Download or read book Burqalicious The Dubai Diaries written by Becky Wicks and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a sassy young woman used to drinking, partying, blogging, and shopping her way through dreary London, the call of a glamorous, tax-free career in sunny Dubai just couldn’t go unanswered. Over the course of two years, an entire city funded by oil wealth rises from the dust around her as Becky rapidly scales the career ladder. She becomes a celebrity editor in a land where sex definitely does not sell and spends most nights in a five-star blur of champagne luxury. Dubai offers everything, but things soon get messy—not least because a wealthy Arab man makes her his mistress. Skinny-dipping, affairs, gay parties—Wicks soon discovers just how easy it is to break the law in Dubai! Wicks lifts the burqa from the razzledazzle and reveals some of the most scandalous goings-on in the world’s fastest up-and-coming city of gold.

Download or read book Consequence of Their Dubai Night written by Nina Milne and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wild night in Dubai leads to a life-changing consequence for the self-made billionaire and the aristocrat. But will they find something else they both never expected—love? Find out in the latest Harlequin Romance by Nina Milne. One wild night… …will derail their best-laid plans—forever! Aristocrat Stella allowed herself one final act of rebellion before her high society engagement of convenience. Ignoring the sparks of magnetic attraction was not an option when she met self-made billionaire Max Durante in Dubai. Commitment-phobe Max welcomed twenty-four hours of fun with a beautiful stranger, but when Stella—who’s dominated his thoughts ever since—shows up in his office, the last words he expects to hear are I’m pregnant! From Harlequin Romance: Be swept away by glamorous and heartfelt love stories.

Download or read book Harm written by Titus Powell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08-18 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mason, a former soldier going nowhere in his own career, takes on a job as bodyguard for his Brazilian friend's fashion model daughter Lara when she comes to London. Lara is fiercely independent and resists Mason's presence. She is determined to make it as a model despite her father's concerns, and thinks a bodyguard is just going to get in the way. But she doesn't know about the death threat her father intercepted or the sinister figure following her around the world. What seems an easy job for Mason quickly turns dangerous, and it all seems connected to a terrifying secret in Lara's past. From the author of The Dare Ring and Kingdom of Flame.

Download or read book The Trade written by Jere Van Dyk and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former hostage in the tribal areas of Pakistan returns to meet his kidnappers and uncover how political kidnappings and ransomings take place in the shadows of the world's most lawless territories. In 2014, Jere Van Dyk traveled to Afghanistan to try to discover the motives behind a kidnapping that had occurred six years earlier -- his own. He was haunted by questions about why he was taken and why he was released, and troubled by the refusal of his friends, employer, and government employees to offer him a full account of what they knew. An experienced investigative reporter, he began a quest to interrogate the accuracy of everything he was told, including from the people he trusted most. In pursuing his kidnappers, and the stories of the intermediaries and money men, Van Dyk uncovered not just the story of his own abduction but the operation of what he calls the Trade: the business of kidnapping. Operating according to its own shadowy rules, the Trade has become a murky form of negotiation between criminal groups, corporations, families, and governments who have no formal lines of communication. Van Dyk's journey took him from up near the Tribal Areas of Pakistan, to the tea shops of Kabul, to the Obama White House, and revealed evidence of lucrative transactions and rival bandit groups working under the direction of intelligence services. In its course, he met the families of many Americans who were or are still kidnapped, bargaining chips at the mercy of violent and pitiless extremists who thrive in the world's most lawless spaces.

Download or read book Mind Game written by Iris Johansen and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for a long-missing treasure in Scotland, Jane MacGuire experiences vivid dreams of a girl in danger at the same time that she reconnects with a volatile ex and is confronted by stunning changes in the lives of those closest to her.

