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Author: Marta Acosta
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-01-29
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1416531602
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Acosta delivers a hilarious and sexy paranormal novel about a wisecracking, down-on-her-luck writer who becomes romantically involved with a sophisticated vampire. A fun and snappy read for romantic fantasy fans.--"Booklist."
Author: Marta Acosta
Publisher: Pocket Star
Published: 2030-12-31
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781416573524
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What's a girl to do when she discovers she's the main course on the menu? Hip, funny Milagro de los Santos thinks she's finally found love and a home at the California ranch of fabulous Oswald Grant and his urbane relatives, who have a rare genetic disorder that some call vampirism. But Milagro is bewildered when she's excluded from an ancient and mysterious midnight ceremony whose participants include Oswald's unfriendly parents, a creepy family elder, and Milagro's ex-lover, the powerful and decadent Ian Ducharme. What skeletons are the vampires keeping in their designer closets? When Milagro's life is threatened by a rogue family member, she flees to the desert to hide. Instead of solitude, she encounters an egomaniacal actor, a partying heiress, a sly tabloid reporter, and a lavish spa full of dark secrets -- all of which might help her find a way home.
Author: Marta Acosta
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781311598912
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"You really can't write a California Gothic. It would become some inane comedy with movie stars and margaritas and alien abductions." --Milagro de Los SantosQuirky, flirty aspiring writer Milagro de Los Santos thinks she's finally found love and a home at the wine country ranch of fabulous Oswald Grant, MD, and his elegant relatives, who have a rare genetic disorder that some call vampirism. The Grants no longer treat her like a trashy gold-digger and she hardly ever accuses them of being total snobs. So Mil is bewildered when they exclude her from a mysterious midnight ceremony whose participants include Oswald's hostile parents, a creepy family elder, and Mil's ex-lover, decadent and powerful Ian Ducharme.When Mil's life is threatened, she flees to the desert to hide and work on a political horror screenplay. Instead of solitude, she encounters an egomaniacal actor, a partying socialite, a sly tabloid reporter, and a lavish spa full of dark secrets.Will she be able to finish writing a screenplay, ambush a world domination movement, and overcome a terrible infection so she can return to Casa Dracula in time for happy hour?
Author: Marta Acosta
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2010-09-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781416598879
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →THERE’S MORE THAN HER HEART AT STAKE. . . . As the only human to survive vampire infection, Milagro de Los Santos has become quite a celebrity among the blood-drinking elite. Too bad the perks of her condition—increased strength, super-fast healing—don’t pay her condo fees. There are other complications too. She’s feeling guilty about her fling with enigmatic Vampire Council member Ian Ducharme, and pining for her ex-fiancé, Dr. Oswald Grant . . . the fabulous man whose kiss changed her life. It’s when Milagro—irked by Ian’s attentions to his neighbor—travels to London and enjoys a sexy flirtation of her own, that the blood really hits the fan. Suddenly, those around her are dying gruesome deaths and Milagro’s being interrogated. Who would kill to set her up as a murder suspect? Milagro just wants to turn back the clock and have another chance to make things right, but no sooner has she escaped to Oswald’s ranch than an accident obliterates her memory. Will the murderer come after her now? And will amnesia spark a romantic do-over with Oswald—or will she make all the same mistakes before she ever gets to say "I do"?
Author: Marta Acosta
Publisher: Tor Teen
Published: 2012-07-03
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 1429988290
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Jane Eyre meets Twilight in Dark Companion, a lush and romantic YA gothic tale about an orphaned girl who attends an exclusive private school and finds herself torn between the headmistress's two sons. Orphaned at the age of six, Jane Williams has grown up in a series of foster homes, learning to survive in the shadows of life. Through hard work and determination, she manages to win a scholarship to the exclusive Birch Grove Academy. There, for the first time, Jane finds herself accepted by a group of friends. She even starts tutoring the headmistress's gorgeous son, Lucien. Things seem too good to be true. They are. The more she learns about Birch Grove's recent past, the more Jane comes to suspect that there is something sinister going on. Why did the wife of a popular teacher kill herself? What happened to the former scholarship student, whose place Jane took? Why does Lucien's brother, Jack, seem to dislike her so much? As Jane begins to piece together the answers to the puzzle, she must find out why she was brought to Birch Grove—and what she would risk to stay there.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Sharie Kohler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-09-30
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 1416579877
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →LOVE AND LET DIE... After a savage lycan attack destroyed her parents, Kit March has ignored the rules saying only men can be hunters and dedicated her life to destroying lycans. Her profession is hell on her love life, but she's been resigned to the lack of romance until she meets sinfully sexy European werewolf hunter Rafe Santiago. Unfortunately, Rafe is a man with a mission: eradicate rogue hunters from the American branch...and the foremost name on his list is Kit March. Rafe has always put business before pleasure, but something about this feisty yet vulnerable woman is doing strange things to a man who has never before allowed his emotions to get the better of him. The merciless hunter excels at eliminating threats, but he doesn't know how to handle the threat Kit poses to his heart. The world of lycans has always been black and white. But now, suddenly, the rules are changing. Forces that have been brewing for generations put Kit and Rafe in terrible danger, and nothing they confront is quite as it seems...including each other. Is the passion between them just as illusory? Or is it the only thing real?
Author: Marta Acosta
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2007-04-24
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781416520399
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What's a girl to do when she discovers she's the main course on the menu? Hip, funny Milagro de los Santos thinks she's finally found love and a home at the California ranch of fabulous Oswald Grant and his urbane relatives, who have a rare genetic disorder that some call vampirism. But Milagro is bewildered when she's excluded from an ancient and mysterious midnight ceremony whose participants include Oswald's unfriendly parents, a creepy family elder, and Milagro's ex-lover, the powerful and decadent Ian Ducharme. What skeletons are the vampires keeping in their designer closets? When Milagro's life is threatened by a rogue family member, she flees to the desert to hide. Instead of solitude, she encounters an egomaniacal actor, a partying heiress, a sly tabloid reporter, and a lavish spa full of dark secrets -- all of which might help her find a way home.
Author: Reyna Grande
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2007-05-15
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 0743269586
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Grande puts a human face on the epic story about those who make it across the border into America, those who never make it across, and those who are left behind.
Author: Linda Nieves-Powell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-03-18
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 1416565701
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →I realized that no matter how much I wanted the past to remain intact, what was would never be again. We all got older. We all moved on. And maybe things were supposed to change... Funny, intelligent, and, above all, relevant, Free Style is an inspiring novel about two thirtysomething married moms -- one who is separated and the other whose marriage is hanging on by a thread. They decide to escape their to-do lists to revisit their past at Club 90, a nightclub they frequented in the early nineties. There they meet up with old friends and lost loves and dance their troubles away to Lisa Lisa and C&C Music Factory. But when they're hit with a shocking dose of reality, they must decide whether to stay in the past or move on. More than just a fun read, Free Style explores serious issues that women grapple with all the time -- keeping romantic relationships alive, dealing with unexpected illness, single motherhood, and the need to come to terms with the past.
Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 1982-04-12
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 0394848284
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →String garlic by the window and hang a cross around your neck! The most powerful vampire of all time returns in our Stepping Stone Classic adaption of the original tale by Bran Stoker. Follow Johnathan Harker, Mina Harker, and Dr. Abraham van Helsing as they discover the true nature of evil. Their battle to destroy Count Dracula takes them from the crags of his castle to the streets of London... and back again.
