A riveting literary debut about the cost of keeping quiet Amy Jo Burns grew up in Mercury, Pennsylvania, a conservative Rust Belt town fallen sleepy after the steel industry's collapse. But the year Amy turned ten, her town woke up. That year, Howard Lotte, her beloved piano teacher, was accused of assaulting his female students. Among the countless girls questioned, only seven came out against Lotte, admitting his wandering hands. They were ostracized. As for the remaining girls--well, they were smarter. They lied. They said, He didn't. Amy Jo Burns was one of the girls who lied. But such a lie has its own consequences. In Cinderland, against a backdrop of fire and steel, shame and redemption, Burns tells of the boys she ran from and toward, the friends she abandoned, and the endless performances she gave to please a town that never trusted girls in the first place. Cinderland is the story of growing up in a town that both... Views: 55
The lost pulp crime novel by great American novelist Gore Vidal! Hired to smuggle an ancient artefact out of Egypt, Pete Wells finds himself the target of killers and femme fatales - and just one step away from triggering a revolution that will set Cairo aflame! Views: 55
Reunited... Natalya Montgomery thought she was over Alexei Delandros, but working with him again rekindles old feelings and promises of the intense ardor they once shared. But if Natalya once held Alexei's heart, now she only holds his contempt... For revenge! Natalya's love almost destroyed Alexei; their lust blinded him to the truth about her. But the formidable Greek won't be fooled again! Natalya will pay for her betrayal in the most passionate way Alexei knows, and his vengeance will be all the more sweet... Views: 55
I never set foot in J's bedroom . . . I presume that even J's mother rarely set foot in there and only in genuine emergencies, perhaps because not even she was protected by the awe that he held for her. He wouldn't let anything touch his mother, but that wouldn't necessarily have stopped him from touching her breasts . . . Even though I spent a lot of time in my grandmother's house as a child, I can't picture J's room at all. I don't know where the bed was, though there must have been one, and I don't have a clue what else could have been in there. I simply can't picture it. Venturing in there during the years of the stench would have been hell. I would have died of disgust . . . Today, it's my study. I've always written novels in there, but until now it had never occurred to me to write about my mentally-impaired-at-birth uncle J. About him and his room. About the house and the street. And about my family. And our gravestones. And the Wetterau, which is the whole world .... Views: 55
In 1969, fourteen-year-old Mal enrolls in a rural California boarding school where he finds himself caught up in a plot involving endangered animals and an illegal pesticide. Views: 55
Standalone. No Cliffhanger. HEA. Remaining books in the series can be read in any order.Being
a professional escort comes with its vices. To keep women from getting
too clingy, stop them from dropping their panties, and silence them
before they can blurt the L word, Rhett has made certain rules. He never
breaks them.Ever.1. No Kissing.2. No Feelings.3. And definitely, absolutely, no sex.But
when Aspen, a beautiful brunette, hires him to help repair her image to
her family, things get complicated. Rhett's never had a problem
separating work from pleasure. But now work and pleasure seem to be one
and the same. Views: 55
Can you ever escape your past? Jon Swartz is an adult recipient--the second one--of a scholarship awarded by an anonymous donor. A single father, he comes to Shelter Valley, Arizona, to begin his life anew. He's a man with a secret past, a past he has to hide to protect both himself and his two-year-old son, Abe. Lillie Henderson, a child life specialist, has her own history of loss and betrayal. She and Jon are brought together by Abe--and by an attraction they can't deny. They have to decide not to let the emotions...and mistakes...of the past sabotage their hopes for the future. Abe's happiness depends on it. And so does theirs! Views: 55
The author of This House of Sky provides a magnificent evocation of the Pacific Northwest through the diaries of James Gilchrist Swan, a settler of the region. Doig fuses parts of the Swan diaries with his own journal. Views: 55
Tim Green delivers a gripping addition to his Football Genius series, with the tense action on and off the field that has made him a New York Times bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica's sports books!Troy's dreams of the big time have backfired. Sure, he's moved to New Jersey to start his new job as "genius" for the New York Jets, but his dad has taken his entire salary, leaving Troy and his mom broke. Now Troy has no hope of going to private school and playing for a football powerhouse with his newfound cousin, Ty.Instead he's going to be part of a team with an unbroken losing streak. Knowing that the road to the NFL begins at an early age, Troy fights back.When he gets Seth to come up from Atlanta to coach his public school team, Troy feels ready for a winning streak--a perfect season. He doesn't guess that he'll be struggling against those who want him to lose. When Troy's talent for calling plays slips and his abilities as a... Views: 55
