From the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey that makes her lighthearted satire of the gothic novel an even more satisfying read. Here is the complete text of the novel with more than 1,200 annotations on facing pages, including:-Explanations of historical context-Citations from Austen's life, letters, and other writings-Definitions and clarifications-Literary comments and analysis-Maps of places in the novel-An introduction, bibliography, and detailed chronology of events-225 informative illustrationsFilled with fascinating details about the characters' clothing, furniture, and carriages, and illuminating background information on everything from the vogue for all things medieval to the opportunities for socializing in the popular resort town of Bath, David M. Shapard's Annotated Northanger Abbey brings Austen's world into richer focus. Views: 20
Picture Perfect Wedding By Fiona Lowe Book two of Wedding Fever Erin Davis
will do whatever it takes to be the photographer for high-end brides. So what if
capturing the moments of people’s lives means she has no time for her own. Nothing will
get between her and the security she craves, not even the gorgeous farmer refusing to
let her shoot in his sunflowers. His family has always been tied to the land, but lately
Luke Anderson feels more like he’s chained. While he ponders his future, he still has
cows to milk and no time to deal with Erin or Bridezillas in his fields. Yet there’s
something about the sexy city girl he can’t say no to. So he says yes: just this once.
With the town in need of a photographer, Erin agrees to spend wedding season in
Whitetail. The sparks flying between her and Luke quickly ignite, but just as Erin
starts to picture her own happy ending, Luke takes a gamble that could risk it all...
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Kat If a girl wants a bad boy, they don't come any tougher than Dalton "Biscuit" Biskette. Biscuit rides with the Selected Sinners MC, and takes no sht from any man - especially cops. He's tall, covered in tattoos, muscular, has an awesome beard, a huge cck, and a tongue so long it can tickle my g-spot. The only thing he likes to do more than ride and f*ck is lick... Considering my penchant for bad boys, he's perfect in my eyes. My police officer father disagrees... And so does my former Marine ex-boyfriend who just got out of jail. Biscuit The license plate on my bike says it all - RFOF - Ride, F*ck, Or Fight. I've never met a girl who made me stop and pay attention until I met Kat. There's only one problem, her father's a cop. And I hate cops. If he thinks he can stop me from f*cking his daughter, he's as wrong as the day is long. HUNG is a stand-alone MC Romance with an HEA, and is book IV in the Selected Sinners series of stand-alone full length novels. This novel is 71,000 words of action-packed erotic romance. There is no cheating, nor is there sharing of partners, but the sex is detailed, graphically depicted, and frequent. No other book is required to tell this tale. PLEASE be over 18 to enjoy this book.** Views: 20
They're here. They ride. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Born of a match between good and evil, four siblings stand between hell's minions and everything they want to destroy. They are the Lords of Deliverance, and they have the power to ward off Doomsday . . . or let it ride . . . LETHAL RIDER Thanatos, the most deadly Horseman of the Apocalypse, has endured thousands of years of celibacy to prevent the end of days. But just one night with the wickedly sexy Aegis Guardian, Regan Cooper, shatters centuries of resolve. Yet their passion comes with a price. And Thanatos must face a truth more terrifying than an apocalypse — he's about to become a father. Demon-slayer Regan Cooper never imagined herself the maternal type, but with the fate of the world hanging in the balance she had no choice but to seduce Thanatos and bear his child. Now, as the final battle draws closer and his rage at being betrayed is overshadowed by an undeniable passion for the mother of his child, Thanatos has a life-shattering realization: To save the world, he must sacrifice the only thing he's ever wanted — a family. Views: 20
From New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery comes her celebrated story about the healing power of love
After spinning a tall tale about her life, answering service operator Cathy Eldridge can understand why millionaire recluse Stone Ward enjoys their nightly phone calls. She, too, treasures the moments when he bares his soul to her. They've built an intimate friendship, though they've never met in person. But then a twist of fate brings her face-to-face with her fantasy man
and into his home. Stone is many things, but mostly he's out of reach—rich, good-looking and mysteriously sexy. What on earth would he ever see in her? Cathy is determined to transform herself into the woman she pretended to be all along, but she isn't the only one with a past to overcome
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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: A masterwork of love, guilt, and friendship set in Victorian Liverpool and Eastern Europe during the Crimean War. Photography is the common thread weaving together three different points of view that span the years from 1846 to 1854. The first "plate" opens with the account of Myrtle, a young orphan girl, as she is taking a photograph of her adoptive father, Mr. Hardy, who has just passed away in Liverpool. The sudden and unsavory circumstances of Mr. Hardy's death bind Myrtle and the other characters of this story together as history propels them toward the frontlines of the Crimean War. Myrtle's adoptive brother, George Hardy, or "Master Georgie" as he is called, is an amateur photographer and handsome surgeon. When he heads east in 1854 to offer his medical services to the conflict raging between Russia and Turkey—a war it seems England will inevitably enter—Myrtle follows him, as does... Views: 20
The perfect getaway was what Rachel Hudson expected, not a real-life mystery that could become her next bestseller. Escaping California for Waterford Point, Maine, was supposed to be all rest and relaxation. But instead of breakfast in bed, Rachel experienced night terrors, and woke to the cries of the Weeping Willow.... Nick Chavaree didn't like two things: chasing ghosts, and out-of-towners snooping around. Rachel didn't want to tangle with the sheriff, but found it hard to stay away. Despite Nick's picture-perfect scowl and reprimands, there was more going on beneath the surface, and it needed further investigation. And what she found was a courageous hero who would give her something better than a storybook ending. Views: 20
The life of Abi Jones, the Mud Girl, might be the last thing any teenager would choose. But it s her life, and Abi has to find out whether she s got the courage and intelligence to live it well. Views: 20
Ashley reinvented herself and was now a first lady in a country church in Primrose Hill. When her obsessed ex-friend, Regina, showed up and tried to convince Ashley to come back home with her and leave her new lifestyle as a Christian, Ashley resisted.Determined to wait out Ashley, Regina started digging into the lives of the saints at Primrose Hill church. The more she dug into their pasts, the more dirt she found on some of the holiest of saints. Some had pasts that they would rather leave buried. Some even had secrets that would destroy them if exposed. But someone had a secret that was shocking enough to kill for... Then Regina turned up dead. In a church full of saints, who killed the sinner? Views: 20
