Su voz es lo que él escucha en el teléfono cuando él chequea sus mensajes. Él es un sexy hombre solitario feliz de escuchar cuando ella le daba lata sobre su vida aventurera. Ellos eran amigos, pero nunca se habían conocido… hasta que un fuego los puso cara a cara. Ahora ellos deben hacer frente a su mutua atracción sin el santuario del anonimato

Raistlin, der große Magier, ist endlich in die Hölle vergedrungen. Nun steht er in dem gefärlichen Bann der Königin der Finsternis, die nichts so sehr wünscht, als mit ihrer Macht unten den Menschen zu erscheinen. Doch Caramon, der Bruder des Magiers, vereitelt unter Einsatz seines Lebens dieses teuflische Verlangen, dessen Verwirklichung der Welt den Untergang brächte. Dann nimmt er Abschied von Raistlin und kehrt zu Tika, seiner Frau, heim; in ihrer Liebe findet er das wahre Glück

From all over Europe, even from behind the Iron Curtain, gypsies make an annual pilgrimage to the shrine of their patron saint in Provence. But at this year's gathering, people are mysteriously dying. Intrepid sleuths Cecile Dubois and Neil Bowman join the caravan in order to uncover the truth behind the deaths, in the process revealing an international plot that the sinister Gaiuse Strome will stop at nothing to keep secret

Rosemary's plan to clean houses during her summer break and surprise her mother with the money hits a snag when an old lady at the market talks her into buying a second-rate broom and a cat she can't even afford to keep. But appearances can be deceiving. Some old ladies are witches, some brooms can fly, and some ordinary-looking cats are Princes of the Royal Blood. Rosemary's cat ("You may call me Carbonel. That is my name.") soon enlists her help in an adventure to free him from a hideous spell and return him to his rightful throne. But along the way Rosemary and her friend John must do some clever sleuthing, work a little magic of their own, and—not least— put up with the demands of a very haughty cat

Carbonel - 1, 2, 3

Set during the Revolutionary War in Broadalbin; the hero is the ward of Sir William Johnson. He is sent to stop an Indian war planned by Walter Buttler who wants to turn the Indians against the rebels

From the author of Inner Tube and Odditorium, a book of strikingly original, convention-defying short stories. Cardinal Numbers is a posthumous collection of brilliantly enigmatic short fiction by Hob Broun, written with the aid of a respirator when the author was paralyzed from the neck down. Witty and full of minimalist surprise, these stories flirt with fragment, fabulism, and collage. In “Rosella, in Stages,” an old woman’s experience is movingly charted through the voice of her writing in six different life stages — and in six pages, no less. “Highspeed Linear Main Street,” a standout tale and an artistic credo of sorts, centers on a photographer’s fixation on highway life, while the surreal “Finding Florida” features a Che Guevara who becomes struck with longing for a librarian and receives some unwelcome news from a fortune teller. Powerfully felt as well as mordantly funny, Cardinal Numbers is a freshly singular contribution to the American short story

In her world, there’s only one rule: Cardinal’s Rule. Tilly Cardinal’s world ended when her Master, Cristo, abandoned her, disappearing with no explanation other than a short, cryptic note releasing her as his slave. Five years later she’s Mistress Cardinal, a vicious and successful pro Domme charging big bucks to dish out whatever abuse men will pay to take. Materially she has all she wants, but she’s never felt more alone. In walks Landry LaCroux, a handsome, rich man with a proposition: he wants Tilly to train his slave. Landry holds the key to Tilly’s past, and her future. She’s shocked to discover Landry’s slave is her very own former Master, Cris. Unfortunately, Landry has a secret - he has cancer and wants to make Tilly a deal. Marry him and nurse him through his recovery, and he’ll pay her handsomely. As a bonus, she can abuse his slave in whatever way she sees fit to make up for the pain she’s suffered. Love wasn’t supposed to be part of the bargain, but as the three of them move in together, can they all find healing and a lasting happiness under Cardinal’s Rule? Contains whips, floggers, laughter, tears, a snarky French Dom, paint-peeling hot sex, and fun through forgiveness. Content Warning: Contains subject matter that might offend some readers - graphic language, explicit sex, mf sex, mmf ménage, mm sex, anal sex/play, sex toys, Femdom and Maledom BDSM practices, bondage, Domination/submission, Master/slave, spanking, impact play, humiliation, cuckolding, public exhibition, public sex, and piercing sarcasm

