Download or read book Conjuring Destiny written by Brooklyn Ann and published by Broken Angels. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s more than a prophecy holding them together … Famous rock star, Xochitl Leonine, has dreamt of a world with two moons where a black-cloaked man beckons her. One Halloween night, she meets the mysterious stranger of her dreams… literally... and their shared dance becomes a rendezvous in a place of endless night. Zareth Amotken has no idea how important Xochitl’s heavy metal band is to her. As an immortal sorcerer, he doesn’t care. He has one goal: to find the prophesied savior of his world. Her voice holds the power to bring back his world’s vanished sun. Xochitl’s compassion urges her to help in any way she can. Yet learning the mysteries of her past causes conflict with her future in music. Her destiny in his world and her obligations to her band pull her in opposite directions. How can she long for one while the other is so dire? As Zareth introduces her to his people and teaches her to control her powers, she aches for his enchanting kiss. Zareth tries to resist, for their passion will unleash serious consequences, both political and magical. As the time to fulfill her destiny draws closer, she must choose between her heart, her duty, and her friends. The wrong choice could ruin everything. But if Zareth’s evil half-brother succeeds in taking control of her for his own ends, he will take away her choices… and destroy the world. "This is a great book with strong character interactions. Xochitl's destiny unfolds further and more of the prophecy comes into play. An exciting and at times mysterious tale that will keep you hooked." - All Things Book Reviews "More fantasy romance than paranormal romance. The magic and the world was amazing and the hero dark and dangerous (just the way I like them)." -Shona Husk, author of the Court of Anwyn Series. "Conjuring Destiny is a paranormal urban fantasy romance novel, that once you start reading you won't want to put down. It has all the markings of high fantasy while giving a fresh take on traditional fantasy and paranormal canon." - KitKat reviews

Download or read book Conjuring Destiny written by Brooklyn Ann and published by Brides of Prophecy. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famous rock star Xochitl Leonine, has dreamt of a world with two moons, where a dark-cloaked stranger beckons her. One Halloween night, she meets the mysterious man of her dreams ... literally. Their shared dance becomes a rendezvous in a place of endless night.

Download or read book Cinemagogue written by James Harleman and published by Cinemagogue Press. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand the shared story in which we all play a part. Connect human creativity with the impulse of our Creator. Explore the relationship between images and imaging God. Do you like movies? Are you a cinephile? Do your friends consult YOU instead of IMDB? Were you raised on television? Spend hours talking cinema? This book is definitely for you. If you're a casual consumer who thinks Hollywood exists simply for diversion, this book may change your life. ""I am a Junior film and Television student... your interpretations of the films have helped formed the kind of filmmaker I am becoming, and also the way I experience films."" Humans crave narrative and usually don't stop to question why. Are we perhaps created to consume story, to create story, because we're image bearers of a Master Storyteller? In this book, movies meet God at the multiplex as the author challenges readers to redefine entertainment, understand the story they're in, and experience a new integrated level of spirituality and entertainment. ""You actually look at the film aspects and see how the artist's worldview really comes through."" What can we learn about God from Doctor Who and Han Solo? What are people like Jon Stewart and even Michael Bay helping us understand about story, good and bad? Peppered with movie quotes and metaphors, journey through the incredible changes film and storytelling have had on 21st century culture. Instead of an overly-academic offering on film and faith, Cinemagogue weaves a narrative from the author's own pop culture saturated life to the Greatest Story Ever Told, from Superman to Citizen Kane, Bertrand Russell to John Frame, Kurt Vonnegut to the apostle Paul, from our favorite narrative to our shared meganarrative. .".".I grew up on television in the 80s and relate to the context you grew up in.... I thank God for you and your ability to glorify him in everything, no matter what."" Classic notions of story structure, "monomyth" and universally shared themes in both popular and classic tales are examined in light of ancient scripture. From there, readers can see the genesis of creativity and worldview distortions from which conversation can bring us back to the future. After a dirty dozen examples of popular film in chapter five (with questions for discussion) the book tackles common objections with genre and content: horror movies, foul language, violence, sexuality, magic and more... and how many traditional objections are overshadowed by incredible opportunities for those brave enough to overcome fear and wade into the culture stream, secure in their faith. ""Your talk was one of the final confirmations of our move to Los Angeles to re-engage the film business by getting upstream in culture and trying to influence from the top down. Worked as an assistant on a TV series for a year, and now I'm working at a digital marketing agency that does a ton of film/TV work, as well as writing/producing my own projects."" The book ends with a call and commission to those who consider themselves spiritual and religious to get their heads out of the sand, to start realizing and utilizing the power of narrative. .".".really convicted me in both the movie and gaming arena to analyze what I am watching/playing and why. I had almost zero discernment before stumbling onto your series..."" A requested resource by movie-goers, movie-makers, pastors and teachers, Cinemagogue is an extension of a website and podcast, providing a "how-to" for those who want to experience the transforming power inherent in all story. ""Listening to your podcasts... opened my eyes to examine what I watch even closer."" Take your entertainment seriously while simultaneously having more fun with it than ever before. Learn how to watch to glorify, to be edified, and possibly to evangelize. Even better, create to