Download or read book Joey Parker Movement written by Joey Parker and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspirational book from the creator of JoeyParkerMovement.com seeks to give today's youth a positive outlook on life and will included endorsements and contributions from big name celebrities

Download or read book Love and Murder written by W.S. Long and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2014-02-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake Chandler is a struggling small-town Florida lawyer, and his life is falling apart. His ex-wife makes seeing his daughter difficult, his boyfriend Noah may be cheating on him, and his money woes are growing. Jake hopes that a new murder defense case will help with his money woes, but his ex-wife Elena is the prosecutor. It’s bad enough she has to fight with him over custody of their daughter. Now she wants nothing more than to beat him in the courtroom, too. And then people around him start dying. First, an ex-lover gets his brains blown out while he and Jake have coffee. The danger comes even closer. Then Jake meets handsome FBI agent Xavier, who is investigating the crimes surrounding him. Can Jake trust this new man in his life? Is Xavier who he says he is? Or does his involvement put Jake and those he loves in even more danger?

Download or read book The Kathryn Croft Psychological Thriller Collection written by Kathryn Croft and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be prepared to be kept on your toes... you won’t see the end coming! Includes three gripping psychological thrillers; The Other Husband, The Lying Wife and The Mother’s Secret. The Other Husband: The night that throws a wrecking ball into Abby’s life starts out perfectly. There’s still a hint of summer sun in the purple-streaked sky. Abby and her best friend, Sienna, look on fondly as their two husbands laugh under the garden gazebo. None of them know it’s the last time they will be together again. Abby finds Sienna’s husband, Greg, unexpectedly charming, and when the two of them are left alone, something happens that neither can take back. Abby is desperate to tell her own husband and Sienna the truth, but can’t risk Greg sharing what he knows. She has no choice but to keep quiet. Then Greg disappears. Is her best friend’s husband simply running from his secrets? Or has someone decided they can’t risk that he may share theirs? The Lying Wife: Callie has known sadness, and sometimes doubted she would ever have the life she wanted. When she meets James, also no stranger to grief, it seems as though her luck has changed. She becomes his wife, and in the process a stepmother to his two sons. Callie has finally got what she always imagined for herself. But things don’t go to plan for Callie. She tries to get things right, but the harder she tries, the more she fails. A split-second decision leads to her spiralling out of control, and there is no way back for Callie. When the police arrest her for murder, the dark tale of Callie’s shocking fall from grace slowly unfolds. Will her secrets be her undoing? Or will she tell the truth, no matter the cost? The Mother’s Secret: Eve wanted nothing more than to be a mother. She and her husband, Aiden, planned to have a family, but with each devastating miscarriage her hopes dwindled. When she eventually gave birth to her daughter, Kayla, it should have been the happiest time of her life. Instead, it was a waking nightmare for Eve, and one she was desperate to escape. Now, Eve has left all that behind. She pretends that she never had a child, and keeps her secrets close. But someone knows the truth. If people learn about the crime she covered up, they’ll never look at her the same way again. She must get her little girl back, before it’s too late. If she can’t, running away won’t be an option. This time, Eve will face the consequences, and pay the price she should have paid years ago... A compelling collection of heart-stopping psychological thrillers perfect for fans of Shari Lapena, C. L. Taylor and K. L. Slater. Praise for Kathryn Croft ‘I loved the story-telling voice... Intelligently written.' Jane Corry, author of The Lies We Tell ‘An extremely twisty plot. A well written, enjoyable thriller.’ Lesley Sanderson, author of The Birthday Weekend ‘So many twists and turns! ... Hard to put down and worth every moment.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader review ‘Awesome read.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader review ‘Wow. A roller coaster of emotions and twists and turns. ... Bloody brilliant!’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader review ‘A beautiful marriage of 'whodunnit' with a cracking work of psychological fiction. Don't even get me started on those awesome plot twists!!’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader review ‘Wow! Wow! Wow! Kathryn Croft never disappoints. An excellent, captivating psychological thriller.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader review ‘Well written with a compelling storyline and well developed characters... I was gripped right from the start and couldn't put it down.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader review ‘Croft clearly has that knack of hitting you with a cracking twist at the end.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader review

