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Peace in the Valley
by Jana DenardoJohn and Anthony always have a hard time carving out some alone time for the holidays. John's services in search and rescue are in high demand because his dog has a fine nose and a good track record for finding lost souls. What his fellow volunteers don't realize is Sir Barksalot is actually Anthony--fully transformed--and that man and werewolf are juggling demanding jobs and lost hikers while trying to have their romantic Christmas together.
Peace of Mind
by Francis GideonTheir relationship starts out slowly. Adam Bennett, a former police officer in Philadelphia, quit to take a teaching position at a local college when he gets into a car crash that leaves him using a cane. Just when he thinks no one will want him, Matthew, a stripper who also does odd repair jobs, meets Adam at his therapy group.After several awkward conversations around bad coffee, the two begin seeing one another. Adam finally allows himself to be happy and accept the fact that someone as attractive and sweet as Matthew wants someone ten years older and with a disability. A few dates turn into years together, with the men sharing Adam's small house in rural Pennsylvania with their dog, Piper.Everything seems perfect in their relationship, and Adam knows it is. But he still can't help tossing and turning some nights when Matthew is away at another gig. He waits up for his boyfriend to ease some stress ... and maybe to request an encore performance of Matthew’s famous show.
Peace, Locomotion
by Jacqueline Woodson<P>The stunning companion to the National Book Award finalist--from a three-time Newbery Honor winning author. <P>Twelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he’s living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it’s his job to be the “rememberer”—and write down everything that happens while they’re growing up. Lonnie’s musings are bittersweet; he’s happy that he and Lili have new families, but though his new family brings him joy, it also brings new worries. With a foster brother in the army, concepts like Peace have new meaning for Lonnie. <P>Told through letters from Lonnie to Lili, this thought-provoking companion to Jacqueline Woodson’s National Book Award finalist Locomotion tackles important issues in captivating, lyrical language. Lonnie’s reflections on family, loss, love and peace will strike a note with readers of all ages.
Peaches and the Shadow
by K. L. NooneAt twenty-four, Ethan Aur has a lot to prove. He’s the youngest member of his family, the academic one, and the latest heir to the tradition of supernatural quests and spells and enchanted swords. The family’s always protected him and worried about him, and his older brother keeps calling to check in.But this particular quest is Ethan’s quest, and this ghost is his problem. He’s going to solve it on his own. By any means necessary. Even if that ghost is a very handsome man, charming and confident and dominant and kind.Jake O’Malley took one look at the newly arrived Knight and that magical Sword and those determined eyes, and now he’s aware he’s in trouble -- as if he didn’t have enough problems, being the trapped and ghostly version of his 19th Century brothel-keeper bastard self. But the Knight who’s come to help is everything Jake could’ve ever wanted: brave and generous and sweet, vowing to find a way to solve Jake’s stuck-between-worlds predicament, no matter what it takes.Even if that involves a mutually pleasurable ritual involving sexual magic.
Peanut Butter Kisses
by Pepper EspinozaJosh Boothe is one of the best pastry chefs in the nation, but he chooses to work as Peter Summers's assistant, creating elaborate and beautiful pieces of art from sugar. He knows Peter is the best, and he wants to do everything possible to ensure Peter earns the gold medal he deserves at the California Confectioners Pastry Competition. Unfortunately, they've placed second three years in a row, and Josh fears Peter will find a new assistant.But Peter has no interest in getting rid of Josh. In fact, he wants to find a way to make their partnership permanent ...
