Violet Devore's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 24 Feb 2024 17:00:50 -0800 60 Violet Devore's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood]]> 45299992
After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like an eagle’s talons, triggering memories that have been their secret since childhood. Until now.

For years, behind the closed doors of their farmhouse in Raymond, Washington, their sadistic mother, Shelly, subjected her girls to unimaginable abuse, degradation, torture, and psychic terrors. Through it all, Nikki, Sami, and Tori developed a defiant bond that made them far less vulnerable than Shelly imagined. Even as others were drawn into their mother’s dark and perverse web, the sisters found the strength and courage to escape an escalating nightmare that culminated in multiple murders.

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431 Gregg Olsen 1542005248 Violet Devore 0 currently-reading 3.99 2019 If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
author: Gregg Olsen
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2019
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<![CDATA[Photographing the Dead (Nameless: Season One, #2)]]> 49884639 A self-styled artist is getting away with murder in Death Valley. If all goes well, so will Nameless. In part two of the Nameless series, the relentless avenger is haunted by nightmares of the past and visions of what’s to come.

Palmer Oxenwald’s hunting ground is the Mojave wasteland. His victims are random tourists and hikers. His trophies are cherished photographs of the damage he’s done. His greatest threat is Nameless. Two men with one thing in common: memories of the dead. For a psychopath like Palmer, they’re a clear rush in black and white. For Nameless, they’re visions of violence buried and erased. But for how long?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Photographing the Dead, part of Nameless, a riveting collection of short stories about a vigilante nomad, stripped of his memories and commissioned to kill. Follow him in each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.

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58 Dean Koontz 1542016223 Violet Devore 0 currently-reading 4.19 2019 Photographing the Dead (Nameless: Season One, #2)
author: Dean Koontz
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2019
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<![CDATA[They Came with the Snow (They Came with the Snow #1)]]> 34660013
Then it started snowing in May and the grid failed.

Then they came.

Who are they? And what do they want?

Find out in this addicting post-apocalyptic survival horror thriller that will leave you wanting more.

When a mysterious blast goes off in a small college town, triggering a blizzard, the few survivors must decide whether to stay or leave and face the monsters who came with the snow.]]>
37 Christopher Coleman Violet Devore 0 currently-reading 3.64 2017 They Came with the Snow (They Came with the Snow #1)
author: Christopher Coleman
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2017
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Undead Love (Undead Love, #1) 31369434 Undead Love finds itself in the sweet spot where The Walking Dead meets the Romance Genre. Gritty, dark, and sexy, it hits the adrenal gland for all the right reasons! In their former lives, Rus was a school teacher and Polly was a waitress. In the apocalypse, they are both survivors. Rus is a rogue with no desire to connect with the outside world. The only company he keeps are the memories of his former life. That is until he meets Polly, the young, fearless wild-card who has joined forces with a family living on a secluded farm. Polly doesn't know what to make of this rogue man who has no regards for the rules of her clan. All she knows is that in a world crawling with death, there is something about him that makes her feel alive. Rus and Polly are caught in a whirlpool of passion and danger as they explore the countryside, searching for supplies. When they find themselves trapped in a cabin, waiting out a violent thunderstorm, the zombies lurking outside aren't the only thing that threatens to tear them apart.]]> 182 Lee Sutherland Violet Devore 0 currently-reading 3.49 Undead Love (Undead Love, #1)
author: Lee Sutherland
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Jesus, an Obedient Son 24079925 Challenged to discover the New Testament imperative for his life, Phillips takes a fresh look at the Bible to find out what is the essence, the foundation, of spirituality. Boiled down. The raw reality of the gospel. No frills. No excess baggage. No trite little phrases learned in Sunday school or youth group.

He discovers a key that gives validity to an entire life's purpose and perspective as a Christian for right now. Not in some grandiose, far-reaching way . . . but the link between belief and practice, between eternity and now, between Christianity as a world religion, and Christianity as a practical guidebook for going about the business of life in the trenches. For if ever a man walked in harmony between ultimate purpose and the next five minutes, that man was Jesus Christ. And that key to Jesus' life was obedience.

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196 Michael R. Phillips Violet Devore 0 currently-reading 4.09 2002 Jesus, an Obedient Son
author: Michael R. Phillips
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2002
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<![CDATA[Forgotten Bones (Dead Remaining #1)]]> 43082088 An unlikely pair teams up to investigate a brutal murder in a haunting thriller that walks the line between reality and impossibility.

When small-town police officers discover the grave of a young boy, they’re quick to pin the crime on a convicted felon who lives nearby. But when it comes to murder, Officer Susan Marlan never trusts a simple explanation, so she’s just getting started.

