The Cruel Guardian

The Cruel Guardian
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Publisher : Independently Published
Total Pages : 62
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ISBN-10 : 9798750547883
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Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cruel Guardian by : Isabella Starling

The FREE sneak peek into a brand new arranged marriage, dark cartel romance. Are you ready for the darkness? My dark guardian lavishes me with expensive gifts... but now he wants so much more. I've lived my life in seclusion, sheltered, hidden and taught to be obedient. Every year on my birthday, my guardian comes to visit. My parents say he's cruel, vicious and unforgiving, but all I see is a man who wants to give me everything. But on the night of my seventeenth birthday, everything changes... He says I'm no longer a little girl, and the time has come for him to collect his debts. And this debt is one only I can pay for. The Cruel Guardian is the short prequel to the Kingpin's Property trilogy. It is not a standalone book.

Cruel Summer

Cruel Summer
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Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9781780620114
ISBN-13 : 178062011X
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Cruel Summer by : Juno Dawson

A compelling psychological thriller with a dash of romance from award-winning writer Juno Dawson. Perfect for fans of Sue Wallman and E. Lockhart. One year after the suicide of their friend Janey, the rest of the group decide to spend the summer together in a holiday villa in the Mediterranean. They're hoping to get over the terrible events of the previous year, but then a new guest arrives, claiming to have evidence that Janey's suicide was actually murder. When the guest is found dead, it becomes clear that the killer must be one of the group ... but who is it? And will they strike again?

Cruel Crown

Cruel Crown
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 1484485815
ISBN-13 : 9781484485811
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Cruel Crown by : Victoria Aveyard

Discover the truth of Norta's bloody past in these two revealing prequels to #1New York Times bestseller Red Queen. Plus, a Glass Sword sneak peek!

A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In

A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9781408821206
ISBN-13 : 1408821206
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In by : Magnus Mills

'He has no literary precedent, and he also appears to have no imitators. He mines a seam that no one else touches on, every sentence in every book having a Magnus Mills ring to it that no other writer could produce' Independent

The Digested Read

The Digested Read
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Publisher : RDR Books
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 1571431594
ISBN-13 : 9781571431592
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Digested Read by : John Crace

Literary ombudsman John Crace never met an important book he didn't like to deconstruct. From Salman Rushdie to John Grisham, Crace retells the big books in just 500 bitingly satirical words, pointing his pen at the clunky plots, stylistic tics and pretensions of Big Ideas, as he turns publishers' golden dream books into dross.

The Cruel Radiance

The Cruel Radiance
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 341
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ISBN-10 : 9780226482514
ISBN-13 : 0226482510
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cruel Radiance by : Susie Linfield

Susie Linfield addresses the issue of whether photographs depicting past scenes of violence & cruelty are voyeuristic, arguing that if we do not look & understand that we are seeing at people, rather than depersonalised acts of inhumanity, our hopes of curbing political violence today are probably limited.

Kind of Cruel

Kind of Cruel
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Publisher : Penguin Canada
Total Pages : 412
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ISBN-10 : 9780143189367
ISBN-13 : 0143189360
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Kind of Cruel by : Sophie Hannah

"If you ask someone for a memory and they tell you a story, they're lying." When Amber Hewerdine consults a hypnotherapist as a desperate last resort, she doesn't expect that anything much will change. She doesn't expect it to help with her chronic insomnia. She doesn't expect to hear herself, under hypnosis, saying words that mean nothing to her—kind, cruel, kind of cruel—words she has seen somewhere before, if only she could remember where. And she doesn't expect to be arrested two hours later as a result of having spoken those words out loud in connection with the brutal murder of Katharine Allen, a woman she's never heard of.

Lethal Guardian

Lethal Guardian
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Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Total Pages : 500
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ISBN-10 : 9780786027200
ISBN-13 : 0786027207
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Lethal Guardian by : M. William Phelps

The complex true-crime story of a Connecticut lawyer who had her brother-in-law killed, by the New York Times bestselling author of Perfect Poison. On a cold spring night in 1994, passing motorists discovered the bullet-riddled body of Anson “Buzz” Clinton along an interstate's exit ramp in Connecticut. Buzz, a former exotic dancer, was married to Kim Carpenter, whose family believed he was an unfit guardian for Kim's daughter, Rebecca. Kim's parents had unsuccessfully sued for custody. Kim's sister, Beth Ann Carpenter—a bright, beautiful real-estate lawyer—became convinced that only Buzz's death would ensure Rebecca's safety. Investigating detectives soon uncovered a twisted trail of murder for hire, obsession, manipulation, and secrets that would tear more than one family apart. The aftermath of this brutal crime would set investigators and prosecutors on a long and twisted path strewn with lies, treachery, and deceit that would cross the Atlantic Ocean before finally bringing justice home. Praise for Lethal Guardian “An intense roller coaster of a crime story . . . complex, with a plethora of twists and turns worthy of any great detective mystery, and yet so well-laid out, so crisply written with such detail to character and place that it reads more like a novel than your standard nonfiction crime book.” —Steve Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Monster Includes sixteen pages of revealing photos

The Crow Road

The Crow Road
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 9780748109937
ISBN-13 : 0748109935
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis The Crow Road by : Iain Banks

'One of the best opening lines of any novel' Guardian 'It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach.' Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances... Praise for Iain Banks: 'The most imaginative novelist of his generation' The Times 'His verve and talent will always be recognised, and his work will always find and enthral new readers' Ken MacLeod, Guardian 'His work was mordant, surreal, and fiercely intelligent' Neil Gaiman 'An exceptional wordsmith' Scotsman

What Is the What

What Is the What
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Publisher : Vintage Canada
Total Pages : 563
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ISBN-10 : 9780307371379
ISBN-13 : 0307371379
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis What Is the What by : Dave Eggers

What Is the What is the story of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee in war-ravaged southern Sudan who flees from his village in the mid-1980s and becomes one of the so-called Lost Boys. Valentino’s travels bring him in contact with enemy soldiers, with liberation rebels, with hyenas and lions, with disease and starvation, and with deadly murahaleen (militias on horseback)–the same sort who currently terrorize Darfur. Eventually Deng is resettled in the United States with almost 4000 other young Sudanese men, and a very different struggle begins. Based closely on true experiences, What Is the What is heartbreaking and arresting, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and, finally, triumph.