This is a distinguished publishing event. Career in C Major and Other Fiction is the final anthology of previously uncollected short fiction by James M. Cain, the renowned author of Mildred Pierce, The Post matt Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and many other works. Cain died in 1977 at age eighty-five. Cain's novels made him, along with Hammett and Chandler, one of the best-selling American writers of the twentieth century. This is a book filled with delights. Included are the first hardcover reprint of Career in C Major, the classic Cain comic novel that has been out of print for many years; short fiction from Redbook, Liberty, and Esquire; and dramatic dialogues from The American Mercury. Career in C Major is just the main course of a feast that includes page after page of marvelously entertaining stories and dialogues. The selections have been chosen and illuminated with insightful commentaries by Roy Hoopes. Career in C Major and Other Fiction will occupy a place on bookshelves for many years to come

When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman’s severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible- and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality. With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them

Patton Larsen has endured an unimaginable personal tragedy. After suffering through two years of emotional agony, Patton is now headed on a train to a town, built on the Utah-Idaho border, to become one of thirty-thousand Americans to participate in an experiment—one that is designed to determine how a society would develop if every person has equal opportunities and economic status. Although he has no idea what to expect, Patton has nothing to loseor so he thinks. As Patton settles into the city without laws or a government, many of his new neighbors work to expand their wealth, while others go bankrupt. Meanwhile, a trio of like-minded participants manipulate their fellow citizens into forming a government, which they quickly gain control of, in order to transform the town into a socialist paradise. Patton leads a group of freedom lovers against the growing influence of the government and its economy-wrecking policies. However, the political conflict becomes violent when the triumvirate seeks to maintain its grasp on power. Seemingly outmatched, a secret about Pattons past life balances the battlefield, even as the stakes get higher and higher. Careful Measurements tells the gripping story of one mans fight to stop those who would seek to control the lives of their fellow citizens, due to his drive to defend liberty at all costs

You can’t keep a good detective down. George has put longtime series hero Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley of New Scotland Yard through quite a bit lately: in her last novel, With No One as Witness (2005), Lynley’s much-loved wife was shot to death on the street, reducing him to a grief-stricken shell and leading to his resignation from the Yard. How to resurrect him? George uses a pretty klunky (but familiar to all mystery fans) deus ex machina device. Lynley has embarked on a walk along the coastal path in Cornwall; his rationale is that if he doesn’t keep moving, despair will overtake him. Sure enough, on day 43 of his walk, he spots, far below, what seems to his trained eye to be the vivid red and crumpled shape of a man who has plunged to his death. The machine creaks into place, with Lynley (whose walk has made him appear like a homeless man) being treated as a suspect, then with grudging respect from the local, bumbling constabulary, and finally as someone his old associate Barbara Havers of New Scotland Yard seeks to restore to his post. Despite the obvious restoration device, George delivers, once again, a mystery imbued with psychological suspense and in-depth characterization

A young local student has apparently committed suicide. Her body is found in an abandoned car on a lonely country road. She didn’t own a car. Didn’t even drive. How did she get there? Where did she die? Who moved her, and why? Meanwhile a man in his sixties is found dead in a gully up on the wild moorland. He is wearing an expensive suit and carrying no identification. Post-mortem findings indicate he died from injuries sustained during the fall. But what was he doing up there? And why are there no signs of a car in the vicinity? As the inconsistencies multiply and the mysteries proliferate, Annie’s father’s new partner, Zelda, comes up with a shocking piece of information that alerts Banks and Annie to the return of an old enemy in a new guise. This is someone who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants — and suddenly the stakes are raised and the hunt is on

Carere morte — что это? Это значит: быть бессмертным, отказавшимся от смерти, лишённым смерти… Вампиром. Carere morte — господа Земли Страха, страны, возникшей и существующей, благодаря проклятию вампиризма. Её смертные жители свыклись с таким положением дел, даже охотники на вампиров не верят в возможность полного избавления от владычества carere morte. Мир Земли Страха кажется незыблемым, но появляется человек, обладающий странным Даром исцелять вампиров, — и всё меняется. Споры о Даре раскалывают и вампирскую цитадель, и оплот Ордена охотников. У Избранного — обладателя Дара, появляется защитница — вампирша, а его главной противницей оказывается ревностная охотница. Прежние противники объединяются в союзы, отчаявшиеся бросаются за помощью к злейшим врагам. Но Владыка вампиров уверен, что победа, как всегда, достанется ему… Исправленный и окончательный вариант (по крайней мере, окончательный на ближайшие годы). По 1-му 2-му тому есть новые сцены

