Avalon High seems like a typical high school, attended by typical students: There's Lance, the jock. Jennifer, the cheerleader. And Will, senior class president, quarterback, and all-around good guy.But not everybody at Avalon High is who they appear to be ... not even, as new student Ellie is about to discover, herself. What part does she play in the drama that is unfolding? What if the bizarre chain of events and coincidences she has pieced together means -- as with the court of King Arthur -- tragedy is fast approaching Avalon High?Worst of all, what if there's nothing she can do about it? Views: 62
A passionate professor. A smitten student. An attraction that cannot be denied. Amanda Slade has a major crush on her sexy art professor and wants his help with her important extracurricular activity: Project VirgEnd. After waiting more than twenty-one years to find the right person, she’s sure he's the one to “do the deed.” But she needs to move things along quickly. The semester is ending and her deadline is approaching. Professor Jem Nichols is a rising star in New York’s art world and a candidate for tenure. He has a prestigious art exhibition to prepare for and gallery owners breathing down his neck. Falling for his beautiful student is a bad idea. And touching her ... it could be his undoing. As much as he tries to resist her and ignore his feelings, he can't say goodbye. So he asks her to stay after class. He proposes that rather than hastily take her virtue he will teach her the most important lessons of lovemaking. She must visit him in The White Room, where lessons intensify each time the meet. As she experiences first time pleasures and passions, love blooms. By the time they're done, he'll know every inch of her body. But she will still, technically, be a virgin—until he knows for sure she is ready. It's the only way he can keep her safe as they break all the rules. But as her deadline for deflowerment looms and pressure around art show opening builds, will the professor be able to take Amanda all the way? Or will circumstances pull them apart and force her to make a different choice? If you love student-teacher romances you will love the heat between Ms. Amanda Slade and Professor Jem Nichols. But you must be 18 or over because this book is very steamy.** Views: 62
An all-new 40,000-word Stormlight Archive novella, "Edgedancer," will be the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first book of short fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.The collection will include nine works in all. The first eight are:"The Hope of Elantris" (Elantris)"The Eleventh Metal" (Mistborn)"The Emperor's Soul" (Elantris)"Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through 30" (Mistborn)"White Sand" (excerpt; Taldain)"Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell" (Threnody) "Sixth of Dusk" (First of the Sun)"Mistborn: Secret History" (Mistborn)These wonderful works, originally published on Tor.com and elsewhere individually, convey the expanse of the Cosmere and tell exciting tales of adventure Sanderson fans have come to expect, including the Hugo Award-winning novella, "The Emperor's Soul" and an excerpt from the graphic novel "White... Views: 62
Newly rich, married, and bored, Brock investigates an upper-class tragedyPrivate detective Brock Callahan, onetime star of the Los Angeles Rams, is racing toward a touchdown when the morgue's phone call wakes him up. His only rich relative, Uncle Homer, has just flown through the windshield of his midlife-crisis Ferrari, and Brock will never have to work again. The private detective hangs up his license, marries his longtime girlfriend, and decamps for the California hills—where he finds life among the nouveau riche to be duller than he ever imagined.However, there is one old lady—the quick-witted Maude Marner—who charms the old jock. But the day after she drops hints that she might have some work for him, she is found dead, having choked to death on her car's exhaust in a gruesome apparent suicide. As Brock digs into the dark corners of upper-crust suburbia, he finds that no matter how you dress it up, murder is always déclassé. Views: 62
Lost Mermaid. Werewolf Protector. When Zach Cantrell's mermaid sister disappears, he goes looking for answers. What he finds instead is Shayla Dover, a mermaid princess moonlighting as a paranormal investigator. Even for a mermaid, she's mesmerizingly gorgeous... Not that it should matter to Zach. His marriage has already been arranged. Shayla has her own reasons to keep her distance from this sexy shifter. But, after an attack on Shayla's life, their undeniable attraction quickly grows into something much deeper. Soon they find themselves pitted in a race against time amid a sea of lies, betrayal and an enemy that threatens them both... Views: 62
