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The Jamaican Fifty Shades of Gray is its nickname.Leelia Lexings, given up by her mother at 14, and now at 19 marrying to the wealthy Qwan Douglas for his money, in order to save her brother who's dying from a heart problem. She battles with outrageous offers from her husband and her father-in-law to save her brother's life. How far is worthwhile to go? How far would you go if offered these?

When Robyn Scott was six years old her parents abruptly exchanged the tranquil pastures of New Zealand for a converted cowshed in the wilds of Botswana. Once there, Robyn and her siblings, mostly left to amuse themselves, grew up collecting snakes, canoeing with crocodiles and breaking in horses in the veld. In the shadow of one of Africa’s worst AIDS crises, this moving, enchanting memoir is an extraordinary portrait of an unforgettable childhood.

Based loosely on the tale of Puss in Boots, Reserved for the Cat takes place in 1910 in an alternate London. A young dancer, penniless and desperate, is sure she is going mad when a cat begins talking to her mind-to-mind. But her feline guide, actually an Elemental Earth Spirit, helps her to impersonate a famous Russian ballerina and achieve the success she’s been dreaming of. Unfortunately she also attracts the attention of another Elemental Spirit—a far more threatening one—and the young dancer must once again turn to her mysteriously powerful four-legged furry friend.

His mistress--for one night?When New York cabdriver Zoe Drake finds a dark, brooding man on her doorestep, she doesn't know what to think--does he want something, or has Christmas come early this year?Nick Giroux is looking for his long-lost father--not a newfound woman! But as she helps him in his search, there's something about him that makes Zoe let down her ice-cool defenses. The simmering attraction is too much, and for one night only, she's his for the taking... But after a night like that, can Nick ever let her go?

Iraq-bound young squaddie Ronnie takes something dodgy and falls asleep for three nights in a filthy hovel where he has the strangest of dreams. He watches the tattoed tribes of modern Britain assemble to speak with a grinning man playing war games. Arthurian legend merges with its twenty-first century counterpart in a biting commentary on leadership, individualism and the divisions in British society. Meanwhile Cardiff gangsta Max is fed up with life in his favourite nightclub, Rome, and chases a vision of the perfect woman in far flung parts of his country.

Black Rabbit & Other Stories is a debut collection of great intensity and versatility. The stories range from the fantastic to the gritty, from urban dystopias to worlds of dreamlike possibility. Even in their frequent explorations of brutality, the author remains honest and true to the motivations of his characters and the machinations of the worlds in which they find themselves. These are sure-footed narratives that move with a pre-destined deliberation into a universe that is often fraught with desperation and apparent hopelessness; but, ultimately, we find ourselves on a path to redemption, an acceptance of what is, in the final analysis, an incomprehensible matrix. Existential and reflective, brutal and honest, these are stories that will leave you questioning the essence of existence, your own humanity, and the humanity of those around you. This is deft storytelling from a talented new voice.

Deep space exploration might seem like a glamorous profession, but as Lieutenant Frank Carter knows all too well, it can be a lonely job which demands both discipline and instinct. Now, he faces his greatest challenge yet – three months working on one of Saturn’s barren moons under the infamous Ice Commander. Just the two of them. Renowned for her cold-hearted, no-nonsense attitude to the job, Carter knew Commander Hamilton put her trainees through their paces, but not all her ‘tests’ are strictly orthodox. Indeed, there are moments that the commander likes to be commanded, and with a firm hand! But this isn’t the only secret Carter discovers during his stay, because it seems he and the Commander are not alone on the icy moon. Is the sexy woman, ‘Laura’, who’ll only reveal herself to him, a clone of the commander, an extra-terrestrial or simply a figment of his imagination? Carter is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery and he’s willing to do anything – dishing out the requested pain and pleasure – to get some answers.