Download or read book A Blade of Black Steel written by Alex Marshall and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to Alex Marshall's A Crown for Cold Silver, an outstanding, game-changing epic adventure featuring an unforgettable warrior. After five hundred years, the Sunken Kingdom has returned, and brought with it a monstrous secret that threatens to destroy every country on the Star. As an inhuman army gathers on its shores, poised to invade the Immaculate Isles, the members of the Cobalt Company face an ugly choice: abandon their dreams of glory and vengeance to combat a menace from another realm, or pursue their ambitions and hope the Star is still there when the smoke clears. Five villains. One legendary general. A battle for survival.

Download or read book Loving Bravely written by Alexandra H. Solomon and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As seen on The TODAY Show! “A godsend to anyone searching for, but struggling to find, true love in their lives.” —Kristin Neff, PhD, author of Self-Compassion "Empowering and compassionate, and its lessons are universal." —Publishers Weekly Real love starts with you. In order to attract a life partner and build a healthy intimate relationship, you must first become a good partner to yourself. This book offers twenty invaluable lessons that will help you explore and commit to your own emotional and psychological well-being so you can be ready, resilient, and confident in love. Many of us enter into romantic relationships full of expectation and hope, only to be sorely disappointed by the realization that the partner we’ve selected is a flawed human being with their own neuroses, history, and desires. Most relationships end because one or both people haven’t done the internal work necessary to develop self-awareness and take responsibility for their own experiences. We’ve all heard “You can’t love anyone unless you love yourself,” but amid life’s distractions and the myth of perfect, romantic love, how exactly do you do that? In Loving Bravely, psychologist, professor and relationship expert Alexandra H. Solomon introduces the idea of relational self-awareness, encouraging you to explore your personal history to gain an understanding of your own relational patterns, as well as your strengths and weaknesses in relationships. By doing so, you’ll learn what relationships actually require, beyond the fairytale notions of romance. And by maintaining a steady but gentle focus on yourself, you’ll build the best possible foundation for making a loving connection. By understanding your past relationship experiences, cultivating a strong sense of self-awareness, and determining what it is you really want in a romantic partner—you’ll be ready to find the healthy, lasting love your heart desires.

Download or read book Doomed Romance written by Christine Leigh Heyrman and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A thwarted love triangle of heartbreak rediscovered after almost two hundred years—two men and a woman of equal ambition—that exploded in scandal and investigation, set between America's Revolution and its Civil War, revealing an age in subtle and powerful transformation, caught between the fight for women's rights and the campaign waged by evangelical Protestants to dominate the nation's culture and politics. From the winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Francis Parkman Prize in History. At its center—and the center of a love triangle—Martha Parker, a gifted young New England woman, smart, pretty, ambitious, determined to make the most of her opportunities, aspiring to become an educator and a foreign missionary. Late in 1825, Martha accepted a proposal from a schoolmaster, Thomas Tenney, only to reject him several weeks later for a rival suitor, a clergyman headed for the mission field, Elnathan Gridley. Tenney's male friends, deeply resentful of the new prominence of women in academies, benevolent and reform associations, and the mission field, decided to retaliate on Tenney's behalf by sending an anonymous letter to the head of the foreign missions board impugning Martha's character. Tenney further threatened Martha with revealing even more about their relationship, thereby ruining her future prospects as a missionary. The head of the board began an inquiry into the truth of the claims about Martha, and in so doing, collected letters, diaries, depositions, and firsthand witness accounts of Martha's character. The ruin of Martha Parker's hopes provoked a resistance within evangelical ranks over womanhood, manhood, and, surprisingly, homosexuality, ultimately threatening to destroy the foreign missions enterprise.

