André Aciman, hailed as a writer of "fiction at its most supremely interesting" (The New York Review of Books), has written a novel that charts the life of a man named Paul, whose loves remain as consuming and as covetous throughout his adulthood as they were in his adolescence. Whether the setting is southernItaly, where as a boy he has a crush on his parents' cabinetmaker, or a snowbound campus in NewEngland, where his enduring passion for a girl he'll meet again and again over the years is punctuatedby anonymous encounters with men; whether he's on a tennis court in Central Park, or on a New York sidewalk in early spring, his attachments are ungraspable, transient, and forever underwritten by raw desire—not for just one person's body but, inevitably, for someone else's as well.In Enigma Variations, Aciman maps the most inscrutable corners of passion, proving to be an unsparingreader of the human psyche and a master stylist. With... Views: 32
He’s throwing a kink—or two—in her plans… A Jane Porter story. Last night Jane met the Master of her dreams… Tall, dark and very Spanish, Antonio Villareal is a lover unlike any Jane has ever known—undeniably sexy and more than willing to help her explore her submissive side. To find a master who’s a natural dominant is one thing. But kind and considerate, as well? She can hardly believe her good fortune. Antonio is well aware that Jane is determined to keep their sexual relationship temporary. But he has a different plan in mind. In the morning he introduces her to his best friend… Warning: This book contains copious amounts of champagne, kinky under-the-table hi-jinks, a ménage to die for, voyeurism and angry shower sex. What more could you want? Views: 32
SUMMARY:Fourteen-year-old Sarah must reach the center of a dangerous labyrinth within thirteen hours in order to save her little brother, Toby from Jareth, King of the Goblins Views: 32
In one of his novels, author Doyle distressed readers by allowing both Sherlock Holmes and his adversary Professor Moriarty to die. Then in 1903, to please readers, he resuscitates the famous sleuth. The stories in this collection tell of his return. Views: 32
Earth basked in the glow of a new interstellar age, saved from enslavement to the insectoid biofabs by the dramatic arrival of the Kronarin fleet. Laden with honors and riches, John Harrison, hero of the Biofab War, can finally live the good life--or can he? Unknown to the Alliance, renegade biofabs escaped to an alternate universe where under their brilliant Tactics Master they're breeding back to strength, readying a counter-strike against the people of both universes. Catapulted into a twisted image of his world, Harrison must find the biofabs' nest and take it out before a new generation hatches. It won't be easy--the biofabs have found deadly allies. And in this version of Earth, Harrison's a rebel on the run from the Fourth Reich. (2010 revision of 1986 Tor Books edition. 56,000 words.) The Battle for Terra Two is one of four novels that begins with a covert alien attempt to control Earth, ending with the battered forces of Galactic humanity battling impossible odds as an AI armada sweeps into our galaxy for its long-overdue reckoning with humanity. (AIs--Artificial Intelligences--cyborgs evolved over vast time from simpler machines to complex beings driven by the simple need to kill us all.) All the books follow the crew of the Kronarin Fleet dreadnought Implacable and their Terran allies from the discovery of biofabs on Earth through ever-growing confrontations and diabolical alien machinations to the final battle. The plot line is akin to a nesting doll, each crisis spawning an even deadlier one. The blaster fire never stops--save for the occasional soothing cup of t'ata from Implacable's dodgy beveragers. (Implacable's a resurrected Imperial warship that sometimes chaffs at having been awakened and pressed into the service of such rude hands. It preferred its Imperial masters.) To be bested along the way are space pirates, Terra Two's last proconsul, mindslavers, various machine intelligences, a vile alternate Earth, the undying hand of the dead Kronarin Empire, a ubiquitous insectoid-blonde and of course, biofabs. All stirred into a rich bouillabaisse of an adventure that takes the reader on a far flung quest into the fantastic, but where in the end the old verities of honesty, valor and fellowship trump all.From The Battle for Terra Two:"I have a theory about the Empire," said Bill as the decks flashed by. "More whimsy than theory. It never died. It's out there somewhere, manipulating us, the Kronarins, the Scotar, those killer machines--God only knows what else. All for some esoteric and rotten end. It's cold, malevolent, immortal and hopelessly mad. Evil." This was worse, John thought, stumbling over a helmet. Something out of Goya, the young dead tormented faces staring sightlessly, throats ripped out, necks broken, holes you could put your fist through. And everywhere the stench of burnt flesh and clouds of flies come to feast.Review"A modern descendant of the Doc Smith Lensman series. Space opera in the Grand Ol' Tradition."--Other Realms "Devotes of militaristic SF should enjoy [Berry's] books." --Kliatt "Kick-butt military science fiction." --Amazon reader review From the AuthorBiofab: biological fabrication. Biofab is a term growing in vogue with those who strive to engineer synthetic life. (Never thought I'd write that as fact.) I may be the progenitor of the term, having coined it in 1980 for The Biofab War, but I'm not militant about it. There's a collective unconscious of science fiction archetypes that slips quietly from generation to generation, Jules Verne to E.E. "Doc" Smith, Smith to Heinlein, Heinlein and Smith to many others. We read, we forget and yet we don't: biofab. My former student, the much-loved Christopher Blair of Venice, Florida, to whom this book is dedicated, died last year. He was 20. A tall thin blond kid with an infectious grin, an unruly shock of hair and an other-worldly affect, he'd read all my books, memorizing them in startling detail. He toted Terra Two around more than the other titles. (Though rumor has it he had two copies, one for reading and one for stashing.) A lad out of time, Chris would have been happy on Implacable, a Fleet commando, M11A blaster strapped low, the battle klaxon banging away as he rushed for the assault boats and another desperate fight. Upshield, upship, Chris. Godspeed. Views: 32
Single mum Laura knows that all her little girl wants is a daddy to love her unconditionally. So for Nikki's sake Laura marries Gino farnese for convenience… Gino believes he'll never find true love again, so their paper marriage seems the best he can hope for, especially as he loves being a dad to Nikki. But there are two golden rules in their marriage: #1, no sharing a bed; and #2, no falling in love… And they are in danger of breaking them both… Views: 32
She'd turned her back on glamour and fame
and Kate Stanislaski Kimball had come home to begin a new life. The only thing
more perfect than the beautiful--dilapidated--building she'd bought for her new
dance school was Brody O'Connell, the frustrating, surprisingly fascinating
contractor she'd hired for the renovation.A man didn't often come across
a woman as gorgeous, sensuous, provocative...and utterly irritating as Kate. But
Brody was determined to resist her effortless allure. She was Natasha
Stanislaski's pampered, perfect daughter, and not at all the right woman for
him. But every fiber of his being longed to make her his.... Views: 32
Twenty-five years ago...a mysterious crime was committed in Comfort Cove, Massachusetts. Frank Whittier was accused--but never charged. And it ruined his life.Now...Cal Whittier, Frank's son, is determined to protect him, to safeguard his father's identity. After years on the run, they finally have their lives on an even keel, with Cal teaching at a college in Tennessee. Two things could change all that.First, a cop in Comfort Cove starts looking into the case again. And second, Cal gets involved with single mother Morgan Lowen. He has plenty of reasons to avoid her--not the least of which is that she's an adult student in one of his classes. And in Cal's situation, any relationship is risky. Still...it could be the best risk he's ever taken! Views: 32
