She was the most beautiful British bauble in Europe’s jet-set playground. Now she’s broke, furious, and limping down a backwoods road in an ugly pink Southern Belle gown. He was tall, lean, and All-American gorgeous. He liked his brews cold and women loved to keep him warm. So why is he stopping his car for this woebegone, surly Scarlett?
As a wealthy few gather to bid on a predator capable of destroying all life on earth, the sorcerers of the Twenty Palace Society mobilize to stop them. All Ray has to do is survive until help arrives. But it may already be too late.
An anthology with one short and one long from Feehan’s Dark Saga series, revolving around two De La Cruz brothers in Brazil who find their lifemates.
Ran across this article by Nathan Ford, Applying Macrotypography For A More Readable Web Page which I thought was very well done. It addresses important basics on where to be cautious in your font choice and where to let loose, considerations for line-height as well as the best line length, tips on helping your text stand out even on a busy page, and suggestions about color choices. Ford also makes an excellent point about the “pretty” of the web page. That the intention is to create a page your viewers will enjoy reading (without squinting!). That’s primary. Once you have a readable layout, it’s up to you to provide your so-very readable text with a pretty layout. Always keep your target audience in mind—the older the viewer, the bigger the font-size! *As I creakily push my glasses back up my nose…*
Whither shall ye self-editing writer wander through your writhing words afore they wither in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Jane Hayes is obsessed with Colin Firth’s portrayal of Mr Darcy from Price and Prejudice, and when she is gifted a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-obsessed women, however, Jane’s fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become more real than she ever could have imagined.
A derelict Formic colony ship offers Bean and his three children the chance explore their own genetic anomaly and the mysterious disease that killed the ship’s colony.
Bean, strategist and general in the terrible wars that followed Ender’s defeat of the alien empire, and his wife, Petra, yearn for a safe place to build a family. Yet no such place exists on Earth, a world riddled with Bean’s enemies from the past. Once again he must follow in Ender’s footsteps and look to the stars.
An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn’t so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature.
Dying, Allie Sekemoto becomes one of the monsters and must flee her city, pass as human when joining up with a ragged group of pilgrims, as she seeks a cure.