Two Romances

Two Romances
Author: William H. Young
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2020-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781734423600

These two short novels, written at an interval of thirty years, combine to reveal the centrality of young women and sisters in the fiction of Young. Joseph and Mary: A Family Romance is set in Phoenix in 1978 and Rec Park: A Small-Town Romance in a coastal community outside of Los Angeles in the early years of the twenty-first century. Young omits nothing sexual, harsh, or aberrant, but the modesty and lyricism of his style safeguards against mere sensationalism.

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance

The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance
Author: Trisha Telep
Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 655
Release: 2009-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1849011796

You never forget your first time with a vampire. Whether reaquainting yourself with some of your favourite, sexy creatures of the night or getting bitten by the vampire romance phenomenon for the very first time, let the biggest and brightest names in the business help you explore your dark side. Witness the bewildering array of complex vampire codes of conduct, dark ritual and dating practices as they chat up the locals and engage in the most erotic encounters you will sink your teeth into this side of un-Death. Because vampires never really die, do they?

A Romance of Two Worlds

A Romance of Two Worlds
Author: Marie Corelli
Publisher:
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1896
Genre: Healing
ISBN:

"A Romance of Two Worlds starts with a young heroine, in first person, telling her story of a debilitating illness that includes depression and thoughts of suicide. Her doctor is unable to help her and sends her off on a holiday where she meets a mystical character by the name of Raffello Cellini, a famous Italian artist. Cellini offers her a strange potion which immediately puts her into a tranquil slumber, in which she experiences divine visions. Upon wakening, she craves more. Later, she meets her unnamed guardian angel, who whisks her through infinite solar systems faster than a shooting star while human spirits fly by like gossamer silk. He shares the truth of religion and the secret of human destiny, but still she longs for more. She comes to understand God as pure light and pure love, but it is not enough that she should see and hear these things from the touch of an angel. She wants to master this ability on her own and seeks a oneness with God through a series of meditative disciplines while locked away in a monastery."--Wikipedia.

My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights

My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights
Author: Jeremy Whitley
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-05-29
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1684067391

Equestria's in danger! Powerless and threatened by a great evil, Princess Luna discovers she can't count on her sister or any of the usual heroes of Equestria. Running out of time and with nowhere to turn, Luna assembles a team specially suited to save the day... made up of former villains! Will Luna, Capper, Tempest Shadow, Trixie, and Stygian all be able to work together and find a way into the most dangerous place any of them have ever been?

Peace and Turmoil

Peace and Turmoil
Author: Elliot Brooks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 732
Release: 2019-03-18
Genre: Imaginary places
ISBN: 9781733664301

Peace and Turmoil is the first installment in an epic fantasy series following heirs from across the land of Abra'am as they try to navigate magic, politics, and fiends.

Marie Corelli, A Romance of Two Worlds

Marie Corelli, A Romance of Two Worlds
Author: Corelli Marie Corelli
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2019-04-10
Genre: Christian life
ISBN: 1474441939

A new scholarly edition of a major late-Victorian scientific romance novelMarie Corelli's A Romance of Two Worlds is regarded as one of the most culturally important Victorian bestsellers. This critical edition offers instructive access to this multifaceted but still largely underappreciated novel that is a key text for scholars and students of late-Victorian women's writing. It also raises urgent questions about a wide array of textual and cultural concerns, especially the form and function of the Victorian 'bestseller'.Key FeaturesContains a thorough critical and analytical introduction, annotations and appendicesProvides context and underlines the aesthetic significance of Corelli's supernatural romanceEngages with the full range of secondary scholarship on this neglected late-Victorian author

Regency Buck

Regency Buck
Author: Georgette Heyer
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2008-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 140223595X

An altogether unsatisfactory arrangement After their father's death, Miss Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine travel to London to meet their guardian, Lord Worth, expecting an elderly gentleman. To their surprise and utter disgust, their guardian is not much older than they are, doesn't want the office of guardian any more than they want him, and is determined to thwart all their interests and return them to the country. With altogether too many complications But when Miss Taverner and Peregrine begin to move in the highest social circles, Lord Worth cannot help but entangle himself with his adventuresome wards... Praise for Regency Buck: "Clever!"— Library Journal "Georgette Heyer is unbeatable."— Sunday Telegraph "Light and frothy, in the vein of the author's other Regency novels, this follows the fortunes of Miss Judith Taverner and her brother, Sir Peregrine. A good introduction to Heyer's period stories..." — The Booklist "Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen."— Publishers Weekly "A writer of great wit and style... I've read her books to ragged shreds"— Katie Fenton, Daily Telegraph "Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire too."—Katie Fforde

Love Bites

Love Bites
Author: Trisha Telep
Publisher: Constable
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Love stories
ISBN: 9781849010436

Another bestselling collection of original Vampire Romance stories from the finest writers of the genre.

The Romances of Chretien de Troyes

The Romances of Chretien de Troyes
Author: Joseph J. Duggan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0300133707

Twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes was one of the most influential figures in Western literature, for his romantic poems on the legend of King Arthur gave rise to a tradition of storytelling that continues to this day. This important and fascinating book is a study of all of Chrétien’s work. Joseph J. Duggan begins with an introduction that sets Chrétien within the social and intellectual currents of his time. He then organizes the book in chapters that focus on major issues in Chrétien’s romances rather than on individual works, topics that range from the importance of kinship and genealogy to standards of secular moral responsibility and from Chrétien’s art of narration to his representation of knighthood. Duggan offers new perspectives on many of these themes: in a chapter on the influence of Celtic mythology, for example, he gives special attention to the ways Chrétien integrated portrayals of motivation with mythic themes and characters, and in discussing the Grail romance, he explores the parallels between Perceval’s and Gauvain’s adventures.

Romancing the Beat

Romancing the Beat
Author: Gwen Hayes
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Romance fiction
ISBN: 9781530838615

What makes a romance novel a romance? How do you write a kissing book?Writing a well-structured romance isn't the same as writing any other genre-something the popular novel and screenwriting guides don't address. The romance arc is made up of its own story beats, and the external plot and theme need to be braided to the romance arc-not the other way around.Told in conversational (and often irreverent) prose, Romancing the Beat can be read like you are sitting down to coffee with romance editor and author Gwen Hayes while she explains story structure. The way she does with her clients. Some of whom are regular inhabitants of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists.Romancing the Beat is a recipe, not a rigid system. The beats don't care if you plot or outline before you write, or if you pants your way through the drafts and do a "beat check" when you're revising. Pantsers and plotters are both welcome. So sit down, grab a cuppa, and let's talk about kissing books.