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【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Spook's: Alice Book 12【電子書籍】[ Joseph Delaney ]

＜p＞Over the years, Alice has fought evil side by side with the Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward. But now Alice is alone ? in the realm of the dark. And the creatures she has helped to banish there, now have the chance to take their revenge.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Alice must seek the final weapon needed to destroy the Fiend for good. If she fails, the world will fall into despair and darkness. If she succeeds, it means facing her own death at the hands of her dearest friend. But can she prevent the darkness from overtaking her over completely . . . ?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Alice's Alphas【電子書籍】[ Ann Gimpel ]

＜p＞**Alice’s Alphas is the kickoff volume for Wolf Clan Shifters series. Be prepared for steamy, m?nage sex in Ann Gimpel’s paranormal romance page turner. Michelle Fox, NYT Bestselling Author＜/p＞ ＜p＞One virgin + three wolf shifters = e-reader ecstasy**＜/p＞ ＜p＞It’s 1936. Thirty-year-old Alice has given up on finding a husband. Between civil engineering and mountain climbing, her interests are so masculine, she scares men away. A poor route choice strands herーlost, hungry, and scaredーnext to Lon Chaney’s cabin deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Jed senses a woman stumbling down the steep, inhospitable mountain behind his borrowed cabin. Her scent tantalizes and excites him. Mates are scarce these days, and if his nose is right, she’s his fated one. His and his two pack mates, that is, who are mercifully gone at the moment. Jed crafts a careful strategy, knowing the mate bond might not be enough to convince her to stay once she finds out it will link her to all three of themーforever.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Alice adds Jed to her list of problems when he melts out of the shadowed darkness. At first she declines his offer of help, but he keeps talking until she ends up inside the cozy log cabin in front of a roaring fire. His skilled hands and a shot of whiskey heat her blood to molten, and her carefully tended world explodes into desperate hunger to make love with the man rubbing her weary feet.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As caught up in lust as Alice, Jed takes a chance. A big one. Will mating with her before disclosing everything turn out to be a huge mistake?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Hope Leslie: Early Times in the Massachusetts (Complete)【電子書籍】[ Catharine Maria Sedgwick ]

＜p＞There were interested persons who were not slow in conveying to Sir William unfavourable reports of his nephew, and the young man received a summons from his uncle, who hoped, by removing him from the infected region, to rescue him from danger. Sir William’s pride was gratified by the elegant appearance and graceful deportment of his nephew, whom he had expected to see with the “slovenly and lawyer-like carriage” that marked the scholars of the times. The pliant courtier was struck with the lofty independence of the youth, who from the first showed that neither frowns nor favour would induce him to bow the knee to the idols Sir William had served. There was something in this independence that awed the inferior mind of the uncle. To him it was an unknown, mysterious power, which he knew not how to approach, and almost despaired of subduing. However, he was experienced in life, and had observed enough of human infirmity to convince him that there was no human virtue that had not some weak, some assailable point. Time and circumstances were not long in developing the vulnerability of the nephew. Alice Fletcher had been the companion of his childhood. They now met without any of the reserve that often prevents an intimate intercourse between young persons, and proceeds from the consciousness of a susceptibility which it would seem to deny. The intercourse of the cousins was renewed with all the frankness and artlessness of the sunny season of childish love and confidence. Alice had been educated in retirement by her mother, whom she had recently attended through a long and fatal illness. She had been almost the exclusive object of her love, for there was little congeniality between the father and daughter. The ties of nature may command all dutiful observances, but they cannot control the affections. Alice was deeply afflicted by her bereavement. Her cousin’s serious temper harmonized with her sorrow, and nature and opportunity soon indissolubly linked their hearts together. Sir William perceived their growing attachment, and exulted in it; for, as he fancied, it reduced his nephew to dependance on his will and whims. He had never himself experienced the full strength of any generous sentiment, but he had learned from observation that love was a controlling passion, and he now most anxiously watched and promoted the kindling of the flame, in the expectation that the fire would subdue the principles of civil and religious liberty with which he had but too well ascertained the mind of his nephew to be imbued. He silently favoured the constant and exclusive intercourse of the young people: he secretly contrived various modes of increasing their mutual dependance; and, when he was certain their happiness was staked, he cast the die. He told his nephew that he perceived and rejoiced in the mutual affection that had so naturally sprung up between him and his daughter, and he confessed their union had been the favourite object of his life; and said that he now heartily accorded his consent to it, prescribing one condition onlyーbut that condition was unalterable. “You must abjure, William, in the presence of witnesses,” he said, “the fanatical notions of liberty and religion with which you have been infected; you must pledge yourself, by a solemn oath, to unqualified obedience to the king, and adherence to the Established Church: you shall have time enough for the effervescence of your young blood. God send this fermentation may work off all impurities. Nay, answer me not now. Take a dayーa weekーa month for consideration; for on your decision depends fortune and love, or the alternative, beggary and exile.” If a pit had yawned beneath his feet and swallowed Alice from his view, William Fletcher could not have been more shocked. He was soul-stricken, as one who listens to a sentence of death. To his eye the earth was shrouded in darkness; not an object of hope or pursuit remained.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Off The Beat My life as a brown, Muslim woman in the Met【電子書籍】[ Nusrit Mehtab ]

