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My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike
Joyce Carol Oates
Literature & Fiction / Short Stories / Criticism
New York Times bestselling author of The Falls, Blonde, and We Were the Mulvaneys, Joyce Carol Oates returns with a dark, wry, satirical tale—inspired by an unsolved American true-crime mystery.
"Dysfunctional families are all alike. Ditto 'survivors.'"
So begins the unexpurgated first-person narrative of nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike, the only surviving child of an "infamous" American family. A decade ago the Rampikes were destroyed by the murder of Skyler's six-year-old ice-skating champion sister, Bliss, and the media scrutiny that followed. Part investigation into the unsolved murder; part elegy for the lost Bliss and for Skyler's own lost childhood; and part corrosively funny exposé of the pretensions of upper-middle-class American suburbia, this captivating novel explores with unexpected sympathy and subtlety the intimate lives of those who dwell in Tabloid Hell.
Likely to be Joyce Carol Oates's most controversial novel to date, as well as her most boldly satirical, this unconventional work of fiction is sure to be recognized as a classic exploration of the tragic interface between private life and the perilous life of "celebrity." In My Sister, My Love: The Intimate Story of Skyler Rampike, the incomparable Oates once again mines the depths of the sinister yet comic malaise at the heart of our contemporary culture.
Marlo And Joe: Wedding Crashers
Skyler Temporal
Marlo and Joe have to go to Joe's sister's boring wedding tomorrow. Just the thing two fun loving boys want to do on a Saturday, spend the day inside and bored. But, they promised to stay out of trouble. Will some things prove too tempting to resist or will it be a piece of cake?This is the third story in the series. A new story will be released each week in the final months of 2011 and the beginning of 2012.
Forgiveness
Skyler Mason
The moment my wife left me, my world shattered into pieces. I begged her to give me another chance, but she filed for divorce anyway. In a desperate attempt to keep her in my life, I did the unthinkable. I blackmailed her. Now she's bound to me for six more months. I'll use this time to prove to her that I'm a changed man. That I'm worthy of another chance. But just when I think I'm close to winning her over, another man enters the picture. When I see the way she looks at him, I'm afraid he might just steal the only woman I could ever love. After all the mistakes I made these past fifteen years, will I be able to prove our love is worth the fight, or will I lose her forever?
Skyler's Special Something
Akua Boakye Okunseinde
Skyler has heard the words "sickle cell disease" in his visits to the hospital, but he isn't sure what they mean-until one day when his parents decide to explain his condition during one of their Saturday morning walks. At first, Skyler is confused. What is sickle cell disease? Why does he have it? How many other people have it? What can be done to make sure he stays safe and strong? As Skyler's parents patiently field his questions and educate Skyler on his special condition, Skyler grows more confident and empowered.Skyler's Special Something is a conversation starter that can aid parents and caregivers in explaining the unexplainable to their children. Inspired by her son's journey with sickle cell disease, Akua Boakye Okunseinde wrote this book to empower children and parents to openly discuss special health conditions and give them hope for a bright, healthy, and happy future.
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Viral Series (Book 1): Viral Dawn [Extended Edition]
Part #1 of "Viral Series" series by Rankin, Skyler
Fated To His Alpha: A M/M Shifter Mpreg (Burns Brothers Book 3)
Skyler Snow
<p>Jed watched his brothers get mated and can't help wondering when it'll be his turn. When his best friend, Parker, blows back into town after years away, Jed feels instantly pulled to him. Just like when they were kids. <br></p><p><em><strong>The only problem is Jed's a wolf and Parker's a human. There's no way his pack will let them be together.</strong></em><br></p><p> When Parker moves back to his hometown, he's reminded of just how dull it is. The only bright spot is his best friend, Jed. But the childish crush he had before is growing. They're just friends though and that's not going to change. <br></p><p><strong>Jed's wolf wants to claim Parker as his own. Will fate be strong enough? Can a wolf and a human have a future together?</strong><br></p>
Faithless
Skyler Mason
From the moment we locked eyes, Mark Walker wanted to own me. Rich, smooth-talking, and handsome as sin, he swept me away to his glamorous world and put a giant rock of a diamond on my finger before I could blink. We were happy at first. We built a home, a family, and a life that seemed perfect on paper. Until one day, I messed it all up with the first man to steal my heart. Fifteen miserable years later, Mark still hasn't forgiven me. Night after night, he doles out his punishment, humiliating me by sleeping with countless young women under the noses of our friends and family. I know I'm not perfect, but even sinners deserve to keep a shred of dignity. I can't do this anymore. We've already broken our vows. Now, it's time to break off our marriage. Yet when I tell him my decision, his reaction is not what I expect. Even after everything—even though he loathes...
