After ten years in, Alexis Marshall thinks her marriage is over. Maybe it doesn't matter that she still loves her husband, still dreams of him, still aches for him...maybe it doesn't matter that her entire body longs for him...But before she walks away, she's going to try one more time to see if there is anything left. She's pulling out all the stops. Sexy surprises, sweet seductions, provocative promises. Anything to remind him - and herself - of what they had together before an unexpected heartbreak tore them apart.She's not ready to let go of her marriage. And she's out to seduce her husband and make him realize that some things are worth fighting for. Views: 15
The third volume in the new interconnected trilogy that reveals the origins of "The Lovecraft Squad"—a super-secret worldwide organization dedicated to battling the eldritch monstrosities given form in H. P. Lovecraft's fevered imagination.In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.The Armies of the Night are rising. Such clandestine cults as the Olde Fellowes and the Esoteric Order of Dagon, who worship a group of ancient deities called the Great Old Ones, are harnessing occult powers to open the doorways to the Dreamscape and other dimensions beyond space and time. Now something big is coming—something that is already sowing the seeds of madness and chaos into the psyche of the world—and only the agents of the Human Protection League stand between this rising tide of evil and the enslavement and eventual destruction of the human race itself . . . Set against such historic events as the assassination of President John... Views: 15
Welcome to Daniel Boone Middle School in the 1970s, where teachers and coaches must hide who they are, and girls who like girls are forced to question their own choices. Presented in the voice of a premier storyteller, One True Way sheds exquisite light on what it means to be different, while at the same time being wholly true to oneself. Through the lives and influences of two girls, readers come to see that love is love is love. Set against the backdrop of history and politics that surrounded gay rights in the 1970s South, this novel is a thoughtful, eye-opening look at tolerance, acceptance, and change, and will widen the hearts of all readers. Views: 14
It looks like Eoin Madden's busiest term ever! He's Castlerock College's star player and he's been called up for Ireland in the Under 16 Four Nations — how will he juggle sport and school work? But his biggest challenge of all goes way beyond his own concerns and right to the heart of Irish rugby. When his oldest and best ghostly friend calls for help, can Eoin and his band of heroes their deadliest mystery yet? Take a dive into history –with some help from rugby legends of the past! Views: 14
With the quiet precision of Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres and the technical clarity of Mary Roach's Stiff, this is a novel about a young woman who comes most alive while working in her father's mortuary in a small, forgotten Midwestern town."The dead come to me vulnerable, sharing their stories and secrets . . . "Mary Crampton has spent all of her thirty years in Petroleum, a small Midwestern town once supported by a powerful grain company. Living at home, she works as the embalmer in her father's mortuary: an unlikely job that has long marked her as an outsider. Yet, to Mary there is a satisfying art to positioning and styling each body to capture the essence of a subject's life.Though some townsfolk pretend that the community is thriving, the truth is that Petroleum is crumbling away—a process that began twenty years ago when an accident in the grain elevator killed a beloved high school athlete. The mill closed for good, the train no longer... Views: 14
