Download or read book The Quickie written by James Patterson and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2007-07-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-night stand spirals into a web of dark secrets in James Patterson's steamy thriller of love, lust, and murder. Lauren Stillwell is not your average damsel in distress. When the NYPD cop discovers her husband leaving a hotel with another woman, she decides to beat him at his own game. But her revenge goes dangerously awry, and she finds her world spiraling into a hell that becomes more terrifying by the hour. In a further twist of fate, Lauren must take on a job that threatens everything she stands for. Now, she's paralyzed by a deadly secret that could tear her life apart. With her job and marriage on the line, Lauren's desire for retribution becomes a lethal inferno as she fights to save her livelihood-and her life. Patterson takes us on a twisting roller-coaster ride of thrills in his most gripping novel yet. This story of love, lust and dangerous secrets will have readers' hearts pounding to the very last page.

Download or read book The Arc of Love written by Aaron Ben-Ze'ev and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is love best when it is fresh? For many, the answer is a resounding “yes.” The intense experiences that characterize new love are impossible to replicate, leading to wistful reflection and even a repeated pursuit of such ecstatic beginnings. Aaron Ben-Ze’ev takes these experiences seriously, but he’s also here to remind us of the benefits of profound love—an emotion that can only develop with time. In The Arc of Love, he provides an in-depth, philosophical account of the experiences that arise in early, intense love—sexual passion, novelty, change—as well as the benefits of cultivating long-term, profound love—stability, development, calmness. Ben-Ze’ev analyzes the core of emotions many experience in early love and the challenges they encounter, and he offers pointers for weathering these challenges. Deploying the rigorous analysis of a philosopher, but writing clearly and in an often humorous style with an eye to lived experience, he takes on topics like compromise, commitment, polyamory, choosing a partner, online dating, and when to say “I love you.” Ultimately, Ben-Ze’ev assures us, while love is indeed best when fresh, if we tend to it carefully, it can become more delicious and nourishing even as time marches on.

Download or read book In And Out Of Love written by Elizabeth St. John and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Krysten Harris and Natalie Sheridan's friendship began in childhood. From navigating their emotional teenage years to the tumultuous roller coaster ride of adulthood, they've gone through it all together, side by side, closer than sisters. Spanning more than twenty-five years, their love lives have been full of equal amounts of happiness and heartache. For Krys, Darryl and Rick were the two loves of her life who showed her endless passion and limitless devotion. And for Nat, it was Tony and Ed who gave her immeasurable happiness and unending adoration. At the end of it all, which man will win the heart of the woman he loves as they go through the years, IN AND OUT OF LOVE...

Download or read book Love Don t Come Easy written by Alex Hairston and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Brown's seemingly perfect life lacks the one thing he truly desires, a meaningful relationship, but that all changes when he meets his soulmate, who also happens to be his best friend's wife. Reprint.

Download or read book Blue Collar Brothers written by Piper Rayne and published by Piper Rayne, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes heroes need saving too. Three single women. Three hot first responders. Three first dates. Will there be three happily ever afters? THIS BOX SET INCLUDES… Best Laid Plans (Blue Collar Brothers #0.5) Join Maddie, Vanessa and Lauren as they attend the first responder bachelor auction and come up with a fun idea sure to keep the bidding interesting. Flirting With Fire (Blue Collar Brothers #1) A first responder bachelor auction leads to Maddie winning a date with her former high school crush and now firefighter, Mauro Bianco. It was only supposed to be one date, but as always, the universe has other plans and somehow, they turn into business partners. Crushing on the Cop (Blue Collar Brothers #2) Police Officer Cristian Bianco never planned to date his Commander’s daughter, no matter how good looking she is. But when she wins him at the bachelor auction, he’s left with no choice. He quickly finds out she’s gotten herself into a dangerous situation and decides to help her figure out an exit plan. Engaged to the EMT (Blue Collar Brothers #3) Paramedic Luca Bianco would never have thought he’d ask his arch nemesis to be his fake fiancée. He might have had a crush on Lauren back in high school, but that was then. Unfortunately, even he sees their head-on collision and he’s powerless to press on the brakes. Blue Collar Quarantine (Blue Collar Brothers #3.5) Life gets complicated when Chicago is put in lockdown and all three first responders must continue working. Especially, when the Bianco women get moved in together with Ma and Pa Bianco. PLUS an extra Mauro and Maddie BONUS scene! What happens with Mauro decides to make a special dinner for Maddie? She becomes dessert.

