It also contains steamy scenes between two men and the mild violence (and mentions of gore) you might expect from a vampire romance. He introduces a morally gray, obsessive vampire with anger management issues and the bright, playful human who can be his equal in possessive romantic tendencies. Lucien is a heated paranormal romance of MM with consorts, with HEA and no cliffhangers. Will Lucien be able to find a balance between love and obsession? Or will those who want Luc out of his turf intervene before he gets a chance? So when Luc meets a young man in the desert who smells of heaven and won’t run away in fear, Luc knows that he has found his last chance at redemption.īut the more Lucien is charmed by Jamie, the more reluctant he is to taint him with his own vampire curse. The only thing that could prevent his final descent into madness? a friend. He destroyed everything he touched, including the people he cares about. Lucien Volaire has been driven mad for nearly half a century, the monster within him gaining more and more control over his thoughts and actions. Jamie doesn’t know much about the mysterious man in his visions, but he doesn’t have to. The one Jamie has seen in his dreams for the last five years. The only thing missing? The monster of him. He has his family, his friends and a successful independent career at only twenty-three years old.
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Label The visitors Title The visitors Statement of responsibility Catherine Burns Creator Brought up on the planet Titan, Douglas would learn incredible martial arts and telekinetic skills, boosting her power through sheer determination. After Douglas’ family witnessed the landing of Thanos’ spaceship, the Mad Titan eviscerated them, with Douglas narrowly escaping. Her backstory is as tragic as many other members of the team. MoondragonĬreated by Bill Everett, Mike Friedrich, and George Tuska in 1973, Heather Douglas is a fascinating figure and it’s an absolute crime that she is yet to be introduced to the MCU. Their inclusion into a future team would make narrative sense, provide plenty of intriguing conflicts and would help to define the Guardians outside of their original roster. As Marvel looks to its next eras and continues to map out what might happen with the squad, these characters are fantastic figures to draw inspiration from. 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A Mark that allows her to go back and see any crime as it's being committed. A Mark that allows her to walk into alternate pasts and futures. But even her partner doesn't know the real reason why.Īll her life Dana has borne a Mark of unknown origin that she's kept secret. This dark portal fantasy introduces Detective Dana Rohan, an officer who solves crimes using the Mark that allows her to travel to alternate pasts and futures.ĭetective Dana Rohan has an excellent arrest and conviction rate. Pamuk said his intention had been to highlight issues of freedom of speech in Turkey. In 2005, a lawyer sued him over a statement about the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Pamuk's willingness to write books about contentious historical and political events put him at risk of censure in his homeland. The European Writers' Parliament came about as a result of a joint proposal by Pamuk and José Saramago. My Name Is Red won the 2002 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, 2002 Premio Grinzane Cavour and 2003 International Dublin Literary Award. He is also the recipient of numerous other literary awards. Of partial Circassian descent and born in Istanbul, Pamuk is the first Turkish Nobel laureate. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018. He is the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teaches writing and comparative literature. Pamuk's novels include Silent House, The White Castle, The Black Book, The New Life, My Name Is Red, Snow, The Museum of Innocence, A Strangeness in My Mind and The Red-Haired Woman. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him the country's best-selling writer. Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952 Turkish pronunciation: ) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. |