New York's skyscrapers and hectic pace are a far cry from where Landon Gibson grew up, and the transition to New York University has been jarring. But he's getting the hang of things, found a job that pays (some of) the bills, enjoys school, and only occasionally runs into his ex, Dakota. You know, the one he chose NYU for...before she dumped him.
Luckily, his best friend, Tessa, shares a (terribly small) Brooklyn apartment with him. And given the ups and downs she's had with her own ex, she's a good listener when he finds himself in something of a love triangle—a love knot? Whatever it is, it's a mess. An exciting mess. Maybe an addicting mess, because beautiful girls.
Being young and finding your way in the world is hard. Landon's always been a positive person. But such a loud, demanding city so far away from home means you only get by with a little help from your friends. And a good pair of headphones.
Landon's going to be okay...but the journey sure will be fun to watch. Views: 717
In this novella from the world of Erin Hunter’s #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series, follow Ravenpaw on his final adventure.
Since Ravenpaw chose to leave his life as a warrior behind, he has lived for many happy moons on the farm near the Clans’ old forest territories. But now two kits in need will send him on one last journey—in search of a long-lost warrior Clan.
Warriors: Ravenpaw’s Farewell also includes a teaser to Warriors: A Vision of Shadows #1: The Apprentice’s Quest. Views: 717
In the follow-up to his National Translation Award-winning collection The Undiscovered Chekhov, translator and scholar Peter Constantine brings us more little-known work from the legendary author's early days as a magazine writer, pseudonymously turning out pieces for Russia's small middle class. These stories are fresh, yet mature, snapshots of the style with which Chekhov would come to be associated, both uproariously tragic and darkly comic, and lit from within by a deep fellow feeling for all of humanity. As his readers have come expect, Constantine has translated this work with a masterly command of both languages' subtleties, capturing the shadings and intricacies of Chekhov's writing that flash and recede like sunlight on an orchard, offering Chekhov's tough and amused perspectives on daily phenomena like love, aging, class, and work. With moments that seem to presage the most contemporary writing, Chekhov's Little Apples reveals one of the world's greatest writers as we have rarely seen him, an author both deeply of his times and far ahead of them. Views: 717
Pro bono lawyer Jenny Parker is the only true innocent in her family. The daughter of a New Orleans crime lord, she’s tried for years to make her own way, but family ties always manage to pull her back in line. When her youngest brother gets involved in human trafficking, Jenny wants to believe him innocent and tries to protect him, even though it means covering for his crimes.
Matthew Ryder knows Jenny is hiding something, and he couldn’t care less about her motives. As a member of the Committee, a covert anticrime agency, he’s dealt with the worst the world has to offer. To him, Jenny is just another criminal. But when she asks for help, things turn dangerous quickly, and though he can’t trust her, he can’t turn her away.
Now, Jenny and Ryder must head to South America to stop the trafficking ring. To find the truth, they’ll have to survive untamed jungles, hostile rebels, crushing betrayals, and—perhaps most dangerous—the fire of their undeniable attraction. Views: 717
"a warm place to self-destruct" is a collection of poems about suffering. The poems follow the narrator through rough times of being broke, sexual encounters, losing identity, losing family, and everything in between. The narrator is an asshole and smokes...a lot.I devoured the quite satisfying "warm place to self-destruct" in mere hours, and it is time well spent in the theatre of imagination. Weasel’s poems transport you into this hypnotic, darkly erotic, elegiac, fatalistic netherworld; an invitation to his private purgatory of fears and desires. Do yourself a favor and curl up with this passionate monster of a book. It will resonate with you long after you've turned the last page.—Brian Kehinde, author of Synchronicity In Violence.Weasel is like Charles Bukowski with a twist – he focuses on the sensuality of experience but also manages to reveal decadent natures of sexuality and the self. "a warm place to self-destruct" has an affinity for the cosmic and the devastating. It is the gateway between worlds through its meditative style of poetic exploration. This collection has its roots firmly planted in an environment which Weasel interprets as sensuous, raw and terrifying. It acts as a warning against the comfort of familiarity which can eventually push a man into the depths of despair. These poems read as a yearning for excitement and adventure and ponder the possibility of reaching beyond the boundaries we set ourselves, to overcome our inner lethargy to discover a more fulfilling existence.—Nathan Hassall, author of The Flesh and Mortar Prophecy Views: 717
