Michèle Laframboise

Rob Sundance, trapped inside a broom closet after a sound beating, victim of his too-sharp wits, awakes in the arms of his dream warrior. Except he has sworn off love. Josh Tallgate had fled his burnt New-York restaurant and his dead mobster lover. In Safe Harbor, he starts on a clean slate with the Kon Tikki, his modest seafood joint. When he rescues a half-conscious elf from a closet, one look into those manga-blue eyes sears his heart. But can he trust fate not to ravish his love again? A witty gay romance of hope and danger, told by multiple award-winning author Mich le Laframboise.

Trapp e sur une plan te o la pression de l'air chute de fa on draconienne apr s le coucher du soleil, une colonie humaine survit tant bien que mal derri re un rideau herm tique.Quand Alouette d couvre dans le d sert le corps de sa meilleure amie, tout le monde d plore ce qui a toute l'apparence d'un suicide. Rong e par la culpabilit , la jeune fille veut savoir ce qui a bien pu pousser la riante Paloma partir vers les dunes. Une peine d'amour? Une dispute? Or, le journal intime qui pourrait livrer ces r ponses a disparu.La mort de son amie aurait-elle un lien avec l'orbite du Troll, une com te malfaisante dont la tra ne bombarde la plan te de m t orites? Ce que d couvrira Alouette chamboulera jamais la colonie... la fois oppressant et enlevant, Le secret de Paloma pose la question de la responsabilit , des secrets trop lourds partager, de l'amiti et du pardon dans une soci t en mode de survie.

Can she take the risk? Cerise's life hangs in a precarious balance as she waits for the results of her Covid test. Worries about her mother's health make her oblivious as she crosses a busy street. Only the quick action of a masked stranger prevents her from becoming a statistic. An instant attraction to the gorgeous hunk spikes in Cerise, who had sworn off Valentine Day after her fianc abandoned her last year. Can she dare risk a new humiliating heartbreak? Then she discovers a heart-shaped chocolate box in his grocery bag. Will following her heart hurt another woman? A short hope-filled romance in difficult times, told by multi-award winning author Mich le Laframboise.

Training recruits can kill your career... or worse The Greater Garden jurisdiction can count on a dependable police force to fight criminals. But Officer Gowoon's uncanny talent for crime-solving has provoked resentment from her hermaphrodite peers. To defuse the tension, the GGPD chief sends the headstrong snail on a dangerous patrol, leading a bunch of unruly police candidates. This could easily sink Gowoon's career, when their band of sloggers must glide through Back Door Area, the most dangerous place in the Garden. Deadly beer traps, drama, disputes, nothing will stop Gowoon from protecting her recruits and her career. Corruption and back-stabbing, danger and sexual tension... your backyard has never been so interesting Written with a quirky story-telling style reminiscent of Watership Down, this makes a perfect patio reading at 9000 words. Mich le Laframboise is a multiple award-winning author of SF novels, who doesn't hesitate to dirty her hands... in the garden soil

Quand l'univers est fatigu ... il reste la cousine Entropie Fid le aux lois de la thermodynamique, l'univers en expansion se refroidit. Les derniers humains transform s (qui comptent leur ge en milliards d'ann es) se tiennent aux abords du trou noir au centre de notre Galaxie, se nourrissant de ses missions de rayons X et pestant contre l'entropie. Alors qu'autour d'eux les toiles s' teignent une une comme dans une ville abandonn e, que peuvent-ils encore esp rer?Une courte et savoureuse nouvelle de science-fiction qui voit loin, tr s loin dans l'avenir Par Mich le Laframboise, une des auteures de SF les plus prim es au Canada.

Au printemps, le crime bourgeonne...Le district du Grand Jardin grouille de criminels et de pr dateurs qui menacent les honn tes gastropodes. Chaque officier de police garde un oeil sur les trappes bi re et l'autre tourn vers le ciel, duquel la mort peut plonger tout moment, sous les semelles des g ants qui dominent le territoire.Examinant un corps dess ch , le meilleur limier du SPGJ soup onne un meurtre. Malgr la piste de bave vapor e, Gowoon m ne son enqu te, glissant sur les insultes baveuses de ses coll gues hermaphrodites envers un sac d'oeufs. Par chance, elle peut compter sur son quipier Zgouish, mais son allure de charmante canaille provoque un vif moi sous sa coquille... Meurtre crapuleux, trafic de bi re, corruption rampante, tension sexuelle couper au rasoir... votre jardin n'aura jamais t aussi fascinant Une enqu te polici re men e par des escargots qui ont du flair, crite par Mich le Laframboise, auteure et jardini re ses heures

Murder, beer-smuggling, corruption, steamy passions... your backyard garden has never been so interesting Called on an accidental heat-death, the best sleuth of the Greater Garden Police Department suspects foul play. Officer Gowoon slogs her way through her investigation, among the low-lifes and beer-smugglers, warding off mating attempts from obnoxious colleagues and keeping a wary eyestalk for those lightning-fast giants roaming the territory. Fortunately, she can count on brawny Zgouish for assistance, but his bad-slogger charm instills fuzzy feeling under her shell...Soon she finds herself head over shell engulfed in a murky case that could spell the end of her career in the GGPD... and of her life.Mich le Laframboise is a multiple award-winning author of several SF novels, who doesn't hesitate to dirty her hands... in the garden soil

Butterfly wings over the Arctic A human transplanted inside a giant monarch butterfly body roams an Earth scarred by climatic changes. He checks out pockets of survivors and reports for his industrial masters, who live in lavish palaces rolling over the Arctic synthetic ice. The monarch is undestructible, as long as he keep to the rarefied altitudes. But can he stay indifferent to the suffering going on under his wings? A compelling ecological tale by multiple awards-winning Canadian SF author Mich le Laframboise. ======"A gripping and harrowing tale... rich in vivid, evocative details."--Maria Haskins"A well done tale." --SFRevu" Monarque des Glaces, de Mich le Laframboise, sans doute le plus beau texte, cr pusculaire, triste, et tragique."https: //www.quoideneufsurmapile.com/