＜p＞＜strong＞If you can’t change a system from the inside, you have no choice but to try and change it from the outside. That act starts with telling my own story as a brown Muslim woman in the Met.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞'A devastating critique of the Met'＜br /＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞Mail on Sunday＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞'Nusrit Mehtab has gone through the Met like a force of nature…Her story is one worth reading.’＜br /＞ ＜strong＞HH Wendy Joseph KC, author of ＜em＞Unlawful Killings＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘＜em＞Off The Beat＜/em＞ lifts the filthy carpets at the Met Police and shines a light on the darkness below. Gripping, fascinating and crucial to the future of UK policing.’＜br /＞ ＜strong＞Alice Vinten, author of ＜em＞On the Line＜/em＞.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞‘A disturbing account of institutionalised sexism and racism in the Metropolitan police told from the perspective of a tough and fiercely ambitious officer who strove to rise up through the ranks’＜br /＞ ＜strong＞Harriet Wistrich, author of ＜em＞Sister in Law＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞When Nusrit Mehtab joined the Metropolitan Police, the organization was rife with racism and misogyny. Officers refused to patrol with her, or even call her by her name. Her attempts to get promoted were met with hostility and ridicule, and she was subjected to cruel pranks.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As the years passed and her seniority grew, Nusrit was dismayed to find that these problems got worse, not better. In this searing memoir, she recounts her thirty years in the Met and the appalling treatment she endured. Now lecturing young recruits in criminology and mentoring BAME officers, Nusrit is confident that we can mould the next generation to create a more inclusive police force, safer for both the officers and the public.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Full of deeply shocking stories from the heart of the organization, ＜em＞Off the Beat＜/em＞ shines a light on an institution that has lost sight of its mission to protect us and pleads the case for a brighter and safer future.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Wolf Party III【電子書籍】[ Alice Sweet ]

＜p＞Welcome to the world of werewolves.＜br /＞ Less than a year has passed, since the Alpha’s wife, Aubry faced a gruesome monster, who forced her to take her loved one’s life. Now with a heavy heart, she faces a new danger without his protection.＜br /＞ The ancient barrier which once held the vampires in place has been broken releasing a power unlike any she has ever seen before. Where the world’s most perfect killers, werewolves are sent out for blood. Aubry meanwhile, must hold onto her sanity, among the continued challenges for her young head. While vampires, bent on revenge, are swarming her lands, and a handsome new stranger appears, tempting her to trust, yet another beast, in exchange for a grim solution.＜br /＞ In the meantime, her closest confidant, and strongest supporter, hides his true self, threatening her last chance at survival.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Be prepared, darkness comes….＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】A Little Girl In The Middle Of Nowhere Lost Her Happy Thought【電子書籍】[ Federico Parra ]

＜p＞To Joel ButonWhen he was still a child.When you could already see a little glint,if attentively looking into his eyes.A glint slowly lighting in the darkness.And from that fragile glint, guessing in him, little child,the birth of his great dream.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A Lost Little Girl left Her Happy Thoughtby Federico ParraDrawings Anastasia S. ParraPrefaceThis is a storyof courage and changing.A fairy tale, a great adventure, a growth.A nemesis, a social and personal revolution.Passing through the features of the high-sounding French names,you will enter in Alice’s Wonderland through its ventricles and narrow streets.You will meet the Aristocats and then you will go backto the 101 Dalmatians in a dreamy Paris.You will encounter distant memories of charactersknown only in the imagination of children, andyou will meet other real but carelessly and unfortunately unknown characters!In this story, you will cross a good partof the vast and colorful world of fairy tales.You will travel with few bags to fill,at every single stop.Through a small arc of white roses, you will enterthe garden of a faraway fairyland.You will enter a world that, in some way,it belongs to us and leads us to the true realityof our childhood...When animals and plants were able to speak.When a small stone could be magical.And when every happy thought,could also come true tomorrow! J. D. Goodman＜/p＞ ＜p＞PUBLISHER: TEKTIME＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】A Little Girl In The Middle Of Nowhere Lost Her Happy Thought【電子書籍】[ Federico Parra ]

