In the City of Brotherly Love, a car skids off the ice and ignites a chain of events that changes everything for eight-year-old Peter Flood. Peter's father is a powerful man, a union boss with mob connections, but all the power in the world is useless to a grieving son. Raised by his uncle, Peter tries to distance himself from the casual brutality of the family business, gravitating instead toward a small South Philly gym. Peter's cousin Michael--his "brother"--moves in another direction: into small-time intimidation and the trappings of a union prince. Neither, however, can outrun the logic of violence as they're dragged into a world of bad blood and a chilling cycle of betrayal and retribution. Praise for Brotherly Love "A first-rate novel and a masterly evocation of that undercivilized and unfree America . . . The grace and confidence of [Pete Dexter's] prose conveys absolute authenticity."--The New York Times Book...

She would never be immune to himJust when she thought she'd recovered from an adolescent crush on the handsome journalist Heath Townsend, Sasha found herself under his spell again.He was one of the most eligible bachelors in Australia, and that was all the more reason she should heed his warning, "I'm the kind of man who perhaps won't ever be ready to be tied down to one woman."Then the unexpected happened, and Heath needed Sasha. But he didn't need, or want, the one thing she was longing to give most -- her love!

Dalilah Gallagher has, once again, gotten herself into a tight spot with the devious Nottingham. Her unexpected pregnancy, while still married to Nottingham, put her into a position where she feel that she is trapped. For Nottingham is presumed the father of the unborn child. But, if there is one thing that Dalilah knows, it is that Nottingham will never get his hands on this child. Can Dalilah find a way out of her impossible situation. Of has Nottingham trapped her, once and for all?

Love is the sweetest way home . . . After a taste of Broadway stardom and a failed marriage, Francine Tanner is rebuilding her life back home on Cavanaugh Island. She's done with acting-and anyone who isn't genuine about real life and true feelings. But the mysterious newcomer who's bought land outside her hometown of Sanctuary Cove is as down-to-earth as he is handsome . . . and he may be her second chance for the real thing. Keaton Grace has had a crush on glamour-girl Francine Tanner for years. He can't believe his luck that she lives in the same small town where he's developing his new film studio. He just has to convince his favorite star to return to the spotlight. Yet the more time they spend together, the more he realizes the smart, funny, sexy woman she is in real life is far better than any role he envisioned. Now what he wants most is to heal her pain-and prove their attraction could be more powerful than anything they ever imagined . . . "The kind of place you visit and never want to leave." -Hope Ramsay, bestselling author of Last Chance Beauty Queen, on *Sanctuary Cove***Review"4 Hearts! A charming love story."—http://harlequinjunkie.com/ on HAVEN CREEK 4 1/2 STAR REVIEW! "It's always a pleasure to discover little-known facts about racial history in America. Even better, the slow build to the love affair between the leads is believable and satisfying, on all levels. Sit back and enjoy!"—RT Book Reviews on ANGELS LANDING "An excellent love story...huge messages throughout this book made for a very loving and interesting summer read."—Publishers Weekly on ANGELS LANDING "Appealing, mature protagonists, a colorful cast of islanders, and a rewarding romance that realistically unfolds add to this fascinating, gently paced story that gradually reveals its secrets as it draws readers back to idyllic Cavanaugh Island."—Library Journal on ANGELS LANDING "Angels Landing is a heartwarming novel...I thoroughly enjoyed [it] and recommend it to all romantics."—Fresh Fiction on ANGELS LANDINGAbout the AuthorBestselling author, Rochelle Alers has nearly two million copies of her novels in print. She is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the Gold Pen Award, the Emma Award, Vivian Stephens Award for Excellence in Romance Writing, the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award and the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award. You can learn more at:www.rochellealers.comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Rochelle-Alers/109475799070368Twitter: @rochellealers

Winner of the PEN/Hemingway AwardThe place is the chilly border between Russia and China. The time is the early 1970s when the two giants were poised on the brink of war. And the characters in this thrilling collection of stories are Chinese soldiers who must constantly scrutinize the enemy even as they themselves are watched for signs of the fatal disease of bourgeois liberalism.In Ocean of Words, the Chinese writer Ha Jin explores the predicament of these simple, barely literate men with breathtaking concision and humanity. From amorous telegraphers to a pugnacious militiaman, from an inscrutable Russian prisoner to an effeminate but enthusiastic recruit, Ha Jin's characters possess a depth and liveliness that suggest Isaac Babel's Cossacks and Tim O'Brien's GIs. Ocean of Words is a triumphant volume, poignant, hilarious, and harrowing."A compelling collection of stories, powerful in their unity of theme and rich in their diversity of...

An innocent idea that turns into burning deep desire. The all-American girl, Audrey Simmons, dedicated her life to children. When a friend tells her about the Au Pair program, she is ready for it. In Europe, she meets the Abram family of two. Instantly, she falls in love with the little girl that looks like an angel and, unexpectedly, she falls for the man that keeps a darkness inside himself. Thomas Abram is a widower, a father and a detective chief inspector for CID. An Au Pair seems to be the best of ideas to have an extra help around the house with his six-year-old daughter, Rachel. What he doesn’t expect, however, is Audrey – a redhead with deadly curves. Even though her beauty strikes him, is her personality that keeps him completely hooked and reaches parts of himself that he didn’t even know existed ever since his wife’s passing. Their attraction is apparent since the first meeting, but the sexual craving rapidly takes them by surprise. Living in the same house, in the same corridor, can turn two very different people into instant lovers and into an affair that is as sexy as intense takes their bodies hostage.

We live across the thousand dunes with grit in our teeth and sand in our homes. No one will come for us. No one will save us. This is our life, diving for remnants of the old world so that we may build what the wind destroys. No one is looking down on us. Those constellations in the night sky? Those are the backs of gods we see.**