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BOOKS (15th-18th JULY)
A D U L T
Guarded Desires (Heart of Fame, #3)
by: Lexxie Couper
Small-screen sex symbol Chris Huntley is on the fast track to
becoming the next big action-blockbuster movie star. When his latest
movie takes him to Australia for a red-carpet premiere, he thinks he’s
ready for anything.
But nothing could have prepared him for his
raw, carnal response to his Aussie bodyguard. Sexual attraction to a man
is a first for Chris. Now he realizes why his relationships with women
have never felt quite…complete.
Liev Reynolds is comfortable with
his bisexuality, but his attraction to Chris is an inconvenience he
must ignore. For starters, there’s his professional ethics. Then there’s
the long trail of female broken hearts in Chris’s wake.
Hard as
they both try to keep their minds on their jobs, desire and a little
matchmaking tip them over the edge. But Hollywood endings aren’t real
life. And when the truth leaks out, their careers aren’t the only
collateral damage.
Warning: A hunky Hollywood sex symbol. A
smoldering, stubborn Australian. A desire so powerful it cannot be
denied. A kiss. And a photograph. This
isn’t your normal boy-meets-boy story.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Harder He Falls, The (So Inked, #2)
by: Sidney Bristol
A woman who doesn’t have time for love…
A
hot night full of hotel-destroying sex was all Kellie wanted from her
client-turned-sex god. Between family and work, there isn’t room for
love, just hot, sweaty lust. An arrangement for mutual gratification is
exactly what Kellie wants, but every kiss, each mind-blowing orgasm
twines her heart around a man she cannot have.
A man building a new life…
Quinton’s
assumptions about the So Inked shop owner are turned on their head
after one session under her tattoo machine. Kellie’s not the vandal he’s
looking for, but she’s the woman he wants. In his bed, on the desk or
under the stars, he’ll take her any way he can get her. But Quin has
secrets and someone is out to destroy him. Someone who has their sights
set on Kellie now.
Release Date: 18th July 2013
Innocence Defied (New York, #3)
by: Lainey Reese
Gage Hollister is a
Southern Dom looking for a full time sub/slave. When his family's
business brings him to New York City for an indefinite stay, he decides
that now is the time to find her. Night after night he prowls the local
BDSM club in search of a woman whose need to be dominated equals his
thirst for true submission. As the search drags on he begins to wonder
if his perfect match even exists. When he is asked to play chaperone
for a family friend embarking on her first trip as an adult; he welcomes
the chance for distraction from his thus far fruitless endeavor.
Zoe
Marshall is the youngest sister to Gage's best friend and she has been
in love with Gage for as long as she can remember. She has saved herself
for him and him alone. Now, after careful planning and a bit of luck
she finally has her opportunity to show Gage that she's all grown up and
ready to be his. Although he believes himself too old and jaded for an
innocent like her, Zoe will not relent until she belongs to him in every
way.
Soon Gage's resistance crumbles and Zoe's dreams become
reality but their budding love is tested when her brother discovers
them. As those bonds of friendship strain under betrayal and broken
trust, Zoe is confronted with having to choose between the man she loves
and the brother she worships. Will having the love of her man cost her
the love of her family? If so, is her heart strong enough to survive
that loss? Is their love?
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
by: Adelle Waldman
Bold, touching, and funny—a debut novel by a brilliant young woman about the coming-of-age of a brilliant young literary man
“He
was not the kind of guy who disappeared after sleeping with a woman—and
certainly not after the condom broke. On the contrary: Nathaniel Piven
was a product of a postfeminist 1980s childhood and politically correct,
1990s college education. He had learned all about male privilege.
Moreover, he was in possession of a functional and frankly rather
clamorous conscience.” – From The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
Nate
Piven is a rising star in Brooklyn’s literary scene. After several lean
and striving years, he has his pick of both magazine assignments and
women: Juliet, the hotshot business reporter; Elisa, his gorgeous
ex-girlfriend, now friend; and Hannah, “almost universally regarded as
nice and smart, or smart and nice,” who is lively fun and holds her own
in conversation with his friends.
In this 21st-century literary
world, wit and conversation are not at all dead. Is romance? Novelist
Adelle Waldman plunges into the psyche of a modern man—who thinks of
himself as beyond superficial judgment, yet constantly struggles with
his own status anxiety, who is drawn to women, yet has a habit of
letting them down. With tough-minded intelligence and wry good humor The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.
is an absorbing tale of one young man’s search for happiness—and an
inside look at how he really thinks about women, sex and love.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Morning Light (A Day of Pleasure, #1)
by: Cora Cade
During Noah Harper's
ten years as an Army Ranger, Tennyson Sharpe's letters were his
lifeline. With each mail call, the bright and vibrant girl of his youth
slowly became the woman of his dreams.
