A fiercely funny, queer romantic comedy about two girls who can't stand each other, but join forces in a grand feminist hoax to expose harassment and inequality at their elite private school.Harriet Price is the perfect student: wealthy, smart, over-achieving. Will Everhart, on the other hand, is a troublemaker who's never met an injustice she didn't fight. When their swim coach's inappropriate behavior is swept under the rug, the unlikely duo reluctantly team up to expose his misdeeds, pulling provocative pranks and creating the instantly legendary Amelia Westlake—an imaginary student who helps right the many wrongs of their privileged institution. But as tensions burn throughout their school—who is Amelia Westlake?—and between Harriet and Will, how long can they keep their secret? How far will they go to make a difference? And when will they realize they're falling for each other?Award-winning author Erin Gough's Amelia... Views: 367
A Shifter U Tale
Outfoxing their enemies will be a bear of a task.
Fox shifter and aspiring journalist David ends up with a target on his back after hacking the Moreau Initiative, the shifter world’s greatest enemy. But he won’t let that keep him from the campus tour road trip that’ll help him become the next Anderson Cooper… even if his family insists he travel with a grumpy grizzly bear bodyguard.
Buddy Brady is older, sexy, and too damn distracting for David, and as the sexual tension builds, so does the suspicion around the repeated attacks—first in Chicago, then in New York. Someone is tracking them, and all clues point to a traitor in the shifter ranks. Worst of all, they could be after David’s family…. Views: 364
From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a revelatory novel about the enclosed world of privilege and silence at an elite boarding school and the unlikely group of friends who dare to challenge the status quo through their writing. Perfect for fans of E. Lockhart, Kathleen Glasgow, and Jandy Nelson, with crossover appeal for readers of Donna Tartt's The Secret History and Curtis Sittenfeld's Prep.Beth Kramer is a "townie" who returns to her sophomore year after having endured a year of tension with her roommate, Sarah.But Sarah Brunson knows there's more to that story.Amanda Priya "Spence" Spencer is the privileged daughter of NYC elites, who is reeling from the realization that her family name shielded her from the same fate as Sarah.Ramin Golafshar arrives at Chandler as a transfer student to escape the dangers of being gay in Iran,... Views: 362
Life is good for Zsálya the witch until one day her friend Gyárfás surprises her with an unpleasant revelation.Teen Witch Exiled to Appalachia!Morrigan Mather was a fifteen-year-old genius (IQ 156) on the fast track to over-achievement in suburban Portland, Oregon – where being a slightly-nerdy second-generation Wiccan priestess was merely unusual. Then her grandmother died and she and her big Brady-Bunchy pagan step-family all move across the continent into her sprawling, beautiful old Victorian house . . . in rural Appalachia. And it’s a big family: Mom, Dad, one brother, one step-brother, two half-sisters and a half-brother – and that’s just the kids who still live at home! They find Maylands of North Carolina are gorgeous, the very bones of the Earth -- Morrigan and her pagan family have never felt closer to the natural world they adore. But they aren’t inclined to hide their religion from the suspicious country folk, either. The Town of Millers Ferry has been there since before the Civil War – but will it survive a whole family full of out-of-the-broom-closet witches?Like any true genius, Morrigan sees the locals’ fear and distrust as a challenge. From the first day of school at Northern High, her openly-displayed silver pentagram causes a fuss, and her unwillingness to remove it get her kicked out. As she fights for the right to openly display the symbol of her faith, and tries to educate people in the reality of Wicca, she’s guided by the goddess Athena in the struggle and gains some unlikely allies: a big-nosed goth girl named Catherine, a reallllly cute “bad boy” from the trailer park, Ryan, and – most surprising of all – one of the town’s two Baptist preachers.But her family’s faith has attracted enemies, too: an evangelical English teacher at school, her husband – the other, more conservative Baptist preacher in town – and an ignorant, drunken convenience store owner who thinks its open-season on witches! It’s going to take all the Wisdom of the goddess and the simple magick of Wicca to help Morrigan steer her way through the conflict and strife in a way that will keep her and her family safe and free to practice their religion in peace. But she’s up to the feat – Morrigan Mather hasn’t met a challenge she couldn’t handle, yet! Views: 361
Love and laughs in the fast lane! Contemporary romance with humor, heat, and high jinks (part 1 of a 4-part serial)… Sparks fly and incinerate into a bonfire when a hard-hitting billionaire, Tyler James, locks horns with the bewitching Molly Leigh. Before the smoke clears, Tyler must learn a powerful lesson. And Molly may discover that a hard man is good to find.Love and laughs in the fast lane! Contemporary romance with humor, heat, and high jinks (part 1 of a 4-part serial)… Billionaire Tyler James didn’t get where he is by playing nice. He’s a hard man, and proud of it. But Tyler has a hidden soft side that’s about to be exposed by three little boys and a beautiful Wiccan, the bewitching Molly Leigh. The boys are Tyler’s orphaned nephews, and he didn’t even know they existed until recently. Now that he does, Tyler wants those kids. A lot. But so does Molly. She is, after all, the one who’s been raising them. When the two adversaries lock horns over custody of the boys, the sparks fly and incinerate into a bonfire. Before the smoke clears, Tyler must learn a powerful lesson. And Molly may discover that a hard man is good to find. Views: 361
Bert struggles with the recent loss of his wife Mira. On the morning of his first day back to work, he discovers that the salt in an ordinary salt shaker Mira stole on their honeymoon contains her memories of their time together.Bert struggles with the recent loss of his wife Mira. On the morning of his first day back to work, he discovers that the salt in an ordinary salt shaker Mira stole on their honeymoon contains her memories of their time together. “The Memory of a Salt Shaker” first appeared November 2011 in issue 15 of Up The Staircase Quarterly and was nominated for the 2012 Million Writers Award.Cover designed by Sabine KraussPhoto by Robyn Oliver Views: 360
Nobody alive knew how the feud between Storn and Hammefell had begun, but that didn't stop the fighting. When Storn's men burned Hammerfell's castle, his infant twin sons were separated, and each grew up thinking himself the rightful Duke of Hammerfell. Conn, raised in the mountains by his father's paxman, continued to fight the Storns. Alastair grew up with his mother in Thendara and planned to marry his cousin Floria. But when Conn came to Thendara to seek King Aiden's help and the twins encountered each other, it changed all their lives. Views: 360
No more secrets.Joanna is about to solve the last mystery: She
finally meets a central figure from her past. The encounter leaves her
with many questions, and Mary is reluctant to answer them. Why did she
leave? What influence did Joanna’s father have? Most importantly, why do
people seem to die around her? There won’t be any closure without those
answers, but they’ll come at a price. Views: 360
Step back in time for volume II of an 18th century world where highwaymen roamed the roads, artists faded in obscure unhappiness, silk-clad poodles held London society enraptured and viscounts couldn't feel their own thumbs. Here be monsters, magic and lonely doctors with a penchant for the work of the old masters, not to mention a cavalcade of rogues, royals and revelry.Step back in time for volume II of an 18th century world where highwaymen roamed the roads, artists faded in obscure unhappiness, silk-clad poodles held London society enraptured and viscounts couldn't feel their own thumbs. Here be monsters, magic and lonely doctors with a penchant for the work of the old masters, not to mention a cavalcade of rogues, royals and revelry. These are The Dead London Chronicles.The threads of the tapestry are still being woven, and what the Chronicles contain, we can only guess.The story updates weekly on its own dedicated website or here in collected monthly editions, written by Catherine Curzon and Willow Winsham. Views: 359