Download or read book Whatever it Takes written by Brooklyn Bailey and published by Gingham Frog Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tattered and weary, life tosses Ryan more hardships than one should have to bear. Can yet another family illness bring her closer to the love she’s longing for? Ryan and Lewis met during their college years and while they stayed in touch, they both went their separate ways. The road of life is rarely straight, and Ryan deals with creating life, losing her love, handling loss, and enduring pain along the way. Ryan is a stay-at-home, single mom after suffering through her husband’s tragic death. Lewis, an identical twin, and self-made millionaire makes his way through business deals around the world. Separating himself from his one true love, he even places an ocean between him and the married women that he desires. He’s far from Ryan’s side when he learns that she needs him most. Once together, Ryan and Lewis hatch a long-term plan looking for a miracle to help avoid another tragic event in their lives. Can they overcome and find their true happily ever after? Buy Whatever it Takes and enjoy this closed door, emotional romance story today.

Download or read book Harlequin Romance February 2023 Box Set written by Rebecca Winters and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Romance – February ‘23 – Box Set Harlequin® Romance brings you a collection of four new titles, available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This Harlequin® Romance box set includes: #4838 FALLING FOR HER SECRET BILLIONAIRE Sons of a Parisian Dynasty By Rebecca Winters When Dr Francoise meets gorgeous ex-army veteran Jean-Louis in Nice she literally gives him a new lease of life. And when he appears on her doorstep a few weeks later, she can’t deny their attraction - until he reveals a secret that could change everything… #4839 CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR DUBAI NIGHT By Nina Milne When aristocrat Stella met self-made billionaire Max in Dubai, he welcomed twenty-four hours of fun with a beautiful stranger. But when Stella —who’s dominated his thoughts ever since—reappears, the last words he expects to hear are ‘I’m pregnant!’ #4840 CARIBBEAN CONTRACT WITH HER BOSS By Nina Singh When Eva is forced to sell her family’s business, her new boss proves immensely difficult – and distracting - to work with! Yet tech tycoon Rafe reignites something long-lost in Eva. Suddenly signing on the dotted line to secure her future is riskier than she’d ever imagined! #4841 CINDERELLA’S FORBIDDEN PRINCE By Ruby Basu When conservator Priya starts her dream project at the Adysara palace, Prince Rohan’s offer to be her tour guide truly sets her heart racing. She can’t ignore how he makes her feel… Yet, Rohan is duty-bound to ‘marry well’. But is a forbidden fling a line she’s willing to cross…?

Download or read book Cambridge Checkpoint English Coursebook 8 written by Marian Cox and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Checkpoint English suite provides a comprehensive, structured resource which covers the Secondary 1 framework for English and seamlessly progresses into the next key stage (covered by our Cambridge IGCSE® First Language English series). This lively stage 8 Coursebook contains 12 themed units providing comprehensive coverage of the revised Cambridge Secondary 1 syllabus. As the core component in this suite, this title includes coverage of the five content areas (Phonics, Spelling and Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation, Reading, Writing, and Speaking and Listening). Additional features include rigorous language practice and teaching of key concepts, engaging activities to develop reading and writing skills, integrated speaking and listening tasks and a wide range of fiction and non-fiction texts from around the world. A skill-building, write-in workbook and a Teacher's Resource CD-ROM are available separately.

