Serena Sweetmay is Perfect. Serena Sweetmay is beautiful and clever; she's good at school, is always chosen for the best parts in any activity, and so when Aimee's class is selected to perform the school's Christmas play, everyone knows exactly who's going to be the star of the show. But for once, just once, Aimee wants to shine, and to do that she has to out-angel the perfect Serena Sweetmay. Luckily though, she has a plan, so nothing can go wrong. Can it? Views: 58
Frank Angel had walked right into a whipsawing, in spite of all his Justice Department training. But he just couldn't sit in the Silver King and watch while the town marshal cold-cocked a defenseless kid. So Angel shot the gun out of the marshal's hand. And as a result, he had to face the wildest, hottest gun battle of his career, an exploding, firebombed jail in a town that had been run too long by greed and ruled by terror; a town where law and order were ridiculed, and justice was just a rumor. Views: 58
A subtle, impeccably rendered new novel from one of America's most distinctive writers.A woman and her young son are traveling together by car through the southern and midwestern United States in the mid-to-late 1950s. As the mother drives, she and the boy, Roy, talk about their lives, their disappointments, and their dreams. "Wyoming" exists as a state of mind rather than an actual place, a place neither the boy nor his mother have ever been, an idyll where the two of them can live an untroubled life. Told entirely in dialogue, the story of Roy and his mother traverses both real and imaginary states of being, on a tour through an uncertain but hopeful landscape of longing and myth. As Roy's mother tells him, "Everybody needs Wyoming."Combining a spare and elegant style with profound and clear-eyed feeling, Wyoming is the most sensitive and touching work of Barry Gifford's brilliant career.From Publisher's WeeklyProlific novelist (Wild at Heart) and screenwriter (Lost Highway) Gifford
delivers a sedate story written almost entirely in meandering dialogue between a
mother and her precocious nine-year-old son, Roy. The book takes place in the
mid-1950s as Kitty and Roy drive across the American South and Midwest.
Traveling from place to place, rarely leaving the car, they try to pass time in
idle, soft-focus banter about their hopes and disappointments, occasionally
musing about such big topics as fate, personal loss, divorce, death and the
soul. The background unfolds: Kitty has left Roy's dishonest father, whose
health is failing, while Roy craves reassurances that both parents still love
him. But content mirrors form in that, just as the two never arrive at any final
destination, their desultory conversations rarely resolve issues or discover
anything new; and the novel's brief, episodic chapters ensure that no subject is
dealt with profoundly or in full. Action is generally light (a train passes, a
road curves, a hotel room is dirty), but even when more dramatic events happen
(i.e., Roy's father takes a turn for the worse), the voices of mother and son
are sometimes indistinguishable and their reminiscences and longings are so
vague and personal as to be irrelevant. The pair seem lost, both on their
journey and in lax, unremarkable conversation, leaving the reader to wonder why
Gifford won't give them a bit more gas, a few more twists in the road and, above
all, some direction. Line drawings by Gifford throughout. Views: 58
The chronicle of Tennessee Williams and James Laughlin's unlikely yet enduring literary and personal relationship.In December 1942, two guests at a Lincoln Kirstein mixer bonded over their shared love of Hart Crane's poetry. One of them was James Laughlin, the founder of a small publishing company called New Directions, which he had begun only seven years earlier as a sophomore at Harvard. The other was a young playwright named Thomas Lanier Williams, or "Tennessee," as he had just started to call himself. A little more than a week after that first encounter, Tennessee sent a letter to Jay—as he always addressed Laughlin in writing— expressing a desire to get together for an informal discussion of some of Tennessee's poetry. "I promise you it would be extremely simple," he wrote, "and we would inevitably part on good terms even if you advised me to devote myself exclusively to the theatre for the rest of my life."So began a deep friendship that would... Views: 58
Some secrets are just too good to keep to yourself Views: 58
Voluptuous twenty one year-old Melanie needs a personal trainer who can tell her what to do, and that's exactly what her bodybuilder trainer, Kevin, loves to do. But when Melanie goes on an extended graduation and puts on 50lbs she expects Kevin to be livid and repulsed with her. Their workouts stop, but only because Kevin can no longer control his sexual appetite for her new luscious curves. Views: 58
