Download or read book Black Sunshine written by Karina Halle and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A standalone contemporary dark romance with a vampire twist, from the New York Times bestselling author of A Nordic King and Sins & Needles All Lenore Warwick wants for her 21st birthday is to hang out with her friends, finish her second year at Berkeley with flying colors, and maybe catch the eye of a hot musician playing a show at a club that she can now (legally) get into.Unfortunately, fate has other plans for her.A week before her birthday, she's kidnapped by the brooding and dangerous stranger with cold eyes and a lethal touch, who has been stalking her on San Francisco's fog-shrouded streets. Absolon Stavig isn't your average criminal though. He's a centuries-old vampire who's caught between wanting to kill Lenore and wanting to save her.You see Lenore, too, is a vampire.She just doesn't know it yet.Taken by a pair of vampire slayers when she was just an infant, Lenore was raised never knowing her true nature. All Lenore knows is that she has (normal) parents who love her, that she's exceptionally smart, and she's squeamish around blood. But once she turns twenty-one, she'll fully turn into a vampire, and Solon hopes he'll be there to guide her, opening her eyes to her deepest hunger...both sexual and otherwise.But this turning can't be kept a secret. Soon both slayers and vampires are hunting Lenore, with only Solon and his unpredictable motley crew of vampires to save her.If they don't kill her first.Black Sunshine is a dark adult standalone romance with a paranormal twist, about sex, love, secrets, and revenge, set in contemporary San Francisco. CONTENT WARNING: as a vampire romance with a sexy bite, it features blood, blood play, cutting, bondage, and scenes of dubious consent

Download or read book A Witch s Book of Silence written by Karina BlackHeart and published by Karina B. Heart @ Kbh Enterprises. This book was released on 2015-11-14 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Witch's Book of Silence will help you deepen your practice and increase the efficacy of your magic. Silence is the space from which creative impulse flows. In silence we touch the power we call God/dess and become attuned to wisdom beyond our own. We learn to commune with the spirits of land, our ancestors and others of the unseen realms. We enter the ineffable mystery sought by ancient and contemporary mystics alike. Through silent communion we attain ecstatic union with the Divine. The book addresses some of the most pressing and controversial concerns of the Craft as both a modern-day movement and private, religious system. A Witch's Book of Silence is a mirror for us individually and collectively. Here we see reflected our beauty and power as well as our fear and foibles. Divided into three segments. The first defines terms, explores concepts and discusses how and why we resist the practice of silence. The second segment offers practices leading the seeker into the heart of silence where the mysteries are revealed . The final segment offers a glimpse of what awaits us should we dare to steep ourselves in the cauldron of transformation. A Witch's Book of Silence is born out of decades of studying, practicing and teaching the art of Witchcraft during which time the author noted the impact of the internet on the transfer of once closely guarded information. The Witch's Pyramid became unbalanced as the powers to Know, Will and Dare were highly sought after while Keeping Silent fell out of fashion--a silly, scary and inconsequential relic of the past. The Witch must confront and overcome her fear and resistance to entering the realms of silence. Keeping silent is necessary to build power, perform effective magic and engage deeply with the mysteries. While written from the perspective of a Feri Witch, the concerns, practices and resolutions offered will be equally valuable when applied to any spiritual path requiring the practitioner develop self-awareness, personal integrity, cognizant communication with spirit and the use of meaningful speech imbued with creative force.

Download or read book Cat Karina written by Michael Coney and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On an earth inhabited by a cat-like race of women, one felina stands alone—from the award-winning author. “His tales have heart” (Strange Horizons). Few true humans remain on the future Earth, where caimen, shrugleggers, and felinas dominate. The peoples are descendents of crocodiles, alien races, and jaguars, and they are much different than the humans--they are products of genetic experiments, created to perform specific functions. Some work in the swampy lands, others are the strong burden-bearers, but none are as beautiful as the felines-- not even the humans. And no one is worthy enough to win over the most attractive felina, Karina. She is a rare beauty of great prowess, with a tempting sculpted physique that could lure anyone to her.

Download or read book Sound Relations written by Jessica Bissett Perea and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sound Relations delves into histories of Inuit musical life in Alaska to trace the ways in which sound is integral to self-determination and sovereignty. Offering radical and relational ways of listening to Inuit performances across genres--from hip hop to Christian hymnody and traditional drumsongs to funk and R&B --author Jessica Bissett Perea shows how Indigenous ways of musicking amplify possibilities for more just and equitable futures.

