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The Welcoming
Nora Roberts
Fiction / Suspense / Fantasy
Visitors come to Charity\'s friendly little inn to escape their ordinary lives. But FBI Agent Roman DeWinter knows something ugly is going on beneath the cozy surface. His mission is to expose the dangerous criminal gang operating out of the inn. Going undercover, Roman begins his investigation - which puts Charity\'s life on the line. A hit-and-run attack leaves her shaken and bruised, but only Roman knows how close she came to death. And with the gang under pressure and about to be exposed, they\'re both in terrible danger...
Aidens Charity
Part #10 of "Breeds" series by Lora Leigh
Romance / Literature & Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
The forces of survival and destruction swirl in the darkest corners of men's minds. The nature of the beast cannot be harnessed, and survival is the purest of all instincts. Survival of the species itself goes soul deep. But can the human heart accept and adapt as easily? Can Charity bestow the love and the acceptance that has always been a part of her, to the man whose very survival depended on the hardening of his heart, of his soul? And can Aiden maintain that cruelty now, in the face of the sacrifices she made? Only time and nature can tell.
Enduring Charity
Wayne Stinnett
When her position with the government is eliminated, Charity Styles is faced with an uncertain future. The only part of her previous life that she truly enjoyed was sailing her classic sloop. The cruising lifestyle is wonderful and helps keep her mind centered, as she sails from one anchorage to another, looking for her true calling. But there are hidden dangers: marauding pirates, psychopaths, and drug smugglers run rampant throughout the Caribbean, leaving pain and suffering in their wake.. In the Bahamas, someone close to Charity falls victim to the brutality, leaving her alone and despondent with nobody to turn to. She wants revenge, but when other victims appear, she must change course, adjust her sails, and work to get them out of a very perilous situation. Old friends arrive to help. But will their small entourage be sufficient? And will they be able to mobilize quickly enough?
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A Chance for Charity (The Immortal Ones)
S.L. Baum
Young Adult / Romance
If you live LONG enough... love (and danger) will find you.Meet Charity and Link...Charity (aka Emily) is struggling with the reality that her two lives are coming closer to each other with each passing day.Link will soon find himself wrapped in a supernatural world that he never knew existed – and discover that mortals are not the only beings that walk this earth.A new family has just arrived in the isolated mountain town of Telluride, Colorado. Welcome the Johnstons – Jason (a doctor), Rachel (a designer), and their niece Emily (a current High School Senior).Emily has lived the life of a quiet loner in the past, trying to go unnoticed. But with Telluride being such a small and welcoming town, she finds a group of friends at school almost immediately. When Emily meets Link (another new transplant in town) her world turns upside down. She doesn’t understand why she feels a magnetic pull toward him, or why she unknowingly lets her guard down around him. Link is just as confused by his own need to be with her.Emily knows she is playing with fire. She should be doing whatever she can to keep herself isolated, to keep Link from getting too close. Danger has a way of finding Emily’s family – that is what keeps them on the move. They arrive in a new town every few years – it is safer that way.Because… Emily isn’t really Emily… her real name is Charity – and Charity has an even bigger secret. Charity and her family are not like other people, they have “skills” that mere mortals cannot begin to comprehend.Before long, Charity is struggling with the reality that her two lives are coming closer to each other with each passing day. Soon Link will find himself wrapped in a supernatural world that he never knew existed – and discover that mortals are not the only beings that walk this earth.
The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown
Elizabeth Laird
Inspired by award-winning author's Elizabeth Laird's own childhood growing up in post-war London, The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown is a classic coming-of-age story, perfect for fans of The Skylarks' War and I Capture the Castle.Charity Brown's life is about to change – her family have been left a huge, rambling house by a mysterious benefactor, and her parents want to move in and throw open its doors to the needy.Only recently back from hospital after months of isolation with polio, Charity is over-protected and lonely as the only child still at home. Her family are very religious – her sisters are called Faith and Hope, and her brother Ted is studying to be a preacher – so she's both excited and nervous at the thought of sharing her family and new home with strangers. It's a recipe for confusion, joy and endless misunderstandings, including with the new neighbours, an Austrian family with a daughter just Charity's...
