Author: Vonna Harper
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
ISBN: 1786862867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The Carnal Secrets series Naked Nights Freedom is everything to jockey Marina until an emotionally scarred man kidnaps her. His goal—to dominate his captive in all ways. Submit to a man? Never. Or so jockey Marina believes until the day former football player Tray kidnaps her and takes her to a Carnal BDSM training facility. No longer free, she must bow to Tray's determination, strength, and powerful personality. Must accept the harsh yet arousing training regimen designed to turn her into a true submissive. Tray spent years being viewed as a piece of valuable meat. Now it's his turn to dominate. Teaching the lovely trainee to embrace a new way of life excites and challenges him. He will change her! Make her his. They begin as strangers, one dominant, the other a naked captive. Will Marina continue to see Tray as her captor or will he become something more—something that transforms both of them? Her Submission Dominant Reno has found what he's been looking for, a woman he can force to be his submissive. Whatever it takes, he will succeed. Kaci lives alone, dreams alone. Her traumatic past is behind her, her future faced one day at a time. Her nights are filled with fantasies of dark erotica about being under a shadowy master's control, but no one will ever know. Then she's spotted by a scarred Dominant who understands the look, smell, and taste of submissive need. Reno wants her and what Reno wants, he kidnaps. Her Submission examines the appeal of capture fantasies complete with forced submission, power and weakness, strength and vulnerability, being owned and used. And ultimately—sexual fulfillment. Taking Her Down Controlled by a man ruled by dark forces, what was domination fantasy becomes Shana's reality. There's no escape. Only submission. Domination is a word, a whisper, what feeds Shana's erotic fantasies. Then she signs up for the opportunity to be mastered on a private island. She'll willingly remove her clothes and submit to a little BDSM playacting. When her twenty-four hours ends, she'll return to her ordinary world and sex toys. What she doesn't know is that the man waiting for her is controlled by dark forces. He can't fight his compulsions and doesn't want to. He's no actor hired to fulfill women's submissive fantasies. Instead, he's at the island because something beyond his control is turning him into a Dom, a Master. He must feed his carnal desires. When a storm hits, he becomes wild. Savage, even. A man who knows a natural submissive when he handles her. This is no game for him. He won't let her escape. He can't.
Carnal Secrets Box Set
Author: Vonna Harper
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
ISBN: 1786862867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The Carnal Secrets series Naked Nights Freedom is everything to jockey Marina until an emotionally scarred man kidnaps her. His goal—to dominate his captive in all ways. Submit to a man? Never. Or so jockey Marina believes until the day former football player Tray kidnaps her and takes her to a Carnal BDSM training facility. No longer free, she must bow to Tray's determination, strength, and powerful personality. Must accept the harsh yet arousing training regimen designed to turn her into a true submissive. Tray spent years being viewed as a piece of valuable meat. Now it's his turn to dominate. Teaching the lovely trainee to embrace a new way of life excites and challenges him. He will change her! Make her his. They begin as strangers, one dominant, the other a naked captive. Will Marina continue to see Tray as her captor or will he become something more—something that transforms both of them? Her Submission Dominant Reno has found what he's been looking for, a woman he can force to be his submissive. Whatever it takes, he will succeed. Kaci lives alone, dreams alone. Her traumatic past is behind her, her future faced one day at a time. Her nights are filled with fantasies of dark erotica about being under a shadowy master's control, but no one will ever know. Then she's spotted by a scarred Dominant who understands the look, smell, and taste of submissive need. Reno wants her and what Reno wants, he kidnaps. Her Submission examines the appeal of capture fantasies complete with forced submission, power and weakness, strength and vulnerability, being owned and used. And ultimately—sexual fulfillment. Taking Her Down Controlled by a man ruled by dark forces, what was domination fantasy becomes Shana's reality. There's no escape. Only submission. Domination is a word, a whisper, what feeds Shana's erotic fantasies. Then she signs up for the opportunity to be mastered on a private island. She'll willingly remove her clothes and submit to a little BDSM playacting. When her twenty-four hours ends, she'll return to her ordinary world and sex toys. What she doesn't know is that the man waiting for her is controlled by dark forces. He can't fight his compulsions and doesn't want to. He's no actor hired to fulfill women's submissive fantasies. Instead, he's at the island because something beyond his control is turning him into a Dom, a Master. He must feed his carnal desires. When a storm hits, he becomes wild. Savage, even. A man who knows a natural submissive when he handles her. This is no game for him. He won't let her escape. He can't.
