She only wished to prove to herself she was once more on a train going somewhere' A tender story of devotion, resentment and ennui from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.

Erotic Thriller. Cara Keene, a heretofore happily married artist from California. Her husband, Robert a successful software engineer. Everything seems to be going great for the young couple, except that Cara is haunted by a man in her dreams. He comes to her each night in heated, nightmare passion, becoming more demanding as time moves on. This shadow man satisfies her in a deep, dark, sado-masochistic way. Though she wants to be free of his seduction, her desire runs too deep. Following a tragic accident, Cara moves to New York in hopes of a fresh start. But even there, she cannot escape the shadow man. Her story continues on the seedy streets of 1990's New York City where a new love interest, introduces her to an underground world of sex parties and counter-culture. Is this her dreams calling to her? But where will this fraught path lead and the madness end? We witness Cara growing into a new being, a fulfilled and wild creature. But danger is not far away. Something awaits that is far more real than dreamy shadows.

In four new novellas, Christina Henry returns to the world of Alice and Red Queen, where magic runs as freely as secrets and blood. Lovely Creature In the New City lives a girl with a secret: Elizabeth can do magic. But someone knows her secret--someone who has a secret of his own. That secret is a butterfly that lives in a jar, a butterfly that was supposed to be gone forever, a butterfly that used to be called the Jabberwock... Girl in Amber Alice and Hatcher are just looking for a place to rest. Alice has been dreaming of a cottage by a lake and a field of wildflowers, but while walking blind in a snowstorm she stumbles into a house that only seems empty and abandoned... When I First Came to Town Hatcher wasn't always Hatcher. Once, he was a boy called Nicholas, and Nicholas fancied himself the best fighter in the Old City. No matter who fought him he always won. Then his boss tells him he's going to battle the fearsome Grinder, a man who never leaves his opponents alive... The Mercy Seat There is a place hidden in the mountains, where all the people hate and fear magic and Magicians. It is the Village of the Pure, and though Alice and Hatcher would do anything to avoid it, it lies directly in their path...

The fascinating true story of von Ziegesar's life of privilege mirrored by that of his half-brother of the same name, a homeless schizophrenic man and former violin prodigy. Woven through this remarkable memoir are memories of Peter's father, his experience of fatherhood, luxurious scenes from Peacock Point and the care he now gives to Little Peter.

Hunter Bell, a minister turned gambler, rescues Quaye McGandley from a blizzard and nurses her back to health in his Utah cabin.

Alice nearly didn't go to the sleepover. Why would Savvy, queen of the school, invite someone like her? Now Alice is lying unconscious in a hospital bed. Lost in a wonderland of dreams and half-formed memories, she's surrounded by voices - the doctor, her worried friends and Luke - whose kisses the night of the fall took her by surprise . . . When the accident happened her world vanished - can Alice ever find her way back? A wonderful modern-day reimagining of Lewis Carroll's timeless classic, an unforgettable tale of friendship and love from one of the UK's best-loved authors.