When I was five years old, I told Toren Grace we were going to get married someday. He'd been my closest friend, my protector, and my rock since the day I was born. But during my senior year, our relationship slowly changed. Silly conversations morphed into serious heart-to-hearts. Innocent friendship turned to stolen glances.Then one day, an unexpected kiss changed everything.While that kiss was all I'd ever dreamed of, it knocked Tor clear off his axis. His strong moral compass makes it impossible for him to accept our feelings for each other. Because, not only am I eighteen and fifteen years younger than him, I'm the one person he should never, ever want.Tor is my father's best friend-my pseudo uncle.Neither one of us can stand to betray or hurt my dad, but we can't keep our relationship hidden forever. Will there be a way for us to find our happily-ever-after? Or will we all be torn apart?Torn is book one in the All Torn Up series but can be read as a standalone novel.
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Carian ColeEAN: 9781538765982COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: WEIGHT: 0 gHEIGHT: 203 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Little, Brown & CompanyDATE PUBLISHED: 2024-03-14CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, FICTION / Romance / New Adult, FICTION / Family Life / GeneralWIDTH: 133 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Relating to early adulthood, Modern and Contemporary romance
"Holy dark and delicious angst. Carian Cole did not hold back with this story. I dare you not to shed a tear." --L.J. Shen, USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, on TIED, "Soulmates tangled in a forbidden, twisted situation. TORN shattered me and put me back together again. It's not a story--it's a ride that I never wanted to end. It takes forbidden love and angst to an entirely new level."--Abbi Glines, #1 New York Times bestselling author, "A captivating journey of forbidden romance. Torn is unputdownable and unforgettable."--Meredith Wild, #1 New York Times bestselling author, "Torn won my heart so fiercely."--Addicted to Romance, "Well-written tension and forbidden longing. The angst in this was incredible! Loved every second!"--Penelope Douglas, New York Times bestselling author of Birthday Girl
Carian Cole is a steamy new adult author with a passion for the bad boys, those covered in tattoos, sexy smirks, ripped jeans, fast cars, motorcycles and of course, the sweet girls that try to tame them and win their hearts.Born and raised a Jersey girl, Carian now resides in beautiful New Hampshire with her husband and their multitude of furry pets. She spends most of her time writing, reading, and vacuuming.Find out more, at:CarianColeWrites.comTwitter @CarianColeInstagram @CarianColeAuthorFacebook.com/CarianColeAuthor
When I was five years old, I told Toren Grace we were going to get married someday. He'd been my closest friend, my protector, and my rock since the day I was born. But during my senior year, our relationship slowly changed. Silly conversations morphed into serious heart-to-hearts. Innocent friendship turned to stolen glances.Then one day, an unexpected kiss changed everything.While that kiss was all I'd ever dreamed of, it knocked Tor clear off his axis. His strong moral compass makes it impossible for him to accept our feelings for each other. Because, not only am I eighteen and fifteen years younger than him, I'm the one person he should never, ever want.Tor is my father's best friend-my pseudo uncle.Neither one of us can stand to betray or hurt my dad, but we can't keep our relationship hidden forever. Will there be a way for us to find our happily-ever-after? Or will we all be torn apart?Torn is book one in the All Torn Up series but can be read as a standalone novel.
Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Carian ColeEAN: 9781538765982COUNTRY: United StatesPAGES: WEIGHT: 0 gHEIGHT: 203 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Little, Brown & CompanyDATE PUBLISHED: 2024-03-14CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, FICTION / Romance / New Adult, FICTION / Family Life / GeneralWIDTH: 133 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Relating to early adulthood, Modern and Contemporary romance
Carian Cole is a steamy new adult author with a passion for the bad boys, those covered in tattoos, sexy smirks, ripped jeans, fast cars, motorcycles and of course, the sweet girls that try to tame them and win their hearts.Born and raised a Jersey girl, Carian now resides in beautiful New Hampshire with her husband and their multitude of furry pets. She spends most of her time writing, reading, and vacuuming.Find out more, at:CarianColeWrites.comTwitter @CarianColeInstagram @CarianColeAuthorFacebook.com/CarianColeAuthor
Vier komplekse verhoudings, bietjie misdaad, baie liefde
Die titel van Elsa Winckler se nuwe roman, ’n Ierse knoop, vat die essensie van die storielyn baie goed vas. Neem vier Ierse broers, voeg daarby vier aantreklike, intelligente vriendinne, en jy het die resep vir ’n stewige romantiese knoop. Volgens tradisie het ’n Ierse knoop (Celtic cross) oneindige lyne wat vervleg sodat die onderskeid vervaag, inderdaad wat gebeur wanneer die O’Connor broers vinnig elkeen sy gunsteling vind onder die vier dames wat hulle voorgenome ontwikkeling in Fynbosbaai teëstaan.
“Ierse stories het selde ’n happy ending.” (p.153) Al die broers deel Liam se fatalistiese siening oor verhoudings, voortspruitend uit die voorbeeld van hulle ouers se huwelik. Dit spreek dus vanself dat daar oorgenoeg konflik gaan wees namate die vier verhoudings sukkel om op dreef te kom. Voeg verder daarby, afdreiging, perlemoenstropery en onopgeloste verdwynings.
Ek het die boek begin lees met die verwagting dat één van die broers ’n volatiele verhouding gaan aanknoop met één van die vriendinne, wat ’n reeks sou impliseer. Die skrywer het egter verras deur vier komplekse verhoudings te skep in een boek. Dit het uiteraard uitdagings gestel met agt hoofkarakters wat om die beurt fokaliseer. ’n Paar foute het ongelukkig deurgeglip, maar aanhangers sal steeds lekker kan lees en tevrede wees met die tradisionele gelukkige einde.
’n Ierse knoop is uitgegee deur Lapa, ’n afdeling van Penguin Random House SA.
I am amazed by this book. It is a murder mystery with suprising twists. It follows a 17 year old Pippa. Pip wants to do her EPQ school project on the Andie Bell case and throughout her project she discovers new leads that might lead her to the killer if he hasnt already been found. There isn't really romance in this book. Though I am rooting for a couple in mind. This book has loss and gain and is a must read. This book was really popular on bookyok a couple of years ago and I regret not reading it earlier. Theres also a show based on this book. Suitable for all ages really.
Debra drops (or is dropped?) into Uruk in Sumer in 2000BC. It is a shock certainly, four thousand years ago is a long time, but noone has any time for ninnies here. In between working in the fields and hand-in-hand with the 6-year-old Leqi, she listens to ancient Sumerian stories about Gilgamesh, the precursors to the bible stories, and the material that has proved to be fundamental to our literary tradition. Given the opportunity to go to school (after all she can write in a funny script already) She persuades the head priest to allow her to take young Leqi with her. The tension lies in the penurious circumstances in Uruk for peasants and the financial demands created by schooling, beautifully crafted between two narrative threads - daily life vs. the literary tradition. In the final moment of the book they slam together in a way that brought tears to my eyes. I couldn't recommend it highly enough.
