When star sex blogger and memoirist Ethan, 24, tracks down his idol, the gifted but obscure 40ish novelist Olivia, he finds they each crave what the other possesses. As attraction turns to sex, and they inch closer to getting what they want, both must confront the dark side of ambition and the near impossibility of reinventing oneself when the past is only a click away. Sex with Strangers had its world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Company; it will have its New York premiere at Second St...

Ethnodrama: An Anthology of Reality Theatre contains seven carefully-selected ethnodramas that best illustrate this emerging genre of arts-based research, a burgeoning but evident trend in the field of theatre production itself. In his introduction to ethnodrama and to the plays themselves, Salda-a emphasizes how a credible, vivid, and persuasive rendering of a research participant's story as a theatrical performance creates insights for both researcher and audience not possible through co...

David Schwimmer and Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company created this innovative and heart-wrenching adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s powerhouse novel, in a co-production withL.A. Theatre Works.A young Lithuanian immigrant, full of hope, arrives in Chicago in 1904 to work in the stockyards. He and his family soon find themselves processed like the very cattle they slaughter, by the system they dreamed would save them.Recorded at the Guest Quarters Suites, Chicago in ...

She swore she’d never use the phone number he gave her, but considering what was lying on the floor in front of her, she knew she needed help.Tex gave everything he had to his country and his SEAL teammates. When an IED took away part of his leg, and his career, he devoted himself to his country and friends from behind his computer. He’s always been the man that can find anyone, that uses his computer skills, legal and illegal, to keep people safe and to put the ba...

In New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Toni Aleo’s exhilarating Loveswept debut, the first in a series featuring the hockey hunks of the Nashville Assassins, a reformed bad boy helps a charming, willful woman face off against the demons of her past.No matter how hard she tries, Elleanor Fisher never thinks she’s good enough, from her job to her weight to her love life. After enduring years of abuse at the hands of an ex-boyfriend, Elli...

Olivia wants nothing more than to forget everything to do with Alexander Burnham.About the way his simple touch sparks feelings she never thought possible.About the way her soul sings when he’s near.About the way he burst through the walls she’d spent years erecting.Which is precisely why she should keep her distance.He may be sin in a perfectly tailored suit, but Olivia can’t shake the feeling there’s more to the man than he’s led her to believe....

A pro hockey player and a PR powerhouse burn up the ice in the third sexy Need You novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Mastered Series and the Blacktop Cowboys® Series.PR agent Annika Lund can spin any disaster into a win. But revamping the reputation of a notorious Swedish hockey player will take every trick in her arsenal, especially when his agent insists that convincing everyone he’s no longer a playboy is top priority. And that it ...

She can't remember her past.He has the key to unlock her memories.Can he protect her from the shadows threatening to destroy everything?Finally able to face her fears of abandonment, Olivia begins to prepare for the next phase of her life...with Alexander at her side.But he's still keeping secrets.As more and more of Olivia’s memories return to the surface, Alexander realizes it's only a matter of time until she puts all the p...

She's been safe the past twenty-one years.He'll do anything to keep it that way...Even if it means lying about who he is.Olivia Adler has a troubled past. Having lost her parents in a tragic car accident when she was a little girl, she’s struggled to get close to anyone. Instead, she prefers to avoid all relationships, keeping them superficial at best.Until retired Navy SEAL Alexander Burnham walks into her life and sparks something i...

This is a rereleaseMia Lexington is a mother whose life is devoted to caring for her four-year-old son Zane. After her family abandoned her on the heels of her baby's father, Mia vowed to never again allow anyone to make her feel like her parents and Zane's father did. Since that time she's refused to allow any man to get close to her.Alex Douglas is at his niece's swimming lesson when he first meets Mia and her son. He doubts the gorgeous young woman would give him a second...

A father's moving memoir of cystic fibrosis "captures a brave child's legacy as well as the continuing fight against the genetic disease" ( The New York Times).In 1971 a girl named Alex was born with cystic fibrosis, a degenerative genetic lung disease. Although health-care innovations have improved the life span of CF patients tremendously over the last four decades, the illness remains fatal.Given only two years to live by her doctors, th...

Alex Taylor is an ER nurse who prides herself on the care she gives to those in need. Through a chance encounter, Alex meets police sergeant Francesca Greco and finds the handsome officer too hard to resist. When Alex is diagnosed with a devastating disease, her role is changed from caregiver to patient and she prepares for the fight of her life.Frank Greco has developed intense feelings for Alex, but wonders if she has it in her to take care of another woman she loves who has beco...