Jane
Austen\'s first published work, meticulously constructed and sparkling with
her unique witMarianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she
falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores
her sister Elinor\'s warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to
gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social
convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even
from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love - and
its threatened loss - the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility
if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money
govern the rules of love. This edition also includes explanatory notes and
textual variants between first and second edition. For more than seventy
years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the
English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics
represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and
across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide
authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished
scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by
award-winning translators.
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BOOK TWO OF
THE DARK DUET
The exciting, titillating, and action-filled conclusion to Captive in the
Dark.
What is the price of redemption?
Rescued from sexual slavery by a mysterious Pakistani officer, Caleb carries
the weight of a debt that must be paid in blood.
The road has been long and fraught with uncertainty, but for Caleb and
Livvie, it’s all coming to an end.
Can he surrender the woman he loves for the sake of vengeance?
Or will he make the ultimate sacrifice?
Quote:
It seemed to Caleb, the nature of human beings revolved around one empirical
truth: we want what we cannot have. For Eve, it was the fruit of the
forbidden tree. For Caleb, it was Livvie.
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Caleb is a
man with a singular interest in revenge. Kidnapped as a young boy and sold
into slavery by a power-hungry mobster, he has thought of nothing but
vengeance. For twelve years he has immersed himself in the world of pleasure
slaves searching for the one man he holds ultimately responsible. Finally,
the architect of his suffering has emerged with a new identity, but not a
new nature. If Caleb is to get close enough to strike, he must become the
very thing he abhors and kidnap a beautiful girl to train her to be all that
he once was.
Eighteen-year-old Olivia Ruiz has just woken up in a strange place.
Blindfolded and bound, there is only a calm male voice to welcome her. His
name is Caleb, though he demands to be called Master. Olivia is young,
beautiful, naïve and willful to a fault. She has a dark sensuality that
cannot be hidden or denied, though she tries to accomplish both. Although
she is frightened by the strong, sadistic, and arrogant man who holds her
prisoner, what keeps Olivia awake in the dark is her unwelcome attraction to
him.
WARNING: This book contains very disturbing situations, dubious consent,
strong language, and graphic violence.
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Mason and Logan
Kade are two brothers who did their own thing. They were rich and expected
to attend Samantha's school, Fallen Crest Academy. They chose public school
and now she has to live with them. The problem is that she doesn't care at
all: about them, about her friends, about her cheating boyfriend, or even
about her parent's divorce. But maybe that's a good thing. Maybe change is a
good thing.
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THE STUNNING
CONCLUSION TO THE THIS MAN TRILOGY IS A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! The
Manor, the very place where their passionate love affair began, fills with
guests on what should be the happiest day of Ava and Jesse's lives. She has
accepted that she'll never tame the fierceness in Jesse-and she doesn't want
to. Their love is profound, their connection powerful, but just when she
thinks that she's finally gotten beneath his guarded exterior, more
questions arise, leading Ava to believe that Jesse Ward may not be the man
she thinks he is. He knows too well how to take her to a place beyond
ecstasy . . . but will he also drive her to the brink of despair? It's time
for this man to confess.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Daunted by
the singular tastes and dark secrets of the beautiful, tormented young
entrepreneur Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele has broken off their
relationship to start a new career with a Seattle publishing house. But
desire for Christian still dominates her every waking thought, and when he
proposes a new arrangement, Anastasia cannot resist. They rekindle their
searing sensual affair, and Anastasia learns more about the harrowing past
of her damaged, driven and demanding Fifty Shades. While Christian wrestles
with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the
women who came before her, and make the most important decision of her life.
This book is intended for mature audiences.
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Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight
years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval
officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the
engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is
unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When
later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds
Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in
Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. All the tension of the novel revolves
around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?
Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory,
2 inches square. Readers of Persuasion will discover that neither her skill
for delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor
her ability to apply a sharp focus lens to English manners and morals has
deserted her in her final finished work.
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At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her
Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir
Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. She gradually
falls in love with her cousin Edmund, but when the dazzling and
sophisticated Crawfords arrive, and amateur theatricals unleash rivalry and
sexual jealousy, Fanny has to fight to retain her independence.
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Five stunning guys, one hot woman, and a feverish
romance...
For him, life is all music and no play...
When Brian Sinclair, lead songwriter and guitarist of the hottest metal band
on the scene, loses his creative spark, it will take nights of downright
sinful passion to release his pent-up genius...
She's the one to call the tune...
When sexy psychologist Myrna Evans goes on tour with the Sinners, every boy
in the band tries to seduce her. But Brian is the only one she wants to get
her hands on...
Then the two lovers' wildly shocking behavior sparks the whole band to new
heights of glory... and sin...