Peanut Goes for the Gold
by Jonathan Van NessJonathan Van Ness, the star of Netflix’s hit show Queer Eye, brings his signature humor and positivity to his empowering first picture book, inspiring readers of all ages to love being exactly who they are. Peanut Goes for the Gold is a charming, funny, and heartfelt picture book that follows the adventures of Peanut, a gender nonbinary guinea pig who does everything with their own personal flare.Peanut just has their own unique way of doing things. Whether it’s cartwheeling during basketball practice or cutting their own hair, this little guinea pig puts their own special twist on life. So when Peanut decides to be a rhythmic gymnast, they come up with a routine that they know is absolutely perfect, because it is absolutely, one hundred percent Peanut. This upbeat and hilarious picture book, inspired by Jonathan’s own childhood guinea pig, encourages children to not just be themselves—but to boldly and unapologetically love being themselves. Jonathan Van Ness brings his signature message of warmth, positivity, and self-love to this boldly original picture book that celebrates the joys of being true to yourself and the magic that comes from following your dreams.
Peanut Goes for the Gold (Ukrainian Edition)
by Jonathan Van NessTranslated by Dasha Peipon, writer, editor and teacher, who’s originally from Ukraine, and Larysa Tsilyk, a Ukrainian poet, HarperCollins Children’s Books is happy to make available in ebook format this picture book in the Ukrainian language for no charge in the hopes that it will bring joy to displaced Ukrainian children and their families.Jonathan Van Ness, the star of Netflix’s hit show Queer Eye, brings his signature humor and positivity to his empowering first picture book, inspiring readers of all ages to love being exactly who they are.Peanut Goes for the Gold is a charming, funny, and heartfelt picture book that follows the adventures of Peanut, a gender nonbinary guinea pig who does everything with their own personal flare.Peanut just has their own unique way of doing things. Whether it’s cartwheeling during basketball practice or cutting their own hair, this little guinea pig puts their own special twist on life. So when Peanut decides to be a rhythmic gymnast, they come up with a routine that they know is absolutely perfect, because it is absolutely, one hundred percent Peanut. This upbeat and hilarious picture book, inspired by Jonathan’s own childhood guinea pig, encourages children to not just be themselves—but to boldly and unapologetically love being themselves.Jonathan Van Ness brings his signature message of warmth, positivity, and self-love to this boldly original picture book that celebrates the joys of being true to yourself and the magic that comes from following your dreams.
Peau et os (Déterrer des os #2)
by TA MooreDéterrer des os : Tome deuxCloister Witte et Bourneville, sa partenaire K-9, retrouvent les disparus et les ramènent chez eux. Mais le travail ne s’arrête pas toujours là. Une jeune femme, Janet Morrow, est tombée dans le coma après s’être éloignée de sa voiture lors d’un orage violent. Mais ce n’est pas parce que Cloister l’a retrouvée qu’elle est rentrée chez elle. Qu’est-ce qui l’a amenée à Plenty, en Californie ? Et qui n’avait pas envie qu’elle en reparte ? Avec l’aide de l’agent spécial Javi Merlo, qui continue de nier ses sentiments grandissants pour l’adjoint au caractère entier, Cloister met à jour une conspiration du silence vieille de dix ans, appartenant à l’histoire de corruption régnant à Plenty. Les vieux secrets de Janet Morrow ne sont pas les seuls à éclater au grand jour. Javi a essayé de laisser son passé derrière lui, malheureusement, certaines personnes semblent déterminées à sortir les squelettes de son placard. Sa sombre histoire avec un agent, son supérieur à Phoenix, complique non seulement l’enquête, mais aussi ses relations avec Cloister. Et depuis quand est-ce qu’il s’en soucie ?
Pecador (Los Centinelas #4)
by Mary Calmes Mae RodríguezUn libro de la saga Los CentinelasEl guardián Jackson Tybalt siempre ha sido uno de los buenos, hasta que descubre al hombre al que ama besando a otro. Traicionado y furioso, Jackson comienza a jugar con el peligro y la muerte, ignorando los ruegos de los demás Guardianes para que vaya con cuidado. Su estado de ánimo no es el más recomendable para iniciar un romance, pero eso no detiene a Raphael, el kyrie, que más que nada desea poseer a Jackson. Jackson no desea un Hogar, no desea un amante... solo busca oscuridad y dolor, y Raphael está dispuesto a darle lo que quiere. Pero a veces los pecados de la carne son lo que el cuerpo necesita para vendar las heridas del corazón, y Raphael ocultará la ternura que siente por Jackson mientras el Guardián siga vistiendo los hábitos del Pecador.