Download or read book Nine Pints written by Rose George and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist: A “compelling chronicle” of the science, politics, and business of blood (The Wall Street Journal). Blood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit deadly infections. Each one of us has roughly nine pints of it, yet many don’t even know their own blood type. And for all its ubiquitousness, the few tablespoons of blood discharged by 800 million women are still regarded as taboo: menstruation is perhaps the single most demonized biological event. Rose George, author of The Big Necessity, takes us from ancient practices of bloodletting to the breakthrough of the “liquid biopsy,” which promises to diagnose cancer and other diseases with a simple blood test. She introduces Janet Vaughan, who set up the world’s first system of mass blood donation during the Blitz, and Arunachalam Muruganantham, known as “Menstrual Man” for his work on sanitary pads for developing countries. She probes the lucrative business of plasma transfusions, in which the US is known as the “OPEC of plasma.” And she looks to the future, as researchers seek to bring synthetic blood to a hospital near you. Spanning science and politics, individual’s stories and global epidemics, Nine Pints reveals our life’s blood in an entirely new light. One of Bill Gates’ Recommended Summer Reading Titles “Stellar . . . An informative, elegant, and provocative exploration of the life-giving substance . . . A wondrously well-written work.” —Booklist (starred review) Both fascinating and informative . . . George packs her book with the kinds of provocative, witty, and rigorously reported facts and stories sure to make readers view the integral fluid coursing through our veins in a whole new way.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “George charges down wholly unexpected avenues of medical history and global injustice, leaving the reader by turns giddy and appalled. And always, always in awe of the writing.” —Mary Roach, author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War “A very good book.” —The New York Times

Download or read book The Lying Wife written by Kathryn Croft and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be careful what you wish for... Callie has known sadness, and sometimes doubted she would ever have the life she wanted. When she meets James, also no stranger to grief, it seems as though her luck has changed. She becomes his wife, and in the process a stepmother to his two sons. Callie has finally got what she always imagined for herself. But things don’t go to plan for Callie. She tries to get things right, but at every turn she makes mistakes. If she can only show her new family just how much she cares, perhaps everything will be okay. Yet the harder she tries, the more she fails. A split-second decision leads to her spiralling out of control, and there is no way back for Callie. When the police arrest her for murder, the dark tale of Callie’s shocking fall from grace slowly unfolds. But how much is Callie willing to reveal about the choices she made? If those she cares for the most learn the truth, they will hate her. Will her secrets be her undoing? Or will she tell the truth, no matter the cost? A compelling psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from #1 bestseller Kathryn Croft. Perfect for readers who love Sheryl Browne, Alison James and Claire McGowan. *** Previously published under the title The Stranger Within. *** What everyone is saying about The Lying Wife ‘A story full of twists and turns. This is an amazing thriller that will keep you engrossed until the last page.’ NetGalley review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Awesome read’ NetGalley review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘Wow. A roller coaster of emotions and twists and turns. ... Bloody brilliant!’ Goodreads review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘FREAKING AWESOME BOOK! Ms Croft had me hooked on page 1. I couldn't stop reading! A hell of a good read.’ Goodreads review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘The story itself is excellent and the plot twist at the end... wow, just wow! I did not see that coming. ... It's so well-written and because of that twist, it's one of those books that requires a re-read, which I am going to do!’ Goodreads review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘WOW! Totally unexpected! This story is not your average family drama or psychological thriller... It's a fabulous novel with characters so well defined and developed that you feel they are real.’ Goodreads review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Download or read book The Flight Attendant written by Chris Bohjalian and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful thriller about the ways an entire life can change in one night: A flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man—and no idea what happened. • Don't miss the acclaimed HBO Max series! Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She's a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. She lives with them, and the accompanying self-loathing. When she awakes in a Dubai hotel room, she tries to piece the previous night back together, counting the minutes until she has to catch her crew shuttle to the airport. She quietly slides out of bed, careful not to aggravate her already pounding head, and looks at the man she spent the night with. She sees his dark hair. His utter stillness. And blood, a slick, still wet pool on the crisp white sheets. Afraid to call the police—she's a single woman alone in a hotel room far from home—Cassie begins to lie. She lies as she joins the other flight attendants and pilots in the van. She lies on the way to Paris as she works the first class cabin. She lies to the FBI agents in New York who meet her at the gate. Soon it's too late to come clean-or face the truth about what really happened back in Dubai. Could she have killed him? If not, who did? Set amid the captivating world of those whose lives unfold at forty thousand feet, The Flight Attendant unveils a spellbinding story of memory, of the giddy pleasures of alcohol and the devastating consequences of addiction, and of murder far from home. Look for Chris Bohjalian's new novel, The Lioness!

