Achy Obejas writes stories about uprooted people. Some, like herself, are Latino immigrants and lesbians; others are men (gay and straight), people with AIDS, addicts, people living marginally, just surviving. As omniscient narrator to her characters' lives, Obejas generously delves into her own memories of exile and alienation to tell stories about women and men who struggle for wholeness and love. Views: 45
Some temptations are just too good to resist! Enjoy a varied selection of erotic short stories by bestselling authors including Sommer Marsden, Primula Bond, Shanna Germain and Kristina Wright in this fantastic 3 book bundle from Xcite Books, winners of ETO Best Erotic Book Brand 2010, 2011 & 2012. Originally published as three separate books you can now enjoy all twenty stories as a single ebook.Bliss by Elizabeth CageNot in my Wildest Dreams by CyanneConfession by Kristina WrightThe Window Cleaner's Boy by Carmel LockyerConfidante by Beverly LanglandThe School Reunion by Kitti BernettiTwo Company by Georgina BrownFrench Top-up by Alicia CarterGetting the Cane by Roxanne SinclairKnuckling Under by Shanna GermainPosh Boy by Lucy FelthouseTech Support by Sommer MarsdenOn the Beach by Primula BondOpen-Bottle Policy by Jeremy EdwardsIn Media Res by Beverly LanglandNo Pan Kissa by CyanneRoom Service by AlcamiaThe Travelling Circus by J.S. BlackAmour Noir by Landon... Views: 45
From acclaimed author Angie Daniels comes an exciting new novel that asks: Exactly how much trouble can four sexy, sassy, and stubborn women get into when they spend a week in Jamaica together? The answer: Plenty...For years, Lisa Miller has been living the good life—and watching her sister, Renee, and their childhood friends search for happiness of their own, usually in the form of a man. Tired of standing by while they waste their time looking for love in all the wrong places, Lisa has planned a vacation in Jamaica with them. She has some bad news to break, but she hopes her own heartache will make a difference in the lives of the women she loves...Renee Moore is a twice-divorced romance writer and mother of two who plans to use her time in Jamaica sipping Rum Punch, sun-bathing, and finding that perfect fling. After all, the friends have agreed: what happens in Jamaica stays in Jamaica.Attorney Nadine Hill may have it together professionally, but personally,... Views: 45
Luke and his twin sister Sera have unusual abilities. Hers is a gift--she can heal with a touch of her hand. His is a curse--he can see the future but he can’t do anything about it. On a hike up the mountain, Luke has a vision unlike any other--one that leaves him terrified. Knowing that it will come true--and that he must do everything in his power to stop it--leaves his own future uncertain. Views: 45
Liz is on a temporary transfer from her secretary job in London to the Manhattan branch, New York. Running from a troubled past, she is seeking a fresh start. A staged chance meeting in a bar with the dangerous Shaun O'Riley and the direction her life takes on is one of blackmail, robbery and murder. In a foreign country away from family and with no place to hide, Liz turns to the only man whom she feels might be willing to listen and believe in her innocence. Jack Willis, a robbery/homicide detective has encountered Elizabeth on several occasions - she is linked to a suspected blackmailer, she reports an assault on her neighbor and a few days later he finds himself interviewing her at the scene of a bank heist. Jack doesn't believe in coincidences, so when the hysterical call comes through on his private line claiming she has witnessed a murder and she needs his help, Jack has a big problem on his hands. Does he succumb to the attraction he knows is mutual or cart her pretty... Views: 45
Scotland, 1715 Duggan Moore has always stirred maidservant Morag's womanly desires. Even though Duggan is in a clandestine relationship with James Grant, he wants Morag as well—and James doesn't want to deny him any pleasure. Soon, all three are exploring their mutual passion...together. But officials have come to town to hunt an accused witch...putting the threesome at risk. Can they find a way to keep their private arrangement safe? Views: 45
Sandro Cellini, P. I., Florence’s answer to Donna Leon’s Guido Brunetti, returns in this atmospheric mystery set in a forbidding castle.As Sandro Cellini comes to grips with the tough realities of life as a private detective, touting for business among old contacts and following errant teenagers, an old case comes back to haunt him.Once the subject of a routine background check back in Sandro’s earliest days as a private investigator, the glamorous, charming, and ruthless Loni Meadows, the director of an American-Italian artistic retreat in a castle in the hills outside Florence, goes off the icy road in her car one night. The circumstances of her death seem less than accidental to Sandro. However inconvenient his suspicions might be, both to Sandro—whose marriage appears to be disintegrating in the aftermath of his wife’s illness—and to Meadows’s erstwhile employers, the detective presses on. As he attempts to uncover the truth of Meadows’s violent and lonely death, Sandro finds himself drawn into the lives of the castle’s highly strung community and the closed world they inhabit in the isolated Etruscan hills of the Maremma.Reminiscent of a locked-room mystery in the style of Agatha Christie, A Murder in Tuscany leads the reader from one possible perpetrator to the next; to Sandro’s chagrin, all of the artists in residence at the time of Loni’s demise had more than enough reason to dislike her. But who in the group had the most compelling motive to want her dead? Kent is a masterful investigator of character and mood, and her second mystery conveys the gloom of the Orfeo castle as well as the individual dark lives of its inhabitants in a chilling, memorable way. Views: 45
Scotland Yard's art crime detective Jack Oxby tackles the mystery behind the destruction of valuable Cézanne paintings, criss-crossing St. Petersburg, New York City, London, Provence, Boston, and Paris.When Inspector Jack Oxby links the shocking defacing of two of the 26 extant Cézanne self-portraits in London's National Gallery to a mysterious death outside London, the chase is on. The high-risk world of international art is exposed, as is the ruthless adversary behind the intricate and deadly crime. Views: 45
Scarlett thought Dan McAndrew's murder was long behind her, but when she and her classmates arrive in Edinburgh for a weeklong field trip, she's startled to be joined by her old St. Tabby's cohorts--and enemies--who are visiting the area on a field trip as well. Even more startling, Callum, Dan's surviving twin, is in the area--and his cold treatment leaves Scarlett wondering what's changed, especially when a series of attacks makes her believe that someone's out to get her for her past mistakes. Would Callum ever hurt her, though? And what's Scarlett to make of her conflicting feelings for Callum, now that Jase isn't around? Even more upsetting, why is her most trusted confidante, Taylor, acting distant and dismissive?From the Hardcover edition. Views: 45
