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Forever with You: A Wait for You Novel (A Wait for You Novel #7)
Par Jennifer L. Armentrout. 2015
In the irresistibly sexy series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout, two free spirits find their…
lives changed by a one-night stand…Some things you just believe in, even if you've never experienced them. For Stephanie, that list includes love. It's out there. Somewhere. Eventually. Meanwhile she's got her job at the mixed martial arts training center and hot flings with gorgeous, temporary guys like Nick. Then a secret brings them closer, opening Steph's eyes to a future she never knew she wanted—until tragedy rips it away.Nick's self-assured surface shields a past no one needs to know about. His mind-blowing connection with Steph changes all that. As fast as he's knocking down the walls that have kept him commitment-free, she's building them up again, determined to keep the hurt—and Nick—out. But he can't walk away. Not when she's the only one who's ever made him wish for forever . . .Learned By Heart: A Novel
Par Emma Donoghue. 2023
A heartbreakingly gorgeous novel based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply and dangerously in love…
at boarding school in nineteenth century York, from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister’s five-million-word secret journal, Learned by Heart is the long-buried love story of Eliza Raine, an orphan heiress banished from India to England at age six, and Anne Lister, a brilliant, troublesome tomboy, who meet at the Manor School for Young Ladies in York in 1805 when they are both fourteen.Emotionally intense, psychologically compelling and deeply researched, Learned by Heart is an extraordinary work of fiction by one of the world’s greatest storytellers. Full of passion and heartbreak, the tangled lives of Anne Lister and Eliza Raine form a love story for the ages.Fall With Me
Par Jennifer L. Armentrout. 2015
Jennifer L. Armentrout (also known as J. Lynn), New York Times bestselling author of the Wait for You saga, delivers…
a new novel of first love, second chances, and scorching chemistry.Eleven months ago, bartender and weird-shirt-wearing extraordinaire Roxy and Officer Reece Anders had a one night stand. Well, kind of. She's been in love with him since she was fifteen, and he wishes that night they shared never happened. She's sworn him off forever, but the past and future collide, forcing her to rely on the one man who broke her heart not once, but twice.Her best friend since birth has been in a long-term care facility since he became a victim of a hate crime years ago, and the person who put him in there is out of prison and wanting to make amends with him and Roxy. She's not sure she has room for forgiveness in her and when she begins to receive frightening messages and is on the receiving end of escalating violence, she thinks she knows who is to blame. The man who already destroyed one life already.But Reece isn't convinced. The threats are too personal, and even if Roxy doesn't believe him, he's not willing to let anyone hurt her. Including himself. He's already messed up more than once when it comes to Roxy and he's not going to let history repeat itself.Ojos de caballo
Par Henry Trujillo. 2023
Esta novela, de melancólica belleza y prosa afilada, explora el complejo laberinto que se dibuja en las pequeñas poblaciones, lleno…
de secretos mal escondidos y verdades a medias. Daniel Acosta es un joven que vive en una pequeña ciudad del interior. Es pobre, y no tiene muchas alternativas de dejar de serlo. Está rodeado de gente, pero se siente solo. Negándose sistemáticamente a obedecer el destino marcado para cualquier muchacho como él, y enfrentado a una situación límite, se verá obligado a salir de su habitual indolencia. En un acto desesperado, recurrirá al engaño y al robo. Pero no será el único que trate de escapar así de un mundo en donde la humillación y la venganza son solo variaciones del mismo infierno, el de la pobreza. Henry Trujillo construye una trama vertiginosa que fluye hacia su inesperado desenlace, y presenta una galería de personajes que el lector no olvidará.Vengeance is Mine
Par Marie NDiaye. 2021
"A powerful story of mothers and daughters" GuardianWhen Gilles Principaux walks into Maître Susane's legal practice seeking representation for his…
wife, his presence triggers memories from her childhood she had long buried. Gilles' wife is charged with drowning their three children, a case that will be splashed across the news media in Bordeaux and beyond. So why has he entrusted his wife's fate to her small, unremarkable practice?Maître Susane can't shake the feeling that she has met him before, that something happened between them one afternoon when she was barely ten and he was fourteen, something sinister she has never known how to remember. But Gilles seems so at ease her in presence that Maître Susane begins to believe that her memory must be playing tricks on her.Haunted by a past that both escapes and consumes her, Maître Susane fights to hold on to her memory, her identity and the chance she's been given to avenge herself.Translated from the French by Jordan Stump.En nuestro tiempo
