Resultados para "The Writer" en Literatura y ficción

In 1933 in the Shenandoah Valley, there isn't a place for Lum (short for Columbia), a 33-year-old intersex woman. She travels by schedule from one branch of the family to another, assisting with cooking, childcare, and housework. Always an outsider, even in her own family, Lum secretly collects postcards of people like the Dog-faced Girl, imagining their stories, and nurtures her lifelong friendship with Smiley, an African-American man who sells furniture, odds and ends, and a little moonshine.

El món de les lletres està podrit: enveges i plagis a tort i a dret, agents literaris corruptes, escriptors amb vanitats injustificades i editors sense escrúpols. Nil Barral, el primer investigador gai de Catalunya, haurà de resoldre un cas en aquest ambient tan tèrbol. I s’hi sentirà com a casa.

Author Wyatt Whitlock is one of the biggest names in action thrillers and writes for the largest publisher in the business. She’s extremely private and writes prolifically—well, until recently. Writer’s block may spell the end of her career if she can’t figure a way around it. A drastic change in scenery and a really old house in New Orleans could get her creativity going again, but renovating the house she bought on a whim might just kill her.

Jamie is an aspiring writer, desperately trying to write his first novel, but the words just won't flow. Then he meets a handsome stranger on the train, they head off to Jon's apartment, and sparks begin to fly. What will happen as Jamie's eyes are opened up to a whole new world of sexual opportunity? Can he finally let go and let somebody in? There's only one way to find out. Pick up your copy today!

MrRomantic: I kissed my bully. And I liked it. Sweet_Peaches: And? How was it? MrRomantic: It was hot. So hot. But... Sweet_Peaches: But? MrRomantic: I think I’m in love with someone else. Sweet_Peaches: Who? MrRomantic: I think I’m in love with you. Sweet_Peaches: But you haven’t even met me. You should give your bully a chance. MrRomantic: Why? Sweet_Peaches: Because he has feelings for you.

My life has had three modes since my wife passed away. Work. Work. And work. And I’m not even any good at that. Unless I find the money I owe everyone, only a miracle can keep my bar afloat. Until he comes into my life. Kyle Brady. I’ve never looked at another man the same way I look at him. It’s a dangerous feeling. Somehow I’m roped into letting him help my business and he wants to fix everything.

He was my first love. Will he be my last? Going home after twenty years was supposed to be a short stop. Before following my dreams. Instead, I’m forced to face my past... and the ex that betrayed me.

Against a backdrop of unrest and unforeseen political change, a trio of bygone friends converge in San Francisco. Jonathan is haunted by his past and can’t move forward. Kit, his former student, is disillusioned and in a slump. Milo inhabits the center—the axis of the triangle. Beneath his clownlike behavior and dazzling grin, Milo’s tender heart and wisdom transforms those he loves.

Chaos erupts across London, and my faith in the High Council is ruptured. Wouldn’t you know the entire paranormal community seems hell-bent on blaming it on my boyfriend.

With the hunters dead and the Council’s lies out in the open, the entire paranormal community turns on the witches. And none more than the vampires who have a score to settle.

It was a night of passion with two best friends. How was I supposed to know they’d end up being my teachers? Professor Carter refuses to acknowledge me. He doesn’t do his students. And he doesn’t do relationships. It’s the only way he knows to protect his broken heart. Professor Everett is the sweetest. But what else could I expect from this attractive bear? If only he wasn’t so desperately in love with his best friend.

A war is brewing in the Empire. Not the War in the East - that is a war everyone already knows about, the war that some wanted to end so badly that they murdered an Emperor to stop it. No, this is a different war. A war between the Shadowlands and the mortal world, a war between light and darkness. A war the Brotherhood of Culo has warned about for generations. But no one wanted to listen. And as war brews, an Empress in exile struggles to regain her crown, and the warrior sworn to protect that Empress fights to make it back to her.

A "hilarious, suspense-filled" dark comedy about a struggling writer who wakes up to find his date from the night before dead—and must then decide how far he’s willing to go to use this as inspiration for his next book (Entertainment Weekly). A few years ago, David Alvarez had it all: a...

A Best Book of 2024: NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, ELLE, and Them Longlisted for the Crook's Corner Book Prize, An Indie Next Pick A searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a young woman’s destructive relationship with a legendary writer...

In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe brings to the written page the Afrofuturistic world of one of her critically acclaimed albums, exploring how different threads of...

Read the first Kate Martinelli Mystery by New York Times bestselling, Edgar award-winning novelist Laurie R. King. In Grave Talent, the unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A series of shocking murders has occurred, the victims far too innocent and defenseless...

Longlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize A “poignantly rendered and illuminating” (The Washington Post) coming-of-age story about “the ways in which family, grief, love, queerness, and vulnerability all intersect” (Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author)...

"Queer, dirty, insightful, and so funny" (Andrea Lawlor), this coyly revolutionary debut story collection imagines new origins and futures for its cast of unforgettable protagonists—almost all of whom are named Sarah. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2021 BY THE MILLIONS * OPRAH MAGAZINE *...

"Cindy Kay masterfully narrates this unique audiobook, which combines a variety of genres to tell a moving story of self-acceptance and finding safety even in the bleakest of times." - AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award review Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka...

Just weeks after her best friend betrayed her, Kathrine awakens to find a letter from her former best friend inviting her to come and see her. When she finally sees Isabel, Kathrine is consumed by a physical desire, and together they indulge themselves.