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Demeter’s Dream

Tony Thistlewood

Demeter’s Dream

Change must happen, and it must happen now if America and the rest of the world are to be saved from self-destruction through insidious corruption, greed, and ever-increasing evil. <br /><br />In this part mystery, part political/mythological/religious satire, Demeter’s dream is simple: to save the world by replacing the current outdated and abused systems of democracy and capitalism with tulipocracy, a new Christian-based philosophy with the redistribution of wealth at its core –...

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Tony Thistlewood

Journey of a Cotton Blossom

Jennifer Crocker-Villegas

Journey of a Cotton Blossom

Born amid the bigotry of the Deep South, mixed-race Joseph is a slave in all but name. Separated from his mother at birth, he yearns to run away from his loveless home and find her. It’s a journey that will take him from plantation to plantation and hardship to hardship, yielding joy, sorrow, and love along the way. Years later, Joseph’s son, Isaiah, faces his own journey: coming to terms with his homosexuality. But society is still slow to accept change, and Isaiah fears rejection from even...

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Jennifer Crocker-Villegas

A Good Day to Die

James Hendricks

A Good Day to Die

A Good Day to Die is a thought-provoking look into gang violence in Gary. The Vice Lords and Gangster Disciples square off in a winner takes all, do or die, non-stop brawl. James Hendricks leaks a true story from his cell. His depiction of gang life is rife with knowledge. The story comes alive through Jon and Don, twins and products of Gary, charting their rise to fame in the drug game. From stick-up kids to car thieves, they put in work and get their rep. Rivals threaten to curtail their...

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James Hendricks

Teściowa

Maria Metlicka

Teściowa

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Maria Metlicka

How the Dead Dream (Unabridged)

Ксюша Ангел

How the Dead Dream (Unabridged)

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Ксюша Ангел

Catch the Rabbit (Unabridged)

Лана Басташич

Catch the Rabbit (Unabridged)

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Лана Басташич

Guziki, czyli dwanaście historii o...

Agnieszka Lis

Guziki, czyli dwanaście historii o miłości

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Agnieszka Lis

I nigdy cię nie opuszczę!

Katarzyna Kalicińska

I nigdy cię nie opuszczę!

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Katarzyna Kalicińska

Full Circle

Michael Thomas Ford

Full Circle

History professor Ned Brummel is living happily with his partner of twelve years in small-town Maine when he receives a phone call from his estranged friend–Jack–telling him that another friend–Andy–is very ill and possibly near death. As Ned boards a plane to Chicago on his way to his friend's bedside, he embarks on another journey into memory, examining the major events and small moments that have shaped his world and his relationships with these two very different, very important...

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Michael Thomas Ford

Eden's Fire

Samantha Holt

Eden's Fire

A god. A mortal. A treacherous journey that will bind their hearts forever. Lonely and cast out of society, Eden gets a visit from Tyondric, God of Fire, in answer to a prayer. Gods can only appear once in a person's lifetime, so when he returns a second and third time, she knows her life will never be the same. When the beautiful god reveals Eden is The Pure Soul–the only one who can close the gate to the heavens and prevent the evil in Ananthuria from spreading–their relationship gets...

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Samantha Holt

Bad Ink

Michelle White

Bad Ink

Lily's submissive behavior catches her by surprise. She had every intention of telling him that they couldn't continue screwing each other every time they saw one another, especially when she had to work with him. Now, she wasn't so sure. She wondered what else he would do to her, and how many times he would send her into an orgasmic blitz. He seemed to never stop surprising her, and the idea of ending that completely seemed like…well, such a waste. But how would she handle the...

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Michelle White

LARB Digital Edition: The Year in F...

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LARB Digital Edition: The Year in Fiction

The reviews selected for this month’s Digital Edition, Foreign Lands, Invisible Cities,” are a sampler of the places we readers of fiction visited this year. From the flood-prone hills of Haiti to the common courtyards of Queens, New York, fiction reminds us that everywhere we go we find humans who love and lust and scheme and hope. Some of the reviews mix personal history with criticism: Lisa Locascio describes her own fascination with Mormonism in terms of Ryan...

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Black Chokeberry

Marth Nelson

Black Chokeberry

Black Chokeberry explores the intertwining relationship of three women who come together unexpectedly at crisis points in their lives. Ellen, Ruby, and Frances are all neighbors in the small town of Oswego in upstate New York. The story reveals the joy and pain of these women as they work together to surmount the devastations of divorce, illness, death, storms, and accidents in order to create a new beginning for them all. The transforming power of good food, music, and the value of loving a...

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Marth Nelson

The Reluctant First Lady

Venita Ellick

The Reluctant First Lady

Ashley Taylor has been straightforward with her husband, the president-elect of the United States. She supported his candidacy, but she has no intention of assuming the traditional role of First Lady—a position she describes as “First Hostess.” Instead, she will resume her own career as head of one of the largest art museums in New York. The aftermath of her decision triggers reactions from the public, news commentators, late night comedians, and other political factions. While Ashley and...

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Venita Ellick

Parodies of the Fall

Thomas Grissom

Parodies of the Fall

Over the course of several evenings, in a fashionable bar and lounge situated in the foothills at the edge of a large desert city, the narrator tells his strange story. Under the guise of trying to discover the meaning of life as it should be, he instead slowly reveals life as it is. What unfolds is a story about the dilemmas faced by twenty-first-century man, the scientist-technician in the words of the narrator, and as such it becomes the moral autobiography of anyone and everyone. What...

