In this funny, brainy, thoroughly engaging debut collection, an award-winning writer looks at romance through the lens of scholarly theories to illuminate love in the information age.In ten captivating and tender stories, E. J. Levy takes readers through the surprisingly erotic terrain of the intellect, offering a smart and modern take on the age-old theme of love—whether between a man and woman, a man and a man, a woman and a woman, or a mother and a child—drawing readers into tales of passion, adultery, and heartbreak. A disheartened English professor's life changes when she goes rock climbing and falls for an outdoorsman. A gay oncologist attending his sister's second wedding ponders dark matter in the universe and the ties that bind us. Three psychiatric patients, each convinced that he is Christ, give rise to a love affair in a small Minnesota town. A Brooklyn woman is thrown out of an ashram for choosing earthly love over enlightenment... Views: 70
She wanted to find a way to increase the intelligence of humans to save the world. What she found was the secret to eternity that had come from the stars and a love that would save her. Keisha is a neurobiology researcher determined to discover the secret to intelligence to save humanity from itself. What she learns leads her to realize a bigger threat comes from beyond the stars. Yuri is a Russian vampire whose long-dead feelings respond to the scientist whose brain he admires but whose curves he cannot resist. His love must reach the places in her heart that she has ignored for so long and they must defeat the prophecy of the undead to find happiness sharing eternity. Views: 70
Old secrets, new truths…It is the aftermath of battle. Scattered and struggling to regroup, Colonel Sheppard’s team face their darkest days yet in the war against the Wraith Queen, Death.Continuing her perilous masquerade as Queen Steelflower, Teyla Emmagan’s friendship with Guide grows stronger. With his help she must journey into the Wraith’s distant past to uncover the shocking truth about their origin – and the key to Queen Death’s defeat.Meanwhile, Rodney McKay has a different battle to fight as he struggles to regain his humanity in the face of the atrocity the Wraith have committed against him.With his life hanging in the balance, will Rodney be forced to do the unthinkable in order to survive…? Views: 70
Tales of the
Citadel 11
Syrella was born to nobility and cursed by her
talent. The last thing she expected was to be called to power.
Syrella was a talent in
a noble family where talents were not normally accepted. Her parents decided
that learning how to control her skills would be better for her than being
shunned at home, so they sent her to the Citadel school at Thoola. Sy learned
everything she could, including the surprising side benefit to her talent and
shifted from student to instructor as the years passed.
Sy receives a call that
changes her life. She is the last inheritor of an ancient throne, and she must leave
the Citadel immediately.
Dorium is the bodyguard that
the Citadel assigns to her and he just happens to be the man that Sy has had a
crush on all her life.
Death threats, greedy
nobility and facing a deadly grandmother are all precursors to the one thing
she is looking forward to, the Vexar Day of the Dead.
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How long do you hold on to hope? Danica Greene has always hated flying, so it was almost laughable that the boy of her dreams was a pilot. She married him anyway and together, she and Etsell settled into a life where love really did seem to conquer all. Danica is firmly rooted on the ground in Blackhawk, the small town in northern Iowa where they grew up, and the wide slashes of sky that stretch endlessly across the prairie seem more than enough for Etsell. But when the opportunity to spend three weeks in Alaska helping a pilot friend presents itself, Etsell accepts and their idyllic world is turned upside down. It's his dream, he reveals, and Danica knows that she can't stand in the way. Ell is on his last flight before heading home when his plane mysteriously vanishes shortly after takeoff, leaving Danica in a free fall. Etsell is gone, but what exactly does gone mean? Is she a widow? An abandoned wife? Or will Etsell find his way home to her? Danica is... Views: 70
A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love—tormented, funny, and affecting—and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character of In One Person, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a “sexual suspect,” a phrase first used by John Irving in 1978 in his landmark novel of “terminal cases,” The World According to Garp. His most political novel since The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany , John Irving’s In One Person is a poignant tribute to Billy’s friends and lovers—a theatrical cast of characters who defy category and convention. Not least, In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself “worthwhile.” * * * FB2Library.Elements.CiteItem FB2Library.Elements.CiteItem Views: 70
Oredal Quadrant
Chronicles Book One
Quadrant
Chronicles—A menagerie of life’s unpredictable events. You never know what you
might find.
Life throws curve balls
into everyday events even in the Oredal Quadrant. How the Oredals deal with
those events, might decide an Oredals future.
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Twenty three year old, Raven St Clair was conducting her own dig in the mountainous lands of Wisconsin. What better way of working towards her degree in archeology than finding traces of the Mohican tribe that had migrated to the region hundreds of years ago. One night alone in the wilderness she saw a battle in the sky between two creatures that should not exist. Dragons. She rushed to the aid of the glorious creature only to find a completely nude and sexy man in its place. He said his name was Raul and his crooked smile endeared her to him. Raven found herself fighting for her life with a man who promised to show her a world where dragons roamed. His passionate kisses proved to her that this was no dream.Raul, the youngest of the Paladin Court was caught in a sneak attack when he was on patrol. Injured, he thought he’d met his end until a feisty ebony goddess came running out of the woods to help him. He felt the pull of attraction from the moment he set eyes on her. As he healed and they evaded his enemies he lost his heart to the human woman called Raven. The war with the Shen serpents was forever drawing closer. He vowed to her that she would be safe and Raul would do whatever it took to protect her. Like his brothers his honor would never let him break a promise, even if it meant his own demise. Views: 70
Arabella Bravo-Calabretti came to Elk Creek, Montana, with a secret to deliver and a job to do. Being a Bravo Royale, she was going to do it right. Before she handed her best friend's darling son, Ben, over to his unwitting father, they would all spend Christmas together. Only then could she be absolutely sure that rancher Preston McCade was ready to be a dad.Or...was that really the reason Belle was hanging around? She and Preston were practically from different planets, yet the attraction was undeniable. Before long, someone was utterly in love with a rancher--and Christmas in Montana was presenting one surprise after another. Views: 70
Includes reciples and tips to try at home!"Kids and cupcakes are the perfect recipe." —Sophie and Katherine, stars of TLC's DC CupcakesMeet Lexi Poole.To Lexi, a new school year means back to baking with her BFFs in the cupcake club. But the club president, Kylie, is mixing things up by inviting new members. And Lexi is in for a no-so-sweet surprise when she is cast in the school's production of Romeo and Juliet. If only she could be as confident onstage as she is in the kitchen. The icing on the cake: her secret crush is playing Romeo. Sounds like a recipe for trouble.Can the girls' friendship stand the heat, or will the cupcake club go up in smoke? Views: 70
The Lambright family's eldest daughter, Abby, runs her own sewing shop. There, she mends the town's clothes and their torn relationships. But the town maidel has sworn off any suitors of her own because of her unrequited love for James Graber, who is about to marry her younger sister, Zanna...On the wedding day, Zanna is nowhere to be found, breaking James' heart. Zanna has brought shame to her family, but there's more in store for them when they discover how far she has fallen. Long-buried secrets come to light, and they test the bonds of the Cedar Creek community. Abby is at the center of it all, trying to maintain everyone's happiness. But will she ever find her own?About the AuthorA Scorpio with a Leo Rising, Tate Hallaway is an amateur astrologer and practicing Witch. Tate has been a fan of vampire fiction since she first read Poppy Z. Brite in high school. Her first short fiction acceptance was to a vampire ‘zine called Nocturnal Ecstasy Vampire Coven. Tate lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota with three black cats. Views: 70
