Garret may eat quiche, but no bother--before you can say "Look! I found two more letters!" Theresa is hot on his trail and determined to find this mysterious yet sensitive message-in-a-bottle man. She finds him at a sleepy North Carolina port, working on his beloved sailboat, The Happenstance. From there, a romance buds and blossoms into a colorful bouquet of emotional baggage. Theresa has problems with her past--or, more accurately, her past is a problem. She is so scarred from her "I'm a super churchgoing guy now that I've run out on my wife" ex-husband that she hasn't tried to date since her divorce some three or four years before. And who is Catherine? And what's Garret's bag, anyway? When Theresa finds out, she plunges to the depths of her soul and uncorks a whopper of a secret about herself, bringing Garret to terms with who he really is.
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The #1 New York Times bestseller is available with a strikingmovie tie-in cover and includes a pull-out poster. The astonishing conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn,illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romanticepic that has entranced millions. Now that Bella has made herdecision to join the dark but seductive world of immortals, astartling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold withpotentially devastating, and unfathomable, consequences. Just whenthe frayed strands of Bella's life-first discovered in Twilight,then scattered and torn inNew Moon and Eclipse-seem ready to healand knit together, could they be destroyed... forever?
For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to Mark Twain. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain’s inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years. Every one of his sixty stories is here: ranging from the frontier humor of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” to the bitter vision of humankind in “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” to the delightful hilarity of “Is He Living or Is He Dead?” Surging with Twain’s ebullient wit and penetrating insight into the follies of human nature, this volume is a vibrant summation of the career of–in the words of H. L. Mencken–“the father of our national literature.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the great voices in the history ofAmerican literature, is best known today for his novels, but duringhis lifetime his fame stemmed primarily from his prolificachievements as one of America's most gifted short story writers."The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is one of his most memorablecreations. "I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins the film"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," adapted from the 1920s storyby F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man whois born in his eighties andages backwards. A man, like any of us, unable to stop time. Wefollow his story set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in1918, into the twenty-first century, following his journey that isas unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher,"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a time traveler's tale ofthe people and places Benjamin Button bumps into along the way, theloves he loses and finds, the joys of life and the sadness ofdeath, and what lasts beyond time.
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of themworldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Full Dark, NoStars; Under the Dome; Just After Sunset; DumaKey; Lisey's Story; Cell; and the last threenovels in the Dark Tower saga: Wolves of the Calla, Song ofSusannah, and The Dark Tower. His acclaimed nonfictionbook On Writing is also a bestseller. In 2003, he wasawarded the National Book Foundation Medal for DistinguishedContribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he received the GrandMaster Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Mainewith his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
Valerie Simpson is a young female tennis star with a troubledpast who's now on the verge of a comeback and wants Myron as heragent. Myron, who's also got the hottest young male tennis star,Duane Richwood, primed to take his first grand slam tournament,couldn't be happier. That is, until Valerie is murdered in broaddaylight at the U.S. Open and Myron's number one client becomes thenumber one suspect. Clearing Duane's name should be easy enough.Duane was playing in a match at the time of Valerie's death. Butwhy is his phone number in Valerie's black book when he claims onlyto have known her in passing? Why was she calling him from a phonebooth on the street? The police stop caring once they pin themurder on a man known for having stalked Valerie and seen talkingto her moments before the murder. But Myron isn't satisfied. Itseems too clean for him. Myron pries a bit and finds himself pryingopen the past where six years before, Valerie's fiancee, the son ofa senator, was brutally murdered by a juvenile del
A memorable, mesmerizing heroine Jennifer -- brilliant, beautiful, an attorney onthe way up until the Mafia's schemes win her the hatred of animplacable enemy -- and a love more destructive than hate. A dangerous, dramatic world The Dark Arena of organized crime and flashbulblit courtrooms where ambitious prosecutors begin their climb topolitical power.
This selection of Lawrence's work underlines the intensity and innovation that made him one of the most distinctive and important of twentieth-century writers. Sons and Lovers - semi-autobiographical, is a powerful exploration of family, class, sexuality and the suffocating relationships of a man with a demanding mother and two very different lovers. Women in Love - perhaps Lawrence's most mature novel, was met with disgust by the critics, seeing only a sorry tale of sexual depravity in the love of the sisters, Ursula and Gudrun, for Rupert and Gerald. Lady Chatterley's Lover - Lawrence's novel, written in poetic and sexually explicit language, deals with the passionate relationship between Lady Constance Chatterley and Oliver Mellors, her emotionally and physically crippled husband's forthright and powerfully masculine gamekeeper. A watershed in twentieth-century literary fiction, its sensational content has earned the novel an enduring readership and notoriety. Other stories featured in this volume in
There's a saying at Hollywood Station that the full moonbrings out the beast--rather than the best--in the precinct'scitizens. One moonlit night, veteran officers Dana Vaughn and"Hollywood" Nate Weiss get a call about a prowler who's beenbrutally attacking women. Meanwhile, a pair of cops with the surfersobriquets Flotsam and Jetsam are on the lookout for asmooth-talking player in dreads and a crazy-eyed, tattooed biker.But something bigger, more high-tech, and much more deadly is aboutto go down. After a dizzying series of twists, turns, and chases,the cops discover that they've stumbled upon a complex web of crimewhere even the criminals aren't sure who's conning whom. And forsome of the men and women in blue, public duty will exact theheaviest of tolls.