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1958
El rescate de un Hemingway inédito: la gran tarea de Ricardo Piglia antes de morir. «Los cimientos de la teoría…
del iceberg de Hemingway reunidos por primera vez con un prólogo magistral de Ricardo Piglia. [...] Un libro fundamental, de indisoluble unidad temática, de estilo e incluso interpretativa.»Matías Néspolo, El MundoHemingway publicó En nuestro tiempo, su primer libro de cuentos, en 1925. Tenía veintiséis años y ya escribía como un veterano. Esta primera edición en español, deuda incomprensible que debía ser saldada, respeta el orden original de un libro de cuentos que por su organicidad y consistencia interna puede también leerse como una novela fragmentada. La guerra y el alcohol, la pesca y los toros, la soledad atormentada de Nick Adams ya están aquí, orbitando alrededor de ese núcleo emocional que Hemingway nunca nombra pero hacia el que sus relatos siempre gravitan. Ricardo Piglia tenía dieciocho años cuando encontró un ejemplar usado de In Our Time en una librería de Mar del Plata. Lo leyó entero esa misma tarde. Su prólogo a esta edición (que escribió poco antes de su muerte) invita a los fieles lectores de Hemingway a participar de un diálogo iluminador y es, al mismo tiempo, una inmejorable presentación para aquellos afortunados a punto de cruzar esta puerta por primera vez. Reseñas:«Volver a leer estos cuentos me llena de placer. Uno con la relectura rescata esa felicidad que el tiempo no desmorona. Me siguen emocionando Campamento indio, Gato bajo la lluvia, El río de los dos corazones y Fuera de temporada. Todos con esa magia estilística que apuntaló a otros escritores.»José María Gatti, Evaristocultural.com «El prólogo de Ricardo Piglia es una clase magistral sobre literatura,sobre Hemingway, sobre el arte de escribir cuentos. Una invitación irresistible a leer el libro de una sentada.»Daniela Portas, Infobae «Piglia arroja una lectura iluminadora de los mecanismos esenciales de Hemingway, desde la teoría del iceberg como primera síntesis de la capacidadnarrativa de Hemingway hasta el modo deliberado de ocultación y desarrollo de sus personajes e historias.»Karina Sainz Borgo, Voz Pópuli «Quince relatos, entre ellos el magistral Gato bajo la lluvia, en los que aparentemente no sucede nada pero que ocultan bajo su superficie una corriente torrencial y desbocada que arrastra también al lector.»Santos Domínguez, Encuentros con las letras«La pasión [de Hemingway] por narrar lo lleva a la selección de la realidad, a las omisiones, al lenguaje minimalista, a esa voluntad de relatar lo real que se convierte en su poética personal y su lirismo.»Ricardo Lladosa, Zenda Libros «Su lenguaje es coloquial y fresco, duro y limpio; su prosa parece tener un ser orgánico propio. Cada sílaba cuenta para una experiencia de magia estimulante y fascinante. Mira el mundo sin prejuicios ni preconceptos y graba con precisión y economía, y con una inmediatez casi aterradora, exactamente lo que ve.»Javier García Recio, La OpiniónA Contract with God: And Other Tenement Stories
Par Will Eisner. 2006
The revolutionary work of graphic storytelling that inspired a new art form. Will Eisner was present at the dawn of…
comics. In the 1940s, he pushed the boundaries of the medium with his acclaimed weekly comic strip The Spirit, and with the publication of A Contract with God in 1978, he created a new medium altogether: the graphic novel. It was unlike anything seen before, heralding an era when serious cartoonists were liberated from the limiting confines of the comic strip. Eisner’s work was a shining example of what comics could be: as inventive, moving, and complex as any literary art form. Eisner considered himself “a graphic witness reporting on life, death, heartbreak, and the never-ending struggle to prevail.” A Contract with God begins with a gripping tale that mirrors the artist’s real-life tragedy, the death of his daughter. Frimme Hersh, a devout Jew, questions his relationship with God after the loss of his own beloved child. Hersh’s crisis is intertwined with the lives of the other unforgettable denizens of Eisner’s iconic Dropsie Avenue, a fictionalized version of the quintessential New York City street where he came of age at the height of the Depression. This centennial edition showcases Eisner’s singular visual style in new high-resolution scans of his original art, complete with an introduction by Scott McCloud and an illuminating history of Eisner’s seminal work. Now readers can experience the legendary book that launched a unique art form and reaffirmed Will Eisner as one of the great pioneers of American graphic storytelling.Immortal Lycanthropes: A Novel
