Petra's Canvas

Petra's Canvas
Author: Ann Roberts
Publisher: Bella Books
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2011-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1594937222

Once upon a time, Dani O'Grady let the artist Petra use her body as a canvas and became an anonymous Internet legend. She was also banned from Provincetown-it's a long story. As a powerful CEO who prides herself on control, she keeps professional deals and personal pleasures strictly separate. The luscious, aggressive Cat, a guest at her son's wedding, seems like a harmless dalliance. Once Dani untangles exactly who Cat is, she knows she's got trouble. Adding to her problems is the beautiful, mysterious Rafi, who sells very grown-up sweets in the one place Dani is not supposed to go... From the skyscrapers of New York to the top of Pilgrim Monument, Dani has Drama with a capital D in this erotic, giddy romance from Ann Roberts.

Abstract Painting

Abstract Painting
Author: Petra Tholken
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-07-27
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1782219579

Create 20 beautiful abstract works of art in acrylic and mixed media using exciting new techniques and materials. Petra Thölken's practical and inspiring book includes 20 beautiful abstract works of art explained step by step, including variations and tips for readers' own designs. For some of the projects, there are links to her popular video instructions, showing readers how she created the individual painting. All the basics for the perfect introduction to painting with acrylic and mixed media are here, with colour theory, techniques and materials presented in an understandable and concise manner. Petra uses exciting new techniques and materials and encourages readers to familiarize themselves with getting to know the paints and the mixing of shades. Get your ideas flowing with Petra's inspirational advice and find out how to approach your paintings in different ways.

The Kronos Chronicles

The Kronos Chronicles
Author: Marie Rutkoski
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 937
Release: 2016-01-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1466895446

Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life. But it's never been ordinary. She has a pet tin spider who likes to hide in her hair and give her advice. And her brilliant father has been commissioned by the prince of Bohemia to build the world's finest astronomical clock. When the prince steals her father’s eyes to wear them as his own, Petra sets off for Prague to steal her father's eyes back. And that is only the beginning of this series brimming with magic and adventure that Publishers Weekly called a "heady mix of history and enchantment." Includes all three books in the series, The Cabinet of Wonders, The Celestial Globe, and The Jewel of the Kalderash.

Petra's Ghost

Petra's Ghost
Author: C.S. O'Cinneide
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2019-07-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459744705

A man's pilgrimage becomes something from his darkest nightmares when secrets arise and ghosts haunt his path. A woman has vanished on the Camino de Santiago, the ancient five-hundred-mile pilgrimage that crosses northern Spain. Daniel, an Irish expat, walks the lonely trail carrying his wife, Petra’s, ashes, along with the damning secret of how she really died. When he teams up to walk with vibrant California girl Ginny, she seems like the perfect antidote for his grieving heart. But a nightmare figure begins to stalk them, and Daniel's mind starts to unravel from the horror of things he cannot explain. Unexpected twists and turns echo the path of the ancient trail they walk upon. The lines begin to blur between reality and madness, between truth and the lies we tell ourselves.

A Grand Plan

A Grand Plan
Author: Ann Roberts
Publisher: Bella Books
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2015-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1594937850

The vibrant Phoenix art happening First Friday promises business and pleasure for Ari Adams. For one thing, moving on from the painful past she shared with Molly Nelson has brought a new woman into her life. But an old building with a body inside threatens the art community and implicates every member of the First Friday Council. Hired to investigate and guard the FFC’s interests, Ari takes on the disquieting assignment at her boss’s request. Secrets at the Veteran’s Administration and human greed create a dangerous quagmire, and when the victim’s identity and the names of her employers are revealed, Ari realizes she has no one she trusts to help her—except Molly. But working with Molly again would mean opening old wounds and risking the fresh start Ari thought that she wanted… A Grand Plan is the latest in the Golden Crown Literary Award-Winning Ari Adams Mystery series by best-selling and Lambda Nominated Author Ann Roberts.