Other Side of the Tracks
Charity Alyse
This lilting and riveting young adult debut novel about three teens entangled by secret love, open hatred, and the invisible societal constraints wrapped around people both Black and white is perfect for readers of All American Boys and The Hate U Give.There is an unspoken agreement between the racially divided towns of Bayside and Hamilton: no one steps over the train tracks that divide them. Or else. Not until Zach Whitman anyway, a white boy who moves in from Philly and who dreams of music. When he follows his dream across the tracks to meet his idol, the famous jazz musician who owns The Sunlight Record Shop in Hamilton, he's flung into Capri Collins's path. Capri has big plans: she wants to follow her late mother's famous footsteps, dancing her way onto Broadway, and leaving this town for good, just like her older brother, Justin, is planning to do when he goes off to college next year. As sparks fly, Zach and Capri realize that they...
The Secrets of Strangers
Charity Norman
Five strangers, one cafe - and the day that everything changed.A regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for a group of strangers whose paths cross in a London cafe - their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman holds them hostage. But there is more to the situation than first meets the eye and as the captives grapple with their own inner demons, the line between right and wrong starts to blur. Will the secrets they keep stop them from escaping with their lives?Charity Norman beautifully captures the fear, and the surprising solace, to be found in a situation that has gone way beyond your control. In this elegantly told tale of the power of humanity to save and destroy, Charity's writing is full of compassion and compulsion.
Miss Hawthorne Sits for a Spell
Part #3 of "Charity Shop Haunted Mystery" series by Katherine Hayton
Gorgeous Prince
Charity Ferrell
He's the Mafia boss's son. And just as ruthless as his father. I was ten when I first heard the term arranged marriage. From the way my cousin cried about hers, I knew it wasn't a life I wanted. When I turned eighteen, I learned I'd face the same fate. Benny Marchetti is the heir to the most powerful family in New York City. He's ruthless, cunning, and my contracted husband. Ten years have passed since my father broke the news, and now, the day has come. It's time I become his wife. But what the Mafia prince doesn't know is, he's met his match.
Just a Fling
Charity Ferrell
A Hollywood princess mixing business and pleasure with her hot new bodyguard is a headline I'll gladly live up to. Stella The only thing worse than a messy breakup, is a very public messy breakup. After the fallout I made myself a promise— no more dating. The moment my new bodyguard walks through the door, I know I'm going to break that vow. Hudson is nothing like the men in the industry. He's rugged and real. Too bad he doesn't want to spend a second longer with me than he has to. I'm just a job to him. But he could be my everything. Hudson I want nothing to do with the Hollywood limelight. I've survived enough without having my face plastered on gossip magazines. It's no way to live. But as long as I'm standing beside her, it's my life. For now. This job is temporary, a favor to my brother. But longer we're forced to be together, the harder it becomes to fight my feelings for...
Rarity's Charity
G. M. Berrow
Rarity is so stupendously excited to bond with her new apprentice, Charity, over fashion, glitz, and glamour. But when Charity dyes her mane and tail to look more like Rarity and begins copying her every move, Rarity realizes that this pony is a problem! How will Rarity show Charity that the best pony to be is yourself?Printed entirely in violet ink with brand-new illustrations throughout, young readers are sure to love this adaptation of My Little Pony: Rarity and the Curious Case of Charity!© 2019 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.
Beautifully Spun
Part #15 of "Candied Crush" series by Charity Parkerson
Zayn is looking for love. Spencer wants to live the single life forever. One of them is doomed to fail.
Spencer Wright, better known as Zealous Blaze, is the number one DJ in the world. Not only does everyone know his name, he’s also the most sought-after man on the scene. There’s zero chance anyone is tying him down. His life is too crazy. He would be insane to let himself get ensnared by one person. It’s too bad Spencer can’t stop thinking about Zayn.
Zayn has the worst luck with men. He’s rich and works hard on his body. Zayn would like to think he’s also a nice guy. It just seems like there’s no one left out there for him. Everyone he meets only wants to hook up. Zayn wants a real relationship. It doesn’t help that he has his heart set on the unattainable. From the first time he set eyes on Spencer, he hasn’t wanted anyone else.
Mixing tracks isn’t Spencer’s only talent. He also has Zayn’s head completely spun out of control with the way he wants Zayn one day, and then he pushes Zayn away the next. Maybe this next time Zayn won’t come back.
Straight Up
Charity Ferrell
A new standalone in the Twisted Fox Series! Lincoln: I went from a penthouse to sleeping in a prison cell. From the VP of a million-dollar empire to a felon. All for a crime I didn't commit. Now that I'm free, I vow to stay out of trouble. The only problem? She's trouble wrapped in a bow. Cassidy: My type? Bad boys. Until my bad boy boyfriend got me arrested. I've moved to a new town and sworn off relationships. Until I meet him ... my Prince Charming ... fresh out of prison. Trouble and bad boys never felt so good ... until it all falls apart.