Download or read book The Traitor s Kiss written by Erin Beaty and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an action-packed, expertly plotted story, drenched in double crosses and intrigue, with an irresistible heroine and a sweet and sexy romance. A late-breaking twist gives way to a final act that will leave readers eager for subsequent books in this planned trilogy." —Publishers Weekly , starred review An obstinate girl who will not be married. A soldier desperate to prove himself. A kingdom on the brink of war. With a sharp tongue and an unruly temper, Sage Fowler is not what they’d call a proper lady—which is perfectly fine with her. Deemed unfit for a suitable marriage, Sage is apprenticed to a matchmaker and tasked with wrangling other young ladies to be married off for political alliances. She spies on the girls—and on the soldiers escorting them. As the girls' military escort senses a political uprising, Sage is recruited by a handsome soldier to infiltrate the enemy ranks. The more she discovers as a spy, the less certain she becomes about whom to trust—and Sage becomes caught in a dangerous balancing act that will determine the fate of her kingdom. With secret identities and a tempestuous romance, Erin Beaty's The Traitor’s Kiss is full of intrigue, espionage, and lies. An Imprint Book "Marital and martial matters collide when brides and spies become ensnared in a treasonous plot. . . . Sage is a clever, contrary female protagonist who remains realistic and likable, while her fellow protagonist Ash is enigmatic enough to require a second read. . . . Both epic and intimate, a semi–old-fashioned alternative to the wave of inexplicably lethal superheroines and their smoldering love triangles." —Kirkus Reviews "Complex characterization, deftly layered adventure story, and [a] balanced blend of political maneuvering, romantic interludes, and action scenes." —Kirkus Reviews "Beaty balances a taut web of deceit...readers will be carried away by the mystery." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (BCCB) "A debut novel that blends fantasy, romance, and battlefield action. . . . A slow burn YA fantasy with clever genre mixing." —School Library Journal

Download or read book Legendborn written by Tracy Deonn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn’s YA contemporary fantasy reinvents the King Arthur legend and “braids together Southern folk traditions and Black Girl Magic into a searing modern tale of grief, power, and self-discovery” (Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles). After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. A flying demon feeding on human energies. A secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down. And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw. The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates. She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets—and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down—or join the fight.

Download or read book Caught Up in a Love Triangle written by T.T Wells and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hold Fast written by Blue Balliett and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From NYT bestselling author Blue Balliett, the story of a girl who falls into Chicago's shelter system, and from there must solve the mystery of her father's strange disappearance. Where is Early's father? He's not the kind of father who would disappear. But he's gone . . . and he's left a whole lot of trouble behind.As danger closes in, Early, her mom, and her brother have to flee their apartment. With nowhere else to go, they are forced to move into a city shelter. Once there, Early starts asking questions and looking for answers. Because her father hasn't disappeared without a trace. There are patterns and rhythms to what's happened, and Early might be the only one who can use them to track him down and make her way out of a very tough place.With her signature, singular love of language and sense of mystery, Blue Balliett weaves a story that takes readers from the cold, snowy Chicago streets to the darkest corner of the public library, on an unforgettable hunt for deep truths and a reunited family.

Download or read book The Love Triangle written by Renee Beamer and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Love Triangle, What Every Couple Needs for a Successful Marriage exposes God's design for holy matrimony as detailed in Ephesians 5:22-33. Strife in the home ends as husbands love sacrificially and wives submit humbly, but how is this lived out? Explore faith-building testimonies and scriptural truths that speak hope to troubled marriages and wisdom for all couples.

Download or read book The Sweetest Thing Caught in a Love Triangle written by Cheryline Lawson and published by Cheryline Lawson. This book was released on 2011-03-02 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irene had been married into a family that relied on culture to determine their fate. Unhappily married to Shane, her husband, Irene wanted out so badly. She wanted a divorce that couldn’t happen because of their strict culture and her only son. If she divorced Shane, it would embarrass the entire family and Shane could get full custody of her son. So her son became the pawn between them. It had been too much for Irene to fake her marriage, so she moved out and went to a city where she found a job at a very large company, hired a maid for her son and was forced to send money home to her husband, who didn’t work. Irene meets Morgan and things change. Morgan is her supervisor and they faced each other for the first time under unusual circumstances – Morgan was reprimanding her for substandard work. It was not a good meeting and she left feeling angry at him. What happened after shocked even her. She falls deeply in love by accident. He feels the same, but they don’t realize the truth until… and then it was too late to turn back. They spend tons of time together in passionate embrace, acting silly with each other and having fun together. It came time, though in the relationship where they had to face the facts – what future was there for them with Irene’s situation still looming over them? They had to part. The story has many turns and twists and the end will delight and possibly alarm you. Caught in a love triangle, staying together was more important to them, but so was keeping her son and divorcing her husband. You will find this story very compelling and filled with suspense, love, passion, infidelity, fun, sadness, pain and hurt. Love can be the sweetest thing, but it can also hurt very badly.

