The kiss is the image that, perhaps more than any other, encompasses the beauty and poetry of love. Every love is required to maintain the kiss, to make it last. When they kiss, lovers carve out their hiding holes, finding their peace from war. When they kiss, the noise of the world is silenced, its laws broken, time is stolen from its normal continuity. They fall together in their distinct, embraced tongues. The kiss joins the tongue that declares love with the body of the lover. And the extinction of the kiss and, most importantly, of the desire to kiss one’s beloved announces the demise of love. In this short book, Massimo Recalcati – one of Italy’s leading intellectuals and bestselling authors – offers seven brief lessons on the mystery and miracle of love, from the serendipity of the first encounter to its end or its continuation over time, as mysterious and miraculous as the first encounter itself.
The kiss is the image that, perhaps more than any other, encompasses the beauty and poetry of love. Every love is required to maintain the kiss, to make it last. When they kiss, lovers carve out a space for themselves, find their peace from war. When they kiss the noise of the world is silenced, its laws broken, time is stolen from its normal continuity. They join together in their distinct, embraced tongues. The kiss joins the tongue that declares love with the body of the lover. And the extinction of the kiss – or more importantly, of the desire to kiss – is the beginning of the end of love. In this short book, Massimo Recalcati – one of Italy’s leading intellectuals and bestselling authors – offers seven brief lessons on the mystery and miracle of love, from the serendipity of the first encounter to its end or its continuation over time, as mysterious and miraculous as the first encounter itself.
Traumatized by a vicious past, Jessica finds solitude and safety as a feeder for Savannah's Master Vampire, Lucas Christensen. He's been a saving grace in Jessica's life. But over the years she's grown too attached to the mysterious vampire, putting her perfect job, and safety, in jeopardy.
Books 1-4 of the Enduring Kiss Series. Enduring Kiss: Sept. 29, 2011 Jessica has worked for Lucas Christensen (Master Vampire) for three years as a feeder and has kept her feelings for him a secret. She wants their relationship to stay professional so she can continue to hide her nightmares. When Lucas starts getting closer, Jessica is forced to face her past or leave. Some think that's for the best and will do anything to get Jessica away from her Master. Will Jessica finally accept the love that is being offered or will she continue to hide behind the scars of her past, keeping her away from the family she's never had, but always wanted? The Perfect Mate: Oct. 9, 2011 When Susan stops in Savannah, Georgia after a year on the run, she finds more than she bargained for. She's looking for freedom not a mate, but she can't ignore the burning desire she feels for Paul. Paul has waited a long time to find his mate. Can Susan be the woman she thinks he needs and will she and her home pack ever be free from their Pack Master's tyranny? This book contains hot werewolves, a feisty red head and lots of heat. Second Chance: Jan. 4, 2012 Rebecca and Sean have been hot for each other for a long time. But neither has stepped up to take it to the next level knowing they weren't meant to be mates. As Rebecca struggles with trying to move on from her mate (Drake's) death five years ago and deciding if she should plunge into a relationship with Sean, a Master vampire comes to town threatening a takeover. Rebecca now has to worry about a dark secret she's kept hidden from her new pack as well as the return of a past love. Can she accept the new twists life is throwing her way? And which second chance will she choose? Once the choice is made things don't settle down though. Someone wants Rebecca to be punished for her past, but her second chance will do anything to keep her safe. Embraced: Oct. 8, 2013 Lonely and more than a little depressed, Sean finds himself in a small town bar, drinking his sorrows away, knowing the woman he loves will be married the next day to her true mate. When he meets Sarah, they are both surprised at the intense attraction they share. The night is filled with a passion neither can forget, and Sean becomes confused as to why he's falling for another woman he cannot have. Sarah is human after all, and it's impossible for her to be his mate. One night is all they'll have. Rogue wolves threaten the small ocean-side town Sean loves, and it's his job to fix the problem. Things don't work as planned, and he's summoned home only to find his worst nightmare. A death of a loved one, brings Sean to his lowest, but when Sarah shows up, he's surprised to find she's not as human as he thought. Grief and betrayal bring the two lovers back together, though their secretive pasts follow, trying to push them further apart. Sarah must learn to trust Sean, and embrace her true spirit or Sean may not win the fight against his own demons.
