From an exciting new voice in literary fiction, a transfixing story about an expatriate in southern China and his burgeoning relationship with a seamstress intent on inspiring dramatic political change Alex Cohen, a twenty-six-year-old Jewish Bostonian, is living in southern China, where his father runs their family-owned shoe factory. Alex reluctantly assumes the helm of the company, but as he explores the plant's vast floors and assembly lines, he comes to a grim realization: employees are exploited, regulatory systems are corrupt and Alex's own father is engaging in bribes to protect the bottom line. When Alex meets a seamstress named Ivy, his sympathies begin to shift. She is an embedded organizer of a pro-democratic Chinese party, secretly sowing dissonance among her fellow laborers. Will Alex remain loyal to his father and his heritage? Or will the sparks of revolution ignite? Deftly plotted and vibrantly drawn, The Emperor of Shoes is a... Views: 28
After graduating college, Aiden Montgomery isn't sure what he's going to do with his life, other than marry the woman his parents told him he had to. Then, his friend offers to get him a job working for his father.It's a dream job, dream hours, and decent pay. Yes, his friend's only offering to help because he's gay and has a thing for Aiden, but Aiden's straight. So turning him down shouldn't be an issue. That is, until Aiden meets his new boss, Griffin Hart.Griffin is everything Aiden secretly fantasizes about. Secret, because no one can know he longs to submit to a man who can take control, who can take Aiden across a threshold he so desperately wants to crawl across on hands and knees.Aiden soon finds out Griffin is exactly the kind of man who can take him from straight to gay, push his boundaries and buttons in a way he never dreamed possible. But Aiden's boundaries are there for a reason. He's engaged to a woman his strict, abusive family picked out for him. And his boss's son isn't too happy about Aiden falling for another man, even if that man is his father.When their relationship is revealed, everything they've worked for threatened, Aiden will have to decide if he'll succumb to the pressure from his family and deny who he's always been, or if he'll be the man he's been trained to be.Trained By My Boss is a M/M BDSM straight to gay first time erotic romance intended for an adult audience. Views: 28
We blurred the line between professional and personal.. triple-fold.
My son is number one.
My business is number two.
And number three – non-existent.
I don’t have time for anything else.
Love – not for me.
Sex – absolutely.
Relationships – hell no.
I had a wife.
She died.
HEA over.
I was content with that fate…
Until my best friend’s daughter.
Little Danielle was all grown up, and when she needed a job...
Well, I just happened to need a new secretary.
I couldn’t help being bad.
I had to have her.
Her beauty.
Her curves.
Her doe-green eyes.
Her innocence.
She was a forbidden temptation.
But I became the snake anyway, enjoying every damn second…
Until she got pregnant.
I told myself another marriage and kid were off the table.
Yet I was so drawn to Danielle.
Now, we’re at a crossroads.
One path is paved with obstacles;
The other offers me freedom.
Time to choose…
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The Scent of Forever, A Romance Book by Julie Doherty Views: 28
Dolls can't move by themselves. . . . Or can they? Special anniversary edition of the hair-raising mystery that's kept readers up at night for thirty-five years. Foreword by Goosebumps creator R.L. STINE and new embossed, glow-in-the-dark jacket.Amy is terrified. She hears scratching and scurrying noises coming from the dollhouse in the attic, and the dolls she was playing with are not where she left them. Dolls can't move by themselves, she tells herself. But every night when Amy goes up to check on the dollhouse, it's filled with an eerie light and the dolls have moved again! Are the dolls trying to tell her something? Could this all be connected to the murders of her great-grandparents? Sinister secrets unravel as Amy gets closer to revealing the mystery of the dolls in this haunting novel that combines complicated family relationships with a bone-chilling mystery. Even readers who love scary stories will want to keep the lights on after... Views: 28