Download or read book Caught Up written by Jacob Jb Burrage and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a reverse twist of the typical romance, a woman who hurts the man she's ina relationship with gets caught in her own game.

Download or read book Invitation to a Bonfire written by Adrienne Celt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'At once a gripping psychological thriller and a finely crafted work of literature ... An exhibition of stylistic virtuosity, a pyrotechnic display of fine writing' Financial Times 'Part psychological thriller and part literary puzzle' Grazia Zoya Andropova, a young Russian refugee, finds herself in an elite New Jersey boarding school. Having lost her family, her home and her sense of purpose, Zoya struggles to belong, a task made more difficult by her new country's paranoia about Soviet spies. When she meets charismatic fellow Russian émigré Leo Orlov – whose books Zoya has obsessed over for years – everything seems to change. But she soon discovers that Leo is bound by the sinister orchestrations of his brilliant wife, Vera, and that their relationship is far more complex than Zoya could ever have imagined.

Download or read book Three to Get Married written by Fulton J. Sheen and published by Scepter Publishers. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest and best-loved spokesmen for the Faith here sets out the Church's beautiful understanding of marriage in his trademark clear and entertaining style. Frankly and charitably, Sheen presents the causes of and solutions to common marital crises, and tells touching real-life stories of people whose lives were transformed through marriage. He emphasizes that our Blessed Lord is at the center of every successful and loving marriage. This is a perfect gift for engaged couples, or for married people as a fruitful occasion for self-examination.

Download or read book Credence written by Penelope Douglas and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three of them, one of her, and a remote cabin in the woods. Let the hot, winter nights ensue in this steamy dark romance from New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas, now with bonus material. Tiernan de Haas doesn't care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she's grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. And when her parents suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But she's always been alone, hasn't she? Jake Van der Berg, her father's stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan. Sent to live in the mountains of Colorado with Jake and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, Tiernan quickly learns that these men now have a say in what she chooses to care and not care about anymore. As the men take Tiernan under their wing, she slowly finds her place among them. Because lines blur and rules become easy to break when no one else is watching. One of them has her. The other one wants her. But he's going to keep her.

Download or read book Hellscourge Series written by J.C. Diem and published by Seize The Night Agency. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bundle includes the fourth, fifth and sixth books in the Hellscourge series. Hell Bent: Violet already has the weight of the world on her shoulders, but a new enemy rises to test her. This time, it isn’t a demon or one of the creatures from hell who will get in her way. Instead, it is a challenger for Zach’s affections. Thanks to her rival, she will encounter someone who she hoped she’d never see again. At the mercy of an enemy who she’d humiliated so badly in the past, not even her guardian angel will be able to save her this time. She’ll have to find a way out of her newest predicament herself. Determined to discover where the stolen angels’ grace has been taken, Violet will learn some painful truths that will haunt her. She will also discover that she has some unexpected allies when she returns to hell. The longer she spends in the underworld, the more danger she faces. Her transformation after being attacked by the Wraith Warrior is worsening by the day. She is in a race that will either see her dead, or turn into something from her worst nightmares. Hell To Pay: Violet has to face many trials during her mission to stop the apocalypse from wiping out mankind, but her personal life is almost as complicated. The rivalry between her and Candice Weller is increasing in intensity. She won’t be able to resist taking revenge on the girl who is trying to steal Zach away from her. Detective Reynolds seems to be the only cop in Manhattan who doesn’t have a vendetta against Violet. She has told him that a war is raging between angels and demons, but he won’t believe her until he sees the irrefutable proof for himself. The angels who started out as Violet’s allies are planning something and whatever it is isn’t going to be pleasant. Hagith and Orifiel are determined to bend her to their will and they don’t care about the cost that comes with their interference. The end result will strain Nathan’s trust in her and she might not be able to regain it again. Hell Freezes Over: Slowly dying from the Wraith Warrior’s toxin, Violet must resort to drastic measures to stay alive so she can continue her missions to hell. She will need to go against all of her instincts and trust someone who hates her in order for her health to be partially restored. Detective Reynolds requests the assistance of Violet and her angelic friends. He was put in her path for a reason, but she doesn’t know what it is yet. She suspects that he will somehow aid her in her war against demonkind, so she will do whatever she can to keep him on her side. Using a newly discovered skill, she finally manages to complete one of the tasks that she had been planning on for quite some time. She also discovers who has been whittling down the demons in the city. Their plan is dangerous to her and her friends and she isn’t sure if she will be able to put a stop to it.

