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After the Woods
by Kim Savage"Statistically speaking, girls like me don't come back when guys like Donald Jessup take us." Julia knows she beat the odds. She escaped the kidnapper who hunted her in the woods for two terrifying nights that she can't fully remember. Now it's one year later, and a dead girl turns up in those same woods. The terrible memories resurface, leaving Julia in a stupor at awkward moments-in front of gorgeous Kellan MacDougall, for example.At least Julia's not alone. Her best friend, Liv, was in the woods, too. When Julia got caught, Liv ran away. Is Liv's guilt over leaving Julia the reason she's starving herself? Is hooking up with Shane Cuthbert, an addict with an explosive temper, Liv's way of punishing herself for not having Julia's back? As the devastating truth about Liv becomes clear, Julia realizes the one person she thinks she knows best-Liv-is the person she knows least of all. And that after the woods was just the beginning.
After the Workshop: A Novel
by John McnallyYou graduate from the Iowa Writers' Workshop with a short story published in The New Yorker and subsequently Best American Short Stories. You stay in town and work on your novel. And work on your novel. Until, finally, twelve years have passed and you are working as a media escort for author tours and your unfinished novel sits in a box under your bed. Your girlfriend has left you. Your car is missing a muffler. Your neighbor is walking around naked because his hands are bandaged and he can't unzip his pants. You are at the whims of a slew of increasingly crazy writers, and when one of them disappears, an insane New York publicist begins stalking you. This is the life of Jack Hercules Sheahan, a character well understood by author John McNally. He is also a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop as well as a former media escort, and these misadventures are brought to life by his very own. Recalling the ease and humor of novels by Nick Hornby and Michael Chabon, After the Workshop tells the satirical story of a writer who confronts the demons from his past while escorting those of his present.
After the Worst Thing Happens
by Audrey VernickLeft reeling after her thoughtless mistake causes a terrible accident, 12-year-old Army Morand channels her grief to help someone in need.Army Morand feels like her life has been blown to bits when the worst thing imaginable happens--her beloved dog dies. It was an accident, but it was also Army's fault. She can't seem to stop hiding from everything and everybody including her best friend JennaLouise. But then Army sees Madison, the little girl who moved in across the way, climbing a tree and walking down the street unsupervised. Her family is not neglectful, just overwhelmed. Army finds herself overcome with the need to help Madison's family to make sure another worst thing doesn't happen--which becomes even more challenging when a big storm threatens her town.After the Worst Thing Happens is a bittersweet story about a girl surprised by the force of a growing need inside her to reach out and lend a hand while trying to escape the swirling sadness of her own sudden loss. In the end, it is about finding love and hope and friendship in very surprising places.
After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away
by Joyce Carol OatesIn the raw was how the world felt now. My feelings were raw, my thoughts were raw and hurtful like knife blades.... In the blue had been my place to hide, now In the raw there was nowhere to hide.<P><P> Jenna Abbott separates her life into two categories: before the wreck and after the wreck. Before the wreck, she was leading a normal life with her mom in suburban New York. After the wreck, Jenna is alone, trying desperately to forget what happened that day on the bridge. She's determined not to let anyone get close to her -- she never wants to feel so broken and fragile again.<P> Then Jenna meets Crow. He is a powerfully seductive enigma, and Jenna is instantly drawn to him. Crow is able to break down the wall that Jenna has built around her emotions, and she surprises herself by telling him things she hasn't told anyone else. Can Jenna bring herself to face the memories she's tried so hard to erase?
After the Zap
by Michael ArmstrongThe Zap gives . . . and the Zap takes away. Because of the very nature of the Zap--the big thermonuclear bomb that had scrambled and rearranged the neurons of everyone's brains--there was no way of telling what it had taken from them all. The past was a jumbled mass of tantalizing glimpses and agonizing blanks. But the Zap's gifts were many and varied . . . The Readers got the rare and often dangerous ability to make sense of the writings of the past . . . The Memors got perfect recall--of everything they'd heard since the Zap . . . The Bush Punks got a chance to live free and easy--and die the same way . . . The God Weirders got religion--if you could call it that . . . The Blimpers got a purpose--a purpose that could save them, or destroy them all. Now Holmes, a Reader, was in the perfect position to tip the scales for or against survival--if only he could figure out which side was which.