Padrik is desperate to be rid of his nagging wife, and his growing fantasies of murder have become too much to bare.Padrik Myszka is sick of his wife. Sick of her insults, sick of her nagging, sick of her existence. The past ten years have felt like a waste and he's beyond ready to move on with his life. When he starts having dreams about killing her, he's more than a little concerned. But as he quickly discovers, they're the only things keeping him going. Views: 716
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has gone away unexpectedly and left her niece, Missy Piggle-Wiggle, in charge of the Upside-Down House and the beloved animals who live there: Lester the pig, Wag the dog, and Penelope the parrot, among others. Families in town soon realize that like her great-aunt, Missy Piggle-Wiggle has inventive cures for all sorts of childhood (mis)behavior: The Whatever Cure and the Just-a-Minute Cure, for instance. What is a stressed out parent to do? Why, call Missy Piggle-Wiggle, of course!
New York Times-bestselling author Ann Martin brings her signature warmth and comic genius to a new character. And artist Ben Hatke brings it all to life! Views: 716
"If I had been another woman, I might have been skeptical. But I wasn’t another woman. I was a woman ready to be swept away. I was a woman ready for her story to begin. As a writer, story was all that mattered. Rising action, dramatic complication, heroes and villains and dark plots. I believed I was the author of my life, that I controlled the narration."
From their first kiss, twenty-seven-year-old writer Danielle Trussoni is spellbound by a novelist from Bulgaria. The two share a love of jazz and books and travel, passions that intensify their whirlwind romance.
Eight years later, hopeful to renew their marriage, Danielle and her husband move to the south of France, to a picturesque medieval village in the Languedoc. It is here, in a haunted stone fortress built by the Knights Templar, that she comes to understand the dark, subterranean forces that have been following her all along.
While Danielle and her husband eventually part, Danielle's time in the fortress brings precious wisdom about life and love that she could not have learned otherwise. Ultimately, she finds the strength to overcome her illusions, and start again.
An incisive look at romantic love, The Fortress is one woman’s fight to understand the complexities of her own heart, told by one of the best writers of her generation. Views: 716
Rib was a young dragon unable to do anything when his sister was taken by a group of Huskhn men. Now, full-grown, he's determined to liberate her. But suddenly a plague strikes his beloved homeland and he sets out overseas with companions to save both man and dragon. As conflicts arise, Rib may have to choose between the hundreds of people who hardly know him and his very own sister.Gabriel considered the question for a couple minutes before answering. It was something he didn't like to think about. "The Echusian Desert Rangers audited over 45,000 Arreola plants last season. I can't see how there could be over 10,000 less this year.”Ferderand wasn't quick to respond either, he hadn't thought about the blow back on the Echusian Desert Rangers. "I hadn't consider that," he finally stated. The meaning was clear enough to both of them. Gabriel had been an Echusian Desert Ranger last season, and now he was responsible for a purchase that ended up falling short by 15,000 plants. To someone that didn't know him, it could look like a scam. He could be charged with capitalism, one of the few capital crimes in the Confederacy. Views: 716
