The Saintly Buccaneer spotlights Paul Winslow, a young man who is bitterly opposed to the American Revolution. His life is quickly changed when he is shanghaied and pressed into service aboard a navy frigate. And then he is struck with amnesia! House of Winslow book Views: 66
You may believe the government protects you, but only one girl knows how they use you. Lauren has a disorder that makes her believe everything her friends tell her—and she believes everyone is her friend. Her innocence puts her at constant risk, so when she gets the opportunity to have an operation to correct her condition, she seizes it. But after the surgery, Lauren is changed. Is she a paranoid lunatic with violent tendencies? Or a clear-eyed observer of the world who does what needs to be done? Told in journal entries and therapy session transcripts, Ari Goelman's The Innocence Treatment is a collection of Lauren's papers, annotated by her sister long after the events of the novel. A compelling YA debut thriller that is part speculative fiction and part shocking tell-all of genetic engineering and government secrets, Lauren's story is ultimately an electrifying, propulsive, and spine-tingling read. Views: 66
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.... But the killer Lily Fitzgerald had unknowingly photographed only used four: You're going to die. The beautiful photographer didn't want to depend on anyone for help -- especially not pulse-stopping, jade-eyed cop Tony Giovani. But now her only protection from the man who threatened her life was the man who threatened her heart.... Tony believed that good fences made good neighbors, but Lily's loving, trusting ways were wreaking havoc on his carefully constructed emotional barriers. He needed to focus on winning custody of his son, not losing control to a vulnerable vixen who claimed she was in danger. Was Lily's life really in peril? And could he safeguard her from himself? Views: 66
On the outskirts of a Montana frontier town, a fugitive risks his life to protect a mother and her sonThe miners, innocents all, didn't recognize the beast that stalked in their midst until an early blizzard stripped them of shelter and food. They huddled in one tent, listening to the winter winds sing of their deaths. Hunger stalked these men, felling them one by one. Miles Standish is on the run, an innocent man accused of unspeakable crimes. The Moose Creek Cannibal, as he is known, seeks refuge in an isolated cabin near the hardscrabble town of Last Chance, Montana. Hoping to lie low, he is pulled instead into the lives of his neighbors, Iona and her son Arch. He soon learns that they too are victims of those eager to believe lies rather than seek the truth. Meanwhile, Samuel Bodner, the only other person to survive the freezing hell at the Moose Creek Mine, relentlessly stalks the Moose Creek Cannibal. The pursuit has so dominated Miles's... Views: 66
Walking the Perfect Square introduced Moe Prager—retired New York City cop-turned-wine shop owner—to much acclaim and an enthusiastic readership. Still possessed of his vintage police savvy, and perhaps the only Jewish licensed PI in the five boroughs, Moe wonders if he’s really meant to be a merchant and not a cop. Redemption Street finds him in 1981, lured into the mystery of a 1966 hotel fire—one that killed seventeen people, including his first love—by a long-grieving brother and Moe’s own restless determination to set things right. Reed Farrel Coleman’s crisp, page-turning narrative has Moe trudging through his childhood summer vacation stomping grounds, the now-decaying Catskill resort scene. The borscht belt’s near-forgotten landscape of scarred lives, ambitious politicians, and corrupt cops is the minefield Moe must brave to find the truth. Was the fire really sparked by a negligent smoker or was it murder? Will the long dead keep their secrets or divulge their stories? And will what Moe uncovers lead him down another blind alley or into the bright light of Redemption Street? Views: 66
"It is hard to imagine anything more chilling and profound than Kundera’s apparent lightheartedness." – Elizabeth Pochoda IN this dark farce of a novel, set in an old-fashioned Central Euroepean spa town, eight characters are swept up in an accelerating dance: a pretty nurse and her repairman boyfriend; an oddball gynecologist; a rich Amrican (at once saint and Don Juan); a popular trumpeter and his beautiful, obsessively jealous wife; an unillusioned former political prisoner about to leave his country and his young woman ward.Perhaps the most brilliantly plotted and sheerly entertaining of Milan Kundera’s novels, Farewell Waltz poses the most serious questions with a blasphemous lightness that makes us see that the modern world has deprived us even of the right to tragedy.Written in Bohemia in 1969-70, this book was first published (in 1976) in France under the title La valse aux adieux (Farewell Waltz), and later in thirty-four other countries. This beautiful new translation, made from the French text prepared by the novelist himself, fully reflects his own tone and intentions. As such it offers an opportunity for both the discovery and the rediscovery of one of the very best of a great writer’s works."Kundera remains faithful to this subtle, wily, devious talent for a fiction of 'erotic possibilities. ”New York Times Book Review"Farewell Waltz shocks. Black humor. Farcical ferocity. Admirably tender portraits of women." “Le Point (Paris)" After Farewell Waltz there cannot be any doubt. Kundera is a master of contemporary literature. This novel is both an example of virtuosity and a descent into the human soul." Views: 66
On a frozen winter's night in a remote northern fishing village, a young boynamed Nicholas is orphaned when his father is drowned at sea. His mother bravesthe raging storm to get medical help for Kati, the younger sister, and leavesNicholas to sit by her bedside. When the villagers arrive at the cottage inmorning, he learns that Kati has died of a fever, and his mother is killed by afalling tree as she passes through the forest.The fishermen's wives gather to discuss how Nicholas will be cared for, anddecide that if each family takes him in for one year, he will reach an age tocare for himself. So it is that Nicholas moves in with his firstfamily-for-a-year on Christmas Eve. He hides in a closet and cries himself tosleep.The next day, Christmas, is sorrowful for Nicholas but brightened by the companyof the family's children, two girls and especially Otto, who becomes Nicholas'life-long friend. Nicholas has learned to carve by watching his... Views: 66
Dana Ransom's life has been in shambles, ever since her relationship with her Dominant business partner Benjamin turned into a hellish war and he split. She's a genius of an artist and designer, but a total failure running the company she and Ben own. Even her new master Locksley's ruthless domination can't seem to set her straight. When Dana's silent partner suddenly brings Ben back to take over the company, she's shocked to find her former master in her hallowed office although it's no effort at all dumping the nasty mess in his lap. With Benjamin in her life again, Dana's submissive hunger for him burns hot through he wants nothing to do with the quirky, sexy but volatile Dana. She begs, she pleads in desperation, and finally gets Ben's attention when he finds her masturbating on her desk. Out of the blue days later, Dana's ordered into an alley, and into a cage in the back of a pickup. Whisked off to a boot camp training by an unknown assailant, she's held captive in a... Views: 66