Explore new heights of sensuality in this return to the world of the Psy—where two people who know evil intimately must unlock the good within their icy hearts… As an Arrow, an elite soldier in the Psy Council ranks, Judd Lauren was forced to do terrible things in the name of his people. Now a defector, his dark abilities have made him the most deadly of assassins—cold, pitiless, unfeeling. Until he meets Brenna… Brenna Shane Kincaid was an innocent before she was abducted—and had her mind violated—by a serial killer. Her sense of evil runs so deep, she fears she could become a killer herself. Then the first dead body is found, victim of a familiar madness. Judd is her only hope, yet her sensual changeling side rebels against the inhuman chill of his personality, even as desire explodes between them. Shocking and raw, their passion is a danger that threatens not only their hearts, but their very lives…

What makes a Dark Age?

The third thrilling archaeological adventure with Alicia Myles from No.1 bestselling Amazon author, David Leadbeater. Full of intense action and rich pirate history, Alicia Myles and the Gold Team follow four-hundred-year-old clues in their search for the long-lost treasure hoard of the fabled pirate, Captain Henry Morgan. An explosive quest takes them from Port Royal to Haiti, Panama City, and to an unknown island in the center of the Caribbean in pursuit of not only gold, but also a ruthless mercenary team led by an ex-SAS soldier and an army of modern-day cutthroats. With the clues unfolding and the treasure almost in sight, the greatest quest and the most dangerous battle of the Caribbean truly begins…

Mack Bolan, the one-man war machine, bets his life against the Mafia forces of glittering Las Vegas... and theres no business like show business once The Executioner gets in the act!

During the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Thomas Kydd, aboard HMS L’Aurore, is assigned to the Caribbean and the Leeward Islands station. He is to concentrate his naval activities on the capture of French privateers who are attacking English merchant convoys. Soon he is ordered to join the Jamaica Squadron at Port Royal to protect valuable sugar cargo from landing in the hands of French privateers. He is ably assisted by his secretary, Nicholas Renzi, who also has a history (in previous books in this series) of spying on the French for the English government. Kydd is called to task to discover the location of a French base used to attack British shipping in the Caribbean islands

On a small island in a glacier-fed lake on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, a marriage is unraveling. Gary, driven by thirty years of diverted plans, and Irene, haunted by a tragedy in her past, are trying to rebuild their life together. Following the outline of Gary's old dream, they're hauling logs to Caribou Island in good weather and in terrible storms, in sickness and in health, to build the kind of cabin that drew them to Alaska in the first place. But this island is not right for Irene. They are building without plans or advice, and when winter comes early, the overwhelming isolation of the prehistoric wilderness threatens their bond to the core. Caught in the emotional maelstrom is their adult daughter, Rhoda, who is wrestling with the hopes and disappointments of her own life. Devoted to her parents, she watches helplessly as they drift further apart. Brilliantly drawn and fiercely honest, Caribou Island captures the drama and pathos of a husband and wife whose bitter love, failed dreams, and tragic past push them to the edge of destruction. A portrait of desolation, violence, and the darkness of the soul, it is an explosive and unforgettable novel from a writer of limitless possibility

Genevieve Ralston sabía cómo satisfacer a un hombre; pero cuando su amante la abandonó sin contemplaciones, se dijo que no querría nada más con el sexo opuesto. Hasta que conoció a Simon, un caballero atractivo e inquietante del que no podía apartar las manos. Pero Simon Cooperstone, vizconde de Kilburn, era espía. Tenía la misión de recuperar una carta misteriosa que se encontraba en manos de Genevieve; y al intentar seducirla para conseguir su objetivo, olvidó poner a salvo su corazón. ¿Estaría a la altura de una amante tan sensual y experimentada?

