Books with author Mary Elizabeth Burt

The sequel to TRUST ME, I’M LYING“An irresistible mix of intrigue, high stakes, and self-discovery.” —Lee Kelly, author of City of Savages LITTLE SECRETS. Staying out of trouble isn’t possible for Julep Dupree. She has managed not to get kicked out of her private school, even though everyone knows she’s responsible for taking down a human-trafficking mob boss—and getting St. Agatha’s golden-boy Tyler killed in the process. Running cons holds her guilty conscience at bay, but unfortunately, someone wants Julep to pay for her mistakes . . . with her life. BIG LIES.Against her better judgment, Julep takes a shady case that requires her to infiltrate a secretive organization that her long-gone mother and the enigmatic blue fairy may be connected to. Her best friend, Sam, isn’t around to stop her, and Dani, her one true confidante, happens to be a nineteen-year-old mob enforcer whose moral compass is as questionable as Julep’s. But there’s not much time to worry about right and wrong—or to save your falling heart—when there’s a contract on your head. Murders, heists, secrets and lies, hit men and hidden identities . . . If Julep doesn’t watch her back, it’s her funeral. No lie.“I would trust Julep Dupree with my life, Dani Ivanov with my heart—and Mary Elizabeth Summer with my every late-night can’t-stop-reading session. An intelligent, fierce heroine of strength and loyal heart who refuses to suffer fools lightly? Yes, please.” —Jennifer Longo, author of Six Feet Over It and Up to This Pointe

(...)"CHAPTER I.THE NEWS COMES.THERE is an unwonted stir one morning in June in the ordinarily quiet, not to say stagnant, household of Major the Honourable John Herries. Jane, the youngest daughter of the house, opens her slumber-laden eyes and blinks them with a mixture of alarm and bewilderment at the dazzling sunbeams which are streaming in at her uncurtained window, as after a sound as of a mighty and rushing wind a young lady rushes into the room, her white cashmere tea-gown streaming several yards behind her, with the words:(...)"

... There are some who think it is a wicked thing to dance on a Sunday evening, even after one has worshipped at one's parish church faithfully and reverently on Sunday morning ; some there are who think it is wicked to dance at all ; and there are others who worship in dancing, and are moved to wild leanings and whirlings by the spirit of piety ; others, again, who are devil-dancers, and worship the principle of evil in their demoniac gyrations. But, assuredly, of all who ever danced upon this earth, none ever danced on the edge'' of a more terrible volcano than that which trembled and throbbed under the feet of those light hearted revellers tonight — happy, unforeseeing, rejoicing in the balmy breath of summer, the starlit sky, the warmth and the flowers, with no thought that this fair Paris, whitely beautiful in the sheen of starlight and moonlight, was like a phantasmal or fairy city— a city of palaces which were soon to sink in dust and ashes, beauty that was to be changed for burning, while joy and love fled shrieking from a carnival of blood and fire. Even tonight there were bystanders in the lami>lit garden who shooK their heads solemnly as they talked of the probability of war with Prussia. The battle of Sadowa had been the beginning of evil. France had played into the hands of her most dangerous rival, and had been swindled out of the price of her neutrality. To have allowed Austria to be crushed by Bismarck was worse than a crime, it was a blunder. And now all the signs and tokens of the time pointed to the likelihood of war. The day had come when the overweening ambition of the house of Brandenburg inust be checked, and in the opinion of the Bonapartists tlie onus to fight was upon ...

When Michelle Walker embarks on a book signing tour in New York to promote her novel 'Rotten Apple' she does not suspect that life is about to imitate art. Just like the character in her debut novel, her husband, Alex goes missing while on the tour. Michelle enlists the help of a fellow hotel guest, retired detective, John Powski, to help find Alex. As Powski investigates the case, he realises that all is not what it seems with the Walkers and that their case will lead him to an unsolved investigation that still haunts him. As the present becomes entangled with the past, secrets are revealed, lives become endangered and Powski comes to see that truth is stranger than fiction.

What do the people in the Bible have to do with my life? Why should I care about who they were or what they did? As children of God and followers of Christ, the men and women of the Bible are part of our spiritual heritage. Biblical figures, often young themselves, have much to teach us. They can serve as role models and help us identify and develop qualities that lead to a closer relationship with God and better relationships with those around us. In this book, you will meet several companions, as well as modern-day teens, who exhibit ways to make those virtues and traits real and put them into practice. Whether read as a personal guide or educational resource, these “real-life” stories are sure to inspire.

After 35 years of practicing law, some of the saddest occasions that attorney, Mary Elizabeth Morgan witnessed were young men being convicted of a felony for their actions.The stories in this book are based on factual accounts. Whatever a young man believes it takes to become a man, good judgment needs to become one of the basic foundations.What happens when you apply for a job with a felony or misdemeanor on your record? You will be disqualified from numerous positions and your dreams will be lost… because of “One Stupid Night”.Young adults are a resource no country or family wants to waste. We need to keep them whole, without a record, able to get a job, build a career and take their own children to a softball game with friends, without the fear of discovery of youthful mistakes.DON’T LET IGNORANCE OF THE LAW BECOME YOUR DOWNFALL.

This early work by Mary Elizabeth Braddon was originally published in 1898 and we are now republishing it with a brand new biography of the author. 'Rough Justice' is one of Braddon's novels in the sensation literature genre. Mary Elizabeth Braddon was born in Soho, London, England in 1835. She was educated privately in England and France, and at the age of just nineteen was offered a commission by a local printer to produce a serial novel "combining the humour of Dickens with the plot and construction of G. P. R. Reynolds" What emerged was Three Times dead, or The Secret of the Heath, which was published five years later under the title The Trail of the Serpent (1861). For the rest of her life, Braddon was an extremely prolific writer, producing more than eighty novels, while also finding time to write and act in a number of stage plays.