![]() I wasn't some criminal or weirdo who liked watching people sleep or anything. Those dreams were the reason I'd broken in. I could smell the person's dreams from here. ![]() I stood and tugged the bottom of my fitted black tee down around my hips, taking a deep breath. I glanced down and realized I was sitting on a pile of clothes, including what appeared to be several pairs of dirty boxer shorts. ![]() A repugnant smell, like the inside of a gym locker, filled my nose. I looked up and saw a huge bed towering over me. I froze, listening for movement but heard only the soft sounds of someone sleeping. My heart felt like a jackhammer trying to break its way through my chest. Panicked by the noise I was making, I sat up, certain the bedroom's occupant would be coming at me with a baseball bat any second. The force of it knocked me off balance, and I tumbled inside, landing on my face. I gave the window another hard tug, and it came free at once, smacking the top of the frame with a loud thump. Yet there I was, perched on the ledge by my tippy toes and tugging on the stupid window that refused to budge even though I could see it wasn't locked. ![]() Especially not from the second story of a house in the suburbs. ![]() 1 Scene of the Crime Breaking and entering wasn't as easy as it looked in the movies. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Like F D Bedford, her inspiration came from the novel, not the stage production and Peter Pan is represented wearing a costume made of leaves, not the elaborate costume seen in Alice Woodward's or Flora White's illustrations. ![]() The book is decorated with stunning chapter headings as well as endings, and a series of running vignettes depicting the procession of the lost boys pursued by the pirates and Hook, themselves pursued by the Indians, followed by various beasts and (of course) the crocodile. Walt Disney's PETER PAN AND WENDY (1981) 1st American Edition. Pre-order Disney Store Japan Peter Pan Accessory Case John & Michael. Vintage Books Peter Pan and Wendy Collector's Collectable Red Knight book. Apart from the full page illustrations, she also hand-lettered the chapter titles and captions. Pokemon Dark Primeape Team Rocket 1st edition 43/82 NM Near Mint uncommon WOTC. The layout, typesetting and lettering are exquisite. Her version of Peter Pan & Wendy is also lavish in an Art Deco style. Among other works, she also illustrated a lavish edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. She was a figure painter, illustrator, and poster artist. Gwynedd Hudson studied art at the Brighton School of Art. The first edition had a dustjacket and orange-red cloth cover, and was later reprinted with a blue cloth cover for a cheaper, special Boots the Chemists edition (a circulating library run by the chain of pharmacies). The story of Peter Pan had its genesis in Barries 1902 novel The Little White Bird in which the central chapters tell of a child 'who escaped from being a human when he was seven days old. A beautiful edition of Barrie's novel, first published in 1931 by Hodder & Stoughton, illustrated by Gwynedd May Hudson (ca. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens was the most popular Christmas gift book for 1906, and was highly successful commercially. ![]() ![]() ![]() I felt less personal resonance with her, though she did remind me of people I’ve known.īut really, that Kleypas crafted her in that way was masterful. As for Evie, well, I had nothing against her, but she faded into the background of the first two Wallflowers novels - the most wallflowery of the wallflowers, as it were. Vincent in the earlier books, but after his abduction of Lillian at the end of It Happened One Autumn, I really wasn’t sure how I felt about a kidnapper and potential rapist serving as the hero of the novel. This book surprised me when I first read it, I recall. ![]() Spoiler Warning: For the events at the end of It Happened One Autumn Title: The Devil in Winter (Wallflowers #3) ![]() ![]() ![]() Annie remembers Brendon as a sweet, dorky kid. She’s not looking for love, especially with her best friend’s brother. ![]() He’s crushed on Annie since they were kids, and the stars have finally aligned, putting them in the same city at the same time.Īnnie booked a spur-of-the-moment trip to Seattle to spend time with friends before moving across the globe. has he? When his sister's best friend turns up in Seattle unexpectedly, Brendon jumps at the chance to hang out with her. It’s why he created a dating app to help people find their one true pairing and why he’s convinced “the one” is out there, even if he hasn’t met her yet. In a delightful follow-up to Written in the Stars, Alexandria Bellefleur delivers another #ownvoices queer rom-com about a hopeless romantic who vows to show his childhood crush that romance isn’t dead by recreating iconic dates from his favorite films.īrendon Lowell loves love. ![]() |