Nestled in the Golden Coast of California, Danielle Lee lives a lie. As her senior year in high school begins and the escape of her dark secret draws near, she unexpectedly finds someone. Dannie struggles to move past her torments, hide the truth from her friends, and keep it together until she can finally have what she has always wanted—freedom.
Reed is a junior who just moved to California from Kansas. Wildly attracted to Dannie, he is convinced she is everything he has been waiting for. After fate leads them to finally meet in the school library, Dannie first tries to place Reed in the dreaded friend zone. But she, too, cannot ignore the obvious chemistry. As Reed teaches her how to find hope, trust, and even love, Dannie must decide whether to harbour her secrets or reveal the truth and risk everything. While she wrestles with her decision, Dannie has no idea that a secret obsession will drive another young man to stop at nothing until she is his and his alone.
The Face You See shares the compelling tale of a teenage girl’s quest to free herself from her past where she finds hope, the courage to embrace love, and the will to defy all odds in the most unlikely of circumstances. Views: 45
Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in his sudden rock-star life, running three hundred hangovers a year, and maintaining a sex life that would cripple Casanova. With all of Bukowski's trademark humor and gritty, dark honesty, this 1978 follow-up to Post Office and Factotum is an uncompromising account of life on the edge. Views: 45
A Deadly Game of DeceptionNotorious and beautiful, Vidia Swanson works as an "angel," trying to coax incriminating secrets from powerful men who may or may not be traitors of the Crown. Her latest target is suspected of stealing gold from Wellington's troops, but matters take an alarming turn when Vidia realizes that her spymaster thinks she is the one who is tainted—a double agent working for Napoleon.Backed into a corner, she can only hope to stay one step ahead of the hangman in a race to stop the next war before it destroys her—and destroys England. Tainted Angel offers up a compelling game of cat and mouse in which no one can be trusted and anyone can be tainted. "Espionage and passion—Regency style—burning up the pages from chapter one."—New York Times bestselling author Raine Miller"A world of spies and traitors where no one is quite what they seem and the truth is only true for a moment...a thrilling take that will keep you guessing until the very last page."—Victoria Thompson, author of Murder in ChelseaReview"An exhilarating Napoleonic adventure in which no one is what they seem, including the intrepid hero and heroine. My kind of book!" - Teresa Grant, author of The Paris Affair"A delightful romp with as many twists and turns as Regency London's streets! Anne Cleeland re-creates a world of spies and traitors where no one is quite what they seem and the truth is only true for a moment. Is heroine Vidia Swanson working for England or France? And will her lover Carstairs save or execute her? A thrilling tale that will keep you guessing until the very last page." - Victoria Thompson, author of Murder in Chelsea"Espionage and steamy passion--Regency style--burning up the pages from chapter one." - New York Times bestselling author Raine Miller"I stayed up well into the night reading this book. You will, too." - Linda Banche and Her Historical Hilarity"An thrilling spy novel with romance to offer too." - Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell"Tainted Angel offers up a compelling game of cat and mouse in which no one can be trusted and anyone can be tainted." - Fresh Fiction"She created memorable characters, a plot that sizzles, and a happy-ever-after with a touch of humor. Good Reading!" - Long and Short Reviews"If you like romance novels that are clever and witty, Tainted Angel is fun to escape with. " - Library of Clean Reads"Tainted Angel was an eventful read. " - Urban Girl ReaderAbout the AuthorAnne Cleeland holds a degree in English from UCLA as well as a law degree from Pepperdine University and is a member of the California State Bar. She writes historical fiction set in the Regency period and contemporary romantic suspense. A member of the Historical Novel Society, she lives on Balboa Island, California and has four children. Her first novel was Tainted Angel. Views: 45
Eve and Rourke return to investigate a series of murders connected to a brilliant young surgeon in Chaos in Death . Views: 45
In this powerful debut collection, Vanessa Hua gives voice to immigrant families navigating a new America. Tied to their ancestral and adopted homelands in ways unimaginable in generations past, these memorable characters straddle both worlds but belong to none.
These stories shine a light on immigrant families navigating a new America, straddling cultures and continents, veering between dream and disappointment. From a Hong Kong movie idol fleeing a sex scandal, to an obedient daughter turned Stanford pretender, from a Chinatown elder summoned to his village, to a Korean-American pastor with a secret agenda, the characters in the collection illustrate the conflict between self and society, tradition and change. In "What We Have is What We Need," winner of The Atlantic student fiction prize, a boy from Mexico reunites with his parents in San Francisco. When he suspects his mother has found love elsewhere, he fights to keep his family together.
With insight and wit, she writes about what wounds us and what we must survive. Deceit and Other Possibilities marks the emergence of a remarkable new writer. Views: 45
