Erotica/Romance. 14022 words long. First published in RP, 2007 Views: 17
Come the BrotherhoodYou must be careful. I turn toward the voice, see a shape floating next to me in the dark, glowing softly iridescent, all the colors of the rainbow and others for which I have no names.Of what?The sound and feel of the shape is feminine. She lifts her arm and points. I see them then, below and before me, two vast armies stretching out over an empty gray plane, facing each other. But they've not yet begun to fight. I recognize witches and vampires, Sidhe and demons, other creatures I've never laid eyes on, crowding one side. On the other side are humans, feeling empty and cold, though their power crackles around them like electric fire.You must be ready. My companion's voice is very sad, makes tears rise in my eyes. The war is coming and you only have a little time left to prepare.When Syd dreams of a terrible battle between sorcerers and all other magical races, she is tasked by a mysterious maji with protecting the Light and... Views: 17
The Tower of the Watchful Eye is the headquarters for the Order of Magic, a secret group of Mages that controls every aspect in the provinces of Kalenden. Young children that show magical abilities are whisked away from their families to be trained as an Apprentice.The Order’s influence runs deep in a world of turmoil and the citizens are ready for change. Views: 17
Tristan and Nora see a future filled with sunny days. Although their days and nights are happy, fun, and bursting with passion, every day isn’t filled with sunshine. As they embark on a path filled with love and romance, their bond needs to be strong enough to overcome obstacles. A man and his family vow to love without limits, to prevail—even though circumstances attempt to prove them wrong. Views: 17
"Taking in the panoply of sexual desire, each tale shudders with full-frontal detail in a style that is both lyrical and forensically accurate." In twelve interconnected stories as naked and primal as passion itself, Quiver explores the full spectrum of human sexuality in all of its variety and complexity. Spare yet evocative, this explicit collection depicts the pleasures of new and rediscovered love, lust, and obsession. In the flashes that blur the line between fantasy and reality, each story captures the spontaneous erotic experiences of a small group of middle-class acquaintances, showcasing sexual interludes of kaleidoscopic range - heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, exhibitionistic, and sadomasochistic. Each of these stories, alternating between a woman's point of view and a man's, a participant's and a voyeur's, expresses a passion for youth, excitement for the new, and nostalgia for love lost. Sensual and provocative, Quiver introduces a fresh voice to the genre of erotica. For fans of Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty trilogy or Sylvia Day's Bared to You, Learner's writing will electrify readers with its every impulse. Views: 17
Meet Kev, a wonderful auto-amnesiac who might cause all creation to come to a horrible end if he can't get his memories back. Of course, this is going to be difficult to do while trying to survive on a deadly intergalactic game show hosted by a psychotic autonomous electronic entity. Kev is a science fictionish comedy romp through only the best locations in all creation (sorta.) Views: 17
The war is over and the vampires have won. In the midst of chaos, a small band of rebels lead a terrified existence, but their survival is threatened by the Vampire’s new scanning procedures. An ordinary man must team with a small group of professional vampire assassins to make a final stand for humanity’s survival. Views: 17
In this second novel of the Earth's Children saga, Ayla, the unforgettable heroine of THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR, sets out solo into a world far from friendly.She is in search of others like herself…and in search of love.Driven by energies she scarcely understands, she explores where the clan never dared to travel.In a hidden valley, she finds not only a herd of steppe horses, but also a unique kinship with animals as vulnerable as herself.Still, nothing prepares her for the emotional turmoil she feels when she rescues a young man, Jondalar – the first of the Others she has seen – from almost certain death. Views: 17
Sean Steersman appeared out of nowhere and headed into unknown territory when he began to create mysterious new anti-gravity technology for the world to see. One man with knowledge from a source beyond comprehension has become the possessor of a frightening power that could be the Earth's only chance for survival... Views: 17
Midnight's SeductionDonna GrantCaptivating and enticing, Saffron Fletcher is a rarity in the Druid world--a Seer. She is the ultimate prize in an epic battle. After suffering horrendously at the hands of evil, her thirst for justice is all that keeps her going. Can she put her trust in the sinfully gorgeous, wonderfully dangerous Warrior who haunts her dreams and promises retribution for their common enemy? Camdyn MacKenna is hungry for revenge...until he falls prey to Saffron's seductive magic. She enchants him like no other. But if Camdyn yields to her allure, will he be strong enough to defeat their sworn enemy--and resist the rising forces of evil that could destroy their love forever? Views: 17
The fifth and final book in the groundbreaking Joey Pigza series brings the beloved chronicle of this wired, wacky, and wonderful boy to a crescendo of chaos and craziness, as everything goes topsy-turvy for Joey just as he starts to get his feet on the ground. With his dad MIA in the wake of appearance-altering plastic surgery, Joey must give up school to look after his new baby brother and fill in for his mom, who hospitalizes herself to deal with a bad case of postpartum blues. As his challenges mount, Joey discovers a key that could unlock the secrets to his father's whereabouts, a mystery that must be solved before Joey can even hope that his broken family might somehow come back together—if only it doesn't pull him apart first. Views: 17
Following Bridge of Sighs – a national best seller hailed by The Boston Globe as 'an astounding achievement… a masterpiece' – Richard Russo now tells the story of a marriage, and all the other ties that bind, from parents and in-laws to children and the promises of youth. Thirty years ago, on their Cape Cod honeymoon, Jack and Joy Griffin made a plan for their future that has largely been fulfilled. He left Los Angeles behind for the sort of New England college his parents had aspired to, and now the two of them are back on the Cape – where he'd also spent his childhood vacations – to celebrate the marriage of their daughter Laura's best friend. Sure, Jack's been driving around with his father's ashes in the trunk, though his mother's very much alive and often on his cell phone. Laura's boyfriend seems promising, but be careful what you pray for, especially if it happens to come true. A year later, at her wedding, Jack has another urn in the car, and both he and Joy have brought new dates. Full of every family feeling imaginable, wonderfully comic and profoundly involving, That Old Cape Magic is surprising, uplifting and unlike anything this Pulitzer Prize winner has ever written. Views: 17
