Showing results for "M. Butterfly" in Literature & Fiction

John Lithgow and B.D. Wong here recreate their original roles from the Tony Award-winning production. Inspired by an actual espionage scandal, a French diplomat discovers the startling truth about his Chinese mistress.

Eighteen-year-old soccer prodigy Davis Day had the world at his feet: a college future, a loyal team, and dreams of playing professionally. All it took was one lie to rip it all away. Branded a criminal before he can defend himself, Davis watches his name, his friendships, and his future collapse. Pressured into a plea deal he never should have taken, he’s trapped in a nightmare where the truth doesn’t matter — and every day feels like another nail driven through the life he once knew.

Morgan Atkins has depended on men her entire life. First her father, then Ethic Okafor, then came Messiah Williams, and finally Ahmeek Harris. She loves them all for different reasons, but the one thing they all have in common is their unconditional love for her. Morgan is the queen of their worlds, if only she knew her own worth. Trapped by the threat of a deadly secret, Morgan has lost it all. She's engaged to an abusive and powerful man who is willing to bury everyone to keep control over Morgan's heart.

The beautiful Gina Huxtable has it all: power, money, a successful business and an exquisite estate, Ashby Manor, in Northern England. She also has a staff of young girls who double as a harem of willing slaves, ready at her beck and call. However what Gina really wants still eludes her.

Above an exclusive men's store on Rodeo Drive, there is a private club called Butterfly, where women are free to act out their secret erotic fantasies. Only the most beautiful and powerful women in Beverly Hills are invited to join.

On November 7, 1974, a young English nanny named Sandra Rivett was murdered in London's West End. Her employer, Lord Lucan, was named as her attacker. It was widely assumed he had mistaken her for his wife. Lord Lucan disappeared the night Sandra Rivett died and has not been seen since. Henry Kennedy lives on a mountain on the other side of the world. He is not who he says he is. Is he a murderer, or a man who can never clear his name? And is he the only one with something to hide?

Ebony is a smart, sexy, career-oriented black woman who wants nothing more than a summer fling with a man who challenges her mind and body. What she doesn't expect is a blond haired, blue-eyed bass player - who won't take "no" for an answer - to accept the challenge.

Lainey hasn't had the best start in life. Her mother is neglectful, and her stepfather is a piece of work. Still, she makes the most of life. She loves attending art college and looks forward to a time when she can be on her own. Then one night, she is knocked down by a speeding driver, and she wakes up as a member of the undead. Not only that, she has powerful visions of an ancient evil vampire, but people are out to get her and to use her unique powers for their own gain.

Redo Stuart is a bivocational man focusing on his work. As the CEO of a fortune 500 company and an associate pastor, he has little time to contemplate on the absence of love in his life. When he meets Beatrice Napal, the unlikely encounter, in an unlikely place, brings about an unlikely connection. The 12-day journey proves life-changing for the both of them; so much so, that it now seems impossible to say goodbye.

Twenty years after the event that changed her life, Lisette is still haunted by the memory of Lacey Lockhart, the college student shot and killed in 1999 by her ex-boyfriend. As Lisette moves forward to take on new relationships and responsibilities, she looks for role models to navigate the promising world she now inhabits. But will Lisette's journey to find her purpose in life be deeper and harder than she thought? Will she have the courage to be the hero of her own story?

Set against the backdrop of the 2002 World Cup and rising anti-American sentiment due to a deadly tank accident involving two young Korean girls, The Korean Word for Butterfly is told from three alternating points-of-view.

Juandre leaves the bar tipsy and in search of a man. While driving home, he picks up a hitchhiker. The two indulge in their wildest fantasies over the weekend and lose touch until ten years later when Andrew realizes he can't live without the man he has been pining for. Just one problem stands between them: Andrew is not fully human and hasn't aged a day.

At twenty-two, my existence was crusty. It was a Friday afternoon when I was racing like the Red Queen down the interstate from New York to Lexington, Kentucky, feeling like I would never reach my destination and, simultaneously, reluctant to start my life as a straight-married man and a father-to-be. When I crossed the bridge at the Ohio River, I swung my sexy sports car over to the first R&G (rainbow and glitter) establishment for a martini or three.