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
ISBN: 1786862867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The Carnal Secrets series Naked Nights Freedom is everything to jockey Marina until an emotionally scarred man kidnaps her. His goal—to dominate his captive in all ways. Submit to a man? Never. Or so jockey Marina believes until the day former football player Tray kidnaps her and takes her to a Carnal BDSM training facility. No longer free, she must bow to Tray's determination, strength, and powerful personality. Must accept the harsh yet arousing training regimen designed to turn her into a true submissive. Tray spent years being viewed as a piece of valuable meat. Now it's his turn to dominate. Teaching the lovely trainee to embrace a new way of life excites and challenges him. He will change her! Make her his. They begin as strangers, one dominant, the other a naked captive. Will Marina continue to see Tray as her captor or will he become something more—something that transforms both of them? Her Submission Dominant Reno has found what he's been looking for, a woman he can force to be his submissive. Whatever it takes, he will succeed. Kaci lives alone, dreams alone. Her traumatic past is behind her, her future faced one day at a time. Her nights are filled with fantasies of dark erotica about being under a shadowy master's control, but no one will ever know. Then she's spotted by a scarred Dominant who understands the look, smell, and taste of submissive need. Reno wants her and what Reno wants, he kidnaps. Her Submission examines the appeal of capture fantasies complete with forced submission, power and weakness, strength and vulnerability, being owned and used. And ultimately—sexual fulfillment. Taking Her Down Controlled by a man ruled by dark forces, what was domination fantasy becomes Shana's reality. There's no escape. Only submission. Domination is a word, a whisper, what feeds Shana's erotic fantasies. Then she signs up for the opportunity to be mastered on a private island. She'll willingly remove her clothes and submit to a little BDSM playacting. When her twenty-four hours ends, she'll return to her ordinary world and sex toys. What she doesn't know is that the man waiting for her is controlled by dark forces. He can't fight his compulsions and doesn't want to. He's no actor hired to fulfill women's submissive fantasies. Instead, he's at the island because something beyond his control is turning him into a Dom, a Master. He must feed his carnal desires. When a storm hits, he becomes wild. Savage, even. A man who knows a natural submissive when he handles her. This is no game for him. He won't let her escape. He can't.
Viola Valentine Mysteries 1-3 (Viola Valentine Boxed Set 1)
Author: Cherie Claire
Publisher: Happy Gris Gris Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1149
Book Description
They say there are blessings from disasters. For Viola Valentine, it was starting over. The hurricane gave Viola Valentine the chance she needed to leave her dead-end job and loveless marriage. But the storm that came barreling through New Orleans also blew open a psychic door, one that Viola had worked hard to keep close. Now the travel writer must solve the mysteries of ghosts who have died by water. Three books in one! A Ghost of a Chance: As Viola enters her new career as travel writer, solving mysteries that appear with apparitions everywhere she goes, the one person she hopes to speak to — her daughter who died of leukemia years before — continues to elude her. Or does she? Ghost Town: Viola must use her “gift” of seeing ghosts to rid Lorelei, Louisiana, of its apparitions. There's a recession on, jobs are hard to come by, and her suffocating family and ex-husband keep making demands. She takes solace in a new love interest, one who teaches her how to harness her anger. In the end, Viola realizes that only love can solve her problems, from ridding ghosts of lakeside towns to healing a broken heart. Trace of a Ghost: Viola Valentine takes a trek down the historic Natchez Trace of Mississippi, but traveling along is an adventurous heiress who’s been dead since 1860 — and she wants her story known. BOOK DETAILS • Three contemporary paranormal mysteries • Book One-Three of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series • Each a full-length novel of approximately 80,000 words • R-rated content: Light sexuality • Set in Louisiana and the Deep South The Viola Valentine Mystery Series A Ghost of a Chance Ghost Town Trace of a Ghost Ghost Trippin’ Give Up the Ghost The Ghost is Clear (novella) Ghost Fever Ghost Lights
