Author: David Matson Hooper Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1491741473 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 195
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Avalon Summer is a coming-of-age summer romance set in 1965 in the resort town of Avalon, Santa Catalina Island. On the brink of adulthood, three men and four women experience love, heartbreak, and self-discovery against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, the Watts race riots, and Top 40 radio. Sil: Surfer, womanizer, and draft dodger. His motto, never in love, only in heat, is about to be challenged. Candy: The beautiful young actress, driven by ambition, and haunted by the past. J. T.: A black man trying to succeed in a white mans world, and tempted by forbidden love. Donna: Looking for love in all the wrong places, and harboring a dark secret. Lynn: She came to Avalon for a change of scenery, but found romance instead. Waxie: Easy-going teen now torn between his family and the girl he loves. Jimmy: Sensitive and brooding, he has this one last summer to mend a broken heart before going off to war. Their lives will intersect in Avalon, and they will discover truths about themselves, life, and love on the Island of Romance.
Author: David Matson Hooper Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1491741465 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 195
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Avalon Summer is a coming-of-age summer romance set in 1965 in the resort town of Avalon, Santa Catalina Island. On the brink of adulthood, three men and four women experience love, heartbreak, and self-discovery against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, the Watts race riots, and Top 40 radio. Sil: Surfer, womanizer, and draft dodger. His motto, "never in love, only in heat", is about to be challenged. Candy: The beautiful young actress, driven by ambition, and haunted by the past. J. T.: A black man trying to succeed in a white man's world, and tempted by forbidden love. Donna: Looking for love in all the wrong places, and harboring a dark secret. Lynn: She came to Avalon for a change of scenery, but found romance instead. Waxie: Easy-going teen now torn between his family and the girl he loves. Jimmy: Sensitive and brooding, he has this one last summer to mend a broken heart before going off to war. Their lives will intersect in Avalon, and they will discover truths about themselves, life, and love on the Island of Romance.
Author: Jackson C. Garton Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD) ISBN: 1839430303 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 228
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Lance has loved Arthur for nearly a thousand years but has never had the courage to act on it—&‘til now. After being away at college for a year, Lance Lotte returns to Avalon, Kentucky for the summer. Due to self-imposed isolation, he hasn't seen anyone in months, but all that changes when Arthur &– his closest friend, and the love of his life &– shows up to his new job with a big toothy grin. The last time Lance saw Arthur, the two had not parted on the best of terms &– with Arthur's father finding them asleep on his bed, and physically wrenching Lance away from Arthur. The incident put a strain on their relationship, and convinced Lance that they will never be allowed to be together. But then Arthur sends Lance a text one night, telling him that he's in love with him &– a text Lance rereads at least a hundred times, but isn't brave enough to mention when they're alone. Lance has fought his attraction to Arthur for the past five years because as a budding brujo, he believes in magick, destiny, and fate &– that everything happens for a reason &– that nothing good will come of an Arthur Pendragon-Lance A. Lotte pairing. With the help of his sister, Gwen Lotte, Arthur, and two twins visiting their uncle for the summer, Mordy and Morgan Lafayette, Lance learns the true meaning of friendship, and just how far he will go to save the people he loves.
Author: Jenna Paulden Publisher: FriesenPress ISBN: 1039144063 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 349
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IN TURBULENT TIMES, AN AVALON INITIATE FALLS IN LOVE WITH A ROMAN SOLDIER... Enter an enchanted world of Song, Ceremony, and reverence for the Earth’s seasonal cycles. The Tribes of Albion honor their wise Druid advisors, their prophetic Healers and Seers, and their divinely inspired Bards. In this culture, women stand as respected equals with men. Cerridwen is born into this world in 43 CE, on the small Island of Ynys Môn, home of a famed Druid College. When she reaches womanhood, her Druid parents send her to study at the Mystery School on the sacred Isle of Avalon. Here, a student must undergo years of challenging initiations in order to move beyond academic knowledge and become an enlightened Knower. Cerridwen thrives in Avalon under the tutelage of the Merlin and the Lady of Avalon. Then she meets Marcus, a Roman soldier her own age, and her world turns upside down. The young lovers personally experience the painful clash between Empire expansion and the Earth-based spirituality of the ancient Druid Way. The Alchemy of Avalon is a poignant, believable love story and an awakening reminder of the Old Wisdom. It shines as an ode to life-affirming ritual and the deep alchemy of Soul evolution.
