Download or read book Goddess Bared written by M.W. Muse and published by Mandolin Park. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prophecy realized. A shattered heart. Legacy was warned what would happen, but she thought she could outsmart the prophecy. She was wrong. How can she pick up the pieces of her life when everything is shattered? Her heart has been ripped out, leaving her soul bared and Legacy incredibly vulnerable to those who want to destroy her. Somehow, she must find the strength to move on with her life, and it will be the greatest test to her growing strength. She’s been given warnings all along, and she has no choice now but to heed them. There’s one, though, that sparks hope, as she wonders just why it had always come from Adin...Everything isn’t always as it seems. "All I can say at this point is WOW...The story line has grown and developed into a gorgeous landscape that takes readers on a fantastical voyage through Greek mythology interlaced with a typical high school backdrop. To be totally honest, I adore this series, and am eagerly anticipating each book as it comes out." - Night Owl Reviews TOP PICK Scroll up and click to continue the legacy ♥︎ Order of Goddess Series: Goddess Legacy Goddess Secret Goddess Sacrifice Goddess Revenge Goddess Bared Goddess Bound

Download or read book Goddess Bared Goddess Series written by M. W. Muse and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The consequences of her actions are too much. Legacy was warned what would happen, but she thought she could outsmart it. She was wrong. How can she pick up the pieces of her life when all she now has is a void existence? The life she wanted...gone. Her heart has been ripped out, leaving her soul bared. The prophecy she's been battling from the beginning has finally come true. And everything hurts. She never dreamed facing her legacy would be this devastating. Legacy has known all along that everything happens for a reason. She's been told that from practically everybody. She must find the strength to reach the stage of acceptance and move on with her life. Gods, why did things have to be this way? But learning to accept the truth might be easier than she thinks. Her life has been filled with warnings, and one of those is that not everything is as it seems. Maybe there's a reason that warning had come from Adin...

Download or read book Goddess Bound written by M.W. Muse and published by Mandolin Park. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shocking betrayal leads to her capture. Can she get out in time? Faced with one of her greatest fears, Legacy knows time is of the essence. Now stuck in the one place she’d been trying to avoid since learning of her true legacy, she must find a way out before it’s too late. But will her new accomplice be as willing to do whatever is necessary to get free before her eighteenth birthday? Even more troubling...she’s had more than just one enemy under her nose the whole time. Mysteries are solved, and truths are revealed in this epic conclusion. Will Legacy ascend and be with her true love, or will she be forced to relive Persephone’s destiny? "I keep falling more in love with the series than before...it seems to me, to be a perfect conclusion to a gorgeous, nearly epic tale." - Night Owl Reviews TOP PICK Scroll up and click to continue the legacy ♥︎ Order of Goddess Series: Goddess Legacy Goddess Secret Goddess Sacrifice Goddess Revenge Goddess Bared Goddess Bound

Download or read book Goddess Secret written by M.W. Muse and published by Mandolin Park. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legacy she wants is not the one she’s destined to have. Legacy is getting this whole goddess thing under control. Survive until her eighteenth birthday so she can ascend? Seems easy enough. But when she learns the truth about her abilities, she is forced to keep a secret so monumental that if it ever got into the wrong hands, her already precarious journey would come to a swift and deadly end. Besides the threat to life, there’s also the obstacle of love. She wants to be with Adin, but fate has bonded them to others. They won’t let a little thing like destiny stop them from trying, though. She’s not a goddess, yet, so there’s nothing wrong with having fun with her boyfriend, right? As long as she keeps her powerful secret... "The storyline has gotten more elaborate and beautiful, and has taken on more fantastical aspects than ever before...Simply put, I love these books, and I know other readers will too." - Night Owl Reviews TOP PICK Scroll up and click to continue the legacy ♥︎ Order of Goddess Series: Goddess Legacy Goddess Secret Goddess Sacrifice Goddess Revenge Goddess Bared Goddess Bound

Download or read book The Crown of Ptolemy written by Rick Riordan and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their first encounter, demigod Percy Jackson and magician Carter Kane had to battle a giant crocodile on Long Island. A month later, Annabeth Chase ran into Carter's sister, Sadie, on the A train to Rockaway, where the pair fought a god named Serapis. Now trouble is brewing again, this time on Governor's Island. An ancient Egyptian magician named Setne has come back from the dead and is experimenting with Egyptian and Greek magic, trying to become a god himself. He's so powerful and tricky that all four—Percy, Annabeth, Carter, and Sadie—have to team up against him. But their usual weapons and spells aren't going to cut it this time. Will the heroes be taken down by a wannabe god who looks like Elvis, or will they rise to the challenge? Told from Percy's point of view, this third demigod-magician crossover story has all of the spunk and action that Rick Riordan fans crave.

