![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The House at Old Vine is the second in Norah Lofts' enduringly popular Suffolk Trilogy which began with The Town House and concludes with The House at Sunset.įans of Norah Lofts' work particularly appreciate how her characters who live around the Suffolk town of Baildon interact with one another between different books. Haunted by the stubbornness of its founder, Martin Reed, and the mystical gypsy blood of his wife, their descendants, both innocent and guilty, are caught up in a world of witch-hunts, wars and revolution over two centuries-between the days of Christopher Columbus and the Restoration of Charles II. The doomed love story of Josiana Greenwood and Walter Rancon sets the scene as the destiny of the great Suffolk house known as the Old Vine continues to unfold. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Praise for Livingston’s work speaks to her “gorgeous prose” and “absolutely unforgettable voice” for sentences like this one, from Queen of the Fall: “Like the olive trees of Lebanon are most stories, thousands of years’ worth of roots fingering the undersides of things.” “The best part of myself comes out in writing,” says the author of Queen of the Fall: A Memoir of Girls and Goddesses, selected by Writers & Books for its 16th annual “If All of Rochester Reads the Same Book…” program. ![]() Sometimes it’s only for 15 minutes, but every morning, Sonja Livingston writes before the world interrupts. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This work contains acts of sadism, objectification, orgasm denial and speech restriction, caging, anal play and double penetration, BDSM punishment and discipline, M/f, M/m/f, M/m, orgy and group sexual encounters, voyeurism, and limited circumstances of dubious consent. Publisher’s Note: this BDSM fantasy novel depicts “total power exchange” relationships that some readers may find objectionable. As the time of Master’s return draws near, Molly finds herself deeply and inexorably changed. But a surprising conversation the last day threatens Molly’s worldview, as does the strange closeness that develops between them. Over the course of a week, Mephisto strips away privileges Molly took for granted, and forces her to understand and acknowledge the depths to which she can be made to submit. Molly finds herself immersed in a world of strict commands, pervasive sex, and creative torments. His power and mysterious intensity have long compelled her from afar. Molly is both excited and scared to be given over to Master Mephisto. ![]() When her Master’s business calls him away on a weeklong trip, he arranges to leave her in the care of Mephisto, the owner of a thriving local BDSM club. When I wrote it I had a sense that it wouldn’t appeal to a significant part of my audience. ![]() Molly is a 24/7 slave dedicated to serving her Master. Of course that ended up being far too left-brained and organized for me and I haven’t done it, but I did have a sense that I hadn’t featured Club Mephisto yet, and I was right Poor Club Mephisto, always lurking on the margins of my body of work. ![]() ![]() Roger Malvin and a younger soldier, Reuben Bourne, after surviving a war between New England colonists and Native Americans, rest beside a large rock. The companion, however, suggests that Robin stay in Boston and seek fortune without the help of Major Molineux. Robin, swept up by the tumult of the crowd, joins the crowd in laughing at the disgraceful display.Īs the crowd moves on, a disillusioned Robin entreats his companion to help him leave the city. Tarred and feathered, the Major is humiliated by the crowd, but even more dejected upon seeing Robin. The sound of a mob emerges Robin sees a stream of people led by the devil-faced man, and his uncle in the middle. While waiting, Robin is joined by a kind stranger who keeps him company and listens to his story. ![]() He is told by a devil-faced man to wait beside a church for his kinsman to pass. Offended by what he deems an incompetent and impolite reception, Robin continues on, meeting, throughout the night, a number of curious characters that demonstrate a multiplicity of faces, attitudes, and voices. ![]() ![]() In search of his relative, Major Molineux, Robin ventures through town inquiring about his kinsman’s whereabouts, but is met by hostility and derision from all the townspeople, who imply that he is unwelcome and should return home, their responses laced in threats. Robin, a youth of barely eighteen, arrives in colonial Boston by ferry one evening. Buy Study Guide My Kinsman, Major Molineux ![]() |