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Georgina is a romantic, her head often filled with fairytales. Frederick prefers facts, especially those from the past. They've always thought they were cousins. Is that true and if so can they prove it – or find some other connection between them? This 3800 word short story is also published in one of Patsy's many themed collections of short stories, each of which contains 24 stories.
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Hortense Calisher's evocative memoir bristles with intelligence and youthful inquiry Kissing Cousins recalls the author as a teenager: peppy, earnest, and a bit self-important. Hortense Calisher documents her family's surprising history as Southern Jews adrift in New York. Finding her new city and school boorish, the young Calisher takes solace in the enduring friendship she develops with Katie Pyle, a gregarious nurse turned "kissing cousin" fifteen...
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The Neanderthals (Nea) became extinct about 30,000 years ago, about 10,000 years after Early Modern Humans (Sap) reached Southern Europe.
This book is historical fiction concerning the extinction of the Nea. The early chapters are about the culture and social organization of the Nea and the Sap. Later chapters describe armed conflict between the Brown Bear tribe of the Nea and the Sap invaders.
The Brown Bears learned their fighting skills from...
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Three cousins, inseparably bonded through music. Each became a star; their story would become a legend. J. D. Davis's enthralling new biography of famous cousins Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, and Mickey Gilley, born within a twelve-month span in small-town Louisiana during the Great Depression, draws from exhaustive research and personal connections with friends and family. Davis recreates the irresistible and life-changing power of music that...
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In this Regency-era romance, a nobleman proposes marriage a convenience for financial reasons, then discovers the wife he is falling for is penniless.
The Earl of Burwell needs a wife! The woman who broke Daniel's heart has been blackmailing him, so to protect his son from the horrors of illegitimacy, he must find a rich bride . . .
Temporarily posing as her heiress cousin, plain, poor orphan Lizzie Eastway knows her popularity is due only...
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In this Regency-era romance, a noblewoman in trouble hides in the secluded home of a widowed baron, bringing love into his lonely life.
Heiress Amelia Eastway is running for her life. Convinced she has committed a terrible crime, she seeks shelter in an overgrown country estate, only to discover the owner-a reclusive baron-does not take kindly to trespassers . . .
After losing his wife and son, Sir Edward Gray has shut himself away from the...
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Unconditional love.That's all Sirena McKenzie has ever wanted-someone who will love and cherish her forever, and be there for her through thick and thin. Just like the kind of love her parents have.But what she got was Harry Bennett-a man who can't keep his zipper up.Garrett Hudson gave up on romance a long time ago.When he meets Sirena, their connection is instant. She's beautiful, smart, and he loves that she appreciates romance. She's everything...
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Tom gave up on ever falling in love again the day that he buried his high school sweetheart - his fiancé.
He started a career in law enforcement just so that he could find rapist... the killer who took everything that mattered to him.
Just when he is about to see justice done, he meets Alli Davis- the defense attorney for the murdering rapist who took his love from him. And now, she may be in the gravest danger. And, maybe this time, Tom will be...
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Chance wants Helena but only for a little while. That suits Helena, males aren't trustworthy so she has no intention of giving her heart away. At first, the obstacles that come between them seem coincidental, but eventually they see that no one wants them to be together. Is it a sign that they should stay apart or simply interfering friends and family?What about the new threats that come between them and threaten Helena's life? Will Chance save her...
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Alex is a jerk and he knows it. His past has left him avoiding love and he's hurt his fated mate. Good thing he has no plans to ever mate her.Frankie's tried to avoid him, but when they have an encounter that's unexpected, Alex may be in for a big surprise. Things are changing and she won't pursue him. If he wants her back, it's all up to him.Another crazy white wolf and this one is fated to be mated to a powerful vampire. They both claim they're...
11) Evry Night
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Is it better to mate than to burn? Vampires and wolves don't mix, not even white wolves that are unchanged, and it can result in death!Simon, a vampire, has been protecting Roc, an unchanged white wolf, from rogues. Roc's Aunt Daisy dies, they go to the funeral aware that rogues aren't the only danger they face. The funeral brings attention to them and Roc has secrets Simon wants her to hide. If they can outwit and outfight their enemies, they just...
12) His Lucky Charm
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What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas... this time it follows Brandon and Caitlyn across the country and into a world of espionage and danger. The one thing that Brandon knows for sure is that he can't afford to lose his lucky charm, Caitlyn.
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Looking can be an act of empathy or aggression. It can provoke desire or express it. And from the blurry, edgeless world we inhabit as infants to the landscape of screens we grow into, looking can define us.
In The Story of Looking, filmmaker and writer Mark Cousins takes us on a lightning-bright tour - in words and images - through how our looking selves develop over the course of a lifetime, and the ways that looking has changed through the centuries....
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In this Sci-Fi adventure, a captured alien reveals that the aliens created humans. Humans are just robots. The human race has different reactions to the news. What happens to our values?Should human laws remain?Should we still have compassion for each other?Does killing a human being still have the same meaning?What do you think?
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"It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie's starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardized by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks, and illicit intrigue."--
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