Download or read book The Faces of the Goddess written by Lotte Motz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-08-21 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The belief that the earliest humans worshipped a sovereign, nurturing, maternal earth goddess is a popular one. It has been taken up as fact by the media, who routinely depict modern goddess-worshippers as "reviving" the ancient religions of our ancestors. Feminist scholars contend that, in the primordial religions, the Great Mother was honored as the primary, creative force, giving birth to the world, granting fertility to both crops and humans, and ruling supreme over her family pantheon. The peaceful, matriarchal farming societies that worshipped her were eventually wiped out or subjugated by nomadic, patriarchal warrior tribes such as the early Hebrews, who brought their male God to overthrow the Great Mother: the first step in the creation and perpetuation of a brutal, male-dominated society and its attendant oppression and degradation of women. In The Faces of the Goddess, Lotte Motz sets out to test this hypothesis by examining the real female deities of early human cultures. She finds no trace of the Great Mother in their myths or in their worship. From the Eskimos of the arctic wasteland, whose harsh life even today most closely mirrors the earliest hunter gatherers, to the rich cultures of the sunny Fertile Crescent and the islands of Japan, Motz looks at a wide range of goddesses who are called Mother, or who give birth in their myths. She finds that these goddesses have varying origins as ancestor deities, animal protectors, and other divinities, rather than stemming from a common Mother Goddess archetype. For instance, Sedna, the powerful goddess whose chopped-off fingers became the seals and fish that were the Eskimos' chief source of food, had nothing to do with human fertility. Indeed, human motherhood was held in such low esteem that Eskimo women were forced to give birth completely alone, with no human companionship and no helpful deities of childbirth. Likewise, while various Mexican goddesses ruled over healing, women's crafts, motherhood and childbirth, and functioned as tribal protectors or divine ancestors, none of them either embodied the earth itself or granted fertility to the crops: for that the Mexicans looked to the male gods of maize and of rain. Nor were the rituals of these goddesses nurturing or peaceful. The goddess Cihuacoatl, who nurtured the creator god Quetzalcoatl and helped him create humanity, was worshipped with human sacrifices who were pushed into a fire, removed while still alive, and their hearts were cut out. And Motz closely examines the Anatolian goddess Cybele, the "Magna Mater" most often cited as an example of a powerful mother goddess. Hers were the last of the great pagan mysteries of the Mediterranean civilizations to fall before Christianity. But Cybele herself never gives birth, nor does she concern herself with aiding women in childbirth or childrearing. She is not herself a mother, and the male character figuring most prominently in her myths is Attis, her chaste companion. Tellingly, Cybele's priests dedicate themselves to her by castrating themselves, thus mimicking Attis's death--a very odd way to venerate a goddess of fertility. To depict these earlier goddesses as peaceful and nurturing mothers, as is often done, is to deny them their own complex and sophisticated nature as beings who were often violent and vengeful, delighting in sacrifice, or who reveled in their eroticism and were worshipped as harlots. The idea of a nurturing Mother Goddess is very powerful. In this challenging book, however, Motz shows that She is a product of our own age, not of earlier ones. By discarding this simplistic and worn-out paradigm, we can open the door to a new way of thinking about feminine spirituality and religious experience.

Download or read book Surrounded By Secrets written by Mandy Harbin and published by Mandolin Park. This book was released on 2016-01-10 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sassy woman who knows what she wants. A shifter who accidentally gives it to her. Lillian Caldwell has eyes on her ridiculously handsome neighbor who also happens to be one of the men who recently bought her family’s land. Unfortunately, that now makes him her new boss. Not that this change of events will make her view him any differently. She has big plans for this man, including the getting-him-horizontal variety, and she always gets what she wants. She’ll find a way to make her cranky new boss purr…and maybe get a little something else in return. Jack Woods knows he’s a jerk who’s made a lot of mistakes, but who can blame him? He’s a living, breathing mythical creature on an incredibly short leash. Most of his brothers have created a balance between their animalistic side and the normal world, but he can’t seem to stop being so cynical. His recent discovery of an old family secret may shed new light on his dark path, but his attempts to dig further are thwarted when he’s forced to work with Lillian. Oh, she’s gorgeous alright, but she’s an even bigger pain-in-the-ass- than he is, constantly pushing his buttons and ignited his desire. They have no choice but to work together, but a night of drunken passion turns these enemies into more than just lovers. Now they must find a way to cope with the consequences without killing each other first. All’s fair in love and…an unplanned mating.

