Download or read book Hold Close written by Sue Brown and published by One Hat Press. This book was released on with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I’ll get down on my knees if I have to, Daddy.” Louis knows only one bodyguard he can trust to take care of him after a vicious assault. He's prepared to go to his knees and beg his former Daddy to help him. But will Craig listen? After his relationship with Louis ended, Craig ran away so he’d never have to face his boy again. But when Louis pleads for his help, Craig has a tough decision to make; risk his heart being broken for a second time or turn away from the man who needs him. In Craig’s head, Louis is a client in danger. In his heart, Louis is his boy. In his hands, Louis is his world. Will Louis and Craig grasp their second chance in love, or will they walk away from each other at the end of the assignment? If you like a passionate second chance romance and reverse age gap daddy/boy relationship, Hold Close is for you.
Download or read book Hold Close the Memory written by Heather Graham and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVCan two people stay loyal to each other against all odds?DIV /divDIV/divDIVThe night before thirty-two-year-old Kim Trent moves in with Keith Norman, her world turns upside down. After twelve difficult years raising her twin boys alone, Susan’s former husband Brian, the man the military had told her was dead, suddenly reappears, ready to resume their life together. Now, Keith and Brian are demanding that Kim make a choice, but she needs time, and time is running out . . . /divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Heather Graham including rare photos from the author’s personal collection./divDIV /div /div
Download or read book The Stars We Hold Close Life is a Story story one written by Dy Lamando and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-10 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A father pays his daughter yearly visits beyond the grave. A young man welcomes his birthday at an empty airport. Two friends release lanterns into the sky while saying goodbye. *** You hold in your hands a book that embraces twelve heartwarming and poignant tales, each capturing a unique slice of life from the regions of East and Southeast Asia. Every tale resonates with the profound joys and sorrows of what it means to be human, while imparting priceless fragments of wisdom that linger within you long after the stories are over.
Download or read book Hold You Close written by Melanie Harlow and published by . This book was released on 2024-04-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ian Chase broke my heart at seventeen, and I've spent the last eighteen years hating him for it. He makes it easy, with his smart mouth and playboy lifestyle-which I unfortunately have to observe since he lives behind me. Every time I see him climbing out of his pool, practically naked and unreasonably sexy, my blood boils. I've always loved to loathe him. I never planned to need him. London Parish is my little sister's best friend, not that it stopped me from falling for her. Our history is complicated. The only thing we have in common is being godparents to my sister's three adorable kids-until our lives are changed in one tragic moment. Now we're trying to raise the children we love, mourn an unthinkable loss, and fight an undeniable attraction. My life is already upside-down, and the last thing I need is for old feelings to resurface. Because I'll never be able to keep her, no matter how hard I try to hold her close...
Download or read book Hold Me Close written by Vanessa Vale and published by Bridger Media. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel wants one thing in life, a baby of her own. Now she has not one, but two cowboys, willing to help. They may have ruined their chances in the past, but Matt and Ethan know Rachel’s the woman for them. When they discover her baby-making plans, they’ll offer to give her exactly what she wants. The old fashioned way. Because once they get their hands on her, they’ll hold her close and never let go. KEYWORDS: romance books, contemporary romance, small town, new adult romance, best friends, cowboy romance, western romance, menage, mfm romance, marriage and family, series starter, first in series, romance series, romance saga, romantic family saga, bestseller romance, steamy, sexy, heartwarming, heart-warming, family, love, love books, kissing books, emotional journey, captivating romance, emotional, healing, hot, hot romance, forbidden love, second chance romance, sparks, loyalty, swoon, funny romance, modern romance, forbidden romance, enemies to lovers, childhood crush, friends to lovers, one night stand, second chance romance, hidden romance, strong alpha, alpha hero, family business, strong female lead, workplace romance, strong heroine, family secrets, top romance reads, best seller, New Adult, Romance books free, romance novels, love story, alpha, angst, American western, Montana, unrequited love, coming of age, adult romance, mature romance, rodeo, sports, heartbreak, tear jerker, first person, breakup, redemption, strong woman, contemporary women, full length, girl power, steamy, banter, angsty, first love, romance series, series, circle of friends, college, found family, mistaken identity, grumpy hero, historical, American historical western, historical cowboy, mail order bride, marriage of convenience, paranormal romance, shifter romance, cowboy shifter, werewolf, fated mates, country westerns. Readers also enjoyed books by: Ann Mayburn, Anna Zaires, B.J. Daniels, Carly Phillips, Carrie Ann Ryan, Cat Johnson, Catherine Cowles, Chelle Bliss, Cherise Sinclair, Cheyenne McCray, Claudia Burgoa, Debra Holt, Devney Perry, Diana Palmer, Esther E. Schmidt, Genevieve Turner, Helen Hardt, Jane Henry, Janet Dailey, Jeanne St. James, Jenna Jacob, Jennifer Ryan, Julia Sykes, Kennedy Fox, Kim Loraine, Lani Lynn Vale, Lauren Blakely, Lauren Landish, Laylah Roberts, Lexi Blake, Linda Lael Miller, Lindsay McKenna, Lorelei James, Lori Wilde, Maisy Yates, Max Monroe, Megan March, Melissa Foster, Nicole Snow, Penelope Ward, Renee Rose, Samantha Madisen, Shayla Black, Sophie Oak, Stephanie Rowe, Susan Stoker, Vi Keeland, Vivian Arend, Willa Nash, Willow Winters
