When you lose the person who is most essential to you, who do you become? Recommended by Entertainment Weekly, included in Good Morning America's 20 Books We're Excited for in 2020 & named as one of Vogue's Best Books to Read This Winter!"Richly atmospheric and irresistibly suspenseful." – Joyce Carol OatesHailed as a "marvel of a book" and "brilliant and unflinching," Alexis Schaitkin's stunning debut, Saint X, is a haunting portrait of grief, obsession, and the bond between two sisters never truly given the chance to know one another.Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison's body is found in a remote spot on a nearby cay, and two local men–employees at the resort–are arrested. But the... Views: 613
Tenner Gibson has a job he enjoys, a prickly ex-wife, and an adorable daughter he wouldn’t trade for the world. With no romance, no sex life, and no other hobbies, a rec league softball team is as close as he gets to hedonism.
But life throws him a curveball when cocky Ross McTierney sets his sights on getting under Tenner’s skin.
One explosion of lust later, Tenner wonders what possessed him to have a quickie with Ross, and Ross wonders how to do it again.
Tenner has eight weeks to convince his tiny modern family that Ross is what’s best for him. Ross has eight weeks to get used to the idea that complicated doesn’t always mean bad. Their sex life is moving at the speed of light, and everything in their relationship is coming at them too fast…
But together, they might make a connection and knock it out of the park. Views: 613
Jace and Charlena made it to Whitecliff, the human capital, and met up with some old friends. Now, the four of them must figure out a way to infiltrate the royal palace and find the elusive Help Desk.
But Charlena also brought news that she had found Jace’s body in the real world. It’s a John Doe that matches Jace’s description. The only problem is, the John Doe is in a coma.
While they wait for Charlena to identify the John Doe, Jace stumbles into a traitorous situation involving a noble and the princess’ crown. But does he have the time and resources to help?
When Charlena finally does see the John Doe, she has some unsettling news for Jace. Something that will turn his world upside down.
Oh, and did anyone mention an epic raid dragon is on it’s way to wipe out the city? Views: 613
Four generations ago, Earth was rendered uninhabitable, the sun too hot, the land too barren. Those who survived were forced underground, where civilization divided into compounds. In Compound Eleven, only the cruel survive. Fighting is entertainment, violence is a way of life, and hierarchy is everything.
Sixteen-year-old Eve Hamilton may have been born on the second floor, but she was born to survive.
Except she doesn’t want to survive compound life. She wants to be released aboveground, to feel fresh air against her skin, to taste true freedom, perhaps to even be reunited with someone important to her, now lost. But the government has a stranglehold over who is even allowed to view the outside world, and going against them isn’t just dangerous—it’s deadly. And now time is running out.
The privileged top-floorer Wren Edelman is as unhappy in Compound Eleven as Eve, despite his privileged status. Yet as determined as Eve is to taste freedom, he is determined to make her stay—because despite the fact that romances between upper and lower floors are all but nonexistent, Wren and Eve are proving the first of their kind in more ways than one. Views: 613
From beloved Cuban science fiction author Yoss comes a bitingly funny space-opera homage to Raymond Chandler, about a positronic robot detective on the hunt for some extra-dangerous extraterrestrial criminals. On the intergalactic trading station William S. Burroughs, profit is king and aliens are the kingmakers. Earthlings have bowed to their superior power and weaponry, though the aliens—praying-mantis-like Grodos with pheromonal speech and gargantuan Collosaurs with a limited sense of humor—kindly allow them to do business through properly controlled channels. That's where our hero comes in, name of Raymond. As part of the android police force, this positronic robot detective navigates both worlds, human and alien, keeping order and evaporating wrongdoers. But nothing in his centuries of experience prepares him for Makrow 34, a fugitive Cetian perp with psi powers. Meaning he can alter the shape of the Gaussian bell curve of... Views: 613
She's a baker without a kitchen. He's got a double oven to spare. It's a recipe for success, until his mother starts stirring up trouble ...Cassie Jordan has a sweet dream to open a bakery specializing in wedding cakes. The problem is, the Airstream trailer where she lives has a kitchen the size of a postage stamp, and her job as housekeeper for a vacation rental agency doesn't pay enough for her to find other arrangements.When the renters at one of the houses in her care cancel their stay, leaving the house empty and its top-of-the-line kitchen unused, who could blame her for seeing it as an opportunity? But Cassie's unsavory plan starts to look like a mistake when the owner's son shows up unannounced, catching her with her pants down—literally.If Cassie can sweet-talk her way out of trouble, setting up her business might be a piece of cake. If not, it's going to be a bitter setback ...The Icing on the Cake is a stand-alone installment in... Views: 613
A provocative new novel about how far one woman will go to save a friendship and battle against injustice from acclaimed author Kimmery Martin. Georgia Brown's profession as a urologist requires her to interact with plenty of naked men, but her romantic life has fizzled. The most important person in her life is her friend Jonah Tsukada, a funny, empathetic family medicine doctor who works at the same hospital in Charleston, South Carolina and who has become as close as family to her. Just after Georgia leaves the country for a medical conference, Jonah receives startling news: the hospital intends to fire him unless he agrees to stop providing medical care for the transgender patients in his practice. Angered by the hospital's actions, Georgia concocts a plan to persuade the board to reverse their decision regarding these patients. But when her scheme spirals out of control, Georgia realizes she could lose not only her career but also her closest friend. Views: 613
In the twenty third century Britannia rules not only the waves, but space, and the jewel in her crown is Toliman. Home to the Dakrans, a primitive but ambitious race who have recently been brought to heel and their slaves, the tribal Jivanans. The key to Dakra’s wealth is its moon which is rich in the elements needed to maintain Britain’s monopoly on FTL travel.As Battlestar Galactica meets Game of Thrones, the lives of the central characters are twisted into an epic plot. King Henry Plantagenet is newly crowned and desperate to maintain order after the second restoration. To do this he must stave off the democrats who would return to the rule of law and of course his brother, John, the pretender to the throne. A marriage with a Dakran princess seems an obvious choice to seal his power but with it comes risk.Meanwhile, Bridgette Lindegaard is a Post Mortem Investigation officer who enters the brains of murder victims to solve crimes. Her latest victim is the Minister for Mars who was on his way to meet the Dakran Ambassador who had something to share about the activities on Mars. Perhaps he knows something of the plan by Eleanor Plantagenet, the third of the royal siblings, to wage war. She’s already got all her pieces in play on Mars. It’s just a question of which move she will make next as she seeks to create a new and independent kingdom. Views: 613
