Download or read book California Caress A Historical Western Romance written by Rebecca Sinclair and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hope Bennett is determined to save her brother's life. And if that means paying notorious gunslinger Drake Frazier to take his place in a fight, she'll barter her last gold nugget. But Hope soon discovers she'll have to give the handsome rattlesnake more than riches if she wants his help. His improper demands infuriate her; even as she luxuriates in the tantalizing heat of his embrace. But she refuses to yield to her desires. She'll accept his terms, then find a way to escape him... somehow... REVIEWS: "The kind of characters you want to keep reading about!" ~D. Watson, Reader from Temecula, CA OTHER TITLES by Rebecca Sinclair Montana Wildfire (A Historical Western Romance) Perfect Strangers (A Historical Romance)
Download or read book Sweet Caress written by William Boyd and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into Edwardian England, Amory's first memory is of her father standing on his head. She has memories of him returning on leave during the First World War. But his absences, both actual and emotional, are what she chiefly remembers. It is her photographer uncle Greville who supplies the emotional bond she needs, who, when he gives her a camera and some rudimentary lessons in photography, unleashes a passion that will irrevocably shape her future.A spell at boarding school ends abruptly and Amory begins an apprenticeship with Greville in London, photographing socialites for the magazine Beau Monde. But Amory is hungry for more and her search for life, love, and artistic expression will take her to the demi monde of Berlin of the late '20s, to New York of the '30s, to the blackshirt riots in London, and to France in the Second World War where she becomes one of the first women war photographers. Her desire for experience will lead Amory to further wars, to lovers, husbands, and children as she continues to pursue her dreams and battle her demons. In this enthralling story of a life fully lived, illustrated with “found” period photographs, William Boyd has created a sweeping panorama of some of the most defining moments of modern history, told through the camera lens of one unforgettable woman, Amory Clay. It is his greatest achievement to date.
Download or read book A Caress of Twilight written by Laurell K. Hamilton and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I am Princess Meredith, heir to a throne—if I can stay alive long enough to claim it.” After eluding relentless assassination attempts by Prince Cel, her cousin and rival for the Faerie crown, Meredith Gentry, Los Angeles private eye, has a whole new set of problems. To become queen, she must bear a child before Cel can father one of his own. But havoc lies on the horizon: people are dying in mysterious, frightening ways, and suddenly the very existence of the place known as Faerie is at grave risk. So now, while she enjoys the greatest pleasures of her life attempting to conceive a baby with the warriors of her royal guard, she must fend off an ancient evil that could destroy the very fabric of reality. And that’s just her day job. . . .
Download or read book Crystal Caress written by Zuri Day and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passion is heating up those arctic Alaska nights! It took nerve for Northern California socialite Teresa Drake to walk away from her family's famed wine empire. Flying off to Alaska is even riskier—especially when the budding journalist stumbles down a cavern while admiring the spectacular sights. But it's her gorgeous rescuer who makes Teresa truly reckless. The night she spends with mogul Atka Sinclair convinces her she's found her soul mate…until her charming lover becomes her worst enemy. Atka has deep ties to his native land. So how can he trust the pampered beauty who just published a glowing article about the politician out to destroy his people's heritage? But as traitorous desire reignites, Atka realizes what he and Teresa share is too precious to lose. Will pride prevent him from building a future with the woman who could write them the most thrilling love story of all?
Download or read book Term Limits and Their Consequences written by Stanley M. Caress and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legislative term limits remain a controversial feature of the American political landscape. Term Limits and Their Consequences provides a clear, comprehensive, and nonpartisan look at all aspects of this contentious subject. Stanley M. Caress and Todd T. Kunioka trace the emergence of the grassroots movement that supported term limits and explain why the idea of term limits became popular with voters. At the same time, they put term limits into a broader historical context, illustrating how they are one of many examples of the public's desire to reform government. Utilizing an impressive blend of quantitative data and interviews, Caress and Kunioka thoughtfully discuss the impact of term limits, focusing in particular on the nation's largest state, California. They scrutinize voting data to determine if term limits have altered election outcomes or the electoral chances of women and minority candidates, and reveal how restricting a legislator's time in office has changed political careers and ambitions. Designed to transform American politics, term limits did indeed bring change, but in ways ranging far beyond those anticipated by both their advocates and detractors.
