Curt Bonnem
5) The Gringa
Leonora Gelb came to Peru to make a difference. A passionate and idealistic Stanford grad, she left a life of privilege to fight poverty and oppression, but her beliefs are tested when she falls in with violent revolutionaries. While death squads and informants roam the streets and suspicion festers among...
6) Firebird
In Mercedes Lackey's Firebird, Ilya, son of a Russian prince, is largely ignored by his father and tormented by his larger, older brothers. His only friends are three old people: a priest, a magician, and a woman who toils in the palace dairy. From them Ilya learns faith, a smattering of magic, and the power of love—all of which he will need desperately, for his life is about to be turned upside-down.
The prince's magnificent cherry
Athena Edgeworth was raised by ruthless mercenaries, and she knows how to get what she wants. When ex-assassin Kon tries to seduce Athena and steal a magical manuscript for his boss, he sets in motion a rivalry that will push them both to their limits.
As they compete for the most powerful mystical relics around...
10) Russian Amerika
16) The Ninth Circle
I'm a walking contradiction.
School principal who liberally drops the F bomb.
Fiercely independent yet willing to auction myself off for charity.
Serial monogamist who's down for a no-strings one-night stand.
Except now I've gone from one-working-ovary to co-parent in the time it took a stick to turn blue.
F. Bomb.
Ian Donovan may be a richer-than-hell venture capitalist, but he's no Prince Charming ready to sweep me off my feet.