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They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .
Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady
boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny
village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe
Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Will has always
lived a huge life—big deals, extreme sports, worldwide travel—and now he’s
pretty sure he cannot live the way he is. Will is acerbic, moody, bossy—but
Lou refuses to treat him with kid gloves, and soon his happiness means more
to her than she expected. When she learns that Will has shocking plans of
his own, she sets out to show him that life is still worth living. A Love
Story for this generation and perfect for fans of John
Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, Me Before You brings to life
two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel
that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also
means breaking your own heart?
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Northanger Abbey
/ˈnɔːrθˌæŋɡər/ was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for
publication, but published after her death, at the end of 1817. The novel is
a satire of the Gothic novels popular at the time of its first writing in
1798–99. The heroine, Catherine, thinks life is like a Gothic novel, but her
real experiences bring her down to earth as an ordinary young woman. Austen
first titled it Susan, when she sold it in 1803 for £10 to a London
bookseller, Crosby & Co., who decided against publishing. In the spring
of 1816, the bookseller sold it back to the novelist's brother, Henry
Austen, for the same sum, as the bookseller did not know that the writer was
by then the author of four popular novels. She further revised the novel in
1816-1817, with the intention of having it published. The lead character's
name was changed from Susan to Catherine, and Austen changed the working
title to Catherine. Austen died in July 1817. Her brother Henry renamed the
novel and arranged for publication of Northanger Abbey in late December 1817
(1818 given on the title page), as the first two volumes of a four-volume
set, the other two volumes being the more recently completed Austen novel,
Persuasion, with a preface for the first time publicly identifying Jane
Austen as the author of all her novels. Neither novel was published under
the working title Jane Austen used. Aside from first being published
together, the two novels are not linked, and later editions were published
as separate novels. The novel is more explicitly comic than her other works
and contains many literary allusions that her parents and siblings would
have enjoyed, as a family entertainment—a piece of lighthearted parody to be
read aloud by the fireside. The novel names many of the Gothic novels of
that time and includes direct commentary by Austen on the value of novels,
which were not valued as much as nonfiction or historical fiction. As almost
all her letters were burned after her death, later scholars appreciate this
insight into Austen's views.
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When
literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur
Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and
intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants
this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get
close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent
spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For
all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth,
his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need
to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical
affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark
desires.
Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that
will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.
This book is intended for mature audiences.
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Amber Walker and her older brother, Jake,
have an abusive father. One night her brother's best friend, Liam, sees her
crying and climbs through her bedroom window to comfort her. That one action
sparks a love/hate relationship that spans over the next eight years. Liam
is now a confident, flirty player who has never had a girlfriend before.
Amber is still emotionally scarred from the abuse she suffered at the hands
of her father. Together they make an unlikely pair. Their relationship has
always been a rocky one, but what happens when Amber starts to view her
brother's best friend a little differently? And how will her brother, who
has always been a little overprotective, react when he finds out that the
pair are growing closer? Find out in The Boy Who Sneaks In My Bedroom
Window.
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When unworldly
student Anastasia Steele first encountered the driven and dazzling young
entrepreneur Christian Grey it sparked a sensual affair that changed both of
their lives irrevocably. Shocked, intrigued, and, ultimately, repelled by
Christian’s singular erotic tastes, Ana demands a deeper commitment.
Determined to keep her, Christian agrees. Now, Ana and Christian have
it all—love, passion, intimacy, wealth, and a world of possibilities for
their future. But Ana knows that loving her Fifty Shades will not be easy,
and that being together will pose challenges that neither of them would
anticipate. Ana must somehow learn to share Christian’s opulent lifestyle
without sacrificing her own identity. And Christian must overcome his
compulsion to control as he wrestles with the demons of a tormented past.
Just when it seems that their strength together will eclipse any
obstacle, misfortune, malice, and fate conspire to make Ana’s deepest fears
turn to reality.
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I can't
stop thinking about that prick. Caulter Sterling is a prick. A
filthy-mouthed, womanizing, crude, spoiled, arrogant prick. The tattooed,
pierced, panty-melting-hot son of a celebrity. I hate him. He's slept his
way through practically every girl at Brighton Academy. Except for me. I'm
the good girl. The responsible girl. The 4.0, class president,
studied-so-much-she-never-lost-the-big-V girl. And in celebration of
graduation and adulthood, I just made the worst decision in the history of
ever. I lost my V-card to the devil himself. It was just one night. So what
if it was mind-blowing? Hit it and quit it. Except I just found out that my
father - the Senator, the Presidential hopeful - is marrying Caulter's
mother. Oh, and this summer? We're hitting the campaign trail. One big happy
family. I'm totally f**ked.
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