Download or read book Layla s Room written by Sabrina Mahfouz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-24 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Respect women, respect girls. Respect yourselves. Remember you are everyone who's gone before you and you are nobody that has ever been, so make it count, make it special, make a difference, make people listen, love the women who have loved you and watch us make the world move to a better place. For Layla, every day is a battleground. The pay gap, the thigh gap, over-sexed pop and selfies that are photoshopped – they're just part of the world she lives in. But that world is about to change. While breaking out of her bedroom – and with drama, comedy, poetry and music as her weapons – Layla breaks down and makes sense of the realities, difficulties and absurdities of teenage life in the UK today. Collected from a bespoke national survey, the voices of a thousand UK teens are brought to life in Layla. Their ambitions, concerns, role-models and regrets are woven together by award-winning Sabrina Mahfouz and theatre company Theatre Centre, offering a hard-hitting, yet hopeful, story. Layla's Room received its world premiere at Redbridge Drama Centre on 15 September 2016 in a production by Theatre Centre. It is ideal for students and young performers between 16 and 18 years old.

Download or read book Every Last Lie written by Mary Kubica and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author of THE GOOD GIRL Mary Kubica is back with another exhilarating thriller as a widow’s pursuit of the truth leads her to the darkest corners of the psyche. Clara Solberg’s world shatters when her husband and their four-year-old daughter are in a car crash, killing Nick while Maisie is remarkably unharmed. The crash is ruled an accident…until the coming days, when Maisie starts having night terrors that make Clara question what really happened on that fateful afternoon. Tormented by grief and her obsession that Nick’s death was far more than just an accident, Clara is plunged into a desperate hunt for the truth. Who would have wanted Nick dead? And, more important, why? Clara will stop at nothing to find out—and the truth is only the beginning of this twisted tale of secrets and deceit. Told in the alternating perspectives of Clara’s investigation and Nick’s last months leading up to the crash, master of suspense Mary Kubica weaves her most chilling thriller to date—one that explores the dark recesses of a mind plagued by grief and shows that some secrets might be better left buried. Don't miss Mary Kubica's chilling upcoming novel, She's Not Sorry, where an ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient's frightening past... And look for the new editions of The Good Girl, Pretty Baby, Don’t You Cry and The Other Mrs. featuring brand new covers! More edge-of-your-seat thrillers by New York Times bestselling author Mary Kubica: The Good Girl Pretty Baby Don’t You Cry When the Lights Go Out Local Woman Missing Just The Nicest Couple The Other Mrs. She’s not Sorry

Download or read book Muslim Fashion written by Reina Lewis and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the shops of London's Oxford Street, girls wear patterned scarves over their hair as they cluster around makeup counters. Alongside them, hip twenty-somethings style their head-wraps in high black topknots to match their black boot-cut trousers. Participating in the world of popular mainstream fashion—often thought to be the domain of the West—these young Muslim women are part of an emergent cross-faith transnational youth subculture of modest fashion. In treating hijab and other forms of modest clothing as fashion, Reina Lewis counters the overuse of images of veiled women as "evidence" in the prevalent suggestion that Muslims and Islam are incompatible with Western modernity. Muslim Fashion contextualizes modest wardrobe styling within Islamic and global consumer cultures, interviewing key players including designers, bloggers, shoppers, store clerks, and shop owners. Focusing on Britain, North America, and Turkey, Lewis provides insights into the ways young Muslim women use multiple fashion systems to negotiate religion, identity, and ethnicity.