The road to romance can be filled with second thoughts and second guesses, and in Essence® bestselling author Grace Octavia's captivating new novel, one woman can't quite make peace with her choices. . .Atlanta celebrity wedding planner Rachel Winslo Views: 21
Cassidy Barnett is not your average twelve- (almost thirteen!-) year -old. While most other girls her age are worries about school and clothes and boys, Cass has spent most of her life traveling the world with her travel TV-show-host parents. She gets to visit fabulous places and loves connecting with people via her popular blog.But when the producers of the show decide that they want to feature Cass on camera, all of that starts to change. Now she's got to think about what she says, how she looks, and what the world is saying about her. Because like it or not, it's LIGHTS, CAMERA, CASSIDY! G'day, mates! In this fourth episode, Cassidy and the crew of When in Rome get a hearty dose of Australian hospitality when they head to Melbourne to film. But while Cass is starting to get used to her celebrity status, she's not sure she likes it when she realizes that most of the fans seem more interested in Logan than in her. At the same time, there seem to be a lot... Views: 21
From “a genuine American Dostoevsky” (The Washington Post): a dazzling, funny, bittersweet exploration of the mysteries of relationship, both human and animal.When his favorite cat Biscuit goes missing, Peter Trachtenberg sets out to find her. The journey takes him 700 miles and many years into his past-- into the history of his relationships with cats and the history of his relationship with his wife F., who may herself be on the verge of disappearing. What ensues is a work that recalls travel narratives from The Incredible Journey to W. G. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn. Trachtenberg ponders the mysteries of feline intelligence (why do cats score worse on some tests than pigeons?), the origins of their domestication, their terrible treatment during the Middle Ages. He also looks at the riddle of why any of us loves whom we love and all the unforeseen places to which that devotion leads us. Views: 21
Josie's back and she's getting married! If she can get out of her own way, that is. Views: 21
Marriage had been the last thing on Jillian's mind when she discovered she was pregnant two months after a moment's indiscretion with a one-night stand. In fact, she hadn't even told Austin Bellaford that he was the father. Jillian had learned the hard way that the only person she could ever count on was herself. So she was caught completely by surprise when he showed up on her doorstep with a proposal. It was more of a business arrangement than a proclamation of love. Austin's very controlling mother had promised to cut him out of his inheritance if he didn't "do the right thing". So if Jillian would agree to marry him, and pretend to be his wife for a year or two, he would see that she was well compensated. She quickly learned that even if it was all just pretend, she really did have to promise to obey him, or else! What neither of them knew, was that Jillian's new mother-in-law had a plan of her own, and it didn't include allowing the baby's mother to have any part in her life! Views: 21
Previously published by Kensington Precious GemsHope Glidewell left the bright lights of Dallas to come home to the small, west Texas town where she grew up... and to come back to the only man she ever wanted. Jeff Riggs was her high school sweetheart. He'd given her her first kiss and promised to love her for all eternity.Jeff has never forgotten the tender passion they once shared - or their ngihts together under the infinite stars. The secret that separated them put an end to their long-ago dreams and he's older and wiser now. But Jeff has a strong feeling that Hope is the only woman for him, now and forever. Views: 21
"The literature of Juan Villoro...is opening up the path of the new Spanish novel of the millennium." Roberto BolanoA brilliant, prize-winning collection of stories by Mexico's most important living writer. From the semiotics of pet iguanas to the disillusionment of mariachi singers, Villoro reveals the deep dissatisfactions and absurdities of life in Mexico and its carnivalesque capital. We encounter a border trucker making a movie about illegal migrants, a cuckolded football superstar, and a gluten-free American journalist seeking the authentic Mexican experience. A master of the post-modern narrative, Villoro gives us contemporary Mexico through a complex interplay of culture and character psychology in the most surprising, fresh and humorous ways. Views: 21
