![]() ![]() The glossary is located in the back of the book. These novels are written in Spanglish (very, very light Spanglish). The De La Cruz’s must overcome heartaches and obstacles before achieving their happy ending. The family is assisted by the Navy Seals, FBI, and other government agencies. The De La Cruz cousins fight to stay true to their integrity and beliefs in their struggle with the Mexican cartel. The De La Cruz family encounters conflict and threats from the Mexican cartel. The Mexican traditions are strong in the De La Cruz family and the cousins struggle to honor their customs. Each novel is about one of cousin’s unique love story. He is the eldest of the thirteen cousins. This novel is about Jose Enrique De La Cruz. The De La Cruz Saga is a romantic thriller (with several erotic moments). I want my readers to know that this book is the first one in the De La Cruz Saga. ![]() What do you want your readers to know about you and your book? ![]() I also enjoy spending quality time with family and friends. I enjoy reading romance and paranormal novels. My children and grandchildren are my pride and joy. I graduated from the University of Phoenix with a dual Bachelor of Science degree. I currently live in Sacramento, California with my husband and children. I always dreamed of writing and I’m delighted to be achieving my dream. Macias and I was born in San Jose, California. Macias here and we look forward in finding out more about this new Author. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Left to raise her children as a single mother, Stephanie tells the real story of her marriage to Mark, of being a part of the Madoff family, and of life for two years following her father-in-law’s arrest and incarceration. Mark refused to see or speak to his parents, and on the second anniversary of his father’s arrest, he hanged himself. Yet, while Mark’s thriving business was entirely separate from his father’s now notorious fund, he and Stephanie found themselves in the eye of the storm-and grappling with their own sense of betrayal. ![]() Before then, Madoff’s son, Mark, and daughter- in-law, Stephanie, had built an idyllic life. When the news of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme broke, no one was more shocked than the members of his own family. A New York Times bestseller, The End of Normal is the explosive and heartbreaking memoir from the widow of Mark Madoff and the daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff. ![]() ![]() ![]() So, in 2014, Williams co-founded Team Blackstar, for skydivers of color, which now has about 270 members. She longed to belong to a skydiving group where she could feel completely comfortable, with people who looked more like her. Williams received her certification after about half a dozen jumps on her own but with an instructor close by, then became licensed after 25 solo jumps.īut the longer she was in the sport, the more she felt isolated, both by how she was treated (not unkindly, but with ignorance) and by never feeling wholly part of the community. She was about to move from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to Fort Rucker, Alabama, and decided to become a licensed skydiver. “I didn’t know there were people who jumped on the weekends just for fun,” she added, “and that there was an entire community.” Then she met a friend of a friend who was a skydiver “and that blew my mind,” Williams said. “I thought it was something people did just one time,” she said. She loved it but didn’t plan to continue. Her first jump, a tandem, was on her 25th birthday. “A lot of my friends were getting motorcycles,” she said. When she returned from Iraq, she was looking for something exciting to try. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The magical-being kids are being isolated from humans, who mostly want to kill them, and prejudice comes in for expert skewering. There's some building, subtly expressed sexual tension between the two middle-aged male main characters, similarly subtle suggestive humor and innuendo on occasion, and they eventually share one kiss. ![]() He also falls in love and discovers unsuspected depths of courage, loyalty, and tenacity in himself. Sent to report on a remote boarding school, its unusual master, and its even more unusual students (one of whom is believed to be the 6-year-old son of Satan), Linus soon learns there's quite a bit he hasn't been told. Set in a world much like our own ('50s music plays a big role), it's the tale of Linus Baker, a downtrodden, dutiful middle-aged bureaucrat who's spent his entire career toiling for DICOMY (Department In Charge of Magical Youth), which, in theory, is the government agency in charge of protecting assorted gnomes, sprites, wyverns and the like from mistreatment, violence, and death at the hands of humans. Parents need to know that The House in the Cerulean Sea is a fantasy novel by TJ Klune, aimed at an adult audience but finding many appreciative teen readers. A record store clerk smells of weed and proudly says he grows his own.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Adult characters drink wine and other alcoholic beverages, not to excess. ![]() ![]() ![]() We also got to find out some of his backstory, and why he decided to become a teacher. We saw quite a bit of Pin in this one, and he was actually really helpful to Sawako, and pushed her in a good way. Kento is being really sweet with her, though. ![]() Something about them together just isn’t quite working for me, or at least isn’t making me overly excited. Ayane and Kento are probably my least favorite, although I still really like Ayane. Chizu and Ryu are slowly getting back to normal, with Chizu prone to freak out over everything. Sawako and Kazehaya are my favorite, and they’re super cute and sweet, and they hold hands. ![]() It’s New Years Eve and Sawako’s birthday now, and all three of the couples are still settling into their relationships. I’m practically just repeating myself with how much I love this series at this point. ![]() ![]() He wanted to slip through General Lee’s defenses and get down to Richmond before the Army of Northern Virginia could send reinforcements. Kilpatrick had a plan to free the prisoners in Richmond. He was also very anxious to become a major general, and he was doing everything he could to get that promotion. Kilpatrick had ambitions of becoming president of the United States. The officers and women at the ball continued to have illusions about the war, and the future, despite the facts. The war was still going on, and the end was nowhere in sight. The guests were mostly officers’ wives, who were quartered in wall tents. ![]() It was not held in a tent, but in a special, weatherproof ballroom built by the II Army Corps. The Washington’s Birthday ball was the most brilliant event of the winter. Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 1 Insights on Bruce Catton's A Stillness at Appomattox ![]() ![]() ![]() I bet that shit takes a while to flush out completely." "That makes sense," Paul replies while wiping his mouth, he leans against the corrugated metal. "Or some of the silver poison was still in her organs. Must have been the silver bullet." The vamp shrugs, a bulging sack dripping vampire blood held in one hand. ![]() "Something tasted bad in her blood." "Sorry, I made you do it. "Oh God, Drew," he says between gulps of air. ![]() Outside the entrance, we encounter Paul's hunched form kneeling over a pool of blood in the snow. We slow down, half of the pack breaking off to flank around the other side of the hangar. Retching sounds reach our ears as the low group of airport buildings comes into view. The smaller wolf dogs brush against my fur as we run through the darkness. Jonathan Howls fill the night as I dodge bushes and trees. ![]() ![]() * Barry Callebaut said a dispute with Singapore’s Petra Foods Ltd over the purchase of a cocoa business will affect the calculation of the final purchase consideration and goodwill, though it doesn’t affect the operational performance or the integration of the recently acquired business. * GAM said third-quarter assets under management stood at 72.1 billion Swiss francs ($79.96 billion), with modest net new money inflows and strong positive market performance largely offset by unfavorable foreign exchange movements. * Roche’s unit Genentech said it had gained FDA approval for a new subcutaneous formulation of Actemra for use in adult patients living with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis. ![]() |