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  Nautch Boy - A Memoir of My Life...

  Manish Gaekwad

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  The Last Courtesan was his mother's story. Nautch Boy tells his own. 
  'A one-of-a-kind book. It takes a ferocious spirit to survive the saddest alleys of the world - and an extraordinary man to narrate it. I consider this book sacred. It is consecrated with my bleeding heart.' - K.R. Meera, Author 
  'Almost a war, but with a lot of hope. Rekhabai is weak and strong, ferocious and gentle, angry and generous. Manish Gaekwad, with a style as simple as his mother's heart and as complex as her life, has compelled us to read without a break.' - Volga, Author & Activist 
  'One outstanding book, this. Take a bow.' - Anita Nair, Author 
   
  A sweet-faced, quiet boy dressed in matching pink shorts and a top poses demurely for a photograph in a kotha, holding a flower vase with plastic white daisies in it. Powdered, scented women around him sparkle and pirouette like movie stars on the silver screen. The boy looks at them in awe. Will he be able to join them in this evening of glamour and music? When will he become a nautch boy?  
  His dream is jinxed by his courtesan mother Rekhabai's ambition to secure his future away from every last thing that ties him to the kotha. But can he silence the music in his veins?  
  Sent off to a boarding school in the hills, the boy learns to balance the two worlds-he can undulate his hips to popular Hindi songs like his mother but also recite by heart the poems of Rossetti and Shelley.  
  Nautch Boy is Manish Gaekwad's account of being born and raised in a disrespected environment at odds with his privileged education. He finds his vocation as a reporter, screenwriter and a novelist, and eventually replaces that flower vase of fake white daisies with colourful stories of love, laughter and decay from the kothas.

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  Gin Turpentine Pennyroyal Rue -...

  Christine Higdon

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  “Christine Higdon is a brilliant storyteller. Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue is a joy and a privilege to read; undoubtedly one of the best books I’ve read in years.” — Donna Morrissey, author of Pluck
  		 
  Four working-class Vancouver sisters, still reeling from the impact of World War I and the pandemic that stole their only brother, are scraping by but attempting to make the most of the exciting 1920s. Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue is a love story — but like all love stories, it’s complicated …
  		 
  Morag is pregnant; she loves her husband. Georgina can’t bear hers and dreams of getting an education. Harriet-Jean, still at home with her opium-addicted mother, is in love with a woman. Isla’s pregnant too — and in love with her sister’s husband. Only one soul knows about Isla’s pregnancy, and it isn’t the father? When Isla resorts to a back-alley abortion and nearly dies, Llewellyn becomes hellbent on revenge, but against whom and to what end? What will it change for Isla and her sisters? For women? And where can revenge lead for a man like Llew, a police detective tangled up in running rum to Prohibition America?
  		 
  Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue is immersed in the complex political and social realities of the 1920s and, not-so ironically, of the 2020s: love, sex, desire, police corruption, abortion, addiction, and women wanting more. Beautifully written, with a compelling cast of characters, this novel is a tender account of love that cannot be acknowledged, of loss and regret, risk and defiance, abiding friendship, and the powerful bonds of chosen family.

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  Greed and other Dangers

  TJ Nichols

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  Dragon shifter Edra has always lived to serve and protect—in ages past as a knight, and in the modern world as a mytho liaison to the San Francisco PD. Behind the scenes he safeguards the mythos community from scandal—and further human hatred. When the eggs of a rare greater dragon are stolen, Edra must find and return them before the mother razes the city. 
  Edra’s partner, Jordan, has just been promoted, and he’s on the trail of several stolen mythos artifacts. Together, they track the eggs to a colony of mermaids living in the bay near Alcatraz Island. 
  But trying to separate a mermaid from her treasure is asking for trouble. 
  As Edra and Jordan grow closer, they test the bounds of human-mythos relationships. But Jordan isn’t ready to mate for life, and Edra won’t pretend to be human for Jordan’s friends. With the hills on fire and a storm brewing in the bay—and in their bed—something’s got to give.

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  Cane's Inlet Mystery Box Set

  Adam Carpenter

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  Scandalous, sinister, suspicious, the Cane's Inlet Mystery series is a tour-de-force tale of two families, one secret, and, ultimately, one man's discovery of his own true self. For Noah Sanders, the story of his birth comes as a surprise to him, and it's as devastating as it is secretive. A web of lies that goes back over one hundred years could reveal a truth Noah doesn't want to know. Who stole him at birth, and why did his family not come searching for him?
  Contains the stories:
  
  Scandalous Lies: A secret rocks Noah Sanders' life, sending him back to a coastal town he never knew, one in which he may have been stolen from.
  
  Sinister Motives: When another murder shocks the coastal village of Cane's Inlet, Noah realizes what's happening no longer concerns only himself. With a mystery dating back to the village's founding, no one is safe.
  
  Suspicious Truths: Noah Sanders is forced to make a decision that will change everything he's strived for since arriving in Cane's Inlet, one that jeopardizes not just his relationship with his family, but with his lover.

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  Principle Decisions

  Thea Belmont

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  A no-strings-attached agreement with a dominatrix seems perfect for a sexually frustrated academic . . . until she learns the other woman's identity. A moving BDSM erotic romance. 
   
   
   
  Icy, aloof professor Vivienne Carter is too busy working and raising her teenage niece to have time for a relationship. When she discovers a business card for mysterious Selene, a local dominatrix, Vivienne is intrigued. Why not get her itch scratched? No feelings need be involved. 
   
   
   
  But then she discovers her alluring dominatrix is actually the bossy new principal at her niece's high school. 
   
   
   
  What happens when Vivienne's called to her office because her niece just can't seem to stay out of trouble? Worse, what happens when feelings do get involved? 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  The Soul's Awakening

  Amanda Murr

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  Rowan never expected investigating the mysterious death of Emery Lancaster would lead her into a world where the line between the living and the dead blurs. What begins as a quest for justice quickly takes an unexpected turn when someone tries to stop her investigation with violence, and that's when Rowan realizes the truth: Emery's spirit hasn't truly left. She can see and even interact with her, caught in an impossible bond that deepens with each passing moment.
  As Rowan digs deeper, she discovers the investigation is more than just about uncovering a death. It's about untangling an ancient, dangerous legacy. The more she uncovers about the Kasper family and their connection to Emery's death, the more entangled she becomes, not just in the mystery, but in her growing bond with Emery's spirit. Every clue she uncovers reveals another layer of danger and intrigue, and the connection between them intensifies in ways Rowan cannot explain.
  What started as a search for answers soon becomes a fight for something much more personal. The line between duty and desire begins to fade as Rowan finds herself falling for Emery in a way that defies reason. As Rowan delves deeper into the family's dark rituals, she faces an impossible choice. With an ancient sacrifice looming, Rowan must decide how far she's willing to go to save Emery -- not just as a memory, but as the woman she's falling for. The more she learns, the more she realizes bringing Emery back may mean defying everything she believes about life, death, and the power of love. But is love between the living and the dead even possible?

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