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The fantasy novel you've always wished Jane Austen had written Shades of Milk and Honey is exactly what we could expect from Jane Austen if she had been a fantasy writer:Pride and Prejudice meets Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It is an intimate portrait of a woman, Jane, and her quest for love...

A woman metamorphoses into a giant slug; another quite literally eats her heart out; a wasp falls in love with an orchid; and hair starts sprouting from the walls. These stories slip and slide between genres - from video games to fan fiction, body horror to choose-your-own-adventure - as characters cycle through giddying changes in gender, physiology, species, and identity. Collapsing boundaries between bodies and forms, these fictions interrogate the visceral, gross, and absurd.

Bakeshop owner Emma Stevens has a secret. Every Monday evening, she shares her delicious premonitions with the bachelors of Buttermilk Falls as they gather at the Sugar Spoon bakery for Batter Up night - telling them the name of their soulmate. Investigative reporter Jason Levine just found himself as the man candy for a bachelorette party in Las Vegas.

For years, renowned chef Donovan Foster made his life in Denver, way too busy with making a culinary name for himself to stop and pick up a wife and kids along the way. When he realizes that all of his friends in Buttermilk Falls are settling down, he begins to feel idle. Sure, business is good, but he’s tired of his life. Convinced he’s lost his spark, he decides to change directions straight back to Buttermilk Falls in search of it.

En couple avec Jean-Michel, maman de deux enfants et journaliste quand ils lui en laissent le temps, Isabelle tente de garder la tête hors de l'eau. Et puis, un jour, elle en a assez. Assez de gérer le calendrier familial avec ses rendez-vous à gauche et à droite, ses fêtes d'anniversaire de camarades d'école ou de garderie que, bien souvent, son fils et sa fille connaissent à peine, ses loisirs toujours choisis selon les goûts et les désirs des autres. Assez de cuisiner, de faire des courses, de ramasser des bas et des jouets.