Just Neighbors
Charity Ferrell
Every day, my neighbor tells me to have a good morning. Every day, I tell him to f*ck off. Kyle Lane is the town's hottest cop. He's also the man I've despised since high school. Each morning, he stands on his porch with an annoying smirk on his perfect face. He's made it his life's mission to get under my skin. Until one day, he's no longer on his porch but on mine. He claims he wants to redeem himself for ruining my reputation. My instincts tell me to stay away, but with each morning he shows up, it becomes harder and harder to resist his charm. I was never supposed to fall in love with my neighbor and once he finds out my secret, we'll forever be enemies. (An enemies to lover romance.)
Charity's Cavalier
Isabella Hargreaves
<b>In a nation divided, two enemies are united.</b>Widowed during the Battle of Worcester, Puritan woman Charity Goodwyn, dares to dream of an independent life, living with her aunt, unbeholden to men. Sir Edward Lovelace, a Royalist, gravely wounded in the same battle, wants to live to serve his king again. Charity's only way to safely reach her aunt is to take the Cavalier with her, disguised as her husband, and helping him escape the Parliamentarian forces. What happens when Sir Edward unexpectedly recovers, surprises and endangers them both.
The Grasshopper and the Ant, or the Beautiful and the Damned? Why We Have What We Have, and How Government Should Take What it Needs for Charity
Daniel Badger
Short Stories / Fantasy / Audiobook
This essay examines the roles of luck and hard work in determining lifetime earnings, and summarizes research showing that at least half of what we earn is explained by the "birth accidents" of gender, genes and parents. The implication for tax policy is that a sharply progressive income tax--a "Fortune Tax"--passes the tests for both fairness and efficiency. (18,000 words, 18 charts)Three different short stories, all with a wizard theme.Wilfred the Wizard and the Big Exam The day of Wilfred’s wizard exam has arrived but he is so nervous he pours milk on his toast, puts butter in his tea and then tea in his jam! But what about Wanda and her Witchy Warehouse? Will she spoil the day?The Olde Shoe Shoppe A shoe shop that never seems to sell any shoes? There must be a reason...when people try on the shoes, they find they don't fit. No matter what size they try. No matter how many sizes too big they try; the shoes are always the wrong size! But this is only half the reason... Peta and her Missing ParentsPeta's parents went on holiday but didn't come back! Did their plane really crash land on a very tiny desert island, somewhere in the middle of nowhere? Is it all her uncle’s fault? And what about her friend Marcie?
Just Friends
Charity Ferrell
Someone should have warned me about falling in love with my best friend.CarolinaLittle did I know when Rex came to my locker attempting to bribe me, that he'd turn into my everything.We'd become best friends. I'd steal his heart. He'd steal mine.Nothing has changed in the years of our friendship.Not our connection, not our feelings, or that we still hold each other's hearts.But his heart isn't the only thing I've kept.The secret I'm hiding could shatter the only man I've ever loved.RexI've loved Carolina since the day she called my bluff.Our friendship always came first.She believed in me when no one else did.I tucked away my feelings because I couldn't survive a life without her.We crossed the line once, and I swore it'd never happen again.As time passes, the harder it becomes to live up to that promise.Until finally, there's no holding back.
Written in the Stars: a Charity Anthology
Bloodhound Books
A unique collection of stories from bestselling authors Angela Marsons, Rob Sinclair, Joy Ellis, Louise Beech and many more!Written in the Stars is a festive charity anthology with short stories from a variety of authors, including international bestsellers and award-winning writers. There's something for everyone, with tales that will make you laugh, make you cry, or make you sleep with the light on. It's the perfect book to curl up with on a cold winter's night. All net profits from this anthology are in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity and The Butterfly AVM Charity, who both work tirelessly to offer help to children and their families with life-threatening illnesses. Authors include: A.A. Abbott, Angela Marsons, Beverley Harvey, Caron McKinlay, Diane Saxon, D.S. Butler, Emma Tallon, Eva Jordan, Gina Kirkham, Helen Walters, Jen Faulkner, John Harkin, Joy Ellis, Keri Beevis, Laura Stewart, Louise Beech Marrisse Whittaker, Mike Walters,...
