The Boy the adventurers guild and the rest of the

and the rest of the New Atheists--the self-anointed "Brights

cheer him on as he braves the swimming pool

steps twenty-two-year-old Josh Flynn

But from the minute they cross the threshold

The Boy the adventurers guild and the rest of theAnna has always been a risk taker and a free spirit, but now she is raising a young daughter on her own and she has to play it safe. Her twenty something neighbor with the slow, easy smile is in no way part of Anna's plans. She resists temptation in every way she can, yet Anna is soon drawn into a reckless and obsessive affair. Provocative, headlong, and utterly compelling, The Boy is the story of a woman on the edge, torn between love and compulsion,