Viral Dawn
Skyler Rankin
An explosion at the army depot unleashes a deadly cloud carrying a genetically engineered virus that turns people into flesh-eating zombies. Eighteen year old Casey Williams is determined to lead her friends to safety only to find out she's led them into even greater danger. Determined to save her friends, she fights the living and the undead in her quest to survive.Chiwara lived much of her immortal life watching over the people of Bambara in Mali, Africa. The antelope goddess would spend months taking care of these people through her protection and her food. Many years had she spent bringing up the villages to as they are but when white men threaten to take everything she loves, Chiwara plans to sabotage the others and keep her people the way they were.
Strongest Conjuration
Skyler White
A tale of the Incrementalists—a secret society of two hundred people, with an unbroken lineage reaching back forty thousand years. They cheat death, share lives and memories, and communicate with one another across nations and time. They have an epic history, an almost magical memory, and a very modest mission: to make the world better, a little bit at a time. Their ongoing argument about just how to accomplish this is older than most of their individual memories. They first appeared in the 2013 novel The Incrementalists by Steven Brust and Skyler White; subsequently, Tor.com published an Incrementalists story by Brust, "Fireworks in the Rain." "Strongest Conjuration" takes place directly after the events of the novel.At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
Skyler the Fireworks Fairy
Daisy Meadows
Children's Books
Rachel and Kirsty are spending a week with their parents at a beautiful lakeside village. The village is celebrating its bicentennial and there are a ton of fun activities planned. The girls are most looking forward to the fireworks show at the village's big birthday bash. Skyler the Fireworks Fairy is on hand to make sure everything goes smoothly. Unfortunately, Jack Frost is determined to take all the fireworks back to the Ice Castle so only he can enjoy them! Find the magic objects in all three stories inside this Rainbow Magic Special Edition and help save the fireworks magic!
and Falling, Fly
Skyler White
An edgy, erotic blend of fantasy and romance-from a debut author whose star is on the rise. In a dark and seedy underground of burned-out rock stars and angels- turned-vampires, a revolutionary neuroscientist and a fallen angel must pit medicine against mythology in an attempt to erase their tortured pasts...but at what cost? Olivia, vampire and fallen angel of desire, is hopeless...and damned. Since the fall from Eden, she has hungered for love, but fed only on desire. Dominic O'Shaughnessy is a neuroscientist plagued by impossible visions. When his research and her despair collide at L'OtelMathillide- a subterranean hell of beauty, demons, and dreams-rationalist and angel unite in a clash of desire and damnation that threatens to destroy them both.
The Prince & The Rogue
Skyler Grey
Due to the sudden death of Lady Christine and the deep depression her father went into soon after, Catherine Townsend is carted off to live with her mother's family quickly learning that her arrival is not one of welcome. It's not long after; Catherine soon realizes that her spoiled cousin Devan thrives on making her life miserable. And as if being at constant odds with him isn't enough, she finds herself shunned as an outcast among the children of so-called, polite society. After years of being the brunt of cruel jokes, Catherine's aunt demands she attend a soiree. Not only is she to attend, but she's also told she must put to rest the embarrassing rumors that seem to constantly surround her. Rumors that London’s darlings, Lady Hilary and Lady Florence, her two worst enemies are sure to be responsible for. During the course of the evening's events, Catherine finds herself stumbling upon a private romp and flees in a hasty retreat for fear of being discovered. Eric Rycroft, is a prince, and London's most eligible bachelor. Only recently returned after being abroad for the past eight years, the last thing he wants to do is attend a boring party with mother's shoving their daughters in his face. Only to please his aunt, does he reluctantly agree. As Eric contemplates an early escape, he bumps into Albert Ashbury, who in turn begs for help to search out a noisy busy-body that unexpectedly interrupted his private tryst, which if revealed, could mean the ruin of his marriage. On the verge of refusing and sending the young fop off with a sound chastising, Eric decides that a game of cat and mouse might actually be a fun way to past the time of what was sure to be a long and dull evening. It's not until Eric spots his prey across the ballroom floor, that he finds himself intrigued by the golden minx and a rogue's plans are set into motion.
Vegas Girls
Heather Skyler
For Fans of Julia Glass and Ann Hood, a Novel about How the Choices We Make Last a LifetimeVegas Girls begins when three former high school friends, now in their mid-thirties, reunite in their hometown of Las Vegas—a city they vowed to escape as soon as they could—to celebrate their new lives and revisit old haunts. But what starts out as a week-long, sun-kissed reunion takes a strange turn as mysterious gifts appear, familiar faces pop up in unexpected places, and each woman reveals a secret, private quest.Ramona is searching for a son she gave up for adoption before their high-school graduation. Jane is trying to leave her husband of eleven years, even with her two kids in tow. And Ivy, who has a new baby, is haunted by the memory of her mother abandoning her twenty years ago—and she has begun spotting her everywhere. Add to this a darkly charismatic ex-boyfriend of Ivy's who won't give up hope of rekindling their romance, and a...