Publisher: Happy Gris Gris Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1149
Book Description
They say there are blessings from disasters. For Viola Valentine, it was starting over. The hurricane gave Viola Valentine the chance she needed to leave her dead-end job and loveless marriage. But the storm that came barreling through New Orleans also blew open a psychic door, one that Viola had worked hard to keep close. Now the travel writer must solve the mysteries of ghosts who have died by water. Three books in one! A Ghost of a Chance: As Viola enters her new career as travel writer, solving mysteries that appear with apparitions everywhere she goes, the one person she hopes to speak to — her daughter who died of leukemia years before — continues to elude her. Or does she? Ghost Town: Viola must use her “gift” of seeing ghosts to rid Lorelei, Louisiana, of its apparitions. There's a recession on, jobs are hard to come by, and her suffocating family and ex-husband keep making demands. She takes solace in a new love interest, one who teaches her how to harness her anger. In the end, Viola realizes that only love can solve her problems, from ridding ghosts of lakeside towns to healing a broken heart. Trace of a Ghost: Viola Valentine takes a trek down the historic Natchez Trace of Mississippi, but traveling along is an adventurous heiress who’s been dead since 1860 — and she wants her story known. BOOK DETAILS • Three contemporary paranormal mysteries • Book One-Three of the Viola Valentine Mystery Series • Each a full-length novel of approximately 80,000 words • R-rated content: Light sexuality • Set in Louisiana and the Deep South The Viola Valentine Mystery Series A Ghost of a Chance Ghost Town Trace of a Ghost Ghost Trippin’ Give Up the Ghost The Ghost is Clear (novella) Ghost Fever Ghost Lights
The Far Hope Collection
Author: Sierra Simone
Publisher: Sierra Simone
ISBN: 1949364542
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
No law but pleasure. No limit but acquiescence. No rule but secrecy. Welcome to the world of Far Hope, where wicked deeds rule the night and dangerous lovers wait in the shadows. This bundle of morally gray historical romances includes: The Chasing of Eleanor Vane Ajax Dartham, the Duke of Jarrell, has a problem. And that problem is his future niece-in-law. When the clever and capable Lady Eleanor Vane runs off into the night rather than marry his nephew, the duke has a choice. Should he catch Eleanor and return her to her fate—or make Eleanor his own instead? The Last Crimes of Peregrine Hind Peregrine Hind, known to all as the bloodiest highwayman ever to bedevil the road, seeks only one thing—revenge against the Dartham family. And so when a robbery sends the second Dartham son and notorious rakehell Alexander Dartham tumbling to Peregrine’s feet, it seems like fate has given Peregrine his vengeance at last. Except then Alexander offers him a desperate bargain: to kidnap him instead… The Conquering of Tate the Pious England is burning with Norman fires, and Tate—the youngest ever abbess of Far Hope Abbey—is determined to guard the abbey’s ancient secrets with her very life. But the Norman warlord who appears at her gates is not a man, but a cruel and beautiful woman, and it soon becomes clear that she has her eyes set on more than the gold and silver. She wants the abbess too…
Publisher: Sierra Simone
ISBN: 1949364542
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
No law but pleasure. No limit but acquiescence. No rule but secrecy. Welcome to the world of Far Hope, where wicked deeds rule the night and dangerous lovers wait in the shadows. This bundle of morally gray historical romances includes: The Chasing of Eleanor Vane Ajax Dartham, the Duke of Jarrell, has a problem. And that problem is his future niece-in-law. When the clever and capable Lady Eleanor Vane runs off into the night rather than marry his nephew, the duke has a choice. Should he catch Eleanor and return her to her fate—or make Eleanor his own instead? The Last Crimes of Peregrine Hind Peregrine Hind, known to all as the bloodiest highwayman ever to bedevil the road, seeks only one thing—revenge against the Dartham family. And so when a robbery sends the second Dartham son and notorious rakehell Alexander Dartham tumbling to Peregrine’s feet, it seems like fate has given Peregrine his vengeance at last. Except then Alexander offers him a desperate bargain: to kidnap him instead… The Conquering of Tate the Pious England is burning with Norman fires, and Tate—the youngest ever abbess of Far Hope Abbey—is determined to guard the abbey’s ancient secrets with her very life. But the Norman warlord who appears at her gates is not a man, but a cruel and beautiful woman, and it soon becomes clear that she has her eyes set on more than the gold and silver. She wants the abbess too…
