Classic Love

This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, the first of Anne Rice's elegantly written volumes of erotica, continues her explicit, teasing exploration of the psychology of human desire. Now Beauty, having indulged in a secret and forbidden infatuation with the rebellious slave Prince Tristan, is sent away from the Satyricon-like world of the Castle. Sold at auction, she will soon experience the tantalizing punishments of "the village".

The unexpected discovery in 2009 of a completed manuscript of Claude McKay's final novel was celebrated as one of the most significant literary events in recent years. Building on the already extraordinary legacy of McKay's life and work, this colorful, dramatic novel centers on the efforts by Harlem intelligentsia to organize support for the liberation of fascist-controlled Ethiopia, a crucial but largely forgotten event in American history.

Now that I'm the respected Don of the Kingsley Crime Family, people in the family are lined up to meet me, wondering what I'm going to do next. Others wonder if I really did what the rumors say. Others are wanting to try their luck against the new Don. But you can't be the boss without ruffling a few feathers, right? Sure, I like money, but if there's one thing I hate, it's making money off the backs of others... literally. So, when I decide to replace our trafficking business with the best sex club in New York, let's just say that not everyone is on board with my vision. Eli and I are ...

Years and distance kept the memories at bay. But back at home, the past is ready and waiting to haunt her... Eighteen years have passed since Joy's childhood best friend, Jenny, met her death in a tragic car accident just a few days after their senior prom. A broken Joy left their small Kentucky hometown shortly after - determined never to come back. But when her father's illness forces her to return, she realizes that neither time nor distance have truly healed her troubled soul.

I’ve been in love with Zoe London from the moment I first set eyes on her. My obsession runs deep—so much so that I have her dorm room bugged. And that’s why I know I have to become Santa Claus. When she agrees to sit on a Santa Claus’s lap and have her picture taken as part of a bet, there’s no way I’m going to let some other man have the job. I might be a stalker, but I’m also going to be Santa this year, and I’ll give my princess anything she wants.

How To Wake a Planet is first and foremost a wonderful love story, then a brilliant journey through mankind’s constant inability to deal with the most elementary of questions. Scavinold reminds us, as he is so fond of doing, just how unprepared we are for inevitable systems failures ahead, and the often overlooked sweeping effects of the simple person and the unforeseen momentum of love. Mars is an established colony. Earth is rebounding from an unprecedented natural disaster that altered society and government as we know it. Eighty years have passed since anyone has traveled between the ...

Lady Chatterley's Lover was the subject of one of the most infamous trials of the 20th century when Penguin was prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act. However, with expert witnesses for the defence, including E.M. Forster, Penguin was acquitted and permitted to publish in 1960. The book became a best seller largely on account of explicit scenes of a sexual nature and use of four letter words.

The Battle of Life: A Love Story is an 1846 novel by Charles Dickens. It is the fourth of his five "Christmas Books", coming after The Cricket on the Hearth and followed by The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain. The setting is an English village that stands on the site of an historic battle. Some characters refer to the battle as a metaphor for the struggles of life, hence the title. Battle is the only one of the five Christmas Books that has no supernatural or explicitly religious elements. (One scene takes place at Christmas time, but it is not the final scene.)

The W126 isn't just a car; it's a statement. And keeping that statement running requires deep know-how. That's where this guide comes in. I'll demystify everything from the vacuum locks to timing chains. We're talking deep, detailed discussions of: W126 Essentials: Why they're so special & what to look for before you buy. Engine & Fuel Wisdom: Tackling timing chains, Bosch Jetronic bugaboos, and common leaks. Climate Control Conquered: Finally understand that HVAC system! Body & Interior Savvy: Fighting rust, fixing tricky windows, and electrical gremlins. Suspension, Brakes & More: From ...

Available as a value box amazon.com/dp/B09NV49DSK (copy and paste the link into your browser) Spring, Upstate New York It’s time to hire some help. So, she turns to Nanny Miracles, a company that promises the nanny to solve all her problems. But when Annie’s nanny shows up, it’s a man—and a really good-looking one, at that. Someone Annie actually sort of knows already. - Is a male nanny really something Annie is ready to accept? - Could he be the key to solving all her problems? - Or will this all go terribly wrong the way everything else in her life is currently going? Let go of ...

