An Alpha Doctor And Curvy Woman RomanceLibby Ranger has just moved to Gabe’s Point when she decides it’s time to get a check up. She doesn’t expect the handsome doctor to turn out to be the handsome man of her dreams. But one thing leads to another and romance is in the air.Libby:I almost gasped a little, the doctor wasn’t at all who I’d been expecting. I guess part of me thought he’d be a lot older, perhaps in his fifties or sixties, with gray hair and a jolly laugh. I definitely wasn’t expecting him to be extremely handsome and in his late thirties or early forties, with salt and pepper hair and a chiselled jawline that belonged in Hollywood. Dr. James Aven:I thought she was the most beautiful woman I’d seen in years and I had to stop myself from flirting with her. It was unprofessional. But there was something about her smile that I couldn’t let go of. Views: 541
New Yorker fiction writer Cynan Jones returns with a powerful climate crisis story about love and loss that offers a glimpse of a tangible future in which water is commodified and vulnerable to sabotage. "As a tract of written language, it is close to perfect. As a repository for ideas, it is imaginative and far reaching. As a story of and for our times, it is very human, and deadly serious." —Nina Allen, The Guardian Water is commodified. The Water Train that serves the city increasingly at risk of sabotage. As news breaks that construction of a gigantic Ice Dock will displace more people than first thought, protestors take to the streets and the lives of several individuals begin to interlock. A nurse on the brink of an affair. A boy who follows a stray dog out of the city. A woman who lies dying. And her husband, a marksman: a man forged by his past and fearful of the future, who weighs in his hands the possibility of death... Views: 541
To some kids, Amelia's life sounds like the ultimate fantasy. She and her brothers are homeschooled by their adventurous parents, and the family travels around the country in an RV, scaling mountains, rappelling down canyons, and skiing down double black diamond slopes. There's just one problem-Amelia hates every minute of it. She's terrified of heights and would give anything to be reading instead of careening down a mountain. She's also desperate for the chance to attend a regular school and make real friends. So when her parents decide to spend a year in Colorado, Amelia's delighted by the chance to settle down.However, starting at a conventional school is much harder than Amelia imagined, and her anxiety makes meeting new friends extra challenging. Everything about her feels wrong, from her clothes to her hobbies to her complete lack of pop culture knowledge. So when Amelia's given the chance to volunteer at an alpaca ranch, she's delighted by the chance to... Views: 541
With one simple act, she could erase a thousand years of history. With the future in jeopardy, will she choose love... or revenge? 2533 CE. The only thing time-traveling thief Clémence Arseneau has left to steal is her freedom. But after one of her rogue heists threatens to expose her employer's illegal operations, she must prove she's not a liability with one final job. And though her lover is on the team to help, so is a spy with a hidden agenda.Traveling to Tudor England to rob Henry VIII, Clémence begins to suspect there is more to this caper than she was told. And when the opportunity to right a terrible wrong arises, she loses sight of the score, focusing instead on vengeance. But fulfilling her vendetta would have devastating consequences... including losing the man who's captured her heart. Will Clémence destroy her future in the name of revenge? Thieves is the pulse-pounding first... Views: 541
He's bent on breaking the rules. She's determined to keep them. Sparks fly when opposites attract in this fun holiday romance!When Randy Stoltz comes home for Christmas on college break, he isn't counting on knocking beautiful Holly Remington off her feet in the ice skating rink. Neither is he counting on falling head-over-heals for his brother Wesley's ex-love interest. Holly's different from any woman Randy's ever known, and she challenges him to do hard things, namely, reconciling with his Amish grandparents.Holly can't help thinking about Randy Stoltz, even though he's the type of guy she never would have considered dating in the past. But she's undeniably drawn to his charm, and his good looks only complicate matters. She desires to live for God, and although Randy is a Christian, his priorities remain elsewhere. Can she help open his eyes to the beauty and blessings that a real relationship with God can provide?Will Randy and Holly find joy...and... Views: 540
Kundera's essay has been written like a novel. In the course of nine separate sections, the same characters meet and cross paths with each other. Stravinsky and Kafka with their odd friends Ansermet and Brod; Hemingway with his biographer; Janácek with his little nation; and Rabelais with his heirs - the great novelists.In the light of their wisdom this book examines some of the great situations of our time. The moral trial of the twentieth century's art, from Celine to Mayakovsky; the passage of time which blurs the boundaries between the 'I' of the present day and the 'I' of the past; modesty as an essential concept in an age based on the individual and indiscretion which, as it becomes the habit and the norm, heralds the twilight of individualism; the testaments, the betrayed testaments - of Europe, of art, of the art of the novel and of artists. Views: 540
