Introducing a deeply funny, charismatic new voice: an entertaining memoir of a family haunted by its own myths and its obsessive idolization of the literary life.Jeanne Darst was born the youngest of four daughters in an old, celebrated family long past its glory days. For the early part of her life, the family survived on the memory of past generations' grandeur, and the romantic belief that Darst's father would restore that greatness with his destined career as a novelist. Within a few years, however, it was abundantly clear to everyone but him that despite the many years enslaved to the writer's craft and lifestyle, he was never going to sell a book. By the time of Darst's adolescence, the family was broke, and her mother was consoling herself with nightly booze- fueled weepathons, while her father was still too possessed by the dream to get a job.Later, Darst realizes she has inherited both the gene for alcoholism and the gene for wanting to write, and she isn't sure... Views: 30
Alana MacGregor craves excitement, but when her sometimes lover dumps her at a popular sex club, she wonders if she’s outgrown her live-fast-and-recover-later lifestyle. The last thing she expects is to run into the nerdy guy she rebuffed in high school—or for him to rock her world in ways no other man ever has.Hot on the trail of a story, Carter Nicholas can’t believe his luck at encountering the one woman he’s never forgotten. He’s come a long way from being a wall-hugging geek. Now he gets all A’s between the sheets. But can he convince Alana he’s her sure ticket to an unforgettable night—and maybe much more? Views: 30
December, 1377. A great frost has London in its icy grip; even the Thames is frozen bank to bank. The Constable of the Tower of London, Sir Ralph Witton, is found murdered in a cold, bleak chamber in the North Bastion. The door is still locked from the inside and guarded by trusted retainers. So how did the assassins slip across a frozen moat to climb the sheer wall to commit such a dreadful crime? Appointed to investigate, Brother Athelstan and Sir John Cranston soon discover that Sir Ralph’s murder is only the first in a series of macabre killings which have their roots in a terrible act of betrayal committed many years previously. Views: 30
Princess Renie loves exploring space with her twin brother, Rezic, but when they venture too close to the Black Zone things turn from exploration to a fight for their lives. Captured by Vegans, Renie isn’t sure what she's going to do... Until she meets a man in the cells, the most unusual and gorgeous male she has ever seen, a man who seems to be willing to do anything to protect her. Views: 30
SUMMARY: Jillian Conrad never believed in vampires-until she was unwillingly injected with a serum that was supposed to act as a deadly poison to them. Now, tormented half-vampire Declan Reese wants her blood to destroy the undead kingdom. Unfortunately, the serum has also made her blood irresistible to all vampires-including Declan, whose desire for Jillian is more than mere hunger. Views: 30
In this sensual, unforgettable novel, a husband and wife face the worst crisis of their marriage—and learn that no matter what twists life throws at you, holding on to the one you love is the only way to survive... After five fulfilling years of marriage, Michael and Kennedy are the envy of their tight circle of friends. Michael is even more passionate about his stunning, successful wife than he was when they first met, and he is everything Kennedy has ever wanted in a man. Life is going pretty well. But everything changes when the couple starts getting mysterious phone calls and threatening emails. Michael and Kennedy are being stalked—and the stress has their once rock-solid marriage unraveling. Who could want to hurt Michael and Kennedy? Plenty of people, it seems. For the couple is hiding an intimate secret few people know about...and when it’s revealed, nothing will ever be the same... Views: 30
PI Truman Smith has become a loner after failing to find his sister Jan during a recent search of Galveston Island. He jogs on the Seawall, plays with his cat, and reads lots of Faulkner books. Then an old high school football buddy, Dino, asks him to find a young girl named Sharon. As Tru begins his investigation, dead bodies begin to appear and Tru himself wrapped up in a dark mystery. Views: 30
Swept into the world of the Daylight Coven, Caia is caught between her loyalty to the Daylights and her new insight into the hearts of the Midnights. As more obstacles are thrown in her and Lucien's way, Caia finds herself becoming further adrift from him and Pack Errante; and with no one to turn to, Caia has to make the most difficult choice of all... What Coven does she truly belong with? Views: 30
The collected poems of one of the world's greatest living writers, Tomas Tranströmer, available in this comprehensive edition. Views: 30
FIRST IN A NEW SERIESRenaissance Florence comes to passionate life in a vivid new historical romance series by “legendary” New York Times* bestselling author Bertrice Small. Florentine silk merchant Giovanni Pietro d’Angelo and his wife want nothing more than to marry their daughters to wealthy men of distinction. But when their son’s dangerous indiscretion implicates him in a tragic accident, it is their eldest daughter who must pay the price. Blackmailed by the powerful and debauched Sebastiano Rovere, the Pietro d’Angelos must give beautiful Bianca in marriage to Rovere to buy his silence. With the aid of her mother, Bianca flees her dark, cruel union, seeking shelter in a seaside villa. It is the shocking murder of her husband that allows her to find the possibility of love at last. But Florentine society would never approve of the man she’s chosen: Prince Amir, grandson of Memhet the Conqueror. Two passionate lovers... two different cultures... two worlds determined to keep them apart... Views: 30
The Triad is the only force that can defeat Dominica. With the fate of all pureblood shape-shifters hanging in the balance, Khaelen, and Dharean must find a way to rise above their jealously and join Allantra to fight the evil that threatens to tear their world apart. Passion burns within the pages of Book 3 of Toni Meilleur's Bloodlines series.The Apocalypse has begun. The maniacally evil Dominica has become corporeal and her threats are being horribly realized. Armed with a wealth of knowledge of the dark arts, Dominica will use every supernatural means at her disposal to kill any pureblood shape-shifter in existence. There is no one powerful enough to stop her. Not even the prophesied Triumvirate.The destined Triad, Allantra, Khaelen, and Dharean, must bond and work as a single powerful unit to stop Dominica. But amid this war, both love and jealousy bloom. Can the Triumvirate come together in time to save the pureblood shifters? Or will the rivalry of the two alpha... Views: 30
