Simple, right? Three problems: the blizzard that snows everyone in for the weekend, the murdered body that shows up in the morning, and the fact that everyone is sure Cormac did it.So much for the nice mountain getaway.

    The next thing I do is deny my alpha warlock’s desire to claim her. My body wants to possess her, but there’s just one problem.She’s a human and I’m a warlock. Warlocks can’t claim humans like they can witches. And I need to claim her. Possess her. Make her mine.He runs hot and cold, but the only thing I’m feeling is an exquisite heat.Gabriel Winters is gorgeous as sin and when I’m near him, it’s as if I have no control over my body. Something is strange about this new town I’ve just moved to and something is even more strange about him.Because I’m beginning to feel different around him. Different from how I’ve ever felt around anyone before. But could he possibly want me as much as I want him?

    With Life Studies, his third book, he found the intense, highly personal voice that made him the foremost American poet of his generation. He held strong, complex and very public political views. His private life was turbulent, marred by manic depression and troubled marriages. But in this superb biography (first published in 1982) the poet Ian Hamilton illuminates both the life and the work of Lowell with sympathetic understanding and consummate narrative skill.'Our one consolation for Ian Hamilton's early death is that his work seems to have lived on with undiminished force... The critical prose, in particular, still sets a standard that nobody else comes near.' Clive James

    There are four of them: I Am What I Am; I, Woman; The Hollow; and The One Who Never Leaves. Here, you will come into a dark, strange world, a hyper-reality where nearly everything is firmly rooted in the familiar—except for some quirky detail that twists the yarn, and takes it for a spin in an unexpected direction. This is the reality you will see through the eyes of a ghost of a woman, trying to reclaim her name by appealing to the devil; the eyes of a clay figure of a woman, about to be fired in the kiln, longing for her Creator; the eyes of a woman in the midst of a free fall, about to become a ghost; and the eyes of a feline creature with cracked fangs, trying in vain to resign herself, by hook and by crook, to being locked. These characters explore their identity, and challenge their fate. Inspired by her art, by quotes from literature and the bible, and by the author’s professional career, these tales come from different times and places. Yet all of them share one thing in common: an unusual mind, one that is twisted. So prepare yourself: keep the lights on.

    

