Recent years have seen a panic over the future of mainstream film. Yet film culture is at its most vital on the margins, where the moving image meets visual art, documentary brushes up against experimentalism, and curators are reshaping established histories. Bringing together a decade of criticism, The Edges of Cinema roams across an array of styles to take account of how some of the most important contemporary filmmakers are engaging the world.Erika Balsom—a leading scho...

Being a bachelor has its perks. It also has its downside. Just ask Derek Bettencourt.Standing on stage and being auctioned off in the name of charity is awkward AF… until his business partner’s younger sister wins him for the weekend. He’s all hers to do with as she pleases and he can’t say he’s unhappy with the prospect. Especially since she saved him from an ex-fiancée determined to get her claws into him again.Jessica Cavanaugh never intended to bid on t...

It wasn’t every day that I was shot at by a sniper. But this was now my life, being hunted by someone my (dead) ex-fiancé had crossed. They thought I had something he’d taken, and they weren’t going to stop until they had what they wanted.I went to the best security company around, but what I ended up with was a bodyguard who was as hot and tempting as he was grumpy and annoyingly bossy. Vaughn reluctantly took me on as a client, despite my inability to pay, and put me in his own p...

Chase Noble always seemed unattainable…until one night with him at the Players Club changed everything.I’ve wanted Chase for years, but much to my frustration, he’s always considered me off limits. When I walk into the Players Club with one goal in mind, to find a man who will give me what I need, it’s the maddeningly dominant, possessive (and I soon discover, pierced) Chase who refuses to allow any other man to touch me. He gives me a night I’ll never forget, a ta...

She needs a sinner, not a saint. Good thing he’s a bit of both…Clay Kincaid isn’t a forever guy. Which is why he should’ve stayed away from the guileless good girl who showed up at his bar in need of a rescue. But he didn’t, and things got…dirty. Rough. Filthy. And way more complicated than his sweet little damsel in distress deserved…Samantha Jamieson is tired of being a dutiful heiress. She’s ready to live. Running away from the loveless marriage...

Sexy bedroom games… and a second chance at desireAfter nearly twenty years of marriage, I’m still hopelessly in love with my husband. He’s confident, charming, and the only man who can still make my heart race with a single look. Now that our sons are grown and we finally have the house to ourselves again, I realize something important.I want more from my marriage. Not just the safe, familiar love we’ve always shared, but the powerful connection I’ve glimps...

With her previous books - Sovietistan, The Border and High - Erika Fatland has established herself as an icon of international travel writing. Now she takes on a new challenge: tracing the legacy of the Portuguese seafarers whose voyages changed the course of history.In the 15th century, Portuguese sailors sailed ever further south, driven on by their king, Henry the Navigator, and a new type of ship, known for its agility, speed and capa...

Fake engagements only work if both parties remember they’re supposed to be faking it…Damsels in distress don’t interest Max Sterling. But that didn’t stop him from posing as his gorgeous client’s fiancé when she needed him. Having a fake girlfriend might keep his momma off his back about his bachelor status, too. It was a win-win. Until he started developing very real feelings and ruined everything…Hailey Ellison had her reasons for creating an imaginary fi...

She has him just where she wants him...Joelle Sommers is very good at her job as a PI and bail recovery agent, but she’s definitely out of her element when she arrests sexy businessman Dean Colter in a case of mistaken identity. Because unlike her usual fugitives, Dean is cooperative, accommodating, and hot as sin . . . and not at all guilty as charged. But this bad boy isn’t so innocent either, and she finds it increasingly hard to resist his seductive ch...

“Call it *The Hunger Games of Thrones*. Erika Johansen’s debut novel is a genre mashup: medieval fantasy meets dystopian future. . . . The setting, combined with Johansen’s deft hand with character and plotting, really does work. . . . An addictive and enjoyable adventure. . . . The Tear is just as easy to get sucked into as Westeros or Hogwarts or Panem.” —USA Today**Magic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic debut in which a youn...

The Dirty Sexy Series Complete Collection includes the following books:**DIRTY SEXY SAINTShe needs a sinner, not a saint. Good thing he’s a bit of both…**Clay Kincaid isn’t a forever guy. Which is why he should’ve stayed away from the guileless good girl who showed up at his bar in need of a rescue. But he didn’t, and things got…dirty. Rough. Filthy. And way more complicated than his sweet little damsel in distress deserved…Samantha Jamieson is tire...

What’s your pleasure?Austin McBride’s business is all about fulfilling women’s fantasies, but gorgeous, sexy Teddy Spencer has him doing some fantasizing of his own. Especially when she hires him to play the role of her adoring, hands-on significant other to waylay her boss’s unwanted advances.But what starts as a casual, sexy arrangement quickly evolves into an emotional connection neither one of them anticipates. Falling in love was never part of...