One City. One Movement. A World of Stories.Stories from Suffragette City is a collection of short stories that all take place on a single day: October 23, 1915. It's the day when tens of thousands of women marched up Fifth Avenue, demanding the right to vote in New York City. Thirteen of the nation's bestselling authors have taken this day as inspiration to raise the voices of history and breathe fresh life into their struggles and triumphs. The characters depicted here, some well-known, others lost to the sands of time, each inspire and reinvigorate the power of voting. We follow a young woman who is swept up in the protests when all she expected was to come sell her apples in the city. We see Ava Vanderbilt as her stiff upper crust sensibility is transformed over the course of the single fateful day. Ida B. Welles battles not only for women's suffrage but for the equality of every woman, no matter the color of her skin. Each story stands on its own, but... Views: 620
Can just one kiss......really change her life—forever?When Dr. Elsa McCrae rescues a mortified Dr. Marcus Pierce from a fall into an underground cave, planning the usual Christmas party for her local community has to take a back seat! As she's forced to accept Marc's offer of help during the busy holiday season, the charming cardiologist soon has Elsa fighting to protect her heart, knowing he'll return to the city as soon as the festivities are over...From Harlequin Medical: Life and love in the world of modern medicine. Views: 620
When rock star Carter comes out, baring his love for his high school best friend, Chase, to the world, the two reconnect. But though long-banked embers soon ignite, Carter left Chase behind once. Can Chase trust it won't happen again? Views: 620
A fast-moving Gothic thriller, sinister, sexy and evocative, calling on many elements of the supernatural as well as contemporary issues, as experienced through the eyes of a feisty heroine without a recorded identity.Ankerita, a Tudor noblewoman released from her tomb after half a millennium of disturbed sleep, is desperately trying to stay one step ahead of traffickers, the evil organisation that needs her for her blood, and the demons still trying to reclaim her soul.She becomes aware that her best friend is dying, but that there is a chance the friend can be cured if Ankerita can complete the 'Summoning'. She needs to track down a number of lost treasures, hidden long ago by a sorcerer from Celtic legend.The ritual shall be evoked on a specific night when five planets align again for the first time since she died, but her pursuers are ever present, and if the invocation is disturbed, it will be Ankerita who loses her life.As per 'Ankerita, Seasons... Views: 620
Football is a game of lines – on and off the gridiron. America's great game brings together individuals of all ages, from all walks of life. And these literal and figurative lines are the connective tissue that weaves the bonds between coaches and players, fans and star players, and fathers and sons. For ESPN's Ryan McGee, football is a lifelong passion formed from growing up as the son of Dr. Jerry McGee, a man who wore stripes for decades as one of the most highly-decorated officials in college football history. For the McGees – Jerry and sons Ryan and Sam – the lines of the game have provided a lifelong series of adventures, education, and even given them a needed emotional anchor to cope with the loss of their wife and mother, Hannah. In Sidelines and Bloodlines, Ryan McGee – co-host of the popular Marty & McGee show on ESPN Radio and SEC Network – teams up with his father and brother to share lessons... Views: 620
A former Poet Laureate of Canada and finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize returns with a wide-ranging new collection of poems.In John Steffler's luminous new collection, And Yet, dreams, memory and desire are forms of wilderness that burst into our daily lives, inspiring us to see ourselves and the world anew. Exuberant, powerful, even prescient, the poems confront the unknown and unexpected around and within us and call up our impulse to resist certainty and finality. The flimsiest shelter might seem best; a trail guide's house is revealed as a forest beyond names. What is outside might be most desired; a suit of clothes gazing into a mirror longs to become an iguana. In the title poem a road-weary traveller comes in sight of the longed-for home—yet at the last minute turns away. Restless in their own language, the poems muster the impact of direct sensory experience and remind us what it means to live closer to the physical world. At times their... Views: 620
I used to believe in fairy tales.But then I grew up and I realized that life isn't like the books I once loved so much.There are no princes riding in on their white horses.No magic wands or fairy god mothers.And no happily ever afters.Ryland Thorpe taught me the hard way that good doesn't always win and sometimes the people we trust the most are the ones that can hurt us the deepest.At fifteen, my world began and ended with him.He was my older brother's best friend.He was my protector.He was the boy I had loved since I was old enough to understand what loving someone meant.And he was a liar…It's been five years since I've seen him.Five long years and the memory of him still haunts me like it was yesterday.Only he's not just a memory anymore.Prison has hardened him, changed him, altered him in ways I never expected. But beneath it all I can still see a glimmer of the boy I used to love.When lies are exposed and secrets are revealed, I find myself questioning everything I thought I knew.They say the first cut is the deepest.They were wrong…A Thousand Cuts is a complete standalone novel in the Cell Block C Series. A five book series- each book written by a different author in The Romance Collaborative. Views: 620
