Bristly, sensitive, and meat-hungry Pip is a robust young whelp, an orphan born under a full moon. Between hunting escaped convicts alongside zombified soldiers, trying not to become one of the hunted himself, and hiding his hairy hands from the supernaturally beautiful and haughty Estella, whose devilish moods keep him chomping at the bit, Pip is sure he will die penniless or a convict like the rest of his commonly uncommon kind.
Lucky-that’s how Jennifer would describe herself. She had a successful law career, met the love of her life in Doug, married him, had an apartment in New York City, a house in the Hamptons, two beautiful children, and was still madly in love after nearly seven years of marriage. Jennifer was living the kind of idyllic life that cliches are made of.
Haunting and violent tale of lust and loss.
When your wife and your boss, who have been carrying on an affair, conspire to destroy your career, a flirtation begins and ends in scandal, your daughter despises you and will not see you, and reporters hound you no matter where you are, what do you do? Fly to Paris and start over.
Andrew Gross's Latest Novel a Frightening Study of Evil An AUDIO interview with the author of Eyes Wide Open and Other Bestsellers August 2011 Authorlink Edition Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross (William Morrow/HarperCollins July 2011) Bestselling author...
Keep Your Mouth Shut and Write by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro August 2011 "Even if you’re writing science fiction, your deepest themes and issues have a way of entering the aliens:. . ." —Shapiro Honestly, this isn’t me talking to you....
Haunting, sad, lovely, and occasionally incongruous.
In this collection of short stories, Alethea Black writes about relationships in all its many incarnations. Some of the stories are sad and others are surprising and show a moment of undisguised humanity.
Jennifer Stirling wakes up in hospital and does not remember who she is—or was—and has trouble connecting to the people in her life. Most of all, she has trouble connecting with her husband Larry. He is solicitous and does not press her, and the doctor tells her not to dwell on things and just live, but nothing feels right. Jennifer does not fit her skin any more and she is not sure whether it is because of the accident or if her body and soul are showing her what her foggy mind cannot.
Ron Connors, Washington State’s attorney general, has called in J. P. “Beau” Beaumont and his wife and partner, Mel Soames, to investigate what appears to be a murder. The possible suspect is Governor Marsha Longmire’s step grandson, Josh Deeson, a teenager living with the governor and her husband, Gerry Willis, who has just had heart bypass surgery.
Dwight is a manager of a sporting goods store in California, far from the scene of a fatal accident. After twelve years of prison and losing his family and position, he is still running, living a half-life that is respectable but nothing compared to what he had before the accident that changed his life.
Meena Harper is stuck in a very odd world. It used to be semi-normal; being an out-of-work soap opera scriptwriter with a Pomeranian named Jack Bauer who likes to save the world in a day, and the ability to never be able to find that perfect boyfriend. The slightly strange things about Meena include her “gift” – which is her ability to see the future. Which, of course, is why she finds herself in such a strange predicament; sitting beside her ex-boyfriend and trying to find a way to tell him that she has “seen” his death.
