Download or read book The Buy In A Novel written by Hakeela Buford and published by AF.FORD MEDIA, LLC. This book was released on 2023-06-22 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a love story... that wasn't supposed to be a love story. And it started with Instagram. Now, it will end with... You, joining the campaign: The Buy-In. An interactive romance novel. What to do when you meet that one person in the audience who makes you more authentic and stop selling a story? After returning home from a book signing for her latest release, Arielle "Elle" Smith (@ElWordSmith) walks in on a surprise that is unfortunately not really such a surprise and makes a vow right then and there that selling stories is exactly and solely what she’ll be focusing on for the foreseeable future. That is until, just a matter of weeks later, the Las Vegas-based, now relationship-jaded, Black lesbian rising author receives a business proposition from the mysterious LA-based actress/aspiring restaurateur Jae'cy Carter (@J_Carter) ... and then some. A serious yet funny yet suspenseful (sometimes even a bit steamy) "learning to love again" story, The Buy-In centers around two Black women, two thirty-something Millennials trying to write their next big book so as to never return to the corporate world again (introverted yet unintentionally charming Arielle), open their dream café to prove it to themselves (collected yet passionate Jae'cy), and do everything else BUT fall in love. But the heart wants what the heart wants, no matter how much one tries to fight it. No matter what the differences—beyond one being lesbian and the other (?) not, beyond one loving R&B while the other prefers rap, beyond the surface. And so, the two women who were business colleagues then become friends. Then become…Well, you’ll have to read on in this storyline to see how this relationship develops. A slow-paced storyline…that’s to be expected in the case of those who’ve become so used to protecting their hearts and not expecting it to open up. Until they meet that one person…with the same exact crux, even if it’s dressed up differently. So yes, you might (er…will) find yourself shouting at the page (or the screen) at the two leading ladies more than a time or two (or three) for them to finally get their act together. But that’s what happens when MARKETING MEETS ACTING MEETS EVEN MORE STORYTELLING. AND WE'RE NOT TALKING CAMPAIGNS. UNLESS... love is considered one. One that requires selling less and being more (real), which is most times easier said than done. And that’s just the start of this love story’s twists and turns… Whether you go the e-book route or stick with the good ole fashioned print book (Elle-approved), you'll be immersed in an interactive experience, joining Arielle "Elle" and Jae'cy on their journey, both shared and separate. Just pay attention to the tappable links (the digital route) or the QR codes (the print route). Oh—and having a high musical IQ, especially from the '90s and early 2000s, will be another thing to make your experience the best while reading this. (So, that brings us to...Disclaimer: A lot of music references take on their own language here. Can't say we didn't warn you.)

Download or read book Never Look Back written by Amy Johnson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aminas life has changed for the better . . . and for the worse. Difficult work relationships are slowly turning around thanks to her deliberate efforts to improve them, and a surprising new connection at work causes Amina to rethink her relationship with Anthony. A monster from the past repeatedly rears its ugly head and prompts Amina to make an entirely selfish decision. Is this a decision that she can live with, or is it one that will destroy her new found happiness?

Download or read book Kingdom written by Aden Fisher and published by Aden Fisher. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aden Fisher's keen perception of the world around him combines with his uncanny insight into the inner world of the human person in his thought-provoking new novel, Kingdom. It is a rare combination indeed to be able to lay one's sights on both worlds at once. As such, the reader is not bogged down in superficiality or, at the other extreme, deep philosophical meanderings that choke the life out of a story. Kingdom is, in a sense, a coming-of-age story. But whereas such stories generally reveal the loss of innocence that accompanies an increased awareness of life, Kingdom's ultimate thrust seems to bear out just the opposite: It appears to offer hope in the face of innocence lost.

Download or read book The Picture Box written by Arielle Grant and published by . This book was released on 2020-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow little Ardelia as she explores her new city and notices the many roles of the women in the community. She begins to imagine herself in these roles, which leads to a family time of sharing stories and memories that affirm Ardelia and inspire her to reach for her dreams. This book illustrates to children and adults alike, the importance of representation, self-value, and identity.This beautifully illustrated picture book is inspired by Author & Illustrator, Arielle Grant's introspective work. Arielle believes it is important that our children understand that their self-worth extends beyond the work they do, and that children can only dream what they can see. This picture book illustrates the importance of representation while highlighting diversity within the Black female experience.