Par Hal Johnson. 2012
&“Required reading for budding happy mutants and their grownups . . . Perfectly wonderful and wonderfully perfect&” (Boing Boing). A shameful fact about…
humanity is that some people can be so ugly that no one will be friends with them. It is shameful that humans can be so cruel, and it is shameful that humans can be so ugly. So begins the incredible story of Myron Horowitz, a disfigured thirteen-year-old just trying to fit in at his Pennsylvania school. When an encounter with a bully leads to a mysterious explosion—and Myron lying unconscious and naked in the wreckage of the cafeteria—he discovers he is an immortal lycanthrope . . . a were-mammal who can transform from human to animal. He also discovers that there are others like him, and many of them want Myron dead. &“People will turn into animals,&” says the razor-witted narrator of this tour-de-force, &“and here come ancient secrets and rivers of blood.&” &“Johnson&’s debut novel is original and thought-provoking, especially the unique mythology intertwined with literary and historical references.&” —School Library Journal &“Filled with sarcasm and humor, this book will appeal to all teens . . . Teachers will love the high-level vocabulary (and content clues), sophisticated mathematical and scientific references, and non-stop allusions to writers, poets, books, and historical events.&” —VOYA &“I believe that readers, both young and old will find Immortal Lycanthropes an enjoyable read. Funny and exciting, with the trip being just as important as the destination.&” —Comic BookedCricket Catches the Travel Bug: A Travel Bug Tale (The Travel Bug Tales)
Par Sarah Bowlin. 2020
Meet Cricket—and join her on a traveling adventure—in this delightful storybook from the creator of the Mom with a Map…
website. Cricket Catches the Travel Bug gives a first introduction to the silly little travel bug, Cricket. Young readers join her as she learns all about travel, including her first flight aboard an airplane. She&’s amazed at how high these machines can fly—much higher than her own wings! Kids explore a big city with Cricket and her family and love learning all about travel through a bug&’s eyes! As Cricket Catches the Travel Bug quickly becomes a family favorite, parents appreciate Cricket&’s cute interpretation and imagination, while children fall in love with Cricket … and with travel. Look out, the travel bug is highly contagious!The Great Transition: A Novel
Par Nick Fuller Googins. 2023
This richly imaginative, immersive, and &“electrifyingly relevant&” (William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel follows a shocking…
disappearance amid the climate crisis of our near future—perfect for fans of Station Eleven and The Last Thing He Told Me.Emi Vargas, whose parents helped save the world, is tired of being told how lucky she is to have been born after the climate crisis. But following the public assassination of a dozen climate criminals, Emi&’s mother, Kristina, disappears as a possible suspect, and Emi&’s illusions of utopia are shattered. A determined Emi and her father, Larch, journey from their home in Nuuk, Greenland to New York City, now a lightly populated storm-surge outpost built from the ruins of the former metropolis. But they aren&’t the only ones looking for Kristina. Thirty years earlier, Larch first came to New York with a team of volunteers to save the city from rising waters and torrential storms. Kristina was on the frontlines of a different battle, fighting massive wildfires that ravaged the western United States. They became part of a movement that changed the world—The Great Transition—forging a new society and finding each other in process. Alternating between Emi&’s desperate search for her mother and a meticulously rendered, heart-stopping account of her parents&’ experiences during The Great Transition, this novel beautifully shows how our actions today determine our fate tomorrow. A triumphant debut, The Great Transition is &“a book for the present and the future—read this and you will be changed&” (Michelle Min Sterling, New York Times bestselling author).The Rebellion of Jane Clarke: A Novel
Par Sally Cabot Gunning. 2010
“Sally Gunning is a gifted storyteller adept at layering time, place, and character and revealing conflicts of the heart.”—Anne LeClaire,…
author of Entering NormalFrom Sally Gunning, the critically acclaimed author of The Widow’s War and Bound, comes The Rebellion of Jane Clarke, the compelling story of a young woman caught between tradition and independence, family and conscience, loyalty and love, on the eve of the Revolutionary War. Combining actual historical figures and events, like John Adams and the Boston Massacre, with enthralling fictional creations, author Gunning brings to vivid and unforgettable life the world of Colonial America on the brink of momentous upheaval and change.Treasured Vows (Harper Monogram Ser.)