Download or read book Bewitching the Vampire written by Brooklyn Ann and published by Broken Angels. This book was released on 2023-07-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lord Vampire of New Orleans meets his match in the leader of the local witch coven. Magic is returning to Earth, and Raina Callahan’s witch coven is growing more powerful. She’s been warned to be wary of catching interest from dangerous people, and sure enough, she discovers that someone is following her. Her stalker turns out to be the owner of a vampire-themed club—who really is a vampire. And although he is dead sexy and charming, Raina is not okay with his surveillance or his intent to claim her as his. She will use every means of magic at her disposal to thwart him. Valentin St. Scarasse, Lord Vampire of New Orleans, has a weakness for voluptuous women with magic in their blood. Just when he has his sights set on what promises to be a delicious meal—and maybe a few passionate nights in bed—the Thirteenth Elder commands him to watch over the witch and her coven and keep them safe. But when Raina catches Valentin spying on her, the witch and the vampire embark on a battle of wills that will only end if they surrender to the heat between them. As the Evil One’s cultists invade the city, Raina and Valentin must learn to trust each other and together, help their communities make an alliance that both sides swore would never happen.

Download or read book Conjuring Culture written by Theophus H. Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-11-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a sophisticated new interdisciplinary interpretation of the formulation and evolution of African American religion and culture. Theophus Smith argues for the central importance of "conjure"--a magical means of transforming reality--in black spirituality and culture. Smith shows that the Bible, the sacred text of Western civilization, has in fact functioned as a magical formulary for African Americans. Going back to slave religion, and continuing in black folk practice and literature to the present day, the Bible has provided African Americans with ritual prescriptions for prophetically re-envisioning, and thereby transforming, their history and culture. In effect the Bible is a "conjure book" for prescribing cures and curses, and for invoking extraordinary and Divine powers to effect changes in the conditions of human existence--and to bring about justice and freedom. Biblical themes, symbols, and figures like Moses, the Exodus, the Promised Land, and the Suffering Servant, as deployed by African Americans, have crucially formed and reformed not only black culture, but American society as a whole. Smith examines not only the religious and political uses of conjure, but its influence on black aesthetics, in music, drama, folklore, and literature. The concept of conjure, he shows, is at the heart of an indigenous and still vital spirituality, with exciting implications for reformulating the next generation of black studies and black theology. Even more broadly, Smith proposes, "conjuring culture" can function as a new paradigm for understanding Western religious and cultural phenomena generally.

Download or read book Forbidden Song written by Brooklyn Ann and published by Brooklyn Ann. This book was released on 2022-01-16 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was everything she was told to stay away from. SHE’S OFF-LIMITS Christine Mayne is determined to get out from under her controlling brother’s thumb. To do so, she plans to earn her PhD from studying group dynamics in heavy metal bands, and then become a band therapist. The problem is that Quinn Mayne, has barred her from the metal world because of a traumatic event in her past. The opportunity to study a band comes when Cliff Tracey, lead singer of Bleeding Vengeance doesn’t recognize her. Christine tricks him into smuggling her onto the bus to accompany the band on their tour. When he discovers her deception, he’s furious. Christine tells herself that her efforts to talk to him are for her research and not because she’s drawn to his sensual presence. HE’S FORBIDDEN Cliff Tracey is going through an existential crisis. Suddenly having a different one-night-stand after every gig has lost its appeal. He’s ready to get rid of his man-whore label and try getting to know a woman. When black-haired, green-eyed bombshell Christine asks him if she can accompany his band on tour for her research, he thinks the perfect opportunity has fallen into his lap—until he finds out that she’s Quinn Mayne’s off-limits little sister. Despite his efforts to keep her at arm’s length, Cliff finds himself unable to stay away from Christine. But he has to, because if he gives in to temptation, he’ll cause the biggest rift in metal history.

