![]() ![]() The turned out to be a fortunate mistake. When I finished the read, I put the hardback on my bookshelf, and so thoroughly forgot it I didn't remember reading about the 27 year marriage of Darcy and Bob Anderson when I clicked "purchase" on Audible. The book sold well - all of King's books do - but I thought the stories were lackluster, or tried too hard to shock, or both. "A Good Marriage" was originally published in Stephen King's 2010 novella collection, "Full Dark, No Stars". The eerily floating gray-green words on a black screen sentences and paragraphs scrolling automatically at my exact reading speed and a late evening with the lights off and a glass of good red wine made that novella mean more to me than it ever did on actual paper. It also had the world's first mass-market ebook, Stephen King's "Riding the Bullet". It had a stylus a special way to synchronize and write, and (available for separate purchase) a camera and a keyboard. ![]() In 2000, I had a Palm III, a handheld computer a little larger and heavier than today's iPhone 5. ![]()
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![]() ![]() In, Richard Paul Evans (#1 bestselling author and the “King of Christmas fiction”) delves deep into his childhood memories to take readers back to an age when his world felt like it was falling apart, reminding us that even in the darkest of times, the light of hope can still shine. Foster’s wisdom and kindness, he learns for the first time what truly matters about the spirit of the season: that forgiveness can heal even the deepest wounds, and love endures long after the pain of loss subsides. ![]() And just when it seems like he has nothing left to lose, Richard is confronted by a startling revelation. Richard becomes fast friends with the wise, solitary man who inspires Richard’s love for books and whose dog, Gollum, becomes his closest companion.Īs the holidays approach, the joy and light of Christmas seem unlikely to permeate the Evans home as things take a grim turn for the worse. Foster, an elderly neighbor who chases off the bullies and invites Richard in for a cup of cocoa. ![]() With uncertainty rattling every corner of his life, Richard does his best to remain strong-but when he’s run down by bullies at his new school, he meets Mr. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam his father loses his job and moves the family from California to his grandmother’s abandoned home in Utah and his parents make the painful decision to separate. It’s 1967, and for young Richard it’s a time of heartbreak and turmoil. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear's beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The Consequences of Fear: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Hardcover): ![]() The American Agent: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Paperback): To Die but Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Paperback): ![]() In This Grave Hour: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Paperback): Journey to Munich: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Large Print / Paperback): Leaving Everything Most Loved: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Paperback):Ī Dangerous Place: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Paperback): The Mapping of Love and Death: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Paperback):Ī Lesson in Secrets: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Paperback):Įlegy for Eddie: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Paperback): Messenger of Truth: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Maisie Dobbs Novels #4) (Paperback):Īn Incomplete Revenge: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Maisie Dobbs Novels #5) (Paperback):Īmong the Mad: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Maisie Dobbs Novels #6) (Paperback): Pardonable Lies: A Maisie Dobbs Novel (Maisie Dobbs Novels #3) (Paperback): ![]() This is book number 17 in the Maisie Dobbs series.īirds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs #2) (Paperback): ![]() ![]() ![]() Now that fate has reunited them, Evan seizes the chance to win over the woman he's always loved. There she encounters antiquities expert Evan Rhys, her late husband's roguish friend-whom she hasn't seen since the day of his lordship's mysterious death. But once her mourning is complete, her late husband's debts drive her to seek help in Newmarket amidst the whirl of a race meet. After being widowed by a steeplechase accident in Ireland, Lady Kate Whelan abandons the turf. They've been masking their feelings for each other for years, but when Evan must protect Kate from her late husband's secrets, he may not be able to resist her any longer. ![]() "Abounds with delightful characters.an entertaining collision of crossed purposes and mixed messages ensues."- Publishers Weekly After years apart, old friends Lady Kate Whelan and Evan Rhys reunite at a race. ![]() |