Par Cathy Maxwell. 1996
An unconventional woman and her buttoned-up guardian find passion in this opposites attract Regency romance from a New York Times–bestselling…
author.“Whenever I’m asked which of my characters is my favorite, the answer always is Phadra Abbott. I love her scarves, her toe rings, and her desire to live life to its fullest.” —Cathy MaxwellAs stubborn as she is beautiful, Phadra Abbott will not be deterred when she sets her mind on something. The headstrong heiress has decided to track down her spendthrift explorer father—and nothing is going to stand in her way . . . not even her handsome, but oh, so stuffy guardian Grant Morgan.Though strong and level-headed, Grant has watched his well-ordered life go disastrously awry since he first tried to arrange the irrepressible Miss Abbott’s future. And now he has no choice but to accompany Phadra on her latest misadventure—for it’s not only his sworn duty that compels him, but a raging, newly born desire to hold his maddening, enchanting adversary in his arms . . . and love her for all time.Sin No More (The Reverend Curtis Black Novels #5)
Par Kimberla Lawson Roby. 2008
“Flawed Reverend Curtis Black returns” with more scandal in this novel by a New York Times–bestselling author who has “small-town…
church politics down” (Publishers Weekly).A man who once thrived on wickedness and counted on forgiveness, Curtis Black has changed his ways. Back in the heart of his congregation and his family, he will no longer stray from the beaten path. Or so he’s promised his long-suffering wife, Charlotte.But the sins of the past have strange ways of coming to light. First, Curtis’s former mistress shows up with their newborn baby daughter—named Curtina—and insists that Curtis be a part of their lives. Charlotte has forbidden her husband to have anything to do with them, but the trouble is, Curtis’s newfound conscience is leading him to have uncomfortable thoughts of responsibility.Also, the interim pastor who took over while Curtis was on a book tour is threatening blackmail. He’s gotten too used to life at the pulpit and will do everything in his power to stay there.Meanwhile, Charlotte has her own previous transgressions to deal with. The man who claims to be her son’s biological father has turned up and wants to make amends for the past thirteen years. If Charlotte gives in to his increasing requests, she may lose the only child she has left.However, Curtis and Charlotte have been through too much together to give up now. They must work harder than ever—as a mother and a father, as husband and wife—to save their family, their marriage, and their souls.Kangaroo: Large Print (Twentieth Century Classics Ser.)
Par D. H. Lawrence. 1950
This novel of 1920s Australia by the author of Lady Chatterley&’s Lover is &“one of the sharpest fictional visions of…
the country and its people&” (Gideon Haigh). A few years after the close of World War I, English author Richard Lovat Somers and his German wife, Harriet, have fled the grim remains of Europe and ventured to Australia. But they soon discover the new world is an escape from neither the demands of politics nor the nightmarish memories of Richard&’s service on the front lines. In Sydney, Richard meets Benjamin Cooley, a charismatic lawyer known to all as Kangaroo. But Kangaroo is also the leader of an underground fascist organization. While Richard finds himself drawn to the man&’s strength and certainty of purpose, he is simultaneously repelled by his embrace of dehumanizing violence. In this semi-autobiographical novel, author D. H. Lawrence plumbs the depths of his own experience in the Great War while exploring in vivid detail the breathtaking landscape and social volatility of Australia.The Proposition
Par Judith Ivory. 1999
“Through skillful writing, Ivory captures the subtle sensual pleasures of her colorful characters, creating a sexy variation on My Fair…
Lady.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)No man, gentleman or otherwise, has ever looked at Lady Edwina Bollash the way the brash, handsome man standing before her is doing now. Edwina has accepted the challenge to transform incorrigible Mick Tremore into a gentleman in just six weeks. And although the linguist is sure she can rise to the task, she isn’t at all certain she won’t swoon under his frankly sensuous gaze before her job is done.Mick has lived outside of London society long enough to know that appearances can be deceiving. Edwina might look all buttoned up—the perfect English lady—but there is unleashed passion existing just below her placid facade (not to mention a great pair of legs!). And as she prepares him to take his place in society, Mick prepares Edwina to take her place in his heart . . . and in his bed.“Well-done protagonists who become more endearing with each chapter; several memorable secondary characters, including a ferret named Freddie; and shimmering sexual tension and page-singeing love scenes recommend this beautifully written romance, which gently but effectively points out some of the inequities women faced during the late Victorian era.” —Library Journal“A textbook example of how to generate sexual tension . . . The ending is the perfect touch to this wonderful fairy-tale of a book.” —All About RomanceThe Fresco
Par Sheri S. Tepper. 2000
An Albuquerque bookseller is caught up in an intergalactic drama when aliens choose her as messenger of their wisdom in…