Pensaba que las fuerzas de seguridad no eran lugar para una mujer, pero no iba a tardar mucho en cambiar de opinión Matt jamás había conocido a una mujer que no sucumbiera al encanto de los McCafferty. Sin embargo, la hermosa Kelly Dillinger, la policía asignada al caso del intento de asesinato de su hermana, demostró ser completamente indiferente a su atractivo. Aunque no se llevaban bien, la actitud profesional y distante de ella hería el orgullo de Matt… y le encendía la sangre. Cuanto más se resistía Kelly, más decidido estaba él a romper las barreras. De algún modo, la atractiva detective había conseguido quebrar su dura coraza exterior para tocar su alma…

KISSLESS MARRIAGE TAKE A BEAUTIFUL AND PASSIONATE WOMAN TAKE A MUCH OLDER AND IMPOTENT MAN MARRY THEM THEN SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR THE EXPLOSION When Carla married Ronald Macon she thought her troubles were over... because at last she was escaping forever from the world of poverty and of bitter squalor into the world of luxury and wealth. But her troubles were far from over. In fact they had only just begun. For while Ronald could give her money, position, even affection, he was unable to give her the one thing she needed most. LOVE So in desperation she turned to other men for her fulfillment as a woman. And then came the explosion!

Recit des amours tragiques de Don José Lizarrabengoa, jeune homme basque, brigadier de cavalerie et de Carmen, belle bohémienne, sensuelle et manipulatrice, dont la soif de liberté entrainera leur fin dramatique. Texte intégral

Into the summer heat of New York's Spanish Harlem strides Carmen, a chica who is as hot as the sizzling city streets. When she first meets José, she falls for him hard. He's not like the gansta types she knows – tipo duros who are tough, who think they are players. But José has a quick temper, and he likes to get his own way. And nobody gets in Carmen's way. When Escamillo rolls into town, everyone takes notice of the Latino Jay-Z – a quadruple-threat singer/rapper/producer/businessman. But he only notices one person – Carmen. And Carmen has given up on José – he's not going to get her out of her tough neighborhood, el barrio, and into the action. Escamillo will. But José won't let that happen. Passion, love, and betrayal explode into tragedy in this modern retelling of an enduring love story

Clara Falkner tempts him in a way no human has for many years... He can never have her, for he is wolf ... changed long ago, and a human cannot enter their world. But Raoul Etienne knows he cannot allow the woman he has been watching to become the vampire's concubine. At the risk of war with the Vampires, he breaks the pact and gives Clara his own mark. And thus begins his erotic branding.... But will it be enough to save her from the vampire's kiss? Rating: Graphic, explicit sex, language, and some violence

Moving to Innocence, Mississippi, to escape the public eye following her much publicized break-up with her composer lover, celebrated concert violinist Caroline Waverly finds that Innocence is no haven from a killer at large

Kaeli never knew following the whims of desire could be so fun ... nor so dangerous. And sexy Cajun Navarre Lyssandro is exactly what this girl needs. Too bad he's nuts.... Tempting, sassy ... and human, Kaeli Jackson is a woman who can take care of herself, and she arouses feelings in Navarre he cannot ignore, despite his best efforts. But the vamps are stirring after the disappearance of their leader, riled by the Lycan presence. Navarre cannot allow her close, because to touch Kaeli is to mark her for death... Rating: Contains graphic, explicit sex and violence, profanity, and harsh language

A pack Alpha and his estranged, true mate wrestle with painful secrets, ruthless enemies, and their own irresistible attraction, in the sexy third book of the Phoenix Pack series. Half-shifter Shaya Critchley may hold a submissive role in her pack, but she’s done taking orders. After her Alpha wolf mate refused to claim her—but committed to interfering in her life—she took off. Now she hides from him, posing as a human in a town full of anti-shifter extremist groups. She thinks he’ll never find her again, and that suits her just fine. But she’s wrong. Nick Axton can barely control his feelings for Shaya, but he could never claim her—not if he truly cares for her. The degenerative brain condition he keeps secret would ultimately leave her with a burden rather than a mate. But when Shaya runs away, Nick can’t bear the thought of never seeing her again. After tracking her down, he discovers Shaya’s feisty and passionate side in the process…a side he’d never seen before. Under the menacing gazes of territorial local packs and violent human extremists, Nick vows to finally claim the spirited Shaya…and despite her initial resistance, Shaya just might find his fiery determination to be the ultimate aphrodisiac

The Council has demanded her death and that of any who harbor her. Maggie's one chance at survival depends solely on a creature she has been taught to fear her entire life, the vampire lord, Danior. Rating: Contains explicit sex, graphic language, violence, and degrading sex (not by the hero)

