Author: Deirdre Sinnott Publisher: Akashic Books ISBN: 1617759392 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 296
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Antislavery agitation is rocking Utica in 1835 when a young bride discovers an enslaved family hiding in her shed, setting in motion the exhumation of long-buried family secrets. “In this eloquent debut, a diverse cast of characters embodies the political, class, and racial upheavals of its time and milieu, and does it all in living local color . . . [A] powerful look at the prologue to Emancipation.” —Kirkus Reviews It’s 1835 in Utica, New York, and newlywed Helen Galway discovers a secret: two people who have escaped enslavement are hiding in the shack behind her husband’s house. Suddenly, she is at the center of the era’s greatest moral dilemma: Should she be a “good wife” and report the fugitives? Or will she defy convention and come to their aid? Within her home, Helen is haunted by the previous Mrs. Galway, recently deceased but still an oppressive presence. Her husband, injured by a drunken tumble off his horse, is assisted by a doctor of questionable ambitions who keeps a close eye on Helen. In charge of all things domestic is Maggie—formerly enslaved by the Galway family and freed when emancipation came to New York eight years earlier. Abolitionists arriving in Utica to found the New York State Anti-Slavery Society are accused by the local papers of being traitors to the Constitution. Everyone faces dangerous choices as they navigate this intensely heated personal and political landscape.
Author: Kaylie Hunter Publisher: ISBN: 9781978108134 Category : Languages : en Pages : 332
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After Deanna Sullivan, aka Tweedle-Dee, found herself hanging upside down at the town carnival, the last thing she expected was for Reel Thurman to return home. But strange occurrences threaten her safety, and he vows to protect her. Determined to ignore him, she rolls her eyes and focuses on her baking. But as the ovens heat up, so does the danger level she faces and irresistible pull to be closer to Reel. Tweedle will have to hang up her apron long enough to stay alive. But can she solve the mystery before Reel Thurman becomes too tempting to avoid?
Author: Kimberly Shelton-Porter Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc ISBN: 1643501623 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 27
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Every child hopes to have his or her birthday observed, Whether it is a small birthday celebration or a large one. In short, this book is about an eight-year old girl who visualizes what a perfect birthday is to her. As the day goes by, no one recognizes her special day. As a result, Kaylie is unhappy. How could her family and friends forget such an exceptional day? As Kaylie's special day comes to a close, everyone has completely forgotten to wish Kaylie a happy birthday. However, when Kaylie awakes the very next morning, she realizes that she was only having a bad dream, and that her birthday will be acknowledged and celebrated by her family and friends after all.
Author: Kaylie Hunter Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781537595016 Category : Languages : en Pages : 354
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Two years after a tragedy nearly destroyed her, Kelsey secretly fights for survival and revenge. She hides in the open, building a business, making new friends, living her life. And, that's what she needs the world to believe. She hasn't forgiven. She hasn't forgotten. She searches for her enemies still. She builds her fortune and trains for combat. She is as determined as the day Nicholas was taken to find the answers. Along the way, life continues. New friends who know how it feels to survive hell form a tight knit family that would do anything to protect each other. Alliances and friendships are built with a local bike club, with a particular bad boy that distracts Kelsey from her nightmares. But when danger stalks one of her friends, will Kelsey be able to protect everyone in time? Or, will tragedy strike again?
