Maizee Hurd moved upriver at the age of 10 after tragedy struck, and she was sent off to be raised by a childless aunt and her doctor husband. Shortly after her arrival in the rural mountain community of Christian Bend, the young girl began hearing voices. It was the tender love of her husband Zeb and their shared passion for the Appalachian hills and rivers of East Tennessee that helped quiet the voices. But, as Zeb prepares for deployment, Maizee's life is rocked by the ripples of World War II.
The sexy series from the NY Times bestselling author Marata Eros, A TERRIBLE LOVE and A BRUTAL TENDERNESS, the companion novel, are steamy and electrifying stories that tap into your inner fantasies. A TERRIBLE LOVE is the first book in the series and was originally released as an eBook in April 2013. The story is told from the female perspective of Jess Mackey, a ballet dancer, making every effort to keep her identity concealed. A BRUTAL TENDERNESS is the second book in the series and is coming out in eBook in August 2013.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux is arguably the most influential publishing house of the modern era. Boris Kachka deftly reveals the era and the city that built FSG through the stories of two men: founder-owner Roger Straus and editor Robert Giroux. Vast but detailed, full of both fresh gossip and keen insight into how the literary world works, HOTHOUSE is the product of five years of research and nearly 200 interviews.
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June's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "I Will Find You" on Netflix, "Cape Fear" on Apple TV, and "Every Year After" on Prime Video; the season premieres of HBO's "House of the Dragon," AMC's "The Vampire Lestat," and Netflix's "Sweet Magnolias"; the conclusion of "The Terror: Devil in Silver" on AMC+ and Shudder; the season finale of The CW's "Sullivan's Crossing"; the midseason finale of "Rivals" on Hulu; the films Supergirl, The Get Out, Underland and In the Hand of Dante; and the DVD/Blu-ray release of Crime 101.