Romance
Christy
A journey tale about love, loss, and what it truly means to come home.
Christy, a woman hardened by the streets and clinging to a life of…
Les Misérables
This is book 1 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the w…
Madame Bovary
Published in book form in April 1857, the novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her mea…
Sleeping Fires
The story of a love so strong that neither the rigid rules of Society in California in the 1800s nor the very bowels of hell could keep a yo…
Rappaccini's Daughter
The story is set in Padua in a distant, but unspecified past. From his quarters, Giovanni, a young student of letters, observes Beatrice, th…
Genji Monogatari
Genji Monogatari, or The Tale of Genji, is a Japanese classic novel from the eleventh century. Supposedly commissioned by members of the Imp…
The Tempest
John Dryden and William D'Avenant's Restoration adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest preserves the main plot and characters of the origin…
The Burglar and the Blizzard
Geoffrey Holland, a young millionaire, visits his country home in Hillsborough after hearing of a recent string of burglaries. To Holland's …
Star Struck
Three days is not very long, but to Victoria, who’s been away from her new love Rob Malloy, it seems like forever. Returning from Colorado, …
Old Friends And New Fancies
Generally acknowledged to be the first sequel to the work of Jane Austen, Old Friends and New Fancies incorporates characters from each of A…
The British Barbarians
After Civil Servant Philip Christy crosses paths with the mysterious Bertram Ingledew in the respectable suburb of Brackenhurst, Philip and …
The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless
This has been said to be the first female development novel in English. Betsy leaves her emotionally and financially abusive husband Munden …
Widowers' Houses
This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898; they were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, n…
The Convict
As young Lord Hadley and his companion Edward Dudley travel along a dark, coastal road, they encounter a young girl pinioned by a fallen wal…
The Little Gray Lady
As every Christmas for the last 20 years, the Little Gray Lady lights a candle in her room and spends the evening alone, thinking of a great…
The Ninth vibration
The Ninth Vibration is a captivating collection of short stories by L. Adams Beck, weaving together themes of romance, fantasy, and the myst…
Crazy Gone Love
Ceil Clark is fed up with dating the twenty-something hipsters and slackers that litter the streets of Los Angeles nightlife like empty, dis…
The Wyvern Mystery
A classic with a pinch of romance, a pinch of gothic, and a dash of mystery, are you interested yet? When young Alice Maybell’ father dies s…
The Nether World
This sad social novel revolves around the problematic issue of money. Michael returns from Australia to London a rich man. However, he hides…
The Castle Spectre
Written by Gothic writer Matthew Lewis, whose novel The Monk is one of the most enduring Gothic works from the eighteenth century, The Castl…