Download or read book Surrounded By Woods written by Mandy Harbin and published by Mandolin Park. This book was released on 2016-01-22 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dangerous desire hidden in the Woods… Josh Woods has a dark family secret. He and his brothers are mountain lion shifters with an overpowering instinct to mate with any available woman, but once mated, it’s for life. They can never risk an unwanted union, which means they can’t leave their timber estate or allow single women on the property. When their beautiful new attorney arrives, Josh assumes his attraction is purely physical since there’s no way an unattached woman would’ve been granted access. He just doesn’t understand why his reaction to her is so visceral and downright carnal. As a lawyer, Mikaela Patterson is used to eccentric requests, but her new clients’ requirement is the craziest one she’s ever heard. No single women allowed on the estate? Guess she’ll have to keep her recently broken engagement a secret. Her personal life is really none of their business anyway. But when she meets Josh, there’s instant heat. Now, she must resist the sexy man to keep up the ruse, even with him tempting her beyond all reason. What starts out as a purely professional trip turns into one of the hottest experiences of her life. But when hidden truths are exposed, Mikaela finds herself surrounded by the feral Woods brothers who want her in every way. Will Josh be able to protect her from his family without claiming her himself? After all, they’ve already lost one brother to a forbidden encounter…

Download or read book Hunter written by Mandy Harbin and published by Mandolin Park. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hot. Hard. Hazardous. Hunter Anderson is good at burying dark secrets behind his lethal smile. It’s a great skill to have in his line of work, but one he learned long before becoming a member of the Bang Shift mercenary group. They all have secrets, but he has something they don’t—a sister to protect. She knows the score, but he’ll do what he can to guard her from the realities of his life. He should’ve known trouble would find her anyway…and that she’d dump the beautiful problem right in his lap. When Maya Carmichael’s car is vandalized on a night out with her roommate, she realizes her no-more-jerks oath is too little, too late. Knowing her sadistic ex is behind this, she agrees to seek shelter out of town, but the temporary haven will throw her right into the path of another bad boy. Oh, she’s heard stories about her roommate’s brother, Hunter, and he’s just the type she wants to avoid. Hot. Hard. Hazardous. What starts out as a beautiful nuisance exposes a web of danger so vast it could only be fueled by one thing. Revenge. Scroll up and grab your copy today! *** A steamy contemporary, full-length romantic suspense. This is a standalone book but should be read in series order for best enjoyment. Re-released and updated in 2020.***

Download or read book California Crush written by Mandy Harbin and published by Mandolin Park. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s never dating again. He’s up for the challenge… When Sasha gets transferred out west, she welcomes the added distance from her abusive ex-boyfriend. After all, he’s the reason she feels vulnerable toward men, having been pushed into an emotional corner she’s unwilling to escape. Yeah, she knows it sounds pathetic, but she doesn’t care. There’s a certain amount of comfort that comes with a walled-off heart. She just wishes her best friend would get the memo and stay out of her love life. Aaron is a dominant man, professionally and personally, but true pleasure has eluded him. Willing women have come too easily, so has the money from closing many of the hottest real estate transactions in his area. He’s in a rut, unsure if he’s pushed his boundaries one too many times or if he just needs to find a greater challenge. When his new sister-in-law asks him to help her beautiful friend get settled in town, he finds his answer…and he sure as hell doesn’t like what it means. Aaron and Sasha can’t ignore the sparks flying between them, but will he be able to crush the walls erected around her heart without being pushed against one himself? So many walls to scale. Two hearts to heal. One hot Love in the California sun. *** A steamy, standalone contemporary romance featuring a matchmaking best friend, a scarred heroine, and a playboy hero. Originally released as Against The Wall. Updated and re-released in 2020.***

Download or read book Super Hot Supervisor written by Mandy Harbin and published by Mandolin Park. This book was released on 2020-07-23 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When desire meets physical boundaries, it’s time to get a little creative… Cassie Tucker is no stranger to deadlines, so when she gets assigned to a new project at the last minute, she knows the drill. It’s not until she discovers who the project leader is that she gets worried. The man is a legend in both the IT department and in the looks department. Like, seriously, he’s ridiculously gorgeous. There’s a reason the women at her firm have dubbed him The West Coast Hottie. Thankfully, he’s hundreds of miles away, so any ogling of her new boss will be masked by filters and slow internet connections. Ian Cope is thrilled to be working with Cassie. Not only is she talented and smart, but there’s something about her that he’s never been able to ignore. If they worked in the same town, there’s no doubt he would’ve asked her out a long time ago, so getting put on the same project is a small victory he’ll gladly take. Then he learns the truth behind this assignment, and all his excitement crashes. Find a way to justify closing Cassie’s office while denying his attraction to her? Talk about a dream turning into a nightmare! There’s no way this is going to end well, especially when he crosses that line from professional to hot-and-heavy personal. Ian and Cassie embark on a sensual path, learning the hard way just how cutthroat business can be …especially when it’s mixed with forbidden pleasure.