Yuletide Kisses: A Limited Edition Collection of Holiday Paranormal Romance Tales
Author: C.D. Gorri
Publisher: C.D. Gorri
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 535
Book Description
Hello Readers! It's time for my annual Holiday Paranormal Romance Collection! Take a peak at what's inside Yuletide Kisses below... Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, this limited time collection is coming this holiday season! Do you like reading Paranormal Romance with sizzling Shifters and their curvy mates? Then grab your copy of Yuletide Kisses and let’s get cozy… Take a look inside: Unexpected Protector The Wolf’s Winter Wish Her Solstice Wolf The Dragon’s Surprise Unbearable Christmas with a Devil, a Dragon King, & a Demon 6 complete books featuring Yuletide themed romances brought to you for the first time in one incredible set… but don’t dawdle, this collection won’t be here forever. *Includes His Wild Halloween Night Bonus Scene! Keywords: alpha, dragon shifter, wolf shifter romance, christmas shifter romance, pnr urban fantasy, fantasy romance, HEA paranormal romance, curvy heroine romance, curvy girl reads, bbw romance, alpha hero, instant love, romantic comedy, PNR romcom, christmas romcom series, holiday shifter ebook
Publisher: C.D. Gorri
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 535
Book Description
Hello Readers! It's time for my annual Holiday Paranormal Romance Collection! Take a peak at what's inside Yuletide Kisses below... Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, this limited time collection is coming this holiday season! Do you like reading Paranormal Romance with sizzling Shifters and their curvy mates? Then grab your copy of Yuletide Kisses and let’s get cozy… Take a look inside: Unexpected Protector The Wolf’s Winter Wish Her Solstice Wolf The Dragon’s Surprise Unbearable Christmas with a Devil, a Dragon King, & a Demon 6 complete books featuring Yuletide themed romances brought to you for the first time in one incredible set… but don’t dawdle, this collection won’t be here forever. *Includes His Wild Halloween Night Bonus Scene! Keywords: alpha, dragon shifter, wolf shifter romance, christmas shifter romance, pnr urban fantasy, fantasy romance, HEA paranormal romance, curvy heroine romance, curvy girl reads, bbw romance, alpha hero, instant love, romantic comedy, PNR romcom, christmas romcom series, holiday shifter ebook
21st-Century British Gothic
Author: Emily Horton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350286583
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In this innovative re-casting of the genre and its received canon, Emily Horton explores fictional investments in the Gothic within contemporary British literature, revealing how such concepts as the monstrous, spectral and uncanny work to illuminate the insecure, uneven and precarious experience of 21st-century life. Reading contemporary works of Gothic fiction by Helen Oyeyemi, Kazuo Ishiguro, Sarah Moss, Patrick McGrath and M.R. Carey alongside writers not previously grouped under this umbrella, including Brian Chikwava, Chloe Aridjis and Mohsin Hamid, Horton illuminates the way the Gothic has been engaged and reread by contemporary writers to address the cultural anxieties invoked living under neocolonial and neoliberal governance, including terrorism, migration, homelessness, racism, and climate change. Marshalling new modes of diasporic and cross-disciplinary critical theory concerned with the violent dimensions of contemporary life, this book sets the Gothic aesthetics in such works as White is for Witching, Double Vision, Never Let Me Go, The Wasted Vigil and Ghost Wall against a backdrop of key events in the 21st-century. Drawing connections between moments of anxiety, such as 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, ecological disaster, the refugee crisis, Brexit, the pandemic, and the Gothic, Horton demonstrates how British literature mediates transnational experiences of trauma and horror, while also addressing local and national insecurities and preoccupations. As a result, 21st-Century British Gothic can tests geographical, psychological, cultural, and aesthetic borders to expose an often spectralised experience of human and planetary vulnerability and speaks back against the brutality of global capitalism.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350286583
