Take one kidnapping. Add a haunted hamlet. Mix in a secret that's lasted forty years and you've got a recipe for trouble.Reluctant detective Mercy Watts' life is changing and she's ready for it with a new apartment, a new career, and new clues to an old family mystery. She has no desire to go back to haunted St. Sebastian anytime soon, but a man in Germany has other plans.After an audacious attack, Mercy finds herself a victim and when answers aren't forthcoming, she joins forces with the suspect's family to find out why the unthinkable happened. So it's back to St. Sebastian and the town is not at all happy to see the detective that put them on the map in a bad way. It's going to be a rough ride with old crimes bringing new pain, but with Aaron feeding her till she's fit to burst, and Fats Licata armed to the teeth, at least she'll be well fed and safe...or will she? Views: 489
"A brilliant, gripping account of countries, politics, and the long reach of history . . . This book could not have arrived at a more urgent time." —Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, author of Brief Encounters With the Enemy From the bestselling author of The Septembers of Shiraz, the story of an Iranian man reckoning with his capacity for love and evilSet in Iran and New York City, Man of My Time tells the story of Hamid Mozaffarian, who is as alienated from himself as he is from the world around him. After decades of ambivalent work as an interrogator with the Iranian regime, Hamid travels on a diplomatic mission to New York, where he encounters his estranged family and retrieves the ashes of his father, whose dying wish was to be buried in Iran. Tucked in his pocket throughout the trip, the ashes propel him into a first-person excavation—full of mordant wit and bitter memory—of a... Views: 489
She's bound ... and determined to pass his test! Dominant Thorne tells his submissive playmate Eileen that their weekend in Maine is a test for both of them. She thinks he's testing how they like the rules he set for the trip: Skirts and no underwear. Addressing him as "sir". Asking for permission to come. Most important of all, obeying him and letting him take charge.Best test ever! They already know their kinky chemistry is off the charts. There's no way to fail. If she gets "punished", that's just part of the fun.As the weekend wears on, though, Eileen starts to doubt herself. Their experiments in oceanside spanking and hotel-bed bondage are scaldingly hot. But getting caught in the rain with Thorne shouldn't feel as sweet as it does. And that's not even getting into how much she enjoyed 100 percent vanilla candlepin bowling. Thorne's her Dom and play-partner, not her boyfriend, and if she starts getting confused about their roles, the Harvard... Views: 489