Ce livre est plus connu sous le titre «Le bourg de Stépantchikovo et sa population». Par une lettre, le narrateur est invité à rejoindre son oncle de toute urgence dans le village de Stépantchikovo, où il devra épouser une jeune gouvernante qu'il n'a pourtant jamais vue. Rendu sur les lieux, il pense se trouver dans un asile de fous: l'entière maisonnée est soumise à la tyrannie imbécile d'un tartuffe de province, animé d'une haine inexpugnable envers le monde qui a fait de lui un raté. Ce roman porté par une belle énergie comique, celle de la farce ou du théâtre de marionnettes, fut écrit en 1859 par un auteur qui, après dix ans de bagne et de relégation, revenait dans la vie littéraire

En prenant sa retraite, John Rothstein a plongé dans le désespoir les millions de lecteurs des aventures de Jimmy Gold. Rendu fou de rage par la disparition de son héros favori, Morris Bellamy assassine le vieil écrivain pour s’emparer de sa fortune, mais surtout, de ses précieux carnets de notes. Le bonheur dans le crime ? C’est compter sans les mauvais tours du destin… et la perspicacité du détective Bill Hodges. Après Misery, King renoue avec un de ses thèmes de prédilection : l’obsession d’un fan. Dans ce formidable roman noir où l’on retrouve les protagonistes de Mr. Mercedes (prix Edgar 2015), il rend un superbe hommage au pouvoir de la fiction, capable de susciter chez le lecteur le meilleur… ou le pire. « Une déclaration d’amour à la lecture et à la littérature américaine… Merveilleux, effrayant, émouvant. » STEPHEN KING a écrit plus de 50 romans, autant de best-sellers, et plus de 200 nouvelles. Couronné de nombreux prix littéraires, il est devenu un mythe vivant de la littérature américaine (médaille de la National Book Foundation en 2003 pour sa contribution aux lettres américaines, Grand Master Award en 2007 pour l’ensemble de son œuvre)

Shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Quebec Writers' Federation Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. In the Carnival city there are two types of taxi drivers — the spiders and the flies. The spiders patiently sit in their cars and wait for the calls to come. But the flies are wanderers — they roam the streets, looking for the raised hands of passengers among life's perpetual flux. Fly is a wanderer and a knower. Raised in the circus, the son of a golden-haired trapeze artist and a flying carpet pilot from the East, he is destined to drift and observe. From his taxi we see the world in all its carnivalesque beauty and ugliness. We meet criminals, prostitutes, madmen, magicians, and clowns of many kinds. We meet ordinary people going to extraordinary places, and revolutionaries trying to live ordinary lives. Hunger and injustice claw at the city, and books provide the only true shelter. And when the Carnival starts, all limits dissolve, and a gunshot goes off. . With all of the beauty, truth, rage, and peripatetic storytelling that have made Cockroach and De Niro's Game international publishing sensations, Carnival gives us Rawi Hage at his searing best. Alternately laughing at absurdity and crying out at oppression, by turns outrageous, hilarious, sorrowful, and stirring, Carnival is a tour de force that will make all of life's passengers squirm in their comfortable, complacent backseats

In a city of daimons, rigid class lines separate the powerful from the power-hungry. And at the heart of The City is the Carnival of Souls, where both murder and pleasure are offered up for sale. Once in a generation, the carnival hosts a deadly competition that allows every daimon a chance to join the ruling elite. Without the competition, Aya and Kaleb would both face bleak futures — if for different reasons. For each of them, fighting to the death is the only way to try to live. All Mallory knows of The City is that her father — and every other witch there — fled it for a life in exile in the human world. Instead of a typical teenage life full of friends and maybe even a little romance, Mallory scans quiet streets for threats, hides herself away, and trains to be lethal. She knows it's only a matter of time until a daimon finds her and her father, so she readies herself for the inevitable. While Mallory possesses little knowledge of The City, every inhabitant of The City knows of her. There are plans for Mallory, and soon she, too, will be drawn into the decadence and danger that is the Carnival of Souls. From Melissa Marr, bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely series and Graveminder, comes a brand-new tale of lush secrets, dark love, and the struggle to forge one's own destiny

Life happens when you least expect it... Carol Scott has everything planned. She'll finish her studies, do her internship, and return to Refuge to help run the medical center being built by her pack, The Ravens. When the time is right, she'll choose a male of her pack to mate with, push out a few pups, and life will continue--nice, neat, and orderly, just the way she likes it. Then she meets Mark Johnson--sexy, handsome...human. Forbidden. A man who won't take no for an answer. He stirs her senses and even has her wolf sitting up and paying attention. What's a girl to do? Obey the rules or follow her heart and damn the consequences? Then the choice is taken out of her hands

