Two French schoolgirls discover obsessive pleasures in repressed secrets in this "masterpiece on the tyranny of love" ( Independent, UK)."Violette Leduc was Simone de Beauvoir's protege, an erotic writer to match Jean Genet and a feminist tour de force" (Rafia Zakaria, The Guardian). With this startling new translation of Leduc's hidden classic, the groundbreaking Thérèse and Isabelle proves an authentic and liberating exploration of quee...

From aristocracy to anarchy…After seeing a news report that he's been set up to marry a rich socialite, Gabriel Chase quits playing hockey and skips town.Frustrated with his rich and famous CEO father, Gabe wants to send a message—he's not his father's puppet anymore.But when an encounter with a foul-mouthed wannabe rock star threatens to expose Gabe's hiding spot, he has to make a decision—leave her behind or risk everything by helping her....

Not many people leave the Mercenary Brotherhood alive – either the training kills them, or the life does...Road of Bones and Other Stories follows the adventures of Dhulyn Wolfshead and her Partner Parno Lionsmane as they confront everything their own world – and a few others – can throw at them. No job is too big or small: from forgery, murder, kidnapping and slavery to battling disgruntled gods, trans-dimensional demons, mad mages and ghosts. And if they’re very luck...

This new epic fantasy series begins a tale of magic and danger, as a healer finds herself pulled deeper into a web of secrets and hazardous magic that could bring about the end of the world as she knows it.Fenra Lowens has been a working Practitioner, using the magic of healing ever since she graduated from the White Court and left the City to live in the Outer Modes. When one of her patients, Arlyn Albainil, is summoned to the City to execute the final testament o...

An obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, La Bâtarde relates Violette Leduc’s long search for her own identity through a series of agonizing and passionate love affairs with both men and women.When first published, La Bâtarde earned Violette Leduc comparisons to Jean Genet for the frank depiction of her sexual escapades and immoral behavior. A confession that contains...

Traduction de L'homme semence de Violette Ailhaud, en anglais, par Nancy Huston - The Seed Man translated from the French by Nancy Huston : In 1852, Violette Ailhaud was about to get married when the govenment’s repression of the republican uprising of December 1851 suddenly wiped out all the men of her village in the Lower Alps. For two years, the women lived in total isolation. They promised each other that if a man came along some day he would be husband to them all, s...

Eva Thompson has just become the waitress of a nightclub known as The Octagon. On her first day of work, she gets on the wrong side of the nightclub’s head bouncer, Jack Harrow. The MMA fighter turned bouncer has little tolerance for absentminded waitresses. The free-spirited waitress and the reclusive bouncer immediately clash at each encounter. However, her anger turns to admiration as the bouncer saves her from an attack by some thugs.As she recovers in Jack’s home, the two beco...

Over eighty per cent of Canadians live near a body of waterand that means when Canadians turn to crime, somebody usually ends up all wet. In this anthology of original crime fiction, editors Violette Malan and Therese Greenwood celebrate that most Canadian of locations: the ocean, lake, or river near you. With tales set across Canada, by award-winning authors like James Powell, Rick Mofina and Barbara Fradkin, and even a crossover story from fantasy writer Tanya Huff, you may just find you...

About the novel: The Indian from ManhattanWith his twelve years of New-York City life, when Albi, nicknamed: Bibi, together with his parents, invade briefly New-Mexico for a well-deserved vacation, he is completely unaware how his life will be altered. Ah, but the land of enchantment is the ideal setting for Bibi to meet his karma. Because there, in the wild Gila mountains waiting for him, is White Eagle, an Apache Shaman, moreover, the keeper of Bibi's destiny. Since the dawn of t...

Patricia and Kyle are a happily married couple who have won a trip to a luxury resort. During their stay, the two encounter Sophia and Alex, a wealthy, attractive couple. Sophia and Kyle immediately hit off through their shared interests. Although she doesn’t approve of Sophia’s obvious attraction to her husband, Patricia finds herself draw to the charismatic Alex.Alex and Sophia invite them to spend a session at the resort’s private spa with them. While she loves her husband, Patri...

ABOUT THE NOVEL: THE MONKEY'S EYEIn the aftermath of the war in 1945-46, many orphaned children were placed with relatives or foster families. Unfortunately, Paul, a frail 14-year-old boy already emotionally scarred by the horrors of war, was sent to live with an aunt, his only remaining relative, in the quiet village of Brignais. Despite the care and devoted friendship of his school teacher, Guillaume, he sank deeper and deeper into a dark neurosis and a fatal obsession, fueled by...

About The Trophy Hunter:It all began when I woke up in an intensive care unit. Here, in that cubicle, bruised with no memories of how, where, and who I am, I aim to fight for my right place in this bizarre world I am in and out off. From London England to France, passing through Spain, my combat zones are Dantesque and my enemies many. I must survive.