Online gamers Jayden Banks and his best friend Parker Jameson had the perfect life in the San Francisco Bay Area until a malfunctioning tablet computer and a traced computer hack catapult them into an epic outer-space adventure.Most kids had called online gamer Jayden Banks the luckiest thirteen-year-old around before his curiosity tossed him into a real intergalactic war that might just destroy Earth, get his parents killed, and change his destiny forever.When Jayden, his best friend, Parker Jameson, and Parker’s sister Nora get taken away by a UFO, they must use their gamer-hacker skills and a powerful quantum computer tablet to stay alive.As the trio struggles to get back home to Earth, an alien commander and his army of shape-shifting Zepar aliens force them to fight in an intergalactic space war until a rag-tag group of alien teens, called the Spring Tide Masons, come to their rescue. Just when it seems like Jayden and his friends might be on their way back home, everything gets wicked complicated and life as they know it may change forever.Each novel in the middle-grade science fiction series follows the trio and the Spring Tide Masons through a space adventure, solving problems and exciting intergalactic mysteries while rescuing civilizations in trouble. Will Jayden and the Jameson twins and the Spring Tide Masons keep the universe safe or will they ultimately decide to hide on Earth playing online games, collecting virtual gold and flinging fat fowl?Game On has been judged and named a 2015 Benjamin Franklin Digital Award GOLD HONOREE! Views: 716
After her family's tragic encounter with deadly vampires, Ariel wants revenge. With her odd, hidden abilities she can protect her loved ones from future attack. Sneaking out, she travels to the enemy’s lair to kill the oldest vampire brother responsible. She must hurry, though. If her possessive half-brother, Kaid & his BFF, Bran--her secret ex--return home to find her gone, it will not be pretty.Discovered wandering alone in the heavily forested Highlands as a toddler, Ariel--with her inquisitive glowing eyes, supernatural healing abilities, wee fangs, bouncing pale curls and happy disposition--was discreetly adopted by the MacDonnel family and officially claimed as the illegitimate daughter of its powerful leader....WITH WEIRD ABILITIES. Since that first day in the forest when Ariel touched the leader’s young son, inadvertently healing the severe breathing ailments that had plagued him since birth, Ariel and Kaid have been inseparable companions. He is Ariel's fierce defender and she is constantly by his side.TWO OBSESSED WARRIORS... Now--years later--while on their family’s annual hunt, Ariel is being guarded well--as always--by her big, insanely protective half-brother and best friend, Kaid, the future leader of the MacDonnel’s....WHO BOTH LOVE HER. Unfortunately, Kaid's other best friend, Bran—Ariel’s secret ex-boyfriend--is intent on making her life a complete misery. As one of the most aggressive warriors in their clan, Bran has always been a touch antagonistic towards her in public in order to cover up for their long-term relationship. But ever since their break up it has gotten worse...much, much worse. You would think, from the bitter way he's been acting, that SHE was the one who had ended their relationship and not the other way around.WHEN VAMPIRES EMERGE FROM THE SHADOWS, LEAVING TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES, A SEED FOR REVENGE IS PLANTED DEEP WITHIN ARIEL'S HEART... Her personal problems quickly fade into the background when the MacDonnel's inadvertently anger the Fraser's--one of the most viscous families in all the Highlands, controlled by the oldest of three vampire brothers, a notoriously heartless leader....A SEED THAT IS WATERED BY THE BLOOD OF THE FALLEN AND NOURISHED BY HER OWN HELPLESS RAGE AND FEAR. Up to this point, Ariel's whole life has been filled with pretending…that she's not stronger, faster and more skilled than everyone she knows. But her desire to protect her family from any more Fraser attacks will soon have her flexing those rarely used abilities.INTENT ON RETRIBUTION, ARIEL HAS NO WORRIES ABOUT BECOMING ATTACHED TO THE MONSTROUS VAMPIRE FAMILY… Secretly leaving her home, Ariel travels to the impenetrable Fraser stronghold to ask for sanctuary using a false identity....OR THE THREE NOTORIOUS VAMPIRE BROTHERS WHO HELP LEAD IT. Ariel thought the territorial looks would end when she left her best friend and ex-boyfriend behind at home. But why does one vampire jealously guard her, while another vampire brother constantly stalks her with his magnificent gaze? The sparkle in those yellow eyes and amused twist of his lips seem to insinuate that he knows her better than she knows herself. And why does he smell so familiar?ARIEL IS BETTING THAT LORD FRASER HAS NEVER SEEN A MONSTER LIKE HER BEFORE... And once she eventually meets the oldest brother—who supposedly isn’t in residence when she arrives--Ariel intends to smile and flirt, biding her time until she has the perfect opportunity to murder the vampire leader who's been plaguing her family....BECAUSE THE LAST VAMPIRE ARIEL KILLED HAD NEVER SUSPECTED SUCH A SWEET FACE COULD BE SO DEADLY. But Ariel must be back to her MacDonnel home within a certain number of days, before Kaid and Bran return from their trip. Because Kaid's explosive fury at coming home to find HIS Ariel missing would be much scarier than any old vampire. Views: 716
