Download or read book Chrysalis Series Book Collection written by Elene Sallinger and published by Accent Press. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Xcite Books comes 'Chrysalis', a bundle of three erotic and romantic stories by Elene Sallinger, winner of the Festival of Romance's 2011 'New Writing Competition'. After the breakdown of her ten year relationship, Claire Ryan joins a book club for romance readers, where she meets the dominant Evan Lang. Still recovering from the death of his submissive wife, he reluctantly takes Claire under his wing, teaching her his ways and introducing her to his lifestyle. Battling with his newfound feelings for Claire, Evan is forced to confront his past to keep his new love as she tires of his distance from her. Mona Von Hove and Wade Stalls have known each other all their lives - but their age difference has kept them apart all these years. When he finally admits his feelings to himself after trying to keep her away, he finds her comforted in the arms of another man. They both know they're right for each other, but is it over before it's even begun? Bridget Ross has a shameful secret - and has suffered for her crimes all these years. When her path crosses with Connor Reynolds, a man sharing his own tragic past, they are forced to face the ultimate question; can they escape the past, and is their love worth fighting for?
Download or read book The Chrysalis written by Heather Terrell and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haarlem, Holland, seventeenth-century: The city’s chief magistrate commissions a family portrait from Dutch master painter Johannes Miereveld. But when the artist sees the magistrate’s daughter, Amalia, an illicit love affair begins. Miereveld creates a captivating masterpiece, The Chrysalis–a stunning portrait of the Virgin Mary, full of Catholic symbols, that outrages his Protestant patron and signals the death of his career. New York, present day: Mara Coyne is one high-profile case away from making partner at her powerful Manhattan law firm, and now the client that is sure to seal the deal has fallen into her lap. The prestigious Beazley’s auction house is about to sell a lost masterwork, The Chrysalis, in an auction that is destined to become legendary. Standing in the way, however, is the shocking accusation that the painting belongs not to Beazley’s client but to Hilda Baum, the daughter of a Dutch collector who lost his paintings–and his life–to the Nazis. The case brings an unexpected surprise when Mara discovers that Beazley’s in-house attorney is Michael Roarke, a man for whom she once had an intense attraction. But the same skills that make her a brilliant litigator also make Mara suspicious, and she begins to believe that Hilda’s tragic family story might be more than just heartbreaking–it might be true. And the man she’s come to love might not be who she thought he was at all. Spanning centuries and continents, The Chrysalis is a brilliant, intelligent, fast-paced thriller that melds art and history into a provocative work of fiction. From the underground Catholicism in seventeenth-century Holland to the unspeakable crimes of the Nazis and the repercussions that reverberate to this day throughout the art world, Heather Terrell has created a fascinating story that will entrance readers to the very last page.
Download or read book The Chrysalis written by Brendan Deneen and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Creepy, powerful, wonderfully twisted."--New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry Don’t Go in the Basement In a brutal spasm of bad luck, Tom and Jenny Decker lose both their cheap Manhattan apartment and their barely-above-minimum-wage jobs. Their luck runs hot when they stumble upon a surprisingly affordable house in the suburbs, an old friend of Tom’s offers him an amazing opportunity, and Jenny discovers that she’s pregnant. But there are dark secrets galore in the Deckers’ new/old house. The place has a violent past. There’s a thing in the basement, a bizarre chrysalis Tom conceals from Jenny. Touching it makes him feel like a winner, like he can tackle any challenge—the mortgage, the commute, impending fatherhood. Until the night everything goes horribly wrong and the Deckers’ dream life is exposed as the phantom it always was. The night the chrysalis starts to hatch. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Chrysalis Tarot Deck and Book Set written by Toney Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This attractive set includes the award-winning 78-card Chrysalis Tarot deck, a custom full-color spread sheet, and the eagerly-anticipated companion book. The Chrysalis Tarot deck presents exquisitely drawn Otherworld characters and mythological archetypes. Both the Major and Minor Arcana feature beautifully illustrated scenes that inspire reflection and stimulate your psychic intuition and imagination. This illustrated companion book to Chrysalis Tarot explores the spiritual journey of self-discovery and transformation that leads to higher consciousness. Part I examines the magic and energy of the Otherworld that guides you on this journey. Each of the five chapters focuses on a character from the Chrysalis Tarot illustrated with an original sketch by Holly Sierra. Toney Brooks relates tarot to other metaphysical concepts such as archetypes, healing, and chakra work. Part Two of this book expands on the interpretations given in the booklet for the 78 cards. Holly shares the inspirations for her Chrysalis Tarot artwork and presents black and white sketches for each card. Book includes a foreword by Tali Goodwin.
