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  The Girl with the Golden Eyes

  Honoré de Balzac

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  The Girl with the Golden Eyes by Honoré de Balzac is a dark, passionate, and provocative novella that plunges readers into the glittering yet corrupt heart of 19th-century Paris. As part of Balzac's vast literary panorama, La Comédie Humaine, this intense narrative explores obsession, sensuality, power, and the hidden decadence beneath aristocratic refinement.
  
  The story follows Henri de Marsay, a handsome, calculating young man who moves effortlessly through the highest circles of Parisian society. Intelligent and emotionally detached, he is accustomed to conquest—whether in politics, finance, or romance. When he hears rumors of a mysterious young woman with extraordinary golden eyes, kept in strict seclusion and surrounded by secrecy, his curiosity ignites into a dangerous obsession.
  
  The object of his desire, Paquita Valdés, is a captivating beauty living under the watchful control of a powerful and enigmatic protector. Her exotic allure and air of imprisonment heighten Henri's determination to possess her. What begins as a seduction soon unfolds into a tense and perilous intrigue, filled with clandestine meetings, coded messages, and hidden identities.
  
  Balzac masterfully contrasts the opulence of Parisian wealth with the moral emptiness lurking beneath it. The city becomes a living force—brilliant and alluring on the surface, yet shadowed by corruption and excess. Through Henri's cold ambition and Paquita's tragic vulnerability, the narrative exposes a world driven by desire and dominance, where love is inseparable from control.
  
  At its core, The Girl with the Golden Eyes is a psychological study of power dynamics in intimate relationships. The characters engage in emotional and physical battles for supremacy, revealing how passion can become destructive when fueled by pride and ego. Balzac's portrayal of sensuality is daring for its time, yet always intertwined with deeper commentary on social hypocrisy and human nature.
  
  The novella builds toward a shocking and dramatic conclusion, one that underscores the dangers of obsession and the fragility of illusion. Through tightly woven storytelling and vivid imagery, Balzac crafts a tale that is both seductive and unsettling.
  
  Rich in symbolism and emotional intensity, The Girl with the Golden Eyes stands as one of Balzac's most striking explorations of desire and decadence. It is a haunting portrait of a society intoxicated by wealth and pleasure, and of individuals trapped by the very passions they seek to command.

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  Perfect Fit

  Aimee Nicole Walker

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  Two incurable bachelors, one incredible journey. 
   
   
   
  Jagger Jackson hides behind a sexy playboy veneer, hoping people see him as a man who doesn't believe in love rather than one who doesn't deserve it. Miller Brexler's carefree bachelorhood is the perfect lifestyle for him, or so he's convinced himself and everyone around him. 
   
   
   
  Can two imperfect men make a perfect fit? 
   
   
   
  JJ and Miller are brought together when their best friends meet and fall in love. Though they try to resist one another, the attraction sparking between them refuses to be ignored. What starts as "just sex" could become so much more if JJ can come to terms with his painful past, and Miller is willing to admit that love may be the missing piece in his seemingly perfect life. Will these two stubborn hearts admit they might've been wrong about love, or will they allow the chance at true happiness to slip away? 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  The Storm - From their pens to...

  Kate Chopin

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  Katherine O'Flaherty was born on the 8th February 1850 in St Louis, Missouri to parents of French and Irish descent. 
  At age 5, she was sent to the Sacred Heart Academy and, apart from a 2 year period at home when her father died, remained there until graduating in 1868.  Whilst there she began writing and became an avid reader of almost anything that crossed her path.   
  Kate married Oscar Chopin in 1870 and the couple moved to New Orleans, and later to the rural setting of Cloutierville, Louisiana to raise their 6 children.  
  In 1882 her husband died leaving her in a deep trench of debt.  Despite her best efforts to turn the businesses around they were sold, and she moved the family back to St Louis and the financial help of her mother.  Sadly, her mother died within the year.  Kate, now struggling with depression, pushed herself to write and gained a local reputation as a writer of short stories that captured the local color and vibrancy of her surroundings. 
  By the early 1890’s her short stories were published nationally.  With this widespread audience also came negative reviews, controversy, and cries of immorality as themes such as interracial relationships, the rights of women and other burning issues of the day were written about. 
  Despite the criticism, which unnerved her, she continued to write though in the main her works, around 100 short stories and two novels, were not attributed with any literary worth. 
  Kate Chopin died from a brain haemorrhage in St Louis Missouri on the 22nd of August 1904.  She was 54. 
  For much of the 20th Century her work was forgotten and out of print.  It was only in early 1970’s, with the rise of feminism and the call for a more just society that she was given the status her works had long described and shone a literary light at.  She is now safely revered as one of America’s great authors.

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  Payback

  Molly D. Shepard, PETER J. DEAN

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  Payback, a delicious page-turner, follows three naïve but ambitious young women chasing their professional dreams in late twentieth-century corporate America. Over the years, their growing friendship forms a tight-knit, supportive bond that sees them through challenges related to gender bias, assault, and racism—as well as the joys of discovering their sexual identity, falling in love, and raising children while navigating demanding careers. 
   
  
   
  Gripping and heartfelt, this tale offers well-developed characters readers will identify with and truly care about. The desire for revenge causes suspense throughout the story. But, what sets Payback apart is its slyly embedded “how-to” career strategies—practical insights woven seamlessly into the story—that give readers tools to overcome their own workplace challenges.

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  Reap the Night

  Debbie Cassidy

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  Once the vampire king stakes his claim, there's no escape. 
   
  I thought I could save Ezekiel, but I was wrong. It isn't me he needs. 
   
  Ariella, the woman gifted to him by the House of Spirit, is the key to breaking his curse. I need to step aside to allow the mystical forces that bind them to get to work. 
   
  It's time to leave Branwood Castle for good. 
   
  As I dive back into my role as head of Chapter and my work on the missing people case, my friendship with Kaster Black begins to bloom into something more. And just when I believe that I'm healing from losing my place at Ezekiel's side, I'm proven wrong. 
   
  The vampire king may have allowed me to leave, but he will never let me go. 
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Sci-Fi Criminals and Nothing But...

  Jack London, Isaac Asimov,...

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  Sci-Fi Criminals and Nothing But Sci-Fi Criminals 2 - 17 Lost Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s and 1 from 1901Watchbird by Robert SheckleyCry Silence by Fredric BrownThe Stainless Steel Rat by Harry HarrisonThe Power by Fredric BrownBirkett’s Twelfth Corpse by August DerlethCurse of the Blue Man by Lawrence M. JanniferMoon of Memory by Bryce WaltonFondly Fahrenheit by Alfred BesterStarlight! by Isaac AsimovThe Minions of Midas by Jack LondonMr. Meek—Musketeer by Clifford D. SimakThe Risk Profession by Donald E. WestlakeThe Eel by Miriam Allen DeFord Beyond Annihilation by Henry KuttnerThe Time Snatcher by Randall GarrettEight Million Dollars From Mars! by Winston MarksForever by Robert Sheckley Lancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate by Nelson S. Bond

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