US Public Memory, Rhetoric, and the National Mall examines “the nation’s front yard,” understanding it as both a public face the United States presents to the world and a site where its less apparent moral story is told. This book provides a uniquely thorough, interdisciplinary, and integrated examination of how the National Mall shares a moral story of the United States and, in so doing, reveals the soul of the nation. The contributors explore 11 different memorials, monuments, and museum...

Despite the growing importance of heroines across literary culture—and sales figures that demonstrate both young adult and adult females are reading about heroines in droves, particularly in graphic novels, comic books, and YA literature—few scholarly collections have examined the complex relationships between the representations of heroines and the changing societal roles for both women and men.In Heroines of Comic Books and Literature: Portrayals in Popular Culture, editors Maja ...

True love may mean certain death in a ghostly affair of risk and passion from New York Times bestselling duo Christina Lauren, authors of The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words.When Lucy walks out of a frozen forest, wearing only a silk dress and sandals, she isn’t sure how she got there. But when she sees Colin, she knows for sure that she’s here for him.Colin has never been captivated by a girl the way he is by Lucy. With e...

What does Drew Evans have to say next? Find out in this 8500 word short story, filled with his sexy charm, unique advice and hilarious one-liners.Marriage: the final frontier. Steven went first. He was kind of our test subject. Like those monkeys that NASA sent off into space in the fifties, all the while knowing they'd never make it back.And now another poor rocket is ready to launch.But this isn't just any posh New York wedding. You've seen my friends, you've met ...

When three besties meet three hot guys in Vegas anything can—and does—happen in this first entry in the New York Times bestselling Wild Seasons series from the authors of Love and Other Words and The Unhoneymooners.One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren’t supposed to be with someone like him.But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college grad...

From the internationally best-selling author of Sarah's Key Tatiana de Rosnay comes an irreverent yet heartfelt collection of short stories that examines our most intimate and forbidden desiresLate nights at the office... Hotel rooms and secret rendezvous... Lingering perfume... Sizzling texts...What takes place in Paris when husbands and wives tangle with infidelity?In this compulsively readable collection, Tatiana de Rosnay paints a portr...

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Gabriel trilogy comes the hotly anticipated follow-up to The Raven, a sensual novel set in Florence featuring the dangerously intoxicating coupling of Raven and William…Raven Wood’s vampyre prince has returned, pledging his love and promising justice for every wrong done to her. In the wake of their reunion, Raven is faced with a terrible decision—allow the Prince to wreak vengeance against the dem...

The Billionaire's Club—a fabulously sexy contemporary romance series about some of the world's wealthiest, most powerful men and the women they claim...and keep.Not everyone knows that billionaire Daniel Lexington gets a little dirty, a little dark, and will settle for nothing less than everything from any woman lucky enough to tangle his sheets. Handsome, rich and completely irresistible, Daniel can have any woman he wants. However, there is one woman he a...

In this sexy novella from the New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words, the gentlemen from the “sizzling” (RT Book Reviews) Beautiful series are out for a wild night on the Vegas strip.A beautiful bastard of a groom-to-be. A bachelor-party-crashing bride. And one unforgettable night on the Vegas strip.When Bennett’s friends steal him away from Chloe for a weekend of shenanigans and...

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners and Love and Other Words, a story of friends, love, and lust in this sequel to Sweet Filthy Boy.Despite their rowdy hookups, Harlow and Finn don’t even like each other...which would explain why their marriage lasted only twelve hours. He needs to be in charge and takes whatever he wants. She lives by the Want-something-done? Do-it-yourself mantra....

**The Billionaire's Club—a fabulously sexy contemporary romance series about some of the world's wealthiest, most powerful men and the women they claim...and keep.Oil tycoon Andrew Fairchild would sell his soul to protect Whitney Donahue. She's the one girl he's loved his whole life. And when tragedy strikes and Andrew needs to leave, he's determined to keep Whitney from knowing where he's going, and why. But when he finally comes home, he discovers that W...

**The seventh novel in the New York Times bestselling Beautiful series—from the authors of Love and Other Words and The Unhoneymooners—follows Max and Sara as they tackle parenthood.In Beautiful Stranger, finance whiz Sara Dillon met the irresistibly sexy Brit, Max Stella, at a New York City club. Through the series we’ve watched them learn to combine commitment with their lessthanprivate brand of playfulness. In Beautiful Beloved