Red Velvet

Six nights in the Northwoods, two best friends, and one big secret. What could possibly go wrong? In her ultra-competitive family, April Beckett is used to taking last place. For years, she’s put up with jabs about her modest job and her pathetic love life. Especially after she tried to impress her older sisters with a fake boyfriend in college and failed miserably. But now she has a smoking-hot date for her brother’s wedding, guaranteed to wow them. Until he bails. Cue total desperation. Without April’s friendship, Brody Blackwood wouldn’t have survived his last breakup. So, if she needs a plus-one for a family wedding, he’s all in. Even if it means pretending to be her boyfriend. And committing to a week of activities at a wooded resort in Wisconsin. How hard could a fall getaway with your best friend be? Too bad there’s a grueling 10K race and a cutthroat trivia night to endure. Not to mention a massive secret to protect. But will the biggest secret of all turn out to be that this fake relationship feels more real than April or Brody ever imagined?

It's always in fashion. Off the shoulder . . . hip-hugging . . . tossed on the floor . . . RED VELVET. What to wear when you'd rather wear nothing at all . . . The Knockout Okay, Ruth Pirelli lost a crazy bet. She has to give up her beloved sweats and sneaks, and wear a black leather micromini and red velvet high heels to walk her dog. Next thing she knows, a goombah mistakes her for some mob guy's girlfriend--and he wants to know if she's ready for a sun-filled, fun-filled weekend in Brooklyn with la famiglia. Um, no. To the rescue: Nicky Del Bianco, superstud neighborhood cop who needs her to work undercover. But would Ruth like to check into a four-star Manhattan hotel for five-star sex first? Um, yes. . . Unzipped Pam Kendricks is so not wild when it comes to clothes or anything else. Her wardrobe is beige. Her sofa is beige. Her life is beige. That skintight red velvet dress in the designer box can't be for her. But her totally hot deliveryman, Kev Donnell, insists that it is. And Kev wants her to model it for him--before he takes it off. . . Double Dee Lingerie designer Dee Skinner just reinvented the push-up bra--but initial sales figures are oh-so-flat. Solution: road-test a fabulously sexy, oh-so-touchable red velvet version on the man downstairs. My, my, my. Dee had no idea Tom Driscoll was so good with his hands. . . Praise for Noelle Mack's THREE. . . "A truly sensual story that will titillate and captivate readers." --Romantic Times, (four-star review) "Sensual, sexual, stupendous. A fabulous erotica romance."--Harriet Klausner Reviews

Elly has always had a strange feeling about the old house - and then she hears about the macabre discoverey in one of the bedrooms. The skeleton of a girl, dressed in red velvet, was found shut away in an old chest. Then strange things start happening - Elly hears ghostly singing, seespeople in the woods dressed in old-fashioned clothes, and hears threatening voices in the house. She decides to solve the ancient mystery, but in digging up the ancient past she uncovers secrets about her own family history which will have a lasting effect on her whole future.

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It's like being at a crossroads - a point of absolute, unequivocal change. It makes the blood rush. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1833. Edmund Kean, the greatest actor of his generation, has collapsed on stage whilst playing Othello. A young black American actor has been asked to take over the role. But as the public riot in the streets over the abolition of slavery, how will the cast, critics and audience react to the revolution taking place in the theatre? Lolita Chakrabarti's play creates imagined experiences based on the little-known, but true, story of Ira Aldridge, an African-American actor who, in the nineteenth century, built an incredible reputation on the stages of London and Europe. Red Velvet received its world premiere at the Tricycle Theatre, London, on 11 October 2012, starring Adrian Lester as Ira Aldridge. It was revived at the Tricycle Theatre on 23 January 2014, before transferring to St Ann's Warehouse, New York, on 25 March 2014. This second edition includes the revisions made to the script for the 2014 revival of the play. It also features contextual articles by Lolita Chakrabarti about the real Ira Aldridge, and a piece by Professor Ayanna Thompson about the significance of Aldridge's erasure from standard theatre history and the importance of the play in this regard.

Magic is sacred, but real love is divine. To save them from the Guillotine a spell is cast, and Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France, daughter of Marie Antoinette, is changed into an owl, her brother, the young dauphin, into a golden stag. The old gypsy witch who repaid a blood debt by saving their lives, takes the princess’s memories and names her Velvet. For eight years Velvet exists safely wrapped in the spell. On her eighteenth year, rumors of her life reach the ears of King George III. In a bout of fearful madness, he orders the death of the French heirs. When soldiers torch their camp, Velvet and her brother, are forced to run for their lives. Nora Hardington, a young woman on a mission into the dangerous underbelly of London, finds Velvet wounded and dying. Risking her own life, she rescues Velvet. Together, they enlist the help of the dark stranger sent to carry out the king’s command. As they search for the spell to return her brother’s humanity, Velvet lives all the sides of life she was previously denied. Her adventures are fraught with assassins, pirates, ancient enchantments, bloody battle, mythical lore, and all manner of dastardly love.