In 1834, Anne Lister made history by celebrating and recording the first ever known marriage to another woman. Now the basis for the HBO series Gentleman Jack, this is her remarkable, true story. Anne Lister was extraordinary. Fearless, charismatic and determined to explore her lesbian sexuality, she forged her own path in a society that had no language to define her. She was a landowner, an industrialist and a prolific diarist, whose output has secured her legacy as one of the most fascinating figures of the 19th century. Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister follows Anne from her crumbling ancestral home in Yorkshire to the glittering courts of Denmark as she resolves to put past heartbreak behind her and find herself a wife. This book introduces the real Gentleman Jack, featuring unpublished journal extracts decrypted for the first time by series creator Sally Wainwright and writer Anne Choma. Views: 70
From TE Carter, All We Could Have Been is a powerful and heartbreaking look at the assumptions we make about people and how one person's actions can affect everyone around them. Five years ago, Lexie witnessed something that shattered her very core. To cope, she moves from town to town, desperate to hide the darkest of family secrets. In every location, she assumes a new name and flies under the radar as long as she can before anyone figures out who she is—who she's related to. Lexie now lives with her aunt, has minimal interaction with her parents, and has no communication with her brother. But the pain is always there.After starting her newest school, all she wants is to just live life. But how can she when the past keeps threatening to drag her back? Views: 70
The second book in a hilarious illustrated middle-grade POB series for reluctant readers starring a vampire girl, Amelia Fang. Welcome to the world of Nocturnia, where darkness reigns supreme, glitter is terrifying, and unicorns are the stuff of nightmares!Amelia Fang and her friends love their dark and gloomy world of Nocturnia. But when Tangine's mom, Queen Fairyweather, goes missing, they must brave the journey to the terrifying Kingdom of the Light.With fairies and angel-kittens lurking around every corner, who can they trust? And will they finally uncover the real villain keeping the kingdoms of Light and Dark mortal enemies? Views: 70
On the Naughty ListContains 9 Naughty Tales to Heat up your HolidaysThe Bargain (formerly published as Charlie's Bargain)*exclusive to this box set*Kidnapped for ChristmasCougar ChristmasSeason's SpankingsAnyone U WantMadeline's MatesCrimson DebtClaimedAbductedThe Bargain—***(Formerly Charlie's Bargain. Exclusive re-release—only available in On the Naughty List)***When Charlie is forced to make a deal with the elusive Lynx in order to cover her little brother's gambling debts, she gets much more than she Bargained for...Kidnapped for Christmas—a case of Mistaken Identity leads to one Hot Holiday for plus-sized and practical Jillian Marks...Cougar Christmas— What do you get when you add one sexy, unobtainable, ice-cold boss to one sexy, muscular, frustrated assistant pretending to be her husband?Season's Spankings— Lucinda "Lucky"... Views: 70
After I'd agreed to do a job for the fae queen I hate, the entire world when to Hell—literally.Now it's my job to clean up my mess before she creates new nasties with the White Grace and kills us all—yeah, my fault too.It gets better. The Legion of angels have put a bounty on my head for the murder of the archangel Vedriel, which was in totally self-defense, but it's not like they care.There's not a chance in hell I'm going down without a fight. It's a full-time job trying to keep my own ass alive. So how am I supposed to save everyone else's?Don't miss the thrilling continuation of the Shadow and Light series!*Recommended for mature YA+ due to languageDark Rise is a sassy, fast-paced urban fantasy filled with demons, angels, vampires, werewolves, witches, fae, leprechauns, jinn, and shifters. If you enjoy urban fantasy books with a kick-ass heroine and plenty of action, suspense and humor, then you'll love reading Dark... Views: 70
"David Means is a master of tense, distilled, quintessentially American prose. Like any artist who has finely honed his talent to its strongest expression he is a brilliant craftsman whose achievement is to appear unstudied, even casual . . . Each story by Means which I have read is unlike the others, unexpected and an unnerving delight." —Joyce Carol OatesFollowing the publication of his widely acclaimed, Man Booker-nominated novel Hystopia, David Means here returns to his signature form: the short story. Thanks to his four previous story collections, Means has won himself an international reputation as one of the most innovative short fiction writers working today: an "established master of the form." (Laura Miller, The Guardian). Instructions for a Funeral—featuring work from The New Yorker, Harper's, The Paris Review, and VICE—finds Means branching out beyond the explorations of violence and... Views: 70
