Download or read book Deadly Devotion Port Aster Secrets Book 1 written by Sandra Orchard and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research scientist Kate Adams and her colleague Daisy are on the brink of a breakthrough for treating depression with herbal medicine when Daisy suddenly dies. Kate knows that if it hadn't been for Daisy's mentorship, she wouldn't have the job she loves or the faith she clings to. So when police rule Daisy's death a suicide, Kate is determined to unearth the truth. Former FBI agent Tom Parker finds it hard to adjust to life back in his hometown of Port Aster. Though an old buddy gives him a job as a detective on the local police force, not everyone approves. Tom's just trying to keep a low profile, so when Kate Adams demands he reopen the investigation of her friend's death, he knows his job is at stake. In fact, despite his attraction to her, Tom thinks Kate looks a bit suspicious herself. As evidence mounts, a web of intrigue is woven around the sleepy town of Port Aster. Can Kate uncover the truth? Or will Tom stand in her way?
Download or read book Deadly Devotion written by Kathleen L. Boaz and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At thirtyaEUR"five, pregnant with another woman's child, Mallory Storm is exactly where she wants to be. Her younger sister, Emma, stricken with leukemia is unable to conceive after chemotherapy. Mallory agrees to be a surrogate for her sister and brotheraEUR"inaEUR"law, a secret that will ultimately drive a wedge between two families. Mallory's joy turns into pain when Emma and Derek are involved in an accident. Arriving at the hospital, Mallory comes faceaEUR"toaEUR"face with Devlin Hamilton, the man responsible for Emma & Derek's decision to elope instead of having the dream wedding Emma deserved. Before they have time to reminisce the bitter past between their families, they learn that Derek and Emma have succumbed to their injuries, and the accident may have been intentional. Devlin is shocked and angry when he learns that his family had been deceived. Emma was never pregnant, and Mallory is carrying his brother Derek's unborn child. Devlin and Mallory are thrust into each other's life after learning custody of the baby would be granted to them, but only if they are married before the birth of the child. After several mishaps concerning Mallory's safety, Devlin begins to believe what Detective Levy already suspects-his brother and sisteraEUR"inaEUR"law were murdered. But what was the connection between the killer, Mallory, and the unborn child? Convinced Mallory is in danger, Devlin moves her to his home, but soon realizes keeping Mallory safe was proving to be as difficult as putting a ring on her finger.
Download or read book Deadly Devotion written by Alysia Sofios and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even the most avid true crime fans will be shocked by the story of Marcus Wesson of Fresno, California, the worst mass-murderer in the city’s history. But the horrors he inflicted upon his family are nothing compared to the strength of the survivors, and one brave reporter who risked everything to help them. Originally published as Where Hope Begins. For decades, the family of Marcus Wesson—his wife, Elizabeth, and seventeen children—lived sequestered in a social and emotional prison, enduring his tyrannical reign of physical, sexual, and mental abuse. Then came the terrible day when a family confrontation erupted into a harrowing standoff: with police and SWAT teams descending on a small blue house in central Fresno, Marcus Wesson murdered nine of his children. Television reporter Alysia Sofios got the first tip about Wesson’s arrest and was witness to every twist and turn of the horrific case through to Wesson’s trial. Risking her job and her life to offer friendship and support to the traumatized family members—scarred by memories and guilt, reviled for having the Wesson name—Sofios chronicles the case that shocked the nation, and gives voice to their astounding stories of survival. This is a stunning account of healing from one man’s unimaginable acts, and how each, in time, learned to break free from a deadly devotion.
Download or read book The Cult of the Constitution written by Mary Anne Franks and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A powerful challenge to the prevailing constitutional orthodoxy of the right and the left . . . A deeply troubling and absolutely vital book” (Mark Joseph Stern, Slate). In this provocative book, Mary Anne Franks examines the thin line between constitutional fidelity and constitutional fundamentalism. The Cult of the Constitution reveals how deep fundamentalist strains in both conservative and liberal American thought keep the Constitution in the service of white male supremacy. Franks demonstrates how constitutional fundamentalists read the Constitution selectively and self-servingly, thus undermining the integrity of the document as a whole. She goes on to argue that economic and civil libertarianism have merged to produce a deregulatory, “free-market” approach to constitutional rights that achieves fullest expression in the idealization of the Internet. The fetishization of the first and second amendments has blurred the boundaries between conduct and speech and between veneration and violence. But the Constitution itself contains the antidote to fundamentalism. The Cult of the Constitution lays bare the dark, antidemocratic consequences of constitutional fundamentalism and urges readers to take the Constitution seriously, not selectively.