Download or read book Caught up in the Boogie Woogie World written by Dr. George Foxx and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You go to the bank to make a withdrawal expecting money to pay your car note and a nagging creditor; then the teller tells you sorry, your account has been overdrawn or your request will result in an overdraft in which you have not subscribed What, are you serious! Your heart is pounding, you get angry, and your mind starts to race through the memories of hearing and seeing others that have been victimized by the thing called Identity Theft! You have just become the newest victim in the World of the Boogie Woogie! No man or woman who willing sleeps with a married person is the victim; especially, when it is well known that the person is married or engaged in a common-law arrangement. Whether the person is cute, pretty, smart, rich, or fine it makes no difference when you are in a love triangle or quad and emotions and feeling abound, get ready to be Caught up in the World of the Boogie Woogie. Best advice: When the benefit outweighs the boogie woogie, then it is okay. But when the boogie woogie outweighs the benefit it is time to make a change whether personal, professional, or social. The Boogie Woogie just dont stop! This easy-reader is filled with many accounts of the Boogie Woogie in which you may be aware or not, but it will shed laughter, amusement, and conversation but whatever you do just dont you get Caught up in the Boogie Woogie World!

Download or read book Circling the Sun written by Paula McLain and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, BOOKPAGE, AND SHELF AWARENESS • “Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason. Fans of The Paris Wife will be captivated by Circling the Sun, which . . . is both beautifully written and utterly engrossing.”—Ann Patchett, Country Living This powerful novel transports readers to the breathtaking world of Out of Africa—1920s Kenya—and reveals the extraordinary adventures of Beryl Markham, a woman before her time. Brought to Kenya from England by pioneering parents dreaming of a new life on an African farm, Beryl is raised unconventionally, developing a fierce will and a love of all things wild. But after everything she knows and trusts dissolves, headstrong young Beryl is flung into a string of disastrous relationships, then becomes caught up in a passionate love triangle with the irresistible safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and the writer Baroness Karen Blixen. Brave and audacious and contradictory, Beryl will risk everything to have Denys’s love, but it’s ultimately her own heart she must conquer to embrace her true calling and her destiny: to fly. Praise for Circling the Sun “In McLain’s confident hands, Beryl Markham crackles to life, and we readers truly understand what made a woman so far ahead of her time believe she had the power to soar.”—Jodi Picoult, author of Leaving Time “Enchanting . . . a worthy heir to [Isak] Dinesen . . . Like Africa as it’s so gorgeously depicted here, this novel will never let you go.”—The Boston Globe “Famed aviator Beryl Markham is a novelist’s dream. . . . [A] wonderful portrait of a complex woman who lived—defiantly—on her own terms.”—People (Book of the Week) “Circling the Sun soars.”—Newsday “Captivating . . . [an] irresistible novel.”—The Seattle Times “Like its high-flying subject, Circling the Sun is audacious and glamorous and hard not to be drawn in by. Beryl Markham may have married more than once, but she was nobody’s wife.”—Entertainment Weekly “[An] eloquent evocation of Beryl’s daring life.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

Download or read book Tiger s Destiny Book 4 in the Tigers Curse Series written by Colleen Houck and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With three of the goddess Durgas quests behind them, only one prophecy now stands in the way of Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan breaking the tigers curse. But the trios greatest challenge awaits them: A life-endangering pursuit in search of Durgas final gift, the Rope of Fire, on the Adaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Its a race against time--and the evil sorcerer Lokesh--in this eagerly anticipated fourth volume of the bestselling Tigers Curse series, which pits good against evil, tests the bonds of love and loyalty, and finally reveals the tigers true destiny once and for all.