title: Love, Lust and Terror: Tales from the Compound
author:  Gloria Shepherd 
description: Draws you in subtly--intenselyfinally youre so immersed you cant read fast enough to reach the outcome. -- <i>Diane M. D.  A Fan</i><br /><br />Riveting page-turner. International intrigue with a taste of down home USA. Sexual tension is dynamic. Terrific weekend read. -- <i>Jill M.  A Colorado Reader, May 30, 2004</i>
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  Amores
  
  
    
  
  
    
  [TEASE  
  
  
    
  [THE WILD COMMON  
  
  
    
  [STUDY  
  
  
    
  [DISCORD IN CHILDHOOD  
  
  
    
  [VIRGIN YOUTH  
  
  
    
  [MONOLOGUE OF A MOTHER  
  
  
    
  [IN A BOAT  
  
  
    
  [WEEK-NIGHT SERVICE  
  
  
    
  [IRONY  
  
  
    
  [DREAMS OLD AND NASCENT  
  
  
    
  [DREAMS OLD AND NASCENT  
  
  
    
  [A WINTER'S TALE  
  
  
    
  [EPILOGUE  
  
  
    
  [A BABY RUNNING BAREFOOT  
  
  
    
  [DISCIPLINE  
  
  
    
  [SCENT OF IRISES  
  
  
    
  [THE PROPHET  
  
  
    
  [LAST WORDS TO MIRIAM  
  
  
    
  [MYSTERY  
  
  
    
  [PATIENCE  
  
  
    
  [BALLAD OF ANOTHER OPHELIA  
  
  
    
  [RESTLESSNESS  
  
  
    
  [A BABY ASLEEP AFTER PAIN  
  
  
    
  [ANXIETY  
  
  
    
  [THE PUNISHER  
  
  
    
  [THE END  
  
  
    
  [THE BRIDE  
  
  
    
  [THE VIRGIN MOTHER  
  
  
    
  [AT THE WINDOW  
  
  
    
  [DRUNK  
  
  
    
  [SORROW  
  
  
    
  [DOLOR OF AUTUMN  
  
  
    
  [THE INHERITANCE  
  
  
    
  [SILENCE  
  
  
    
  [LISTENING  
  
  
    
  [BROODING GRIEF  
  
  
    
  [LOTUS HURT BY THE COLD  
  
  
    
  [MALADE  
  
  
    
  [LIAISON  
  
  
    
  [TROTH WITH THE DEAD  
  
  
    
  [DISSOLUTE  
  
  
    
  [SUBMERGENCE  
  
  
    
  [THE ENKINDLED SPRING  
  
  
    