＜p＞To Joel Buton＜br /＞ When he was still a child.＜br /＞ When you could already see a little glint,＜br /＞ if attentively looking into his eyes.＜br /＞ A glint slowly lighting in the darkness.＜br /＞ And from that fragile glint, guessing in him, little child,＜br /＞ the birth of his great dream.＜br /＞ A Lost Little Girl left Her Happy Thought＜br /＞ by Federico Parra＜br /＞ Drawings Anastasia S. Parra＜br /＞ Preface＜br /＞ This is a story＜br /＞ of courage and changing.＜br /＞ A fairy tale, a great adventure, a growth.＜br /＞ A nemesis, a social and personal revolution.＜br /＞ Passing through the features of the high-sounding French names,＜br /＞ you will enter in Alice’s Wonderland through its ventricles and narrow streets.＜br /＞ You will meet the Aristocats and then you will go back＜br /＞ to the 101 Dalmatians in a dreamy Paris.＜br /＞ You will encounter distant memories of characters＜br /＞ known only in the imagination of children, and＜br /＞ you will meet other real but carelessly and unfortunately unknown characters!＜br /＞ In this story, you will cross a good part＜br /＞ of the vast and colorful world of fairy tales.＜br /＞ You will travel with few bags to fill,＜br /＞ at every single stop.＜br /＞ Through a small arc of white roses, you will enter＜br /＞ the garden of a faraway fairyland.＜br /＞ You will enter a world that, in some way,＜br /＞ it belongs to us and leads us to the true reality＜br /＞ of our childhood...＜br /＞ When animals and plants were able to speak.＜br /＞ When a small stone could be magical.＜br /＞ And when every happy thought,＜br /＞ could also come true tomorrow!＜br /＞ J. D. Goodman＜/p＞ ＜p＞PUBLISHER: TEKTIME＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Around the World in 80 Days (Legend Classics)【電子書籍】[ Jules Verne ]

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞To go around the world...in such a short time and with the means of transport currently available, was not only impossible, it was madness.＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The latest edition of the classic novel from Jules Verne, featuring Phileas Fogg and his quest to circumnavigate the world in 80 days to win a bet. Following an argument at the Reform Club over the opening of a new railway section in India, Fogg agrees to the outlandish bet. Setting off at 8:45pm on Wednesday, 2nd October, Fogg must return no later than Saturday, 21 December. What follows is one of the most famous journeys in fictional history. ＜em＞Around the World in Eighty Days＜/em＞ gripped audiences on its publication and remains hugely popular, combining exploration, adventure and a thrilling race against time.＜/p＞ ＜hr /＞ ＜p＞The ＜em＞Legend Classics＜/em＞ series:＜br /＞ Around the World in Eighty Days＜br /＞ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn＜br /＞ The Importance of Being Earnest＜br /＞ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland＜br /＞ The Metamorphosis＜br /＞ The Railway Children＜br /＞ The Hound of the Baskervilles＜br /＞ Frankenstein＜br /＞ Wuthering Heights＜br /＞ Three Men in a Boat＜br /＞ The Time Machine＜br /＞ Little Women＜br /＞ Anne of Green Gables＜br /＞ The Jungle Book＜br /＞ The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories＜br /＞ Dracula＜br /＞ A Study in Scarlet＜br /＞ Leaves of Grass＜br /＞ The Secret Garden＜br /＞ The War of the Worlds＜br /＞ A Christmas Carol＜br /＞ Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde＜br /＞ Heart of Darkness＜br /＞ The Scarlet Letter＜br /＞ This Side of Paradise＜br /＞ Oliver Twist＜br /＞ The Picture of Dorian Gray＜br /＞ Treasure Island＜br /＞ The Turn of the Screw＜br /＞ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer＜br /＞ Emma＜br /＞ The Trial＜br /＞ A Selection of Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe＜br /＞ Grimm Fairy Tales＜br /＞ The Awakening＜br /＞ Mrs Dalloway＜br /＞ Gulliver’s Travels＜br /＞ The Castle of Otranto＜br /＞ Silas Marner＜br /＞ Hard Times＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Saving His Soldier [Erotic gay romance]【電子書籍】[ Alice Cain ]