Download or read book Lawyers Guns and Money written by Gray Basnight and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From classics like “Werewolves of London,” “Excitable Boy,” and “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” to lesser-known gems across a career spanning nearly four decades, the songs of Warren Zevon are rich with crime and intrigue and suspense—guns and gunners, assassins and drug dealers, a supernatural serial killer, and a heap of hapless losers along the way too. In Lawyers, Guns, and Money, fifteen fantastic writers—avid fans of Zevon’s genius—offer fresh spins on his discography with tales that span the mystery genre: caper, espionage, noir, paranormal, private eye, and more. With new stories by Gray Basnight, William Boyle, Dana Cameron, Libby Cudmore, Hilary Davidson, Steve Liskow, Nick Mamatas, Paul D. Marks, matthew quinn martin, Josh Pachter, Charles Salzberg, Laura Ellen Scott, Alex Segura, Kevin Burton Smith, and Brian Thornton, Zevon’s wry lyrics and unforgettable characters serve as the inspiration for dark crimes and dirty deeds – just the way he liked them.

Download or read book One Tough Cookie written by Delise Torres and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Latina Fleabag committed to her carefree single life meets a sexy new mechanic determined to break through her defenses, in this humorous and heartfelt foodie women’s fiction set at a cookie company. All cookies are made with love—even if twenty-seven-year-old Karina Cortés doesn’t believe in the concept. For her, a simple life with no attachments is a good life. And her life is indeed good—even with her biggest accomplishment being passing the GED exam. Karina is able to secure an incredible and well-paying job at Singular Cookies, Inc., a small family-owned cookie manufacturing plant in Fort Pierce, Florida. And although the founders of the company treat her like family, Karina insists she doesn’t need or want one. Not after her mother chose a man over her own daughter, pushing the young Karina to move out and make it on her own. And she couldn’t be happier with her single life, unlike her friends, whose lives revolve around men. Work and play collide when she meets the company’s hot new mechanic, Ian Feliciano, who stirs up feelings she tends to avoid. Karina knows she shouldn’t date him, but she’s strong; she’ll never turn pathetic like her friends or, especially, her mom. And with a looming plant inspection and trying to break up the CEO's new romance, Karina has enough to distract herself. As the inspection draws near and Karina battles her heart, she’ll have to decide whether to continue holding on to deeply ingrained beliefs that keep everyone at bay, or learn that love is not as dangerous as she fears and in the end, it is our history—our singular recipe—that shapes how we live.

Download or read book 1001 Dark Nights Bundle Two written by Lexi Blake and published by Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling authors Lexi Blake, Larissa Ione, Lisa Renee Jones, and Cherise Sinclair... Four Dark Tales. Four Sensual Stories. Four Page Turners. DUNGEON GAMES: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella by Lexi Blake: On the hunt for a killer, Derek Brighton enters a shadowy underworld only to find the woman he aches for is working the same case. Karina Mills is searching for a missing girl and won’t stop until she finds her. To get close to their prime suspect, they need to pose as a couple. But as their operation goes under the covers, unlikely partners become passionate lovers while the killer prepares to strike. AZAGOTH: A Demonica Novella by Larissa Ione: He holds the ability to annihilate souls in the palm of his hand. She’s an angel with the extraordinary ability to travel through time and space. An angel with a tormented past she can’t escape. And when Lilliana is sent to Azagoth’s underworld realm, she finds that her past isn’t all she can’t escape. For the irresistibly sexy fallen angel known as Azagoth is also known as the Grim Reaper, and when he claims a soul, it’s forever… NEED YOU NOW: A Shattered Promises Series Prelude by Lisa Renee Jones: Life is hard. Life leaves you beaten, broken...alone. Then one day, a stranger touches your hand and you feel something intense, unforgettable...but you want to forget. You need to forget. It’s safer than believing in things you’ve decided don’t exist. You know shattered promises and lost hope. You know them so much better than you know this excited, warm, wonderful feeling, and it scares you. He scares you, but he also makes you feel alive again. SHOW ME, BABY: A Masters of the Shadowlands Novella by Cherise Sinclair: As a Shadowlands Master, Jake Sheffield watches out for all the trainees. But one is special. Lush body, a gift for living life to the fullest, always laughing or smiling. Although Rainie trips all his switches, she’s avoided him since the moment she arrived…and he let her have that play. But when she lies to him about her goals, he knows the time has come for a Master to take an active part in her training. Every Dark Nights tale is breathtakingly sexy and magically romantic.

