At the tender age of fourteen, Sarah Clark is seduced by her thirty-eight-year-old English teacher, Daniel Carr, and becomes entangled in an illegal, erotic, passionate, and dangerous affair—a vicious meeting of minds and bodies that ends badly. Devastated by grief and longing, Sarah embarks upon a series of meaningless self-abasing sexual encounters, hoping to reclaim the intensity of that first relationship. Then, seven years later, Carr unexpectedly returns and Sarah is drawn again into a destructive coupling. Now that she is no longer an innocent young girl, is she strong enough to finally tame the beast within her?
A modern Lolita, Taming the Beast is an emotionally unflinching and alluring tale that introduces a powerful new writer.

Taming the Beast: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Maguire, Emily

United States

Harper-perennial

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Fishing for Tigers : A Novel

Picador Australia

An Isolated Incident

Picador/Pan Macmillan

When 25-year-old Bella Michaels is brutally murdered in the small town of Strathdee, the community is stunned and a media storm descends. Unwillingly thrust into the eye of that storm is Bella’s beloved older sister, Chris, a barmaid at the local pub, whose apparently easygoing nature conceals hard-won wisdom and the kind of street-smarts that only experience can bring.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Lightning Books

"With and without Daniel, Sarah is voracious-she wields sex like a weapon, and admirably the author refuses to take the easy route and blame Daniel."-The Sydney Morning Herald Sarah Clark's life is irrevocably changed at the age of 14 when her English teacher, Mr. Carr, seduces her after class. Their affair is illegal, erotic, passionate, and dangerous-a vicious meeting of minds and bodies. But when Mr. Carr's wife discovers the affair, he has to choose between them and moves to another city with his family. Seven years later Daniel Carr walks back into Sarah's life, and she is drawn once again into the violently destructive relationship. Is Sarah strong enough to "tame the beast"? Emily Maguire was born in Canberra, Australia, in 1976, but has spent most of her life in Sydney, where she now lives.

Taming the Beast

Erotica

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