Author: Stephen R Lawhead Publisher: Lion Fiction ISBN: 1782640150 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 448
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A rousing postscript to Lawhead's bardic Pendragon Cycle . . . Playing off snappy contemporary derring-do against the powerful shining glimpses of the historical Arthur he created, Lawhead pulls off a genuinely moving parable of good and evil.'Â Publishers Weekly It has been foretold: In the hour of Britain's greatest need, King Arthur will return to rescue his people. In Portugal, the reprobate King Edward the Ninth has died by his own hand. In England, the British monarchy teeters on the edge of total destruction. And in the Scottish Highlands, a mystical emissary named Mr. Embries-better known as "Merlin"-informs a young captain that he is next in line to the throne. For James Arthur Stuart is not the commoner he has always believed himself to be-he is Arthur, the legendary King of Summer, reborn. But the road to England's salvation is dangerous, with powerful enemies waiting in ambush. For Arthur is not the only one who has returned from the mists of legend. And Merlin's magic is not the only sorcery that has survived the centuries.
Author: Meg Donohue Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062203827 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 251
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All the Summer Girls by Meg Donohue is a riveting coming-of-age tale set on the New Jersey shore. Donohue, the author of the bestselling novel How to Eat a Cupcake, is a master of literary fiction; her skill is demonstrated in this charming and moving second novel. Set among the sunsets and dunes, All the Summer Girls is the story of how three former best friends, their lives rapidly unraveling, are reunited at the beach town of their past—where the ambience of summer encourages them to explore new experiences they would never otherwise attempt. When dark secrets threaten to surface, Kate, Vanessa, and Dani begin to realize just how much their lives—and friendships—have been shaped by the choices they made one fateful summer night years ago. In the hope of finally moving forward, the women turn to one another for forgiveness—but how can they forgive each other when they can’t forgive themselves? Meg Donohue is a phenomenal talent, and fans of Sarah Pekkanen, Susan Mallery, and Catherine McKenzie, will be enthralled by this rich and detailed novel about women, relationships, and forgiveness.
Author: Mary A Young Publisher: ISBN: 9780578317250 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 334
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The year is 1538 ce ... Richard Whiting and his courageous companions are the stewards of impossibly rare artifacts that have been safeguarded for millennia within Glastonbury Abbey by a secret inner circle called the "Company of Avalon." Struggling to endure through the brutal religious reform of Henry VIII, in a race against time and the looming shadow of the gallows, Abbot Whiting defies the king while the Company of Avalon colludes in secret to remove the treasures-including the bones of King Arthur and relics of Jesus, brought to ancient Briton by Joseph of Arimathea-to a remote isle of Scotland. Full of intrigue, myth and magic, with historical detail and unforgettable characters caught in the web of fate, the story unwinds the secrets and mysteries behind the bones, Joseph's relics, and the veneration of Mary Magdalene, along with the consequences of their bold mission. The Company of Avalon is the first book in The Summer Country trilogy spaning fifteen hundred years in legendary Somerset, England. The saga of the conspirators in Book One sets the stage for the prequels that follow in Book Two, The Queen's Tale, and Book Three, When Swans Fly.
Author: Carol Ohmart Behan Publisher: John Hunt Publishing ISBN: 1785355090 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 288
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In the summer of 2001 Carol Ohmart Behan made her first pilgrimage to Glastonbury, re-tracing the ancient pilgrim-path to the Isle of Avalon, luminous sanctuary of the Goddess and the Grail. Her quest became a catalyst for her work as a writer, pilgrimage leader, and teacher of Earth-wisdom. A dramatic encounter with her past-life self as a 16th-century healer opened the door to her true 21st-century identity as an Earth-healer and voice of the Divine Feminine, which is re-emerging in the world once again.
Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780451461810 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 484
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A tale of the origins and history of Avalon and the prophecy of the birth of the great King Arthur is revealed through the successive lives of three powerful priestesses--Caillean, Dierna, and Viviane, the Lady of the Lake.