Download or read book Blackmailed for Her Baby written by Elizabeth Power and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libby Vincent wants to tell Romano Vincenzo why she allowed his ruthless family to take her baby from her. But the dark-hearted billionaire isn't in the mood for listening. He needs Libby back in his life and he knows she will do anything to see her child. Even marry her most bitter enemy…. He'll take her as his bride, but Romano doesn't do love….
Download or read book Sexual Blackmail written by Angus McLaren and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-04 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual blackmail first reached public notice in the late eighteenth century when laws against sodomy were exploited by the unscrupulous to extort money from those they could entrap. Angus McLaren chronicles this parasitic crime, tracing its expansion in England and the United States through the Victorian era and into the first half of the twentieth century. The labeling of certain sexual acts as disreputable, if not actually criminal--abortion, infidelity, prostitution, and homosexuality--armed would-be blackmailers and led to a crescendo of court cases and public scandals in the 1920s and 1930s. As the importance of sexual respectability was inflated, so too was the spectacle of its loss. Charting the rise and fall of sexual taboos and the shifting tides of shame, McLaren enables us to survey evolving sexual practices and discussions. He has mined the archives to tell his story through a host of fascinating characters and cases, from male bounders to designing women, from badger games to gold diggers, from victimless crimes to homosexual outing. He shows how these stories shocked, educated, entertained, and destroyed the lives of their victims. He also demonstrates how muckraking journalists, con men, and vengeful women determined the boundaries of sexual respectability and damned those considered deviant. Ultimately, the sexual revolution of the 1960s blurred the long-rigid lines of respectability, leading to a rapid decline of blackmail fears. This fascinating view of the impact of regulating sexuality from the late Victorian Age to our own time demonstrates the centrality of blackmail to sexual practices, deviance, and the law.
Download or read book Black Gold and Blackmail written by Rosemary A. Kelanic and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Gold and Blackmail seeks to explain why great powers adopt such different strategies to protect their oil access from politically motivated disruptions. In extreme cases, such as Imperial Japan in 1941, great powers fought wars to grab oil territory in anticipation of a potential embargo by the Allies; in other instances, such as Germany in the early Nazi period, states chose relatively subdued measures like oil alliances or domestic policies to conserve oil. What accounts for this variation? Fundamentally, it is puzzling that great powers fear oil coercion at all because the global market makes oil sanctions very difficult to enforce. Rosemary A. Kelanic argues that two variables determine what strategy a great power will adopt: the petroleum deficit, which measures how much oil the state produces domestically compared to what it needs for its strategic objectives; and disruptibility, which estimates the susceptibility of a state's oil imports to military interdiction—that is, blockade. Because global markets undercut the effectiveness of oil sanctions, blockade is in practice the only true threat to great power oil access. That, combined with the devastating consequences of oil deprivation to a state's military power, explains why states fear oil coercion deeply despite the adaptive functions of the market. Together, these two variables predict a state's coercive vulnerability, which determines how willing the state will be to accept the costs and risks attendant on various potential strategies. Only those great powers with large deficits and highly disruptible imports will adopt the most extreme strategy: direct control of oil through territorial conquest.
Download or read book Emotional Blackmail written by Susan Forward and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to better communication that will break the blackmail cycle for good, by one of the nation's leading therapists, Susan Forward. “Breathe a sigh of relief! Susan Forward helps you identify and correct an intensely destructive and confusing pattern of relating with those you love. I highly recommend this important book!"—Susan Jeffers, Ph.D., author of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway "If you really loved me..." "After all I've done for you..." "How can you be so selfish..." Do any of the above sound familiar? They're all examples of emotional blackmail, a powerful form of manipulation in which people close to us threaten to punish us for not doing what they want. Emotional blackmailers know how much we value our relationships with them. They know our vulnerabilities and our deepest secrets. They are our mothers, our partners, our bosses and coworkers, our friends and our lovers. And no matter how much they care about us, they use this intimate knowledge to give themselves the payoff they want: our compliance. Susan Forward knows what pushes our hot buttons. Just as John Gray illuminates the communications gap between the sexes in Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, and Harriet Lerner describes an intricate dynamic in The Dance of Anger, so Susan Forward presents the anatomy of a relationship damaged by manipulation, and gives readers an arsenal of tools to fight back.
