Download or read book Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck written by Joe Okonkwo and published by Bywater Books. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Independent Publishers Awards (IPPY) Silver Medalist in LGBT+ Fiction The eclectic stories in this collection are bound by the threads of desire in its many forms, above all, the desire for love and a place of safety in a world where being Black and gay can thwart the fulfillment of that longing. The characters are complex, driven, difficult, and even, at times, unsympathetic, but always compelling. In other words: fully rounded human beings living complicated lives. A proud Black woman who escaped her rural, impoverished town returns after the collapse of her marriage and faces the scorn of those she left behind. A middle-aged gay man finds his loneliness temporarily relieved by the arrival of a stray cat. An unhappily married woman becomes enmeshed in her bisexual husband's attempt to create a ménage à trois with a much younger man. A 16-year-old boy discovers the power of his sexuality when he embarks upon a dangerous seduction. Two Black men, one mature and rich, the other young and struggling, are drawn into a contentious affair by their shared love of opera. The legendary blues singer Glady Bentley crashes up against the barriers of race and gender when she gets caught up in a police raid. Kiss the Scars on the Back of My Neck is a masterful collection of stories by a gifted writer who has fully hit his stride.
Download or read book Nineteen Letters written by Jodi Perry and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do if the love of your life had no memory of you? A man tries to win back the love of his life after an accident has her in a coma in this emotional, romantic drama from #1 ebook phenomenon J. L. Perry writing as Jodi Perry The 19th of January, 1996 ... I'll never forget it. It was the day we met. I was seven and she was six. It was the day she moved in next door, and the same day I developed my first crush on a girl. Then tragedy struck. Nineteen days after our wedding day, she was in an accident that would change our lives forever. When she woke from her coma, she had no memory of me, of us, of the love we shared. That's when I started writing her letters.The stories of our life. Of when we met. About the happier times, and everything we'd experienced together. What we had was far too beautiful to be forgotten. If you love Nicholas Sparks' bestselling novel THE NOTEBOOK you will devour the compelling, emotional storytelling of Jodi Perry's NINETEEN LETTERS, winner of the Romantic Book of the Year 2018 from the Romance Writers of Australia. It will make you laugh, and it will make you cry. 'This book is gorgeous. Jodi Perry is a wonderful storyteller. I wanted to take Braxton home and eat him for breakfast!' NATASHA LESTER, bestselling author of A KISS FROM MR FITZGERALD and HER MOTHER'S SECRET 'A timeless love story so beautiful and riveting it will leave you breathless' MARGARET MCHEYZER, New York Times bestselling author of UGLY and MISTRUST 'an emotional, romantic drama' Yours magazine 'A true love story. This book jumped off the page and pulled every emotion from me. Beautiful and heartbreaking, it ripped me apart and wrapped me up tight again' PENELOPE DOUGLAS, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author 'An emotional and beautiful story about the power of unconditional love, with a hero so sweet that you will fall hard for' NINA LEVINE 'the greatest love story ever told... better than ROMEO AND JULIET and THE NOTEBOOK' Jessica's Bookworld 'This beautifully tender story will have you reaching for the tissues, wishing you had a love like Jemma and Braxton have' GemsBookNook 'Move over Mr Sparks because Miss Perry is... hot on your heels!' Goodreads reviewer 'I never wanted it to end' Reader review
Download or read book Isle of Wolves written by Tiffany Daune and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF YOUNG ADULT FANTASY ROMANCE TIFFANY DAUNE Book one in the Cursed Fates series Everyone has secrets. But Olena's are deadly. Deep within Olena looms a vicious monster destined to one day awaken and demand her sacrifice to the gods. But until that fateful date arrives, she must harness the beast' s power to slay the monsters vying for the magic on the isle. Each spring, the hunters pen secret offerings and cast them into the flames, praying their beasts will slumber another year. This year, Olena went too far to impress the gods. With Olena' s nineteenth birthday nearing and hunter numbers dwindling with each awakening beast, she needed an undeniably perfect offering— a monumental gesture. But if the other hunters ever discovered Olena' s offering, they would turn their crossbows on her. As summer nears, Olena believes her secret is safe until she receives a mysterious text message claiming they possess the supposedly burned book of offerings. At first, she believes the messages are a cruel hoax, but after catching her team captain with her boyfriend, she didn' t stay that night to witness the book ignite. Fearing her fate if the others discover her secret, she must tap into every sense the sleeping beast can grant her to track down the one who seeks to destroy her and recover the cursed book before they reveal her dark offering. Or die trying. Loyalties will be tested. Friendships shattered. And hearts destroyed. Welcome to the Isle of Wolves.