Pecados encubiertos (Pecados Secretos Ser. #1)
by Hayley B. James Georgette AsíUn libro de la saga "Pecados secretos"El oficial de policía Gabriel Carter se niega a abandonar una misión antes de haberla terminado. Así que, cuando debe asumir la identidad de un chapero llamado Ty, intenta hacer todo lo que está a su alcance para que el caso culmine con un arresto. Para ello seduce a su objetivo, Demetrius Pardo, el segundo hombre más poderoso de las Vegas y traficante de personas, aunque este no resulta ser nada de lo que él esperaba. Cuanto más conoce a Demetrius, más intensos se convierten los recovecos y los giros que se suceden, y que lo introducen en un complicado caso que lo conducirá hasta el rival de Demetrius, Arden y más allá aún. Es un caso de confusión de identidades y capas sobre capas de historias falsas. Gabriel está seguro de que no hay manera de que pudiera ser capaz de confiarle su vida a Demetrius... y mucho menos su corazón.
Peccato e seduzione (Peccato e seduzione #1)
by Allison Cassatta Ugo TeleseSerie Peccato e seduzione, Libro 1Dorian Grant è il re della malavita di New Orleans, ma non è un mafioso e non gli piace essere considerato tale. È semplicemente uno spietato uomo d'affari che chiunque con un po' di cervello ci penserebbe due volte prima di tentare di fregare. La vita a New Orleans si fonda tutta sul peccato e il violento e irascibile Dorian i peccati li ha commessi tutti. Ma non tutti i peccati a New Orleans lasciano l'amaro in bocca: una notte Dorian scopre un uomo, dal nome d'arte di Sweet Heat, che entra nella sua vita ballando in un locale chiamato Peccato e Seduzione. Dorian si aspetta un incontro piccante. Sicuramente non sta cercando una relazione, e di certo non con qualcuno come Jansen, che mette sottosopra il cupo mondo organizzato di Dorian. Ora Dorian si trova a fare pressione su Jansen perché questi lasci il suo lavoro, dal momento che non riesce a sopportare il pensiero che altri uomini tocchino ciò che è suo. Ovvio, Jansen vuole un compromesso - dopotutto, anche il lavoro di Dorian è pericoloso. Ma il ballerino si renderà conto di quanto lo sia davvero solo quando sarà troppo tardi.
Peccatore (I Guardiani Degli Abissi #4)
by Mary Calmes Cinzia LaboUn libro della serie I Guardiani Degli AbissiEssendo un guardiano, Jackson Tybalt è uno dei bravi ragazzi, fino a quando vede l'uomo che ama baciare un altro. Tradito e furioso, Jackson sfida il pericolo e la morte, ignorando le suppliche degli altri guardiani di stare attento. È un modo pessimo per iniziare una relazione, ma questo non ferma il kyrie Raphael, che più di ogni altra cosa desidera Jackson per se stesso. Jackson non vuole un focolare, non vuole un amante: desidera solo l'oscurità e il dolore e Raphael gli darà quello che vuole. Ma a volte i peccati della carne sono proprio quelli di cui il corpo ha bisogno per guarire le ferite del cuore, e Raphael nasconderà i sentimenti che prova per Jackson per tutto il tempo in cui il guardiano indosserà la maschera del Peccatore.