Available as part of a super value boxed set AMZN.COM/B084JRTQW6 (copy and paste the link into your browser) Meet Cassidy, a young girl that considers herself unlucky and thinks she attracts misshapes. When her parents died and she blamed herself. She falls under the spell of a local Shaman “Grandfather” who promise all will be well if she marries a man with a scar on his face with the shape of a Star! She finds Dave Lerman in the Mail order brides’ ad with a star on his face and marries him for all the wrong reason! Does Cassidy truly have bad luck? Can Shaman Grandfather change her ...

Windfall, Montana. Meet Kim Taylor, the Lucas’ child, adopted along with her sister Mila at a young age, after their parents died in a terrible accident. Now twenty years old and working as a veterinary assistant, Kim receives a scholarship to the local college. There, she meets student advisor Andrew Law, a quiet and funny young man. Driven to Windfall because of his own heartache, Andrew Law imagined himself married, with kids, and a successful career at twenty-four. Instead, he’s alone and wonders if he’ll ever be able to move on from his hurtful past. As Kim and Andrew explore ...

It’s the 1980s and Imogene Ryan, a romantic, is in search of her soul mate in the great city of Manhattan. She thinks she may have found that soul mate when she meets Christopher McDowell, but there’s one complication. Christopher is a vampire.

A FLEDGLING GODDESS MUST STEAL BACK HER POWER FROM A RUTHLESS KING. During her first testing at the sacred pool of her ancestors, Reawen learns she must steal back the green stone that confirms her mystical power. The stone was stolen from her mother by Brone, the country’s king. Cheated of her birthright as Domis of the Peninsula's Waters, Reawen sets off to track Brone, the ruthless, golden-haired ruler who wears the stolen sacred stones of the four Domi. But Brone wields their power at a terrible price. He has many enemies who seek to destroy him and gain the stones for themselves. The...

A poignant exploration of love, loss, and the passage of time, imbued with a melancholic beauty that mirrors the author’s own reckoning with mortality and the changing tides of literature. This collection of short stories was released just before Corelli’s death, and is unlike any of her other tales. Corelli was the bestselling queen of Victorian romantic fiction, beloved by the public and Queen Victoria herself… but the Great War (WWI) war changed everyone, Corelli included.

Can a widowed sheriff and a former drug addict believe God has the power to mend all broken hearts, even crushed ones like theirs? Now a Christian, former drug addict Emma Hughes is back in the small town of Rios Azules. She’s desperate to regain the trust of the son she once abandoned and change her life. Meeting a vacationer, Rodrigo Ybarra, she fights her attraction to him. Even with her newfound faith, the risk of a relapse is too high. On the two-year anniversary of his wife’s death at the hand of a junkie, Sheriff Rodrigo Ybarra comes to the ocean to mourn her. Romance is the last...

This book consists of 5 unique dark sad heartbroken stories. Each one has its story to tell and reveal the darkness of human nature...

Prequel and sequel to Emily Brönte's immortal masterpiece. A young lover flees in the middle of the night after being rejected by his beloved Cathy. From then on, everything will change except his passion, which can only grow in an endless spiral, like the storm that accompanies Heathcliff's heart. A classic novel with new characters that revisits the original story and fills it with new life. What happened to Heathcliff during his absence from the house? Was he a victim or a villain? What if we could hear the characters' thoughts? What if there were unknown characters who fit into the ...

The melodramatic romance by Goethe The Sorrows of the Young Werther, the story of a troubled aesthete who kills himself for love, was first published in 1774 and has since become one of the staples of German literature. Such extravagant productions lend themselves readily to parody and naturally attracted the attention of skilled satirists like Thomas Love Peacock.

An Accessible Introduction to Julian of Norwich "The Spirit showed me a tiny thing, the size of a hazelnut," wrote Julian of Norwich. In Julian's vision, the fragile and insignificant hazelnut contains all of Creation—and yet it endures "because God loves it." This book of short selections from All Shall Be Well, Anamchara Books' modern-language version of Julian's revelation, contains bite-size thoughts arranged thematically.