Named a 2019 Writer to Watch by the Los Angeles Times, Richard Chiem has written a new novel that is equal parts sledgehammer and sweet song. King of Joy is a neon, pulsing portrait of grief, and an electrifying story of one woman's survival against all odds. "This novel is transfixing. . . I love Chiem's writing." ―Melissa Broder, author of The Pisces Corvus has always had an overactive imagination. Growing up, she develops a unique coping mechanism: she can imagine herself out of any situation, no matter how terrible. To get through each day, Corvus escapes into scenes from fantasy novels, pop songs, and action/adventure movies, and survives by turning the everyday into just another role to play in the movie of her life. After a tragic loss, Corvus finds a sadness so great she cannot imagine it away. Instead, she finds Tim, a pornographer with unconventional methods, who offers her a new way to escape into movies. But when a... Views: 481
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Art professor Anita Delgado spends eleven months of the year working. July is her month to cut loose, paint, and pick a guy to make the summer memorable. But this year she isn't in a tropical location with an exotic man like she'd planned. She's stuck in small-town USA dealing with a lake house she doesn't want, inherited from a grandmother she never knew. A summer fling might be the only thing to get her through the next few weeks.Salvage specialist Noah Colburn is running for mayor. If he doesn't, an absolute idiot is going to ruin his beloved town. So he's stepping up. It's what he does—with his teenage daughters, with the family business, and now with Lakeside. But when the newest resident of the town asks him to renovate her grandmother's house—and have a four-week fling —he's tempted. Tempted to step out of the mold and take just one thing for himself. But the gossip mill in the town is notorious. Anita's learning it's hard to have a fling... Views: 481
"LOVE LIKE THIS creates a world of emotions and turmoil, describing superbly the mind of a young lady (Keira) and her struggles to balance her social life and her career. Sophie Love is a natural storyteller. LOVE LIKE THIS is very well written and edited, and I highly recommend it to the permanent library of all readers that appreciate a romance that can be savored during a weekend." —Books and Movie Reviews (Roberto Mattos) LOVE LIKE THEIRS (The Romance Chronicles—Book #4) is book #4 in a new, sweet romance series by #1 bestselling author Sophie Love. The series begins with LOVE LIKE THIS (Book #1), a free download! Keira Swanson, 28, has sworn off of love. With her heart still hurting from her breakups with Cristiano and Shane, she will not allow her magazine to use her for another love experiment. Which is fine by them, because they want to send her off on a different kind of trip: to prove that someone suffering from a breakup can... Views: 481
Farrel Ivins may be standing on the gallows with his neck in a noose, but he's not worried. He's taken a drug that makes it impossible to contemplate his future, and besides, he hasn't given his "final" speech yet. He knows that when the governor hears about the odd goings-on in Oxford Circus, Lake City, Chicago, and Chinatown Crescent, where the tong of the Lean Grey Rats rules, Farrel is bound to be saved. So begins the most Oriental of Harry Stephen Keeler's webwork mysteries. Views: 481
Fan the flames of desire . . . Smokejumper Dak Parrish has come home to Oregon to fight fires—and to mend fences with his family. He left the Warm Springs Tribal Reservation after feuding with his father. Now, with tribal lands threatened by an arsonist, Dak gets a chance to make amends by acting as a liaison between the reservation and the forest service criminal investigator—a woman who sparks a surprising and hungry flame in him. After a trauma on the east coast, Heidi Sinclair left DC to start fresh as a criminal investigator in Oregon. But her first serious investigation provides one stubborn obstacle after another—including an arrogant firefighter she suspects knows more than he's saying. Though she tries to battle her attraction to Dak, it's too late. As they track down the arsonist, someone will do whatever it takes to keep old secrets buried, even if it turns everything Heidi and Dak have fought for to ashes... Views: 481
A short fantasy romance.Witty Rykert the Bold and serious Felicity the Valiant know they are meant to be together. However, there is concern that the marriage of two Aasguard warriors could unleash dreadful creatures from unknown realms. Felicity's warrior instincts are also urging them to use caution. Until they determine whether they risk opening a nasty portal and why her clamoring senses are shrieking, neither would dare join their lives together. In addition to these vexing issues, their dragon companions are making eyes at each other... To better get to know one another, Rykert and Felicity seek out the treasures of those who have passed and discover a treasure they never dreamed of finding.This is a standalone story that is part of a larger series. They are more enjoyable if read in order but can be read in the sequence you prefer. Views: 481
Wells Fargo's top operative, Clay Nash, was hot on the trail of an outlaw gang who had stolen a fortune in golden coins. But just as the net was closing, he was recalled to Denver to hear some bad news. His boss, Jim Hume, had been badly shot by a mysterious stagecoach robber, and wasn't expected to live. Clay and Jim went back a long way together, and he swore there and then that Jim's attacker was going to pay for what he'd done.But first he had to find him.The trail led him all the way to the Big Muddy, and an audacious plan to launder that fortune in golden coins aboard the sternwheelers that plied the river.Before Clay could act, however, he found himself shackled and thrown into a dank, dark hold ... filled with rats determined to chew the flesh right off his bones! Views: 481
