* Longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award in Poetry ** A Publishers Weekly Fall 2016 Top 10 Poetry Selection * * One of Brooklyn Magazine's 100 Books to Read in 2016 * "Blackacre" is a centuries-old legal fiction—a placeholder name for a hypothetical estate. Treacherously lush or alluringly bleak, these poems reframe their subjects as landscape, as legacy—a bereavement, an intimacy, a racial identity, a pubescence, a culpability, a diagnosis. With a surveyor's keenest tools, Youn marks the boundaries of the given, what we have been allotted: acreage that has been ruthlessly fenced, previously tenanted, ploughed and harvested, enriched and depleted. In the title sequence, the poet gleans a second crop from the field of Milton's great sonnet on his blindness: a lyric meditation on her barrenness, on her own desire—her own struggle—to conceive a child. What happens when the transformative imagination comes up against the... Views: 26
A woman in jail finds her future lies on another world, and her price to travel is a pardon.
In prison for common assault, Bryn is surprised to get a small alien visitor who offers her a life on a new world. She agrees on the condition that she gets a pardon.
On the way to her new home, there is an attack, and Bryn finds out what she is made of. It scares the hell out of her.
Surat knows that he is getting a warrior in the Lrrko Bride he is caring for. Until he is unable to help her, he has no idea that she is a born survivor. She returns to him damaged but alive.
Now, she needs to deal with the aftereffects of her actions. No pardon is forthcoming. Views: 26
Pleasure knows no bounds . . .Gwen Hamilton is always looking for a thrill. Not even running a secret BDSM club can fulfill her true desires. It's only when she's backstage at a rock concert and attracts the eye—-and experienced hands—-of guitarist Mal Kennealy that she finds that perfect combination of danger and excitement she's been craving. Calling herself "Excrucia," she revels in his uncompromising dominance each night. And yet by day, he knows her only as Gwen, his new escort for public appearances.Excrucia blows Mal's mind with her enthusiastic submission to his harshest commands. Even though he has a reputation for never seeing the same woman twice, he can't help being tempted by the woman willing to fulfill his every fantasy. And when Mal discovers that Gwen—-the sweet arm candy designed to soften his surly public image—-is really Excrucia, he never wants to let her go. Finally he can indulge his absolute power. But dancing... Views: 26
Forbidden fruit is always the sweetest.Kelsey Kyle will do whatever it takes to get into the management trainee program at the casino where she works. So when she’s given the opportunity to get a VIP customer’s endorsement for the program, she jumps at the challenge. All she needs to do is arrange a one-on-one fan experience with the woman’s favorite author, tall-dark-and-intense Micah Holmes. An entire week at a Vegas romance readers’ convention, surrounded by hundreds of people, is Micah Holmes’ idea of hell. But one look at Kelsey, his assigned hotel concierge, and the attraction is immediate. Maybe this week won’t be so bad after all...Anything beyond a “strictly professional” relationship will get Kelsey fired, but she needs to get close to Micah to get the super fan experience her client wants. Hot sex in her apartment pool begins a game of “undercover lover” that quickly escalates to something more. But when Micah discovers her secret agenda, all bets are off.** Views: 26
Tracie Peterson Delivers Bestselling Historical Fiction with Romance and AdventurePhoebe Von Bergen is excited to accompany her father when he travels from Germany to purchase sapphires in Montana. Little does she know that her father's plans—for the gemstones and his daughter—are not what they seem.Ian Harper, a lapidary working in Helena, finds the young woman staying at the Broadwater Hotel more than a little intriguing. Yet the more he gets to know her, the more he realizes that her family story is based on a lie—a lie she has no knowledge of. And Ian believes he knows the only path that will lead her to freedom. Meeting Ian has changed everything. Phoebe is determined to stay in America, regardless of her father's plans. But she may not be prepared for the unexpected danger as the deception begins to unravel. Views: 26
DISCLAIMER: May make you cry—a little. Keep tissues nearby. HEA included.
This a is a gut-wrenching tale of loving your best friend's sister.
Alexander Richmond didn't expect to spend spring break with the most beautiful female he'd ever seen when he planned to visit his buddy. She was more temptation than a week of bikini clad women on South Padre Island. There was just one major hiccup. She was only sixteen. By the end of the week, he made the decision to wait for her to grow up. Two very long years.
Calista (Cali) Delaney was shocked at her immediate reaction she had to her brother's best friend. The tall handsome Alex was too perfect. After the first week together, she fantasized what a life with him could be like.
In two years many things could happen and did, but will it stop Alex and Cali from being together?
Of Course not, but follow their love story through pain and tragedy and a whole lot of loving.
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From Summer Love...To Forever Family? In all her life, Izzy Lambert has told only one lie - fourteen years ago. Now that her teenage summer love is back in town she's on a mission to cover it up. But how do you hide a gangly fourteen-year-old boy? Years ago, when golden boy Nate Thayer left Thunder Ridge, he never looked back. Izzy was from the wrong side of the tracks and they weren't ready to be parents to their unborn baby. Adoption was the answer. Now Nate's back home, and seeing Izzy is like pouring gasoline on a fire that never died. But an even bigger surprise awaits him - finding out she wasn't the only one he left behind... Views: 26
College means football games, frat parties and stolen kisses for the pretty girls. But Libby has never had a boyfriend so she spends most of her time with her nose buried in her books, committed to get the high grades her parents expect. Josh, quarterback of the school’s football team, is every college girl’s dream boyfriend. But he’s taken by Libby’s beautiful and heartless roommate. When Libby and Josh become lab partners, Libby expects to have to do all the work. What she doesn’t expect is to have Josh awaken feelings in her that she’s never experienced. Will Libby dare to take a chance on the college bad boy? And could Josh really fall for an everyday girl? WARNING: This book contains mature themes and language and is intended for readers 18 years of age and older. It is a short story—a complete romance with NO cliffhanger. The publisher has included several bonus novellas and short stories from a variety of genres as a thank you for downloading this book Views: 26
