Kathryn James

Nell enters the world of the Elven when her sister is kidnapped by two brothers in an attempt to broker politcal negotiations to free the Elven adults who have been interned in prison camps in the human world.

Mist

There's no wedding like a gypsy wedding... A YA romantic thriller

Gypsy Girl

Taylor Sullivan

Jaye Cox

Jody Pardo

Polly Brown

Cherry Shephard

Kelly Lincoln

Brandy Ayers

Louisa Blackwood

Kate DeHart

Sha Renee

Emma Leigh

Leslie Kung

***********Thirteen new and never before seen short stories!***********There will be a thousand kisses in a lifetime but only a handful trapped forever in your heart. This Valentine's day, join The Story of a Kiss anthology as we take you into the lives of thirteen couples. From a very first kiss of a high-school prom queen, to a kiss that travels the width of time. Kisses of redemption, heartache, discovery, and so much more.Thirteen authors.Thirteen kisses you'll never forget.Taylor Sullivan- Never RegretAt twenty-four, Margaret Andrews is still a virgin and sick of it. After a year on the top dating site in America, and a late night episode of HUNG on HBO, she's decided to take matters into her own hands and hires a professional.Kelly Lincoln- Maybe nowWhen Hunter finally reveals his feelings for his best friend, Ava, their moment is destroyed by a tragedy. Now adults, a chance meeting could be the perfect opportunity for a kiss ten years in the making.Kathryn L. James- Crazy Beautiful KissCalista and Colin shared a sizzling kiss...one she couldn't forget and one he didn't remember. When their paths cross again, an innocent weekend in paradise becomes unforgettable.Sha Renée- Forbidden KissesEthan is a Navy Officer. Layla is Enlisted. According to rules, any personal relationship between them is prohibited. But can military regulations separate lovers who are destined to be together?Leslie Kung- At Long LastJanny and Tom grew up together, but right before their friendship could turn into a budding romance, life and gravity pulled them apart. When the friends reconnected, their chemistry was undeniable--but tragedy put distance between them again. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to finally fall in love.Emma Marie Leigh- Wrong timeJo Stevens is an archaeology graduate student on the opportunity of a lifetime- an excavation in Pompeii. When her group discovers a basement, everything Jo knows is rocked. Rules are broken. Lines are crossed. Jo unearths everything she's ever wanted. She's just in the wrong time.Louisa Blackwood- Can't Let GoJosephine "Joe" Burke has been running since the night her mother died, choosing solitude over dreams. Forced to return to her hometown and her old flame, she can feel her defenses crumbling. Can she let go of the haunting history holding her back?Polly J. Brown- Ever BeEvangeline's life revolved around the water until she nearly drowned. Six weeks later, she returns to the beach to confront her fears, and Gregory Owen, the surfer who saved her life.Jaye Cox- Love in PhotographsWhen her heart remembers but her head doesn't, will one photograph change everything? Claire didn't need her memories when everything within her knew she loved him.Brandy Ayers- Fighting FaithAt nineteen, Jasper, the love of Faith's life, shattered her heart. Now, ten years later, they're forced together once more. Can she hold onto the last few remaining pieces of her heart?Kate DeHart- Missed KissesStruggling with the recent death of her mother, Jess finds solace in her best friend Ben. Years of sweet memories cause their feelings to grow, until he does the one thing that could tear them apart.Jody Pardo- Left Swipe ChroniclesRoommates Liz and Michelle venture into the world of online dating. After a series of bad first dates, how many swipes will it take to find her Man of Steel?Cherry Shephard- Precious18 year old Precious Montgomery is a nobody, she's never even had her first kiss . . . but that's about to change. Precious has to decide what's more important; what she's always wanted . . . or what she's always had.

Story of a Kiss Anthology

There's something in the mist - as beautiful as starlight, as fierce as wolves, as heartless as ice. The forest beyond the mist is the home of the Elven: rarely glimpsed, misunderstood. Evan belongs here - enigmatic, beautiful Evan, and Nell is captivated by him. But Evan's world is now ravaged by ice storms, and only Nell can help him save it. Last time Nell went into the mist it was to rescue her sister. This time she'll have to go farther than the forest, deep into the frozen wastes beyond, where a deadly lake of ice and an ancient adversary await her ...