    The hot, werebear, shifter series with over 300 five star reviews!Includes: Book 1: Bare Knuckle Bear Book 2: Bear Knuckle Grizzly Book 3: Bear Knuckle Black Bear Book 4: Bear Knuckle Kodiak Book 5: Bear Knuckle Luke Full of comedy, action, suspense and lots of hot sex! Book 1: Bare Knuckle Bear Bear shifter, Grayson, is thrilled when he walks into Bar Knuckle, the only bar in his new Northern town. Not only is it packed with shifters of all species waiting for their turn to fight in the steel cage but he also hits it off with the curvy, blond waitress in the cowboy hat. Grayson loves to fight and he quickly jumps into the cage for a go after he secures a date with the voluptuous waitress. BBW, Dakota, has been working in boring Laughlin City at the seedy shifter bar getting constantly harassed by Brad, the son of the town boss, for years. But everything is about to change when a sexy new bear shifter named Grayson walks in. He's tough and hot and he is nothing but trouble. Grayson defeats Brad in the shifter fighting cage and his father, a powerful rhino shifter and the company boss, takes it very personally. Now Grayson will have to fight for something besides just fun. He will have to fight for his life...and for Dakota's. Book 2: Bear Knuckle Grizzly Grizzly bear shifter, Hunter Stevens, has just bonded to the newest waitress at the Bar Knuckle. She is curvy and beautiful and the younger sister of one of his best friends. But when his friend Jack says that his sister is off limits he might be in for some trouble. BBW and bear shifter, Brooke Jones, is on the run from her abusive ex. She’s hiding out in the secluded Laughlin City with her over protective brother and his buddies. She’s enjoying herself and becomes more than just friends with Hunter when she’s awaken from her dream and her worst nightmare comes true. Brooke’s life is thrown into chaos when her past catches up to her and threatens the safety of everyone she loves. Hunter and his Grizzly bear will have to step in the metal cage and fight for a mate who he is forbidden to be with. Book 3: Bear Knuckle Black Bear Skyler Cash is back in Laughlin City, the place that she swore she would never return to, and she has her hands full. She is a female human in a town full of male shifters, her brother is trying to steal the family logging company from her and a hot rugged werebear has inexplicably bonded to her. The smart move would be to return to her comfortable life in New York City but she feels that she owes it to someone to stay. Jack Jones is in love. His black bear has bonded with the sexy new human in town, which makes him, and his friends, targets from her multiple enemies. But what is a bear shifter do? Walk away from his mate? Well that ain’t going to happen. When the new town boss, and Skyler’s brother, Brad decides that he wants Skyler out of Laughlin City there is only one shifter who can step in and help her out. But Jack may lose everything for his mate, his friends and for himself when he has to step in the cage and face an opponent who will fight dirty and do whatever it takes to win the company and send Skyler away for good. Book 4: Bear Knuckle Kodiak BBW Roxy Jacoby needs a change. She’s tempted fate for too long as a bear shifter living in the city and after a close call with her unruly bear, she decides to move into the wild for the first time in her life. She heads to work at Cash Loggings a logging company exclusively for shifters. It seems like a shifter paradise but the reality is anything but. Bear shifter, Wyatt Griffin, is thrilled. Cash Loggings is hiring their first batch of female employees in over three generations. His friends all have mates and with twenty-three women arriving in town one of them has to be his mate. Right? Right??? Roxy quickly catches Wyatt’s eye, but he’s not the only one who finds the curvy bear shifter irresistible. A far more powerful and downright evil shifter has bonded to her as well. And Wyatt and his Kodiak bear will have to fight in the cage for the new woman who has his heart against an opponent who he can’t possibly beat on his own. Book 5: Bear Knuckle LukeHoney badger shifter, Luke, has happily worked as a bartender at The Bar Knuckle for years until a dangerous new threat comes to town and ruins everything. When the billionaire dragon shifter, Dax Winters, takes over the bar and threatens his friends and new mate, Luke is the only shifter in town willing to stand up to the terrifying beast.BBW and helicopter pilot, Noel, has been tormented by her dragon shifter boss for years. Dax has destroyed everything in his path until they come to a tiny town in the middle of the Canadian forest with a tough, hot, honey badger shifter who finally stands up to him. Could Luke be more than just Noel's savior? Could he also be the one?Luke and Dax's rivalry will come to a head on fight night at The Bar Knuckle where Luke will be fighting for his mate. But can a honey badger defeat a dragon in a cage match?

    He answered.A successful radio deejay embarks on a thrilling, long distance love affair with a charismatic entrepreneur, a relationship that plays havoc with her carefully controlled life—and heart.On a hot summer's day in 1986, Southern California radio deejay Desiree Germain is hosting a contest on the air when she's entranced by the deeply masculine voice of caller number twelve.Voices never matched faces. Desiree knows that better than anyone. As KICK's hottest radio host, she has a sultry voice that leads people to expect a tall, voluptuous bombshell. Petite in every sense of the word, she hardly lives up to that image.To Desiree's surprise, caller number twelve turns out to be Kyle Harrison, a handsome, wealthy businessman from Seattle. Kyle has come to claim his prize—and her heart.They are soon involved in a whirlwind love affair that makes Desiree's heart sing. Is it worth the risk? All the rules say that long-distance romance and radio don't mix. But a man who is answering a siren's call doesn't care about rules.This novel can be read as a standalone … or enjoy the series!Newly revised edition, previously published as Songbird.

    A delicious thrill of horror runs through the gro- tesque tales of Edgar Allan Poe, as in THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, when Doom personified intrudes on a gay and brilliant gathering, and even Time must pause.Edgar Allan Poe, bom in Boston in 1809, lived only 40 years—many of them desperately un- happy years at that—but in his short time he created a body of stories and poems that are still exciting and wonderful to read.Besides the tales of terror such as THE MASK OF THE RED DEATH, he is given credit with setting the pattern for detective stories in THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE.THE FALL OF THE HOVSE OF USHERTHE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATHTHE CASK OF AMONTILLADOTHE PIT AND THE PENDULUMTHE GOLD-BUGTHE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUETHE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGETTHE PURLOINED LETTER