Download or read book Gestation written by John Gold and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-25 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To face Death itself, to hide from deadly guards, to conduct dark rituals and to use forbidden death magic? Being sent to Hell is definitely not what 12-year-old Anji would have ever expected from a government orphanage program.
Download or read book Nemesis written by Brendan Reichs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orphan Black meets Lord of the Flies in this riveting new thriller from the co-author of the Virals series. It's been happening since Min was eight. Every two years, on her birthday, a strange man finds her and murders her in cold blood. But hours later, she wakes up in a clearing just outside her tiny Idaho hometown—alone, unhurt, and with all evidence of the horrifying crime erased. Across the valley, Noah just wants to be like everyone else. But he’s not. Nightmares of murder and death plague him, though he does his best to hide the signs. But when the world around him begins to spiral toward panic and destruction, Noah discovers that people have been lying to him his whole life. Everything changes in an eye blink. For the planet has a bigger problem. The Anvil, an enormous asteroid threatening all life on Earth, leaves little room for two troubled teens. Yet on her sixteenth birthday, as she cowers in her bedroom, hoping not to die for the fifth time, Min has had enough. She vows to discover what is happening in Fire Lake and uncovers a lifetime of lies: a vast conspiracy involving the sixty-four students of her sophomore class, one that may be even more sinister than the murders.
Download or read book Gilded Love The Complete Boxed Set written by Kilby Blades and published by Luxe Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 837 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today best selling author, Kilby Blades, the multi-award-winning series that started it all... Money can buy them anything. Happiness might take a little work. They're young, they're hot, they're filthy rich, and they're ready to take on the establishment, along with anyone who messes with the people they love. Snapdragon The rules are simple: unattached companionship, toe-curling sex, and a clean break whenever it ends. And either one can say the single word to end it: Snapdragon. Chrysalis When taking a promotion in Sydney proves to be the biggest mistake of his life, Michael must go to extremes to win Darby back. But how will he fight for their love and protect her from her crooked politician father from half a world away? Vertical Jasmine is in desperate need of extraction from a high-end human trafficking bust gone wrong, one she never should have taken on alone. But there's only one man who can help her: Avi. And she left him at the altar six months ago. Loaded: A Holiday Romance When his grandmother summons him to an urgent family dinner, Marsh is forced to do the one thing he's been avoiding: bring his woke Black girlfriend home to his stuffy old money family. With forced proximity and alcohol, what could possibly go wrong? Bonus Holiday Short: Sleigh My Name An extended holiday epilogue for Michael and Darby that is exclusive to this set and not published anywhere else. Michael never forgave himself for the time he broke Darby’s heart, no matter how fast he’d fixed his stupid decision to move away. Five years later, he has a shot at orchestrating a do-over of one fateful night. At the Jingle Ball, he’ll pull off his grandest gesture yet.
Download or read book Ethnic Chrysalis written by Loretta E. Kim and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ethnic Chrysalis" is the first book in English to cover the early modern history of the Orochen, an ethnic group that has for centuries inhabited areas now belonging to the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. The Qing dynasty (1644–1911) was a formative period for Orochen identity, and its actions preserved the Orochen as a separate ethnic group. While incorporating the Orochen into the imperial political domain through military conscription and compulsory resource extraction, the Qing government created two Orochen subgroups that experienced disparate levels of social and economic autonomy. The use of “Orochen” as an official modifier by Qing officials forms an early layer of the chrysalis that embodies various senses of ethnic identity for people who have been identified, or self‐identified, as Orochen. Since the Qing, the Orochen have continued to cherish the perception that their Qing‐period ancestors were key players in the defense and economy of northeast China. Tracing the evolution of Qing policies toward the Orochen along the Chinese–Russian borderland, Loretta Kim examines how the impact of political organization in one era can endure in a group’s social and cultural values.
Download or read book Chrysalis Corporation written by T.A. Venedicktov and published by DSP Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chrysalis Corporation: Book One Together, they can change the rules of the galaxy and the definition of humanity. When Damion Hawk is offered an opportunity to escape the destitute life of a miner on Mars and become an elite Alpha Fighter pilot, he jumps at the chance. Within the Chrysalis Corporation, Damion must learn to work with his Core—a man with computerized implants, no human emotions—and no rights. But unlike other Fighters, Damion can’t treat Core 47 as a tool. He sees 47 as more than a machine, and he’ll take deadly risks to help 47 find the humanity inside him. Fighters and Cores are designed to work together and enhance each other’s strengths in defense of their employer. Damion and 47 will need each other’s support as suspicions about the all-powerful Chrysalis Corporation arise. Someone wants Damion and 47 gone, and they need to find out who and why while hiding 47’s growing emotions and the love forming between them. If they can succeed, they might save not only themselves, but all Cores enslaved by the Corporation.