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Download or read book Shatter the Suns written by Caitlin Sangster and published by Simon Pulse. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sev must decode her mother’s last words to find the cure to Sleeping Sickness before her enemies find it first in this stunning sequel to Last Star Burning, which #1 New York Times bestselling author Aprilynne Pike calls “a rich and timely tale.” No one is safe, not with a horrifying new strain of Sleeping Sickness tearing through the population. After fleeing the City with her friends, Sev has one goal: to find the cure her mother developed and put an end to the epidemic once and for all. But decoding her mother’s last words—to seek out “Port North”—is easier said than done. Nobody she talks to has heard of Port North, and with only Tai-ge and June on her side, Sev fears Dr. Yang will find the cure first, and that he’ll use it to start a new world order under his rule. With no leads, Sev is running out of options—until she discovers someone hiding in the cargo hold of her heli plane. Someone she thought was dead. Someone with maps that could point the way to Port North, if only she could read them. Unfortunately, the one person Sev never wants to see again might be the one person who can help her find the cure.
Download or read book Resiliience written by Marcia DM and published by Marcia DM. This book was released on with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Villains are obviously the evil ones in the story, but what most people don’t know, is that heroes can sometimes be the more dangerous ones. Other times? They’re one and the same… Bruno They abducted her, and now she’s mine. This has been torture for both of us. If only I weren’t so good at my job, none of this would have happened. But then I wouldn’t have met her… Now that I have her, I’m not letting her go. There’s only one way out, and I’m taking her with me. That’s a promise. Sarah The face of my captor was the only thing I saw. Why did he have to be so handsome? His hands were the only source of connection I had. Rough, yet caring. His husky voice was the only one addressing me for months. Until finally my rescue came… only it wasn’t who I thought it would be.
Download or read book The Adorned written by John Tristan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-08-12 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ignite your imagination with this immersive fantasy read! My name is Etan, and I am Adorned. A living piece of art, I exist to please the divine rulers of Kered. With nowhere to turn after my father died, I tried my luck in the capital city. Little did I know how quickly I would be robbed, beaten and forced to sell myself into servitude. But I was lucky enough to gain the attention of Roberd Tallisk, an irascible but intriguing tattoo artist who offered to mark me with enchanted ink for the enjoyment of the nobles. I was given a chance to better my station in life, and I could not refuse. But the divine rulers want not only the art but the body that bears it. In their company I can rise above the dregs of society and experience a life most only dream of, at the cost of suffering their every desire as a pawn in games of lavish intrigue. Their attention is flattering, but I find I'd rather have Tallisk's. Caught between factions, I learn that a revolution is brewing, one that could ruin Kered—and Roberd and myself along with it… 101,000 words
Download or read book A Broken Blade written by Melissa Blair and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BookTok sensation from debut author Melissa Blair—now with exclusive bonus content! "Gripping and fierce. This is much-needed fantasy with its fangs honed sharp by the power of resistance. Melissa Blair has built a tremendous world."—Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights My body is made of scars, some were done to me, but most I did to myself. Keera is a killer. As the King's Blade, she is the most talented spy in the kingdom. And the king’s favored assassin. When a mysterious figure moves against the Crown, Keera is called upon to hunt down the so-called Shadow. She tracks her target into the magical lands of the Fae, but Faeland is not what it seems . . . and neither is the Shadow. Keera is shocked by what she learns, and can't help but wonder who her enemy truly is: the King that destroyed her people or the Shadow that threatens the peace? As she searches for answers, Keera is haunted by a promise she made long ago, one that will test her in every way. To keep her word, Keera must not only save herself, but an entire kingdom. Fans of fast-paced high fantasy such as A Court of Thorns and Roses series, The Inadequate Heir, and From Blood and Ash author Jennifer L. Armentrout, will enjoy the fierce female characters, sapphic representation, and fantasy romance of A Broken Blade.