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Thomas Grissom

Prohibited!

Delancey Stewart

Prohibited!

Darkest secrets of the Bright Young Things…In 1920s New York, uptown debutante Evie McKenzie can see that the world is changing. And while her parents may think she’s destined for a life of quiet conversation and polite society, she is determined to roar with the twenties – whatever the cost!Evie knows she should really be getting her beauty sleep and dreaming of Roger White, the straight-laced Yale graduate her parents have chosen for her. Instead, she’s been heading out to the local...

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Delancey Stewart

Picnics in Hyde Park

Nikki Moore

Picnics in Hyde Park

‘Whoever said romance was dead has clearly never read a Nikki Moore book’ – Rachel’s Random ReadsThe last story in the fun & flirty #LoveLondon series from exciting new chick lit author Nikki Moore! The perfect novel for reading in the sunshine … and falling in love with London.Hot summer romance…or cold revenge?Super nanny, Zoe Harper is mad! It was bad enough discovering her ex-fiancé Greg cheating on her just weeks before their wedding. But now she’s returned home to London to find her...

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Nikki Moore

The Little Perfume Shop Off The Cha...

Rebecca Raisin

The Little Perfume Shop Off The Champs-Élysées

What is French for falling in love?When Del leaves small town America to compete in a perfume competition in Paris, she thinks it is just the next step on her five-year-plan. It’s an exciting opportunity. What started out as just a dream for Del and her twin sister is nearly in her grasp. If she wins this competition, they are on their way to opening their very own perfume boutique!Arriving in Paris, watching the sun glinting off the Seine and wandering the Champs-Elysees, Del discovers the most...

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Rebecca Raisin

Summer with the Country Village Vet

Zara Stoneley

Summer with the Country Village Vet

‘All the ingredients for a perfect, summery read…it really captured my heart’ Cressida McLaughlin‘Sprinkled with oodles of charm…I simply adored this book’ Christie BarlowFall in love with a brand new cosy romance series from bestselling author Zara StoneleyWhen Lucy Jacobs is made redundant from her inner-city teaching job she fears her career is over. Teaching is all Lucy knows and she's determined to get back in the classroom as fast as she can.Except the only job on offer is at an idyllic...

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Zara Stoneley

Summer Loves

Georgia Hill

Summer Loves

Summer lovin’ never happened so fast…but will it last?Heartbroken after breaking up with her gorgeous boyfriend, Jed, even baking in her beloved Cupcake Café while the summer sun’s shining on Berecombe Beach can’t cheer Millie up! So it’s time to bring in the big guns – her best friend, Dora.But when Dora arrives, it’s clear she’s busy licking her own wounds and Millie can only watch as her friend falls head over heels for an old flame. With everyone around her finding love, should Millie give...

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Georgia Hill

The Cosy Coffee Shop of Promises

Kellie Hailes

The Cosy Coffee Shop of Promises

Curl up in The Cosy Coffee Shop of Promises with a latte and a scone, the perfect antidote to a grey day!Mel’s dream of opening a coffee shop is finally a reality! A cosy little place turning out the best flat whites and most delicious pastries in Devon. In the picture-perfect town of Rabbit’s Leap no one can stand in her way – especially local pub owner, Tony. She doesn't care how gorgeous he is, she will not let him steal her customers with his fancy new coffee machine!There is only room in...

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Kellie Hailes

The Big Little Festival

Kellie Hailes

The Big Little Festival

‘The perfect book for the summer!’ – Karen Whittard (NetGalley Reviewer)Love happens when you least expect it…Jodi is panicking. It’s only weeks until her little village in Devon holds its first ever festival and everything is falling apart.Desperate to avoid disaster, she brings in notorious party planner Christian to save the day. Although she wasn’t prepared for just how gorgeous he wuold be!Men are off the cards for Jody and surely Christian is the last man she would ever date? But with...

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Kellie Hailes

Christmas at the Second Chance Choc...

Kellie Hailes

Christmas at the Second Chance Chocolate Shop

‘I am already looking forward to my return to Rabbit’s Leap in the Christmas book!’ Rachel’s Random Reads (top 500 Amazon Reviewer)’Tis the season for second chances…Serena Hunter loves her new life in the sleepy Devonshire countryside! It’s a world away from her crazy past as the wife of American bad boy rock star, Ritchie Dangerfield.Now she spends her days making delicious chocolate using milk from the local dairy and she finally feels that everything is back on track. That is, until her...

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Kellie Hailes

Жженый сахар

Ксюша Ангел

Жженый сахар

«Жженный сахар» – история о любви, непонимании и предательстве. Но не между любовниками, а между матерью и дочерью. Авни Доши поднимает острую и болезненную тему, которая до сих пор отчасти табуирована в обществе. Главных героинь разделяют годы и совершенно разный жизненный опыт, но объединяет нерушимая естественная связь, которая становится для них в конечном счете разрушающей. «Жженный сахар» – история о любви, непонимании и предательстве. Но не между любовниками, а между матерью и дочерью....

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Ксюша Ангел

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