«El carcelero tiene su carcelero y éste al suyo y así al infinito. Tú y yo somos los eslabones finales de una larga cadena de sumisiones. Así está ordenado el mundo, mi joven amigo. ¿Hay otra salida?». Eso dice el protagonista de uno de los nueve cuentos que integran esta obra, por donde Carolina Grau transitará como presencia sutil, como persona, como fantasma y como enigma, trazando siempre un fino halo de misterio

Regresa el fenómeno, regresa Moccia. La esperada nueva novela del best-seller italiano, Carolina se enamora, desembarca en nuestro país con un sólo objetivo: volver a arrasar. Con A tres metros sobre el cielo, Tengo ganas de ti, Perdona si te llamo amor y Perdona pero quiero casarme contigo, Moccia ha superado ya la cifra de 1.000.000 ejemplares vendidos en nuestro país, seduciendo tanto a jóvenes como a no tan jóvenes con sus relatos de amor adolescente. Carolina no sólo tendrá que lidiar con este primer desengaño, que la alejará poco a poco de su infancia, sino que deberá enfrentarse a las difíciles relaciones familiares en la novela más intergeneracional de Moccia. La adolescente, como muchas otras de su generación, aprenderá a comprender las preocupaciones de su madre o a entender a su violento, aunque en el fondo adorable, hermano. Gracias a su admirada abuela, Carolina paso a paso irá averiguando qué significa crecer, hacerse adulto. Como sus obras anteriores, Carolina se enamora, narrada en primera persona, conecta con los adolescentes, enganchados al iPod y a sus móviles. Aunque también deviene un libro imprescindible para los padres que quieran conocer qué hacen y sienten sus hijos cuando salen por la puerta de casa. Sin duda, los libros de Moccia radiografían con humor, ritmo y cascadas de emociones la juventud mediterránea de principios del siglo XXI. Los adultos del mañana

As bestselling author Walter Kirn says, “This scathing novel of our strange new century is like nothing else I’ve read in years.” *Kirkus (Starred review): "A novel of unrelenting tension." *Booklist: (Starred review): "Powerful" *Publishers Weekly: "Propulsive…electric." Following the breakout success of his “searing” (The New York Times Book Review) debut novel The Delivery Man, Joe McGinniss Jr. returns with Carousel Court: a bold, original, and exhilarating novel of marriage as blood sport that reads like Revolutionary Road for the era of The Unwinding. Nick and Phoebe Maguire are a young couple with big dreams who move across the country to Southern California in search of a fresh start for themselves and their infant son following a devastating trauma. But they move at the worst possible time, into an economic crisis that spares few. Instead of landing in a beachside property, strolling the organic food aisles, and selecting private preschools, Nick and Phoebe find themselves living in the dark heart of foreclosure alley, surrounded by neighbors being drowned by their underwater homes who set fire to their belongings, flee in the dead of night, and eye one another with suspicion while keeping twelve-gauge shotguns by their beds. Trapped, broke, and increasingly desperate, Nick and Phoebe each devise their own plan to claw their way back into the middle class and beyond. Hatched under one roof, their two separate, secret agendas will collide in spectacular fashion. A blistering and unforgettable vision of the way we live now, Carousel Court paints a darkly honest portrait of modern marriage while also capturing the middle-class America of vanished jobs, abandoned homes, psychotropic cure-alls, infidelity via iPhone, and ruthless choices

In the small college town of Morganville, vampires and humans lived in (relative) peace — until all the rules got rewritten when the evil vampire Bishop arrived, looking for the lost book of vampire secrets. He's kept a death grip on the town ever since. Now an underground resistance is brewing, and in order to contain it, Bishop must go to even greater lengths. He vows to obliterate the town and all its inhabitants — the living and the undead. Claire Danvers and her friends are the only ones who stand in his way. But even if they defeat Bishop, will the vampires ever be content to go back to the old rules, after having such a taste of power?

Казалось бы, что нужно людям в молодости? Прожить ее достойно и на старости лет не задуматься о несбывшихся мечтах? И вроде бы ты стараешься провести жизнь в своё удовольствие, весело и ни о чем не сожалея. Кажется, спать три часа в сутки из привычных восьми — это уже режим. А красные глаза, головная боль с утра — привычное состояние. И тут возникает вопрос: где же та самая грань достойности? В клубах, полных разврата или в алкоголе, убивающей мозг?