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The Education of Chauncey Doolittle (Clay Bank County)
Par James Everett Kibler. 2009
"This fine novel should have an honored place on the same shelf as the novels of Andrew Lytle and Wendell…
Berry." --Ron Rash, award-winning poet, short story writer, and author of Saints at the River"THE EDUCATION OF CHAUNCEY DOOLITTLE is the perfect companion for the December fireside and the July streamside, a book to be sipped and never gulped" --Fred Chappell, author of I Am One of You Forever"Kibler has provided readers with another refreshing stroll down a breezy country lane." --James Cantrell, author of How Celtic Culture Invented Southern LiteratureAn eloquent advocate for the redemptive values of the agrarian society, James Kibler is a masterful storyteller with an uncanny talent for making his characters come alive through dialogue. Whether they are farmers, fishermen, or shopkeepers, Kibler's characters mind the land as well as their ancestors. In this expressive novel, Kibler presents the daily life of Chauncey Doolittle and his companions, small-town fellows who gather at a country store to wrestle with the powerful forces of modernity, the pull of the past, and their deep affection for one another and the land they call home.Spanning a cycle of four seasons, this third book in the Clay Bank County Series brings protagonist Chauncey Doolittle into his own as a poet and student of Latin, language, and the wonderfully rich humanity around him. Told with gentle humor and warmth, this perceptive novel is as much a study of the landscape itself as it is a tribute to those men and women who live in solidarity with the land. A collection of Chauncey's poems follows at the end of the work, providing a softly cadenced close to a bittersweet story of endurance, remembrance, and transition.A South Texas Christmas (Men of the West #8)
Par Stella Bagwell. 2006
“YOU HEARD ME. I’LL BE YOUR NEW BOYFRIEND. ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT?”Raine Crockett stared at the handsome lawyer in disbelief.…
Just about everything was wrong with Neil Rankin coming down to the Sandbur ranch and posing as her fiancé, not the least of which was that his mere presence set her on fire. And he just had to make their romance realistic, right? A loving kiss, a protective arm around her shoulders. She could get used to his affections, but what would happen when their little ruse was over?Oh, Raine, you are in way over your head and getting deeper by the minute!MEN OF THE WESTWhether ranchers or lawmen, these heartbreakers can ride, shootand drive a woman crazyTaming the Beastly MD (Dynasties: The Barones)
Par Elizabeth Bevarly. 2003
Nurse Rita Barone noticed everything about moody cardiologist Dr. Matthew Graysonhis broad shoulders, his powerful hands, his eyes that saw…
right through her scrubs, his lips set in a scowl that seduced her into giving up her innocence. But she never noticed that he was the secret admirer who'd been sending her anonymous gifts.The pragmatic Dr. Grayson felt a fool. A renowned surgeon with a crush on one of his young nurses? No matter how much he dreamed of touching her, kissing her, undressing her, Matthew knew that for the "Beast of Boston General," bedding a beauty like Rita was nothing but an elusive fantasy...or was it?The Fiancé Fix
Par Carole Mortimer. 2002
International bestselling author Carole Mortimer makes a special guest appearance in Harlequin Romance!Joanne Delaney will do anything to protect her…
beloved daughter from a custody claimincluding marrying for :onvenience! Only, she receives two unexpected proposalsone from handsome stranger Nick Mason, and another from wealthy businessman David Banning .The heir to the throne must convince his unexpectedly pregnant lover to marry him in this sexy romance from a…
USA Today–bestselling author.Bitter life lessons have taught Crown Prince Maksim Yurkovich that duty must come before desire. His country needs an heir, so when he discovers his lover can’t have children, he must sever their ties. Only Maks can’t resist spending one last night in her bed.Now he faces the biggest diplomatic crisis of his life. Against all odds, Gillian Harris has become pregnant. Maks’s royal reserve masks the heart of a fierce Cossack warrior—one who is not above using their mutual passion to convince a hurt, wary Gillian that she must be his queen!The Unwilling Mistress (The Calendar Brides #2)