＜p＞Caleb has loved his best friend since high school, but by the time he admitted his sexuality to himself, he and Jeremy had gone their separate ways.＜br /＞ Eight years later, a worried call from Jeremy's mother brings the man back into Caleb's life. But Jeremy is hurting. Recently discharged from the army, he's on a slippery road of self-destructive behavior and if he doesn't let somebody help him he's headed for disaster. Even as Caleb tries to help Jeremy recognize the danger, his attraction for the man returns full force.＜br /＞ But is he strong enough to love a man seemingly incapable of loving him back?＜br /＞ Jeremy doesn't want or need anyone's help, so when Caleb finds him at his most vulnerable he tries to rush his best friend back out of his life. Yet the stubborn man won't budge.＜br /＞ Can Jeremy find a way to convince Caleb he doesn't need him before the full truth comes tumbling out?＜/p＞ ＜p＞(13,100 words plus a 2,200 word sample chapter of "In Dreams and Darkness")＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend White Lotus meets Lord of the Flies in this speculative comedy thriller about the end of the world【電子書籍】[ MJ Wassmer ]

＜p＞＜strong＞'Fun, ac****tion-packed and＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞wildly original' ＜em＞CULTUREFLY＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞'Five Stars, Would Recommend' GRADY HENDRIX＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞'＜em＞Lord of the Flies＜/em＞ crashes headfirst into＜/strong＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy＜/strong＞＜/em＞' ＜strong＞BENJAMIN STEVENSON＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞＞ Passport＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞＞ Suncream＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞＞ Apocalypse???＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞What happens when you're on holiday and the sun explodes?＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Professional underachiever Dan Foster is finally taking a break. Sure, his life has been average at best and, yes, he has never has quite lived up to his potential. But after a few Bud Lights in paradise with his girlfriend Mara, things are starting to look up.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Then the sun explodes.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞With the island suddenly plunged into darkness, the ultra-rich guests hijack the remaining supplies and declare themselves the new ruling class. Led by a fitness influencer turned ruthless dictator, martial law is declared and the hoi polloi are press-ganged into service. And it's just Dan's luck that he could land an even worse job while on holiday.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As temperatures drop and class tensions rise, Dan might have found a way for himself and Mara to escape the island. But sneaking away would also mean abandoning the burgeoning revolution that he might-have-kind-of-sort-of single-handedly started.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞'A must-read' ＜em＞BOOKLIST＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞'Totally original' ALICE BELL＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞'Fresh, fun＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞and completely brilliant' SARAH BONNER＜/strong＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】In the Village of Viger【電子書籍】[ Duncan Campbell Scott ]

＜p＞The ten stories in ＜strong＞In the Village of Viger＜/strong＞ portray the life of a rural village as it faces the darkness of its own future. An established milliner, Madame Laroque, is upset by the advent of a younger, more popular rival. An innkeeper’s obsession with the Franco-Prussian War drives his descent into madness. A gardener longs to return to the village in France where his mother was born. At once comical, farcical, and tragic, this superb collection, first published in 1896, anticipates later collections of linked short stories including Alice Munro’s **Who Do You Think You Are?**and Margaret Laurence’s ＜strong＞A Bird in the House＜/strong＞.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】British Murder Mysteries ? 10 Novels in One Volume House by the Lock, Girl Who Had Nothing, Second Latchkey, Castle of Shadows, The Motor Maid【電子書籍】[ Charles Norris Williamson ]

＜p＞Unveiling a thrilling tapestry of suspense and enigma, 'British Murder Mysteries '?? 10 Novels in One Volume' is an unparalleled anthology that captures the rich tradition of detective fiction. This collection saunters through various styles of storytelling, from classic whodunits to cerebral crime puzzles, encapsulating the nuance and deftness typical of the genre's golden age. Each novel stands as a testament to the riveting nature of mystery, beckoning readers into a world where tension brims beneath the calm veneer of British societal norms. The anthology, shaped through the dual creative force of Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson, seamlessly blends historical and cultural textures with narrative flair. Their collective contributions to literature have helped forge a path within the mystery genre that combines both wit and psychological depth. This collection aligns with the historical movements of early 20th-century literature, offering a glance at society's understated complexity and the often unanticipated darkness lying therein. These diverse voices coalesce to enrich this anthology, ensuring that each piece contributes to a broader interplay of cultural and literary dialogues. This volume presents an opportunity for readers to immerse themselves in a multilayered experience brimming with suspense and intrigue. It provides an educational exploration of early 20th-century British mystery novels, offering insights into the period's cultural mindset while fostering dialogue among the distinctive styles and themes presented. For those seeking to understand or appreciate the intricate dance of narrative and tension inherent in detective fiction, this collection serves as a crucial addition to any literary repertoire.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Go to Jerusalem A Lenten Devotional【電子書籍】[ Mary Alice Mulligan ]

