title: The Blooding of Jack Absolute
author:  C.C. Humphreys 
description: Playwright and novelist Humphreys reprises his swashbuckling hero in this action-packed prequel to last year's <i>Jack Absolute</i>. Back then, Jack was a British spy during the American Revolution. In this volume, Jack's parentsan out-of-work actress and an itinerant soldierleave the boy for much of his youth in the care of his drunken Uncle Duncan and abusive cousin Craster in the English countryside. Uncle Duncan's untimely death leads to Jack's reunion with his parents and a move to London, where he becomes a raconteur and fancies himself a poet. When the powerful Lord Melbury catches Jack in flagrante delicto with his mistress, he vows vengeance, but is instead killed by Jack's father in a duel. To avoid retribution, Jack joins John Burgoyne's 16th Light Dragoons and is posted to North America, arriving just in time for the battle of Quebec. Jack's adventures in the New World are just beginning, however, as he's captured by Indians, marooned in the wilderness over a harsh winter and reunited with the contemptible Crasterall the while wondering if he'll make it back home to England. In Jack Absolute, Humphreys has created a rambunctious but lovable hero who should continue to win fans with each new adventure. <i>(Oct.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Jack Addison vs. Doing the Right Thing
  
  
  
  
  
  Jack Addison Vs. A Whole World of Hot Trouble #9
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  K.A. Merikan
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Mr. Addison… I’m so sorry to impose, but I was
  
  
  hoping you would sign my venator card?”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Jack thought he had it all: a powerful family
  
  
  ready to offer a helping hand in times of need, success and fame, and the most
  
  
  amazing lover in the person of Roux Chat-Bonnes. Problem is, his family would
  
  
  never accept a nonhuman as Jack’s life partner, so for months he was stuck
  
  
  trying to keep his relationship hidden. But when Roux found out Jack had given
  
  
  in to his father and agreed to give a speech at an anti-creature conference,
  
  
  Jack’s beloved chat left him.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Ashamed and heartbroken, Jack needs to
  
  
  choose whether he should go against what he believes in and support his
  
  
  Father’s cause, or follow his heart and try to win Roux back.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Deep down, Jack knows what’s right, but
  
  
  choosing to do the ri