Download or read book Blackmailed Into a Fake Engagement written by Leanne Banks and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years after she'd fled Hollywood, former actress Gwen McCord now faced her toughest role. Film industry big shot Luc Hudson—a man she had never met before—had announced to the world that they were engaged! What was worse, he was moving in. Forced into the charade to protect her troubled sister, Gwen was quickly swept back into Luc's world of movie premieres and celebrity power plays. But the real danger lay in being swept away by her passionate, persistent PR man.…
Download or read book Blackmailed written by Annmarie McKenna and published by Samhain Pub Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brianna Wyatt may be a victim of her father's machinations, but one look is all it takes for Cole Masters and Tyler Cannon to offer her their own style of menage a trois blackmail. Brianna Wyatt's father is blackmailing her into doing what he wants by threatening to send her brother to an institution. She would do anything to keep that from happening, including go along with his demented scheme of her getting pregnant by Cole Masters--a man who's been rumored to share a woman with his best friend, and who leaves Brianna's innocent senses in shambles. Cole is sure he's about to be blackmailed-why else would a man whore his daughter? But there's something about her that neither Cole nor his best friend, Tyler Cannon, can deny. They want her, and don't hesitate for a second on making their own offer. Her brother's protection for her body. When danger flirts with Brianna's life, there is nothing they won't do to keep her safe. Including listening to what their hearts are saying. Warning: this title contains graphic language, hot, explicit sex, bondage, domination/submission and menage a trois and is not for the faint of heart!
Download or read book Blackmail Earth written by Bill Evans and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Category 7" delivers an electrifying thriller of climate change, in which terrorists threaten to flood the air and ocean with chemicals that will cause a permanent winter. Available in a tall Premium Edition.
Download or read book Blackmail written by Mike Hepworth and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-01-20 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1975 Blackmail: Publicity and Secrecy in Everyday Life examines why blackmail is often taken more seriously than murder and why it is widely considered as a serious social threat. Both fictional and real-life situations are used to explore the kinds of social situation in which various individuals become vulnerable to blackmail. In isolating the key ingredients of reputational blackmail in Britain over the last hundred years, this book is not preoccupied with threats to accuse someone of a major criminal offence such as murder or armed robbery, but rather with those cases where the penalties of discovery are less clear-cut and where public reaction may be much more ambivalent. Mike Hepworth focuses attention on the way blackmail is stigmatized in criminological and other literature and the possible validity of the stereotype in the light of alternative interpretations. This book is an interesting read for scholars and researchers of criminology and sociology.
Download or read book Blackmail and Bribery written by Bonnie Juettner and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2009-01-23 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give your readers a look into the fascinating world of forensic investigation. This book details the investigative work involved in solving blackmail and bribery crimes. Students will learn about specialists in the field and examine the tools and techniques they use to expose and ensnare criminals. Readers will discover how cutting edge forensic science reveals the clues in the tiniest bits of evidence. Sidebars offer crime statistics and information about careers in criminal investigation. An annotated bibliography is included.
Download or read book Blackmailed by Taffy Sinclair written by Betsy Haynes and published by Yearling. This book was released on 1987-09 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jana finds a wallet but decides to return it to where she found it - that's when Taffy sees her and blackmails her into becoming her personal slave.
Download or read book Blackmailed for the Billionaire s Pleasure written by Marie Kelly and published by marie kelly. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I just closed on the deal to buy this place” he gestured with open arms. “I feel like relaxing and unwinding, so I’m taking a few days holiday on my island and was looking for someone to spend it with .... Just something meaningless and casual and there you were.... you seemed to fit the bill perfectly. He smiled seeing her flinch “I want you to join me, and to be totally at my beck and call for the whole 6 days .... and 5 nights” he added the last part with a flick over her body Kira looked at him in horror “No” she cried “I won’t be your little whore” His eyes flashed in anger “You will be or I will destroy Bill Thomson”
Download or read book Blackmailed with Diamonds written by Lucy Gordon and published by M&b Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A playboy meets a waitress - and showers her with jewels. But is she really all she seems? A billionaire demands the return of his family's heirloom diamond - and he'll go to any lengths to get it back... A tycoon's chance encounter may lead him to the woman of his dreams.