Download or read book Holiday Affair written by Lisa Plumley and published by Lisa Plumley. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Single mom Karina Barrett is thrilled to treat her kids to a fairytale Christmas vacation... but will a sexy innkeeper make her own holiday dreams come true? For Karina, it's the chance of a lifetime: a free cocoa and gingerbread-filled holiday at a quaint Michigan B&B called The Christmas House. In return, Karina will play spy and report back to the company hoping to buy out the popular hotel. It's all too good to be true...especially when Karina meets innkeeper Reid Sullivan. The man is a walking talking Christmas miracle—and she's hoping to meet him under the mistletoe... Single dad turned globe-trotting adventurer, Reid isn't quite sure how he and his daughters got roped into helping out this year at his family's B&B. But once he arrives, it doesn't take long for a certain guest to catch his eye. Fun-loving California girl Karina is hard to miss, and Reid senses the attraction is mutual. As Christmas approaches and the weather grows colder, things between Reid and Karina heat up. But when the true reason behind Karina's visit is revealed, will the holiday magic disappear before the ball drops on New Year's Eve? Kudos & Honors * featured alternate selection of the Doubleday Book Club, Rhapsody Book Club, and BOMC2 * Top Pick/Romance of the Month from Bookpage magazine * awarded 4½ stars from Romantic Times magazine, 5 hearts from The Romance Reader, and 5 blue ribbons from Romance Junkies What People Are Saying... "Secrets and subterfuge add complexity and zing to this well-crafted, heartwarming story that features a wealth of engaging characters, including five remarkable, memorable children, and great sexual tension. A deliciously satisfying, cocoa-worthy holiday read." —Library Journal "A delightful story with utterly charming characters. It brings to life the sounds, smells, and tastes of Christmas as it brings together more than just the two main characters for a joyous holiday season." —Romantic Times (4½ stars!) "Lisa Plumley's latest holiday novel delivers. It has warm gooey holiday moments complete with happy children, Christmas traditions such as caroling and decorating Christmas cookies and, oh yeah, hot and steamy romance. Loaded with fun pop-culture references and witty dialogue, Holiday Affair delivers on entertainment!" —The Romance Reader (5 hearts!) "As is the case with most of Plumley's books, Holiday Affair has quirky characters that will make you smile and a fast-paced story that will make you hesitate to slip a bookmark between the pages. Holiday Affair is full of Christmas atmosphere and activities, which makes it a great read during the holidays." —Lezlie Patterson, McClatchy-Tribune News Service "I love a good romance for the holidays, and Lisa Plumley's latest "Holiday Affair" is a great one to celebrate all the good things about being in love at Christmas! With just the right amount of humor, a touch of mystery, and a lot of good, old-fashioned romance, "Holiday Affair" is sure to please any fan of romantic fiction!" —Sharon Galligar Chance

Download or read book The Scheherazade Curse written by Sharon Whitlock and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While struggling to overcome the "curse" on their Scheherazade program music, the team helps Officer Chuck Zander monitor a computer ice skating forum used by a kidnapped missionary to send coded messages.

Download or read book The Unexpected Groom An Urban Romance Arranged Marriage Book 1 written by Alfita Mirza Yokanan and published by Starlight. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karina hated one of her subject lecturer who failed her last year and now she's retaking the subject again. She hated Mr. Delano so much that she even collapsed crying when she learned that this man was the groom in her arranged marriage!

Download or read book Last One Still Standing written by Lisa Phillips and published by Lisa Phillips. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fight never let them go. Plucked from a life on the streets and trained as a covert agent, Karina chose loyalty until the secret organization she worked for pushed her too far. Falling for the target on a mission was never the plan. When he turned out not to be the good man she loved, Karina faked her death and built a safe life for their child. Eas never wanted to wear a mask, but his life is the tragic tale of a boy born into a family at war. Raised in secret, he’s the answer to taking down a powerful company. At the helm is the cousin who murdered his parents, and the sister he needs to rescue from that life. Now the secret organization has found Karina, and they won’t let her go. His family’s company wants him out of the way, but Eas never wanted to take over. Between them is the child that represents everything they meant to each other. Which one of them will be the Last One still Standing? Book 3 in the explosive new Last Chance County spin-off series featuring Zander and his team of protection specialists. **Christian romantic suspense** Book 1 Last Taste of Freedom Book 2 Last Hour till Sunrise Book 3 Last One Still Standing Book 4 Last Man to Survive Book 5 Last Line of Defense

Download or read book Until I See Stars written by Marisa Recker and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until I See Stars By: Marisa Recker Karina and Dan think their marriage is unshakeable... until the strains of long-distance test their loyalties. Kayla and Bethany believe that the bond of sisterhood is unbreakable... until a shocking betrayal creates lasting damage for their friendship. Until I See Stars follows the Fitzpatrick family for over 30 years and two separate timelines. The first is that of Karina and Dan, a young married couple struggling to navigate a long-distance relationship with two young children. The second begins twenty years later with Kayla and Bethany Fitzpatrick, as Karina and Dan’s children navigate the whirlwinds of adulthood, their dying father, and their estranged relationship with each other. At its core, Until I See Stars is centered on four people who have to fall apart to find each other again. They must each learn to accept the brokenness in each other and the brokenness in themselves. Follow the Fitzpatrick family as they discover the beautiful, messy, and sometimes ugly account of what it means to be a husband, a wife, a parent, a daughter, a sister, and a friend.

