On another day of "blisters and blasters and pretzel disasters" it seems that no one can bring order to the streets of Tangle Town, until a no-nonsense farm girl with the proper barnyard experience makes the topsy-turvy town a little less confusing.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 9233.73 | Fiction literature | 13 October 2011
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Merde Happens
From Stephen Clarke, the internationally bestselling author of A Year in the Merde and In the Merde for Love, Merde Happens is the third installation of Paul West's hilarious mis-adventures in merde. This time around Paul finds himself in financial trouble. After failing to translate the menu of his English-style tearoom into proper French, the Ministry of Culture levies him with a substantial fine, which he must pay within 6 weeks or risk losing his business.
When twentysomething reporter Miranda Kennedy leaves her job in New York City and travels to India with no employment prospects, she longs to immerse herself in the turmoil and excitement of a rapidly developing country. What she quickly learns in Delhi about renting an apartment as a single woman—it’s next to impossible—and the proper way for women in India to ride scooters—perched sideways—are early signs that life here is less Westernized than she’d counted on.
Distressed over the current widespread disinterest in matrimony among their eminently marriageable offspring, the formidable matriarchs of the ton have taken matters into their own meddling hands with the formation of The Ladies' Society for the Betterment of the Future of Britain. Their first challenge: the Earl of Pennington.
Distressed over the current widespread disinterest inmatrimony among their eminently marriageable offspring, the formidable matriarchs of the ton have taken matters into their own meddling hands with the formation of The Ladies' Society for the Betterment of the Future of Britain. Their first challenge: the Earl of Pennington.
Teenage goth and occasional rebel Jenna Kelly can read anyone’s mind without even trying. When her alcoholic mother has to go into hospital, a stranger turns up who says he’s her long-lost dad, and promises her a better future. While Jenna is happy to discover what it’s like to have a proper parent, the gifted class have their concerns, but will Jenna listen?
Bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz (aka Amanda Quick) has delighted millions with her own contemporary romances and her historical love stories. Now as Jayne Castle, she brings us Amaryllis Lark: a beautiful psychic detective on St. Helen's, an Earth colony recently cut off from the mother planet. Lucas Trent, the rugged head of Lodestar Exploration, isn't keen on the prim and proper type and Amaryllis is excruciatingly proper. But a hunch leads the pair to a wild murder investigation and a red-hot love affair inevitably follows. The affair surprises them both Amaryllis is shocked and Lucas is delighted. But can extraterrestrial evil keep them apart?