Download or read book Blackmail and Bibingka written by Mia P. Manansala and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her long-lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can’t be far behind in this new mystery by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo. It’s Christmastime in Shady Palms, but things are far from jolly for Lila Macapagal. Sure, her new business, the Brew-ha Cafe, is looking to turn a profit in its first year. And yes, she’s taken the first step in a new romance with her good friend Jae Park. But her cousin Ronnie is back in town after ghosting the family fifteen years ago, claiming that his recent purchase of a local winery shows that he’s back on his feet and ready to contribute to the Shady Palms community. Tita Rosie is thrilled with the return of her prodigal son, but Lila knows that wherever Ronnie goes, trouble follows. She’s soon proven right when Ronnie is suspected of murder, and secrets surrounding her shady cousin and those involved with the winery start piling up. Now Lila has to put away years of resentment and distrust to prove her cousin’s innocence. He may be a jerk, but he’s still family. And there’s no way her flesh and blood could actually be a murderer . . . right?
Download or read book The Marcolini Blackmail Marriage written by Melanie Milburne and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an Italian mogul reconnects with his estranged wife, his plan for revenge rekindles a furious passion in this sexy international romance. Claire and Antonio Marcolini have been estranged for years, and now she wants their split to be official. But no one asks a Marcolini for a divorce. Especially a gold digger who could walk away with the family’s fortune! Antonio will make Claire pay. And he has the perfect plan for vengeance—he’ll demand she spend the next three months living with him as his reconciled wife, and nothing will stop him from getting what he wants! But Claire is innocent. Can she prove it before her husband blackmails her back into marriage . . . and the marriage bed?
Download or read book Blackmailed by Her Bully written by Sam Crescent and published by Evernight Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve years ago, something happened to Ava Marshall, and rather than hide it, she reported it. All this time, she's believed the man responsible paid for his crime, but she is about to learn nothing is as it seems.Logan Stanford had his whole life torn from him for an act he didn't commit. Sent to the gutter, he has built his way back up, and now he's more than a bully from Ava's past. He's the nightmare that is going to make her pay. He's set to hurt and humiliate her in every possible way. There's no escape for her.But the truth will set her free, and when it does, Logan has to face the fact he has hurt the wrong person. Torn between his need to keep her and his guilt, Logan doesn't know what to do. He's a selfish bastard who is used to taking what he wants, but he has to let her go.Only, Ava doesn't want to be let go. She has spent too long living in the past, and it is time to move on and finally live her life.Will Logan give her the chance, or will he push her away?
Download or read book Blackmailed by the Beast written by Georgia Le Carre and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chelsea When I was a child my favorite fairytale was Beauty And The Beast. I dreamed of sacrificing myself for my father, and bravely going to an enchanted castle to live with the Beast. There I gently kissed the beast and transformed him into a handsome Prince. Now, I'm an adult, and it appears I have somehow wandered into the enchanted mansion of a beast. He is cold and harsh and cannot be transformed with a gentle kiss, but strangely, I don't want to transform him. Every single atom in my body, from the tips of my hair to the soles of my feet vibrates, throbs, and calls for my beast to take me ... again and again. Thorne Soon the whole world will know my name ... but first I have a distraction to deal with. The matter of a manipulative lying little thief. When I catch up with her, those bright, scheming eyes try their best to work their magic on me. Somebody should have told Chelsea Appleby no one steals from Thorne Blackmore. She tells me she will pay me back. She is sorry. She wants more time. The problem is I don't actually need the money back. What I need is to punish her. To possess and own every beautiful inch of her body. I want to leave my mark on her delicate English skin. Forever.
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
