Fielding Montanna might be dead, but doesn't know it yet. Sunday Daffodil wants to kill herself, but won't die. Louie Louie has the hots for Fielding's once beautiful mother, and the mysterious Moriarty hasn't slept a wink in twenty three years. Manhattan, meanwhile, is slowly sinking in a sea of sludge. Obviously it was always going to have a happy ending.
www.sheilalaureta.com This is a story of a modern-day woman stranded in her apartment in Ohio during a severe winter storm. While memories of her colorful and extraordinary life flash through her mind, she finds herself back amidst the WWII bombings of her childhood home in London and traces her early life in an orphanage, then a modeling career, to America as a young wife and mother. She becomes a professional singer-entertainer on stage, yet all the while, she is on a venture, a lifelong spiritual quest of metaphysical studies and Buddhist practice. It is a story of romance, abuse, rape, abortion, near homelessness, and earthquakes. It takes place in UK, USA, and Japan. It is a story of spiritual undertones, wild escapades, and quiet reflection on lessons learned. Sheila is no ordinary womanyou will marvel at her, pity her, love her, scorn her, but never forget her.
‘If you’re only going to read one book this year and you’re a fan of chick lit, make it this one!’ – Han’s Book Review A charmed life... Maria Charm’s world might have recently crumbled, but that doesn’t mean she’s going to let it get her down.
From National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti comes an intensely gripping story about love, loss, marriage, and secrets—perfect for readers of Jodi Picoult, Kristin Hannah, and Anna Quindlen. “One of the best books I’ve read all year.”—Barbara O’Neal, author of The Garden of Happy Endings “What do you think happened to your husband, Mrs. Keller?” The Sunday morning starts like any other, aside from the slight hangover. Dani Keller wakes up on her Seattle houseboat, a headache building behind her eyes from the wine she drank at a party the night before. But on this particular Sunday morning, she’s surprised to see that her husband, Ian, is not home. As the hours pass, Dani fills her day with small things. But still, Ian does not return. Irritation shifts to worry, worry slides almost imperceptibly into panic. And then, like a relentless blackness, the terrible realization hits Dani: He’s gone. As the police work methodically through all the logical explanations—he’s hurt, he’s run off, he’s been killed—Dani searches frantically for a clue as to whether Ian is in fact dead or alive. And, slowly, she unpacks their relationship, holding each moment up to the light: from its intense, adulterous beginning, to the grandeur of their new love, to the difficulties of forever. She examines all the sins she can—and cannot—remember. As the days pass, Dani will plumb the depths of her conscience, turning over and revealing the darkest of her secrets in order to discover the hard truth—about herself, her husband, and their lives together. “A thought-provoking and moving exploration.”—New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.
Part romance, part detective story, Sputnik Sweetheart tells the story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited love. Now with a new introduction from the author. K is madly in love with his best friend, Sumire, but her devotion to a writerly life precludes her from any personal commitments. At least, that is, until she meets an older woman to whom she finds herself irresistibly drawn. When Sumire disappears from an island off the coast of Greece, K is solicited to join the search party—and finds himself drawn back into her world and beset by ominous visions. Subtle and haunting, Sputnik Sweetheart is a profound meditation on human longing.
They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse about clinical depression and healing from trauma, from National Book Award Finalist Amber McBride. Whimsy is back in the hospital for treatment of clinical depression. When she meets a boy named Faerry, she recognizes they both have magic in the marrow of their bones. And when Faerry and his family move to the same street, the two start to realize that their lifelines may have twined and untwined many times before. They are both terrified of the forest at the end of Marsh Creek Lane. The Forest whispers to Whimsy. The Forest might hold the answers to the part of Faerry he feels is missing. They discover the Forest holds monsters, fairy tales, and pain that they have both been running from for 11 years.
Throughout this text, Valerie Shaw addresses two key questions: 'What are the special satisfactions afforded by reading short stories?' and 'How are these satisfactions derived from each story's literary techniques and narrative strategies?'. She then attempts to answer these questions by drawing on stories from different periods and countries - by authors who were also great novelists, like Henry James, Flaubert, Kafka and D.H. Lawrence; by authors who specifically dedicated themselves to the art of the short story, like Kipling, Chekhov and Katherine Mansfield; by contemporary practitioners like Angela Carter and Jorge Luis Borges; and by unfairly neglected writers like Sarah Orne Jewett and Joel Chandler Harris.
This wolf is seeing red… At first, Regan Macintosh was certain that the hot—and shirtless—stranger in the woods was harmless. That is, until he sweet-talks his way into her grandmother's lodge and gets her to sell him cherished family land. Yes, now Regan sees past Jamie Quinn's roguish charm to the wicked wolf she knows he really is. Jamie has no idea what he's done to earn Regan's suspicion, or her efforts to block his project. His motives are purely altruistic—well, aside from wanting to kiss her until she's breathless with want. But Jamie never expected to experience the intensity of desire he feels for Regan. And if they're not careful, their hungry passion could make them both lose control…
Harlequin Blaze brings you a collection of four new red-hot reads, available now! This box set includes: THE MIGHTY QUINNS: JAMIE The Mighty Quinns by Kate Hoffmann Regan Macintosh is positive the stranger staying with her grandmother is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. But when she comes face-to-face with the sexy Jamie Quinn, it’s Regan who’s in danger of being consumed—by desire. MR. DANGEROUSLY SEXY The Dangerous Bachelors Club by Stefanie London When a stalker threatens his business partner and longtime temptation, Addison Cobalt, Logan Dane makes the case personal. But staying close to the irresistible Addison may be even more dangerous than Logan realizes… HER SEXY TEXAS COWBOY Wild Wedding Nights by Ali Olson The attraction—and the hot sex—between maid of honor Renee Gainey and best man Jeremiah Richards is off the charts. But when the wedding is over, Renee isn’t sure she can say goodbye to her Texas cowboy… IN HER BEST FRIEND'S BED Friends With Benefits by J. Margot Critch When Abby Shaw and Trevor Jones met, the desire between them was left simmering because of their friendship. But when they finally cross that line, can they go back to just being friends?