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In this innovative re-casting of the genre and its received canon, Emily Horton explores fictional investments in the Gothic within contemporary British literature, revealing how such concepts as the monstrous, spectral and uncanny work to illuminate the insecure, uneven and precarious experience of 21st-century life. Reading contemporary works of Gothic fiction by Helen Oyeyemi, Kazuo Ishiguro, Sarah Moss, Patrick McGrath and M.R. Carey alongside writers not previously grouped under this umbrella, including Brian Chikwava, Chloe Aridjis and Mohsin Hamid, Horton illuminates the way the Gothic has been engaged and reread by contemporary writers to address the cultural anxieties invoked living under neocolonial and neoliberal governance, including terrorism, migration, homelessness, racism, and climate change. Marshalling new modes of diasporic and cross-disciplinary critical theory concerned with the violent dimensions of contemporary life, this book sets the Gothic aesthetics in such works as White is for Witching, Double Vision, Never Let Me Go, The Wasted Vigil and Ghost Wall against a backdrop of key events in the 21st-century. Drawing connections between moments of anxiety, such as 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, ecological disaster, the refugee crisis, Brexit, the pandemic, and the Gothic, Horton demonstrates how British literature mediates transnational experiences of trauma and horror, while also addressing local and national insecurities and preoccupations. As a result, 21st-Century British Gothic can tests geographical, psychological, cultural, and aesthetic borders to expose an often spectralised experience of human and planetary vulnerability and speaks back against the brutality of global capitalism.
Twenty-First-Century British Fiction and the City
Author: Magali Cornier Michael
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319897284
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The essays in this edited collection offer incisive and nuanced analyses of and insights into the state of British cities and urban environments in the twenty-first century. Britain’s experiences with industrialization, colonialism, post-colonialism, global capitalism, and the European Union (EU) have had a marked influence on British ideas about and British literature’s depiction of the city and urban contexts. Recent British fiction focuses in particular on cities as intertwined with globalization and global capitalism (including the proliferation of media) and with issues of immigration and migration. Indeed, decolonization has brought large numbers of people from former colonies to Britain, thus making British cities ever more diverse. Such mixing of peoples in urban areas has led to both racist fears and possibilities of cosmopolitan co-existence.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319897284
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The essays in this edited collection offer incisive and nuanced analyses of and insights into the state of British cities and urban environments in the twenty-first century. Britain’s experiences with industrialization, colonialism, post-colonialism, global capitalism, and the European Union (EU) have had a marked influence on British ideas about and British literature’s depiction of the city and urban contexts. Recent British fiction focuses in particular on cities as intertwined with globalization and global capitalism (including the proliferation of media) and with issues of immigration and migration. Indeed, decolonization has brought large numbers of people from former colonies to Britain, thus making British cities ever more diverse. Such mixing of peoples in urban areas has led to both racist fears and possibilities of cosmopolitan co-existence.