Author: Kaylie Jones Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061883719 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 564
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Her mother was a brainy knockout with the sultry beauty of Marilyn Monroe, a raconteur whose fierce wit could shock an audience into hilarity or silence. Her father was a distinguished figure in American letters, the National Book Award–winning author of four of the greatest novels of World War II ever written. A daughter of privilege with a seemingly fairy-tale-like life, Kaylie Jones was raised in the Hamptons via France in the 1960s and '70s, surrounded by the glitterati who orbited her famous father, James Jones. Legendary for their hospitality, her handsome, celebrated parents held court in their home around an antique bar—an eighteenth-century wooden pulpit taken from a French village church—playing host to writers, actors, movie stars, film directors, socialites, diplomats, an emperor, and even the occasional spy. Kaylie grew up amid such family friends as William Styron, Irwin Shaw, James Baldwin, and Willie Morris, and socialized with the likes of Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, and Kurt Vonnegut. Her beloved father showed young Kaylie the value of humility, hard work, and education, with its power to overcome ignorance, intolerance, and narrow-mindedness, and instilled in her a love of books and knowledge. From her mother, Gloria, she learned perfect posture, the twist, the fear of abandonment, and soul-shattering cruelty. Two constants defined Kaylie's childhood: literature and alcohol. "Only one word was whispered in the house, as if it were the worst insult you could call someone," she writes, "alcoholic was a word my parents reserved for the most appalling and shameful cases—drunks who made public scenes or tried to kill themselves or ended up in the street or in an institution. If you could hold your liquor and go to work, you were definitely not an alcoholic." When her father died from heart failure complicated by years of drinking, sixteen-year-old Kaylie was broken and lost. For solace she turned to his work, looking beyond the man she worshipped to discover the artist and his craft, determined that she too would write. Her loss also left her powerless to withstand her mother's withering barbs and shattering criticism, or halt Gloria's further descent into a bottle—one of the few things mother and daughter shared. From adolescence, Kaylie too used drink as a refuge, a way to anesthetize her sadness, anger, and terror. For years after her father's death, she denied the blackouts, the hangovers, the lost days, the rage, the depression. Broken and bereft, she began reading her father's novels and those writers who came before and after him—and also pursued her own writing. With this, she found the courage to open the door on the truth of her own addiction. Lies My Mother Never Told Me is the mesmerizing and luminously told story of Kaylie's battle with alcoholism and her struggle to flourish despite the looming shadow of a famous father and an emotionally abusive and damaged mother. Deeply intimate, brutally honest, yet limned by humor and grace, it is a beautifully written tale of personal evolution, family secrets, second chances, and one determined woman's journey to find her own voice—and the courage to embrace a life filled with possibility, strength, and love.
Author: Kaylie Newell Publisher: ISBN: 9781937325169 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 366
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A wife leaves her abusive husband, but soon realizes nothing will keep him away. Not even death. Josie Collins is the wife of a world famous rock star and the envy of nearly every woman in the country. But the horrific truth is her husband wants nothing more than to see her dead. Josie finally summons the courage to leave her famous, abusive husband and returns to her hometown among the winter wheat of Kansas. When her husband is killed in a fiery car accident while on his way to find her, she thinks she has escaped him at last, but she's wrong. It quickly becomes clear that even in death he has no intention of letting her go. As Josie develops a rapport with sexy police chief, Paul Stark, trouble begins to brew. There's something special about the tall, mysterious officer with the long jagged scar down his face. But Josie soon learns that he's haunted by a nightmarish past. Sparks fly in their small, Midwestern town, and as their attraction grows, so does a dead husband's fury. In order to smother this dark, sinister spirit, and perhaps find true and lasting happiness with each other, the living must learn to let go, give in, and leave their ghosts in the past. Content Warning: Contains sensual sex and some explicit language
Author: Rod Vick Publisher: ISBN: 9780692317389 Category : Dance schools Languages : en Pages : 176
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Ten-year-old Kaylee O'Shay's father wants her to be a soccer star, just like he was. However, Kaylee joins an Irish dance group and throws the family into disarray. When she finds herself torn between two things she loves, Kaylee realizes that making decisions about activities, friends, and school can be difficult. And no matter what she decides, she will hurt someone she loves.
Author: Aiko Fukawa Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin ISBN: 9781250082626 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 0
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This interactive coloring book of beautifully detailed black-and-white illustrations will inspire you to bring each scene to life through coloring. There are pages and pages of charming images for each season that promise to delight people of all ages-with rambling rose gardens and whimsical garden critters; wreaths and alphabets composed of fruits and flowers; butterflies and seashells; intricate falling leaves and cozy cat-occupied living rooms; and ribbons and Christmas trees just waiting for you and your colored pencils, gel pens, or markers to complete. Perfect for fans of Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest, as well as those looking for a creative way to relax, Four Seasons: A Coloring Book will help you keep color and joy in your life all year round.
Author: Kaylie Hunter Publisher: ISBN: 9781986900119 Category : Languages : en Pages : 456
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In this vigilante thriller from recognized author Kaylie Hunter, bartender and contraband courier Diamond Campbell wages war against a stalker threatening her life-and everyone she loves.Diamond Campbell is focused on making better choices-becoming a role model for her teenage brother and keeping her ass far from a prison cell. But when a neighboring bar owner finds himself about to be raided, she steps in, using her skills to evade the law to keep everyone out of handcuffs.Quickly sinking back into the life, Diamond must face off with a local crime boss, avoid an FBI agent from her past life, balance two dangerous and sexy-as-hell men in her life, and figure out who's watching her from the shadows.Teetering on the edge between the life she wanted and the life that refuses to release its hold on her, Diamond must decide what lines she's willing to cross to survive. Diamond's Edge is a standalone novel thick with violence, sex, adult-language, and questionable moral decision making.
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Author: Kaylie Hunter
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Author: Kaylie Jones
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