() ![]() Humanity is pushed to the brink of destruction, forcing them to embrace their cruel and primal nature in order to survive. In a world where every minute feels like hours, where there's no such thing as law and order, where finding a small meal is a tremendous task, the walking dead are quite possibly the least threatening thing for the survivors to have on their breaking minds. The dead have risen from their graves and they prey on the living. Rick quickly has to come to terms with the fact that the world has ended and only a select few survived. After learning that his wife and son have fled to Atlanta from a single survivor and his son, Rick goes on a journey to reunite with his family and search for more survivors. Not only has the world ended, but the dead have learned to walk and to kill without mercy. Shaken, starving and confused, Rick escapes the horror of the abandoned hospital only to be met with something far more terrible. ![]() ![]() Rick Grimes is a strong-willed deputy who missed the end of the world because he was in a coma for a month after getting shot in the line of duty. ![]() |