Erick works hard to sustain for his family only to have his wife take him for granted. His two friends invite him out and secretly set up an old fantasy they had in college: for the three of them to hook up with a woman. The last person that Erick expects to see on his friend's phone is Alyssa, his shy, quiet babysitter that is always nose deep in a book. Erick quickly finds out that Alyssa is not as innocent as she seems when she arrives to the hotel room in a sexy black dress and high heels. What follows is a sexy, erotic night, but will things ever be the same between Erick and Alyssa?** Views: 13
Readers fell in love with Cannie Shapiro, the smart, sharp-tongued, bighearted heroine of Good in Bed who found her happy ending after her mother came out of the closet, her father fell out of her life, and her ex-boyfriend started chronicling their ex-sex life in the pages of a national magazine. Now Cannie's back. After her debut novel -- a fictionalized (and highly sexualized) version of her life -- became an overnight bestseller, she dropped out of the public eye and turned to writing science fiction under a pseudonym. She's happily married to the tall, charming diet doctor Peter Krushelevansky and has settled into a life that she finds wonderfully predictable -- knitting in the front row of her daughter Joy's drama rehearsals, volunteering at the library, and taking over-forty yoga classes with her best friend Samantha. As preparations for Joy's bat mitzvah begin, everything seems right in Cannie's world. Then Joy discovers the novel Cannie wrote years before and... Views: 13
Among the guests at the Plume of Feathers on the memorable evening of the murder were a West End matinée idol, a successful portrait painter, an Oxford-educated farmer’s daughter, a radical organizer and assorted rustics and villagers. Each of them had an opportunity to place the deadly poison on the dart that seemingly had been the instrument of murder. But no one admitted seeing any suspicious movement on the part of anyone else. And what exactly had been the method of the killer? This was the problem Inspector Alleyn had to solve — and he does so with all of his accustomed verve and brilliance. Views: 13
Come back to Tara . . . to Scarlett and Rhett . . . and to the greatest love story in all fiction. This is the book whose initial publication was an instant sensation—selling out immediately, setting new records, and enthralling readers all over the world. This is the book everyone wants to read, savor, and enjoy . . . Views: 13
The Butler's Child is the personal story of a Warner Brothers family grandson who spent more than fifty years as a fighting, no holds barred civil rights lawyer. Lewis explores why he, a privileged white man, devoted his life to seeking racial progress in often uncomprehending or hostile courts. In fact, after writing a feature for The New York Times Magazine entitled "Nine Men in Black Who Think White," Lewis was fired from the NAACP and the entire board of the NAACP resigned in support of him. Lewis speaks about his family butler, an African American man named William Rutherford, who helped raise Lewis, and their deep but ultimately troubled relationship, as well as how Robert L. Carter, the NAACP's extraordinary general counsel, became Lewis' mentor, father figure and lifelong close friend.Lewis exposes the conflicts which arose from living and working in two very different worlds - that of the Warner Brothers family and that of a civil rights lawyer. He... Views: 13
A thief has ransacked every room in the Royal Hotel. Old friendships and connections are called upon and Superintendent Bristow of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. He discovers John Mannering (aka 'The Baron') is a guest, along with his wife, Lorna. Valuable jewellery has been stolen and there is clearly an abiding suspicion – but then comes a mysterious call. A man has two diamonds to sell and also has a very surprising confession to make to Mannering ... Views: 13
"You're my rainbow. The brilliant colors of you make me whole. Without your colors, I'm just a man living in the dark." Georgie I lie to survive. Have since I was sixteen and my world fell into chaos. But I found a way to endure, or rather it found me. Now I’m a prisoner of my own doing, hiding behind a false mask so no one sees the truth. Not even the man I want but can’t have—Deck. But I messed up and the lies are spilling over, out of control. Deck is unrelenting and will settle for nothing less than the truth. He demands everything from me—EVERYTHING—even if it rips me apart. Deck I kill for a living. Unyielding—It’s how I survive in my line of work. I bend people to my will…except Georgie. But that ends now. I've played her game for far too long. Now it's time we play mine. Views: 13
Evan Mackenzie, the new Earl of Kildonan, has returned to the beautiful, remote Highland mountains of his childhood for a climbing holiday, but he has no intention of staying. Haunted by tragedy, he plans to sell the sprawling property and return to Victorian Edinburgh. But then Evan finds himself stranded high on a snowy mountaintop with the lovely Catriona MacConn, a woman with a mission of magic so secret and dangerous she will protect it at any cost-even if it means giving up the love of her dreams... Views: 13
Ryder McKinley is a Wanderer, an offspring of Angels. Renouncing his angelic status, he’s been gifted free will to explore all of creation as he sees fit. Eons old, he's traveled through the Universe, observing different worlds, cultures, and societies. But during his stay on Earth, he finds the one thing that has been consistently allusive to him during his entire existence—LOVE.Heart and mind captured by Skylar Blue, Ryder is mesmerized by the artistic way she looks at the world. The two of them hit it off immediately and soon find themselves wrapped together in throes of passion, but Ryder's secret stands in the way of them being together fully.Choices must be made—some with very high prices—but in the end tragedy strikes and changes the course of everything. How far will Ryder go to keep his love? Views: 13
