Ulysses, a middle-aged widower, is forced into early retirement from his moving job. At a loss for what to do next, the course of his life is changed by a chance encounter with a fellow lonely soul at, of all places, his son’s OB/GYN office. Mediterranea, who recently lost her mother, runs a cheese shop that she took over when her beloved Corsican father died years earlier. A romance blossoms between these two people who are supposedly in the “autumn” of their lives and they soon find themselves embarking on a most unexpected odyssey.
After a difficult year marked by a loss in the family and some unexpected financial setbacks, the Faldéraults could use a break. But with Julie cramming for exams and Louis hell-bent on seeing Pink Floyd in concert, a family Christmas trip seems impossible. With the help of some friends, new and old alike, will Pierre and Madeleine manage to pull off one final, classic Faldérault vacation before 1979 comes to a close?
This collected edition features volumes 10 through 13 of the best-selling erotica series, as well as exclusive new content, including lavishly illustrated behind-the-scenes accounts by the authors.
The third and final cycle of the series takes place in-between the events of the Ottoman and African cycles. Against a backdrop of colonial occupation, Jade and the Nelson family have been invited to India by the Rani of Eschnapur, the mother of the soon-to-be-wed maharaja. The Rani has called upon Jade to share her seductive talents with the bride-to-be—the daughter of an anti-colonialist leader—in order to bewitch and manipulate her pro-British fiancé. But Jade soon discovers that a terrible curse is menacing the palace and royal family… Discover the thrilling final chapter of a saga marked by mystery and desire.
To escape the vengeance of a Las Vegas mobster, former pin-up girl Dottie takes refuge in Hawaii. After altering her appearance to stay under the radar, she begins earning a good living capturing poisonous aquatic snakes and selling their venom to laboratories. Will Dottie succeed in evading the cold-blooded mafia hit-woman who has been sent to track her down? Will she triumph over a destiny that seems determined to destroy her? This book completes the Las Vegas cycle.
In the midst of the upheaval of an African revolution, you’ll find Jade, day by day casting off the trappings of her former self and allowing the spirit of the Goddess Anaktu to consume her, propelling her into the most cruel and brutal of acts. While she accumulates power and glory as the embodiment of a goddess and the centerpiece of the continent’s turmoil, those who she once loved are driven along the paths that will lead them to their downfall.
Agrippina’s grandmother goes awol for a few days, only to be discovered in her own home, hiding away from the world while she recovers from a facelift. And all because she’s found out that her own mother has gone into a retirement home. The latter, having made herself a fortune in her savvy investments in stocks and shares, decides to buy herself a computer… but not just any old computer…! Meanwhile, Agrippina is, as usual, busy seeking out any opportunity to get easy money and easy boys. This is a side-splitting snapshot of the complex relationships between four generations of women.
Book Four finds our hero, Arthus Trivium, trapped with Cesar, his Master Nostradamus’ son, in a burning church presided over by Melusine, a witch with a serpent’s tail. She’s out to bring justice and wreak vengeance on a village torn by the rape and murder of several young women. But she isn’t the only villain with a noble cause. In an eldritch realm that Angelica and Angulus have visited by means of a sleeping draught, Arthus’ fellow disciples face a powerful sorceress planning no less than to wipe out all men. And over the centuries, unseen, she’s built up quite an army…
During the 1851 Great Exhibition in London, two women’s lives become irrevocably intertwined when they both fall victim to a nefarious underground fraternity of ex-soldiers from England’s upper crust who have sworn their lives to defending the British Empire—as well as their own decadent lifestyles. In this first volume, young rebel Jennifer Winterfield and the mysterious Kitamakura from Japan forge an unlikely alliance along with Jennifer’s doctor uncle and a street urchin named Pickles. Together they lay the groundwork for a criminal organization that will go on to sow terror in the hearts of the colonialists and industrialists who tried to put them down.
“Aside from the many outstanding characters inhabiting the pages of Shi, the backgrounds and settings are simply put, outstanding.” The Pullbox
Vatican secret agent Vincent, aka The Keeper, travels to a Mexican island to track down members of The Order of the New Temple, a powerful organization with sinister plans to manipulate the world stage. As he fights off killers and crocodiles in the Caribbean mangroves with the help of a local priest and discourages assistance from a group of vigilantes hunting down war criminals, Vince makes some unsettling discoveries in the research lab run by modern-day Nazis and uncovers a dark secret about his own past.
Arizona, 1948. Novelist François Combe has taken up residence with his wife, his son, and his mistress in the strange no man’s land of the Santa Cruz Valley. His imagination is sparked by the surrounding desert, its ghost towns, and other vestiges of the pioneer past. The present, too, draws him in, especially in the border town of Nogales, where luxury and lust come together against a backdrop of misery and servitude… and where games of the flesh are paid for in blood. Sometimes the grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the border.
