A searing erotic thriller perfect for those tantalized by A.R. Torre's Deanna Madden series...Anything you can imagine. Everything you crave. For the members of The Raven Room, it's every fantasy fulfilled. But for some, that desire is a matter of life and death.Drawn by needs he cannot control, Julian ventures to The Raven Room, a secret and exclusive sex club in the underbelly of Chicago. It goes beyond sex. It goes beyond kink. The Raven Room is the only place where Julian finds release from the dangerous urges that threaten to destroy the successful life he's worked so hard to build.When the police link the Raven Room to the death of a young woman, it threatens to expose a number of powerful people—people who would kill to stay anonymous...Meredith's body can't get enough of Julian. He has opened her sexual horizons to tempting new possibilities. But out of bed she's an aspiring journalist, and The Raven Room is the story she's been looking... Views: 61
If twenty-five years can discover the internet, the cell phone, this thing called the iPod, can twenty-five years discover the secret of a girl murdered, abandoned, by the side of the road?That is the haunting premise of Bury This, an impressionistic literary thriller about the murder of a young girl in small-town Michigan in 1979. Beth Krause was by all intents a good little girl – member of the church choir, beloved daughter of doting parents, friend to the downtrodden. But dig a little deeper into any small town, and conflicts and jealousies begin to appear. And somewhere is that heady mix lies the answer to what really happened to Beth Krause.Her unsolved murder becomes the stuff of town legend, and twenty-five years later the case is re-ignited when a group of film students start making a documentary on Beth's fateful life. The town has never fully healed over the loss of Beth, and the new investigation calls into light several key characters:... Views: 61
A story of myth, magic, and fate set in the far world of Eniece. In uncertain times, Wendy, a young girl, must make the difficult decision to leave the ones she loves and take on unimaginable forces to protect the ones she holds dearest. But as she descends into strange and forgotten realms, will she win the day, or be another dreamer lost to the dark? Views: 61
Alice Munro, who received the National Book Critics Circle Award for her latest collection of stories, The Love of a Good Woman, is widely acknowledged as a modern master of the short story. In this earlier collection, she demonstrates all of those strengths that have won her so many literary accolades.A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents' confounding yet deep bond. The accidental near-drowning of a child exposes the fragility of the trust between children and parents. A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his younger brother. In these and other stories Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 61
"By the end of this year, I will not be a virgin anymore."Shy, cautious Violet has always kept herself hidden away from the world. And she's had enough of life in the shadows. Her resolutions?1. To accept every party invitation going.2. To find a man who will steer her away from purity.Enter Leo Wolfe: internationally renowned film director who is power, wealth and attraction personified. If there was ever a man to lead Violet from the path of virtue, it's him….But is Violet ready for where he wants to take her? Views: 60