Download or read book Jazz Moon written by Joe Okonkwo and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A passionate, alive, and original novel about love, race, and jazz in 1920s Harlem and Paris—a moving story of traveling far to find oneself” (David Ebershoff, author of The Danish Girl and The 19th Wife). On a sweltering summer night in 1925, beauties in beaded dresses mingle with hepcats in dapper suits on the streets of Harlem. The air is thick with reefer smoke, and jazz pours out of speakeasy doorways. Ben Charles and his devoted wife are among the locals crammed into a basement club to hear music and drink bootleg liquor. For aspiring poet Ben, the heady rhythms are a revelation. So is Baby Back Johnston, an ambitious trumpet player who flashes a devilish grin and blasts dynamite from his horn. Ben finds himself drawn to the trumpeter—and to Paris, where Baby Back says everything is happening. In Paris, black people are welcomed as exotic celebrities, especially those from Harlem. It’s an easy life, but it quickly leaves Ben adrift and alone, craving solace through anonymous dalliances in the city’s decadent underground scene. From chic Parisian cafés to seedy opium dens, his odyssey will bring new love, trials, and heartache, even as echoes from the past urge him to decide where true fulfillment and inspiration lie. Jazz Moon is an evocative story of emotional and artistic awakening set against the backdrop of the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz Age–Paris—a winner of the Edmund White Award and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. “Jazz Moon mashes up essences of Hurston and Hughes and Fitzgerald into a heady mixtape of a romance: driving and rhythmic as an Armstrong Hot Five record, sensuous as the small of a Cotton Club chorus girl’s back. I enjoyed it immensely.” —Larry Duplechan, author of Blackbird and Got ’til It’s Gone
Download or read book Night Sky with Exit Wounds written by Ocean Vuong and published by Copper Canyon Press. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2016 Whiting Award One of Publishers Weekly's "Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2016" One of Lit Hub's "10 must-read poetry collections for April" “Reading Vuong is like watching a fish move: he manages the varied currents of English with muscled intuition. His poems are by turns graceful and wonderstruck. His lines are both long and short, his pose narrative and lyric, his diction formal and insouciant. From the outside, Vuong has fashioned a poetry of inclusion.”—The New Yorker "Night Sky with Exit Wounds establishes Vuong as a fierce new talent to be reckoned with...This book is a masterpiece that captures, with elegance, the raw sorrows and joys of human existence."—Buzzfeed's "Most Exciting New Books of 2016" "This original, sprightly wordsmith of tumbling pulsing phrases pushes poetry to a new level...A stunning introduction to a young poet who writes with both assurance and vulnerability. Visceral, tender and lyrical, fleet and agile, these poems unflinchingly face the legacies of violence and cultural displacement but they also assume a position of wonder before the world.”—2016 Whiting Award citation "Night Sky with Exit Wounds is the kind of book that soon becomes worn with love. You will want to crease every page to come back to it, to underline every other line because each word resonates with power."—LitHub "Vuong’s powerful voice explores passion, violence, history, identity—all with a tremendous humanity."—Slate “In his impressive debut collection, Vuong, a 2014 Ruth Lilly fellow, writes beauty into—and culls from—individual, familial, and historical traumas. Vuong exists as both observer and observed throughout the book as he explores deeply personal themes such as poverty, depression, queer sexuality, domestic abuse, and the various forms of violence inflicted on his family during the Vietnam War. Poems float and strike in equal measure as the poet strives to transform pain into clarity. Managing this balance becomes the crux of the collection, as when he writes, ‘Your father is only your father/ until one of you forgets. Like how the spine/ won’t remember its wings/ no matter how many times our knees/ kiss the pavement.’”—Publishers Weekly "What a treasure [Ocean Vuong] is to us. What a perfume he's crushed and rendered of his heart and soul. What a gift this book is."—Li-Young Lee Torso of Air Suppose you do change your life. & the body is more than a portion of night—sealed with bruises. Suppose you woke & found your shadow replaced by a black wolf. The boy, beautiful & gone. So you take the knife to the wall instead. You carve & carve until a coin of light appears & you get to look in, at last, on happiness. The eye staring back from the other side— waiting. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Ocean Vuong attended Brooklyn College. He is the author of two chapbooks as well as a full-length collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds. A 2014 Ruth Lilly Fellow and winner of the 2016 Whiting Award, Ocean Vuong lives in New York City, New York.
Download or read book The Lovely Reckless written by Kami Garcia and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times best-selling author Kami Garcia, a contemporary romance full of loss, love, and redemption. She used to care about being the good girl. Haunted by the memory of her boyfriend's death, Frankie Devereux lives her life by one dangerous rule: nothing matters. But she crosses the line with a reckless choice that forces her to move in with her dad—an overprotective cop—and transfer to a new school. When Frankie meets Marco, a tough street racer who is risking everything for his family, things get complicated. He wasn't always the bad boy. Everyone says Marco Leone is trouble. But at Frankie's new school, where fistfights in the halls don’t faze anyone and illegal street racing is more popular than football, Marco is also the fastest (and hottest) guy around. As their attraction grows, Frankie can't seem to stay away from him—until she discovers Marco's dangerous secret. Your own heart will race with each page turn of this heart-stopping star-crossed love story. An Imprint Book
Download or read book Mazed written by J L Wilson and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2020-08-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lilith Griffen survived an attack that left her scarred and disfigured. She's now a successful landscape designer with a shot at winning a competition that could give her a financial boost . She just needs a landscape crew. Her father hires Dillan Lyall—a man with a past that's as complicated as hers. She reluctantly accepts Dillan's help. When a body is found in the middle of her labyrinth, she's glad for his presence. Will she learn to trust again, or will time run out for both of them?