Peculiar Places: A Queer Crip History of White Rural Nonconformity
by Ryan Lee CartwrightThe queer recluse, the shambling farmer, the clannish hill folk—white rural populations have long disturbed the American imagination, alternately revered as moral, healthy, and hardworking, and feared as antisocial or socially uncouth. In Peculiar Places, Ryan Lee Cartwright examines the deep archive of these contrary formations, mapping racialized queer and disability histories of white social nonconformity across the rural twentieth-century United States. Sensationalized accounts of white rural communities’ aberrant sexualities, racial intermingling, gender transgressions, and anomalous bodies and minds, which proliferated from the turn of the century, created a national view of the perversity of white rural poverty for the American public. Cartwright contends that these accounts, extracted and estranged from their own ambivalent forum of community gossip, must be read in kind: through a racialized, materialist queercrip optic of the deeply familiar and mundane. Taking in popular science, documentary photography, news media, documentaries, and horror films, Peculiar Places orients itself at the intersections of disability studies, queer studies, and gender studies to illuminate a racialized landscape both profoundly ordinary and familiar.
Peculiar Places: A Queer Crip History of White Rural Nonconformity
by Ryan Lee CartwrightThe queer recluse, the shambling farmer, the clannish hill folk—white rural populations have long disturbed the American imagination, alternately revered as moral, healthy, and hardworking, and feared as antisocial or socially uncouth. In Peculiar Places, Ryan Lee Cartwright examines the deep archive of these contrary formations, mapping racialized queer and disability histories of white social nonconformity across the rural twentieth-century United States. Sensationalized accounts of white rural communities’ aberrant sexualities, racial intermingling, gender transgressions, and anomalous bodies and minds, which proliferated from the turn of the century, created a national view of the perversity of white rural poverty for the American public. Cartwright contends that these accounts, extracted and estranged from their own ambivalent forum of community gossip, must be read in kind: through a racialized, materialist queercrip optic of the deeply familiar and mundane. Taking in popular science, documentary photography, news media, documentaries, and horror films, Peculiar Places orients itself at the intersections of disability studies, queer studies, and gender studies to illuminate a racialized landscape both profoundly ordinary and familiar.
Peculiar Places: A Queer Crip History of White Rural Nonconformity
by Ryan Lee CartwrightThe queer recluse, the shambling farmer, the clannish hill folk—white rural populations have long disturbed the American imagination, alternately revered as moral, healthy, and hardworking, and feared as antisocial or socially uncouth. In Peculiar Places, Ryan Lee Cartwright examines the deep archive of these contrary formations, mapping racialized queer and disability histories of white social nonconformity across the rural twentieth-century United States. Sensationalized accounts of white rural communities’ aberrant sexualities, racial intermingling, gender transgressions, and anomalous bodies and minds, which proliferated from the turn of the century, created a national view of the perversity of white rural poverty for the American public. Cartwright contends that these accounts, extracted and estranged from their own ambivalent forum of community gossip, must be read in kind: through a racialized, materialist queercrip optic of the deeply familiar and mundane. Taking in popular science, documentary photography, news media, documentaries, and horror films, Peculiar Places orients itself at the intersections of disability studies, queer studies, and gender studies to illuminate a racialized landscape both profoundly ordinary and familiar.