Download or read book Severance written by Julie Boglisch and published by Rogue Phoenix Press. This book was released on 2021-08-08 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having now escaped with their mother through the Resistances help, Maxwell and Karina find themselves dealing with the repercussions of picking sides. Their friend, Lex, caught in the middle. Misspoken words and misunderstandings create a fracture amongst the group and a heart-broken decision leads the twins down two very different paths.

Download or read book Retrieval written by Julie Boglisch and published by Rogue Phoenix Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maxwell and Karina, twins who are the cure to a disease which is ravaging the country, find themselves journeying to the distant locale of Collern City in search of their missing mother. Meeting strange allies and dealing with dangerous enemies, they must learn to navigate the treacherous streets and discover more about what is going on behind the scenes in both the gated community and outside of it. Meanwhile, their guardian and friend, Lex, struggles to deal with his family's desires. He finds himself caught between his own wish to flee his home, never to return. and the wish of his brother, Caym, who desperately wants him to stay.

Download or read book Harlequin Kimani Romance March 2017 Box Set written by Pamela Yaye and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for entertaining stories of drama, glamour and passion featuring sophisticated and sensual African American and multicultural heroes and heroines? Harlequin Kimani Romance brings you all this and more with these four new full‐length books for one great price! SEDUCED BY THE BACHELOR The Morretti Millionaires Pamela Yaye Tatiyana Washington will do whatever it takes to right a wrong for her sister—even if it means deceiving one of LA's most celebrated attorneys. Once Markos Morretti discovers they have met under false pretenses, he desires her even more. Faced with a decision, will he choose the promise of love? MINE AT MIDNIGHT Tropical Destiny Jamie Pope After her wedding plans are derailed, Ava Bradley retreats to a tranquil beach cottage, where she clashes with her incredibly sexy Hideaway Island neighbor. Mayor Derek Patrick is tempting but Ava doesn't intend to stay…until a natural disaster makes her realize that love is too precious to lose… PLAYING WITH DESIRE Pleasure Cove Reese Ryan Next in line as CEO of his family's international luxury‐resort empire, Liam Westbrook doesn't play it safe. So when the British bachelor spies divorced single mother Maya Alvarez, he makes a scandalous proposal. Will Liam and Maya's pleasure‐fueled fantasy end up as only an affair to remember? LOVE TANGO California Passions J.M. Jeffries For former child star Roxanne Deveraux, the offer to appear on Celebrity Dance is hard to resist—as is Nicholas Torres, her dance partner. He's creative and passionate, and they're growing more in sync. But when the past resurfaces, both must weigh loyalties against the promise of a brilliant future together.

Download or read book Playing with Desire written by Reese Ryan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was supposed to be a summer fling, but it’s just not cooling down: “Well-plotted . . . Readers will enjoy sharing their bumpy ride to their happy ending.” —Publishers Weekly Next in line as CEO of his family’s international luxury-resort empire, Liam Westbrook didn’t make his way to the top playing it safe. So when the fast-living British bachelor spies an exotic beauty under a smoldering North Carolina moon, he makes a scandalous proposal. The night culminates in an all-consuming passion that leaves them both burning for more. Liam knows he can’t just walk away. But after a devastating past betrayal, can he trust where his heart is leading him? Maya Alvarez’s two young daughters are her entire world. But when she ends up alone—on her birthday—the divorced single mother does something totally out of character. She accepts an invitation that leads to a hot summer fling with a seductive stranger who makes her feel bold and desirable again. When Maya must return to the real world, will Liam and their pleasure-fueled fantasy end up as only an affair to remember? Praise for Reese Ryan’s novels “Sweet.” —Kirkus Reviews “Fast-paced and engaging.” —Romance in Color

Download or read book Rivers In The Desert written by Elena R. Jordan and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2023-07-27 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you find it difficult to obey God when you don’t understand what He is doing in your life? Elena R. Jordan tells her own story of reluctantly following God’s instructions to relocate to another state. Having to leave her hometown and family behind to start anew seemed unfathomable. Unforseen circumstances landed her in a homeless shelter. A place she never thought she would end up. Instead of having faith and trusting God in the transition, she finds comfort in a forbidden relationship to escape her lonliness and uncertanties. What you will take away from Rivers In The Desert is to stay on the path that God has for you and trust the process that He’s taking you through. Having faith and obeying God is the key to all of God’s blessings.