The Bessie Series - Books 1-3

The Bessie Series - Books 1-3
Author: Jody Overend
Publisher: Next Chapter
Total Pages: 1192
Release: 2023-07-19
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN:

Books 1-3 in 'The Bessie Series' by Jody Overend, now available in one volume! Missing Bessie: Ravenspond, Canada, 1972. Fifteen-year old Bessie has just broken up with her boyfriend Jason. Hitchhiking to Vancouver, she plans to catch her hero, Chris Lisacker, in concert. Instead of ending up on the West Coast, Bessie and Ash find themselves in Heaven, with no idea how they got there. As her memories begin to recover and her fate is about to be revealed, does she really want to know the truth? Surviving Bessie: After a tragic loss, Bessie feels responsible. How is she supposed to go on living with all this grief and guilt? Somehow, with the help of Angel Mel, her loving family, and unexpected new friendships, she is able to find her inner strength - and discover that even after all the rain, there will be sunshine. Forgiving Bessie: Bessie is on the verge of womanhood, with one more year of home-schooling to go. It’s time to choose a path into the future but Bessie feels lost and alone, unable to trust herself. When the alluring stranger, Arturo Rodrigues, arrives in Ravenspond, Bessie is drawn to her. What is it about him that feels so familiar? The truth is something she could have never imagined, even in a million lifetimes.

The Raven Crown Series, Books 1-3

The Raven Crown Series, Books 1-3
Author: Georgina Makalani
Publisher: Georgina Makalani
Total Pages: 923
Release: 2019-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0648337251

A dying king, a favoured daughter and a secret hidden in the shadows. The Raven Queen of Rocfeld is expected to be chosen by the gods from amongst the three princesses. One is favoured by the people, one is favoured by the Silent Sisters and one is favoured by her father, but who will be favoured by the gods? The gods will mark their choice with raven hair, but as the days turn into weeks without a new queen, speculation and suspicion grows. The youngest daughter, Meg raised to put her duty first, has determined the gods will make the right decision. But Rocfeld is not what it was. The harder Meg tries to help her kingdom, the more dangerous her world becomes. Her eldest sister makes decisions as though she is already queen. Enemies hide in the shadows whispering of magic and death, and her allies may not be as they appear. If you like epic battles, vengeful gods and determined princesses, then you will love Georgina Makalani’s sword and sorcery series.

Bessie

Bessie
Author: William Rose
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-06-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781734447217

A book of short stories that tell the life and time of a boy growing up on a dairy farm in the late fifties and early sixties.

Aunt Bessie Assumes

Aunt Bessie Assumes
Author: Diana Xarissa
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781499366020

Aunt Bessie assumes that she'll have the beach all to herself on a cold, wet, and windy March morning just after sunrise, then she stumbles (almost literally) over a dead body. Elizabeth (Bessie) Cubbon, aged somewhere between free bus pass (60) and telegram from the Queen (100), has lived her entire adult life in a small cottage on Laxey beach. For most of those years, she's been in the habit of taking a brisk morning walk along the beach. Dead men have never been part of the scenery before. Aunt Bessie assumes that the dead man died of natural causes, then the police find the knife in his chest. Try as she might, Bessie just can't find anything to like about the young widow that she provides tea and sympathy to in the immediate aftermath of finding the body. There isn't much to like about the rest of the victim's family either. Aunt Bessie assumes that the police will have the case wrapped up in no time at all, then she finds a second body. Can Bessie and her friends find the killer before she ends up as the next victim?

The Kate Martinelli Series, Books 1-3

The Kate Martinelli Series, Books 1-3
Author: Laurie R. King
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 1039
Release: 2015-02-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466888121

The gripping debut of the Kate Martinelli mystery series won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery, generating wide critical acclaim and moving Laurie R. King into the upper tier of the genre. Now, for the first time, the first three books in this thrilling series are bundled together in one package: A Grave Talent A string of shocking murders has occurred, each victim an innocent child. Detective Kate Martinelli, just promoted to Homicide, must bring the murderer to justice, even if she knows it means losing everything she holds dear. To Play the Fool Kate investigates the death of a homeless man, but the main suspect only speaks in quotations. Trying to learn something of his history leads her along a twisting road to a disbanded cult, long-buried secrets, the thirst for spirituality, and the hunger for bloody vengeance. With Child (Edgar Award nominee; Orange Award nominee) Kate's SFPD partner is getting married, and Kate agrees to take his new step-daughter during the honeymoon. Only the girl, already caught up in a missing persons case, goes missing herself.

