![]() She is the oldest of three children born to June and Dennis Nolan. Hughes was born in Adelaide on 12 February 1975. She was first on the Coalition's Senate ticket in New South Wales at the 2019 election. In November 2018, Hughes won the most votes in the Liberal Party's Senate preselection ballot for the 2019 federal election. During the 2017 parliamentary eligibility crisis, she won the countback to determine the replacement for disqualified Senator Fiona Nash, but was not declared elected because the High Court of Australia, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, ruled that she was ineligible for election, due to her employment as a member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Hughes was an unsuccessful Senate candidate at the 2016 federal election. ![]() Hollie Alexandra Hughes ( née Nolan born 12 February 1975) is an Australian politician who was elected as a Senator for New South Wales at the 2019 federal election. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He is a bear by day, man by night, thanks to a curse from the evil Hestor. ![]() ![]() But a twist of fate lands her on the bottom of a riverbed, and her life in the hands of a mysterious stranger. She vows to kill Hestor, the evil dwarf sorcerer responsible for her death. Rose Red will stop at nothing to protect her sister, Snow White, from suffering the same fate as their mother. I appreciate the opportunity to share this with you and hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it. Snow White’s story will be releasing in March, entitled BAD APPLE. The first book in my SnowRose Series is Rose Red’s story. A friend of mine, Evie Knight, urged me to give Evernight Publishing’s Naughty Fairytale line a try, and so the retelling of the lesser known fairytale Snow White and Rose Red was born. Thank you for having me on your blog today! This is my debut novella so I’m going though ALL THE FEELS right now. ![]() ![]() ![]() Your father has given you a frightful account of me, no doubt and for that reason I shall remain invisible until you yourself are willing to see me. ![]() ![]() “Beauty, you see now that you are sole mistress of this palace and all it contains. As she sat at table the deep voice which she had heard twice before spoke to her, saying: Beauty rose, and after dressing, found that the friendly hands were leading her into the banquet-hall, where she was greeted by a burst of joyous music from the unseen musicians. The invisible hands were busy about the room, some sprinkling perfumes through the air with mops of rose-leaves, others filling a huge marble bath with fragrant waters, while others again were laying out delicate robes of lace and rose-colored satin. 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Self-sacrifice and a finely tuned chemical language are the foundations of their monarchical society, which is capable of waging large-scale warfare and taking slaves. They developed ranching and farming long before humans, and their division of labor resembles the assembly lines of automobile factories and multinational enterprises. Easily one of the most important animals on earth, ants seem to mirror the actions, emotions, and industries of the human population, often more effectively than humans do themselves. This is the world of the ant, an insect that humans, as well as most other life forms, depend upon for their very survival. Wilson, Jae Choe takes readers into a miniature world dominated by six-legged organisms. ![]() ![]() Vordan thought to make himself safe from me by traveling inland. It’s taken me two months to track down the pirate lord and gather enough intel to infiltrate his holding. I cannot see them, but I trust all of them to do their parts tonight. My own crew is spread out across the cobblestone streets, dispatching Vordan’s men one by one. ![]() He is only the first of Theris’s-no, Vordan’s, I remind myself-crew who will die tonight. I catch the pirate before his corpse hits the ground and gently lower him the rest of the way. THE SOUND OF MY knife slitting across a throat feels much too loud in the darkness. ![]() “AND THAT WAS WITHOUT EVEN A SINGLE DROP OF RUM.” ![]() If you believe the copy of this e-book you are reading infringes on the author’s copyright, please notify the publisher at: us./piracy.īecause you said I could write a book instead of getting a summer job. Copyright infringement is against the law. You may not make this e-book publicly available in any way. 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