Now he's home and he's in
hell. The problem? Tenn is his little brother's best friend. Claiming
her risks all kinds of collateral damage.
Tenn is getting
nervous. Since Noah came home, they've been circling each other, neither
willing to risk the status quo. It s time to kick things up a notch and
make a play for the man she's loved since she was sixteen before
someone else does.
Dressing to impress works better than she
could have dreamed. After a scorching interlude leads to a steamy
morning wrapped in each others arms, reality comes crashing down.
Shining a devastating light on Tenn's deepest fears and forcing Noah
into scramble mode to convince her forever was always on his mind.
Warning:
This book contains some serious foreplay in the great outdoors;
stand-up sex with a hot, stand-up guy; and a wounded Army Ranger who s
determined to leave no heart behind especially the one belonging to the
girl of his dreams.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
On the Road to a Perfect Match
by: Elizabeth Gold
Todd and Brad have been friends since they were kids dreaming of making
their pro wrestling dreams a reality. After Todd’s college girlfriend
ditches him, he convinces Brad to put his education on hold and go to
wrestling school in Portland.
With money tight, Todd and Brad
end up sharing a pull-out bed in a small apartment. It gets increasingly
difficult for them to hide their feelings—or even to determine exactly
what it is they do feel for each other.
When Todd’s mother is
diagnosed with cancer, he returns to Seattle. Brad is left to fend for
himself in Portland and struggles with jealousy and guilt as he wishes
for Todd to be with him again. Will their wrestling careers ever take
off? And what will happen to Todd and Brad’s relationship, in and out of
the ring?
Release Date: 15th July 2013
Winning Season, The
by: Alison Packard
Kelly Maxwell has
finally landed her dream job as publicist for the San Francisco Blaze.
But the team's newest member, handsome bad boy catcher Matt Scanlon, is
refusing every interview. She's got to get him to open up before the
season ends, or she may not be back next year. And after everything she
overcame to achieve her dream, Kelly's not about to let that happen.
Matt
Scanlon just wants to be left alone to rebuild his life and his career.
After a year of masking the pain of a recent loss with hard partying
and fast women, he finally hit rock bottom and was traded to a team he's
loathed his entire life—a team with little to no chance at the
post-season.
Butting heads is getting Kelly and Matt nowhere but
annoyed, and with the team's schedule on the road, they can't avoid
close quarters—or their surprising attraction to one another. As the
season winds down, Matt finds his growing feelings for Kelly have
brought his numbed emotions back to life. But when betrayal shatters
their fragile trust, winning it all seems more impossible than ever.
Release Date: 15th July 2013
Y O U N G A D U L T
Belladonna (Secrets of the Eternal Rose, #2)
by: Fiona Paul
In the second in the
stunning Secrets of the Eternal Rose series, Cassandra Caravello is
trying to forget Falco, the wild artist who ran off with her heart, as
she grows closer to her strong, steady fiancé, Luca. But Luca seems to
have his own secrets. When he’s arrested by soldiers in the middle of
the night, Cass’s life is once again thrown into chaos. She must save
Luca, and that means finding the Book of the Eternal Rose—the only
evidence that will prove he’s innocent.
So begins her journey to
Florence, a city haunted by whispers of vampirism, secret soirees and
clandestine meetings of the Order of the Eternal Rose. And home to
Falco, who is working for the Order’s eerily stunning leader, the
Belladonna herself.
Can Cass trust her heart to lead her to the truth this time?
Nothing is as it seems in this seductive thriller, where the truth may be the deadliest poison of all.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Dangerous Girls
by: Abigail Haas
Paradise quickly
gets gruesome in this thrilling page-turner with a plot that’s ripped
from the headlines and a twist that defies the imagination.
It’s
Spring Break of senior year. Anna, her boyfriend Tate, her best friend
Elise, and a few other close friends are off to a debaucherous trip to
Aruba that promises to be the time of their lives.
But when Elise
is found brutally murdered, Anna finds herself trapped in a country not
her own, fighting against vile and contemptuous accusations. As Anna
sets out to find her friend’s killer, she discovers harsh revelations
about her friendships, the slippery nature of truth, and the ache of
young love.
Awaiting the judge’s decree, it becomes clear to Anna
that everyone around her thinks she is not only guilty, but also
dangerous. And when the whole story comes out, reality is more shocking
than anyone ever imagined..