After their Vows
by Michelle ReidBroken vows don't necessarily mean a broken marriage... Angie de Calvhos meant every word of the vows she shared with husband, Roque, at the altar. Pity he didn't return her sincerity... Expecting happy-ever-after, instead Angie found herself going through a mortifyingly public separation! Now Angie has finally built up the courage to put an end to her time as a de Calvhos wife once and for all. But she's forgotten the magnetic pull that devilish Roque possesses. and as the past collides with the present, Angie realizes she owes it to Roque-and herself-to give Roque another chance.
After you with the Pistol (The Charlie Mortdecai Mystery Series)
by Kyril BonfiglioliKyril Bonfiglioli s wickedly fun mysteries featuring the Honorable Charlie Mortdecai degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and general knave-about-Picadilly are cult classics in the UK. Charlie s back in After You With the Pistol, along with his thuggish manservant, Jock, and his penchant for too much whiskey which makes it all the more difficult to figure out what his beautiful new wife Joanna is up to when she tries to convince Charlie to kill the Queen.
After-Dinner Declarations
by Nicanor ParraPoetry. Latin American Studies. Bilingual edition. Translated from the Spanish by Dave Oliphant. In the 235 poems that make up these collected declarations, renowned Chilean "antipoet" Nicanor Parra provides an entertaining and enlightening perspective on the modern world. Delivered as a series of five "verse speeches" during the 1990s, the poems in After-Dinner Declarations eschew literary ostentation in favor of playful, conversational musings. In a language steeped in colloquialisms, Parra's declarations employ a diverse range of discourses--from puns and allusions to diatribes and eulogies--in order to expose the hypocrisy of human institutions and offer a quipping challenge to those who remain satisfied with the status quo. Parra uses his linguistic brilliance and logical ingenuity to confront some of the most serious problems of our day, addressing perennial motifs such as ecology, human rights and responsibilities, and the limits of scientific knowledge. As the antipoet moves deftly from one topic to another with unbounded inventiveness, he discovers for us a wealth of political, philosophical, and literary insights, as well as unexpected connections between ideas that shape our lives.
After-Hours Negotiation
by Sarah Mayberry Shoma NarayananTwo reader-favorite office romance stories about mixing business with pleasure...Can't Get Enough by Sarah MayberryJack Brook and Claire Marsden have to work together, but they don't have to like it! Of course, that all changes when they get stuck in an elevator and have the best sex ever! Back in the office they're still butting heads, but with an all-new awareness. How long can they resist before having another round of sexy indulgence?An Offer She Can't Refuse by Shoma NarayananHer interview with Darius Mistry, Mumbai's most prestigious investment fund director, isn't what businesswoman Mallika was expecting. Is he flirting with her? Is she flirting back? Their scorching chemistry makes turning down his job offer difficult, but Mallika has responsibilities. Ones not even Darius's killer charm can make her abandon...
After-Hours Proposal
by Trish MoreyAfter-Hours Proposal is a reunion, marriage of convenience, billionaire boss romance by Trish Morey. &“What would I be expected to do…?&” &“Marry me.&” Infamous playboy Dominico Estefan&’s mother has one dying wish: to see him wed. Who better to take as his temporary bride than buttoned-up accountant Mari Peterson? Though it&’s been twenty years since their intense yet ill-fated affair, Dominico&’s memories burn as fiercely as ever… Her boss&’s proposal puts Mari in an impossible situation. He left her heartbroken before, but desperate for money for her beloved sister&’s care, she has no choice. She&’ll say &“I do&”—and risk that her irrepressible craving for Dominico defies every term of their convenient wedding contract…From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.
After-Music: After-music
by Conrad HilberryA new collection by esteemed Michigan poet Conrad Hilberry, his sixth full-length book of poetry.
