Stunning modern new cover reissue of one of Penelope Fitzgerald's best-loved novels Innocence is set in the 1950s, when Italy was picking up the pieces after the war. Chiara Ridolfi is the guileless daughter of a decrepit Italian family. Barney is her practical English girlfriend, who can sum up a man, she says, in one firm hand-grip. Salvatore is a penniless doctor from the south, who thinks he is proof against politics, social conscience and tenderness. Chiara's cousin, Cesare, says very little, which gives him time to think... Views: 29
AN INNOCENT WOMAN...
Twenty-five year old Sandra Hawthorne once had a life that many would envy. Smart, beautiful, and engaged to an accomplished young professional, she seemed to have anything she desired at her fingertips.
Nobody suspects the emotional turmoil she lives with under the surface. Stalked by demons from her past, Sandra abandons everything on the cusp of her wedding and seeks refuge in a small town far away. But no matter where she hides, she cannot escape from the nightmares that torment her existence.
...AND A DANGEROUS MAN...
Having made his fortune supplying high-end drugs to the most affluent clientele, thirty-three year old Brandon Galliani now seeks to reform himself and reestablish ties with his long-estranged family. But when one final business trip beckons him to a small Washington seacoast community, the last thing he expects to find is a secretive, enigmatic woman who captures his heart, enraptures his soul, and changes his life forever.
...BROUGHT TOGETHER BY FATE.
For two years, Sandra has kept to herself while desperately hunting for relief from her nightmares. Everything changes when she crosses paths with a mysterious, dazzling stranger one crisp spring morning. Sandra knows she cannot afford to let down her guard around him. Yet the man quickly becomes hell-bent on breaking through the walls of her self-imposed prison. Sandra resists, but soon discovers that what her mind thinks it wants and what her heart knows it needs are two very different things.
Your to Savor is the riveting, erotic tale of two opposites colliding in a fiery clash of passion, lust, and love. Each holds secrets from the other. The truth will strain all the flawed underpinnings of their relationship. In the end, will Sandra and Brandon’s budding love be enough to overcome the most despairing odds? Views: 29
A young food photographer's appetites are further explored as her love affair with a handsome billionaire gourmand deepens. Book 2 in Sorcha Grace’s The Epicurean series. Views: 29
Ecstasy, Colorado, a town full of beauty and secrets...Jane Silver has a past that rivals horror stories, but she prevails, because with the Holden twins by her side she knows she can get through anything. The only problem is she loves not one brother, but both.Two brothers in love with the same woman...William and Rys Holden, twins, have been in love with Jane since they were young. But the brothers know she deserves so much more than what they can give her. With one brother reserved and the other the town playboy, a platonic relationship is the safest for all of them. But soon the three are involved in a love triangle with no intent on stopping. When a scandal threatens their newfound relationship, the brothers will do anything to make sure nothing stands in the way of claiming Jane Silver as theirs.Be Warned: menage sex (MFM), anal sex, light bondage, public exhibition Views: 29
Beautiful. Secretive. Magical. You envy their freedom, but you are distrustful of their ways. A strange carnival has come to Corydon, Indiana and the Irish Travellers have captured the small town's attention--but it's Harmony who's attracted theirs. Harmony sees the Travellers everywhere and just like everyone else in town she's curious. But once she meets the mysterious and captivating Kieran, Harmony's life takes an exciting and chilling turn. Up until now, Harmony never believed that fairy tales or myths were real, but Kieran and his family belong to an ancient tribe called the Tuatha de Danann and someone else has discovered their secret. An ancient battle is about to begin again, and now no one is safe, especially Harmony. Can Kieran resist the urge to be with her or will his feelings put her in the crossfire?HarmonyHarmony's life will never be the same...Each and every day was just as normal, and just as boring, as the one before it...And then the Carnival of Wonders comes to town. Suddenly, her small town world is overtaken by the handsome magician Kieran and his Irish Traveller family. She discovers that not all fairy tales are pretend.KieranKieran has waited an eternity for a love like this...Life on the road is never easy, but keeping a secret is even harder. He can't deny how he feels, but he can't turn away from who and what he is. As an old enemy closes in, Kieran's feelings for Harmony put her in the very center of a battle between man and magic. Can he protect her long enough to make her his? Views: 29
Love stories, with a twist: the eagerly awaited follow-up to the great Russian writer’s New York Times bestselling scary fairy tales By turns sly and sweet, burlesque and heartbreaking, these realist fables of women looking for love are the stories that Ludmilla Petrushevskaya—who has been compared to Chekhov, Tolstoy, Beckett, Poe, Angela Carter, and even Stephen King—is best known for in Russia. Here are attempts at human connection, both depraved and sublime, by people across the life span: one-night stands in communal apartments, poignantly awkward couplings, office trysts, schoolgirl crushes, elopements, tentative courtships, and rampant infidelity, shot through with lurid violence, romantic illusion, and surprising tenderness. With the satirical eye of Cindy Sherman, Petrushevskaya blends macabre spectacle with transformative moments of grace and shows just why she is Russia’s preeminent contemporary fiction writer. About the Authors Ludmilla Petrushevskaya has published stories in the New Yorker , Harper’s Magazine , and n + 1 . Born in 1938, she is one of Russia's most celebrated contemporary authors. She lives in Moscow. Anna Summers is the coeditor and co-translator of Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby and the literary editor of the Baffler . Born in Moscow, she now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Views: 29
HE'LL KEEP HER SAFE - AT ANY COST ... Protecting the royal family is Linus Murati's job. So when the queen's younger sister is attacked, the devoted Lydian royal guardsman goes into action and saves her life. But this was no random occurrence. Danger has followed Julia Miller across the Atlantic from Seattle. Now Linus has two missions: to keep the maddeningly independent future duchess in his sights at all times, and to catch the culprit who threatens the woman whose trust - and love - he desires above all others. Views: 29
