6/30/2023 0 Comments Faith haigh![]() ![]() “She handles these complex issues with grace and insight. “‘Faith’ will speak to a wide audience,” said Burnham. Harper Collins publisher Jonathan Burnham agreed. ![]() I could stand on my head for other books and not get that kind of attention.” The outpouring of support for it is organic here. “She writes beautifully, she’s very easy to work with and listens carefully. It wasn’t hard to get, according to Claire Wachtel, an executive editor at Harper Collins and Haigh’s editor on all four books. Most telling, perhaps, is that in the advanced reader galley the publisher sends to reviewers, every department head, including Harper Collins group president Michael Morrison, endorsed the book with a personal blurb. There’s buzz among foreign publishers, and sales. It’s already received starred reviews from industry trade magazines such as Publishers Weekly and the always discerning Kirkus Reviews. It tests the faith the McGann family has in one another. “Faith” tells the story of Sheila McGann, who returns to the South Shore after her brother, a priest, is accused of molesting a boy. Haigh, considered by many to be one of the premier writers of our time, is set to release her fourth novel, “Faith,” on Tuesday, May 10. If I were to die there, no one would know.” “I have a writing studio,” said Haigh over tea at Cohasset’s French Memories. ![]() She carries only paper and pens – and her thoughts. ![]() She doesn’t bring a cell phone and there’s no Internet access. Most mornings, Jennifer Haigh leaves her South Shore home before first light and heads to a destination unknown to anyone. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Blue bloods vampires![]() ![]() Now, not only is he trying to create a new world order for the immortal elite, he's the prime suspect and is stalked by the newly installed head of the vampire secret police. When his all-too-human lover is found murdered on the eve of the coven's annual Four Hundred Ball-a celebration meant to usher in a new era in vampire society, and to mark the re-unification of the Coven after decades of unrest and decay-Oliver is devastated. Hero of this sexy, paranormal action tale is Oliver Hazard-Perry, former human conduit, and Manhattan's only human-turned-vampire, now the head of the Blue Bloods Coven. VAMPIRES OF MANHATTAN is "hipster horror"-the memorable characters from her Blue Bloods series are older and cooler than before, trying to build "Millennial" lives in the bustle of Manhattan while battling forces of evil and of course each other. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments A Galaxy Unknown by Thomas DePrima![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.įor all of her young life, Jenetta Carver had dreamed of cruising between the stars in a powerful spaceship, but nothing in her visions of a bright future even remotely resembled the perilous situation she now faced. Can a petite blonde, cut off from Space Command, create more mayhem among the criminal elements than a full decade of SC effort? You'd better believe it! And when they tamper with her DNA to make her appear sexier, she gets even madder killing mad. At first she fears for her life, but when she's indelibly marked as a pleasure slave, she gets mad fighting mad. ![]() Although determined to rejoin SC as soon as possible, Jenetta is captured by pirates before that can happen. Space Command has committed its full resources to stopping the anarchy, but criminal groups have grown immensely powerful. Pirates and slavers seem able to attack and pillage with impunity. When revived, Ensign Jenetta Carver learns of the lawlessness that now suffuses interstellar space. A young officer, still cocooned in stasis sleep, is found inside. ![]() June 6th, 2267 - A life-pod, missed by rescuers following the mysterious explosion of a Space Command vessel a decade earlier, is discovered by a passing freighter in deep space. ![]() |