After-Party Consequences (Billion-Dollar Bet #3)
by Heidi RiceAfter-Party Consequences is an accidental pregnancy, fake relationship, enemies-to-lovers, billionaire romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Heidi Rice. A party, a playboy…and a bombshell baby! If billionaire bachelor Cade Landry remains a one-woman man all summer, he&’ll win the rights to the property that holds his only memories of his mother. When his scorching one-night stand with socialite Charley is exposed online, he must handle the fallout…by demanding they fake a relationship! Charley&’s party-girl persona masked her childhood pain. Desperate to prove she&’s more than a headline, Cade&’s fake dating deal is dangerously tempting. And their sizzling attraction makes things almost too easy… Until that first explosive encounter has a very real consequence: Charley&’s pregnant!From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.Read all the Billion-Dollar Bet books: Book 1: Billion-Dollar Dating Game by Natalie AndersonBook 2: Boss with Benefits by Lucy KingBook 3: After-Party Consequences by Heidi Rice
After: A Novel
by Marita GoldenIn her long-awaited fifth novel, acclaimed writer Marita Golden takes another unflinching look into the face of family, race, love and identity. For twelve years Carson Blake inhabited a world of his own creation. Scorned by the father who was incapable of showing him affection and nearly consumed by the mean streets of Prince George's County, Maryland, Carson did what no one else could: he saved himself. After joining the police force and building a family with his wife, Bunny, Carson is finally in control of his life in the enclave where African American wealth and privilege shares the same zip code with black American crime and tragedy. Both Carson and his wife have great careers and three beautiful children: Roslyn, Roseanne, and Juwan. Carson is a devoted father, determined not to be the father that Jimmy Blake was to him. But while Juwan's astounding artistic talent is his father's pride, the boy's close relationship with classmate Will conjures up emotions and questions in Carson that threaten to spill over and poison the entire Blake family. And then, one night in March, nearing the end of a routine shift, Carson stops a young black man for speeding. He orders Paul Houston to exit the car and drop to his knees. But when Houston retrieves something from his waistband and turns to face Carson, three shots are fired, one man loses his life and two families are wrenched from everything that came before and hurled into the haunting future of everything that will come after. When it is revealed that Paul, a son of educators and a teacher in Southeast D.C., was only holding a cell phone, Carson's carefully woven world begins to unravel. After is a penetrating work of discovery for a man whose life careens more than once off the edge of disaster. Golden's astounding prosewill stay with you long after you've turned the last page.
After: A Novel (The After Series #1)
by Anna ToddExperience Anna Todd&’s million-copy-selling story that started it all, now with exclusive new material and a stunning new cover. Gorgeous sprayed edges complement the cover&’s stunning cloud design—this LIMITED edition is available while supplies last!Tessa goes off to college with a dependable boyfriend waiting at home and her life and career neatly planned out. On her first day on campus, everything shifts when she encounters Hardin. With his disheveled brown locks, cocky British charm, and a canvas of tattoos, he&’s a stark departure from her familiar world. But Hardin&’s rudeness borders on cruelty, and Tessa resolves to hate him. At least until they share a charged moment alone—and suddenly, Tessa is questioning everything she&’s ever known about herself. Despite his hot-and-cold attitude, Tessa is drawn to uncover the hidden layers within Hardin. In the midst of her newfound independence and electrifying uncertainty, Tessa&’s connection with Hardin feels like the passionate love she&’s been looking for. With her carefully laid plans forever disrupted, what comes after?
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia
by Ellen Datlow Terri WindlingIf the melt-down, flood, plague, the third World War, new Ice Age, Rapture, alien invasion, clamp-down, meteor, or something else entirely hit today, what would tomorrow look like? Some of the biggest names in YA and adult literature answer that very question in this short story anthology, each story exploring the lives of teen protagonists raised in catastrophe's wake-whether set in the days after the change, or decades far in the future. New York Times bestselling authors Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Carrie Ryan, Beth Revis, and Jane Yolen are among the many popular and award-winning storytellers lending their talents to this original and spellbinding anthology.
After: The Graphic Novel Volume One
by Anna ToddFall in love all over again in volume one of the graphic novel adaptation of the global phenomenon AFTER!Anna Todd’s original story comes to life with breathtaking illustrations by Pablo Andres. Featuring 12 pages of behind-the-scenes and character profile bonus content, After: The Graphic Novel is a great introduction to the bestselling series for new readers and the ultimate collector’s item for fans everywhere!There was the time before Tessa met Hardin, and then there’s everything AFTER . . .Tessa is a good girl with a sweet, reliable boyfriend back home. She’s got direction, ambition, and a mother determined to keep her on course. But she’s barely moved into her freshman dorm when she runs into Hardin, with his tousled brown hair, cocky British accent, and tattoos. Good looking, confident . . . and rather rude, even a bit cruel. For all his attitude and insults, Tessa should hate Hardin. And she does—until she finds herself alone with him in his room. Something about his dark mood grabs her, and when they kiss it ignites a passion she’s never known before.He'll call her beautiful, then insist he isn’t the one for her, making excuses and disappearing, again and again. He’ll turn away, yet every time when she pushes back, he’ll only pull her in deeper. Despite the reckless way Hardin treats her, Tessa is drawn to his vulnerability, determined to unmask the real Hardin beneath all the lies.A good girl . . . a bad boy . . . something undeniable . . . and everything AFTER.Series note: AFTER: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL (Volume One) will be the first in a multi-title collection that presents the entire AFTER fiction series in graphic novel format. Volume Two is tentatively planned for late 2022/early 2023 and one to two books will be published each year.