Meanwhile, college professor Eric Evans hallucinates a young boy in overalls: a symptom of his schizophrenia—or so he thinks. But when more bodies turn up, Eric has more visions, and they mirror details of the murder case. As the investigation continues, the police stick with their original conclusion, but Susan’s instincts tell her something is off. The higher-ups keep stonewalling her, and the FBI’s closing in.

Desperate for answers, Susan goes rogue and turns to Eric for help. Together they take an unorthodox approach to the case as the evidence keeps getting stranger. With Eric’s hallucinations intensifying and the body count rising, can the pair separate truth from illusion long enough to catch a monster?]]>
298 Vivian Barz 1542041627 Violet Devore 0 currently-reading 4.09 2019 Forgotten Bones (Dead Remaining #1)
author: Vivian Barz
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2019
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<![CDATA[How To Read Music Fast: A 4-Step Beginner’s Guide To Reading Music Quickly And Easily]]> 27111451 this book is exactly what you need. Traditional music lessons can make music theory look so boring. Everything moves so slowly. This book takes a different approach. In 4 fast and easy steps you will learn how to read sheet music. In step one, you learn melody. This is the tune of the song. You learn all about the staff, treble clef, bass clef, ledger lines, sharps and flats and so much more. All of this is presented in a way that is fun and interesting, to keep you motivated. Then we move to step two where you learn about rhythm. You learn all about time signatures, whole notes, half notes, quarter notes and eighth notes. Then you learn all about the different rests in music and a lot more. Everything is presented in a way that is easy to understand. In step three, without wasting any time at all, you learn all about harmony. You learn about intervals and how to easily form the most important chords in music. You learn about extended chords, chord inversions and the list goes on. Then finally we combine everything together, melody, music and harmony, to actually read the music of songs. So if you want to read music fast and easily, get this book. Here's a quick look at some of the topics that this book addresses. Elements of Music - Learn MelodyMusical Notation and PitchPiano Keyboard - Layout of Piano KeysEnharmonicsKey Signatures and Major KeysCircle of FifthsElements of Music - Learn RhythmDuration of Notes and Rests and Time SignaturesHow to Count NotesElements of Music - Learn HarmonyMelodic and Harmonic IntervalsMajor, Minor, Diminished and Augmented ChordsDominant 7th, Major 7th, Minor 7th and Minor 6th ChordsCombine Melody, Rhythm and Harmony to Play SongLet’s Read Music Get your copy now.]]> 81 Mantius Cazaubon Violet Devore 0 currently-reading 4.24 2015 How To Read Music Fast: A 4-Step Beginner’s Guide To Reading Music Quickly And Easily
author: Mantius Cazaubon
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2015
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It Ends with Her 38198068 He started the game. She’ll end it.

FBI special agent Clarke Sinclair doesn’t give up easily. She’s spent years tracking serial killer Simon Cross, forced to follow his twisted clues and photographs across the country. Clarke knows that Cross selects only redheaded women and that he doesn’t target another victim until Clarke discovers the previous one.

He’s never broken pattern…until now.

A girl has already gone missing in upstate New York when a second one is kidnapped—a blonde. The killer’s MO has changed, sending Clarke back to the drawing board. The closer she gets to the truth, the deeper she’s drawn into an inescapable trap made just for Clarke. Whatever Cross’s ultimate game is, it ends with her.]]>
302 Brianna Labuskes Violet Devore 0 currently-reading 3.94 2018 It Ends with Her
author: Brianna Labuskes
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2018
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<![CDATA[The Mayflower Bride (Daughters of the Mayflower #1)]]> 36218426 Can a religious separatist and an opportunistic spy make it in the New World?
A brand new series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees.

Mary Elizabeth Chapman boards the Speedwell in 1620 as a Separatist seeking a better life in the New World. William Lytton embarks on the Mayflower as a carpenter looking for opportunities to succeed—and he may have found one when a man from the Virginia Company offers William a hefty sum to keep a stealth eye on company interests in the new colony. The season is far too late for good sailing and storms rage, but reaching land is no better as food is scarce and the people are weak. Will Mary Elizabeth survive to face the spring planting and unknown natives? Will William be branded a traitor and expelled?

Join the adventure as the Daughters of the Mayflower series begins with °Őłó±đĚýMayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse. 

