Hothouse Flower

Author: Krista Ritchie
Publisher: K.B. Ritchie
ISBN: 0989339262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497

Book Description
Ryke Meadows, meet Daisy Calloway ... she's all grown up. Twenty-five-year-old Ryke Meadows knows he's hard to love. With a billion-dollar inheritance, a track-star resume, and an alpha-male personality—he redefines the term likable-asshole. But he's not living to make friends. Or enemies. He just wants to free climb three of the toughest mountains in Yosemite without drama or interruption. And then he receives a distressed call from a girl in Paris. Daisy Calloway is finally eighteen. With her newfound independence, she can say goodbye to her overbearing mother and continue her modeling career. Next stop: Paris. Fashion Week begins with a bang, and Daisy uncovers the ugly reality of the industry. She wants to prove to her family that she can live on her own, but when everything spirals out of control, she turns to Ryke to keep her secrets. As Daisy struggles to make sense of this new world and her freedom, she pushes the limits and fearlessly rides the edge. Ryke knows there's deep hurt beneath every impulsive action. He must keep up with Daisy, and if he lets her go, her favorite motto—"live as if you'll die today"—may just come true.

Hothouse Flower

Author: Margot Berwin
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307390543
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
Lila Nova is a thirty-two year-old advertising copyrighter who lives alone in a plain, white box of an apartment. Recovering from a heartbreaking divorce, Lila’s mantra is simple: no pets, no plants, no people, no problems. But when Lila meets David Exley, a ruggedly handsome plant-seller, her lonely life blossoms into something far more colorful. From the cold, harsh streets of Manhattan to the verdant jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula, Hothouse Flower is the story of a woman who must travel beyond the boundaries of sense and comfort to find what she truly wants.

Hothouse Flower

Author: Rose Impey
Publisher: Orchard Books
ISBN: 1408318857
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131

Book Description
Who would have thought that being run over by a bus could save your life? Chloe is the only child of egg-head parents - and she's been home-schooled for years because her parents are sure it's the best way to nurture her 'special talents'. So Chloe feels isolated and doesn't have any friends of her own age. But when Chloe is in an accident and ends up on the children's ward of a hospital, for all of her super-education she realises she's got a lot to learn about real life! And Chloe starts to wonder if her parents determination to keep her at home isn't really just about her 'special talents'...

The Orchid House

Author: Lucinda Riley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451655789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468

Book Description
Spanning the 1930s to the present day, from a magnificent estate in war-torn England to Thailand, this sweeping debut tells the tale of a concert pianist, Julia, and the prominent Crawford family whose shocking secrets are revealed, leading to devastating consequences for generations to come.

Scent of Darkness

Author: Margot Berwin
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 030790752X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Bequeathed an original fragrance designed for her by her perfumer grandmother, eighteen-year-old Evangeline becomes an object of intense desire to those around her and wonders if a lonely artist who does not register her scent is the only person who loves her for herself.

The Raging Ones

Author: Krista Ritchie
Publisher: Wednesday Books
ISBN: 1250128714
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398

Book Description
In 3525, with the threat of people learning they have dodged their deathdays, three teenagers must flee their planet to survive.

Monsters under Glass

Author: Jane Desmarais
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780239750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
Monsters under Glass explores our enduring fascination with hothouses and exotic blooms, from their rise in ancient times, through the Victorian vogue for plant collecting, to the vegetable monsters of twentieth-century science fiction and the movies, comics, and video games of the present day. Our interest in hothouses can be traced back to the Roman emperor Tiberius, but it was only in the early nineteenth century that a boom in exotic plant collecting and new glasshouse technologies stimulated the imagination of novelists, poets, and artists, and the hothouse entered the creative language in a highly charged way. Decadent writers in England and Europe—including Charles Baudelaire and Oscar Wilde—transformed the hothouse from a functional object to a powerful metaphor of metropolitan life, sexuality, and being replete with a dark underside of decay and death; and of consciousness itself, nurtured and dissected under glass. In a study as wide-ranging, vivid, and beautiful as our beloved exotic blooms themselves, Jane Desmarais charts the history and influence of these humid, tropical worlds and their creations, providing a steamy window onto our recent past.

Kiss the Sky

Author: Krista Ritchie
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593639626
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 497

Book Description
The TikTok sensation Addicted Series continues with Kiss the Sky, now in a print edition with special bonus material! A virgin "ice queen" heiress & the arrogant god who wants to melt her... Rose Calloway thought she had everything under control. At twenty-three, she's a Princeton graduate, an Academic Bowl champion, a fashion designer and the daughter of a Fortune 500 mogul. But not everything comes easy. When Rose's fashion line is in peril, she plans an unconventional solution to save it. Making matters more intense, she agrees to be in a relationship with her "godly" college rival, Connor Cobalt. At twenty-four, Connor Cobalt bulldozes weak men. Confident and smart-as-hell, Connor vows to help Rose outside of the bedroom and inside. But melting this ice queen is a challenge no one has been able to succeed at. And now they're living together.

Long Way Down

Author: Krista Ritchie
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593639650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 705

Book Description
The TikTok sensation Addicted Series continues with Long Way Down, now in a print edition with special bonus material! With a seven-year age difference, Ryke Meadows and Daisy Calloway have faced an uphill battle in the eyes of the world and their families. Known as the most adventurous, fast-paced couple, their next step has always been elusive to the rabid media. Behind the scenes, heartbreaking troubles continue to test Ryke and Daisy’s resilience and shape their future together. They promise: To never slow down. To never compromise who they are. To never abandon their love for each other. But preserving their happiness also means taking more risks. As a professional free-solo climber, Ryke is no stranger to danger, but his next step with Daisy wagers more than just his health. With their lives on the line, Ryke and Daisy head towards the vast, wild unknown.

Grace and the Christmas Angel

Author: Lucinda Riley
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN: 1529043751
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A reassuring, timeless story and the first book in the Guardian Angels series by Lucinda Riley and her son Harry Whittaker. Now in paperback. Because somewhere, an angel is listening. It's Christmas Eve. The tree is decorated, the presents are wrapped and it's a big day for Grace. She is singing a song in the nativity show, and her fisherman father has promised to be back in time to watch her. But when a storm blows up at sea, Grace walks out on stage to find Daddy is not there. She's very worried. But luckily, Grace has someone watching over her. Will Hope, the Christmas Angel, be able to help Daddy get home safely for Christmas morning? Filled with gorgeous illustrations by award-winner Jane Ray, Grace and the Christmas Angel is a perfect gift of a story, filled with the magic of holiday. Other books in the Guardian Angels series include: Bill and the Dream Angel, Rosie and the Friendship Angel, and Alfie and the Angel of Lost Things.