Showing results for "Illusion" in Literature & Fiction

A hybrid born of an Angel-Fallen union, Riley Shepard is an anomaly coveted by both sides of an ancient war. But he doesn’t want to fight their war; he has his own battles to face. As his family fractures, bonds are tested, and forbidden feelings threaten to tear his heart into bloody thirds. When the next attack comes, is he strong enough to separate truth from lies, allies from enemies, reality from fantasy? How can Riley know what’s true, when he doesn’t even know what’s real? Life isn’t simple, love is complicated, and reality is terrifyingly blurry.

A secret consortium, a bent banker, and a desperate lawyer are all that stand between Elliott Snowmaker and the inheritance of her great-uncle's failing aircraft restoration business. Elliott doesn't think twice about leaving her home in Toronto and making the long trip to New Mexico and Illusion Lake. Once there, she soon discovers that somebody wants her gone, and gone fast. Staying was not the plan. But there's something about Illusion Lake that definitely deserves her consideration.

Valerie Bradley has always lived by three words: Prim. Proper. Professional. Fresh out of training and armed with a sharp mind and indomitable willpower, she's ready to prove herself at the CIA—even if it means suppressing every vulnerable part of herself to fit in with the boys' club of...

The Tampa nightclub Shadows, in Ybor City, is the refuge for those who are not quite normal. Simon finally found a home away from home where he "fit in", but he was still the only single person in his new family. Being different made dating a nightmare. John was still hung up on his best friend, but when a bartender rescued him from a gay-bashing, he never expected his life would go in such in a bizarre direction. Learning about himself and accepting who he was was a challenge, one he wasn’t sure he could handle.

Una pareja de varones se encuentra cada domingo. La familia, los hijos, la complejidad del amor desde la perspectiva de uno de los amantes. Apasionado, dulce, ambiguo, doloroso, el encuentro entre dos varones se repite domingo a domingo en un pequeño departamento. Desde allí se asoman al balcón frente al que se despliega el horizonte majestuoso de árboles y edificios de una Buenos Aires pobre y necia, que grita su ruina. Vendrán inmediatamente los días que los separen, los de la semana, la que los seres humanos dedican al trabajo y la familia.