this feminist sci-fi novel.The bizarre events that have been occurring across the United States—unexplained “oddities” tracked by Air Defense, mysterious disappearances, shocking deaths—seem to have no bearing on Benita Alvarez-Shipton’s life. That is, until the soft-spoken thirty-six-year-old bookstore manager is approached by a pair of aliens asking her to transmit their message of peace to the powers in Washington. An abused Albuquerque wife with low self-esteem, Benita has been chosen to act as the sole liaison between the human race and the Pistach, who have offered their human hosts a spectacular opportunity for knowledge and enrichment.But ultimately Benita will be called upon to do much more than deliver messages—and may, in fact, be responsible for saving the Earth. Because the Pistach are not the only space-faring species currently making their presence known on her unsuspecting planet. And the others are not so benevolent.The Forgery of Venus: A Novel
Par Michael Gruber. 2008
A brilliant but frustrated painter is drawn into an elaborate forgery scheme as he slips into the life of a…
seventeenth century master in this acclaimed novel.Chaz Wilmot makes his living cranking out old-master parodies for ads and magazine covers. When he’s offered a job restoring a Venetian palace fresco, he’s skeptical to say the least—the job seems to be more forgery than restoration. But seduced by the challenge, Chaz executes the job brilliantly.This feat attracts the attention of Werner Krebs, a shady art dealer who becomes Wilmot’s patron. Wilmot is suddenly working with a fervor he hasn’t felt in years, but without warning, he finds himself reliving moments from the past. At first, they are moments from his own childhood. But soon, he believes he can travel back to the 17th century where he embodies the renowned Spanish artist Velazquez. Unsure if these excursions into history are real, Wilmot slowly enters a secret world of gangsters, greed, and murder. At the center of it all is his mystery patron. But is Werner a criminal mastermind plotting a priceless forgery, or the man who will save Wilmot from obscurity and madness? Miraculously inventive, this book cements Gruber’s reputation as one of the most imaginative and gifted writers of our time.Queen of Babble Gets Hitched (Queen Of Babble Ser. #3)
Par Meg Cabot. 2008
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author delivers “her trademark wit, sharp banter and lively antics from the first page . . . another…
one to savor” (Publishers Weekly).Big Mouth, Big Heart, Big City . . . Big ProblemsThings are looking up at last for Lizzie Nichols. She has a career she loves in the field of her choice (wedding gown restoration), and the love of her life, Luke, has finally proposed. Life’s become a dizzying whirl of wedding gown fittings—not necessarily her own—as Lizzie prepares for her dream wedding at her fiancé’s château in the south of France.But the dream soon becomes a nightmare when the best man—whom Lizzie might once have accidentally slept with . . . no, really, just slept—announces his total lack of support for the couple, a sentiment seconded by the maid of honor; Lizzie’s Midwestern family can’t understand why she doesn’t want to have her wedding in the family backyard; her future French in-laws are trying to lure the groom back into investment banking; and Lizzie finds herself wondering if her Prince Charming really is as charming as she once believed.“Cabot, author of the humorous Heather Wells mysteries as well as the wildly popular Princess Diaries series, has once again shown that she is a master at entertaining and amusing readers.” —Booklist“Reading about Lizzie and her gang again is like catching up with old friends. Patrons who like humorous, lighthearted stories about personal relationships will appreciate this book, not to mention the series.” —Library JournalSex and the Single Fireman: A Bachelor Firemen Novel (The Bachelor Firemen of San Gabriel Series #3)
Par Jennifer Bernard. 2013
There's a hardnosed new training officer in town, and that's bad news for theBachelor Firemen of San Gabriel . .…
.But great news for firefighter Sabina Jones . . . maybe. The toughest captain on the East Coast, single father Rick Roman has come thousands of miles to San Gabriel to put an end to the "Bachelor Firemen" media hype. But when a stunning woman he nearly hooked up with in Reno turns out to be a firefighter from his new station, Roman realizes it's going to be tough keeping the tabloids at bay.But there's even more Sabina isn't telling him. Before dedicating herself to battling blazes, Sabina led a very different life, one that made her famous. The last thing she wants is to have her secret exposed. The papers, bloggers, and TV gossips will have a field day with that—expecially when they sense the obvious sexual heat between Sabina and Chief Roman, who's torn between firing her . . . and falling in love with her!Night Crawler Lake: An Unlikly Ghost Story
Par Kurt Mueller. 2022
Night Crawler Lake is an imaginative foray into magic realism, where fantasy and reality twine together in the mind of…
a small-town Minnesota boy named Eric Luft. At times frightened or confused, he has learned to ignore his waking dreams or hallucinations. He and his small group of friends live in Black Goose Falls, a town of deep German and Norwegian heritage; a town defined by church spires, grain elevators, a lovely old library, and Indian burial mounds. Eric, at times, wanders alone through surrounding abandoned farms, fields, and state forest lands. In so doing, he finds both grief and a form of release. It is up to the individual reader to weigh the cost to Eric and his community. Readers and reviewers of this novel will find humor and pathos, nostalgia and relevance, and a good dose of the supernatural. So come, take an evening walk through the woods to Night Crawler Lake.