Download or read book Chrysalis written by Leto Blackman and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jax and Kala have discovered that they have actually been on Crucible for almost a thousand years. But, they have no memories of that time, only dreams that haunt them. Now, with new allies, they must prepare for The Caste army that is marching towards them.Jax, a man of science, must come to terms that there is so much he does not understand. Kala, a construct build from an ancient mysterious race, a naive, yet headstrong woman, must learn what it means to be human.Jill, a young woman with demons in her past, must find her place in this new, and often cruel world.Doc, a sentient A.I. in a liquid metal body, is a mystery. He now has a part of The Watcher in him, how will he change?Aurelia, a natural-born girl of Crucible. Her parents murdered, has not spoken since. She holds power no one seems to understand, how will she wield it?
Download or read book Chrysalis written by Kim Todd and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Darwin, before Audubon, there was Maria Sibylla Merian. An artist turned naturalist known for her botanical illustrations, Merian was born just sixteen years after Galileo proclaimed that the earth orbited the sun. But at the age of fifty, she sailed from Europe to the New World on a solo scientific expedition to study insect metamorphosis—an unheard-of journey for any naturalist at that time, much less a woman. When she returned, she produced a book that secured her reputation, only to have it savaged in the nineteenth century by scientists who disdained the work of “amateurs.” Exquisitely written and illustrated, Chrysalis takes us from golden-age Amsterdam to the Surinam tropics to modern laboratories where Merian’s insights fuel a new branch of biology. Kim Todd brings to life a seventeenth-century woman whose boldness and vision would still be exceptional today.
Download or read book The Chrysalis Key written by E. P. Bali and published by Blue Moon Rising. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Breakfast Club meets Harry Potter but darker. Perfect for fans of Akarnae and The Magicians" In the summer of 1999 in the unassuming Brisbane town of Breakfast Creek, five teenagers find themselves up against a demonic General. Henry, Melanie, Julia, Hugh and Aiden never expected their detention to result in the execution of their school principal. All of a sudden they are on the run from a demonic general with a penchant for children. Chrysalis school has slept for 50 years. But now she's ready to awaken. The course of their lives has been changed forever. Five teenagers. Three magical schools. A secret family curse. A tale of epic proportions that you'll never forget.
Download or read book Chrysalis written by Alan Jamieson and published by Paternoster. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Christians often find their faith metamorphosing and do not know how to handle the troubling changes. Using the life-cycle of a butterfly as a metaphor Alan Jamieson helps readers to see that radical changes need not mean the death of personal faith. Instead he helps us to embrace them as part of a positive, Christian, Spirit-led journey with God."--Jacket.
Download or read book Chrysalis Tarot Book written by Toney Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2016-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated companion to the Chrysalis Tarotexplores the spiritual journey of self-discoverythat leads to higher consciousness. Part Oneexamines the magic of the Otherworld thatguides you along this path with wisdom fromthe characters of Chrysalis Tarot. Part Two ofthis book expands on the interpretations of the78 cards. In addition to Toney Brooks' insightfuldescriptions, Holly shares her inspiration for herartwork and presents her original sketches foreach card. Foreword by Tali Goodwin.