Lost Charity
Wayne Stinnett
After a long hiatus, Charity Styles is itching to get back into the fray. She's had a succession of minor assignments, none of which provided her with the action she craves.After months of recharging and rethinking her position in the Armstrong organization, she's on the verge of walking away, returning to what could be a more normal life. But what's a normal life look like for a former covert assassin?Then she gets two assignments, which have nothing to do with each other. The first is to ferry a group of people out to a large mega-yacht. When it turns out that one of those people is the girl she thinks of as a niece and the mega-yacht is captained by an old friend, she sets her sails and is quickly underway.What the second assignment is, will not only test Charity's abilities as an undercover asset to the giant Armstrong Research conglomerate, but will also assess her ability to keep a lid on her emotions when faced with the type of people she most...
Reckless Charity
Wayne Stinnett
Charity Styles is a world class sharpshooter, martial arts expert, and government assassin... but after a stressful assignment, all she wants is a little time to unwind on the quiet side of St. Thomas, the picturesque Magens Bay. What does she get? A hurricane, an ex, drug dealers, a psychotic murderer, an amorous developer, and forced to stay in the rowdy tourist town of Charlotte-Amalie. Naturally. By the time she sails Wind Dancer back to her beloved Magens Beach, a storm is brewing that threatens to displace her again, but this is a man-made storm and Charity has had all she can take. She's stressed and reckless and not even her friends can hold her in check as she takes on a fight that could change her future and the future of those she cares for.
Charity Girl
Georgette Heyer
Romance / Historical Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
When Fate and a chivalrous impulse combine to saddle Viscount Desford with a friendless homeless waif named Cherry Steane, to whom else should he turn in such a scrape but his old childhood playmate, Henrietta Silverdale? For all they refused to oblige their parents by marrying, they have always been the best of friends. But as Desford pursues Cherry's lickpenny grandfather and reprobate father around unfashionable watering places and the seedier fringes of society, Hetta is forced to wonder whether he might not, at last, have fallen in love. Without the timely intervention of his scapegrace brother Simon, and Hetta's worthy suitor Gary Nethercott, Desford is in danger of making a rare mess of his affairs.
Charity Girl is a wonderful romantic novel by the queen of the Regency romance, one of the most popular historical novelists of all time.
An Act of Charity
Amanda Surowitz
Action Adventure / Young Adult / Fantasy
Maeve is a proud thief hired to cause trouble in the affairs of a nobleman. Things go badly when her employer learns this thief plays by her own rules. Maeve then has to run for her life or pay the consequences for living outside of the law.Finalist in the 2016 RONE Awards. 260+ Reviews on Amazon Get 3 free books at https://veredehsani.co.za/free-books/. Where African myth meets Victorian manners: Armed with Victorian etiquette, a fully loaded walking stick and a dead husband, Beatrice Knight arrives in colonial Kenya desperate for a pot of tea and a pinch of cinnamon. But she’ll need more than that if she’s to unravel the mystery of the Ghosts of Tsavo without being eaten in the process. She must endure all manner of inconveniences while surviving the machinations of her best friend’s dashing godfather and the efforts of her safari guide to feed her to any lion willing to drag her away. What is a ghost-chasing widow to do?“Unique & refreshingly funny” “I found this book truly entertaining”Ghosts of Tsavo is the first case in “Society for Paranormals”, in which a paranormal detective refuses to let danger, death and unwanted suitors inconvenience her in colonial Kenya. Welcome to a series concerning dead husbands, African mythology and the search for a perfect spot of tea. If you adore “Pride & Prejudice”, appreciate British humor, enjoy paranormal mysteries, or would love to experience adventure in colonial Africa, download Ghosts of Tsavo to start your supernatural safari today. Don’t miss the rest of the series: The Automaton’s Wife; Revenge of the Mantis; The Fourth Mandate; Curse of the Nandi; and more to come! Scroll up and Add to Cart!"A surprisingly funny, witty, and good read." "The mix of the African Savannah and the paranormal in the 1890s, not to mention the British twist... I found this book truly entertaining. It kept my interest from cover to cover. I even caught myself laughing out loud at certain points.""I was very surprised when at 4 AM I couldn't stop reading! I really enjoyed Mrs. Knight and the way she reacts in the situations she faces.""Bee, the main character is hilarious. Her wit, her dry humor, her observations are not only refreshing but addictive. Vered Ehsani's writing is just excellent."
Gorgeous Monster
Charity Ferrell
I should've known better than to make a deal with a monster. When my ex-boyfriend puts a hit out on me, there's only one man I can run to for protection. Cristian Marchetti. The head of the Marchetti Mafia Family. My best friend's father. My last resort. Cristian's protection doesn't come free. But what he wants might cost me my life. He's the mafia king, and I'm his sacrifice. And now, I must become his wife.