Download or read book Skeleton God written by Eliot Pattison and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Eliot Pattison's Skeleton God, Shan Tao Yun, now the reluctant constable of a remote Tibetan town, has learned to expect the impossible at the roof of the world, but nothing has prepared him for his discovery when he investigates a report that a nun has been savagely assaulted by ghosts. In an ancient tomb by the old nun lies a gilded saint buried centuries earlier, flanked by the remains of a Chinese soldier killed fifty years before and an American man murdered only hours earlier. Shan is thrust into a maelstrom of intrigue and contradiction. The Tibetans are terrified, the notorious Public Security Bureau wants nothing to do with the murders, and the army seems determined to just bury the dead again and Shan with them. No one wants to pursue the truth–except Shan, who finds himself in a violent collision between a heartbreaking, clandestine effort to reunite refugees from Tibet separated for decades and a covert corruption investigation that reaches to the top levels of the government in Beijing, China. The terrible secret Shan uncovers changes his town and his life forever.

Download or read book The Shrinking Goddess written by Mineke Schipper and published by Saqi Books. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild and strange stories have circulated about the female body since antiquity. While legends of poisoned hymens and fanged vaginas circulated, the first female figure – Mother Earth – was recreated as a crooked rib. Ranging from the absurd to the empowering, these myths not only survive but continue to wield power today.

Download or read book Fire of the Goddess written by Katalin Jett Koda and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are a creator, lover, priestess, and healer—a multifaceted goddess with confidence, spiritual wisdom, and the power to reinvent yourself. Based on a lifetime of deep spiritual study and her firsthand experiences around the world, Katalin Koda offers an innovative way for you to bring the sacred feminine into your everyday life. Fire of the Goddess presents nine goddess archetypes that correspond with every woman's inherent gifts and the most important facets of her life: firebearer, initiate, warrioress, healer, consort, bodhisattva, priestess, weaver, and crone. For each archetype, you'll connect with its associated goddess—Pele, Artemis, Quan Yin, Isis, and others—through inspiring exercises, the power of myth, and a sacred ceremony. Form a women's circle Call on your ancestors Find your animal guide Celebrate your sensuality Open up to your inner masculine Practice deep listening Through the exploration of each goddess aspect, you will begin to discover the strength, spirituality, beauty, and authenticity of your sacred and ever-evolving self. Praise: "This is a truly wonderful literary experience that connects women to a profound aspect of themselves that is often overlooked by the modern world."—Prediction

Download or read book Restoring the Goddess written by Barbara G. Walker and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hearkening back to the widespread worship of a mother goddess at the dawn of civilization, Walker argues for a restoration of this primal religious sensibility which celebrated the Earth's fertility and woman's innate power to bear new life.

Download or read book Bared Blade written by Kelly McCullough and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the "inventive, irreverent" (Green Man Review) author of Broken Blade comes a new Fallen Blade novel featuring Aral Kingslayer. Former temple assassin Aral Kingslayer has a price on his head and a mark on his soul. After his goddess was murdered, Aral found refuge in the shadow jack business, fixing problems for those on the fringes of Tien’s underworld. It’s a long step down from working for the Goddess of Justice, but it gives Aral and Triss—the living shadow who is his secret partner—a reason to get up in the morning. When two women hit a rough spot in the tavern Aral uses for an office, he and Triss decide to lend a helping hand--only to find themselves in the middle of a three-way battle to find an artifact that just might be the key to preventing a war. And with so many factions on their trail, Aral and Triss are attracting a lot more attention than anyone featured on ten thousand wanted posters can afford…

Download or read book The Goddess Guide written by Priestess Brandi Auset and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2009 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing the most complete cross-reference ever for the universal worship of the Divine Feminine. The Goddess Guide is indispensable for anyone who's ever wondered which Goddess to invoke for a particular ritual, blessing, prayer, or meditation. Easy to use and comprehensive, this essential book provides instant, at-a-glance info on more than 400 goddesses from diverse cultures, belief systems, and traditions around the world. All goddesses are clearly organized according to: Names Attributes Colors The Four Elements The Sabbats Geographical Regions Feminine Aspects (Maiden, Mother, and Crone) Whether you are a beginner or a long-standing practitioner who seeks a deeper connection with Goddess energy in your life, this guide to the Divine Feminine deserves a special place on your bookshelf.