Pedagogies of Interconnectedness: Feminist-Queer Collaborative Transformation (Transformations: Womanist studies)
by Richard Russo Ariella Rotramel Letizia Guglielmo Sharon R. Wesoky Christine Keating Jeremy Hall María Claudia André M. Gabriela Torres Isis Nusair Andrea N. Baldwin Sara Youngblood Gregory Barbara L. Shaw Kimberly Sanchez Misty De Berry Linh U. Hua K. Melchor Hall Rebecca Dawson Luisa Bieri Meryl Altman Danielle M. DeMuth Ayana K. Weekley Montserrat Pérez-Toribio Charlotte Meehan Emily Fairchild Leen Al-Fatafta Carolyn Beer Jordan Alderman Brayden Milam Andrea PutalaA generation of scholar-teacher-activists have moved beyond collaborating in theory to embodying, engaging in, and sharing how they practice their pedagogy. Isis Nusair and Barbara L. Shaw edit essays that link feminist, queer, anti-racist, decolonial, and disability theory and practice while using intersectional, transnational, and interdisciplinary approaches to explore how the personal remains political. The contributors describe ways of building communities within and beyond academic programs and examine what it means to engage in community-building work and action across institutional boundaries. In Part One, the essayists focus on the centrality of community building and reinterpreting bodies of knowledge with students, staff, faculty, and community members. Part Two looks at bringing transnational approaches to feminist collaborations in ways that challenge the classroom’s central place in knowledge production. Part Three explores organic collaborations in and beyond the classroom. A practical and much-needed resource, Pedagogies of Interconnectedness offers cutting-edge ideas for collaboration in pedagogy, education justice, community-based activities, and liberatory worldmaking. Contributors: Jordyn Alderman, Leen Al-Fatafta, Meryl Altman, María Claudia André, Andrea N. Baldwin, Carolyn Beer, Luisa Bieri, Rebecca Dawson, Misty De Berry, Danielle M. DeMuth, Emily Fairchild, Sara Youngblood Gregory, Letizia Guglielmo, Jeremy Hall, K. Melchor Hall, Linh U. Hua, Christine Keating, Charlotte Meehan, Brayden Milam, Isis Nusair, Montserrat Pérez-Toribio, Andrea Putala, Ariella Rotramel, Ann Russo, Kimberly Sanchez, Barbara L. Shaw, M. Gabriela Torres, Ayana K. Weekley, and Sharon R. Wesoky
Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris
by William PenistonExamine how a community of support in Nineteenth-Century Paris became a blueprint for modern sexual identity! A unique social history, Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris is a valuable addition to the growing field of gay and lesbian studies. The book examines the interaction between the city's male homosexual subculture and Parisian authority figures who attempted to maintain political and social order during the early years of the French Third Republic by using laws against public indecency and sexual assault to treat same-sex sexuality as a crime. Faced with a constant cycle of surveillance, harassment, and arrest, the city's gay men survived the hostile urban environment by forming a community of support that had a widespread and lasting influence on the development of modern sexual identities. Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris is based on a statistical analysis of more than 800 working-class and middle-class men who were arrested or investigated by Parisian police between 1873 and 1879. Their stories, presented through long and short case studies, represent nearly 2,000 names recorded by police in "Pederasts and Others," a ledger detailing the arrests of male homosexuals for public offenses against decency and other minor offenses. (The term "pederast" identified those suspected of same-sex sexual activity, not the modern definition that indicates homosexual relations with a minor.) The ledger entries reveal specific habits, attitudes, values, and characteristics about these men that set them apart-the same traits that identified them as part of a community based on their behavior and relationships. Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris examines: the forces of authority the laws regarding same-sex sexual behavior the role of the police the role of the magistrates the role of the doctors the common characteristics of the city's male homosexual subculture the sexual behaviors of the Paris underground the geography of the subculture and takes an expanded look at three case studies: "A Decadent Aristocrat and A Delinquent Boy" "Pederasts, Prostitutes, and Pickpockets" "Love and Death in Gay Paris" Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris also includes tables, appendices, and maps linked to statistical data. The book is an essential resource for historians, sociologists, sexologists, criminologists, and other scholars working in the fields of gay and lesbian studies, urban studies, social and cultural history, and French history.
Peepshow (London Lads)
by Clare London2nd EditionA London Lads StoryEver wanted to spy secretly on other people’s lives? Ken doesn’t have a choice: his student summer job is manning the CCTV screens for the new central London shopping mall. But instead of spotting criminals or vandals, he becomes fascinated by a cute waiter from the local bistro who sneaks out to the backyard for his break—and plays sexy to the camera. Is he an old friend, or just an anonymous exhibitionist? Should Ken be excited by this naughty peepshow, or will people think he’s a voyeuristic pervert? Poor Ken’s confused and thrilled in turn. It’s like living in one of the movies he’s studying at university. He knows the man can’t see him, yet Ken feels a connection of some kind. It all encourages Ken to continue with his guilt-ridden Waiter Watch. Ken bears the suspense as long as he can, until a chance meeting and an abortive blind date provide the explanation to the secret assignations. But will this guide Ken to a real-life chance of romance?First Edition published by Amber Quill Press/Amber Allure, 2013.