Download or read book Metal and Mistletoe written by Brooklyn Ann and published by Brooklyn Ann. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interracial death metal Christmas Romance Curtis Scrimm, who dropped out of the band Viciӧus to check into rehab is finally clean. All he wants is to spend Christmas alone. Thanks to a brochure he found back at the rehab clinic, he has a cabin booked at Yellowstone. But when he arrives at the gorgeous winter wonderland, his mission of solitude is thwarted when he encounters death metal vocalist, Dezra Hopkins in the cabin next door. They’d met in rehab and it was her brochure he’d found. Dezra is at first irritated at Curt’s intruding on her perfect Christmas getaway. But since she’s looking to form a new band after leaving her old one in disgrace, she sees Curt as an opportunity. That is, if she can lure him to the dark side of death metal, and if she can fight her growing attraction to him. When Curt rescues Dezra from a blizzard and heals her hypothermia, their chemistry sparks to a flaming inferno. But when the festive and sensual holiday interlude comes to an end, real life challenges threaten to destroy the beautiful connection they’ve only begun to forge.

Download or read book Brides of Prophecy Box Set written by Brooklyn Ann and published by Broken Angels. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mechanic learns her guardian is a vampire, a psychic makes a deal that might bite her later, and a rock star discovers she’s the prophesied savior of another world. Includes: WRENCHING FATE, IRONIC SACRIFICE, CONJURING DESTINY, and a bonus exclusive of the first three chapters of UNLEASHING DESIRE, along with a teaser of Pleading Rapture! "I love these vampire men and the women who are their destinies." - Monica Martin, Vine Voice "THIS IS HOW YOU WRITE VAMPIRE ROMANCE STORIES!!" -Edwina Reviews

Download or read book Leaving the Shadows written by Brooklyn Ann and published by Broken Angels. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all started when she found a naked man standing in her bedroom instead of her pet wolf. Lead guitarist and apprentice mage Sylvis Jagwolfe has always been the quiet member of Rage of Angels. Though she enjoys spending time with her bandmates, she treasures moments of solitude when it’s just her, a guitar, and the wolf that’s been glued to her side lately. However, when battles against the Evil One’s horde accelerate, and her wolf turns out not to be a wolf, Sylvis discovers that she can’t remain in her shell any longer. She must emerge from the shadows, embrace her growing powers, and confront her awakening heart, or risk her side losing a critical alliance in the wars to come.

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Download or read book Bite At First Sight written by Brooklyn Ann and published by Brooklyn Smith. This book was released on 2024-02-16 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She chose the wrong night to go graverobbing. Rafael Villar, interim Lord Vampire of London, has an avalanche of problems. First, the vampire hunter he’d caught in the cemetery was no vampire hunter. It was Lady Cassandra Burton, the vexing countess who’d pestered him social events. She’d only meant to steal a cadaver for her relentless quest to become a doctor. In a stroke of bad luck, Rafe is unable to erase Cassandra’s memory of their encounter. He has no choice but to take her prisoner, under vampire law. The Elders give him thirty nights to decide whether to kill her or Change her. For reasons he can’t reveal, Rafe can’t do either. Despite being imprisoned by a monstrously scarred vampire, Cassandra isn’t afraid of Rafe. In fact, she insists on experimental operations on his bad arm, rendered useless from being burned by the sun. Undone by her passion and beauty, Rafe agrees to a trade. For each experiment, she must give him something he’s never dared ask for since before he was burned: A kiss. As time trickles down to the hour Rafe must solve his impossible dilemma to spare the life of the woman he’s falling for, another vampire is using his distraction to foment an insurrection. Subgenres: regency romance, paranormal romance, regency vampire romance, gothic paranormal romance, historical paranormal romance, victorian vampire romance Tropes: forbidden romance, angsty, alpha hero, vampire hero, nerd girl romance, scarred hero, beauty and the beast romance, grumpy romance, grumpy hero, kidnapped romance

Download or read book Destiny s Choice written by Victoria Saccenti and published by Victoria Saccenti. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s older, his PTSD wounds run deep, and doesn’t believe in second chances. She does... As a naïve young woman, Marité Muro nearly drowned in a maelstrom of confusing emotions stirred by two very different men. One whose tortured soul tugged at her heart, another whose scorching touch made her innocent body want…more. Vietnam left scars on Brian MacKay, some visible, some invisible—and nearly impossible to heal. His war buddy’s sister-in-law has ripened into a tempting, irresistible woman, but their age difference makes her forbidden fruit. After four years in a Spanish prep school, Marité’s come home ready to fight for the man she’s never been able to forget. But when Michael returns out of the past, he threatens everything Marité and Brian have started to build.