Un papillon monarque solitaire survole la banquise...Transplant dans un corps immortel, Dominique survole des paysages ravag s par les perturbations du climat. Le papillon filme les luttes entre survivants pour le plaisir des Seigneurs du P le, dont les palais roulants parcourent la glace synth tique du continent arctique. Loyal ses ma tres, le papillon g ant est indestructible, tant qu'il se contente de planer en haute altitude... sans s'attacher aux tres qui s' chinent sous lui.Un battement d'aile peut-il sauver des survivants d brouillards condamn s par ses cr ateurs?"Une aventure de pure science-fiction, inspir e par la mondialisation... et par les changements climatiques" - Carlos Bergeron, Lettres Qu b coises 140, 2011" Monarque des Glaces, de Mich le Laframboise, sans doute le plus beau texte, cr pusculaire, triste, et tragique."- https: //www.quoideneufsurmapile.com/2012/08/galxies-18-le-rechauffement.html"A gripping and harrowing tale of a future Earth where climate change has completely changed the planet... Laframboise's tale is rich in vivid, evocative details." - Maria Haskin.com Distinctions - Prix Solaris 2010 de la meilleure nouvelle publi e au Canada fran ais- Prix sp cial du jury du concours R chauffement 2050 - Galaxies 18 - 2012

Can mere clouds threaten their colony? Blanche, a young paraplegic girl, watches the clouds dancing in the Phoenix sky. She soon wonders if their coordinated figures signal a threat. But the adults are too busy to listen, even her big sister Lupianne worries more about the air production's failing quotas than about some weird clouds.Then, as the dances grow complex and temperatures rise, the sisters must hurry to prevent the annihilation of their budding settlement.A clever planet-opera featuring an handicapped heroine, told by multi-award winning author Mich le Laframboise. The French version of this novel received the 2001 Cecile Gagnon Award for best first YA novel."We can only be fascinated by the powerful images born from the descriptions, by the originality and coherence of her universe (...)" -- Le DevoirAn excellent introduction to science fiction and to a number of questions about the environment, social relations and communication.--H l ne Marchetto, Les vagabonds du r ve

A fantasy geek locked out of his car in a raging snowstorm, late for his blind date. Being no elfin warrior, Nick plods on in the rapidly piling snow. A young woman, no princess either with the scar marring her face, her hopes fading as the snow piles on. Then Delilah must choose between waiting for her date and rescuing her nice landlady from her ambitious nephew. Will this heavy snowfall doom their Valentine date? A short and quirky romance told by multi-award winning author Mich le Laframboise

Trapped in the most beautiful place on Earth, what's a fearless birder to do? Equipped with her Sibley Guide, explorer hat and trusty binoculars, Amanda Byrd fearlessly pursues the most elusive winged species, solving some problems along the way. Following on her late husband's footsteps, she explores a beautiful canyon among a gaggle of tourists led by Ed, a native guide working under a mean boss. As a majestic California condor swoops overhead, Amanda discovers the lift sabotaged, trapping their group at the bottom with no way to climb back up the cliff. Who did it, and why? Our intrepid birdwatcher must find a way out before the rising sun turns the canyon into a mortal cauldron. A spirited short-story introducing the energetic Lady Byrd, written by Mich le Laframboise, multi-award winner author and enthusiastic birdwatcher.

Pi g e dans le plus bel endroit sur terre... que peut faire une ornithologue sans peur? quip e de son guide Sibley et de ses fid les jumelles, Amanda Byrd poursuit sans fatigue les esp ces d'oiseaux les plus insaisissables. Sur les traces de son d funt mari, elle explore un troit canyon l'aube. Alors qu'un magnifique condor survole le site, elle d couvre avec horreur que leur groupe de touristes a t pi g au fond, l'ascenseur d truit. Qui a commis ce sabotage? L'intr pide ornithologue doit trouver une solution avant que le canyon ne devienne une fournaise mortelle... Une aventure introduisant l' nergique Lady Byrd, crite par Mich le Laframboise, auteure plusieurs fois r compens e pour ses livres, et observatrice d'oiseaux ses heures.

"Est-ce que vos questions vont nous donner plus de temps de repos ou plus de nourriture? Est-ce que je vais pouvoir retourner l' cole?" Th o, un travailleur humanitaire d sabus , rencontre un enfant-ouvrier d'une usine de carton, en Asie. La maturit et la r silience du jeune Malak, voluant dans ces conditions difficiles, l'impressionnent.Quand le gar on, du m me ge que son fils, dispara t, Th o ne peut pas l'ignorer et laisser tomber. Sa qu te de v rit soul ve plus de questions que de r ponse au sujet des pi ges de l'aide structur e et des privil ges acquis.Un drame psychologique sur fond de mondialisation, racont par Mich le Laframboise, auteure plusieurs fois r compens e pour ses oeuvres. Si vous appr ciez les r cits humanitaires de Jean-Christophe Rufin, vous serez captiv par Th o, un coop rant attachant et sinc re qui croit faire une diff rence.Le garcon de carton, un r cit de 13000 mots, vous fera vivre les contrastes frappants de notre humanit . Vous ne pourrez oublier Malak...

(This book is entirely in French.) A dystopia taking place in a near-future Montreal. A supertrained girl named Lara escapes the sci lab where she has been kept all her life to make her the weapon that would solve all of the world's conflicts.