Before he died, Melissa's father told her about stars. He told her that the brightest stars weren't always the most beautiful—that if people took the time to look at the smaller stars, if they looked with a telescope at the true essence of the star, they would find real beauty. But even though Melissa knows that beauty isn't only skin deep, the people around her don't seem to feel that way. There's her gorgeous sister, Ashley, who will barely acknowledge Melissa at school; there's her best friend, Ryan, who may be falling in love with the sophisticated Courtney; and there's Melissa's mother, who's dating someone new, someone Melissa knows will never be able to replace her father.To make sure she doesn't lose her father completely, Melissa spends her time trying to piece together the last of his secrets and finishing a journal he began—one about love and relationships and the remarkable ways people find one another. But when tragedy strikes, Melissa has to start... Views: 55
A small town with some very big libidos comes to life in this quirky erotic novel New Hope, Pennsylvania, offers a quaint country experience that tourists just adore. But what's not in the postcards is the town's web of liberated lovers, who switch bedfellows faster than you can say swinger. When Linda's man Marc leaves her, she quickly becomes the new catch in town. Her landlord's got a few ladies on the side, so what's one more? And then there's Pete, the sensitive theater guy who hits her up to get high but might be looking for more. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lawrence Block, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from his personal collection, and a new afterword written by the author. Views: 55
SUMMARY: One of the most acclaimed modern American novelists, Scott Spencer captures the intensity of human passion—and its capacity to both destroy and redeem—with unparalleled precision and insight. Now, in his most stunning novel yet, this wry, witty, and deeply sensitive writer returns to the territory of his New York Times bestseller A Ship Made of Paper, in a gripping and provocative psychological thriller of morality and manhood, choice and fate. Paul has been on his own since he was a teenager, leading a life of freedom and independence, beholden to no one and nothing. Fearless, resolute, and guided by his own private moral code, he has hunted for food in Alaska, fought forest fires, and been deputized in a manhunt for a kidnapper in South Dakota. Once he thought his life would have no particular rhyme or reason, touched only by transient strangers. Then he meets the beautiful, intelligent, loving Kate Ellis and her daughter, Ruby, who offer order and constancy. But Paul is a man of deep convictions, and the compromises we all make to get along in the world elude him. On his way home after rejecting a job remodeling a luxurious Manhattan apartment, Paul stops to gather his thoughts at a state park just off the highway. Instead of peace, he finds a man savagely beating a dog, and in a few fateful moments Paul is plunged into a world of violence and onto a tumultuous journey of self-knowledge, guilt, and redemption. With the psychological acuity and razor-sharp prose for which he has been celebrated, award-winning, bestselling novelist Scott Spencer once again takes us on an unforgettable journey of manhood lost and found. Views: 55
Genre: LGBT Multicultural Historical
On a lush, tropical island inhabited by rogues, thieves and villains, where men take the law into their own hands, a father and son are thrust into tumultuous events that will change their lives forever.
Bernardo de Rodrigo is proud of his son. Alonso is handsome and winning, and everyone he meets is instantly drawn to the tall, warm Spaniard. But how could either of them have known that a forbidden love is about to claim Alonso's heart?
Arbol, the charismatic male slave who was saved from the clutches of Raul Ignacio Martin, feels an instant connection with Alonso, the moment he looks into Arbol's eyes, the moment they touch.
Bernardo has other things to worry about, however. He's trying to exorcise himself of an intensely gratifying yet shame-filled sexual affair with Raul, who secretly adores Bernardo but doesn't know how to show it.
When Raul blackmails Bernardo, their dark and sordid relationship not only threatens the bond between father and son, it places Arbol's life in danger. Now Bernardo must make a difficult choice that could further alienate his son while Alonso must find a way to keep the man he loves.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Dubious consent, male/male sexual practices. Views: 55
In book two of the series, Theodore and Sam have been transported, while reading their book together, to the land and time of Robin Hood. Now, they must figure out what happened and how to get back to the bookstore! Oh, and Theo can now speak!Together, they will meet Robin Hood himself and, a braggadatious, slow-moving dog suspiciously named Robin Hound. After Robin Hood and his merry men take Sam and Theo's magical book, the two must rely on Robin Hound to get them to Hood's camp and take back the book - their only way home. Along the way, they will discover that Hound is not all he makes out to be and Theo will have to come to the rescue on more than one occassion. Stealing the book back from Hood and his Merry Men, will not be an easy task. Views: 55
From Publishers WeeklyRichmond's sophomore novel (after The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress) is a bleak melodrama about a young woman's prolonged grief over the death of her best friend and former lover. Twelve years have passed since college student Amanda Ruth was brutally murdered, and her sidekick Jenny has yet to recover. Jenny and her estranged husband, Dave, take a cruise on the Yangtze to scatter Amanda Ruth's ashes in the homeland of Amanda's Chinese father. Although Jenny wants to save her marriage, she rather coolly trashes it by becoming intimate with Graham, a cruise passenger who, despite suffering the final throes of Lou Gehrig's disease, manages to show Jenny around and teach her about the environmental perils facing China. Jenny's relationship with Graham takes a dark-and implausible-turn when she learns of his wish to commit suicide. Through it all, she continually relives her friendship and adolescent romance with Amanda Ruth. Her obsession with the young woman leads her to engage in troubling behavior, propelling the plot into a moral wasteland where the environment becomes the object of desire and human life is casually snuffed out. Richmond's prose tends to run purple, especially during Jenny's brooding monologues, which dominate the book ("I gaze into the dark depths of the river, looking for some reflection of the woman I am now.... But the river is opaque, and my vision is blurred"). Though Richmond poses provocative questions about grief and desire, the shallow characters and sensational plot twists don't allow her to explore them in much depth.Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. FromJenny has embarked on a mission up the Yangtze River--to scatter the ashes of her best friend, who was murdered 12 years earlier. The depth and nature of their friendship continues to occupy her thoughts and actions despite the passage of time. She has compelled her husband, David, to accompany her even though they've separated--his choice not hers. Their chance encounters, David's with a recovering drug user, Jenny's with an Australian with a grisly agenda, create an unusual four-part relationship as appropriate as it is peculiar. The amazing Chinese landscape and the pending dramatic changes to be wrought by the Three Gorges Dam are a fitting mirror for the lives of these in-transition characters. Richmond combines more story elements than it seems possible to fit into such a small debut novel. Issues of love, loyalty, prejudice, history, passion, and compassion elbow each other for space on each page. But even with its crowded feeling, the book is finely crafted and compelling, and its emotions resonate true and clear. Danise HooverCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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