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Imperfect Spiral
by: Debbie Levy
Danielle Snyder's
summer job as a babysitter takes a tragic turn when Humphrey, the
five-year-old boy she's watching, runs in front of oncoming traffic to
chase down his football. Immediately Danielle is caught up in the
machinery of tragedy: police investigations, neighborhood squabbling,
and, when the driver of the car that struck Humphrey turns out to be an
undocumented alien, outsiders use the accident to further a politically
charged immigration debate. Wanting only to mourn Humphrey, the sweet
kid she had a surprisingly strong friendship with, Danielle tries to
avoid the world around her. Through a new relationship with Justin, a
boy she meets at the park, she begins to work through her grief, but as
details of the accident emerge, much is not as it seems. It's time for
Danielle to face reality, but when the truth brings so much pain, can
she find a way to do right by Humphrey's memory and forgive herself for
his death?
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Left Drowning
by: Jessica Park
What does it take to rise from life’s depths, swim against the current, and breathe?
Weighted
down by the loss of her parents, Blythe McGuire struggles to keep her
head above water as she trudges through her last year at Matthews
College. Then a chance meeting sends Blythe crashing into something she
doesn’t expect—an undeniable attraction to a dark-haired senior named
Chris Shepherd, whose past may be even more complicated than her own. As
their relationship deepens, Chris pulls Blythe out of the stupor she’s
been in since the night a fire took half her family. She begins to heal,
and even, haltingly, to love this guy who helps her find new paths to
pleasure and self-discovery. But as Blythe moves into calmer waters, she
realizes Chris is the one still strangled by his family’s traumatic
history. As dark currents threaten to pull him under, Blythe may be the
only person who can keep him from drowning.
*This book is intended for mature audiences due to strong language and sexual content.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
No Easy Way Out (No Safety in Numbers, #2)
by: Dayna Lorentz
It's Day 7 in the
quarantined mall. The riot is over and the senator trapped inside is
determined to end the chaos. Even with new rules, assigned jobs, and
heightened security, she still needs to get the teen population under
control. So she enlists Marco's help--allowing him to keep his stolen
universal card key in exchange for spying on the very football players
who are protecting him.
But someone is working against the new
systems, targeting the teens, and putting the entire mall in even more
danger. Lexi, Marco, Ryan, and Shay believe their new alliances are sound.
They are wrong. Who can be trusted? And who will be left to trust?
The virus was just the beginning.
Fans of Life As We Knew It and those who love apocalyptic plots will love this modern Lord of the Flies. The sequel to No Safety in Numbers is a pounding, relentless rush that will break your heart and keep you guessing until the end.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Perfection
by: JL Spelbring
The personification of
Aryan purity, Ellyssa's spent her whole life under her creator's strict
training and guidance; her purpose is to eradicate inferior beings. She
was genetically engineered to be the perfect soldier: strong,
intelligent, unemotional, and telepathic.
Only Ellyssa isn't perfect.
Ellyssa
feels emotions--a fact she's spent her life concealing. Until she
encounters the epitome of inferiority: a dark-haired boy raised among
renegades hiding since the Nazis won the war a century ago. He speaks to
her telepathically, pushing thoughts into her mind, despite the
impossibility of such a substandard person having psychic abilities.
But he does.
His
unspoken words and visions of a place she's never visited make Ellyssa
question her creator. Confused and afraid her secret will be discovered,
Ellyssa runs away, embarking on a journey where she discovers there is
more to her than perfection.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Replica (Replica, #1)
by: Jenna Black
Sixteen-year-old Nadia
Lake comes from a high-class Executive family in the Corporate States.
Her marriage has been arranged with the most powerful family in her
state, which means she lives a life of privilege but also of public
scrutiny, followed everywhere by photographers, every detail of her
private life tabloid fodder. But her future is assured, as long as she
can maintain her flawless public image — no easy feat when your
betrothed is a notorious playboy.
Nathan Hayes is the heir of
Paxco — controller of the former state of New York, and creator of human
replication technology, science that every state and every country in
the world would kill to have. Though Nadia and Nate aren’t in love,
they’ve grown up close, and they (and the world) are happy enough with
their match.
Until Nate turns up dead, and as far as everyone knows, Nadia was the last person to see him alive.
