Eric Pete

In this erotic novel of sex and revenge, Eric Pete takes the consequences of dark sexual fantasies one step further. The players are controlling businessman Tanner Coleman, Tanner's staid trophy wife Bianca, and Bianca's wild and liberated sister, Pumpkin. But it's the arrival of a fourth player, Henry-a man with secret ties to Tanner who will do anything to make his own violent fantasies come true-that will take things in a truly twisted direction.

Amelia Bonds is a singer with dashed dreams of stardom. Then a small gig at a local nightclub gives her a second chance at a career-and at love, when she meets Ike, a corrections officer who falls under her spell. But their melodic love story takes a dramatic and suspenseful turn when Ike reveals shocking ties to Amelia's past that neither can escape.

"Whether it takes the form of physical violence or verbal or online harassment, bullying can have serious and lasting effects. In this book, teens write about these effects from the perspective of victim, bully and, in some cases, both. In their stories, victims of bullying show just how damaging this often-overlooked form of violence can be, and the steps they took to get help and feel better. And writers who have been the bullies reveal themselves in a way that will give readers a better understanding of this pattern of violence"--Page 4 of cover.

When he embarks on an affair with Ava, a mysterious woman who knows things about him that he has never even told his wife, Chase finds his life unraveling around him as he searches for the truth about this obsessive beauty.

An engaging exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific mystery to globe-spanning infrastructure, and an essential investigation into how it has remade our entire relationship with food. A century ago, the introduction of artificial refrigeration overturned millennia of dietary history, launching a new chapter in human nutrition. We could now overcome not just rot, but seasonality and geography. Tomatoes in January? Avocados in Shanghai? All possible. In Frostbite, New Yorker contributor and cohost of the award-winning podcast Gastropod Nicola Twilley takes readers on a tour of the cold chain from farm to fridge, visiting off-the-beaten-path landmarks such as Missouri’s subterranean cheese caves, the banana-ripening rooms of New York City, and the vast refrigerated tanks that store the nation’s orange juice reserves. Today, nearly three-quarters of everything on the average American plate is processed, shipped, stored, and sold under refrigeration. It’s impossible to make sense of our food system without understanding the all-but-invisible network of thermal control that underpins it. Twilley’s eye-opening book is the first to reveal how refrigeration has changed what we eat, where it’s grown, how it tastes, and—most importantly—how it affects our health and the environment. In the developed world, we’ve reaped the benefits of refrigeration for more than a century, but the costs are catching up with us. More important, refrigeration is one of the leading contributors to climate change. As the developing world races to build a US-style cold chain, Twilley asks: Can we reduce our dependence on refrigeration? Should we? A deeply researched and entertaining dive into the most important invention in the history of food and drink, Frostbite makes the case for a recalibration of our relationship with the fridge—and how our future might depend on it.