＜p＞Lent calls us to undertake a journey, a step-by-step process in which our view of the world shifts almost imperceptibly ? until we look around and realize how far we’ve come. Pastor and scholar Mary Alice Mulligan leads us through Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem, examining the scriptures in which Jesus calls on his Disciples to leave everything and follow him, is baptized and announcements his ministry, predicts his own death, clears the temple and pledges to rebuild it in three days, and proclaims God’s love for all. During Holy Week, Mulligan takes us through the events of that long-ago week with fresh eyes, new ways to understand an old story. Entries begin with the darkness of Ash Wednesday and voyage through the glory of Easter morning. These concise entries include scripture, reflections, suggested spiritual practices, and a prayer. Entries are undated, making this a perennial resource.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】The Woman in the Mirror A Novel【電子書籍】[ Rebecca James ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Rebecca James unveils a chilling modern gothic novel of a family consumed by the shadows and secrets of its past in ＜em＞The Woman in the Mirror＜/em＞.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞For more than two centuries, Winterbourne Hall has stood atop a bluff overseeing the English countryside of Cornwall and the sea beyond. Enshrouded by fog and enveloped by howling winds, the imposing edifice casts a darkness over the town.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1947, Londoner Alice Miller accepts a post as governess at Winterbourne, looking after twin children Constance and Edmund for their widower father, Captain Jonathan de Grey. Falling under the de Greys’ spell, Alice believes the family will heal her own past sorrows. But then the twins’ adoration becomes deceitful and taunting. Their father, ever distant, turns spiteful and cruel. The manor itself seems to lash out. Alice finds her surroundings subtly altered, her air slightly chilled. Something malicious resents her presence, something clouding her senses and threatening her very sanity.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In present day New York, art gallery curator Rachel Wright has learned she is a descendant of the de Greys and heir to Winterbourne. Adopted as an infant, she never knew her birth parents or her lineage. At long last, Rachel will find answers to questions about her identity that have haunted her entire life. But what she finds in Cornwall is a devastating tragic legacy that has afflicted generations of de Greys. A legacy borne from greed and deceit, twisted by madness, and suffused with unrequited love and unequivocal rage.＜/p＞ ＜p＞There is only one true mistress of Winterbourne. She will not tolerate any woman who dares to cross its threshold and call it home. Those who do will only find a reflection of their own wicked sins and an inherited vengeance.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Dark Jelly【電子書籍】[ Alice Tawhai ]

＜p＞This third collection of short stories by Alice Tawhai explores the complex mix of beauty and heartache, resilience and joys of people living in seemingly bleak situations. The perceptions of people and their lives are fresh and poignant, seeing the humanity and quiet hope alongside the darkness. The vivid imagery and intensely evocative writing make each story and those in them hauntingly memorable.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】They Won't Believe You【電子書籍】[ Paisley Alice Quinn ]

＜p＞＜em＞She saw him from across the street and a powerful rage ripped through her. He had stolen something from her, something she would never get back and now she was out for revenge.＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Kylie is in over her head. She thinks she can take on the man who ruined her life but she’s putting herself in incredible danger.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Dark, brooding Craig watches over her, desperate to keep her safe. But how can he protect her if she won't reveal her darkest secrets?＜/p＞ ＜p＞The closer she gets to Craig, the clearer it becomes that he has secrets of his own. With the odds stacked against them, can Kylie learn to trust and love again? Or will the darkness always pull her back?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞This is a dark romantic suspense. This book contains scenes that may be triggering for some readers and should only be read by those 18 and older. HEA guaranteed. No Cliffhangers.＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Alice's Illusions【電子書籍】[ Maya Black ]

＜p＞It's an Alice in Wonderland retelling with a twist!＜/p＞ ＜p＞Haunted by the weighted memories of her sister's mysterious suicide, seventeen-year-old Alice finds refuge in Hal, a quiet and devastatingly handsome newcomer in their school with an obsession with hats and a compelling darkness behind his hazel eyes.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When Hal reveals they share a common thread by mentioning his dead brother, her pull toward him becomes too heavy for her to resist.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Feeding into Alice's desire to learn the truth, Hal suggests she contact her dead sister through a ouija board but his ulterior motives threaten her safety. How deep and dark does Hal's rabbit hole go? How far will Alice reach to please him?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Manhattan to West Cork【電子書籍】[ Alice Carey ]

＜p＞As a young girl Alice Carey came to realise that 'home' can mean different things. The only child of Irish immigrants to New York in search of a better life, her isolated and sometimes violent childhood was transformed when her mother started working as maid to legendary Broadway producer Jean Dalrymple. In Miss D.'s elegant Park Avenue town house, Alice was exposed to a life she had only seen in films. Her mother worked to save up enough money for them both to go 'home' to Ireland, travelling down below on ocean liners. Ireland in the 1960s was radically different from New York in every way, especially in its morality and attitudes to clerical abuse. Yet despite the darkness, many years later Alice and her husband fell in love with an abandoned Georgian farmhouse in west Cork. As they restored its stables, Alice began unearthing buried childhood memories played out in wildly divergent homes in New York City, Fire Island and Killarney. Manhattan to West Cork is the poignant tale of a young girl raised in a difficult environment juxtaposed with the story of a grown woman trying to make sense of her childhood. "A great read ... Alice started her first diary aged 10; this love of recording may explain her perceptive eye and ear and why the simplicity of her narration draws us in." ? Irish Examiner＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Alice Isn’t Dead【電子書籍】[ Joseph Fink ]