Download or read book The Complete Chrysalis Series Books 1 4 written by Michel Prince and published by Michel Prince Books. This book was released on with total page 3197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hardest part of growing up, is learning you are worth more. 2014 IRAE Sweetest Romance winning series is now in one set. Chrysalis In the annals of dysfunctional families, the Chisholm’s are working their way to the top. Drug abuse, an unwed mother with multiple fathers, and the questionable cash flow for the 'pretty one'. All this from a seemingly normal, two parent middle class family. But were the choices truly made of their free will? Bad choices are a Chisholm family trait, one that confounds the youngest child, Ellie, who's trying to separate herself by making smart decisions. And falling for Oscar Jeffreys, the hottest guy at school, would be number one on the list of Chisholm family disasters. The Beam There comes a time in everyone’s life when they must put aside their childish ways. In the past year, Ellie Chisholm has fallen into the security of her relationship with Oscar Jeffreys, emerging with a stronger sense of herself. But now Ellie's mother has started inserting herself into Ellie’s life, treating her as if she were a child even though Ellie has begun to make very adult decisions for her future. Can Ellie maintain her sanity while walking the last steps as a child? Not Even Death In one tragic moment, Ellie Jeffreys’ perfect life ended and the devastation of losing the only man she believed she could ever love and their beautiful child causes the hopeless resignation that life shall never again be worth living. Dr. Luke Page’s inability to save Ellie’s husband and son has him hoping to recover her crumbling mind and show her love does still exist in the world. Will Luke’s love be enough to rise to the challenge of protecting her? Or will Oscar’s become like a phoenix letting not even mortality stand its way? Unto Us “No one ever said carrying demon spawn would be easy…” Ellie Jeffreys is unsure of when or where she woke up, but one thing is certain—she’s not alone. Now unsure if the nightmare of Luke Page will consume her and finally allow Gaap to destroy the family she’s created, she discovers the only way forward is to move on from the past and accept her place in an ancient prophecy.
Download or read book Broken Gears Series Box Set Lenore s Storyline Books 1 3 written by Dana Fraedrich and published by Goat Song Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 1837 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lenore, a thief, is on the run from the law, from the brutal Enforcers. Just when she thinks she's found safety by assuming a new identity with a wealthy but eccentric family, she discovers they've got secrets of their own. Big ones. As does everyone in this series. And, of course, someone who knows her real identity is chasing after her. Uncover what everyone is hiding by joining Lenore as she... -Crosses paths with a mysterious crime lord bearing a magical oath and a stark warning, -Travels to exotic lands and finds even more danger than the city holds, -And faces off against a death-obsessed cult. Can Lenore find the courage to forge her own path, or will the world of lies she's built come crashing down? Out of the Shadows, Into the Fire, and Across the Ice are the first three books in the captivating Broken Gears young adult steampunk fantasy series. Fans of the Finishing School series by Gail Carriger and Garth Nix's Old World universe will delight as this Victorian-era-esque world unfolds before them. A multi-layered steampunk fantasy tale of colorful characters, lost magic and technology, and subterfuge that promises to entrance. If you like smart heroines, forgotten magic, and rich Victorian settings, then you'll love Lenore's intrigue-and-adventure storyline. "Out of the Shadows features great prose, a gripping plot, and characters that will remain with readers long after they are done reading the story." —Reader's Favorite Editorial Review: "Dana Fraedrich has a vast eye for details and a flawless knack with complex relationships. This world is primarily steampunk, but traces of fantasy and paranormal are in the background, staying in the shadows as these characters are forced to hide certain aspects of their lives. Lenore is often judged for her status, age, and for being a woman, but she doesn't let the world define her. She uses it to create a mask to hide behind, but this doesn't take away from her brazen, opinionated, and spunky personality. Into the Fire is a riveting adventure that will hook you from page one, with a strong-willed heroine, complex characters, romance, and complicated relationships." Buy the collection now to enter a steam-powered world of secrets!
Download or read book Shattered Hearts Complete Series Box Set Books 1 7 written by Cassia Leo and published by Gloss Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 1443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From best friend to first love… Then, his stardom tore them apart. Now he’s back, and her explosive secret threatens their second chance. The day Claire meets Chris is like any other day. She has been kicked out of yet another foster home. The moment she sees the piercing in his lip and the tattoos on his smooth skin, she knows she won't last long in this new place. Claire has never been so happy to be wrong. With a patience that Claire has never known in her short and tumultuous life, Chris and his mother demonstrate that trust is possible once again. And in secret, when no one is watching, Chris shows Claire the power of love. Unfortunately, Chris is her foster brother, and the risk of being kicked out of the only home she's ever known looms if anyone discovers their relationship. However, once Claire heads off to college, she believes that she and Chris can finally reveal their love to the world. Suddenly, hiding their relationship becomes the least of their worries when Chris is presented with a record deal. Chris is unwavering in his commitment to Claire, assuring her that he will never leave. However, she knows he won't accept the deal unless she forces him to. Claire must make an unthinkable decision, one she feels compelled to make for the sake of their love. This boxed set includes all SEVEN novels from the New York Times bestselling series. The Shattered Hearts series is a seven-book steamy and tender romance, including a five-book continuous series and two stand-alone spin-off novels. This set includes: - Forever Ours (197 pages) - Relentless (262 pages) - Pieces of You (372 pages) - Bring Me Home (389 pages) - Chasing Abby (372 pages) - Abandon (258 pages) - Ripped (232 pages)
