Books with category Unconventional Love Stories
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Shark Heart

2023

by Emily Habeck

Shark Heart tells the poignant tale of Lewis and Wren, whose first year of marriage is also destined to be their last. Just weeks after their wedding, Lewis is diagnosed with a rare condition: while he will retain his consciousness, memories, and intellect, his body will gradually transform into a great white shark.

As Lewis begins to exhibit the features and impulses of one of the ocean's most predatory creatures, his complex artist’s heart grapples with unfulfilled dreams. Can he find peace within this new reality?

Initially, Wren struggles internally with her husband’s fate. Is there a future for them after Lewis's transformation? Her journey is further complicated by the surfacing of long-repressed memories, which take her back to her childhood on a houseboat in Oklahoma, her college years with an ex-girlfriend, and her unique friendship with a woman expecting twin birds.

Troll: A Love Story

Everyone has their rough nights, but things take a surreal turn when Angel, a young photographer, finds a group of drunken teenagers taunting a young troll in the courtyard of his apartment building. In Scandinavian mythology, trolls are known as wild beasts, but this one is just a small, wounded creature.

Angel decides to offer it a safe haven for the night. In the morning, he thinks he dreamed it all, but he finds the troll alive, well, and drinking from his toilet. What does one do with a troll in the city?

Angel begins researching frantically, searching the Internet, folklore, nature journals, and newspaper clippings. However, his research doesn't reveal that trolls exude pheromones with a profound aphrodisiac effect on those around them. As Angel's life changes beyond recognition, it becomes clear that the troll is familiar with his most forbidden feelings, possibly taking him across lines he never thought he'd cross.

A novel of sparkling originality, Troll is a wry, peculiar, and beguiling story of nature and man's relationship to wild things, and of the dark power of the wildness within ourselves.

The Abortion

The Abortion is a captivating tale of a reclusive young man who finds solace working in a San Francisco library dedicated to unpublishable books. Here, life's underdogs, many of whom are aspiring writers, bring their manuscripts to be cherished and shelved, though never read.

Amidst this literary haven, enters Vida, a woman whose manuscript is as intriguing as her discomfort with her own gorgeous body. The librarian, a character of depth and empathy, makes her feel at ease, leading to an unexpected romance that blossoms in the library's hidden corners.

Together, they embark on a journey to Tijuana, a trip that transforms them in unforeseen ways, challenging their perceptions and altering their lives forever.

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