Par Carole Mortimer. 2003
March Calendar: Single and determined to stay that way…certainly while Will Davenport's around. He may be the most eligible bachelor…
March has ever met, but he's also the most lethal! She'll never get involved with a man who plans on destroying her family's business!Will Davenport: Single and on a mission to buy the Calendar family's farm for redevelopment. But when he meets the feisty March, he's hooked. Perhaps he can do a deal that will bring the best of both worlds—satisfaction for March and for him. But is March willing to sleep with the enemy?Howling in the Darkness (Moriah's Landing #2)
Par B. J. Daniels. 2002
GUARDIAN OF THE NIGHTDanger! Undercover agent Jonah Ries couldn't explain to the stunning woman who'd mistaken him for herblind date…
exactly how he knew someone was trying to harm her. Butevil stalked Moriah's Landing, and Katherine Ridgemont was its target.When she learned of Jonah's deep secret, Kat might not give him thetime of day. Only that wouldn't stop Jonah from watching over thevulnerable beauty after dark. As the anniversary of Kat's mother'smysterious death approached, the instinct to protect became a fire inJonah's blood. A fire matched by his determination to save the womanhe loved from the unknown forces that haunted the night….Forced into a pretend engagement with her boss, a woman discovers their very real passion in this sexy romance from…
a USA Today–bestselling author.Millionaire racing driver Ramon Sauveterre is no stranger to fame, but he’ll do just about anything to keep the spotlight off his family. Including propose a decidedly short-term engagement to his gorgeous head of PR, Isidora Garcia!Isidora cannot forgive Ramon for dragging her into this farce—just as she’ll never forgive him for the indiscretion that broke her heart. But while their relationship might be fake, the burning longing his kisses spark is all too real—and resisting Ramon’s heated touch until the end of their arrangement proves utterly impossible . . .From a New York Times–bestselling author, two sexy romances featuring women who find passion with ruggedly handsome Alaskan men advertising…
for wives.A Touch of Silk Manhattan columnist Kay Freemont spends her days writing about sex—and her nights wondering what all the hype is about. So when sexy Alaskan bachelor Quinn Scofield places an ad in her magazine to find a wife, Kay can’t resist the opportunity to finally find out! Though city girl Kay was only looking for a red-hot fling, she’s beginning to feel right at home, both in the small town of Bear Creek—and in Quinn’s loving arms. A Thrill to Remember Meggie Scofield is ready to rejoin the dating scene after her divorce, and the town’s masquerade party seems like the perfect place to start. Delighted when a gorgeous masked man catches her eye, Meggie is later stunned to find out the sexy stranger is actually Caleb Greenleaf, her former brother-in-law! Their chemistry is undeniable, but will one thrilling night turn into the love they’ve both been looking for?A memory lapses keeps a single mother from remembering her baby daddy until she is reunited with the billionaire in…
this sexy international romance.Orla O’Reilly knew the father of her precious three-year-old son must be out there somewhere. But after a car accident left her with amnesia, she’s unable to recall his name. Until Tonino arrives at her sister’s wedding, and suddenly it comes flooding back. Their connection . . . and his betrayal . . . Billionaire Tonino is astounded by Orla’s return. The memory of their short but intense affair has never left him. But convincing Orla that he has the right to his child—and her heart—will be far from easy . . .Undone by His Touch (Dark-hearted Tycoons Ser. #1)
Par Annie West. 2012
Cast into a world of black, Declan Carstairs is a man in torment. Consumed by guilt, he sees no way…
out of the darkness his life has become. Only one thing drives himfinding the woman who caused his brother's death, and the accident that took his sight.Housekeeper Chloe Daniels refuses to pity her devastatingly gorgeous boss, but treating him as the strong, capable man he is soon proves dangerous. As Chloe falls deeper under Declan's spell, awakened by his touch, she forgets all about the secret she keeps that may destroy them both.The High-Society Wife (Ruthless Ser. #17)