The Complete Package

The Complete Package
Author: Ann Roberts
Publisher: Bella Books
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2014-04-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1594938261

Adrift for years since her partner's death and her son's estrangement, Lenny Barclay isn't sure what she wants. Her friends despair of cheering her up. Even making her mayor of their idyllic Colorado mountain town doesn't awaken the joyous, passionate Lenny they once knew. But the arrival of the corporate planners from the Wilderness Campaign brings back some of Lenny's fire. They already act like they own the place, including the arrogant Sloane McHenry. Pinedale—and her fractured family—does not need a Fortune 500 fix. Sloane is always hunting for the complete package and she's got it in Pinedale. The mayor is a spineless pushover, the site only holds a dilapidated shop owned by the aforementioned mayor and Sloane has a secret weapon that will prove useful should she meet resistance. This project's not just about profit, either, for reasons she can't explain—not even to herself.

Screen Kiss

Screen Kiss
Author: Ann Roberts
Publisher: Bella Books
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2019-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1642470872

Addy Tornado wishes her love life was as dramatic as her name. A true romantic, Addy lives for the movies and yearns for a mate who is as beautiful, sexy, witty, and as smart as the heroines on the screen. Of course that someone would also have to put up with her OCD about color coordination… Mazie Midnight has one dream—to finish her Master’s program in music performance. She reinvents herself and moves to the west coast to attend Cammon University, hoping a new name and a new start will be what she needs to face the one barrier keeping her from a degree: terrible stage fright. Mazie takes a job at the Bijou Theater, Addy’s favorite place in the whole world, and the two clash immediately over Mazie’s re-arrangement of the colorful candies. Mazie meets none of Addy’s expectations in a mate, and Addy sees Mazie as nothing more than an adversary…until Mazie opens her mouth to sing. Believing the world should hear Mazie, Addy vows to help her overcome her stage fright. But can she see Mazie as someone to love? Will they ever share anything as perfect as a screen kiss?

A Secret to Tell

A Secret to Tell
Author: Ann Roberts
Publisher: Bella Books
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2017-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1594936544

Five women. Five secrets. Attorney Victor Guzman knows their secrets, so it’s no surprise when he’s found dead in his law firm’s restroom. Real estate agent/amateur sleuth Ari Adams and her girlfriend, ex-cop-turned-private-investigator Molly Nelson, are working hard to build their careers and rebuild their relationship. While Molly investigates the Guzman slaying, Ari unravels a mystery of her own, a murder with roots going all the way back to her childhood. Each revealed secret moves them closer to danger. Will they pay the ultimate price for the truth? A SECRET TO TELL is award-winning author Ann Roberts’s much-anticipated sixth Ari Adams mystery.

Point of Betrayal

Point of Betrayal
Author: Ann Roberts
Publisher: Bella Books
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1594938636

Rebuilding is hard, especially when both hearth and heart have been badly wounded. Renovating her home after an explosion occupies most of Ari Adams’ time. Her heart remains unhealed—nine months later her former girlfriend, Molly Nelson, is still not speaking to her. Worst of all, that wound was self-inflicted. Trying to move on, Ari turns to private investigator Biz Stone for solace. When her best friend Jane arrives with a disquieting story of a dead social worker and murky motives for murder in California, Ari naturally asks Biz to go with them. Molly, meanwhile, would do anything to prove that Biz is a lowlife who spiked Molly’s police career, murdered a witness and most definitely stole her girlfriend. Betrayals of more than one kind form the tightening net of danger that surrounds Ari in this fourth installment of Ann Roberts’ critically acclaimed series.

Pleasure of the Chase

Pleasure of the Chase
Author: Ann Roberts
Publisher: Bella Books
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2016-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1594937699

For Parnelli “Nellie” Rafferty, the sexiest things in the world are women and automobiles. As a member of the “Carparazzi,” she makes her living as an auto industry spy, trolling the proving grounds scattered throughout the world and snapping photos of the newest prototypes and models before the manufacturers officially unveil them to the public. Jos Grant is just trying to get by. She stumbled into automotive espionage by accident, but when she realized how much she could make selling photos to magazines, and how thrilling it was to chase a Ferrari across Death Valley, she dumped her computer job. But membership in the Carparazzi comes with a price. Her partner has left her, and now she must juggle co-parenting her two children and the demands of her new career. Until now, Nellie and the fast lane have always been a match made in heaven. But doing whatever is necessary to get the shot begins to lose its appeal when her attraction to her new, fiercest competitor begins to grow. Then a French car manufacturer pits them against each other to keep a dangerous secret and Nellie must make the decision of her lifetime—are passion, love and loyalty worth giving up the chase?