Genre Romance. Page - 107
Alaska Stanford finds herself in a bundle of emotions that continues to play with her thoughts. Her mother left her as a child, and her little brother and father is all that she has at the moment. She longs for more, and dreams of romance. When a mysterious and interesting man appears in her house one night in need of a place to stay due to a blizzard, she finally thinks she has found the romance and mystery she has been longing for for so long. Yet rumors go around that this new guest of their's is much more than what he seems, and she seeks for the truth. She wants to believe him, and he needs her to believe him, but it seems as if miss bipolar can't make up her mind. Lost and distraught, Alaska searches for the correct answers. Will she be able to answer her eager questions and wonders and be able to love the man she has fallen for, or will something life threatening get in the way of her dreams and hopes, and reality finds its way into her life, leading her to her fate?
Shanghai Love is a gripping novel about the unlikely love story that develops between a Chinese herbalist and a Jewish refugee in Shanghai during World War II. Peilin is betrothed to Kwan Yao, the only son of a wealthy pearl farmer. However, months before their wedding, Yao is killed by the Japanese in the Nanjing Massacre. The Kwans insist on proceeding with the wedding and beautiful Peilin is married to a ghost husband. When an uncle passes away, Peilin is sent to Shanghai to manage the Kwan family herbal shop. Meanwhile, in Berlin, Henri graduates from medical school just as Hitler rises to power and unleashes prejudice and violence against the Jewish population. He flees to Shanghai where he's befriended by Ping, a young disfigured rickshaw driver. Ping introduces Henri to his sister Peilin. Through her kindness, Henri becomes fascinated with Chinese herbs as well as the exotic culture surrounding him. Shanghai Love is a classic story of love's triumph over adversity.
Dana, is a farmer young, is required by a mysterious Master and taken to the Tower in the remote Valley of the Wolves. Long ago, the tower was a brilliant high school wizardry, but today only three people live there. In addition to the Master himself and the cook, the only apprentice studying in the Tower is an elf booked with a dark past. But Dana has also own secrets. Next to it is always Kai, her best friend, her confidante, her protector ... a boy whom only she can see. While booted into the mysteries of the ancient magic of the Tower, Dana discovers that weighs place on an ancient curse ...