Download or read book Hold Me Close written by Marguerite Martin Gray and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-12-28 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis Lestarjette, a Frenchman, arrives in Charles Town, South Carolina, in 1772 without purpose or plans. He encounters a society on the brink of revolution and is forced to make decisions that include finding meaning and direction in his carefree life. Who can he trust in his endeavors to prosper? Will he be able to stay neutral in a battle for independence? When decisive events confront him, will he stay or leave? Running from God and commitment is a constant option. Elizabeth Elliott, daughter of a prominent British citizen, believes God will hold her close in uncertain and changing times. Faced with making difficult decisions about her loyalties, she finds comfort in close friends, a devout sister, and her music. When the mysterious Frenchman with no commitment to God or Charles Town enters her life, her role in the political battle is challenged. Can she trust her heart in volatile situations? Set in pre-revolution Charles Town, Hold Me Close takes the reader into the lives of immigrants, ordinary citizens, and prominent historical figures at a time in which decisions are made that will change the world.
Download or read book Close Your Eyes Hold Hands written by Chris Bohjalian and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is the story of Emily Shepard, a homeless teen living in an igloo made of ice and trash bags filled with frozen leaves. Half a year earlier, a nuclear plant in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom experienced a cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily's parents were killed. Devastatingly, her father was in charge of the plant, and the meltdown may have been his fault. Was he drunk when it happened? Thousands of people are forced to flee their homes in the Kingdom; rivers and forests are destroyed; and Emily feels certain that as the daughter of the most hated man in America, she is in danger. So instead of following the social workers and her classmates after the meltdown, Emily takes off on her own for Burlington, where she survives by stealing, sleeping on the floor of a drug dealer's apartment and inventing a new identity for herself--an identity inspired by her favorite poet, Emily Dickinson. When Emily befriends a young homeless boy named Cameron, she protects him with a ferocity she didn't know she had. But she still can't outrun her past, can't escape her grief, can't hide forever--and so she comes up with the only plan that she can.
Download or read book Hold You Close written by Alexa Padgett and published by Sidecar Press, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s no going back to what we had before... The crunch of steel stole the baby I’d always wanted. It also left my career derailed and my body scarred, all thanks to a stalker no one believes in. And Murphy Etsam, the man I thought would love me forever, shot to international rock stardom on the pure fury of the song he wrote when I ran away in an effort to save his life. I just want to talk to him one last time so I can finally let go of my past... Don’t miss the chance to lose your heart to Mila and Murphy in this steamy saga of second chances and love from a USA Today bestselling author.
Download or read book Hold Them Close written by Sarah Agnew and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poems in Hold Them Close express the joys and hardships of life in its breadth, from the sacred story of Christian spirituality, to the profanity of injustice; through the isolation of the poet and PhD student's life and the deep connections to family, friends, community, and creation. In her third collection of poetry, Sarah Agnew continues to give voice to vulnerability, and thereby seek strength.
Download or read book Hold Your Friends Close written by Sarah Logan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we think of counterterrorism we often think of coercive measures, including expanded policing powers, extraordinary rendition, increased jail sentences, and no-fly lists. Yet, several countries also use surprisingly "soft" methods to deal with the rising problem of homegrown extremism--from debate training and sports competitions to citizenship education and information campaigns. Given the violent aims of homegrown extremists, why do states opt for this softer approach? In Hold Your Friends Close, Sarah Logan provides the first exploration of counter-radicalization policy and homegrown extremism through a theoretical and historical lens. Logan contends that unlike traditional counterterrorism, counter-radicalization is generally informed by ideals of citizenship and allegiance to the state as a panacea for the violence of homegrown extremism. Because the radicals these policies target are not loyal to their own state, but rather to the idea of a non-state based political or religious community, winning them back to their "home" state is the primary aim of counter-radicalization efforts. While there are some basic similarities in approach across countries, there are important divergences too. Logan argues that this stems from different ideas about the nature of citizenship and national belonging. To that end, Logan compares the different approaches of the UK and US, showing how they differ in important ways despite a basic focus on solidifying the target subject's allegiance to their home state. Providing the first detailed policy history of counter-radicalization in the US and the UK, as well as a comprehensive overview of counter-radicalization policies globally, Hold Your Friends Close is an essential read for scholars and policymakers who work on terrorism and its sources.