Welcome to the magical town of Cottontail Pines, where animals talk, and there is always a friend around the corner. A huge kangaroo has come to town, but she may be too big for the small animals who live there. Will they be able to accommodate her before she makes a mess? Find out in this cute new story by T.K. Wade!Welcome to the magical town of Cottontail Pines, where animals talk, and there is always a friend around the corner. In this new story called “A Kanga-tastrophe,” the animals of Cottontail Pines come across a new very large visitor. A kangaroo named Ptooie has come to see the town that she had heard so many wonderful things about. However, she is so big, that she may be too big for the quaint little animals of the town. Can she pay a visit without stomping everything under her giant feet? Find out what happens in this cute new story by T.K. Wade! Views: 716
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Kami Garcia, a contemporary romance full of loss, love and redemption…
Seventeen year-old Frankie Devereux would do anything to forget the past. Haunted by the memory of her boyfriend’s death, she lives her life by one dangerous rule: nothing matters. At least, that’s what Frankie tells herself after a reckless mistake forces her to leave her privileged life in the Heights to move in with her dad—an undercover cop. She transfers to public school in the Downs, where fistfights in the halls don’t faze anyone and illegal street racing is more popular than football.
Marco Leone is the fastest street racer in the Downs. Tough, sexy, and hypnotic, he makes it impossible for Frankie to ignore him…and how he makes her feel. But the risks Marco takes for his family could have devastating consequences for them both. When Frankie discovers his secret, she has to make a choice. Will she let the pain of the past determine her future? Or will she risk what little she has left to follow her heart?
Your own heart will race with each page turn of this heart-stopping star-crossed love story.
An Imprint Book Views: 716
A tale of high fantasy, with guns, swords, magic, and anything that makes the heart beat faster. Follow the lives of individuals that live and breathe the romances of the past and excitements of the future, all of who live in the shadow of the Goddess, Axiatés, destined to create a second sun for the earth.“What happened to mi casa su casa?”“Drew, mi casa es su casa, but not to go and make it look like a tornado hit the place.”“You want me to leave?”He stops scratching about and glares at Peter-John.“No one is forcing you to stay. You’re free to leave if you wish.”He looks at him.Drew can’t read him.“Fine! I’ll pack my stuff and go.”“I wish you wouldn’t.”He shakes his head.Despondence the only face he could manage.“I don’t get you, Pete?”He walks closer to the kitchen, where Peter-John is sitting.“Everyone else has told me to take a hike. I only give you problems and still you… wish… I wouldn't.”“What’s not to get, Drew?”Serious expression on Peter-John’s face.“Why are you doing this?”He starts pacing.“You’re my friend.” Views: 715
It's been centuries since the Earth was struck by a comet known as Denizen. In the aftermath, an immortal named Merkinder has taken upon himself the task of teaching small groups of ragged children the arts of survival and civility in their new world. Willow LeBlanc is one of his apprentices - but as Merkinder is rapidly discovering, this wayward orphan may very well break his immortal heart.It's been centuries since the Earth was struck by a comet known as Denizen. In the aftermath, an immortal named Merkinder has taken upon himself the task of teaching small groups of ragged children the arts of survival and civility in their new world. Willow LeBlanc is one of his apprentices - but as Merkinder is rapidly discovering, this wayward orphan may very well break his immortal heart. Told is a poetic and literary voice, DANGEROUS PLAYTHINGS is a story that will haunt you for centuries to come.~If you enjoy this book, I hope you will check out my other works, both fiction and non-fiction. Thanks for looking. Views: 715