In one of the most striking opening scenes ever written, a bizarre ballooning accident and a chance meeting give birth to an obsession so powerful that an ordinary man is driven to the brink of madness and murder by another's delusions. Ian McEwan brings us an unforgettable story—dark, gripping, and brilliantly crafted—of how life can change in an instant.
Jessica has worked for Lucas Christensen (Master vampire) for three years as a feeder and has kept her feelings for him a secret. She wants their relationship to stay professional so she can continue to hide her nightmares. When Lucas starts getting closer, Jessica is forced to face her past or leave. Some think that's for the best and will do anything to get Jessica away from her Master. Will Jessica finally accept the love that is being offered or will she continue to hide behind the scars of her past, keeping her away from the family she has never had, but always wanted?
“Her books are always fresh, romantic, inventive, and hilarious.” —New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs Trust the always original, wonderfully fun Sandra Hill to do the wildly unexpected! With Kiss of Pride, the New York Times bestselling author—best known for her steamy and hilarious romance novels featuring lusty Viking heroes and heroines—turns the paranormal romance genre upside-down…with the first in a seductive new series that features Viking vampire angels! A refreshingly unique, utterly satisfying love story that puts the “super” in supernatural, Kiss of Pride tells the tantalizing tale of a lady reporter who falls under the sway of a sexy Norse vampire on a thousand-year mission who might be an angel too good to be true…or too devilishly bad to resist!
More Than Just a Kiss presents a collection of the greatest love movies, etched in the public's mind for their romantic stories featuring famous actors, framed in epic surroundings, and delivering memorable words. Fifty-five memorable films, from the black and white era to today, are handsomely presented and analysed in words and pictures.
“A beautifully written and well-researched cultural criticism as well as an honest memoir” (Los Angeles Review of Books) from the author of the popular New York Times essay, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This,” explores the romantic myths we create and explains how they limit our ability to achieve and sustain intimacy. What really makes love last? Does love ever work the way we say it does in movies and books and Facebook posts? Or does obsessing over those love stories hurt our real-life relationships? When her parents divorced after a twenty-eight year marriage and her own ten-year relationship ended, those were the questions that Mandy Len Catron wanted to answer. In a series of candid, vulnerable, and wise essays that takes a closer look at what it means to love someone, be loved, and how we present our love to the world, “Catron melds science and emotion beautifully into a thoughtful and thought-provoking meditation” (Bookpage). She delves back to 1944, when her grandparents met in a coal mining town in Appalachia, to her own dating life as a professor in Vancouver. She uses biologists’ research into dopamine triggers to ask whether the need to love is an innate human drive. She uses literary theory to show why we prefer certain kinds of love stories. She urges us to question the unwritten scripts we follow in relationships and looks into where those scripts come from. And she tells the story of how she decided to test an experiment that she’d read about—where the goal was to create intimacy between strangers using a list of thirty-six questions—and ended up in the surreal situation of having millions of people following her brand-new relationship. “Perfect fodder for the romantic and the cynic in all of us” (Booklist), How to Fall in Love with Anyone flips the script on love. “Clear-eyed and full of heart, it is mandatory reading for anyone coping with—or curious about—the challenges of contemporary courtship” (The Toronto Star).
After arriving on a lush Pacific island, Eulalie Grace LaRue is to be finally reunited with the absent father she hasn't seen since childhood. Yet before her long dreamed-of meeting can take place, the lovely but pampered Southern belle is caught in the crossfire of a violent revolution and thrown into the rugged arms of American mercenary soldier Sam Forester. On the run in the jungle, this battle-scarred soldier of fortune hasn't a clue what to do with the naive blonde in his care. Survival is his top priority, but he can not resist Lollie's endearing, helpless, and laughable charm...or deny the growing attraction between them. Though Sam thrives on chance and risk, falling in love is the one chance he isn't willing to take. Powerless against the desire that consumes them both, Lollie surrenders to his passionate embrace. But when he dismisses her affections, she is determined to fight for him, to prove that in the steamy heat of paradise, two hearts can find the love of a lifetime.
