The Three B’s of Summer: Beauty, Beach, Books

Hannah Davis wearig Op bikini

Hannah Davis wearig Op bikini

It’s the dog days of summer and beauties like Hannah Davis, a Sports Illustrated Swim babe become a beach denizen. Spotted on the beach in Los Angeles, Hannah is wearing a patriotic Op bikini.

Op actually offers a whole range of beach wear from bikinis to maillot and shorts, even the occasional flip flops. (Scroll below to see collection)

Still, the best part of summer is lounging at the beach, or if you prefer, by the pool reading a book from your favorite genre.

From Sci Fi & Fantasy genre:

summer reading

the usurperThe Usurper (Telnarian Histories) by John Norman

Description

This brand-new installment in John Norman’s epic saga describes the continuing rise to power of a backwoods warrior thrown into the maelstrom of ambition, treachery, and violence that is the galactic empire

In the fourth volume of the Telnarian Histories, John Norman continues the story of a fighter from a backwater planet in a galaxy-spanning empire, who rises to power by maintaining his strength of character and his will to fight, and triumphs despite huge and threatening challenges from rebels, enemies of the empire, and even the highest powers within the emperor’s court.

When Filene, a former noblewoman masquerading as a slave, attempts to assassinate the up-and-coming tribal king, Ottonius, she fails miserably and becomes fully enslaved. The story of her education in proper submission is told in counterpoint to the tale of the powerful but primitive warrior who dreams of an imperial destiny and pursues privately devious and publicly violent means to achieve his goal. The applications of power from person to person and on an interstellar scale show haunting resemblances.

Similar in scope and ambition to Piers Anthony’s Bio of a Space Tyrant series, this novel follows the latest adventures of a man who has fought and killed his way out of obscurity to become a newly crowned local king and is quick to make smart connections in the imperial court. Soon he will realize his most secret and nearly unadmitted goal: unseating the reigning emperor and truly becoming . . . the Usurper.

Available at Amazon.com

The Curse of GremdonThe Curse of Gremdon (The Shrouded Kingdoms Book 1) by Ciara Knight

Description

In a world where marriage is forbidden, sex is only granted to male warriors, and the outer realm is full of murderous creatures, Arianna fights to protect the life of her only living relative, her brother.

Tardon, an elite warrior, is granted anything he desires by the Elders, but finds little joy in the voluptuous women presented to him. Born for the bloodlust found only in battle, complicated emotions emerge when he discovers his equal in the alluring warrior, Arianna.

Charged by the Elders with saving the castle from attack, Tardon and Arianna risk the curse when they traverse the vast outer realm to retrieve serum from the Tree of Life.

If successful, the Elders have promised Tardon the right to marry and Arianna the cure for her brother’s death fever. Will their love carry them through or will the discovery of a great deception be their ultimate demise?

Available at Amazon.com

the murder of adam and eveThe Murder of Adam and Eve by William Dietrich

Description

A time travel thriller to prehistoric Africa in which two teens must judge the fate of humanity by saving, or betraying, the ancestors of our species: the genetic “Adam” and “Eve.”

A forbidden island. An abandoned fort. A deserted village. A living gargoyle. And a time wormhole that catapults teen Nick Brynner and his companion Eleanor Terrell to prehistoric Africa to pass judgment on mankind.

Available at Amazon.com

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