Luke Parker
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Nabokov Noir places Vladimir Nabokov's early literary career-from the 1920s to the 1940s-in the context of his fascination with silent and early sound cinema and the chiaroscuro darkness and artificial brightness of the Weimar era, with its movie palaces, cultural Americanism, and surface culture. Luke Parker argues that Nabokov's engagement with the cinema and the dynamics of mass culture more broadly is an art of exile, understood both as literary...
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Bad Breed. There's no name more appropriate.
Flynn
Violence has dogged me all my life.
An asshat father, a cruel foster home.
Seems I'm following the same path.
Only worse.
See, I lost someone once, and it hurt me bad.
Since then, Drugs and street crime were all I knew.
But that all ended the day I got patched.
The Breed owned Hardale. It was our town.
Until that firefight with the Cobras.
We lost five of our brothers.
Now, we're laying low in...
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I may be back in my hometown and down on my luck, but I know better than to fall for Lyric again. Been there. Done that. Have the heartbreak to show for it.
When my business and apartment burn down, there's only one thing I can do – return to my hometown of Winter Falls with my tail tucked between my legs.
I won't be here long, though. As soon as the insurance company decides I didn't start the fire – one little accidental fire to get out...
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Give Maverick Langston, the biggest romantic comedy movie star in the world, another chance to break my heart? No way. Not happening.
I'm such an idiot. I thought Maverick was serious when he whispered sweet nothings in my ear. He talked me right out of my pants and straight into his bed.
And when I woke up the next morning, he was gone. Lesson learned. No more listening or speaking to Maverick – regardless of whether he's the owner of the wildlife...
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Never agree to one night only with the grumpy boss.
I am perfectly content with my life. I have a loving (albeit nosy and interfering) family, a fulfilling career as an environmental engineer, and I enjoy living in my quirky hometown of Winter Falls.
But then Beckett Dempsey is appointed CEO at the company I work at. For reasons I cannot fathom to understand, Beckett believes that I am incompetent. He also thinks I should be at his beck and call...
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I am NOT Rowan's little sister. And I will do everything in my power to prove otherwise. But I swear breaking my ankle, so I could live with him while I recover was not part of the plan. Honestly.
I have loved Rowan since I was sixteen and he rushed in like my knight in shining football pads to save me from a bully. Now that I'm back in Winter Falls after graduating college, it's time for me to make him mine.
There's only one problem. Rowan sees...
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Have you heard the one about the workaholic who decides she deserves a night of fun with a sexy stranger? It's supposed to be a short story. Except one night of fun changes everything.
Owning and operating a bed and breakfast doesn't leave me much time for men. Especially not men who aren't from Winter Falls. Out-of-towners can't be trusted. Trust me. I have the scars to prove it.
Then Cole Hawkins saunters into the Inn on Main. One look at him...
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A GOODREADS NOVEMBER 2021 MOST ANTICIPATED ROMANCE Gritty, hot, sassy and smart." – Anna Reads Here Blog From award-winning and international best-selling author Melanie A. Smith comes a standalone steamy contemporary romance about a rock star, a former fan, and the real meaning of redemption. Kristoffer West" Westberg is just out of rehab and ready to reclaim his rock-god status. But when his return to fame is threatened by a former fan turned...
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NATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN ROMANCE FICTION AWARDS 2021 FINALIST IN PARANORMAL ROMANCE
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From award-winning and international best-selling author Melanie A. Smith comes a steamy holiday murder-mystery romance with a psychic twist.
Holidays should be filled with cheer…
CJ Roberts just wants to be a normal girl, have a normal job, normal friends, maybe even a normal boyfriend. Unfortunately, she's...
10) Tough Love
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From award-winning and international best-selling author Melanie A. Smith comes a standalone steamy contemporary romance about life choices, love, and finding yourself in between.
Sometimes you need a bit of tough love to get where you're supposed to be …
Mia Anderson has been living a life that was chosen for her. But her impending thirtieth birthday is the wake-up call she needed to stop wasting time on all the wrong pursuits. Just as she's figuring...
