![]() The descriptions really make this setting come alive and I loved just how important the setting was throughout the story. The first thing that stands out is the setting on a remote Scottish island. And while the pace did turn out to be considerably slower than expected and it wasn’t as scary as I hoped it would be, as a whole this gothic thriller is still well worth your time. There was just something about the blurb of this story that spoke to me immediately… The Scottish setting, the hint at the supernatural/folklore with the wildlings, the history of witches on the island all elements that held a lot of promise of turning The Lighthouse Witches into a success. I loved my time with The Nesting last year, so deciding whether to read her newest gothic story The Lighthouse Witches was very easy indeed. *** A copy of this book was kindly provided to me by Netgalley and HarperCollins in exchange for an honest review. “Forgiveness is a kind of time travel, only better, because it sutures the wounds of the past with the wisdom of the present in the same moment as it promises a better future.” ![]() ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Told from this first-hand perspective, and backed with impressive research and evidence, the book addresses the disappointing failure of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel's U-turn on migration, the lack of repatriation and the Western fixation on guilt. It includes reporting from across the entire continent, from the places where migrants land to the places they end up, from the people who appear to welcome them in to the places which cannot accept them. This book is not only an analysis of demographic and political realities, but also an eyewitness account of a continent in self-destruct mode. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive change as a society. The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. The Sunday Times number one bestseller Chosen as a Waterstones Politics Paperback of the Year, 2018 ![]() ![]() As with all Hartwell fiction, the characterizations, narration, and depth of feeling leave an impact. As Brandon meets Hunter's son, Ben Ben's best friend, Taylor Taylor's father, Case, and the gardener, Jorge, the novel takes twists and turns that intrigue and delight. Love Underneath is a multifaceted novel about human relationships. Now, he's come to realize Brandon was always the love of his life. Years later Brandon receives an unexpected call from Hunter, who has been married twice and has a son. Brandon, who has been in love with Hunter since ninth grade, finds having Hunter in his bed every night leads to some surprises. ![]() ![]() Hunter, a high school senior, finds himself with no place to go and ends up sharing a bed with the friend and classmate he once had abandoned. Using characters and early chapters from his deleted novel Locomotives in Winter, Hartwell has created a beautiful, sexy story of guys who love. A groundbreaking merger of genres, Luke Hartwell's latest novel, Love Underneath, is as distinctive as its predecessors. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Many would claim the Millers to be a dysfunctional family. It is also Saloma Miller Furlong who pulls back the veil and exposes what we as outsiders would consider abuse and hypocrisy within the Amish culture. We share their family life and are introduced to their fear based church dogma that requires community over individuality, unquestioned male authority / female subordination and living off the grid. ![]() Thanks to Saloma Miller Furlong we move in with and sit elbow to elbow with one Amish family. What is it about the Amish culture and religion that intrigues us? Is it the romance of a simpler lifestyle? The pastoral scenes of horse drawn buggies with barefoot children in quaint clothing? Their self-sufficiency and industrious work ethic? Unless we live among or work beside the Amish we probably don't have a realistic picture of what it means to be Amish. ![]() ![]() ![]() While it may have seemed initially that JQ was just the “inadvertent third wheel” to Simone and Wiley’s adventures, JQ will be a “key” part of their journey. I was in relatively good shape, but it was really just a matter of I can’t help but feel JQ had a big poster of Dolph Lundgren in his room and just looked at it every morning.” They did like the extra super dark, burnt orange spray tan on me. “When I called them I was like, ‘Guys, I kind of feel like this guy needs to be orange, like a Cheeto in terms of tan.’ They were on board 100%. ![]() “We really sort of went for it,” Chris added. ![]() But Chris wanted to take it up a notch with JQ. The inspiration for JQ was a little Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element and Tyler Durden in Fight Club. Search Hollywood Life Search Trending Navigation Trending Latest Hollywood Celebrity & Entertainment News Primary Menu Menu Close Menu ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Water pressure from massive Lake Power, slowly at first, then faster and faster, begins to tear the dam apart. When a massive blast knocks a small hole in the Glen Canyon Dam, shooting a slender spray across the canyon below, the trouble begins. And somewhere a man sets in motion plans to blow up the Glen Canyon Dam and destroy all the dams and projects between Lake Powell and the Gulf of California. Two rafts filled with white water enthusiasts float down the Grand Canyon. Three couples water ski and explore Lake Powell and its environs at the beginning of a badly needed vacation. Grant Stevens, an engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation, gets bumped from attending an engineering conference in Kenya by both his boss and his supervisor. This suspense thriller begins with multiple scenarios. ![]() Wet Desert by Gary Hansen is an extraordinary book. The ones I’ve selected to review are diverse and will appeal to a wide range of readers. Summer reading has started off with more books than I’m able to cover in one column and there’s something to suit almost every taste. ![]() |