Download or read book Crossing Destiny s Mantle written by Scott O. Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locked in a vicious battle for domination and survival, two old races struggle across space. The Tyronial EmpireâÂÂs desire for revenge has placed the Protectorate Authority at the brink of extinction. With their forces pushed to the breaking point, the embattled Authority leaders look to a mysterious vortex for hope. Leading the AuthorityâÂÂs prized flagship into this unknown phenomenon, Daric Konan hopes to find answers to the cryptic circumstances surrounding his mission. While his people make a final stand against their enemy, the intrepid, starship commander finds himself battling sabotage and a dark secret that threatens to destroy his mission and the people closest to him. Daric has no idea that his efforts may be too late to prevent the inevitable from consuming everything he knows.

Download or read book Old Style Conjure written by Starr Casas and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Starr Casas is the real deal. Anyone seeking to comprehend Conjure and benefit from its powerful magic would do well to read Old Style Conjure."—Judika Illes, author of Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells and many other books Conjure, hoodoo, rootwork—these are all names for a uniquely American form of folk magic. Conjure first emerged in the days of slavery and plantations and is widely considered among the most potent forms of magic. Written by Starr Casas, a hereditary master of the art, Old Style Conjure is an essential guide to using Conjure to achieve love, success, safety, prosperity, spiritual fulfillment, and your heart's desires. Old Style Conjure is a guide to using conjure to achieve love, success, safety, prosperity, and spiritual fulfillment. It introduces readers to the history and philosophy of conjure and provides practical, modern day, advice for using it. In its pages, you'll learn about: Bone reading Candle magic Conjure bags Building your own conjure altar Featuring Casas' own rituals, spells, and home recipes, the book provides useful information suitable for novices and seasoned practitioners alike.

Download or read book Teen Goddess written by Catherine Wishart and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2003 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This positive and hip guide to beauty and spirituality shows girls how to unleash the inner goddess with simple messages and tasks that will illuminate mind, body, and soul.

Download or read book Destiny S Tapestry written by Betty June Gilliland and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-04-11 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a stormy night, as a hurricane raced up the Gulf Coast and created havoc in its path, Betty Gilliland was born on a corn shuck mattress in a barn at the foot of Sand Mountain. As soon as the midwife wrapped her in a blanket and gently laid her in a cow manger, Gilliland began a journey through life that would eventually test her spirit, courage, and, most of all, her power to forgive. Gilliland begins by chronicling her growing up years during a challenging time in Americas history. Her father was drafted into the war and then abandoned his family, leaving Gilliland and her mother to eke out a life for themselves in their tiny cabin, surviving on a diet of wild greens, nuts, and roots. As she weaves through the threads of her lifes tapestry, Gilliland recalls the challenges she confronted during her difficult coming-of-age journey as she suffered through hardships, physical abuse, emotional abandonment, and her own self-destructive behavior. Yet through it all, she never lost the faith. Whats more, she used that faith to begin building a new life and to discover her roots. Destinys Tapestry shares one womans poignant memories of moving from the darkness of abuse into the light of healing.

Download or read book Wynter s Bite written by Brooklyn Ann and published by Broken Angels. This book was released on 2017-02-13 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was thrown into an insane asylum for believing in vampires... Now one has come to rescue her. Eight years ago, vampire Justus de Wynter fell in love with bluestocking, Bethany Mead, and suffered the consequences. He was sentenced to exile as a rogue vampire, and she was imprisoned in an insane asylum. After years of searching, and dodging patrolling vampires, Justus has finally found his love. But even after he breaks Bethany out of the asylum, the dangers that face them have only begun. For Justus is still a rogue, with no territory to grant them safety, and Bethany is a fugitive. As they flee across the English countryside in search of refuge, Bethany and Justus must overcome the challenges of their past and find out if love is possible on the run.