Milner and Dunn never get a break from restless spirits. Dustin pairs an easy job with a stay at a seaside villa with Adrian, but the job turns out to be anything but easy. They have to figure out why a simple tragedy isn't so simple. Adrian is put in danger when a mysterious apparition won't rest until Dustin can discover its identity.
A request for help with a haunting sends Adrian back to his home town. The trip is bound to bring back unwelcome memories for him, but Dunn isn't about to let him go alone. Trying to find out the identity of a ghost might confirm Adrian's worst fears and put them on the trail of a killer.
Dunn goes off alone to deal with ghosts from his past. That means going back to a place where he spent the most hellish part of his life. He doesn't want to involve Adrian no matter how much he needs him, but Adrian knows where he belongs, right by his side. But when he comes after Dunn, they'll both end up in danger.
After getting burned in his last relationship, Diego isn't looking to get involved. He is willing to allow only one little guy into his heart. That little guy is his irrepressible, four-year-old son, Jamie. But Trevor, a young neighbor who just moved in, might turn out to be too much of a temptation for Diego. Trevor is taking care of his one-year-old cousin, but he's worried he might lose custody. He has quite a few challenges in his life, and Diego is driven to help him overcome them. As the two families bond, the guys find their feelings for each other growing stronger. It's only a matter of time before they'll have to admit that they found in each other everything they ever wanted.
Ian just finished college, started his first real job and now he's raising his sister's baby by himself. Since his life has taken this unexpected turn, he's been closed off and distant from his friends. But he has become friendly with Mike, his hunky new neighbor and handyman. He's straight, but spending so much time with Ian is stirring up unexpected feelings. More than attraction is keeping Mike close to Ian though. When his reason for staying close comes to light, will Ian's heart be broken or will he finally have everything he wished for?
Derrick's whole life is about business. He has closed the door on relationships until he's surprised by his sudden feelings for his assistant, Malcolm. Malcolm is a practical guy who is not ready for a whirlwind romance with his boss. He's busy taking care of his three year old niece, Paula. She had a rough start in life, and Malcolm devotes all his time to her. Though their lives are very different, Derrick and Malcolm can't resist each other. Will Derrick's hard-nosed attitude drive them apart?
Travis is the cautious type, not ready to give away his heart to anyone except his new baby boy, Andy. But he keeps running into Vance, his brash, young neighbor he can't seem to avoid, and Vance considers Travis a challenge he can't resist. They end up hanging out so much that spending the holidays together just seems inevitable. Can Vance overcome Travis's caution and win his heart?
A dazzlingly original and ambitious book on the history of female self-portraiture by one of today's most well-respected art critics. Her story weaves in and out of time and place. She's Frida Kahlo, Loïs Mailou Jones and Amrita Sher-Gil en route to Mexico City, Paris or Bombay. She's Suzanne Valadon and Gwen John, craving city lights, the sea and solitude; she's Artemisia Gentileschi striding through the streets of Naples and Paula Modersohn-Becker in Worpswede. She's haunting museums in her paint-stained dress, scrutinising how El Greco or Titian or Van Dyck or Cézanne solved the problems that she too is facing. She's railing against her corsets, her chaperones, her husband and her brothers; she's hammering on doors, dreaming in her bedroom, working day and night in her studio. Despite the immense hurdles that have been placed in her way, she sits at her easel, picks up a mirror and paints a self-portrait because, as a subject, she is always available. Until the twentieth century, art history was, in the main, written by white men who tended to write about other white men. The idea that women in the West have always made art was rarely cited as a possibility. Yet they have - and, of course, continue to do so - often against tremendous odds, from laws and religion to the pressures of family and public disapproval. In The Mirror and the Palette, Jennifer Higgie introduces us to a cross-section of women artists who embody the fact that there is more than one way to understand our planet, more than one way to live in it and more than one way to make art about it. Spanning 500 years, biography and cultural history intertwine in a narrative packed with tales of rebellion, adventure, revolution, travel and tragedy enacted by women who turned their back on convention and lived lives of great resilience, creativity and bravery.
A practical and inspirational guide to help embroiderers and textile artists make the most of sketchbooks to inform their creative work. The artist’s sketchbook offers an exciting platform to explore a host of mixed media techniques. Using a combination of paper, textiles, found objects, pencil, ink and paint, Shelley Rhodes shows how a sketchbook can act as an illustrated diary, a visual catalogue of a journey or experience or as a starting point for more developed work. Whether out on location or in the studio, Rhodes explores every stage of the creative process, from initial inspiration to overcoming the fear of a blank page, manipulating paper and images and incorporating ‘found’ objects to build a sketchbook that is both beautiful and inspiring. Sketchbook Explorations is the ideal companion for everyone from the beginner to the more experienced artist looking for exciting techniques to expand their repertoire in mixed media. The book explores: Why work in sketchbooks? The importance and joy of working in a sketchbook. Ways of recording and investigating ideas that inspire. Techniques in mixed media from found objects and layers to three-dimensional sketching. Creating on location. Using electronic devices to develop ideas.