His Wicked Secret
Author: Lauren Smith
Publisher: Lauren Smith
ISBN: 1947206362
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
When a lady decides to become a spy, she must resist all temptation...especially love. Audrey Sheridan is London’s sweetheart, a position that allows her access to the ton and all its secrets. As the enigmatic writer, Lady Society, she is wild, reckless, and speaks her mind. She matchmakes wicked rogues with their perfect wives. But there’s one thing she’s failed to find since her debut. A husband for herself. And there’s only one man she’s ever wanted. There’s just one problem...he doesn’t want her. What’s a lady to do to mend her broken heart? Run off to become a spy... Jonathan St. Laurent is anything but a saint and certainly not husband material. He spent nearly his entire life as a servant to his half-brother the Duke of Essex. He’s trying to play the gentleman now, but it’s damned hard when he’s tempted by the ton’s darling spitfire Audrey. There’s something about her that makes him want to abandon the rules of polite society and show her just how wicked he can be...which is why it’s better to avoid the minx altogether. When Audrey’s plan to be a spy is discovered, Jonathan knows he must move heaven and earth to protect her while guarding his own secret...
Publisher: Lauren Smith
ISBN: 1947206362
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
When a lady decides to become a spy, she must resist all temptation...especially love. Audrey Sheridan is London’s sweetheart, a position that allows her access to the ton and all its secrets. As the enigmatic writer, Lady Society, she is wild, reckless, and speaks her mind. She matchmakes wicked rogues with their perfect wives. But there’s one thing she’s failed to find since her debut. A husband for herself. And there’s only one man she’s ever wanted. There’s just one problem...he doesn’t want her. What’s a lady to do to mend her broken heart? Run off to become a spy... Jonathan St. Laurent is anything but a saint and certainly not husband material. He spent nearly his entire life as a servant to his half-brother the Duke of Essex. He’s trying to play the gentleman now, but it’s damned hard when he’s tempted by the ton’s darling spitfire Audrey. There’s something about her that makes him want to abandon the rules of polite society and show her just how wicked he can be...which is why it’s better to avoid the minx altogether. When Audrey’s plan to be a spy is discovered, Jonathan knows he must move heaven and earth to protect her while guarding his own secret...
Witch Ways
Author: Christine Pope
Publisher: Dark Valentine Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3287
Book Description
It’s time to get your witch on…. More than one million words of witchy goodness! Get ready to be transported with this magical boxed set of stories from NY Times, USA Today, and national bestselling authors! In this collection, you’ll find witches, wizards, and warlocks, along with vampires, shifters, and other creatures of the night. The Witch Ways boxed set includes these first-in-series paranormal romance and urban fantasy stories: STORM BORN - Christine Pope STICKS AND STONES - Meredith Medina DEUS EX MAGICAL - Kat Parrish THE COVEN PRINCESS - Lily Luchesi SHADES OF MAGICK - Julia Crane CALLED - J.A. Belfield GRAVE MISTAKE - Christine Pope DEATH’S HAND - SM Reine A QUESTION OF FAITH - Nicole Zoltack BEWARE THE VIOLET - Maria Vermisoglou BURIED MAGIC - TJ Green LUNA - Stella Fitzsimons GHOST OF A CHANCE - Cherie Claire HOW TO SNAG A SHIFTER - Karin de Havin THE PERFECT BREW - Jo-Ann Carson PROPHECY OF THREE - Ashley McLeo VANILLA BEAN VAMPIRE - Selina J. Eckert A WITCHY MISTAKE - Rhonda Hopkins WHAT THE CAT KNEW - P.D. Workman ELEMENTAL ARCANE - Phaedra Weldon FOUND OBJECTS - Christine Pope
Publisher: Dark Valentine Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3287
Book Description
It’s time to get your witch on…. More than one million words of witchy goodness! Get ready to be transported with this magical boxed set of stories from NY Times, USA Today, and national bestselling authors! In this collection, you’ll find witches, wizards, and warlocks, along with vampires, shifters, and other creatures of the night. The Witch Ways boxed set includes these first-in-series paranormal romance and urban fantasy stories: STORM BORN - Christine Pope STICKS AND STONES - Meredith Medina DEUS EX MAGICAL - Kat Parrish THE COVEN PRINCESS - Lily Luchesi SHADES OF MAGICK - Julia Crane CALLED - J.A. Belfield GRAVE MISTAKE - Christine Pope DEATH’S HAND - SM Reine A QUESTION OF FAITH - Nicole Zoltack BEWARE THE VIOLET - Maria Vermisoglou BURIED MAGIC - TJ Green LUNA - Stella Fitzsimons GHOST OF A CHANCE - Cherie Claire HOW TO SNAG A SHIFTER - Karin de Havin THE PERFECT BREW - Jo-Ann Carson PROPHECY OF THREE - Ashley McLeo VANILLA BEAN VAMPIRE - Selina J. Eckert A WITCHY MISTAKE - Rhonda Hopkins WHAT THE CAT KNEW - P.D. Workman ELEMENTAL ARCANE - Phaedra Weldon FOUND OBJECTS - Christine Pope