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is an ominous fable about the pursuit of great wealth. Readers will be transported to a fabulous fantasy land of such opulence that its very existence has to remain a jealously guarded secret. Fatal consequences lie in store for 'bona fide' guests and uninvited visitors alike, while the sybaritic luxury of the place is evoked in an effortless prose style which is quintessentially F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also featured in this volume are The Cut-Glass Bowl, May Day, The Rich Boy, Crazy Sunday, An Alcoholic Case, The Lees of Happiness, The Lost Decade and Babylon Revisited.
The year is 1952. Fourteen-year-old Alex Gambier is rebellious by nature and scarred by childhood tragedy in the southern community of Evening Shade. An outcast in his own family,mute from a bout with diphtheria at an early age, Alex expresses himself by writing imaginative stories and by conceiving daredevil stunts that test all of his physical resources while putting his life in extreme danger. The aftermath of one of his hair-raising stunts finds Alex in the care of a young black nurse named Mally Shaw.An unlikely friendship results, which is ended by an unspeakable crime that costs Mally her life. For Mally, death is not an ending. She is trapped in a nether world bythe force of Alex's will and his need to exact a terrifying revenge on the man responsible for Mally's death. But the revenge he seeks is a two-edged sword, and the price in the end may be Alex's own soul.
Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep--sometimes with each other. S is back from boarding school, and if we aren't careful, she's going to win over our teachers, wear that dress we couldn't fit into, steal our boyfriends' hearts, and basically ruin our lives in a major way. I'll be watching closely... You know you love me, gossip girl
“This expensive, glossy world is where I’ve been headed all along. Limos and flowers; waxed eyebrows and designer clothes from Barneys. These are my people; this is where I’m meant to be.” –Becky Bloomwood Universally beloved by readers, Sophie Kinsella’s national bestseller, Confessions of a Shopaholic, introduced the irrepressible one-woman shopping phenomenon, Becky Bloomwood. Now, in this hilarious follow-up, Becky and her credit cards are headed across the Atlantic.... With her shopping excesses (somewhat) in check and her career as a TV financial guru thriving, Becky’s biggest problem seems to be tearing her entrepreneur boyfriend, Luke, away from work for a romantic country weekend. And worse, figuring out how to “pack light.” But packing takes on a whole new meaning when Luke announces he’s moving to New York for business–and he asks Becky to go with him! Before you can say “Prada sample sale,” Becky has landed in the Big Apple, home of Park Avenue p
Love can kill Elena: with Damon at her side, and wild with her craving forblood, the changed Elena struggles to control her desires. Damon: his hunger for the golden girl wars with his hunger forrevenge against Stefan. Stefan: tormented after losing Elena, he will do anything to gether back. Even if it means becoming what he once despised. . .. Getting what they want may come at a deadly cost.
Since its publication in 1913, D. H. Lawrence's powerful and passionate third novel stands as one of the greatest autobiographical novels of the twentieth century. Here is the story of artist Paul Morel as a young man, his powerful relationship with his possessive mother, his passionate love affair with Miriam Leivers, his intense liaison with married Clara Dawes. Here, too, England's Derbyshire springs to life with both is sooty mining villages and deep green pastures, a setting as full of contrasts as the deep emotions that rule this remarkable book.
As far as her family and friends are concerned, Frieda has been the grieving widow for long enough. At 35, she's still (relatively) young, still (adequately) attractive. Her sex drive is very much alive; even Frieda admits she'd like to put it to use again. Besides, she has a son who certainly needs a father figure. With visions of the perfect second husband in mind, Frieda's sisters start to send eligible males in her direction. Big sister Ilene -- herself substantially married -- has found the ultimate unattached catch: a gorgeous, independently wealthy, successful, divorced father, pillar of society and paragon of potential. What more could a single mom ask for? Apparently a lot more than loved ones realize. Frieda's own efforts bear very tasty fruit. Sam is young, talented, devoted, and incredibly sexy -- though broke, only sporadically employed, and clueless about kids. But he makes Frieda feel brand-spanking-new, in a most wonderfully wanton way. When all is said and done, does Frieda really need