Download or read book True Devotion written by Dee Henderson and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kelly Jacobs has already paid the ultimate price of loving a warrior; she has the folded flag and the grateful thanks of a nation to prove it. Navy SEAL Joe “Bear” Baker can't ask her to accept that risk again—even though he loves her. But the man responsible for her husband's death is back; closer than either of them realize. Kelly is in danger, and Joe may not get there in time. Uncommon Heroes: Welcome to a world where friendships go deep, loyalties stand strong, and uncommon heroes perform the toughest jobs in the world. Dee Henderson's military romance series provides a detailed passage into the world of the military and homeland heroes, and those they love.
Download or read book Deadly Devotion written by Lynn, Sheryl and published by Harlequin Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dangerous Devotion written by Valerie Hansen and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jessica was just 18 when she married the love of her life: handsome, strong, independent, Greg Dixon, who promised to always be there for her. What he didn’t tell Jessica was that he was an undercover agent, sworn to bring down a dangerous drug cartel.In too deep, Greg had no choice but to fake his own death – the only way he could protect her – leaving Jessica alone to raise their son. Seven long years have passed since Jessica was told she was a widow...and now Greg is back, more magnetic than before, but with shocking news: someone high up in the CIA is dirty – and Jessica and their son are in terrible danger!From the majestic Ozarks to exotic jungles, from hometown to the unknown, Jessica and Greg are running against the clock. Their love and faith put to the test, just how far must they go? And is Jess's devotion to Greg more dangerous than the relentless enemy at their heels?
Download or read book Deadly Devotion written by Patricia Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private eye Sydney Bryant has taken on the controversial case of a man accused of killing his estranged wife and her friend in his own home while his infant son slept in the next room. Sydney believes the man is innocent, and in no time she comes up with a host of dangerous suspects. Soon a killer comes knocking at her door. . . .
Download or read book Transgressive Devotion written by Natalie Wigg-Stevenson and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic theology is in need of a new genre. In "Transgressive Devotion" Natalie Wigg-Stevenson articulates a theological vision of that genre as performance art. She argues that theology done as performance art stops trying to describe who God is, and starts trying to make God appear. Recognising that the act of studying theology or practicing ministry is always a performance, where the boundaries between what we see, feel, experience and learn are not just blurred but potentially invisible, Wigg-Stevenson brings together ethnographic theological fieldwork, historical and contemporary Christian theological traditions, and performance artworks themselves. A daring vision of theology which will energise anybody feeling ‘boxed in’ by the discipline, Transgressive Devotion blurs borders between orthodoxy, heterodoxy and heresy to reveal how the very act of doing theology makes God and humanity vulnerable to each other. This is theology which is a liturgy of Divine incantation. In other words: this is theology which is also prayer.
Download or read book Dangerous Devotion written by Kristie Cook and published by Ang'dora Productions, LLC. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling and highly acclaimed Soul Savers series continues with Book 3, Dangerous Devotion. Holy hell. If you’d told me a month ago how much my life was about to change, I would have laughed maniacally. But here I am with extraordinary powers and my view of the world turned on its head. I have so much to learn about my new life and the people in it—vampires, mages, shifters, and more. One thing I’m learning quickly: Nothing is what it seems on the surface. This includes the Amadis matriarch’s council members, who are hardly different from their human counterparts—shady, power-hungry, greedy politicians. My grandmother asks me to use my new gifts to identify the traitor who lurks among her council. Not an easy task when I realize everybody is hiding secrets. Including information about a girl who might be my daughter? You’ve got to be kidding me! When the Daemoni attack the island, Tristan and I are forced to run to protect our people. After all, it’s us they want. So we set out to find this girl who might offer hope for the future. But the search for answers leads only to the revelation of more betrayals by those closest to me, including my own mother and grandmother. Their loyalty to the council angers me, but my own devotion is put to the test—devotion to my husband, to my family, and to my beliefs—leaving me to question whom I’m fighting for and why I should even bother. But if I won’t fight . . . who will? * * * * * This is the third book in the contemporary fantasy series where you'll meet vampires, werewolves, witches, warlocks, and a new type of angel hybrid. The further you get into the series, the more creatures you'll discover, including shifters, fae, sorcerers, demons, and more. The series in suggested reading order: #1 – A Demon’s Promise #2 – An Angel’s Purpose Novella – Genesis #3 – Dangerous Devotion #4 – Dark Power #5 – Sacred Wrath #6 – Unholy Torment #7 – Fractured Faith #8 – Age of Angels Part I: Awakened #9 – Age of Angels Part II: Lost #10 – Age of Angels Part III: Marked NOTE: This is a paranormal fantasy romance series that crosses from New Adult to Adult. This series is not a YA.
Download or read book Where Hope Begins written by Alysia Sofios and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHERE HOPE BEGINS is the inspiring true story of a reporter who adopts a family of abuse victims, risking her job and possibly her life.