Dragonfire Series Books 1-3

Dragonfire Series Books 1-3
Author: Anne Forbes
Publisher: Floris Books
Total Pages: 617
Release: 2013-11-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1782500847

This is an ebook omnibus of books 1, 2 and 3 in the popular Dragonfire series: Dragonfire, The Wings of Ruksh, and The Underground City. In the first book of this thrilling series, Neil and Clara find themselves in the middle of feuding faery lords, missing whisky, magic carpets, firestones and ancient spells in the middle of Edinburgh. A year later, in The Wings of Ruksh, and Neil and Clara are on a dangerous journey of winged horses and snow witches. Book 3, The Underground City, is a ghostly story set against the backdrop of the spooky Mary King's Close in Edinburgh.

The Lives of Diamond Bessie

The Lives of Diamond Bessie
Author: Jody Hadlock
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2022-04-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1684631181

Diamonds aren’t always a girl’s best friend. Pregnant out of wedlock, sixteen-year-old Annie Moore is sent to live at a convent for fallen women. When the nuns take her baby, Annie escapes, determined to find a way to be reunited with her daughter. But few rights or opportunities are available to a woman in the 1860s, and after failing to find a respectable job, Annie resorts to prostitution in order to survive. As a highly sought-after demi-mondaine, Annie—now Bessie—garners many expensive gifts from her admirers, and eventually meets and marries the son of a wealthy jeweler. With her marriage, she believes her dream of returning to proper society has finally come true. She’s proven wrong when she suffers the ultimate betrayal at the hands of the man she thought would be her salvation. But Bessie doesn’t let her story end there. Inspired by a true story and set amid the burgeoning women’s rights movement, The Lives of Diamond Bessie is a haunting tale of betrayal and redemption that explores whether seeking revenge is worth the price you might pay. “Drawing on a true story, Hadlock uses authentic period detail and well-drawn characters to pull readers into Annie/Bessie’s precarious journey toward redemption, which comes to an unexpected ending. This affecting tale of a 19th-century American woman struggling to prove her worth other than as a marriage prospect leaves a lasting impression.” —Publishers Weekly

Messy Bessie

Messy Bessie
Author: Harriet Ziefert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Orderliness
ISBN: 9781593541811

Bessie's trying to get ready for school, but her room is so messy she can't find anything! Roger De Muth's enchanting illustrations of Bessie's messy room will have readers eagerly helping Bessie find everything she needs to start her day and leave for school on time.Detailed illustrations will improve new readers' visual discrimination as they search for missing objects throughout the pages of this seek-and-find book.Ages 4-8

The Glorious Summer Series Books 1-3

The Glorious Summer Series Books 1-3
Author: CP Ward
Publisher: CP Ward
Total Pages: 669
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The first three delightful and heartwarming romantic comedies in CP Ward's Glorious Summer Series. Summer at Blue Sands Cove Tired of the city, Grace Clelland returns to Blue Sands, the quiet Cornish seaside village where she grew up. There she will meet old flames and old friends, rekindle old loves and ignite new ones in a novel that will have you dreaming of the soft crash of the waves on the shore, the feel of sand between your toes, overloaded ice-creams and smoky beach barbeques. Summer at Tall Trees Lake When worryingly-close-to-forty Jane Bennett wins a tent in an employee of the month competition, her best friend Annabel suggests they take the unremarkable prize and head for the Cornish countryside. Jane, unmarried, unheralded, and—in her own eyes at least—unimportant, can come up with no decent excuse. After a series of mishaps, the two women find themselves at the charming but failing Tall Trees Lake Camping and Caravan Park, where the family-owned park’s errant son, Dean Stinton, has just returned from overseas, into the middle of a battle for the park’s survival against its predatory neighbour, Tall Trees Premier, run by his jilted ex-lover, Kelly Coldwinter. Summer at Harbour View House After losing her flat to a fire, thirty-something and single Natasha Bright’s fortunes appear to be on the rise when a friend asks her to look after a beachside summerhouse in the quaint Cornish village of Penkoe for a few weeks. Together with Hannah Lucas, her bubbly and equally-homeless neighbour, Natasha sets off for her Cornish paradise. However, the promised glass palace turns out to be … well, less so, it rains endlessly, the village is a nightmare of oddball locals, and the man next-door is a chauvinist pig. Only as Natasha and Hannah begin to delve deeper do they start to understand just what it is they have found, and how Penkoe just might be a paradise after all…

Bessie Head

Bessie Head
Author: Joyce Johnson
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2008
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780874130096

Introduces key concepts needed for map reading and map making. This series explores different types of maps, photographs and illustrations, and includes activities and quizzes, making it ideal for learning essential map skills.