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  Truman Capote - A Literary Life...

  Tison Pugh

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  The author of Queer Chivalry presents a biographical study of the celebrity writer “rich with insight into [his] literary and cinematic achievements” (Publishers Weekly).   Truman Capote’s legacy is in many ways defined by his complex relationship with Hollywood. In Truman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies, Tison Pugh explores the author and his literature through a cinematic lens, weaving elements of Capote’s biography—including his flamboyant public persona and his friendships and feuds with notable stars—with critical analysis of the films, screenplays, and adaptations of his works. Capote’s masterful prose made him an iconic twentieth century author, and his screenplays, including Beat the Devil, Indiscretion of an American Wife, and The Innocents, allowed him to collaborate with such Hollywood heavyweights as Humphrey Bogart, John Huston, and David O. Selznick. But the beloved and acclaimed adaptations of his literature, most notably Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood, undercut his daring treatment of homosexuality in favor of heterosexual romance. Pugh demonstrates how Capote’s gay southern identity influenced perceptions of his literature and its adaptations. Illuminating Capote’s successes and disappointments in the film industry, Pugh delivers a revealing and nuanced portrait of the author’s literary life.

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  Johnny Angel Time Node Boy Loves...

  John Williams

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  JOHNNY ANGEL TIME NODE BOY LOVES BOYJohnny AngelJohnny, still on the steam locomotive, they get off at a country station, a chauffeur driven car is waiting to take them to a country estate where the son of the owner, Liam, gets a crush on Johnny. It only when Liam has gone does a Pixian tell him Liam is some sort of agent who has connections with an underground Pixian city.Mathew SomewayMathew finds life can have unpredicted challengers in the form of a Pixian boy Jamie and Mimi, who failed to protect him when challenged by other magical folk, a creature that had exaggerated features and ambitions, only when Mimi returned was Mathew able to escape.Christopher CrossStill aboard Space Station Hood, Chris is still trying to come to terms with the boy Pipi who acts shocked at the first sign of closeness. For this reason Pipi is a blank check who Chris fails to understand until almost too late. Espionage and crime both emerge as possible explanations for Pipi’s disappearance. Simon SevensonOn the base Bactria one, Simon watches on helpless as Theodore disappears. Mr P, the giant parrot informs him the model controller reacted with the base’s time node. The bird disappears and it is up to Simon to find his friend, his ship ditches in the sea and only then does he discover Theodore’s fate and how to rescue him.

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  Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

  Charlie Adhara

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  Agent Cooper Dayton is almost relieved to get a phone call from his former boss at the Bureau of Special Investigations. It means a temporary reprieve from tensions created by house hunting with Oliver Park, his partner both in work and in life. Living together in a forever home is exactly what Cooper wants. He's just not keen on working out the details. 
  With a former alpha werewolf missing, Cooper and Park are loaned to the BSI to conduct the search at a secluded mountain retreat. The agents will travel to the resort undercover . . . as a couple in need of counseling. 
  The resort is picturesque, the grounds are stunning and the staff members are all suspicious as hell. 
  With a long list of suspects and danger lurking around every cabin, Cooper should be focusing on the case. But he's always been anxious about the power dynamics in his relationship with Park, and participating in the couples' activities at the retreat brings it all to the surface. A storm is brewing, though, and Cooper and Park must rush to solve the case before the weather turns. Or before any more guests—or the agents themselves—end up dead. 
  Contains mature themes.

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  The Very Marrow of Our Bones - A...

  Christine Higdon

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  Defiance, faith, and triumph in a heartrending novel about daughters and mothers
  		 
  On a miserable November day in 1967, two women disappear from a working-class town on the Fraser River. The community is thrown into panic, with talk of drifters and murderous husbands. But no one can find a trace of Bette Parsons or Alice McFee. Even the egg seller, Doris Tenpenny, a woman to whom everyone tells their secrets, hears nothing.
  		 
  Ten-year-old Lulu Parsons discovers something, though: a milk-stained note her mother, Bette, left for her father on the kitchen table. Wally, it says, I will not live in a tarpaper shack for the rest of my life . . .
  		 
  Lulu tells no one, and months later she buries the note in the woods. At the age of ten, she starts running — and forgetting — lurching through her unraveled life, using the safety of solitude and detachment until, at fifty, she learns that she is not the only one who carries a secret.
  		 
  Hopeful, lyrical, comedic, and intriguingly and lovingly told, The Very Marrow of Our Bones explores the isolated landscapes and thorny attachments bred by childhood loss and buried secrets.

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  Awakening Souls - A Tale of Love...

  Angie K. Love

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  From award-winning author of Awakening Hearts: A Tale of Love Across Lifetimes.A serendipitous reconnection. A trip to France. A powerful attraction that never waned. Does true love grant second chances? 
  Alex: There’s my Sage, looking more beautiful than ever! What are the odds I’d run into her the first time I’m on a date—with a woman? My heart and body have always wanted her, but my faith led me to walk away seventeen months ago. 
  When she asks me to join her on a trip to France, my head spins. Is this God giving me a second chance? Will I be able to show up in the way Sage deserves if I say yes, or will my old demons and guilt come back to haunt me? 
  Sage: My body and heart respond to Alex as strongly as ever, while my mind’s apparently already on vacation. I hear myself invite her on my trip to France . . . What am I thinking?! 
  I know the pain of losing her intimately—but she’s clearly been working on herself, and I, too, have been doing my own healing. Still, is it crazy to risk my heart a second time? 
  Can love overcome all obstacles and mend old wounds? 
  Awakening Souls: A Tale of Love Recovered is a second chance, slow burn lesbian romance. It is the sequel to Awakening Hearts: A Tale of Love Across Lifetimes. It can be read as a standalone; however reading Awakening Hearts—before or after—will lend greater depth to the story.

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  Accepting The Fall

  Meg Harding

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  Confronting the past is never easy.Cole Whitaker is happy. He has the job and boyfriend he always wanted. His heart's in no danger of being broken, and he can't ask for more from life. As a kindergarten teacher, he sees it all; however, one troublesome student has him reaching out to the parent, wanting to help. There's something about Savanah that tugs at his heartstrings.He never expected her father.Zander Brooks hasn't had an easy life, and he's made some mistakes. Freshly retired from the military and working as a firefighter, Zander thought he'd left Cole in the rearview mirror. He's not expecting him to appear in St. Petersburg, Florida, of all places, teaching his daughter's kindergarten class. Suddenly, his biggest mistake is being shoved in his face.This is Zander's chance to close a door he'd never fully shut, but time with his former flame might change his mind.Contains mature themes.

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