Download or read book Dangerous Prayers written by Craig Groeschel and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be inspired to pray boldly, pray powerfully, pray with passion, and trade ineffective prayers and lukewarm faith for raw, daring prayers that will transform your daily life. Do you ever wonder if God answers your prayers? Do you wish you could see the evidence that prayer changes lives? Do you long for more than playing it safe in your faith? Join New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel as he helps you discover the power of authentically communicating with God, breaking out of the restrictive spiritual safety bubble, and expanding your ideas about what's possible with God. The Bible tells us that prayer has the power to move God's heart, but some prayers move him more than others. He wants more for us than a tepid faith and half-hearted routines at the dinner table. God called you to a life of courage, not comfort. In Dangerous Prayers, Groeschel will show you how to pray the prayers that search your soul, break your habits, and send you out to pursue the calling God has for you. But be warned: If you're fine with settling for what's easy, or if you're okay with staying on the sidelines, this book isn't for you. You'll be challenged. You'll be tested. You'll be moved to take a long, hard look at your heart. But you'll be inspired, too. Dangerous Prayers will give you the encouragement and tools you need to: Transform the patterns around your daily prayer life Truly embrace and believe in the power of intentional prayer Start to pray daring, faith-filled, God-honoring, life-changing, world-transforming prayers You'll discover the secret to overcoming fears of loss, rejection, failure, and the unknown, and you'll welcome the blessings God has for you on the other side. But best of all, you'll gain the courage it takes to pray dangerous prayers.
Download or read book Deadly Devotion written by Sheryl Lynn and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 1994 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deadly Vows written by Haley Stuart and published by Page Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marriage—it's all about love and understanding and being with each other for the rest of your days. For Elise, it means something entirely different. Thrown into a marriage on her father's orders, Elise isn't prepared to be married to the man known as Luca Pasquino. Luca is the next capo in line to take over his father's empire with an iron fist. He's cruel, he's evil, and he's ready to destroy anything and anyone that gets in the way of his plans for complete control. Elise has no idea what is in store for her. All she knows is that she can try to survive her life for the rest of her days with Luca. Update from author: I'm listening! In my zeal to tell my story, I relied on the expertise of others to ensure it went from my head to the printed page, which didn't go exactly as planned. Deadly Vows has now been re-edited to ensure the grammar and punctuation are now as they should be. Enjoy!
Download or read book Blind Devotion written by Sharlene Prinsen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman's startling firsthand account of her struggle to protect her children while facing the man she married, a combat veteran plagued by addiction, rage, and depression born from PTSD. Sharlene peered out the window into the blackness that enveloped her yard. She couldn’t see them, but she knew they were out there--police officers and a SWAT team holding their positions in the wood line out her front door, their weapons trained with deadly precision pointing at her home.“Don’t let them shoot at my kids!” she shouted into the phone to the dispatcher as her drunk, enraged, and armed husband picked up the other line, “Go on, get the hell out of here then!”When she first met Sean seven years earlier, Sharlene never imagined that he’d someday be the catalyst to this terrifying scene. Sean was handsome in his camouflage fatigues, looking proud and just a little cocky. Unlike any other man she had ever met, he was an easy, charming conversationalist and his sincerity was unmistakable. The two married and started a family.But Sean’s drinking soon took over, and signs of depression and his raging outbursts amplified. Something was seriously wrong. He never talked about his tours overseas, including his seven-month peacekeeping mission in the aftermath of Slobodan Milosevic’s ethnic cleansing campaign, but there were signs that what he experienced in Bosnia left him reeling at his core. As Sean’s behavior grew increasingly worse, Sharlene’s obsessive worry for his well–being trumped her basic needs. She knew that her husband was suffering from tremendous inner turmoil--which she later learned was PTSD--and she hoped, more than anything, to nurse him back to the loving partner and father she knew he could be.A powerful story of pain and forgiveness, horror and hope, Blind Devotion gives voice to the thousands of families who are struggling to heal and to achieve a sense of normalcy stolen by the trauma in their lives.
Download or read book Devoted to Death written by R. Andrew Chesnut and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. Andrew Chesnut offers a fascinating portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees over the past decade. Although condemned by mainstream churches, this folk saint's supernatural powers appeal to millions of Latin Americans and immigrants in the U.S. Devotees believe the Bony Lady (as she is affectionately called) to be the fastest and most effective miracle worker, and as such, her statuettes and paraphernalia now outsell those of the Virgin of Guadalupe and Saint Jude, two other giants of Mexican religiosity. In particular, Chesnut shows Santa Muerte has become the patron saint of drug traffickers, playing an important role as protector of peddlers of crystal meth and marijuana; DEA agents and Mexican police often find her altars in the safe houses of drug smugglers. Yet Saint Death plays other important roles: she is a supernatural healer, love doctor, money-maker, lawyer, and angel of death. She has become without doubt one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American religious landscapes.
Download or read book Deadly Vows written by Leif M. Wright and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the events surrounding Joy Risker's death at the hands of her polygamous husband and Pentecostal minister Sean Goff, as told by one of the murderer's friends and co-workers.
