Heart of Stone (The Stone Series Book 1)

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Don't be in such a hurry, Ella," he purred, holding her closely enough that she could feel the clammy heat of his breath against her cheek. This was another of the reasons why she worked so hard to keep people at a distance, because she could never tell when the slightest touch would rip open her senses and let the buffeting whirlwinds of the unnatural energy that surrounded her threaten to send her spinning into the eye of the storm.

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Leading the way with her character-driven stories, she pushes the boundaries at every chance she can get, making her work extremely exciting. It took a few seconds for the quiet sigh of inhale and exhale to deepen and relax, and another minute before her hands could fully register the cool, smooth texture of the slate at her sides.What had always fascinated Ella about the statue, though, were the contradictions the artist had carved into the fierce predatory beast he had sculpted. Quickly, she shifted from behind Stanley's taller frame until she could see her boss standing in the doors that led from the back hall onto the terrace.

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Ella Harrow fully supported the notion that people with excessive amounts of money should donate large sums of it to worthy causes, and she counted her employer—the Vancouver Museum of Art and History—as among the worthiest. An American author, Dakota Willink has been entertaining readers worldwide with her unique wit for quite some time now. The last thing she wanted was some kind of nightmarish scene involving lodging a complaint about the lecher's behavior, or even worse, filing some sort of assault charge with the city police. Realizing that MI6 cannot save Parker in time, Stone works with her operational contact, "Jack of Hearts", to save him. Sir Arthur had been carved from a single block of dark French limestone sometime around the beginning of the eleventh century.Left alone, she felt the tension drain from her in an abrupt rush, leaving her dizzy and weak-kneed. If Bea hadn't interrupted a few minutes ago, she'd have become way too closely acquainted with another one. Run while you can, before I come up with some new programs to spend all those lovely donations on and put you back to work. Christine Warren merges lust, laughter and intrigue magnificently in her latest installment of The Others.

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You know, that pleasant little scene never would have happened if you'd been doing your duty," she griped half-humorously to the silent guardian. Developing her style and her tone, she would come to find her own voice during the intervening years, creating her own novels. She wiggled for effect and tried to scream out a protest from behind her clenched teeth, but that was just a distraction. Growing up with a strong passion for everything literature, Dakota Willink would heavily immerse herself in the craft.Nomad, one of four "Kings" who lead the Charter, meets with the other three Kings to discuss Parker, who is seeking revenge because of an MI6 operation in Chechnya eight years prior, where he was inadvertently left for dead after the Charter destroyed a weapons cache. Concerned by the presence of a hacker she saw in the Alps, Stone breaks into Parker's family residence and uses his computer to identify her as Keya Dhawan, an orphan with links to Indian criminal syndicates. That impression drew support from the exquisite detail of the cherubic curls adorning his head, clustered around the base of his horns and even dipping over his forehead. She blinked to clear her vision and concentrated hard on seeing only the stark reality of the objects around her—Stanley's intense, predatory stare; the majestic old elm tree that overhung the space between the garden stairs; the protective, crouching presence of the medieval gargoyle statue looming in the background.

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With people all around her, she could never predict what might happen, and the constant tension of holding on to her self-control made her head pound and her nerves fray. It uses "The Heart", a predictive AI quantum computer capable of hacking into any digital device, to guide all operations. As always, there is a great deal of humor, sizzling sex and off-the-wall adventure in Warren's Others series, which makes for a truly lively, amusing read. Everyone who caught a glimpse of it marveled at its condition, for nearly a millennium of exposure to the elements had smoothed away remarkably few of the details that made it such an impressive work of art.With the reader following them closely, they become extremely invested in their outcome, making for more than compelling stories. He uses it to assassinate the King of Diamonds and the King of Clubs, and trap Nomad, Jack, and the London agents in their bunker to suffocate. Its plot follows an international intelligence operative who must embark on a dangerous mission to protect a mysterious artificial intelligence system known as "The Heart". After a whirlwind romance followed by marriage, the two live together for several years, but all is not well as Gianna needs to make her move. Harper and Netflix were confirmed to serve as director and distributor respectively the following month, with the rest of the cast being confirmed in early 2022.