LOVE, HONOR, SACRIFICE Eighteen-year old Ai has lived a quiet life in the mountains of southern Japan, until the feudal ruler of her region, Lord Nakaguchi, decides to build his opulent, new castle at the top of her mountain. Once Lord Nakaguchi meets Ai, he knows he must have her as his own - whether she likes it, or not. Ai has no intention of succumbing to Lord Nakaguchi’s advances. She is already deeply in love with Kaito, a samurai warrior she has known all her life, and who loves her in return. But, their love is an ill-fated impossibility, made even more difficult by Lord Nakaguchi’s persistent demands. Ai of the Mountain is a fairy retelling of the classic story, Beauty and the Beast, set in feudal Japan, and will resound with readers of young adult fiction who love paranormal fantasy, fairy tales, and a splash of romance!** Views: 21
The New Rakes are known for the hot, dirty electro music they play in basement gigs all over the city, but lead singer Kara has ambitions beyond underground success. Fuelled by her sexy performances and the love/hate relationship with her guitarist Tam, the band is poised on the brink of stardom. And when Mike Greene, the charismatic head of a record company, offers The New Rakes a deal, it seems all their hopes are about to be realised.But Kara and Mike have history -- and this time he wants more than a professional relationship. Kara is seduced by his glamorous promises and despite the attempts of his manipulative ex-girlfriend, she becomes Mike's lover.As she gets tangled in a web of sex, power and deceit, Kara learns the hard way what success really means. In the end, she may have to choose between the limelight and true love. Views: 21
Tormented by a past he can't forget, Mayor John Mack is about to face the toughest fight of his life. The tiny town of Oneida, still reeling from the Chairman's violent overthrow, stands in the crosshairs of the foreign armies threatening at any moment to push across the Mississippi river. With the country fragmented and on the brink of military collapse, John will need to dig deeper than ever in order to help defend his loved ones and the town he swore to protect. Views: 21
Longlisted for the 2014 Frank O'Connor AwardIn a linked collection that presents the secreted small tragedies of an Anglican congregation struggling to survive, All Saints delves into the life of Simon, the Reverend, and the lives of his parishioners: Miss Alice Vipond, a refined and elderly schoolteacher, incarcerated for a horrendous crime; a woman driven to extreme anxiety by borderline-abusive sex; Owen, The Shitblood Man," who, lost in the woods, loses himself in a fit of rage; a receptionist and her act of improbable generosity; a writer making peace with her divorce. Effortlessly written and candidly observed, All Saints is a moving collection of tremendous skill, whose intersecting stories illuminate the tenacity and vulnerability of modern-day believers.Praise for All Saints"Fictional places have been mostly secular of late: the home, the bar, the workplace. Standing at the centre of K.D. Miller's touching and... Views: 21
Australia, 1931. Twelve-year-old Dorrie wonders if the stories are true. Is there really a ghost boy roaming the cliffs? How else can she explain the strange happenings around the point? Dorrie is determined to discover the truth – even if it means confronting the unknown.The Ghost at the Point is a historical mystery from acclaimed Australian author Charlotte Calder. Set during the Great Depression, this book follows Dorrie and her friends as they encounter shipwrecks, villainy and treasure. This adventure story was long-listed for the 2012 Davitt Awards for crime writing and is perfect for junior fiction readers. Views: 21
Young journalist O’Mara Tanner ventures into the red light district, The City of Dark Pleasures, to report on a new sexual service that has been the subject of much gossip. But what she finds there only reminds her of all that has been lost in the dark days known as The Expiation. Tully, handsome, attentive, mysterious, is unlike any servant O’Mara has met in the Pleasures. And his extraordinary service is about to allow her to experience a level of intimacy she has only ever imagined. Views: 21
On a path of self-destruction
Life on the street has made Nicole Bowers what she is today; a prostitute. She hates what she has become, but wishing for a different life seems pointless to her. When her manager provides her with a strong-arm driver, she meets the only man to ever make her pointless dreams seem possible.
Sucker for a damsel in distress
Six-foot-four, Cole Porter is a tough, hard-hitting member of the Chrome Horsemen MC and has taken a job as a driver for high-dollar call girl, Nicole Bowers. As much as Cole loves his MC brothers, he has come to love his new assignment even more. But getting Nicole away from her pimp proves harder than even he imagined and Cole must decide if saving her is worth the risk of getting his MC involved in an underworld war.
The corruption of ownership
Gabriel Morelli has built an empire on the backs of countless women but Nicole Bowers has a special something that keeps the men coming back for more and he isn't willing to let her go without a fight. She is also the only woman Gabriel has ever even come close to loving, and there will be hell to pay for any man who tries to steal what belongs to him.
EXCERPT
It was a month later that she came to Cole's house with the intention of taking him to bed. After some seriously hot kissing and petting last week, she finally succumbed to him. She was concerned at first, but loved his beauty. Afterward, he brought her to several blissfully sweet climaxes by demonstrating some serious levels of unexpected skills.
She didn't climax with clients. She was too focused on them, too relaxed enough for a climax to rise. She faked pleasure all the time; it was basically her job and she was seriously good at it, not too much, not too little and occasionally shedding some emotional tears from her eyes, so that she could get caught trying to hide from her client. Her moaning was good, as well, which she practiced every day for over two months back when she first started.
Everything about her performances was pulled apart, examined ruthlessly, assessed for usefulness, then reassembled adding in new skills and seductions. She was, from top to bottom, a contrived lover. Techniques such as pompoir and kabazzah were sought after and learned. She studied fetishes and strove to understand the underlying attractions. She desired a bottom line understanding around what was so powerful inside their experience that they drove men to perform all sorts of strange behavior with their lovers.
Her days were comprised with such endeavors. The time spent on these researches always returned profitable directions and performances for the show. Despite all of this, she knew next to nothing about what she personally enjoyed or what got her off or how her body was aroused. This had been a concern with this relationship continuing to become closer and intimate. Last week, though, most of her concerns were washed away. Cole had her covered. She could just relax, and let him excite her. Views: 21