Download or read book Hold Me Close Let Me Go written by Adair Lara and published by Crown. This book was released on 2002-03-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does a mother do when her teenaged daughter is spinning out of control and nothing is bringing her back? Here is a searingly honest memoir of motherhood and a testament to the power of love and family. When Adair Lara’s daughter Morgan turned thirteen, she was transformed, seemingly overnight, from a sweet, loving child into an angry, secretive teenager who would neither listen nor be disciplined. The author, her youngest son, Patrick, her ex-husband, Jim, and her new husband, Bill, all stepped on a five-year roller-coaster ride in which Morgan incarnated the chaos principle in torn jeans and dyed hair. Drinking, drugging, disappearing, suspicious companions, failing and cheating at school, joy riding in a stolen car–there was no variety of adolescent acting out that she didn’t indulge in. For Adair Lara it became an endless sojourn at the end of her rope, a trial immensely complicated by the reappearance in her life of her aging father, a man who had abandoned his wife and seven children decades earlier. Inevitably, Morgan’s misbehavior revives memories of her own headstrong adolescence, while her father’s presence makes agonizingly real for her the consequences of giving up. Paradoxically, he also becomes the source of her best advice. Hold Me Close, Let Me Go is an emotionally charged, often brutally honest memoir that all parents (and anyone who was ever a teenager) will experience shocks of recognition from while reading. It imparts invaluable lessons about holding loved ones close through the roughest passages and about the power of family to overcome the most grievous obstacles. Adair Lara is a clear-eyed and eloquent witness to the complex costs and rewards of motherhood, and her book will redefine for readers their idea of what being “a good enough mother” really means.
Download or read book Hold Me Close A Small Town Friends to Lovers Romance written by Lani Blake and published by Vella Ink. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life he has always known is about to change Findlay Hudson, landed in Ryker Falls, Colorado, leaving a dysfunctional family and his bad attitude behind. He has friends he now thinks of as family, and considers himself happy. All that changes when Maggie Winter, a sexy, alluring red-head, returns to Ryker Falls. She’s had her big London adventure, but Maggie’s clearly hurting and vulnerable now. They’d always struck sparks off each other, but never moved on them. Second time around though, Fin doesn’t seem able to keep his distance, and suddenly the comfortable life he’d always thought he wanted is turned on its head. Maggie’s arrival brings overwhelming desire and hidden threats. Now Fin’s embroiled in a potential homicide, his estranged father arrives in town, and Maggie… well, Maggie, slides into his heart and this time he can’t shake her. Coming home was meant to heal her Maggie Winters left home excited for her big adventure, then everything changed one chilling day when she faced an horrific attack. Determined to put the trauma behind her, she arrives in Ryker Falls, ready for the best acting job of her life. Of course, she’d counted on Fin Hudson, a long tall drink of handsomeness who had always made her feel a little off balance, still keeping his distance. Turns out she was wrong. Way wrong. Maggie’s defences are weakened and now Fin wants to know what she’s hiding and he’ll do whatever it takes to find out. Fin Hudson could seduce secrets from a stone, but Maggie is no pushover. With a murder to solve, scars to hide and a business to run, she doesn’t have time for love. But kisses that touch her soul, a confession and the cheering squad of a close-knit community give her the strength to accept that she and Fin deserve a chance. BOOKS IN THE RYKER FALLS SERIES Somebody To Love From This Moment Love Me Tender Only Just Begun Hold Me Close You're The One We Belong Together Are you ready to visit Ryker Falls? Meet the ex bad-boy Trainers brothers, and their crazy friends in Ryker Falls, Colorado. You’ll get friends to lovers, childhood sweethearts and grumpy hot guys and so much more, plus all the melt your heart romance and happily ever afters you’ve been waiting for. This town is full of quirky characters that will make you laugh out loud. Plus, there’s a pony called Monica.