Par Helen Bianchin. 2005
Gianna and Franco Giancarlo had gone into their convenient society marriage with their eyes wide open. They acted the happy…
couple to create an alliance between their powerful, wealthy families--and dispel media gossip....A year later, things have changed: their marriage may not be real, but Franco's passion for his wife is...and Gianna has fallen in love with her husband!A Feast Unknown (The Doc Caliban and Lord Gandrith Novels)
Par Philip José Farmer. 1969
Sci-fi meets gritty, erotic horror in the Hugo Award–winning author&’s controversial pastiche of mid-twentieth century pulp fiction icons. Philip José…
Farmer took the art of literary mashups to an epic new level with his novels of the Wold Newton Universe, in which fictional characters such as James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, and Philip Marlowe crossed paths in a complex narrative web. In A Feast Unknown, he presents thinly veiled versions of two iconic characters—Tarzan and Doc Savage—in a dark tale of psychosexual ferocity. Lord Grandrith, the fabled &“king of the jungle,&” is endowed with special powers that come at a terrible cost. He can only experience sexual pleasure while engaged in acts of violence. His affliction is shared by his nemesis, Doc Caliban, the legendary Man of Bronze. These two titans are also half-brothers—progeny of the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper. As they face each other in an epic battle for immortality, they discover a common enemy: the dark manipulators behind their tragic fate.Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess (Naughty French Novels #1)
Par Alfred De Musset. 2006
"' What a picture! ' She shivered, making her breasts quiver, and I realized that this confession, far from horrifying…
her, was feeding her lust. You'll send the devil back into our flesh.' "Considered one of the truly great French writers of the nineteenth century, famed poet and novelist Alfred de Musset once decided (as great French writers are wont to do) to try his hand at erotic fiction. The glorious result was Gamiani, a classic tale of sensual pleasure and sexual excess. Reputedly inspired by the debauched history of Musset's former lover-the irrepressible George Sand-it is the classic erotic story of one man, two women . . . and two incomparable nights of uninhibited sexual adventure.The last man on earth she should hook up with! Poppy Spencer has discovered that there's one thing worse than Christmas…
alone in her flat, and that's spending it with Isaac Blairher sworn-enemy-turned-reluctant-flatmate! And that's not just because he knows all her secrets but because his sexy-as-sin smile and taut physique are making her all hot and flustereddespite the icy cold outside! Unless a casual hookup is just the thing she needs ? It'll certainly break the simmering tension between them. The trouble is, with their history, this is going to be anything but casual!Queen Solomon
Par Tamara Faith Berger. 2018
The erotic awakening and mental disintegration of an intense young man who leaves home and enters the phantasm of Israel.…
It's just another boring summer for our teenaged narrator - until Barbra arrives. An Ethiopian Jew, Barbra was brought to Israel at age five, a part of Operation Solomon, and now our narrator's well-intentioned father has brought her, as a teen, to their home for the summer. But Barbra isn't the docile and grateful orphan they expect, and soon our narrator, terrified of her and drawn to her in equal measure, finds himself immersed in compulsive psychosexual games with her, as she binge-drinks and lies to his family. Things go terribly wrong, and Barbra flees. But seven years later, as our narrator is getting his life back on track, with a new girlfriend and a master's degree in Holocaust Studies underway, Barbra shows up at our narrator's house once again, her "spiritual teacher" in tow, and our narrator finds his politics, and his sanity, back in question.Permission
Par Saskia Vogel. 2019
A grieving young woman learns something new about love from a dominatrix in this haunting and erotic debut. Echo is…