    Then, the Coalition invaded, smashed the fleet and conquered the homeworld. The battered Dark Star barely escaped to wander the stars, helping its centurion eke out a living as a bounty hunter. Now, bad luck dogs Centurion Tanner. On Calisto Grandee, officials jail his crew and impound his ship, demanding fees he cannot pay. Rich strangers offer to hire him…maybe because he’s the only one desperate enough to accept their deal. They’ll pay to fix his ship and promise him a weapon to help him free his world. First, he must race to the galactic rim while there’s time and sneak into the most heavily fortified star system in the galaxy. There, they must destroy an extinction level threat before it can spread like a cancer against humanity. Tanner agrees. Now, the fate of the galaxy rests on one man and one ship to do the impossible before the clock strikes zero.

    September Again finds Liz Snow Savage leaving England. She follows her daughter Zelda Savage back to America after Zelda’s betrayal of her. More drama ensues as Liz looks for meaning in life while Zelda finds her direction after losing Jack O. Savage, The Poet. Set mainly in Chattanooga, Tennessee, September Again chronicles the rhythm of life's cycles. The ebb and flow of love unravel the mystery of Liz's past. September Again allows a further glimpse into the intricate web of passion and desire which have entangled Liz Snow, Pete Hendrix and Jack O. Savage for years. Will a chance encounter finally reveal the truth? What act will change the destiny of Liz and Zelda forever? The story of sin, salvation and redemption continues in Book 2 of the September Stories, told through a mosaic of prose with a smattering of poetry. Magic happens when you least expect it.

    When he claims her as his companion, he places her in an untenable position, but Victoria quickly discovers that the rules set down by the company that has betrayed them all are of no concern to her when it comes to Raphael, and that she is just as determined to have him as the company is to part them forever. "Exiled": It was a hell of a way to end a vacation! One minute Danica was scuba diving, the next she found herself in a specimen tank on an outbound alien ship. When they correct their 'error' by dumping her on the alien world of Glaxo, she is immediately captured by Taj, Chieftain of the Glaxons, who swoops from the sky on his giant war bird and claims her as his slave. Barbaric they may be, but the blue eyed, blond haired Indian-like tribe of Glaxons are a fair race, and Taj fairest of all. When he's good, he's very, very good, and when he's bad he gives her heart palpitations in an entirely wonderful way. Rating: Graphic sex, explicit language, profanity, some violence.

    

    . . . Hustle is full of dashing nerve, linguistic flair, and unfakeable heart."—Tony HoaglandThe dark peoples with things:for keys, coins, pencilsand pens our pockets grieve.No street lights or signs,no liquor stores or bars,only a lighter for a flashlight,and the same-faced trees,similar-armed stonesand crooked bushesstaring back at me.There is no path in the woods for a boy from the city.I would have set fire to get off this wildernessbut Palomar is no El Camino in an empty lot,the plastic dripping from the dashand the paint bubbling like a toad's throat.If mountains were old pieces of furniture,I would have lit the fabric and danced.If mountains were abandoned crack houses,I would have opened their meanings with flame,if that would have let the wind and trees lead my eyesor shown me the moon's tiptoe on the moss—as you effect my hand,as we walk into the side of a Sunday night.David Tomas Martinez has published in San Diego Writer's Ink, Charlotte Journal, Poetry International, and has been featured in Border Voices. A PhD candidate at the University of Houston, Martinez is also an editor for Gulf Coast.

    

    Since then, my words have been oozing pain. Today’s instant make-up, instant break-up generation have no time to spare time at all. They prefer enjoying eternity in moments to waiting eternally for that moment. Hence, these micro tales have become the latest fad. Minuscule is a collection of unique micro tales and short stories that are spread over various themes. From horror to social issues to romance, these tales leave no topic unwritten about, no emotion unexplored. Though told with brevity, the impact of these stories can be more lingering than that of novels. To-the-point, poignant, relatable - this micro fiction book can be read by anyone in today’s time - a teenager and an adult alike. Its varied range of themes is the cherry on the cake. Minuscule is a book that is sure to bring a smile to your face and tears to your eyes – and stay with you for a very long time. May the stories make a home in your heart! Don’t leave me the way you leave others. Some things are permanent indeed. Like love, like regret. And trust me honey, I’ll be your both.