After: The Graphic Novel Volume Two
by Anna ToddFrom the #1 international bestselling author, film producer and Wattpad platform icon Anna Todd – the continuation of her bestselling love story AFTER in Volume Two of After: The Graphic Novel.As good girl Tessa Young embarks on her first year of college at Washington Central University, she has direction, ambition and a new circle of friends who are always trying to push her beyond her comfort zone. Chief among them is fellow student, campus bad boy – and son of the University’s Chancellor– Hardin Scott, who has simultaneously enraged and seduced her. Tessa can hardly abide Hardin’s antics and ex-girlfriends yet, despite their differences, Tessa and Hardin are undeniably, passionately drawn to one other, and willing to risk a bumpy ride for a romance that will consume and change them both.
AfterMath
by Emily Barth Isler"This book is a gift to the culture." —Amy Schumer, writer, actor, and activist After her brother's death from a congenital heart defect, twelve-year-old Lucy is not prepared to be the new kid at school—especially in a grade full of survivors of a shooting that happened four years ago. Without the shared past that both unites and divides her classmates, Lucy feels isolated and unable to share her family's own loss, which is profoundly different from the trauma of her peers. Lucy clings to her love of math, which provides the absolute answers she craves. But through budding friendships and an after-school mime class, Lucy discovers that while grief can take many shapes and sadness may feel infinite, love is just as powerful.
AfterShocks: A Novel
by Jess WellsTrout, aka Tracy Giovanni, is businesswoman and organizer extraordinaire. She has everything under control: a procedure for every task. Until the earthquake. When the Big One hits San Francisco-8.0 on the Richter scale--things rock apart. And the aftershocks ripple through the lives of Trout, her partner Patricia and step-daughter Beth, and their friends and neighbors. The baby in the rubble, the woman who dies in the street, the ducks caught in the oil spill: these are not the stuff of everyday life. They spring from disaster--chaos--and they take people back. Trout revisits her haunting childhood on the lake; Patricia, the poverty of small-town Kentucky; Lynn, the spirits of her ancestors. The aftershocks also propel people forward. New shapes emerge from the jumble as the people of San Francisco reorganize their physical and psychological orientations in the world.
Afterburn
by Kira SinclairSubject: Air Force Major Chase CardinCurrent status: Reluctant Iraq war heroMission: Keep his jobObstacle: Captain Sabrina McAllister-his secret wife!Before Chase shipped out, he and Rina enjoyed a sizzling night in Vegas, topping it off with a tacky mock wedding. It was a one-shot deal for both of them. Or so they thought.... Because when Chase comes home, he learns that he's very legally hitched to the feisty captain. And, funnily enough, it's not bothering him at all.... Their mistaken union is strictly against air force rules. There'll be hell to pay if it's discovered. But the sex is so very,verygood.... Career-driven Chase knows he has to give Rina up, for both their sakes. And he'll think about it-once he has the willpower to leave her bed....
Afterburn
by S. L. ViehlAfter driving a mutual enemy across the border territories, the Allied League of Worlds gathers for a peace summit on K-2, the homeworld of the underwater dwelling 'Zangians. With the Bio Rescue team assigned to protect the delegates, Sub-Lieutenant Burn mu Znora's attention is placed on Liana, the daughter of one of the ambassadors, who possesses information vital to the fate of four worlds.
Afterburn
by Sylvia Day#1 New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Day, America's premier author of provocative fiction, delivers the debut novel from Cosmo Red-Hot Reads from Harlequin.The realization that Jax still affected me so strongly was a jagged pill to swallow. He'd only been part of my life for five short weeks two years ago. But now he was back. Walking into a deal I'd worked hard to close. And God, he was magnificent. His eyes were a brown so dark they were nearly black. Thickly lashed, they were relentless in their intensity. Had I really thought they were soft and warm? There was nothing soft about Jackson Rutledge. He was a hard and jaded man, cut from a ruthless cloth.In that moment I understood how badly I wanted to unravel the mystery of Jax. Bad enough that I didn't mind how much it was going to cost me....Look for 2 new eBooks from Cosmo Red-Hot Reads from Harlequin every month.