Download or read book The Journal of Dora Damage written by Belinda Starling and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-08-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant historical novel set in Victorian London combining a heady mixture of sex, deceit, money and law. ___________________ 'A triumph ... Starling has created a witty and sympathetic heroine whose modern pluck enhances her charm' - Observer 'A sinister tale that Sarah Waters' fans will love' - In Style ____________________ London, 1859. By the time Dora Damage discovers that her husband Peter has arthritis in his hands, it is too late - their book-binding business is in huge debt and the family is on the brink of entering the poorhouse. But Dora proves that she is more than just a housewife and mother. She resolves to rescue her family at any price and finds herself irrevocably entangled in a web of sex, money, deceit and the law. ____________________ 'A scrupulously researched, racy tale ... a worthy addition to the ranks of historical fiction' - Guardian 'A writer of real accomplishment ... Starling had that most important gift for a historical novelist: the ability to wear her research lightly and to integrate every fact into a well-stitched tapestry of plot, symbol and character' - Independent
Download or read book Bali Girl written by Anne Latour and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a successful business owner and single mom, Anne Latour takes a leap of faith to follow her calling to Indonesia with her church. While cliff diving with her team, she suffers a severe injury and is rescued to shore. Eventually airlifted to a hospital in Bali, doctors tell her she should not be able to walk. While trying to get the pain under control in a country that doesn't speak her language, Anne makes medical decisions that will change her life forever. Knowing that God called her to be on the trip, Anne wonders why this is happening. Why would God take her all the way to Indonesia, just to break her back? How was Anne able to walk for two days with a broken back? Why did God miraculously preserve her from paralysis and even death? Will Anne be able to communicate with the doctors, and what will she decide? Bali Girl will take you on a journey unlike any other you have experienced. Learn how the power of faith in God can lead you over any mountain, out of any ocean, and through any desert.
Download or read book Anarchy written by Megan DeVos and published by Orion. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE. INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN CHAPTER. 'The Hunger Games meets The Road' MTV The world is different now. There are no rules, no governments, and no guarantees that you'll be saved. Rival factions have taken over, fighting each other for survival with no loyalty to anyone but their own. At 21, Hayden has taken over Blackwing and is one of the youngest leaders in the area. In protecting his camp from starvation, raids from other factions and the threat of being kidnapped, he has enough to worry about before he finds Grace. The daughter of the head of the rival camp Greystone, she is slow to trust anyone, much less the leader of those she has been trained to kill. This is danger. This is chaos. This is anarchy.
Download or read book The Brody Hines series written by MJ Fields and published by MJ Fields. This book was released on 2022-11-02 with total page 1359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brody Hines series: A steamy suspenseful second chance romance (The Blue Valley Legacy Series) A highly emotional, steamy series about a single mother and Rockstars second chances at life and love. "The tears, the triumphs and the joy we feel throughout this book is absolutely astounding. This series is REMARKABLE and MEMORABLE!! I am thankful to have had the pleasure of escaping into this phenomenal story."- Amazon review The complete series includes Wrapped in Silk Wrapped in Armor and Wrapped in Us "It’s like a fine wine. This story just keeps getting better...I could read her books every day and never stop. Her characters are awesome..." - Goodreads review
Download or read book Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal written by Gretchen Schreiber and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Breakfast Club meets Five Feet Apart in this big-hearted novel from debut author Gretchen Schreiber. Ellie Haycock has always separated her life into sections: Ellie at home and Ellie at the hospital. At home, Ellie is a proud member of her high school’s speech and debate team alongside her best friend and her boyfriend. At the hospital, Ellie has a team of doctors and a mom who won’t stop posting about the details of her illness online. It’s not hard for Ellie to choose which of the two she prefers. But this latest hospital stay is different. Ellie becomes close with a group of friends, including Ryan, a first-timer who’s still optimistic about the doctors that Ellie stopped trusting years ago. Despite their differences, she can’t seem to keep him out of her head. Ellie’s life has never been ordinary—but maybe this time it will be extraordinary.