＜p＞＜strong＞From the creator of the wildly popular ＜em＞Welcome to Night Vale＜/em＞ podcast comes a story about loving, about searching ? and about the courage you need when you find the unexpected.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Keisha Lewis mourned the loss of her wife, Alice, who disappeared two years ago. There was a search, there was grief beyond what she thought was possible. There was a funeral.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But then Keisha began to see her wife, again and again, in the background of news reports from all over America.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Alice isn’t dead. And she is showing up at the scene of every tragedy in the country.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Keisha shrugs off her old life and hits the road as a trucker ? hoping on some level that travelling the length of the country will lead her to the person she loves.＜/p＞ ＜p＞What she finds are buried crimes and monsters (both human and unimaginable), government conspiracies, haunted service stations and a darkness far older than the highway system it lies beneath.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Cast in the fluorescent lights of midnight diner-signs, this story is as big as the open road and as intimate as the darkness of a trucker’s cab: perfect for fans of Stephen King, ＜em＞Serial＜/em＞, ＜em＞Twin Peaks＜/em＞ and ＜em＞American Gods＜/em＞.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】If I Were Told【電子書籍】[ Alice Wilson ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Imagine a city bathed in perpetual light, a beacon of hope in a universe teetering on the brink.But the shadows whisper, and a chilling truth emerges: the light they rely on is built upon a fragile truce with a powerful darkness. Fear and defiance clash, threatening to plunge their world into an eternal eclipse.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In a world divided, Amelia, a warrior forged in defiance, must confront the consequences of her ancestors' actions. Can she bridge the chasm between light and darkness, or will their city succumb to the very shadows it seeks to control?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Centuries later, a new generation grapples with an even greater threat. A cosmic darkness threatens to consume all existence. The city, now a testament to hard-won harmony, embarks on a daring mission beyond the void, their knowledge the only hope for a universe on the precipice.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Follow generations as they navigate the delicate balance between light and darkness. Witness the evolution of a city, the unraveling of a past shrouded in secrets, and the enduring human spirit that strives for understanding in the face of oblivion.＜/p＞ ＜p＞* Witness a civilization teetering on the edge of annihilation.＜br /＞ * Experience the emotional journey of a city confronting its deepest fears.＜br /＞ * Unravel the mysteries of a universe where light and darkness are not enemies, but partners in a cosmic dance.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Don't miss this captivating sci-fi epic that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about light, darkness, and the power of understanding.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Click "Buy Now" now and embark on a journey that will illuminate your soul and ignite your hope for a brighter future.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Get your copy!＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Accessory to Stolen Love【電子書籍】[ Alice Joiner ]

＜p＞Initially, she felt lost and abandoned amid grief and loneliness among many fears. She knew that she was not alone for there was someone there in the darkness with her. How could this be?, she would often ask herself. She knew that family and friends were holding her hands, rather in person or spiritually. They were there but not like the presence sitting beside her. The love she felt surrounding her led her through that darkness onto a pathway she had yet to explore--one that allowed her to build a successful career, to reconnect with a lost love, to become entangled in an inappropriate relationship, to forgiveness. Letting go of what had been giving her life, was truly a hard act to do.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Alice Ever After #2【電子書籍】[ Dan Panosian ]

＜p＞Alice might have opened the door to Wonderland, but the asylum is its own realm of darkness and danger. Mistress Hulda resembles an all-too-familiar queen, and Dr. Madsen is eager to try an experimental treatment, probing into a past that Alice wants to escape… and one her father will do anything to keep hidden. Will an inmate with an intriguing smile prove to be a much needed friend, or will Alice's fate be the same as the inmates in the common room, the ones with the vacant eyes?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Ciccina Balerina -Fairy Tales【電子書籍】[ Alice Brook ]

