Sarah Bryant Boeken

In an enchanted French chateau, Florian edges toward madness. Cursed by his jealous twin to a slow, disfiguring death, his only hope is true love’s kiss. But even if he could find a girl to love him, he could never love her back. Meanwhile, in the Marseilles slums, Ren works tirelessly to keep his family from starvation—and to avoid the drugs, gangs, and prostitution his childhood friends have succumbed to. When one of his late father’s ships turns up, cargo intact, it seems Ren’s family's fortunes are improving. Instead, a double-dealing agent and a stolen rose land Ren in Florian’s chateau as his prisoner. Bitterly at odds, the boys at first seem doomed. As time passes, though, they learn that love wears many faces, words have many meanings, and even curses aren’t set in stone. But can they break the one consuming Florian before it destroys them both?

Chapter 1: Witch EyesHer first love was the wind. Pre-speech she followed it to the shore, a sickle of platinum sand between two granite monoliths. Its thrusting curve held her as a mother's arms might have, as it held the crooning waves and crying birds, the bladderwrack strewn like entrails among beached jellyfish and sanded glass. On cloudy days she stood and let its magisterial sorrow wash over her; when the sun shone she chased it, laughing. When she was old enough she tied her skirt between her legs and climbed the rocks, to feel its heady edge as it tried to tear her down. Later, battered by a longing she could neither trace nor name, she would wade out into the sea until its ancient cold numbed her body and then reach out to embrace the wind. And one day, when she'd left that beach far behind, she would realize that during those half-forgotten days of her earliest childhood, the wind's soul had blown into hers, rending it to tatters, knotting them again with its own fingers so that it would never quite leave her. Knowing that, she would come to peace at last. But there were many days to live through before that one.Serendipity is a tale of love, lost and found.

It is the time of the Crusades, the Islamic world is divided and the Franks have captured the Holy Land. As the mighty Saladin struggles to unite the warring clans of Arabia against the invaders, Khalidah, a young Bedouin woman finds herself the pawn in a deadly plot involving her feuding tribe and the Templar Knights.

This book is a collection of art works by teenager Sarah Bryant. They are all done by hand, featuring a distinct monochrome-patterned style. The subject and inspiration of each drawing varies from elements in nature to a range of intricate self-created patterns that use an almost systematic rhythm and symmetry. The result is an intriguing and sometimes mesmerizing image with hidden layers of detail. Each piece has been completed in one session, often done in a relatively short period, but has many elements that give a sense of complex simplicity.

It is the End of Days. Modern technology has been obliterated, mythical creatures roam the streets, and the immortals are dying horribly. But the only person who seems to realize that everything has changed is Esther Madden, an ordinary Irish schoolgirl. Esther's attempts to warn the others leave her branded as mad and dangerous, shut up in a remedial convent school. Just as she begins to resign herself to her fate, however, she receives a peculiar message from someone who calls himself Theletos. He, too, knows that the human world is coming undone, and he knows how to fix it: Esther must find a girl named Sophie Creedon and convince her to return to the Garden. The catch: Theletos can't physically help Esther to find Sophie, and she has only ten days to do it before the world will end. Armed with nothing but her wits and this cryptic message, Esther embarks on a journey that will lead her not only to her goal, but to a fate beyond her wildest dreams.

Eine dramatische Familiengeschichte mit Mystery-Elementen: Die junge Eleanor entdeckt ein Gemälde ihrer Mutter und erhält einen rätselhaften Brief. Ihre Anziehung zu Musiker Alexander führt sie in ein Labyrinth aus Täuschung, Intrigen und Begehren.