Frost

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Yale University's Beinecke Library, one of the world's great bibliographic treasure houses, comes this sumptuously illustrated volume of fifty of the Library's most prized rare books and manuscripts. Selected by the Library's curators and accompanied by insightful and accessible texts, the featured works range from recently acquired items from living authors and poets to some of the most famous, rare, and notorious books in history. Among these works are the original map of the Lewis and Clark expedition, James Joyce's proof sheets to Anna Livia Plurabelle, a song printed on papyrus from the second-century Roman Empire, the Voynich manuscript, a poem-painting by Susan Howe, Langston Hughes's Montage of a Dream Deferred in original manuscript form, and many others.

Fifty Works from Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

An Inspiration to All Who Enter

From the magnificent palaces of the Romanov tsars to a small and romantic place by the sea, The Princess of Cannon Beach tells the story of a dynasty destroyed by revolution and the courage of one young woman in the aftermath of tragedy. Follow her transformational journey from the royal palaces of St. Petersburg, through Siberia, and across the Bering Sea to a new life in Astoria and Cannon Beach, Oregon. Kathryn James creates a charming what if story that weaves fact with fiction around local historical reference points, and gives us the tale of a princess who was and a woman who might have been.

The Princess of Cannon Beach

Jenna Capwell thought she had the perfect life until a tragic accident reveals betrayals, lies, and deceit. Left broken, she believes love is just an empty four letter word. Six months later her path crosses with Blake DeLuca, who mistakes her for the call girl he hired from an elite escort service. Jenna's moment of shock lasted less than a second before she decided to play the part-and played it well. The sizzling sex was unforgettable.When fate places them together again, Blake stops at nothing to see her again. He's everything she should run from. A man-whore with the reputation to prove it. He never dates women more than once, yet propositioned Jenna with a 'friends with benefits' arrangement. Hearts become involved and shatter. She made a decision that changed the rules of the game-took the risk of losing him in order to give him what he needed. Can she survive losing him? Can he survive her betrayal?

Crazy Beautiful Lies

Sandra Pina

Você já ouviu falar das Garotas Perdidas? Elas entraram no bosque e nunca mais retornaram...Meia-noite, uma névoa assombrada com uma má reputação. Uma festa de aniversário e Nell está tentando manter sua irmã fora de perigo. Sem chance. Gwen desaparece na névoa. Apenas Nell tem uma pista de quem pode ajudar a desvendar o sequestro: o misterioso e atraente menino que ela conheceu no colégio, o menino que ela pensou que fosse seu amigo... Evan River. Todas aquelas histórias que Nell ouviu de sua avó, contos de fadas sobre meninas sendo capturadas por criaturas mágicas... São verdadeiras. Essas criaturas conhecidas como Elfos são belas, ferozes, frias, e elas querem o seu mundo de volta. Uma batalha tem sido travada há séculos. A avó de Nell faz parte do grupo de Observadores e foi uma das responsáveis por prender os Elfos em campos de ferro isolados na Sibéria. Somente Evan, seu fanático irmão Fen e algumas crianças Elfas ainda continuam livres. Os Elfos querem vingança e agora mantêm Gwen aprisionada em uma fortaleza protegida pela névoa. O preço para o seu retorno seguro? A libertação de todos os Elfos — mas os Observadores nunca irão concordar com isso.

Nevoa

Knowledge about carnality and its limits provides the agenda for much of the fiction written for adolescent readers today, yet there exists little critical engagement with the ways in which it has been represented in the young adult novel in either discursive, ideological, or rhetorical forms. Death, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Adolescent Literature is a pioneering study that addresses these methodological and contextual gaps. Focusing on texts produced since the late-1980s, and drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives, Kathryn James shows how representations of death in young adult literature are invariably associated with issues of sexuality, gender, and power. Under particular scrutiny are the trope of woman/death, the eroticizing and sexualizing of death, and the ways in which the gendered subject is represented in dialogue with the processes of death, dying, and grief. Through close readings of historical literature, fantasy fictions, realistic novels, dead-narrator tales, and texts from genres including Gothic, horror, and post-disaster, James reveals not only how cultural discourses influence and are influenced by literary works, but how relevant the study of death is to adolescent fiction--the literature of "becoming."

Death, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Adolescent Literature

This richly illustrated book provides an essential introduction to the manuscript in early modern England. From birth to death, parish record to probate inventory, writing framed the lives of the early modern English. Offering a technical introduction to the handwriting of the period, case studies tracing the significance of manuscript to British cultural identity, and exercises to practice reading and transcription, the book opens the study of early modern English manuscript to a new generation of students and scholars.

Kathryn James

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