Download or read book Caress of Darkness A Dark Pleasures Novella written by Julie Kenner and published by Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie Kenner comes a new story in her Dark Pleasures series… From the first moment I saw him, I knew that Rainer Engel was like no other man. Dangerously sexy and darkly mysterious, he both enticed me and terrified me. I wanted to run–to fight against the heat that was building between us–but there was nowhere to go. I needed his help as much as I needed his touch. And so help me, I knew that I would do anything he asked in order to have both. But even as our passion burned hot, the secrets in Raine’s past reached out to destroy us … and we would both have to make the greatest sacrifice to find a love that would last forever. **Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**
Download or read book Perfect Strangers A Historical Romance written by Rebecca Sinclair and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2011-06-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 16th century England, Gabrielle Carelton is one of Queen Elizabeth’s most devoted ladies-in-waiting. Then that loyalty is put to the test when Her Majesty commands her to marry Scotsman Collin Douglas. But when Gabrielle is kidnapped by Collin’s twin brother, not even Good Queen Bess can save her. Dubbed the Black Douglas, devilishly handsome Connor is known throughout the land for his magnificent feats of strength and cunning. But now he is in need of an heir. An English bride will bring peace to the warring nations—and give him the son he craves. What the Black Douglas doesn’t expect is an Englishwoman as passionate as she is proud... and in possession of a desire that knows no boundaries. Set against the pageantry and savage splendor of 16th-century England and Scotland, here is the story of a man and a woman who begin as enemies and strangers—and find a love that will triumph against all odds. eBook Video Trailer at: http://www.ebookdiscovery.com/eBookTeasers.html REVIEWS: "A delightful read, filled with humor, pathos and the entire gamut of emotions in between... a wonderful romp." ~Evelyn Feiner, Romantic Times Magazine OTHER TITLES by Rebecca Sinclair Montana Wildfire (A Historical Western Romance) California Caress (A Historical Western Romance)
Download or read book The Cudgel and the Caress written by David Farrell Krell and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers philosophical and psychological reflections on cruelty and tenderness. The Cudgel and the Caress explores the enduring significance of tenderness and cruelty in a range of works across philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literature. Divided into two parts, the book initially focuses on tenderness, with David Farrell Krell delivering original readings of Homer’s Iliad, Sophocles’s Antigone, and writings by Hölderlin, Hegel, Freud, and Derrida that deal with the importance of tenderness and the tragic consequences of its absence. Part One concludes with an extended reading of Robert Musil’s Man Without Qualities, in which Krell analyzes the tender relationship between Ulrich and Agathe. In Part Two, Krell begins by examining Otto Rank’s Birth Trauma, which reflects on the tenderness of gestation in the womb and the cruel necessity of birth. He then turns to an examination of cruelty in general, focusing on Derrida’s challenge to contemporary psychoanalysis, his opposition between Kant and Nietzsche, and his analysis (and indictment) of the death penalty. Groundbreaking and insightful, the book provides a rare philosophical treatment of subjects vital to the world we live in. David Farrell Krell is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University and Brauer Distinguished Visiting Professor of German Studies at Brown University.
Download or read book Caress written by David Hilliard and published by . This book was released on 2019-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Monster s Caress written by S.E. Smith and published by Montana Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CIA agent Asahi Tanaka grew up hearing tales from his grandfather about a mysterious realm where magic and monsters are real. His quest for answers takes him back to Yachats, Oregon, his childhood home, and a series of disappearances leads to a strange but eerily familiar world. Nali, Empress of the Monsters, will do anything to protect the creatures under her care. When one of her fabled Sea Stags washes ashore grievously injured, she knows that the last of the alien organisms who came to her world has made it to her kingdom. Her search for the alien leads to an unexpected discovery—another visitor, this one from Earth! A perilous journey to find the malevolent alien takes Nali and Asahi across the Isle of the Monsters, leading them to a discovery that changes their perceptions and makes them reexamine their place in the universe. Will the magic that sparks between these two warriors from different worlds be enough to destroy the threat, or will one have to be sacrificed to save not only the Seven Kingdoms but Earth as well? A NY Times and USA Today bestselling author, the internationally acclaimed S.E. Smith presents a new story with her signature humor and unpredictable twists! Exciting adventure, hot romance, and iconic characters have won her a legion of fans. Over TWO MILLION books sold!
Download or read book A Healing Caress written by Viola Grace and published by Devine Destinies. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brenawyn has lived life with one goal, survival. When Tracker of the Sector Guard lands on her planet she tries to buy herself some time at his expense and ends up with him and travelling to the Citadel. Training and teaching for four years, no one is more surprised than Bren when Tracker comes in, his body desperately needing her attention. After the healing he gives her another option, instead of languishing at the Citadel she can join him at Teklan base. She keeps him in suspense for the entire nine seconds that it takes her to make up her mind, and then they simply have to negotiate for her freedom. Easy.
