From T.J. Clark comes this provocative study of the origins of modern art in the painting of Parisian life by Edouard Manet and his followers.The Paris of the 1860s and 1870s was a brand-new city, recently adorned with boulevards, cafés, parks, Great Exhibitions, and suburban pleasure grounds—the birthplace of the habits of commerce and leisure that we ourselves know as "modern life." A new kind of culture quickly developed in this remade metropolis, sights and spe...

In an age marked by enforced orthodoxy, religious wars and threats of burning hellfire, Bruegel the Elder reflected on the powers as well as limitations of religion, deriding the sanctimonious and ridiculing the righteous. At the heart of this book stands Bruegels ironic yet highly tender picture of The Land of Cockaigne, where we encounter a vision not of heaven above, but on earth. A parody of paradise, Bruegels heaven is consumptive, empty, idle and irresponsible; made of wholl...

Isla Belthare lives an ordinary life in her small village of Lockhurt.Since losing both her mother and the man she loved two years ago, all she wants is stability and peace. But her world is forever changed when her family is attacked on a journey away from home, and she must travel to the Aataran mountain range to find them.Across the realm, four ancient beings who control the elements of nature are awakening.After a civil war that tore the humans ...

MiaHe heard me puke.That's how I met Nico. The tall, broad, tattooed wall of muscles. The crudest and most intimidating out of all the Hayes brothers. He heard me throwing up in his guest bathroom.Since that evening, he's been on my mind every day. He awoke needs and desires I didn't know existed, but no matter how strong the pull between us grows, Nico doesn't want to want me.He keeps me at arm's length, so I defy all my in...

RaffaeleShe has no idea who I am. But when her fingers grazed my scar, she didn't flinch at the beast beneath.She's the girl I was born to destroy—the only one who ever looked at me like I was worth saving. The woman who died for me… ten years later.Our surnames split this city for a century. Romeo and Juliet? Only we're not dying for love—we're killing for it. And our story didn't end in death. It started there.I should've stayed away. Inst...

Nothing could have prepared Sebastian and the elementals for what occurred on the beaches of Iona three months ago.In the aftermath of loss and betrayal, they're left to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives, recovering in their separate corners of the world. That is until the long-lost kingdom invites them back to their shores for a festival of peace.Isolated to the spirit plane, Isla Vasileia has received a quest from the ancient gods. Ever since Is...

Jade and Larkin are getting married!…with 12 other dragons in attendance. What could possibly go wrong?On the other hand, when Larkin gets new ideas of what he can try out with Jade, how many things can go right?Spoiler alert: dragons are huge in dragon form. In all ways.Note: This is a sequel novella to The Dragon and His Prince. It should be read after Dragon to be understood and properly enjoyed. Warnings for xeno with some very interesting and creative... experi...

Keats is my enemy. Which makes the fact that we end up in bed together even more complicated—especially considering he's also my grumpy next-door neighbor.It started with him being the bane of my existence. The uptight, infuriatingly handsome lawyer with a permanent scowl and a glare sharp enough to slice glass. He storms over every time my mail ends up in his box—or whenever he feels like reminding me that photography isn't a "real" job. Keats knows exactly how to...

Lana: I didn't expect him. I didn't want to fall in love. But I can't let him go.Logan Bennett makes the world a safer place. He's brilliant. He's a hero. He locks away the sick and depraved. But while he's saving lives, I'm taking them. Collecting the debts that are owed to me.Ten years ago, they took from me. They left me for dead. They should have made sure I stayed dead. Now I'm taking from them. One name at a time.Logan doesn't know how they hurt me. H...

I once fell in love with two people. I was lucky enough they fell in love with me too.Chance Kellerman was the broken boy whose father convinced him he was worthless, and needed to hide his shameful desires. We became friends first, then brothers when we played hockey for the same team.But it was Presley King who brought us even closer. With her we became more. She set us on fire, and we had everything we'd ever wanted. Then she left us.Four years later, Chance and ...

A collection of twenty-six shocking, awe-inducing short stories! A doctor tells a patient they can speak only one thousand words before their life ends. Someone’s boyfriend turns into a can of mackerel. A woman is in her sixth year of pregnancy. This mysterious world is full of laughter and tears, and twists and turns sure to leave anyone reeling!

To understand the monsters in the world, you have to get inside their heads. It's a dangerous place to be, especially when you start to empathize and lose your own sense of morality.But that's never happened to me . . . I've never felt conflicted on any case. Right is right and wrong is wrong. It's simple. Black and white. There's no such thing as a gray area.But fuck this case. I don't even know what side I'm on anymore. I don't understand how this town ca...