Download or read book Hold Me Closer written by David Levithan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TIME Magazine’s Top Ten Children’s Books of 2015 "Tiny Cooper stole our hearts." —Entertainment Weekly Especially for those of us who ordinarily feel ignored, a spotlight is a circle of magic, with the strength to draw us from the darkness of our everyday lives. Watch out, ex-boyfriends, and get out of the way, homophobic coaches. Tiny Cooper has something to say—and he’s going to say it in song. Filled with honesty, humor, and “big, lively, belty” musical numbers, Hold Me Closer is the no-holds-barred (and many-bars-held) entirety of the beloved musical first introduced in Will Grayson, Will Grayson, the award-winning bestseller by John Green and David Levithan. Tiny Cooper is finally taking center stage . . . and the world will never be the same again. “Tiny will have readers falling out of their chairs laughing. . . . It's big. It's gay. It's outrageous and hilarious.” —Kirkus Reviews ★"Levithan has turned in another star turn with a book that is witty, wise, and well worthy of an encore." —Booklist, starred review ★"Tiny’s passion for composing a big, beautiful life and a big, beautiful show overflows in thisthoroughly magical book.” —BCCB, starred review ★"Tiny Cooper . . . gets his own star turn." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Download or read book Hold Me Close written by Megan Hart and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apart, they are broken, but together, they are whole Effie and Heath are famous. Not for anything they did, but for what happened to them as teenagers. Abducted and abused by the same man, they turned to each other for comfort until they were finally able to make their escape. Now adults, their relationship is fraught with guilt and despair. Whether fighting or making love, their passion is strong enough to destroy them both—and Effie’s not about to let that happen. She knows it’s time for her to have a “normal” relationship, even if Heath is convinced that they must face their past together in order to move forward. So while Effie continues to bring new men into her life, Heath becomes obsessed with proving he’s the one she needs. Then a new crisis arises and Effie begins to lose every scrap of self-control she ever had. As she struggles against her desire to return to the one man who understands her, she discovers that sometimes the only safety you find is with the person who is the most dangerous for you. Previously published
Download or read book Hold Still written by Sally Mann and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This National Book Award finalist is a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her. Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she finds more than she bargained for: "deceit and scandal, alcohol, domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved and disputed family land . . . racial complications, vast sums of money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and maybe even bloody murder." In lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs, she crafts a totally original form of personal history that has the page-turning drama of a great novel but is firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her own life.
Download or read book Hold Him Close written by J.P. Bowie and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM POPULAR AUTHOR OF LGBTQ+ ROMANCE J.P. BOWIE Sometimes love and loyalty are all you can count on. Ten years ago, John White Eagle, then a film extra and stuntman, met Detective Mark Rossi and sparks immediately flew, despite the fact that Mark had just arrested John as a suspect in a murder case. Fast forward ten years and John, now a private detective, and Mark, recently promoted to detective sergeant, are happily married, even if they still have to deal with those on the wrong side of the law. Alex Vasquez, an old friend of John's, is being blackmailed. When the blackmailer turns up dead and Alex skips town with his boyfriend, things look bad. Penny Andrews hires John to find her missing brother, Sam, even though she fears he has been murdered, perhaps by their own father. John discovers that Sam is very much alive, in Afghanistan, searching for Jareem, the man he loves but had to leave behind. Hindered by liars and hired assassins, things don't look too good for John and Mark. Can they find Alex before the police do? And can they keep Sam and Jareem safe from those who believe in honor killing and are determined that Jareem will be their next target?
Download or read book Hold Me Close written by Shannyn Schroeder and published by Shannyn Schroeder. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this best-friends-to-lovers steamy Chicago Irish Family romance by author Shannyn Schroeder. Best friends can make the best lovers. But only if they're willing to accept the risk... Maggie O'Leary is finally ready to start living again, and she has a plan. Working in her family's bar is step one. Confronting the tragedy that nearly destroyed her is step two. Reconnecting with her childhood best friend? Well, that's just a fringe benefit. But it's not long before she starts wondering...was he always this loveable and sexy? Shane Callahan has wanted Maggie for as long as he can remember. Giving her whatever she needs is second nature to him. So, when she asks him to help her conquer her fear—with a hot one-night stand—he obliges. Now, he knows a single night will never be enough. He wants it all. And he has no idea if she'll ever be able to give it to him. When all is said and done, can they hold each other close when it matters most? Or will Maggie turn her back on Shane—and on love—once and for all? Hold Me Close, book 6 in The O’Leary Family series, is a contemporary steamy, best friends-to-lovers romance. this series is full of big, Irish families, even bigger emotions, and a guaranteed happily ever after. Download today and welcome to the Chicago Irish neighborhood! Content warning: Maggie is a survivor. The crime is not portrayed on the page, as it happened years ago. Similar authors: Anna Castor, Adriana Locke, Claire Kingsley, Melissa Foster, Roni Loren, Carly Phillips, Lainey Davis, Erin Nicholas, Samantha Chase