Apple and Knife
Author: Intan Paramaditha
Publisher: Brow Books
ISBN: 1925704017
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher: Brow Books
ISBN: 1925704017
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Consoling Ghosts
Author: Jean M. Langford
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452939861
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
In conversation with emigrants from Laos and Cambodia, Jean M. Langford repeatedly met with spirits: the wandering souls of the seriously ill, dangerous ghosts of those who died by violence, restless ancestors displaced from their homes. For these emigrants, the dead not only appear in memories, safely ensconced in the past, but also erupt with a physical force into the daily life and dreams of the present. Inspired by these conversations, Consoling Ghosts is a sustained contemplation of relationships with the dying and the dead. At their heart, as Langford’s work reveals, emigrants’ stories are parables not of cultural difference but rather of life and death. Langford inquires how and why spirits become implicated in remembering and responding to violence, whether the bloody violence of war or the more structural violence of social marginalization and poverty. What is at stake, she asks, when spirits break out of their usual confinement as symbolic figures for history, heritage, or trauma to haunt the corridors of hospitals and funeral homes? Emigrants’ theories and stories of ghosts, Langford suggests, inherently question the metaphorical status of spirits, in the process challenging both contemporary bioethics of dying and dominant styles of mourning. Consoling Ghosts explores the possibilities opened up by a more literal existence of ghosts, from the confrontation of shades of past violence through bodily ritual to rites of mourning that unfold in acts of material care for the dead instead of memorialization. Ultimately the book invites us to consider alternate ways of facing death, conducting relationships with the dead and dying, and addressing the effects of violence that continue to reverberate in bodies and social worlds.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452939861
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
In conversation with emigrants from Laos and Cambodia, Jean M. Langford repeatedly met with spirits: the wandering souls of the seriously ill, dangerous ghosts of those who died by violence, restless ancestors displaced from their homes. For these emigrants, the dead not only appear in memories, safely ensconced in the past, but also erupt with a physical force into the daily life and dreams of the present. Inspired by these conversations, Consoling Ghosts is a sustained contemplation of relationships with the dying and the dead. At their heart, as Langford’s work reveals, emigrants’ stories are parables not of cultural difference but rather of life and death. Langford inquires how and why spirits become implicated in remembering and responding to violence, whether the bloody violence of war or the more structural violence of social marginalization and poverty. What is at stake, she asks, when spirits break out of their usual confinement as symbolic figures for history, heritage, or trauma to haunt the corridors of hospitals and funeral homes? Emigrants’ theories and stories of ghosts, Langford suggests, inherently question the metaphorical status of spirits, in the process challenging both contemporary bioethics of dying and dominant styles of mourning. Consoling Ghosts explores the possibilities opened up by a more literal existence of ghosts, from the confrontation of shades of past violence through bodily ritual to rites of mourning that unfold in acts of material care for the dead instead of memorialization. Ultimately the book invites us to consider alternate ways of facing death, conducting relationships with the dead and dying, and addressing the effects of violence that continue to reverberate in bodies and social worlds.