Three novellas of science fiction romanceOn the edge of space... On the edge of danger... On the edge of desire...All That Glitters by Erin KellisonCheated out of a fortune by the Sol royal family, lowborn Simon Miner will do anything to get his revenge, no matter how ruthless. When Princess Mica Sol, a terraforming expert, is shot out of the sky on the way to her sister’s lavish wedding, she fears the worst—scavengers—and flees into an alien jungle to avoid capture. But the man who pursues and captures her is none other than Simon, her former lover. Passions reignite as violence rocks Sol City, and Simon and Mica must fight for love, family, and their world… or lose everything.To Buy a Wife by KC KleinIn a harsh land where corruption rules and women are few, cold realist Hudson Land must purchase a wife to save his farm. Instead of an auction, he witnesses the start of an execution. With his first look at a beautiful woman in years, Hudson knows he has to have her—no matter the cost. Lake, a chemist and a rebel fighter, is resigned to her death, but when some back-hill farmer rescues her from the chopping block she has no intention of simply becoming his wife. She’s pledged her life to the Rebellion and being bought for some stranger’s bed doesn’t change a thing, though his soft caresses have her longing for more. As lies and secrets build between them, are the quiet moments during the nights they’ve shared enough to stand against two warring factions in a world where only the strong survive?Enslaved by Starlight by Jessa SladeTransformed by empathic crystals into the perfect paramour, Benedetta Galil is the last treasure of her fading world. When raiders attack—seeking to corrupt the crystals and conquer all of charted space—she gives herself as a prize to the one man in the universe who values freedom over power. Mercenary sheership Captain Corso Deynah left oppression behind him on a burning planet and has no use for a sex slave, even one as seductive as Benedetta. But while he stubbornly resists her body, her fierce spirit tempts him, and he will risk everything—his ship, his seclusion, the very stars—to win not just her passion but her love. Views: 58
In 2011, Seal Team Six killed Osama Bin Laden. Now, four years later, someone is eliminating Team Six - one by one they are turning up dead.Jed Walker, ex-CIA, is an outsider back in the game. He's been chasing down a sinister group code-named Zodiac that the big guns - MI5, CIA, the Pentagon - have failed to eradicate. But as Walker follows the trail of bodies, uncovering secrets and making connections he's not supposed to make, he finds the answers are closer to home than he ever imagined.Revenge is the obvious motive, but nothing is ever that simple in love or in war.Can Walker find who's responsible before the body count grows higher?Can he stop another terror attack before more innocent bystanders suffer?When the line between the good and the bad become blurred, when the hunters become the hunted, only one man can save us all. Views: 58
Arizona Territory 1877Bounty hunter Cale Walker arrives in Tucson to search for J. Howard "Hank" Carlisle at the request of his daughter, Tess. Hank mentored Cale before a falling out divided them, and a mountain lion attack left Cale nearly dead. Rescued by a band of Nednai Apache, his wounds were considered a powerful omen and he was taught the ways of a di-yin, or a medicine man. To locate Hank, Cale must enter the Dragoon Mountains, straddling two worlds that no longer fit. But he has an even bigger problem—finding a way into the heart of a young woman determined to live life as a bystander.For two years, Tess Carlisle has tried to heal the mental and physical wounds of a deadly assault by one of her papá's men. Continuing the traditions of her Mexican heritage, she has honed her skills as a cuentista, a storyteller and a Keeper of the Old Ways. But with no contact from her father since the attack, she fears the worst. Tess knows that to reenter Hank Carlisle's world is a... Views: 58
In Thin Line, the police code of silence is tested when officer Rita Sanchez’s eight-year-old son, Shareef, witnesses the murder of his grandmother and other family members. The next day he is hauled off to the precinct and questioned inappropriately by the police after he’s involved in a riot at school. At the precinct, he recognizes a cop as one of the assailants from the murder scene, which begins this gripping tale of deception, graft, and murder — and a young boy's loss of innocence and coming of age. Views: 58