Download or read book Diary of A Drama Queen written by Stephanie Dolce and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Diary of a Drama Queen, is the new soap-opera- starring people you actually know! There's the airing out all their dirty little secrets! Between Maddy Ware trying to ruin Cindy Rossini forever, the secret that Cindy reveals about Maddy and the love affair between student/teacher, it's a drama-filled life in this small town. Oh, and there's something about how one mystery man who can change Cindy's life forever! The Diary of a Drama Queen is edgy and controversial Napoleon once said that secrets travel fast in Paris. But at the Hans Christian Academy, they travel a lot faster.

Download or read book Just Another Hero written by Sharon M. Draper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jericho, November, Arielle, and their friends must step up big time to prevent a deadly school tragedy in this harrowing conclusion to Sharon M. Draper’s Jericho Trilogy. Arielle Gresham, disliked and mistrusted by most of the students at her school, has a secret past, an unbelievably complicated present, and a shaky future. But no one knows or cares because she has managed to alienate anyone who could help her. She tries to cope with problems at school, but difficulties at home almost break her spirit. Then, as the school tries to deal with an outbreak of false fire alarms and a series of thefts, and Arielle discovers that one classmate is addicted to prescription drugs and another is a victim on vicious online bullying. Outward appearances are seldom what they seem to be—everyone is dealing with something, it’s all a matter of how you deal with it, Arielle is figuring out. But one kid can’t, and as he starts to crack, could he take the school tumbling down with him? A hero is needed. But what makes a hero?

Download or read book All an Illusion The Douglas Files Book Three written by Nathan Birr and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attorney Hillary McKenzie is not only the most beautiful woman Jackson has ever met, but also the most infuriating. So when she hires him to find a Las Vegas call girl named Arielle Coal-hoping that Arielle will testify on behalf of her client-he swallows his disdain for Hillary and for the task at hand and accompanies her to Sin City. Locating Arielle proves tricky, and once Jackson finds her, the real trouble begins. He and Hillary become entangled in a web connecting Arielle to a U.S. senator, a local casino owner, and a host of shady characters. What links them all hits a little too close to home, and when the bodies start piling up, Jackson wants out. Hillary refuses to quit, drawing them deeper into the web. From the streets of Las Vegas to the penthouse of a Strip resort to a decommissioned military base next to a peculiar desert town, Jackson and Hillary pursue the truth. When their chase endangers her life, Jackson is pushed to his breaking point in an effort to save Hillary.

Download or read book The Haunting of Harvest Hollow written by Chera Carmichael and published by Chera Carmichael. This book was released on with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly bonded and juggling deadlines, Violet Morgane has a full plate and no room for new headaches on top of her full schedule. When her new editor insists that she replace a guest speaker at a Storytelling Festival off-realm, Violet is ready to scream. Guest-speaker with her recent deadline looming overhead? No. Old-frenemies from early years in her career? Definitely no. A ghost in their hotel room? This definitely not what Violet signed up for!

Download or read book Swimming in the Sacred written by Rachel Harris, PhD and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WISDOM FROM THE WOMEN HEALERS OF THE PSYCHEDELIC UNDERGROUND The use of entheogens, or psychedelics, is out of the closet today. LSD, psilocybin, MDMA, and other medicines once associated only with the counterculture are now being legally studied for their healing properties. But as Rachel Harris shows, the underground use and study of psychedelics by women dates back to the Eleusinian Mysteries of ancient Greece. Harris interviews the modern women elders carrying on this tradition to gather their hard-won wisdom of experience. Any reader interested in inspiration, healing, and enlightenment will find here a wonder-filled narrative packed with provocative and perhaps life-changing insight.

Download or read book How a Birth Mom Healed written by Lindsay Arielle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Birth Mother's journey with her decision for the open adoption of her son and the process of healing. Lindsay offers her personal experiences from the adoption process and finding her son's new parents. She boldly shares her own realizations, heartbreaks, and joys that ultimately guide her to a place of acceptance, peace, and healing in this wonderful collection of excerpts from her personal diary as well as testimonials from other key individuals, and the authors own dialog. Lindsay offers other birth mothers a light at the end of what can, at times, appear to be a lonely, dark tunnel.

Download or read book And the Winner is written by Jillian Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Amanda runs for sixth-grade class president she inadvertently steps on some of her friends feelings.