a failing actress who prefers to lose herself in the lives of others rather than examine her own. When her father disappears in a seaside misstep, she and her mother are left grief-stricken, unsure of how to piece back together their family that, it turns out, had never been whole. But then Orly -- a dominatrix -- moves in across the street. And through her, Echo begins to find the pieces that will allow her to carry on. Set among the bright colours and harshly glittering lights of Los Angeles, this is a love story about people addled with dreams and expectations who turn to the erotic for answers.My Dark Desire
Par L. J. Shen, Parker S. Huntington. 2024
The hotly anticipated second book in the Dark Prince Road series. If you loved My Dark Romeo, you need My…
Dark Desire. Available to pre-order now.The task was simple: Sneak into Zachary Sun's closely guarded manor. Retrieve my pendant. Slip out.Problem #1? America's most unattainable bachelor caught me.Problem #2? He decided to keep me. As the help.Zach Sun's winter may be the coldest I've ever felt, but he makes my skin burn. Reserved, calculated, and savagely cruel, he thrives on the weaknesses of others.Little does he know, he just met his match.He may be American royalty. But this peasant will rise to become Queen.Alluring Tales: Hot Holiday Nights
Par Vivi Anna, Sylvia Day, Delilah Devlin, Cathryn Fox. 2008
The holidays are heating up—with seven wickedly sensual stories guaranteed to spice up those chilly winter nights!A psychology student goes…
online hoping to live out her steamiest fantasy—and ends up on a hot mystery date with a wickedly imaginative stud who brings out her inner pole-dancer. . .A determined lady comes home, burning for her girlhood crush—a sexy lawman who totes a big gun. . .A creative ad man's passion is aroused when he sees his buttoned-up coworker in a revealing new light—dressed in sizzling red satin on a giant billboard. . .A professional dominatrix wishes upon a star, and her fantasy appears—an insatiable alpha male in biker boots who's literally out of this world. . .A tall, dark, handsome warlock finds himself obsessed with his "familiar"—a sleek and sexy cat-woman who turns out to be the purr-fect lover. . .She was always hot for big brother's best friend—and now her erotic dream is here in the taut and tempting flesh. . .A pair of fugitive lovers finds themselves warm and toasty in a sultry Caribbean paradise—and ready for some red-hot fun in the sun. . .The Book of Spirits
Par James Reese. 2005
In his first novel, the national bestselling The Book of Shadows,James Reese beguiled readers with a boldly imaginative, darkly erotic…
tale of awakening that introduced the captivating and deeply unusual Herculine. Now this extraordinary writer continues Herculine's incredible journey of self-discovery -- a search that will lead her into a world of shadows and perils, where she will taste the forbidden and find redemption.September 1826. Taught to trust ... and to learn by a quartet of remarkable saviors, Herculine is bound for America, leaving behind a strange and violent past in France for an uncertain future in an exotic new land. Arriving in Virginia, Herculine is led by fate to Mother-of-Venus, a mysterious old slave woman who is blessed with gifts both terrifying and strange, and to a young poet named Edgar Poe who is haunted by evils of the past. Under the mystical guidance of Mammy Venus, Herculine soon calls upon her powerful legacy to rescue Celia, a beautiful, damaged slave. Landing in the coastal wilds of Florida, Celia stirs passions -- and dark, otherworldly powers -- within Herculine, propelling them into an erotic obsession that only the missing witch Sebastiana d'Azur can break.Hope comes in a missive that will lure the desperate Herculine north, to the chaotic streets of New York and a strange, magical house in which the confused and eager witch is accepted by a band of like-minded sisters and introduced to exquisite carnal pleasures. Finally loosed from the shackles of shame and desire, Herculine heads south once again to find salvation and fulfill her destiny.Set in a time of promise and peril, bondage and bloodshed, James Reese's lush, richly atmospheric, and beautifully told tale shatters the boundaries between the living and the dead, the magical and the ordinary, the imagined and the historical. A novel of the mind and the senses, The Book of Spirits is a mesmerizing and unforgettable work from an exceptional talent.