＜p＞＜strong＞Book Description: "Ciccina Balerina" ? Fairy Tales by Alice Brook＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Discover the magic and thrilling adventures in ＜em＞Ciccina Balerina,＜/em＞ a captivating fairy tale book by Alice Brook, sure to spark the imagination and heart of every child!＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Meet the characters:＜/strong＞ Verdelina, a dreamy little girl with pistachio-green eyes and blackberry-colored hair, is devoted to her beloved doll, Ciccina-Balerina, who is always stuck wearing a pumpkin-sized hat and a clown nose due to the "lack of imagination of the toymaker." Together, the two friends embark on an adventure-filled journey to the Land of Toys. Along the way, they receive help from Lila the dragonfly and the Great Firefly, who lights the path with a group of smaller fireflies to face the darkness.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞In the Land of Toys＜/strong＞, Verdelina and Ciccina-Balerina meet the King ? none other than the Toymaker himself, surrounded by wondrous toys and inventive collaborators. Here, Verdelina must complete a mission to earn the right to change her doll's appearance and free Ciccina from the Toymaker's creative limitations. Courage, loyalty, and perseverance guide Verdelina and Ciccina through unexpected challenges, making every step of the journey full of excitement and valuable lessons.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Book Highlights:＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜ul＞ ＜li＞＜strong＞Richly and beautifully illustrated:＜/strong＞ Each page brings the story to life with vibrant illustrations that will captivate children's eyes and add a touch of magic to every moment.＜/li＞ ＜li＞＜strong＞Engaging and easy to read:＜/strong＞ The simple language and exciting plot make this book perfect for children of all ages, ideal for reading together with parents or grandparents.＜/li＞ ＜li＞＜strong＞A memorable gift:＜/strong＞ ＜em＞Ciccina Balerina＜/em＞ is the perfect present for any child, offering precious reading moments that strengthen bonds between parents, grandparents, and little ones.＜/li＞ ＜/ul＞ ＜p＞A book that promises to turn every bedtime into a wonderful adventure and leave a sweet memory in the hearts of young readers!＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Pious Assassin【電子書籍】[ Alice Kanaka ]

＜p＞Dr. Julius Gemutlich, a profiler specializing in theological psychology, is drawn into a complex investigation involving serial murders in Sarterville, Georgia.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Four lives have been lost. The clock is ticking. Pressure mounts as Julius navigates through layers of deceit, personal demons, and complex relationships to uncover the truth behind the murders.＜/p＞ ＜p＞When betrayal thrusts him into the spotlight, Julius discovers he may be next on the killer's list.Author Alice Kanaka weaves themes of forgiveness and light through the darkness of trauma and death, to create a thought-provoking mystery that is a thrilling, yet ultimately uplifting read.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Alice Cogswell Bemis: A Sketch by a Friend【電子書籍】[ Anonymous ]

＜p＞NEW Year’s Eve! A hot night in midsummer in the drought. It was so dark ー with a smOthering darkness ー that even the low loom of the scrub- covered ridges, close at hand across the creek, was not to be seen. The sky was not clouded for rain, but with drought haze and the smoke of distant bush fires. Down the hard road to the crossing at Pipeclay Creek sounded the footsteps of a man. Not the crunching steps of an English labourer, clod-hopping contentedly home; these sounded more like the footsteps of one pacing steadily to and fro, and thinking steadily and hopelessly ー sorting out the past. Only the steps went on. A glimmer of white moleskin trousers and a suggestion of light-coloured tweed jacket, now and again, as if in the glimmer of a faint ghost light in the darkness. The road ran along by the foot of a line of low ridges or spurs, and, as he passed the gullies or gaps, he felt a breath of hotter air, like blasts from a furnace in the suffocating atmosphere. He followed a two-railed fence for a short distance, and turned in at a white batten gate. It seemed lighter now. There was a house, or, rather, a hut suggested, with whitewashed slab walls and a bark roof. He walked quietly round to the door of a detached kitchen, opened it softly, went in and struck a match. A candle stood, stuck in a blot of its own grease, on one end of the dresser. He lit the candle and looked round. The walls of the kitchen were of split slabs, the roof box-bark, the floor clay, and there was a large clay-lined fireplace, the sides a dirty brown, and the back black. It had evidently never been whitewashed. There was a bed of about a week’s ashes, and above it, suspended by a blackened hook and chain from a grimy cross-bar, hung a black bucket full of warm water. The man got a fork, explored the bucket, and found what he expected ー a piece of raw corned-beef in water, which had gone off the boil before the meat had been heated through＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Specter Analysis Oleander's Irregulars, #3【電子書籍】[ Alice Sabo ]

＜p＞A sudden rash of burglaries seems to be targeting the Arcane community. When Miller joins his brother to investigate the break-ins, they discover some peculiar anomalies. Miller knows the Darkness is testing them. Powerful magic is being used in a tragic and bizarre method. With help from the newest residents of the Stronghold, he attempts to unravel a strange new criminal enterprise. An unexpected ally emerges to help them make sense of things as they take a stand against the Darkness.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Light Touches Cultural Practices of Illumination, 1800-1900【電子書籍】[ Alice Barnaby ]