Download or read book Scheherazade Cat The Story of a War Hero written by Stephanie C. Fox and published by QueenBeeBooks. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We humans are capable of great good. In the time that our species has been on Earth, we have done remarkable things to improve the human condition. But a dark and horrible side of our nature often comes to the surface in the form of military conflict. With sad regularity, our leaders become filled with greed, intolerance, and lust for power, resulting in bloodshed and cruelty that has become more and more horrible as our methods of killing become more efficient. Indeed, war is the most hideous of human experiences and is tragically a regular feature of our history. However, in the midst of wartime horror, sometimes people and events come together and give some hope that, in the end, the positive aspects of human nature will triumph over our evil side. Scheherazade Cat: The Story of a War Hero is an example of how love, loyalty, and kindness can shine through the darkness of war, and restore faith in the human spirit. This is the true story of Lieutenant David Haines, a United States Army chemical weapons officer, and Scheherazade, a calico kitten from Failaka Island, Kuwait. He met her while performing a mission there during the Persian Gulf War. Scheherazade was playing with a small bomb during this meeting, but fortunately it did not detonate. Seeing this alerted Lt. Haines to the presence of other mines, allowing his squad to retreat safely. Recognizing that this encounter may have saved his life and those of his men, the soldier adopted Scheherazade and brought her to America. This is a simple tale about a chance encounter, but it is also a heartwarming lesson that showing kindness and loyalty to a small creature in the midst of extreme danger brings out the best in us. For this reason, the message of this book is a positive one that demonstrates the value of compassion and goodness.

Download or read book The C I written by Les Roberts and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2023-03-13 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slovenian-American Jericho Paich finds himself under arrest by snarling Cleveland police cop Keenan Mayo and forced to be a non-paid confidential informant, setting up friends and strangers to be hauled in for illegal drug use. He turns for help to his mother’s live-in lover, ex-marine officer Laird Janiver. The two have never gotten along, but Jerry has nowhere else to turn. Janiver, a studious African American major who recalls how to kill, decides to help. That brings the two men into contact with a cruelly efficient albino drug lord, the suicidal memory of a lovely young college girl at OSU, and a beautiful woman with what might be a very dangerous past.

Download or read book Scribblings from a Sidewalk Notebook written by Zaxxon Q. Blaque and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the updated paperback version of ~Scribblings~ From a Sidewalk Notebook with never before published and revised material. SFaSNv2 is one boy's journey into adulthood, discovering himself and how the world works. With shades of childlike naivety, hope, and love, he hopes to let the world understand who he is and how he got to be this person. He shares his experiences of growing up as a gay male in a small Texas town while struggling with everyday issues and working through them with poetry and writings that he shares with others in hopes of helping them come to terms with their own struggles of identity, purpose, and raw emotions. ZaxxonQ.com - MySpace.com/ZaxxonQ - ISBN# 978-0-578-01636-8

Download or read book Her Best Friend s Baby written by Vicki Lewis Thompson and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2010-12-27 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was having his baby… Mary Jane Potter owed her best friend for practically raising her, so having a child for Arielle didn't seem like such a sacrifice—until Arielle's husband arrived with news that would change their lives forever… Morgan Tate had never been comfortable with the surrogate arrangement. Especially now that he was seeing Mary Jane as more than just his wife's best friend… Mary Jane knew Morgan wanted this baby more than anything. Only, suddenly, he seemed to want Mary Jane, too! And Mary Jane definitely enjoyed being wanted! But did Morgan see her as the love of his life—or simply the mother of his child?

Download or read book The Doctor s Diamond Proposal written by Annie Claydon and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Falling for the celebrity doc Physiotherapist Alexandra Jackson never thought she'd see Leo Cross again after an accident changed her life. But when she's thrown back together with Leo she sees a hint of the boy she once met underneath the celebrity doctor's charming smile… Leo knows he can't give Alex the commitment she deserves—he's fighting too many demons of his own. But will their connection and Alex's positive approach to life inspire Leo to make her a proposal neither will ever forget?

Download or read book Enticing Hard to Reach Writers written by Ruth Ayres and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her moving and personal book Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers, Ruth Ayres weaves together her experience as a mother, teacher, and writer. She explores the power of stories to heal children from troubled backgrounds and offers up strategies for helping students discover and write about their own stories of strength and survival. She shares her own struggles and triumphs and hard-earned lessons from raising a family of four adopted children. Her experience is invaluable to any teacher whose has met children living in poverty, in unstable households, or in fear of abuse. Ayres explores brain research and the ways trauma can change the brain and how encouraging all students to write can help offset some of these effects. She believes that all students benefit from revealing their stories, by communicating information and opinion that allows darkness to turn to light in the lives of children. In the last part of her book she offers up practical suggestions for enticing all writers, regardless of their struggles. Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers invites you on a journey to become a teacher who refuses to give up on any student, who helps children believe that they can have a positive impact on the world, and who—in some cases becomes the last hope for a child to heal.