<div>A novel of &ldquo;sex, mystery, betrayal, intrigue and violence, all wrapped up in the disturbing world of a middle-aged woman&rsquo;s deepest desires&rdquo; (USA Today). The first note came on Valentine&rsquo;s Day. Written with a red pen in an unfamiliar hand, it said: Be Mine. For Sherry Seymour, a community college English professor and recent empty-nester, the anonymous message was amusing and, she had to admit, flattering. When she told her husband, Jon, about it, he raised his eyebrows and looked at her with a kind of attention she hadn&rsquo;t felt in some time. As the notes continue, Sherry becomes increasingly aroused by the idea that she could inspire such feelings&mdash;as does her husband. With Jon&rsquo;s encouragement, she pursues her admirer and begins a wild affair. But living in a fantasy can never last. As events spiral out of Sherry&rsquo;s control, she discovers how little she knows about herself&mdash;or the men in her life. This darkly erotic thriller explores what we risk when we step away from our daily lives and allow our passions to take control. &ldquo;If there is any justice in the world, Laura Kasischke will soon be as big as Alice Sebold. . . . Kasischke&rsquo;s novels are as beautifully written and as daring in their subjects.&rdquo; &mdash;Detroit Free Press &ldquo;Kasischke has proven herself again to be a bold chronicler of dark obsession.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;What makes this erotic thriller disturbing and, therefore, successful is how convincingly Kasischke renders Sherry&rsquo;s life and feelings so eerily normal and familiar.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist</div>

Be Mine

<div>A &ldquo;hauntingly original&rdquo; psychological thriller about innocence, memory, and the effect of a moment of violence (O: The Oprah Magazine). In the girls&rsquo; bathroom, Diana and her best friend, Maureen, are stealing a moment from the routine drudgery of high school when a classmate enters holding a gun. Suddenly, Diana sees her life&mdash;past, present, and acutely imagined future&mdash;dance before her eyes. Through prose infused with the dramatically feminine sensuality of spring, readers will experience sixteen-year-old Diana&rsquo;s uncertain steps into womanhood&mdash;her awkward, heated forays into sex; her fresh, fragile construction of an identity&mdash;and, in exhilarating detail, her life-not-lived as a doting mother and wife of forty. Together with the sights and sounds of renewal are the tasks of Diana&rsquo;s adulthood: protecting her beloved daughter and holding on to her successful husband. This &ldquo;poetic&rdquo; novel encompasses both the truth of a teenager&rsquo;s world and the transformations of midlife (Vanity Fair). Resonant and deeply stirring, The Life Before Her Eyes finds piercing beauty in the midst of a nightmare that echoes like a dirge beneath each new spring, in a story that &ldquo;takes on deep matters of life and death; conscience and consciousness; family, love and friendship&rdquo; (Los Angeles Times). &ldquo;Evokes terror and redemption, shadows and light. Kasischke treads a delicate line with the precision and confidence of a tightrope walker. She reminds us to look hard at life, to notice its beauty and cruelty, even as it flashes before us and disappears.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times &ldquo;Mesmerizing.&rdquo; &mdash;Chicago Tribune</div>

The Life Before Her Eyes

<div>&ldquo;Those who like Joyce Carol Oates will love this&rdquo; dark novel of psychological suspense by the author of Mind of Winter and The Life Before Her Eyes (Kirkus Reviews). A married motel receptionist in a bleak Michigan town, Leila Murray has slipped into the habit of trading sex with strangers for money. When she meets a drifter who alternately sweet-talks and physically abuses her, it might be the wakeup call that dissuades her from a life of prostitution. Instead, she allows him to become her pimp. In this chilling, &ldquo;beautifully written page-turner&rdquo; (Booklist), we follow Leila&rsquo;s life as she spirals out of control&mdash;and learn the darkness in her past that drives her&mdash;in &ldquo;an exploration of the legacy of abuse and violence [and] an amazing first novel&rdquo; (The Boston Globe). &ldquo;[An] extremely powerful debut . . . Profoundly disturbing but also resonant with hope and rebirth.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times</div>

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Be Mine

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