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Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch
Tulip had decided quite at the last moment that they would go on with the festival as usual even with her mother and father away. Nanny thought it was good to have something to occupy Tulip while she and Pflanze handled the Circe situation, though she was now having second thoughts about her deci...
Notorious Deception (2013)
Derek treated her with total kindness and infinite patience, which only served to heighten her confusion. He also proceeded to charm each and every one of the members of the tightly knit community he came in contact with. By the end of the second week even Mavis Potter, who had been the most wary...
Iditarod Nights
He'd be freezing his naked butt off by now, while she sat across from him, comfortable in her pink sweats, giving him that damn Cheshire grin. "Another hand?" Claire asked, raking the cards into a pile in front of her. "Yes." They kept their voices low to avoid waking Andy, asleep on the couch at...
Willing Flesh
I’ll have to talk to her. And so will Rimmer.’Staffe reaches out, holds her arm and whispers, as if he was making a tender confidence. ‘But it didn’t happen, Josie. Rosa didn’t go to the police with this. I’m telling you as a friend.’‘But you’re my boss, sir.’ She gives him a disgruntled look, as...
Nancy Kress
Cord always felt slightly hungry. He assumed that everyone else did, too, but not even Dolly complained. Even the youngest children understood how close to the edge the farm might be balanced. But there were still—for now, anyway—enough game to trap, enough plants to gather. Wild onion, chicory f...
Bride of the Isle
Thunder crashed so violently that she wondered if the isle had been rent in two. Alarmed by the intensity of the storm, she tossed off her blanket and threw on the long-sleeved underkirtle that, along with a tub of bathwater, had miraculously appeared in her chamber after last night’s supper. A h...
Dominated by the Librarian #3: 'Surrender to Obey' (male submission erotica)
Dave said as we walked past Regency Park. He gave me a quick curious look. “And I didn’t know that you were into comic books.” Dave was one of my closest friends. I had known him for more than ten years, ever since I first moved to London. He was a programmer, but less gee...
Dark Revelation
in order to hit the ground running…or rather – walking. She was still in recovery and knew her body was not ready for the physical rigor she would normally put it through. She tested her door handle and it was unlocked as requested. There was also a note pinned to her door with a map of the cl...
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
Being back was a relief. He felt again the “weird warm full excitement of coming home,” the pleasure, as he had written Alice Turner just before his book tour, of a world where his neighbors were “lumber salesm[e]n and Xerox copier repairmen,” and hoped he would never have to go anywhere again. “...
Beauty and the Wolf (2011)
But by Tuesday, another winter storm had blown in off the Pacific, bringing with it more rain and dark skies. Eli sent the work crew home early, and by five-thirty he’d showered, donned dry clothes and driven to Justin’s house for dinner. Ava was in the kitchen with Lily, happily tearing up lettu...
Upon the Head of the Goat
Babi’s time spent in prayer grew longer. After supper she would put on her angora shawl, take her prayer book, and sit in her armchair facing the front window, becoming so absorbed in her reading that she did not even notice the fading of the light. One evening, Rozsi and I came in from sitting o...
Fire And Steel (The Merryweather Chronicles Book 2)
The walls were decorated with crepe paper and balloons, as well as hanging lights and huge cardboard cutouts of different Halloween monsters. All of the classics were there. From Dracula to the Wolfman. But the modern monsters were there as well. In one corner stood a massive Slender man. Made of...
Imagined Love
Katrina yelled. “Don’t you come in my house with that Beckman junk on! This is a Bailey household,” she laughed, playfully tugging at Jade’s t-shirt. Because they lived in different parts of the city, Katrina and Jade had to attend rival junior high schools. It wouldn’t be that way for long, thou...
Tempting The Manny
He was unbelievable. He wanted her back? No way. He’d been absent for months before leaving and he’d cheated on her. To her knowledge, he was still with the other woman. This had to be some sort of jealousy thing. It was okay for him to run around, but she was just supposed to wait on him? ...
Being Friends With Boys
Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. SIMON PULSE...