Download or read book Growing Pains written by Paris Love and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though they are older and wiser, not all is as it seems in the lives of Darren, Kiki, and Myra. Best friends to the end, they still have some lessons to learn. In this second book in the Growing Pains series, the group struggles with betrayal, loss, and, most importantly, commitment. Through ups and downs, heartache and breakups, Darren, Kiki, and Myra find themselves in a quest for self-assurance, confidence, and good, old-fashioned love. But will history repeat itself? Darren has been known to have a wandering eye, and its possible hell cheat again. Will Kiki finally realize the world doesnt revolve around her? Myra has found the true love of her life, but is she happy? Will their children repeat the same mistakes they have? Providing a glimpse into the private lives of couples and relationships, Growing Pains: Sex, Lies, and Deception follows the family lives, careers, and love lives of these characters as they make mistakes and celebrate successes.

Download or read book The Red Sox and the Devil s Handmaiden written by Andy Plotkin and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on 2005-06-27 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a twist of the Damn Yankees’ famous story, this book weaves together a variety of historic, religious, social, cultural, and light erotic themes to create a story in which the protagonist, Steve, in league with Leah, the Devil’s favorite handmaiden, defeats the Devil’s plans to start World War III and to kill Steve and Nancy, a fellow Red Sox baseball fan. During the story, Steve grows in confidence in both himself and in his Jewish roots to not only thwart these diabolical plans, but to free Leah from the 5,600-year-old clutches of her master so that she can ascend to heaven as an angel. The denouement brings together Steve, Nancy, Leah, an angel, the Devil, and God in many tense, stormy moments in which only Steve’s ability to dig deep down into himself can save the day and help the Red Sox win the World Series.

Download or read book Cowboy Bikers MC 10 written by Esther E. Schmidt and published by Esther E. Schmidt. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When eyes meet and make two hearts beat as one, there’s no holding the reins. Lust will take a turn and gallop toward love at full speed, taking on any danger it might face along the way. Redding - I’m a biker in an MC located at a huge ranch which breeds both longhorns and quarter horses. I’m not just a biker, a cowboy, or a rancher, but I am a man of many trades and talents. And one of those is to protect the one who captured my attention at first glance. Fenna - Circumstances cause me to engage in a fake relationship with an all too willing, ruggedly handsome man. Things get real incredibly fast when danger is thrown into the mix and others make the effort to steal any future we might have. **WARNING; each book in the Cowboy Bikers MC series is a standalone short story featuring a new couple and can be read together or separately. Includes: Love at first sight. Off the charts chemistry. HEA. And each story will leave you wanting more cowboy bikers!**

Download or read book Once Upon a Zombie written by Billy Phillips and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unexplainablenews.com is reporting strange phenomena in cemeteries in Scotland, Germany, Italy, and America. Only one individual knows what's happening--and why! This person also knows the one girl who can prevent an unspeakable and imminent catastrophe from taking place. But will she? When Caitlin Fletcher's mom disappeared (or left?) four years ago, Caitlin began suffering from breathless bouts of anxiety. Her new move to London, with her Dad and brainiac sister, threatens to lead to more situations that will trigger panic. Now, he's having anxiety over the possibility of having anxiety! Caitlin's life takes a turn for the bizarre when she's tricked into climbing down a "rabbit hole", landing in a wondrous fairy tale universe--except it's crawling with savage, starving blood-eyed zombies. But what's scarier--a blood thirsty zombie, a panic attack...or the painful truth?!