Peinture par numéro
by Andrew GreyLes aurores boréales et une seconde chance en amour peuvent-elles rendre l&’inspiration à un artiste en difficulté ?Quand le peintre new-yorkais Devon Starr abandonne ses vices, sa muse s&’en va avec eux. Devon a besoin d&’un changement, mais quand l&’AVC de son père le ramène chez lui en Alaska, la petite ville où il a grandi n&’est pas celle dont il se rappelle.Enrique Salazar se souvient bien de Devon, et il en fait une mission personnelle de lui ouvrir les yeux sur la beauté sauvage et les possibilités tout autour d&’eux. Les deux hommes se rapprochent, et alors que Devon commence tout juste à voir ce qu&’il avait toujours eu sous les yeux, ils sont appelés à se dresser contre une compagnie minière qui menace la nature immaculée les ayant aidés à tomber amoureux. La lutte renforce leur lien, mais tandis que le désir de prendre un pinceau revient, Devon ressent aussi l&’attraction de la ville.Coincé entre deux mondes, tout ce que Devon peut faire est de suivre son cœur.
Pelican Girls: A Novel
by Julia MalyeA sweeping epic in the vein of Philipp Meyer’s The Son and Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko and inspired by a true story, this stunning US literary debut captures the never-before-told journey of the Baleine Brides: a ship full of young women plucked from a Paris asylum and sent to marry settlers in North America's rough Louisiana Territory.Paris, 1720. La Salpêtrière hospital is in crisis: too many occupants, not enough beds. Halfway across the world, France's colony in the wilds of North America has space to spare and needs families to fill it. So the director of the hospital rounds up nearly a hundred female “volunteers” of childbearing age—orphans, prisoners, and mental patients—to be shipped to New Orleans.Among this group are three unlikely friends: a sharp-tongued twelve-year old orphan, a mute ‘madwoman,’ and an accused abortionist. Charlotte, Pétronille, and Geneviève, along with the dozens of other women aboard La Baleine, have no knowledge of what lies ahead and no control over their futures. Strangers brought together by fate, these brave and fierce young women will face extraordinary adversity—pirates, slavedrivers, sickness, war—but also the private trauma of heartbreak and unrequited love, children born and lost, cruelty and unexpected pleasure, and a friendship forged in fire that will sustain through the years.At once a gorgeously written work of startling depth and emotion and a gripping drama marrying high-seas adventure with pioneer grit, Pelican Girls is a powerful, thought-provoking novel about female friendship and desire and the daunting compromises women are forced to make to survive.
Pen Name - Doctor Chicken (Pen Name Ser. #1)
by Kc BurnSometimes Stratford Dale feels like Doctor Chicken consumes his life. It's his pen name for a series of wildly popular children's books. They were his brainchild; he meant for them to be a way to pay his many bills while he pursued his dream of publishing graphic novels. But the Doctor Chicken contract was a raw deal. Instead, he churns out book after book for a pittance, leaving him broke and no closer to his dreams. Stratford's dreams of love have fared no better, but he's still trying. After yet another disastrous date, he's intrigued by a man going into a cooking class--so he takes the class too. Vinnie Giani is a successful, self-made man who is charmed by Stratford's bow ties, sharp humor, and clumsiness--which leads to an opportunity to take Stratford in for stitches. Vinnie is, above all, responsible, having taken on the care of his mother and sisters from a young age. Perhaps it's natural when he begins to treat Stratford more as a child who needs a parent than as an equal partner. But when Vinnie tries to "fix" Stratford's career woes--including the Doctor Chicken problem--and ends up making the situation worse, their fledgling relationship may not withstand the the strain created by blame and lies.
