MOLLYI’m not the sort of girl who goes gaga for a pro baller with a banging body. As the daughter of Martin O’Neil, head coach for the Vipers, I’ve been around these guys my whole life. It’s no big deal to me.Yet I find myself swooning over sexy tight end Eric Wenzel. And who could blame me? As the youngest, hottest player in the starting lineup, his star is on the rise. And did I mention that his sex appeal is off the charts?When I run into Eric at a club one night, he has no idea who I am. Talk about the opportunity of a lifetime…One night. One hot, steamy night with the guy I’ve been crushing on for years.What could possibly go wrong?ERICMolly O’Neil? As far as I know, the coach’s kid is a tortured emo type, a rebel without a cause who grew up in the lap of luxury. This Margaret chick, on the other hand, is a cool, sophisticated scholar with a stunning body and a beautiful face. Margaret and I have one incredible night together, and I can’t stop thinking about her, even knowing that I’ll probably never see her again.But as it turns out, I do see her again.And I learn that Margaret the sexpot is actually Molly O’Neil, the coach’s daughter. And just when I’m freaking out about that, I find out she’s pregnant. With my kid.What have I gotten myself into? Views: 21
Five years ago the bear shifters were attacked. The alpha was the first to die, but his murder was followed by carefully planned attacks focused on one thing: find and kill the female shifters.
Sidia Blackstone is running for her life. Someone has discovered the existence of the remaining female bear shifters and is determined to hunt them down. One of the elders is dead and her twin is missing. Her guardian, Nicholas, sends her to find safety among the Holloway brothers. Her best chance at survival is to find them and if her bear is willing, claim one of the last remaining grizzlies as her mate.
Koby Holloway is one furious grizzly. They’ve just discovered there are surviving female bears hidden among them. Though he swore the one who came to them belonged to him, she chose another as her mate. He doesn’t understand the pull he feels until he learns she has a twin who also survived. Now, nothing will stop him from finding her.
He’d protect her, see to all her needs, and keep her right by his side. From the moment he found her, she was claimed by the grizzly. Views: 21
Francisco D'Sai is a firstborn son of a firstborn son—all the way back to the beginning of a long line of proud Konkans, the Jews of India," who abandoned their Hindu traditions, knelt before Vasco da Gama's sword and Saint Francis Xavier's cross, and became Catholics.In Chicago circa 1973, Francisco's Konkan father, Lawrence, does his best to assimilate into American culture, drinking a lot and speaking little. But Francisco's American, Peace Corps–veteran mother,Denise, and his uncle Sam (aka Samuel Erasmus D'Sai) are passionate raconteurs set on preserving the family's Konkan heritage. Friends, allies, and eventually lovers, Sam and Denise feed Francisco's imagination with proud visions of India and Konkan history.Like his acclaimed debutWhiteman and like the works of Monica Ali or Jhumpa Lahiri,Tony D'Souza's The Konkans is an absorbing portrait of assimilation filled with romance, comedy,masterly storytelling, and the truth of family life in any country. Views: 21
Assimilation is founded on surrender. You can be killed, exiled, ostracized, imprisoned, or gagged against your will, but to be assimilated, first you must be broken. And despite the relentless canon of monomyths meant to assuage us, we’re all broken. That’s the main thing human society is for: to make you say “no más.” And then “whatever you say.” But sometimes you unsurrender. Sometimes you’re a concert pianist who defies death by uploading your soul into your piano. Sometimes you draw your mother’s ghost out of the bullet hole in the wall where she was executed. Look, it’s your fault that a horn started growing out of the center of your forehead, but maybe you can still make things right. And when you can’t--when you’re too weak to end the affair, too much in love to be moral--well, there are always other timelimes, where you can ask all those better versions of yourself to help you do the right thing. Of course, they’re all just as flawed and horny as you are.
Poignant by way of funny, philosophical by way of grotesque, Hernandez’s stories are hardly a guide to anything, unless you’re a panda-breeder looking for tips or a border patroller trying to figure out how to process undocumented visitors from another galaxy. Instead, they’re ebos, using hair and blood and spit and rum to push back against assimilation. Each story is a prayer for self-sovereignty. Views: 21
After decades of strife, peace has finally been achieved in Kavet—but at a dark cost. Sorcery is outlawed, and anyone convicted of consorting with the beings of the other realms—the Abyssi and the Numini—is put to death. The only people who can even discuss such topics legally are the scholars of the Order of the Napthol, who give counsel when questions regarding the supernatural planes arise.Hansa Viridian, a captain in the elite guard unit tasked with protecting Kavet from sorcery, has always led a respectable life. But when he is implicated in a sorcerer's crimes, the only way to avoid execution is to turn to the Abyss for help—specifically, to a half-Abyssi man he's sworn he hates, but whose physical attraction he cannot deny. Hansa is only the first victim in a plot that eventually drags him, a sorcerer named Xaz, and a Sister of the Napthol named Cadmia into the depths of the Abyss, where their only hope of escape is to complete an... Views: 21
It was a big lie. The biggest lie she'd ever told. It reverberated through her head as she said it, ringing eerily, and the girl behind her eyes—the girl who knew the truth—screamed, and her scream echoed along with the lie."Are you in love with Noah, Mercedes?" Cora asked. "I mean . . . I know you love him. You've been friends forever. We all have. But are you in love with him?"If it had been anyone else—anyone—Mercedes would have stuck out her chest, folded her skinny arms, and let her feelings be known. She would have claimed him. But it was Cora. Brave, beautiful, broken Cora, and Cora loved Noah too.So Mercedes lied.And with that lie, she lost him. With that lie, she sealed her fate.She was the best friend, the bridesmaid, the godmother, the glue. She was there for the good times and the bad, the ups and downs, the biggest moments and the smallest parts. And she was there when it all came crashing down.This is the... Views: 21