＜p＞Light Touches: Cultural Practices of Illumination, 1800-1900 explores how urban lives in the nineteenth century were increasingly touched by innovations in the technologies and aesthetics of illumination. Dramatic changes in qualities of light ? and darkness ? became acutely palpable to the human sensorium; using, seeing, feeling, and being in light were now matters of intense personal and cultural concern. Light gave meaningful vitality to the period’s material culture, and light itself became something to be perceptually consumed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Over the course of six chapters Alice Barnaby traces how light was used in amateur artistic pastimes, interior design and clothing fashions, spectacular public amusements, volatile street demonstrations, and art gallery designs. From these previously unexplored examples a more complex history of light in the period emerges. Society’s fascination with illumination, its desire to work with it and make meaning from it gave rise to a distinctly new set of cultural practices. Through these practices unexpected discoveries about the modern world were revealed. Light proved to be instrumental in everyday acts of experimentation and imaginative enquiry.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Barnaby offers an intervention into the dominant scholarly narrative of the nineteenth century which traditionally reads modernity as synonymous with the formation of a spectacular, disembodied visuality. ＜em＞Light Touches＜/em＞, in contrast, returns vision to the body and foregrounds the actively felt - as well as seen - sensation of light. In coming to understand these cultural practices of illumination, the book reconsiders many assumptions about nineteenth-century modernity.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Trace of Evil A Natalie Lockhart Novel【電子書籍】[ Alice Blanchard ]

＜p＞＜strong＞An IndieNext Pick!＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞**"Gripping...Blanchard keeps the tension high." - ＜em＞Associated Press＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞From Alice Blanchard, the author of the ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞ Notable mystery novel ＜em＞Darkness Peering＜/em＞ comes ＜em＞Trace of Evil＜/em＞, first in an evocative new series about a small New York town, its deeply held secrets, and the woman determined to uncover them, no matter what the cost.**＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞There’s something wicked in Burning Lake…＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Natalie Lockhart is a rookie detective in Burning Lake, New York, an isolated town known for its dark past. Tasked with uncovering the whereabouts of nine missing transients who have disappeared over the years, Natalie wrestles with the town’s troubled history ? and the scars left by her sister’s unsolved murder years ago.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Then Daisy Buckner, a beloved schoolteacher, is found dead on her kitchen floor, and a suspect immediately comes to mind. But it’s not that simple. The suspect is in a coma, collapsed only hours after the teacher’s death, and it turns out Daisy had secrets of her own. Natalie knows there is more to the case, but as the investigation deepens, even she cannot predict the far-reaching consequences ? for the victim, for the missing of Burning Lake, and for herself.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Human Nature【電子書籍】[ Alice Anderson ]

＜p＞＜em＞Human Nature＜/em＞ explores, both seductively and horrificly, the redemptive possibilities found in an American girlhood gone wrong. Every one of Anderson's poems tells a story-dangerous, sensuous, sometimes crazy, sometimes sacred tales that take us into the heartbreaking reality and strangeness of a little girl who grew up the woman of the house; at once drink-maker, showpiece, secret-keeper, and object of lust.＜br /＞ The terrain of incest and violence sets itself out on the page so subtely and plainly that the poems become mere containers for these extremes, a kind of prayer. Where formal grace might seem impossible, Anderson sings. And this is why the book -with all its darkness and danger-is, in the end, an affirmative one. The poems rise out of childhood's sorrows into a womanhood filled with the past, hell-bent on the future, and ready for a fight. In haunting, elegant verse, Anderson enters into the truth of experience. Through it all, the poems come to embrace those universal illuminations that arise out of--or even because of--suffering.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】Malice in Wonderland【電子書籍】[ Vera Sims ]

＜p＞＜strong＞At 18, Alice is trapped in the monotony of everyday life, yearning for the excitement of her childhood adventures. Desperate for escape, she returns to Wonderland, only to find it warped into a realm of nightmares and horrors.＜br /＞ The whimsical land she once knew is now dark and twisted. The Mad Hatter's tea parties are sinister gatherings of madness, the Cheshire Cat's grins hide malevolent secrets, and the Queen of Hearts' court is a domain of fear and cruelty.＜br /＞ As Alice navigates this terrifying Wonderland, she encounters old friends turned monstrous and new threats lurking in the shadows. Every step brings her closer to uncovering the sinister force corrupting Wonderland. Can she survive the horrors and restore Wonderland, or will she be consumed by the madness?＜br /＞ Embark on a journey through a Wonderland reimagined, where fantasy becomes a waking nightmare, and Alice must brave the darkness to reclaim the life she seeks＜/strong＞.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。