When
the new Nate wakes up in the replication tanks, he knows he must have
died, but with a memory that only reaches to his last memory backup, he
doesn’t know what killed him. Together, Nadia and Nate must discover
what really happened without revealing the secrets that those who run
their world would kill to protect.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
MOVIES & TV SERIES (16th July)
M O V I E S
5 Shells
Directed by: Paul S. Myers
Starring: Kelsey Hutton, Eve Kozikowski
When their parents are brutally murdered by bandits, two young girls,
Matti and Joslyn are left completely alone in a world destroyed by the
financial meltdown. With the weight of responsibility on her shoulders, a
shotgun in hand, and only 5 shells to protect them. Matti decides they
must go find their only relative they know of, their grandmother, who
they have never actually met.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
42
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford
Hero is a word we hear often in sports, but heroism is not always about
achievements on the field of play. "42" tells the story of two men-the
great Jackie Robinson and legendary Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch
Rickey-whose brave stand against prejudice forever changed the world by
changing the game of baseball. In 1946, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford)
put himself at the forefront of history when he signed Jackie Robinson
(Chadwick Boseman) to the team, breaking Major League Baseball's
infamous color
line. But the deal also
put both Robinson and Rickey in the firing line of the public, the press
and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side,
Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and restraint by
not reacting in kind, knowing that any incident could destroy his and
Rickey's hopes. Instead, Number 42 let his talent on the field do the
talking-ultimately winning over fans and his teammates, silencing his
critics, and paving the way for others to follow.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Bullet to the Head
Directed by: Walter Hill
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang
Based on a graphic novel by Alexis Nolent, the plot follows a weary New
Orleans hit man (Sylvester Stallone) on the run after an assignment goes
bad. Bent on evening the score, he teams up with a fish-out-of-water
cop (Sung Kang) and proceeds to lay waste to the city.
Release Date: 23rd July 2013
End of Love
Directed by: Mark Webber
Starring: Mark Webber, Shannyn Sossamon
THE END OF LOVE tells the story of struggling actor, Mark (played by
writer/director Mark Webber), who is forced to grapple with his
inability to grow up when the mother of his two-year-old son Isaac
suddenly passes away. As he kindles a relationship with a young single
mother (Shannyn Sossamon, 40 Days and 40 Nights), he begins to realize
that he can no longer remain in denial about the real-life consequences
his choices have on Isaac (played by Isaac Love, Webber's real-life
son). The End of
Love is an intimate and stunningly honest portrait of a young father in transition between the life he's been working for and the one that's waiting for him.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Erased
Directed by: Philipp Stolzl
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko
Ex-CIA operative Ben Logan (Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight) has been
long estranged from his young daughter (Liana Liberato). That instantly
changes when both are mysteriously targeted for termination, and all
evidence of Logan’s life is erased. Pursued by a relentless, enigmatic
agent (Olga Kurylenko), the two go on the run in search of the truth, in
this non-stop, heart-racing international thriller.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Evil Dead
Directed by: Fede Alvarez
Starring: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez
A secluded cabin. An ancient curse. An unrelenting evil. Sam Raimi and
Bruce Campbell reunite to present a genuinely terrifying re-imagining of
their original horror masterpiece. Five young friends have found the
mysterious and fiercely powerful Book of the Dead. Unable to resist its
temptation, they release a violent demon on a blood-thirsty quest to
possess them all. Who will be left to fight for their survival and
defeat this unearthly force of murderous carnage?
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Hiding in Plain Sight
Directed by: M. Legend Brown
Starring: Kelly O'Neil Jackson, Sharice Henry Chasi
Bereft of resources and savings, Darius and Josephine Blackmon fall hard
from their middle-class lifestyle and resort to living in their car.
The couple has two young children to care for, but they have no family
or friends to help them out of their hardship. Meanwhile, Darius' once
unshakeable faith begins to fall apart as the pressures of trying to
find work and keep his family together start to mount. While Darius and
his family try to maintain appearances during the day and stay out of
sight at night, a prominent teacher named Kevin Allen is working to keep
kids in school with government vouchers, filling in where the pay
checks stop. Little does Darius know that his path will soon cross
Kevin's and make an unimaginable difference in the Blackmons' lives.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Solomon Kane
Directed by: Michael Bassett
Starring: James Purefoy, Max Von Sydow
Captain Solomon Kane is a brutally efficient 16th Century killing
machine. Armed with his signature pistols, cutlass and rapier, he and
his men unleash their bloodlust as they fight for England in war after
war on all continents. As the story opens, Kane and his band of
pillagers are carving a bloody path through hordes of defenders in an
exotic city in northern Africa. But, when Kane decides to attack a
mysterious nearby castle to plunder its rumored riches, his mission
takes a fateful turn. One by one, Kane's men are picked off by demonic
creatures until he alone is left to face the Devil's own Reaper --
dispatched from the depths of Hell to lay claim to his hopelessly
corrupt soul. Though Kane at last manages to escape, he knows that he
now must redeem himself by renouncing violence and devoting himself
wholly to a life of peace and purity.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
White Frog
Directed by: Quentin Lee
Starring: Booboo Stewart, BD Wong
See the heartthrobs from Glee, Teen Wolf and Twilight all in one movie!
