From the author of The Latehomecomer, a powerful memoir of her father, a Hmong song poet who sacrificed his gift for his children's future in America In the Hmong tradition, the song poet recounts the story of his people, their history and tragedies, joys and losses; extemporizing or drawing on folk tales, he keeps the past alive, invokes the spirits and the homeland, and records courtships, births, weddings, and wishes. Following her award-winning book The Latehomecomer, Kao Kalia Yang now retells the life of her father Bee Yang, the song poet, a Hmong refugee in Minnesota, driven from the mountains of Laos by American's Secret War. Bee lost his father as a young boy and keenly felt his orphanhood. He would wander from one neighbor to the next, collecting the things they said to each other, whispering the words to himself at night until, one day, a song was born. Bee sings the life of his people through the war-torn jungle and a Thai refugee camp. But the songs fall away in the cold, bitter world of a Minneapolis housing project and on the factory floor until, with the death of Bee's mother, the songs leave him for good. But before they do, Bee, with his poetry, has polished a life of poverty for his children, burnished their grim reality so that they might shine. Written with the exquisite beauty for which Kao Kalia Yang is renowned, The Song Poet is a love story -- of a daughter for her father, a father for his children, a people for their land, their traditions, and all that they have lost.

You opened your legs before I opened my heart, now you agonize over why a love didn't start. There are so many other ways to show me you're real, and they don't involve showing how your insides feel. Sooner or later you'll understand. It takes more than sex to keep a man. There's always going to be a first and a last. First make me see your heart, before you show me your ass. Lance and Meek are back again as they try to overcome the pain and deceit from "One Life for One Night". New games, new secrets, new drama and lies will be revealed as they find all the truths they were searching for in "Life after the Night."

Pamela Lynnette Crosby wants it all; the dream job, a home of her own and the top of the line car to enhance her image but the one thing she can do without is a man. Everything else has made her list of priorities but the idea of a romantic love interest never made the cut. Men in Pamela's eyes are good for carrying luggage or giving her passionate sexual attention. Once they have finished their appointed tasks she no longer has use for them until her needs arise again. Anthony Kyle Waters knows how to get the things that he wants with his persistent attitude and sweet charming ways. Nothing or no one could challenge him that is until he set his sights on Pamela, the one who can take or leave him. There is nothing he wouldn't do to hold on to her, love her and make her feel completely desirable. She becomes his greatest quest and number one priority. Question is how far should they go for love? When are the matters of the heart matters of life or death? The thin line between love and hate is crossed when the lives of these two lovers make drastic unexpected turns for the good, the bad and the down right ugly.

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Elizabeth always finds herself running out of situations she can't stop from happening. She can't help it that she needs blood to satisfy her cravings, or that she is far from human, the black wings on her back are sure proof of that. Hell, Elizabeth isn't even her real name, in fact she can't remember a good portion of her past. About ready to give up one stormy night, she meets a boy who saves her from her latest bad deed and travels with him. But Jade appears to know a bit more about her than he first let on, it become apparent when another boy from her past joins the journey. Even though Obsidian answers all of Elizabeth's questions he too seems to be hiding something, a reason of why he got them all together in the first place, that will cause Elizabeth's whole world to crumble apart.

Torn up, coated in blood, and shaking with fear, a pit bull cowers on the edge of a cliff over two hundred feet above the raging waters of the Rogue River. Jeannette Z. Hammond, facing one of her biggest fears, dangles from a rope approximately thirty feet above the dog. Recruiting the help of her friend Dorathy, Jeannette reluctantly teams up with a handsome stranger named Jake and his new friend, the very elderly and spunky Chuck. In a humorous and exciting escapade, the odd foursome set out to rescue dogs from a dog fighting ring only to find themselves neck deep in an even bigger secret. Jeannette falls into a strange series of events that lead to bizarre nightmares and new friends, human and k-9 both, as she ́s dumped into a mysterious kidnapping ring. Within one week, six children are missing in three states, all girls, all under the age of twelve, and most have I.Q.s over the top. Professor Jonathan P. Morgan has a very special purpose for the children he ́s collected. Facing a life without their families, being raised and trained by a madman, the children look to Jeannette for hope.