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Tara Selter, the heroine of On the Calculation of Volume, has involuntarily stepped off the train of time: in her world, November eighteenth repeats itself endlessly. We meet Tara on her 122nd November 18th: she no longer experiences the changes of days, weeks, months, or seasons. She finds herself in a lonely new reality without being able to explain why: how is it that she wakes every morning into the same day, knowing to the exact second when the blackbird will burst into song and when the rain will begin?

Emily Quinn enjoys her life in New Haven. She’s grateful for the flexibility her job allows for studying part-time and in a place where she knows her secret’s safe. Attending church with Charlotte, her employer is a blessing. If only meeting Henry—Charlotte’s boyfriend’s best friend—hadn’t ignited fireworks of attraction. But the man’s a player, too good-looking and so charming he could melt ice with his smooth, warm voice. She’ll keep her distance.

These ice hard, experienced Russian men know exactly what they want and how to get it. They meet their match in innocent American girls and their irresistible curves. Once the men get the scent of what they need, nothing will stop them. From dominant Alexandr and voluptuous student Cate, to Christof and his curvy little minx Max, once these couples clash, listen up!

I found the woman of all my most secret dreams. The one woman I must not touch and the only woman I want. As soon as my eyes first catch that curvy little minx, I sense her desires and I feel her aching need. She has no idea how her bouncy curves and the sway of her hips make a man’s need stiffen and grow. She deserves a better man than me, and a much younger man, too. I want so badly to protect her and care for her. I’m aching to claim that beauty and make her mine. Forever. But I must resist the pull of her charms.

I know what I want, and whatever it takes, I’m going to get it, whatever way I can. As soon as I see her, I know that I’ll have to have her, however wrong it is. A lion of the Moscow major crimes division, I’ve slipped the leash and gone rogue on a personal vendetta in the US port city of Baltimore. But the first glimpse of her changes all my plans. I have to have her, I have to make her mine. But first I have to make her safe.

Valentin is passionate, possessive, and jealous. When the older Russian man’s attention fixes on a young American girl, nothing can stand in his way.

I always laughed at men who get trapped by love. I dismissed them as weak. Now my fate is bound to this curvy beauty and I’m stepping into the snare. I’ll do anything to make her safe. She has no idea what danger she’s in. But how can I keep from falling for her when she’s so perfect? I’m in his power and I like it. How can he be so impossibly hot? I know an older man like him wouldn’t be interested in a curvy girl like me, but I’m burning to know what goes on inside that deliciously expensive suit. I shouldn’t feel the way that I do, but he’s just too much man!

I never allowed emotion to disrupt my life before, but my plans all fly out of the window as soon I’m caught by her big round eyes, gleaming into mine. One glimpse of her heart-thumping curves and my pulse starts to hammer. Irina’s scent smokes into my head and curls around my memory. I can’t think of anything else until I have claimed her for my own. Forever.

I need a big scoop to impress my photography professor, so I want to aim for the top. The A-list fashion launch of the season is a dazzling collection of Russian jewelry, and it’s happening in San Francisco tonight. I only need to talk my way into the party, on the megayacht Firebird. When Parker tries to get aboard Firebird, she assumes that the scarily hot older man she almost runs into must be a security guard. How could she know she’s out of her depth already?

I’m not looking for love, and definitely not if it means leaving a witness. But her heart's in my sights the first time I see her. Her lips are my next target, and her soft curves spell danger. I must have her, spread her open and spear the whole of her heart. First, I must save her, witness or not. No time to explain, I have ninety minutes to get this done. I have to have her, to take her and make her safe. And make her mine, completely. Whatever it takes, I will claim her.

He’s so big he takes my breath away. He’s so stern he makes me tremble. And he’s so off-limits that he really shouldn’t make me feel the way that I do. I definitely should not picturing him in any of the ways that I do. He’s older, and it turns out, he’s my new boss. In fact, in this corporation, he’s everybody’s new boss. But when he commands me, the feeling I get is so strong I don’t know how I’ll be able to resist.

Yevgeni knows two things the moment young, troubled Carlie steps into the bar. He knows that she’s trouble on luscious, curvy legs. Wherever she goes, chaos erupts around her. She is a fireball. The other thing he knows is that she is the woman for him. Whether he likes it or not. Carlie’s life has never been easy, and men have never been good news. This huge and powerful Russian may be the worst yet. But where else can she turn in a time of trouble?

Twelve stories, twelve big, Bad Russian men who know exactly what they want. Twelve steamy tales, each one a delicious chase of a criminally hot, powerful older man, driven by irresistible obsession as he discovers, stalks, and fulfills an innocent American girl, his one and only, the woman of his dreams.

She sets me on fire and turns my world upside down. They say that opposites attract. We’re definitely that. I live in the moment, driven by passion. She has her little life all planned out. My love will make her forget all of those plans. She has no idea of the effect that she has. Now that I’ve found her, she’s everything to me. I need her. I have to make her mine. Forever.

Pin must not become like her mother, but nobody will tell her why. She seeks clues in Ma's cooking when she's not fighting other battles—being a bursary girl at an elite school and facing racial taunts from the bus uncle. Then her meddlesome grandmother moves in, installing a portrait of a...

Piercing blue hooded eyes flash. Huge, hot, rich, and ruthless, Alexandr is a one woman man. When he finds her, he is driven by his need to possess her, and nothing can stand in his way.

Adam Wilson loves running his non-profit, Daily Bread; their soup kitchens provide a temporary solution for those in need. But when his dream to open a homeless shelter becomes a possibility and he finds the perfect building, a chance encounter with a beautiful woman adds a complication he didn’t foresee.

Una deslumbrante exploración sobre la memoria, el amor, la soledad, la monotonía y la libertad de decisión. Tara Selter y su marido Thomas viven en Clairon-sous-Bois y son libreros anticuarios especializados en libros ilustrados del siglo XVIII. El 17 de noviembre Tara se despide de su esposo y viaja a Burdeos para asistir a una subasta. A última hora de la tarde toma un tren de Burdeos a París y se aloja en el hotel de siempre, situado en la rue Almageste, donde hay muchas librerías anticuarias.

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