![]() This time, it’s the fable, as DeWitt tells the story of a young man, Lucien - also known as Lucy - Minor, who travels from his home village of Bury to become the Undermajordomo (or assistant to the assistant) “of one Baron Von Aux’s estate in the remote wilderness of the eastern mountain range.” In “The Sisters Brothers,” it was the western, which he deconstructed as neatly as Charles Portis and E.L. That’s not a criticism, just an observation DeWitt is not interested in straight naturalism so much as in the mechanics of a particular kind of story, narrative as fairy tale. Like DeWitt’s last book, “The Sisters Brothers,” which was shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, “Undermajordomo Minor” is a work of fiction with its roots in literature, a response to other books more than to any interaction with the world. ![]() ![]() This tells us something important about his intent. On the acknowledgments page of his third novel, “Undermajordomo Minor,” Patrick deWitt cites as inspiration a variety of writers, including Thomas Bernhard, Italo Calvino, Roald Dahl, Shirley Jackson and Jean Rhys. ![]()
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![]() The way they come together is filthy, the flirting is unexpectedly sweet, and the fighting is just foreplay to do it all over again. Hot, dirty, snarky and funny.with a second helping of hot, this series is about ex-military alphas coming undone for the women they fall hard and fast over. The Horus Group stories continue in the Forbidden Bodyguard series with Booty Call (Ali Reid and Scott Mayfair).and Dirty Love (Wilson Carter and Tabitha Leighton).and Wicked Sin (Taylor Reid and Luke Vasquez). This is the complete story of Cole Parker and Hailey Dashford Reid. If a genie granted me three wishes, I'd ask for Cole Parker to never look at me again, that I'd forget the dark promise in his eyes, and that just once, before he vanished from my life completely, that he'd push me up against a wall and make me scream. So I push her buttons in the bad way, making her hate me. Hailey: If a genie granted me three wishes, Id ask for Cole Parker to never look at me again, that Id forget the dark promise in his eyes, and that just once. ![]() ![]() ![]() Book cover for Undercover Billionaire (Billionaire Secrets Book 1). ![]() Dirty, up-against-the-wall, my-hand-in-her-pants kind of way.īut that's not possible, because I'm dark and she's light, and we both know it. Book cover for Hate Fk by Ainsley Booth Hate Fk Ainsley Booth. ![]() ![]() It is odd reading a book where the dramatic tension is placed completely on protagonist's discovery of the unknown. ![]() They are also working on a book compiling their intimate and immediate photos captured on the streets of Toronto, where they currently reside. They are also an avid black and white photographer, with two of their photos appearing in an installation at the Art Gallery of Ontario. He has been a frequent guest on podcasts and panels, passionately advocating for lived experience queer and disability narratives in stories of the future. His first novel, Chasing Cold, was released in 2012, followed by the books in the Maverick Heart Cycle: Soul’s Blood (2016), Gatecrasher (2017), A Congress of Ships (2019) and in 2022, Ghost Light Burn. Since then, he has concentrated on writing speculative fiction, in particular, queer-themed space opera, and his short fiction has appeared in the anthologies North of Infinity II, Desolate Places, Ruins Metropolis, and the forthcoming Nothing Without Us Too. ![]() ![]() Stephen Graham King (He/They) is a disabled survivor of metastatic synovial sarcoma, a story chronicled in the memoir, Just Breathe: My Journey Through Cancer and Back. ![]() ![]() ![]() And that journey led him into actually finding God. It was interesting how he wanted to prove Hadassah right but wrong at the same time. ![]() There was just something about seeing his journey from beginning to end. I’m not going to deny it, but Marcus was my favorite character out of the whole series. All the character struggles were personal yet interconnected at the same time. I mean, Hadassah got thrown into the lion’s den, Marcus actually got mad and abandoned his sister, Julia was corrupted by her so-called “friends” and made Hadassah go into the arena, and Atretes was just mad at the world in general. ![]() This rich and unforgettable work achieves even greater impact through Richard Ferrone’s dramatic narration.Īfter last book’s ending, I was super invested in how this one would go. The political intrigue of the imperial city provides a dramatic backdrop for Marcus’ spiritual quest. Now he is on his way to Jerusalem to find out more about Hadassah’s god, unaware that a miracle awaits him back in Rome. When Marcus’ sister sends Hadassah to almost certain death in the games, Marcus feels that his life has been ripped apart. But Hadassah, a slave in his family’s household, has enchanted him with her quiet beauty and her staunch faith in Christ. An Echo in the Darkness by Francine RiversĪ prosperous trader, Marcus Lucianus Valerian has made a fortune providing sand and slaves for the Roman games. ![]() |