Afterburn & Aftershock
by Sylvia DayAvailable as a digital anthology for the first time from Cosmo Red-Hot Reads from Harlequin, enjoy Afterburn and Aftershock from America's premier author of provocative fiction, #1 New York Times Bestselling author Sylvia Day. A sizzling miniseries about unexpected reunions, bittersweet revenge, and the fight for redemption.AfterburnThe realization that Jax still affected me so strongly was a jagged pill to swallow. He'd only been part of my life for five short weeks two years ago. But now he was back. Walking into a deal I'd worked hard to close. And God, he was magnificent. His eyes were a brown so dark they were nearly black. Thickly lashed, they were relentless in their intensity. Had I really thought they were soft and warm? There was nothing soft about Jackson Rutledge. He was a hard and jaded man, cut from a ruthless cloth.In that moment I understood how badly I wanted to unravel the mystery of Jax. Bad enough that I didn't mind how much it was going to cost me...AftershockWhen it came to playing games, my lover Jax was a master strategist. He pulled strings behind the closed doors of D.C.'s most powerful political players, and somehow still found time to nearly sideline my career. What he didn't know was that when I didn't like the rules, I threw them out and made my own. I wasn't going to let Jax get away with it. I wasn't going to let him get away at all.I loved Jax enough that it was impossible to give up. Jax loved me enough that giving up was the only end he'd consider. He didn't think I could swim with the sharks. It was entirely my pleasure to show him that I'd already dived in...
Afterburn & Aftershock: Cosmo Red-hot Reads From Harlequin (Afterburn & Aftershock #1)
by Syliva DayAvailable as a digital anthology from Cosmopolitan Red-Hot Reads from Harlequin, enjoy Afterburn and Aftershock from America’s premier author of provocative fiction, #1 New York Times Bestselling author Sylvia Day. A sizzling miniseries about unexpected reunions, bittersweet revenge, and the fight for redemption.Now an original movie from PassionFlix. AfterburnThe realization that Jax still affected me so strongly was a jagged pill to swallow. He’d only been part of my life for five short weeks two years ago. But now he was back. Walking into a deal I’d worked hard to close. And God, he was magnificent. His eyes were a brown so dark they were nearly black. Thickly lashed, they were relentless in their intensity. Had I really thought they were soft and warm? There was nothing soft about Jackson Rutledge. He was a hard and jaded man, cut from a ruthless cloth.In that moment I understood how badly I wanted to unravel the mystery of Jax. Bad enough that I didn’t mind how much it was going to cost me....AftershockWhen it came to playing games, my lover Jax was a master strategist. He pulled strings behind the closed doors of D.C.’s most powerful political players, and somehow still found time to nearly sideline my career. What he didn’t know was that when I didn’t like the rules, I threw them out and made my own. I wasn’t going to let Jax get away with it. I wasn’t going to let him get away at all. I loved Jax enough that it was impossible to give up. Jax loved me enough that giving up was the only end he’d consider. He didn’t think I could swim with the sharks. It was entirely my pleasure to show him that I’d already dived in....Visit the author at SylviaDay.com, facebook.com/authorsylviaday and twitter.com/sylday.
Afterburn / Aftershock: Cosmo Red-hot Reads From Harlequin (Mills And Boon Cosmo Red-hot Reads Ser.)
by Sylvia DayNever mix business with pleasure. Never bring politics into the bedroom. In a way I did both when I took Jackson Rutledge as a lover. I can’t say I wasn’t warned. Two years later, he was back. Walking into a deal I’d worked hard to close. Under the tutelage of Lei Yeung, one of the sharpest businesswomen in New York, I had picked up a thing or two since Jax walked away. I wasn’t the girl he once knew, but he hadn’t changed. Unlike the last time we’d drifted into each other’s lives, I knew exactly what I was dealing with… and how addictive his touch could be. The inner circle of glamour, sex, and privilege was Jax’s playground–but this time, I knew the rules of the game. In the cutthroat business world, one adage rules all: keep your enemies close and your ex-lovers closer…