The first English translation of a pioneering Russian writer: a hypnotically dark classic of love, deceit and wayward youth in ParisLeft to her own devices in Biarritz, fourteen-year-old Russian Liza meets an older English boy, Cromwell, on a beach. He thinks he has found a magical, romantic beauty and insists upon calling her Isolde; she is taken with his Buick and ability to pay for dinner and champagne. Disaffected and restless, Liza, her brother Nikolai and her boyfriend Andrei enjoy Cromwell's company in restaurants and jazz bars after he follows Liza back to Paris—until his mother stops giving him money. When the siblings' own mother abandons them to follow a lover to Nice, the group falls deeper into its haze of alcohol, and their darker drives begin to take over.First published in 1929, Isolde is a startlingly fresh, disturbing portrait of a lost generation of Russian exiles by Irina Odoevtseva, a major Russian writer who has never before... Views: 163
He'd never trust her! Years ago, Jake had fallen for Emily – hard! One look, and he knew that Emily was The One. He'd thought she felt the same way, but one morning, she was gone. Not just gone from his bed, but gone from her apartment and his life! Fast forward to now, and Jake is startled to see Emily, looking more beautiful than before, strolling into his office and offering to partner with him on a system that...it could change the world! Dare he trust her again? Could he believe her soft sighs of pleasure? Or should he keep his distance from her and keep his heart and mind safe? Emily walked into Jake's office and...he was more amazing than she'd remembered! Taller, more handsome and much more...everything! Emily might love him, but every day was a gift and she didn't know if she'd have many more. Her future was always uncertain. But she could take what he offered...and secretly love him with her whole heart and mind and soul! Views: 163
Enjoy this last of Kit Morgan's installments about the town Maisie Woodhouse loved her mother. She loved her kindness, her loving nature, her nurturing. Too bad all of it was gone. Grief-stricken and bitter, Sarah Woodhouse was making her daughter's life miserable. And things didn't look about to change.Jonathan Bridger was finally free! Free from the corral of complaint, pettiness and strife of his family. And now that he was, he returned to the only place he knew of to have a fresh start. And when Maisie Woodhouse caught his eye, he thought everything he wanted was now at his fingertips. But then he met her mother …Can two battered souls come together long enough to heal another, let alone find love? Find out in these sweet, clean and wholesome historical western romance! Views: 163
Two people fated to be together…Recently engaged to the Earl of Langdon, Lady Bethany is content with the knowledge that she's made a wonderful match for herself. Until a chance encounter with a handsome stranger makes her wish she was still unattached – a sentiment that grows even stronger when circumstance causes her to spend more time in this gentleman's company.And the duty that threatens to come between them…Charles Townsbridge is not prepared to learn that the mystery woman he met in the park, the very same woman he cannot get out of his head, is in fact his friend's fiancée. Determined to do the right thing, he tasks himself with quashing the attraction, only to discover that the heart cannot be so easily controlled. Views: 163
