After her husband confesses to a racy but ultimately unfulfilling affair, Sophie Gibson's rage leaves her raw, unable to process his attempt to repair the damage by suggesting she have her own tryst. Soon, though, the idea of sex as retaliation begins to intrigue her — a no-strings-attached, sexually subversive liaison may be just what she needs before she can forgive Andrew. Hooking up with Peter, a dark and dangerous artist willing to push the limits of Sophie's lustful, quivering need, fits the bill perfectly. Sophie's covetousness for Peter was always about experiencing intensity in the moment, but soon the affair runs its course and now it's time for her to focus on her future with Andrew. Except, Peter is convinced he can't live without her. Then come the cards, the presents, the calls. the hint of a threat. One way or another he will have Sophie. Even if that means exacting revenge of his own.
Relates the author's struggle to overcome her husband's infidelity with other men, drawing on her childhood of innocence and naivete and detailing her journey of healing and forgiveness that has allowed her to love and trust again.
There is a not-so-new, not-so-secret destination where a growing number of American black men are traveling for the kind of sex and freedom they say they can't find with black women.
When Laura Baxter Jacobs finds out that her husband is involved in an adulterous relationship and wants a divorce, she decides she will love him and remain faithful to her marriage, in the bestselling series that shows how God can redeem ...
I often have lunch in Bryant Park in the summertime , ” Nora babbled . “ When are you going back to New Rochelle ? ” “ I'm taking the five twenty train . ” “ Well , you're looking quite smart today , ” Nora complimented .
With her growing reputation Aphra became friends with many of the most notable writers of the day. This is The Age of Dryden and his literary dominance. From the mid 1680's Aphra's health began to decline.
After discovering her husband's infidelity, Jordan Radcliffe moves back to her childhood home where she, swearing off men, is drawn to her new employer--architect Owen Gage, a compassionate man who...
Set in and around New Orleans, The Awakening tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother.
The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class convention are themes of this now-classic novel.
Selected Bibliography KATE CHOPIN : WORKS Seyersted , Per , ed . The Complete Works of Kate Chopin . Two volumes . Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press , 1969 . BIOGRAPHY Deyo , C. L. “ Mrs. Kate Chopin , ” St. Louis Life ...
Like all of Hawthorne's novels, "The Scarlet Letter" has but a slender plot and but few characters with an influence on the development of the story.