Download or read book The Foreigner s Caress written by Kim Shaw and published by Kimani Press. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the best thing that ever happened to her… Born into wealth and privilege, former party girl Madison Daniels has come to New York to make a fresh start. Determined to change her wild ways, she never expects to meet a man who just might change her destiny. Jamaican-born Stevenson Elliott is everything she's ever wanted. He's handsome, intelligent, wealthy—and the billionaire heir seems equally unable to resist their sensual attraction. But then Madison's past indiscretions come back to haunt her, and his family vows to never approve of their romance. Used to getting what she wants, Madison now must find a way to convince Stevenson that a lifetime with her is worth more than his family's billions.… The Daniels sisters—young, beautiful socialites who are about to find love in the real world…
Download or read book A Caress of Wings written by Sylvia Day and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Renegade Angels novella from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Crossfire series, a powerful angel breaks all the rules by falling for the mortal whose life she’s saved… Chained in the dark, Trevor Descansos endures pain and terror as vampires slowly drain the life from him. He finds mercy in Sentinel Siobhán, a beautiful avenging angel with lethal wings. She draws Trevor from the depths of hell, wrapping him in the softness of the same feathers that she wielded like blades to cut down his tormentors. Ageless and eternal, Siobhán has seen too much to be surprised by anything, but the mortal she finds in the pit of a vampire den shakes her to the core. Broken and near death, his ravaged masculine beauty stirs the heart she hadn't realized she possessed. Though she’s tasked with eradicating the vampire disease sweeping across her world, she nurses Trevor back to health, healing him even as he awakens a forbidden longing. But the true test has yet to come. Siobhán faces an even darker fate than Trevor’s, as she falls from grace into mortal love...
Download or read book Lord s New Year s Caress written by M. R. Kelly and published by eXtasy Books. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luna Alvarado loves her life. She runs a tea shop in the French Quarter of New Orleans that’s been in the family for years and is named after her grandmother. She’s developed a relationship with her customers and neighbors and built a beautiful life full of friends and exotic tea blends. When a predatory corporate chain tea shop moves in just across the way, it undercuts her prices, steals her customers, and reduces her profits. When she’s approached with an offer to buy her out, she reluctantly agrees and schedules a business closing party for New Year's weekend. When the party is crashed by Niall Lord, the owner of the chain of shops, things get awkward, but the alcohol continues to flow. Luna discovers a new definition of awkward when she wakes up in bed with Lord and he propositions her…become his fiancé and shield against man-hungry women around him. In exchange, he will return her shop and become a silent partner. Can Luna keep the lie going long enough to save her shop? Can she stay in a phony arrangement without losing her heart? Lord’s New Year's Caress is an erotic romantic comedy with everything at stake.
Download or read book My Dirty California written by Jason Mosberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this literary thriller, a young man descends into the Los Angeles underworld to find his family’s killer—aided by a group of strangers with their own shadowy pasts. When Marty returns to Pennsylvania after living in California for ten years, he’s happily welcomed by his father and older brother, Jody. The joyful reunion is short-lived. Two days later, Jody enters the house to find his father and Marty shot dead as their masked killer flees out the back door. Without any answers from the local police, Jody heads to Los Angeles looking for who murdered his family and why. Soon, he finds a trove of strange videos recorded by his brother that leads him into the city’s most dangerous corners, where he comes up against drug dealers, crooked cops, surf gangs, and black-market profiteers. As his investigation expands, it also intersects with Pen, a documentary filmmaker who suspects humanity is living in a simulation and that her missing father found a portal to escape; Renata, an undocumented immigrant who might have evidence to support Pen’s theory; and Tiph, a young mother whose desperate efforts to support her only child via a stolen art stash could prove the key to answering all these mysteries. My Dirty California is a cinematic, suspenseful, intricately plotted thriller that explores the darker side of the glamorous Golden State.
Download or read book Caress of a Witch written by S.G. Slade and published by Sam Grosser Books. This book was released on with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a realm where the shadows whisper secrets, her quest for the truth becomes a battle for survival. Kate Winter is desperate for a more exciting life. So when a fortune teller reveals that her family is guarding dark secrets, she embarks on a daring voyage to uncover the past. But she soon discovers the fortune teller is hiding secrets of her own, and she has put herself in danger of a horrifying fate. Alone and penniless in a city that is strange to her, she goes to the only place she knows – the Cross Bones graveyard – to call on the spirits of those who have gone before. Caught up in a battle that began in her grandfather’s time, Kate’s only chance is to draw on the power of the witchblood that runs in her veins. With the final confrontation approaching, can she put an end to her family’s curse, or will she die a witch’s death at the fortune teller’s hand? Caress of a Witch is the third standalone book in the suspenseful Darkness Rising series. If you like dark magic and captivating fantasy, then you will love S.G. Slade’s seductive novel. Content Warning: spicy sex and the occult.
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