Pendragon's Legacy
by Caroline StephensDean Ryder is a rough and ready PI, the kind of man who will take on any case, just to prove his worth. His lover Matthew? Not so much. Matthew is an English professor who much prefers his books to Dean’s adventures... but that doesn’t mean he won’t ride along when Dean needs him. When Dean meets an old man calling himself the Merlin, Dean and Matthew set out to investigate his claim. Matthew knows the legends, but Dean’s specialty is Matthew’s safety, and he will be working overtime to win the battle of good and evil with his partner by his side. Because if the old man really is who he claims to be, then an old evil is threatening one of the world’s greatest sources of good.
Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love
by Edward BallPeninsula of Lies is nonfiction mystery, set in a haunting gothic locale and peopled by fascinating and eccentric characters. Its hero and heroine is Dawn Langley Simmons, a British writer who lived in Charleston, South Carolina, during the 1960s and became the center of one of the most unusual sexual scandals. Born in England, Dawn began life as a boy named Gordon Langley Hall, the son of servants at Sissinghurst Castle, the estate of Vita Sackville-West. In his twenties he made his way to New York, where he wrote about and befriended great society ladies. A small fortune inherited from Isabel Whitney allowed him to buy and decorate a mansion in Charleston. But Gordon's world changed in 1968 when at The Johns Hopkins Hospital he underwent one of the first sexual reassignment surgeries, scandalizing the Southern community that had welcomed him. Months later Gordon shocked Charleston again. Gordon -- now Dawn -- married a young black mechanic, soon appeared to be pregnant, and shortly thereafter became the mother of a young girl. National Book Award-winning author Edward Ball has written a detective story that unwraps Dawn's many mysteries. The result is an engrossing narrative of a person who tested every taboo, as well as the confidence of observers in their own eyes.
Penny Candles: Penny Candles (Boys Of The Zodiac Ser.)
by Vivien DeanIn the year 2184, the US is divided. Half the country has moved on with the rest of the world, while in middle America, the survivors of the terrorist biological attack that split the country struggle just to stay alive. Though a century has passed, few people brave going behind the borders meant to contain the danger. Even the privatized military is reluctant to do so.But that doesn’t stop recently discharged Sullivan Eberle. Only one thing drives him anymore -- the need to find Raphael Hamada. He doesn’t know why. He only knows he must. If that means a lifetime behind the borders, then so be it.Rafe Hamada ran away from the real world when he was still a kid. The last thing he wants is to be found, especially by a soldier who can’t even tell him why it was so important to locate him in the first place. He’d like nothing more than for Sullivan to leave, but turning his back on a man alone and friendless is against everything Rafe stands for ...
Pennyblade
by J.L. WorradA sharp-tongued disgraced-noble-turned-mercenary has to stop the world collapsing into chaos in this gripping, savagely funny epic fantasy packed with unforgettable characters, for fans of Joe Abercrombie.Exile. Mercenary. Lover. Monster. Pennyblade. Kyra Cal&’Adra has spent the last four years on the Main, living in exile from her people, her power and her past. A commrach, she's welcome among the humans only for her rapierwork. They don't care about her highblood, which of the gleaming towers she came from, nor that her family aspires to rule the Isle. On the Main, superstitions and monsters are in every shadow, but Kyra is haunted by the ghost of Shen, the love of her life and lowblood servant she left behind. She survives by wit and blade alone in a land that would see her dead for who she is, for who she loves. When her fellow pennyblades betray her, Kyra is forced to track the demon preying on the souls of the commoners. She must tear the masks off to see the true face of things, as the age-old conflict between the Main and the Isle threatens to erupt once more.