More to come in the Daughters of the Mayflower series:
The Mayflower Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse � set 1620 Atlantic Ocean (available now)
The Pirate Bride by Kathleen Y’Barbo � set 1725 New Orleans (coming April 2018)
The Captured Bride by Michelle Griep � set 1760 during the French and Indian War (coming June 2018)
The Patriot Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse � set 1774 Philadelphia (coming August 2018)�
The Cumberland Bride by Shannon McNear � set 1794 on the Wilderness Road (coming October 2018)
The Liberty Bride by MaryLu Tyndall � set 1814 Baltimore (coming December 2018)]]>
258 Kimberley Woodhouse 1683224205 Violet Devore 0 currently-reading 4.08 2018 The Mayflower Bride (Daughters of the Mayflower #1)
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average rating: 4.08
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<![CDATA[Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men]]> 35134342
Hell’s Princess is a riveting account of one of the most sensational killing sprees in the annals of American crime: the shocking series of murders committed by the woman who came to be known as Lady Bluebeard. The only definitive book on this notorious case and the first to reveal previously unknown information about its subject, Harold Schechter’s gripping, suspenseful narrative has all the elements of a classic mystery—and all the gruesome twists of a nightmare.]]>
334 Harold Schechter 1503944913 Violet Devore 0 currently-reading 3.50 2018 Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
author: Harold Schechter
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 3.50
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<![CDATA[Running Home (Second Chances, #1)]]> 13321025
The FBI is tracking her every move, hoping she’ll lead them to her fugitive husband, while evil men threaten her family’s safety if she doesn’t give them what they want.

Agent Samson Sinclair is assigned to keep an eye on Ivy. He is her only ally against threats and suspicions that come from every side. But can he keep their relationship professional when he finds himself falling for the woman he’s supposed to be protecting?

Ivy’s attempt to assemble the broken pieces of her life may prove harder than she anticipated. Especially on her own. When the past intrudes on the present Ivy is forced to deal with why she ran from God in the first place and whether faith, once lost, can ever really be found again.]]>
279 Barbara Ellen Brink Violet Devore 5 Couldnt put this book down

Real!y liked this book. Finished it in 2 days. Action the whole book. Will be reading book 2 sure it will be good as well.]]>
3.98 2011 Running Home (Second Chances, #1)
author: Barbara Ellen Brink
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2011
rating: 5
read at: 2017/07/17
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Couldnt put this book down

Real!y liked this book. Finished it in 2 days. Action the whole book. Will be reading book 2 sure it will be good as well.
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<![CDATA[The Queen's Poisoner (Kingfountain, #1)]]> 29103028
Seeking allies and eluding Severn’s spies, Owen learns to survive in the court of Kingfountain. But when new evidence of his father’s betrayal threatens to seal his fate, Owen must win the vengeful king’s favor by proving his worth—through extraordinary means. And only one person can aid his desperate cause: a mysterious woman, dwelling in secrecy, who truly wields power over life, death, and destiny.]]>
336 Jeff Wheeler 150398298X Violet Devore 5 Couldn't stop reading

Loved this book. I love historical novels and this was a really good book. A book that is hard to put down.]]>
4.15 2016 The Queen's Poisoner (Kingfountain, #1)
author: Jeff Wheeler
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2016/08/21
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Couldn't stop reading

Loved this book. I love historical novels and this was a really good book. A book that is hard to put down.
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<![CDATA[Sarai (Wives of the Patriarchs, #1)]]> 13259414 271 Jill Eileen Smith 1441236031 Violet Devore 5 Loved it

Such a good book of faith in God and that he always keeps his promises. Couldn't put this book down.]]>
4.33 2012 Sarai (Wives of the Patriarchs, #1)
author: Jill Eileen Smith
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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Loved it

Such a good book of faith in God and that he always keeps his promises. Couldn't put this book down.
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<![CDATA[A Hearth in Candlewood (Candlewood Trilogy #1)]]> 19475741 248 Delia Parr 1441208445 Violet Devore 5 Great read

Such a nice story. Enjoyed it tremendously. Once you start to read you can't put it down. Hope you enjoy.]]>
4.20 2006 A Hearth in Candlewood (Candlewood Trilogy #1)
author: Delia Parr
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2016/01/18
date added: 2016/01/18
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Great read

Such a nice story. Enjoyed it tremendously. Once you start to read you can't put it down. Hope you enjoy.
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<![CDATA[The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)]]> 37470 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780743227445

Two sisters competing for the greatest prize: The love of a king

When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realises just how much she is a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins to wane and she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. Then Mary knows that she must defy her family and her king and take fate into her own hands.

A rich and compelling novel of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue, The Other Boleyn Girl introduces a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at the heart of the most exciting and glamourous court in Europe and survived by following her heart.]]>
661 Philippa Gregory Violet Devore 5 4.08 2001 The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
author: Philippa Gregory
name: Violet Devore
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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