From talented director Quentin Lee, White Frog is a universal story of
the power of family, friendship and love. This deeply moving family
drama tells the tale of Nick (Twilight s Booboo Stewart), a young teen
with Asperger s syndrome. When his big brother Chaz (Glee s Harry Shum
Jr.) passes away in a tragic accident, Chaz s friends comfort young Nick
as he gradually discovers the truth Chaz was gay, but afraid to come
out to their very traditional Chinese American parents (BD Wong and Joan
Chen). The film s terrific all star cast also includes Gregg Sulkin (TV's Wizards of Waverly Place), Tyler Posey (TV s Teen Wolf ) and Kelly
Hu (X2, TV's The Vampire Diaries).
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Wild Bill
Directed by: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Andy Serkis, Charlie Creed Miles
Out on parole after 8 years inside, Bill Hayward returns home to find
his now 11 and 15-year-old sons, Jimmy and Dean, abandoned by their
mother and fending for themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring
Bill is determined to move on. Dean reluctantly forces his dad to stay,
but when Jimmy finds himself in trouble with Bill s old drug-dealing
mates, Bill has to decide what kind of dad he really wants to be a good
one or a free one.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
T V S E R I E S
Alphas: Season 2
Starring: David Strathairn, John Pyper-Ferguson
Discredited by the government after revealing the existence of Alphas in
Season One, Dr. Lee Rosen (Academy Awardr nominee David Strathairn,
Good Night, and Good Luck) must re-assemble his now defunct team to face
the growing threat of Alpha extremist Stanton Parish (John
Pyper-Ferguson, Fringe). With the help of tech-genius Skylar (guest star
Summer Glau, Firefly) and memory recorder Mitchell (guest star Sean
Astin, The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Rosen and his team must work
together to uncover Parish's chilling plan. But with a mole in their
midst, can they overcome the dangers that surround them and stop Parish
before it's too late?
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Damages: Season 5
Starring: Glenn Close, Rose Byrne
To win at all costs, sometimes you pay the ultimate price. In the final
season of the award-winning legal thriller, powerhouse attorney Patty
Hewes (three-time Emmyr and two-time Golden Glober winner Glenn Close)
and her ex-prot‚g‚e Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) face off in a fatal
double showdown: the wrongful death case against a charismatic,
international cyber-hacker (Ryan Phillippe, Flags of Our Fathers), and a
devastating custody battle pitting Patty against her own son resulting
in a series finale as explosive as it is unexpected. Special guest stars
also include Golden Glober winner Jenna Elfman (TV's "Dharma &
Greg") and Michael Gaston (Inception).
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Hell On Wheels: Season 2
Starring: Anson Mount
Still struggling to leave his troubled past behind, former Confederate
officer Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) returns to Hell on Wheels, the
traveling settlement that follows and services the construction of the
first transcontinental railroad. There, he faces a new onslaught of
turmoil, danger and corruption in a treacherous town where life is cheap
and greed is the only law.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Misfits: Season 3
Starring: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
This is a super-sized, super-powered Misfits, with brilliantly
surprising, original storylines and a body count to make CSI proud.
Things certainly haven’t got any quieter for the gang. When we left the
Infamous Five, our Misfits were locked in a tense trade-off of powers
with super-dealer Seth. But have any of them ended up with a power
approaching something at least halfway useful? Following Nathan’s
departure, there’s also a new kid on the block, Rudy, who is learning
fast that probation Misfits-style involves not much community service,
lots of running around, fighting baddies and disposing of bodies. With
zombies, time-travel and some complicated relationships developing,
there’s definitely nothing normal about our five favorite superheroes…
Release Date: 16th July 2013
Orphan Black: Season 1
Starring: Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce
Sarah is a streetwise outsider, currently on the run from a bad
relationship and painfully separated from her own daughter. When an
eerily lookalike stranger commits a shocking suicide right in front of
her, Sarah sees a potential solution to all her problems by assuming the
dead woman’s identity and clearing out her bank account. But instead,
she stumbles headlong into a kaleidoscopic thriller mystery, and soon
uncovers an earth-shattering secret: she is a clone. As Sarah searches
for answers, she soon learns there are more like her out there,
genetically identical individuals, nurtured in wildly different
circumstances. And someone is trying to kill them off, one by one.
Release Date: 16th July 2013
