Experience a gripping journey into the dark and dangerous world of secrecy and deceit as a high class mistress in this romantic suspense. Follow Sophia Huston as she embarks on a secret business venture as a high-class mistress to several wealthy men, risking blackmail and betrayal as she uses all her cunning and intelligence to survive and reclaim her luxurious lifestyle. Based on a true story, this fast-paced contemporary suspense novel will keep you hooked until the very end with its complex characters, thrilling plot and inspired by true events storyline. If you're a fan of high-stakes suspense, you won't want to miss this page-turner. Reader reviews of this award winning suspense: Wow, I just put this book down with one of those lingering afterglows you get when you want to savor what you've just read... This is certainly a unique story! I don't always review the books I read, but two days later it's still on my mind--it was a page-turner that drew me into the characters' lives and made me care about them. Definitely recommend! The only down side of Duplicity is my lack of sleep- it kept me gripped until the wee hours. Once I started it, I didn't want to put it down. Really enjoyed this book and would recommend it.

Professor Kohl's aim is to gain fresh insight into his literary and critical œuvre of Oscar Wilde. He analyses each of his works on the basis of a textually oriented interpretation, taking equal account of the biographical and intellectual contexts through the use of contradictions that Wilde show as individualism and convention.

Daehlieon Carbe couldn't find real love if it slapped him in the face. A man, whose present has been corrupted by his past, while he survives on misguided optimism the voices in his head, tells him how to play the game of life. He journeys through life and literally is forced to come to grips with his inner-self. There's no shortage of secrets with Daehlieon Carbe, where lust, temptation and lies are concerned. He weaves a web of undetected perversion using his charismatic charm and trickery to beguile seven women, crippling their independence. Then things tend to take on another level with supernatural controlling factors unfolding over seven eventful years on several different horizons. How long will it take for the seven women to expose the masked duplicity of Daehlieon Carbe? Will any of them? How many of the enticed bitter women will try to save him in spite of their own pain? It's true that women fall all over him wherever he shows up.

A funny, tell-all memoir from the New York Times' most controversial restaurant critic.

Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to the Mid-Twentieth Century is a comprehensive and fascinating survey of the key figures in gay and lesbian history from classical times to the mid-twentieth century. Among those included are: * Classical heroes - Achilles; Aeneas; Ganymede * Literary giants - Sappho; Christopher Marlowe; Arthur Rimbaud; Oscar Wilde * Royalty and politicians - Edward II; King James I; Horace Walpole; Michel de Montaigne. Over the course of some 500 entries, expert contributors provide a complete and vivid picture of gay and lesbian life in the Western world throughout the ages.

“Tells the poignant story of Constance in the aftermath of Wilde’s trials and imprisonment, and of her brave attempts to keep in contact with him despite her suffering.” —The Irish Times In the spring of 1895 the life of Constance Wilde changed irrevocably. Up until the conviction of her husband, Oscar, for homosexual crimes, she had held a privileged position in society. Part of a gilded couple, she was a popular children’s author, a fashion icon, and a leading campaigner for women’s rights. A founding member of the magical society The Golden Dawn, her pioneering and questioning spirit encouraged her to sample some of the more controversial aspects of her time. Mrs. Oscar Wilde was a phenomenon in her own right. But that spring Constance’s entire life was eclipsed by scandal. Forced to flee to the Continent with her two sons, her glittering literary and political career ended abruptly. She lived in exile until her death. Franny Moyle now tells Constance’s story with a fresh eye. Drawing on numerous unpublished letters, she brings to life the story of a woman at the heart of fin-de-siècle London and the Aesthetic movement. In a compelling and moving tale of an unlikely couple caught up in a world unsure of its moral footing, Moyle unveils the story of a woman who was the victim of one of the greatest betrayals of all time.