Bøger af Laura Read

How far would you go to escape from your sins? Angela Balanescu is the daughter of an organized crime boss. Her father feeds on power, solely focused on how he can gain more territory. Hating the violence used by her family, Angela yearns to leave town, instead of using drink and sex as escapism. When she falls for corrupt detective Sean, Angela wonders whether she can learn to trust him and put a life of crime behind her. But Vincent, her father's violent lieutenant, is jealous of their relationship and wants her for himself. He reminds her that she shouldn't trust anyone. Will Angela choose to stay and help her family, or leave town to start a new life where she can escape her past? 'Suspense, drama, sex and violence. All rolled into a cracking read.' Lose yourself in this dark crime thriller with a twisted love story at its heart.

'Dating is like psychological warfare, and all's fair in love and war.' Julianne Carrell is a bored socialite in London, flitting from men, shops to parties. When asked to seduce a man for more money than she's seen before, she thinks that setting a honey trap will be exciting. Then she finds out that she already knows her target: years ago, she had a one-night stand with him behind his girlfriend's back. Will he remember her? Now married, Thomas Matthews is a junior partner at a consultancy firm, with a wealthy father backing him to enter politics. But does he want to follow in his father's footsteps? He can't help feeling that he's being manipulated to enter a dark, secretive world that he doesn't fully understand. As Julianne gets closer to her target, she realises that she's being played by powerful people who want Thomas under their control. They won't stop at anything to get what they want. Julianne knows that she'll lose out on her money if Thomas finds out the truth about her, but soon she learns that there's even more at stake: her life. 'A hard-hitting, outstanding, non-predictable story... Well worth reading for those who like it a little darker.' Lose yourself in this new romantic suspense with a political spin - get your copy of Caught in a Lie today.

"Conversational, irreverent, and disarmingly honest, the poems of But She Is Also Jane follow the everyday contours of women's lives and the expectations they grapple with. As our speaker approaches middle age, she copes with the loss of loved ones, the realities of an emptying nest, the routine indignities of sexism, and nostalgia for the past. Laura Read's third poetry collection balances discussions of Degas, Vermeer, and Marie Curie with reflections on Sammy Hagar, a troubling outing to a male revue, and memories of watching Mork and Mindy on the night of her mother's hysterectomy"--

A lyric reflection on a continually unfolding life by the former poet laureate of Spokane, WA.

Winner of the 2011 Donald Hall Prize in PoetrySelected by Dorianne LauxThis collection examines how the loss of a parent at a young age can color the way that child looks at the world even when the child is no longer a child.