The Definition of Wind - A Novel

Zusatztext "A breezy read with a charming heroine and a treasure-hunting mystery! this is the perfect book to go along on vacation with you."-- Parkersburg News & Sentinel Praise for the first Abigail Harker novel! The Language of Sand   “[A] book-club-friendly read that will have readers itching for a sequel.” — Booklist   “I found myself rooting not only for Abigail but for the whole community of Chapel Isle. Ellen Block manages to hold sass and heartfelt emotion in perfect equilibrium.”—Brunonia Barry! New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader   “In subtle! graceful prose! Ellen Block gives us a tale both filled with longing and hope.”—Cathy Buchanan! author of The Day the Falls Stood Still Informationen zum Autor Ellen Block is the author (as Brett Ellen Block) of The Grave of God's Daughter and the Macavity Award-nominated novel The Lighting Rule . She lives in Los Angeles. Klappentext Independence: the freedom to be yourself-or a day for fireworks, depending on your point of view Summer has come to Chapel Isle, the quaintly quirky island that Abigail Harker has called home since she moved into the caretaker's cottage at the local lighthouse. The season ushers in sweltering temperatures, along with throngs of tourists who are turning the sleepy town into pandemonium. The world Abigail fled after tragedy struck is descending upon her doorstep, and she isn't sure she can stand the heat. Tourists and natives alike are buzzing about a sunken treasure in the treacherous shoals off the coast, and clues to its location are supposedly hidden in the caretaker's cottage. Soon Abigail is the focus of everybody's attention, including that of a handsome, seductive bachelor. Amid the swarm of vacationers, it's hard to tell harmless visitors from those harboring dark intentions. As Independence Day nears, Abigail must decide: Should she stay on Chapel Isle-risking another heartbreak and even her own safety-or allow the ghosts of her past and the dangers of the present to chase her away?9780440245766|excerpt Block: DEFINITION OF WIND Anneal ( n¯el´), v.t. 1. to heat (glass, earthenware, metals, etc.) to remove or prevent internal stress. 2. to free from internal stress by heating and gradually cooling. 3. to toughen or temper. 4. Biochemistry: to recombine (nucleic acid strands) at low temperature after separating by heat. 5. to fuse colors onto (a vitreous or metallic surface) by heating.—n: 6. an act, instance, or product of annealing. [bef. 1000; ME anelen, OE an¯ælan, to kindle, equiv. to an1 ¯ælan to burn, akin to ¯al fire] ••• There was a word for what Abigail Harker had. Trouble. She’d been looking forward to the summer on Chapel Isle since moving there nine months earlier. Quiet strolls on the beach, spectacular sunsets, balmy evenings—those were some of the principal reasons she’d settled on the remote island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. To her dismay, by the last day of June the pleasant weather had been replaced with a heat wave so intense that the thermometer was inching toward eighty degrees by daybreak. Abigail’s fantasy of a season full of fun in the sun had turned into a total scorcher. She awoke to a humid breeze drifting through her open bedroom windows. Yawning and already sticky with sweat, she padded into the bathroom to discover that there was barely any water in her toilet and it wouldn’t flush. “You have got to be kidding me.” Abigail jiggled the handle, then removed the tank’s lid and tinkered with the inner workings, clueless about what was awry. Despite her best efforts and a few mumbled pleas, the toilet refused to work. From the very moment she’d taken up residence at the caretaker’s cottage attached to the island’s lighthouse, the property had had its issues. T...

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• Authors: Brett Ellen Block, Ellen Block
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.2011
• EAN: 9780440245766
• ISBN: 978-0-440-24576-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 204 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Random House Reader's Circle
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature