When everything seemed too dark, she chose to carry on.Esther is an ordinary girl, experiencing pain that no one often sees. With her parents ill, responsibilities that weigh on her beyond her years and faith as her only relief, she discovers that even in the deepest silence... God is still watching.At her side, Fabio - a boy marked by anger, but touched by his presence - begins to see life from another angle. Between whispered prayers, simple gestures and seeds sown in the...

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Girl on Paper with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Girl on Paper by Guillaume Musso, an intriguing blend of fantasy and reality and, above all, an ode to the importance of fiction and the power of friendship. Its main character, Tom Boyd, is a bestselling novelist, but since his girlfriend left him he has not written a word and has sought...

All five novels in the complete Alpha Heroes first series bundle!AjaxHe’s a former Navy SEAL, haunted by his past. She’s the only woman who can help him redeem his honor. But will they be able to overcome the mayhem of his previous life, and set themselves free from the darkness?MaxMax Battleson can’t outrun the memories or the agony of his former life as a Marine. That part of his past has left scars, both ...

Five full-length novels by best-selling author Nikki Sex, all featuring André Chevalier!Elizabeth's BondageElizabeth and her husband, Mark, celebrate their first wedding anniversary in style, with a luxurious vacation in Las Vegas. The special occasion quickly takes an unexpected turn when Elizabeth wakes up naked, blindfolded, and tied to a bed with no recollection of what happened.Carmen's New York Romance...

Guillaume Dustan' first three novels, published in French between 1996 and 1998, describing the narrator's sexual odyssey through a Paris still haunted by AIDS.This volume collects a suite of three wildly entertaining and trailblazing short novels by the legendary French anti-assimilationist LGBTQ+ writer Guillaume Dustan. Published sequentially in France between 1996 and 1998, the three novels are exuberant and deliberately affectless accounts of the narrator's se...

Zone is the fruit of poet-translator Ron Padgett’s fifty-year engagement with the work of France’s greatest modern poet. This bilingual edition of Apollinaire’s poetry represents the full range of his achievement from traditional lyric verse to the pathbreaking visual poems he called calligrams, from often-anthologized classics to hitherto-untranslated gems, from poems of cosmic breadth to a poem about his shoes. Including an introduction by the distinguished scholar Peter Read, h...

"Haven't you ever been in love?""You mean that stupid, insane, sickly infatuation one gets when they can't eat and can't sleep because they only think of him?""That's the one."John Taylor is a beautiful and dangerous man, but also a deeply damaged soul, bound to his tormented past. Nicknamed Father John, he's also a notorious, sought-after sadist at the local BDSM club.Kelly Flynn is restrained by troubling ties of her own. She is suffering from the fatal fe...

It’s time for bed! … Or is it?Duncan does not like going to sleep — and he’ll do anything to avoid it. Until one day, his mom has had enough of his stalling and leaves him to figure it out on his own. “Try counting sheep,” she suggests. Which actually turns out to be kind of fun. At first. But when it’s Sheep #68’s turn to jump over Duncan’s bed, he won’t. He needs a drink of water, he says. Then he has to go to the bathroom. Then he wants running shoes. Will Sheep #68 ever do what...

Calvinist determinism destroys moral responsibility and makes God the author of sin. These two accusations are not new, and were arguably anticipated by Paul in Romans 9, but they remain today the most important objections offered against Calvinist/determinist views of human free will. This book is a philosophically rigorous and comprehensive defense of Calvinism against these two families of arguments. With respect to human moral responsibility, it discusses whether determinism destroys "...

Lya, a young elf with sharpened senses, is captured by a savage orc after a devastating battle. What began as a clash between two opposing worlds soon turns into a dangerous game of attraction and submission. Faced with the brute strength and raw dominance of this primal creature, Lya experiences sensations she never imagined possible. Torn between fear and a forbidden curiosity, she must navigate the thin line between resistance and the whirlwind of uncontrollable desire consuming her.

Commençons notre chant par les Muses, habitantes du haut et divin Hélicon, qui, près d’une noire fontaine, devant l’autel du puissant fils de Cronos, mènent des danses légères ; qui, après avoir baigné leur beau corps dans les eaux du Permesse, de l’Hippocrène, du divin Olmeios, couronnent de chœurs gracieux, ravissants, les sommets de la montagne sacrée et les foulent sous leurs pieds agiles. C’est de là qu’elles descendent, lorsque, la nuit, dans un nuage, elles s’en vont parcourir la te...

Meet Arnold, an unconventional superhero.Though Arnold works in the family superhero business, he isn’t a superhero. He doesn’t even have a superpower, unless you count taking down messages. But one day, a call from a girl in distress comes in to superhero headquarters, and Arnold’s the only one around. He has to go. Determined to succeed, Arnold helps all kinds of people along the way. And that’s before he even finds the caller! He does so many good deeds, in fact, that he’s ident...