Download or read book A Murder of Principle written by Susan Coryell and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new principal takes Harding High by storm, wreaking havoc with every executive order and every decision, tearing apart the stellar school tenet by tenet. Teachers, other administrators, students, parents, and the community at large increasingly react to the tremors shaking Harding High as Principal Wendy Storme churns a destructive path through their traditions, values, and protocol. Everyone associated with Harding has a valid motive for murder. Determined to save her school and friends, English department chair, Rose Lane, and her rookie sidekick, intern Penny Bright, vow to move the hurricane-force Storme out of Harding for good…except somebody beats them to it with the decisiveness of murder.

Download or read book Awkward Beginnings written by Sharon Young and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is it that some life changes can happen in a blink of an eye? The life of Samantha Calls, AKA Sam, changed just that quickly. More like a drop of a dime, since Sam did some dropping. She thought that she was living the life she was born to live. But a hospital visit and health problems changed her thinking, making her adjust her life to a whole different tone. Samantha had an ideal life—going to work with the fellows, playing hard with the fellows, and loving like the fellows. And the next day, she would do it all over again. Until one day, it all changed. No more job she had been at for years. No more being able to go to the gym with the guys. Her health had gotten to a dark place. Sam went from the headstrong woman she had worked hard into becoming to a fragile flower that she thought would never be her. Relationships changed. Everything got twisted and different like her health. It was awkward. There were so many awkward beginnings, all bum-rushed on Sam so quickly. But Sam went to the right doctor. The right doctor indeed.

Download or read book The Tugboater Family written by Bob Ojala and published by The Unapologetic Voice House . This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ship and tugboat operations are some of the most dangerous professions. Most days, there is potential danger lurking nearby, and the lives of the men and women working under these potentially dangerous conditions, must not only cooperate, but they must also watch out for each other, and care for their fellow workers. Knowing the family members of the people whose lives may depend on your actions, creates a special bond. The crews and their wives, their children, and their significant others become one large family, and racial and romantic relationships are accepted at face value. Discrimination is not only unacceptable, but it also is not safe, and those who do not take that responsibility seriously, are not part of the family. The Tugboater Family will impress you, and make you wish the rest of the world could be as responsible and caring as these people show us we can be.

Download or read book Shug s Daddy written by Siobhan Smile and published by J.M. Dabney. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grey A divorced, small town, hardware store owner, and the man most people considered a gentleman that was me. A slip up in my strict routine would send the town gossips into a frenzy. Yet I'd grown up in that town and everyone knew everyone. No secrets were safe, but I carried one that would send my world into chaos if I let it. I was falling for a town transplant and one of my best friends, Sugar. He was everything I wasn't, spontaneous, fun, and knew exactly who he was. What would he see in a boring man like me? Sugar (Shug) I was that fat, nonbinary person who hadn't known the inside of the closet in my life. With a mom like mine I was taught to never live with regrets, but I had a massive one. I fell in love with my straight and gentlemanly best friend. Grey was everything I wasn't. He was clueless but our shared friend group wasn't, how long could they stay silent in a town as small as ours?

Download or read book To Forgive Is Human written by Michael E. McCullough and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 1997-02-25 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounding their analysis in groundbreaking research, Michael E. McCullough, Steven Sandage and Everett L. Worthington Jr. show how you can experience authentic forgiveness in ways that bring restoration and healing.

Download or read book Sweet Texas Surprise written by Tina Leonard and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MULTIPLE COMPLICATIONS Sweet Callahan Homecoming Ashlyn Callahan has always known she would bring danger to Rancho Diablo. That’s why she runs from the cowboy she loves to hide out in Texas Hill Country. But all hell breaks loose when Xavier Phillips finds her…and her four newborn babies. With the future of Ash’s clan at stake, Xav is ready to lay his life on the line to safeguard the family legacy—and create a homecoming worthy of his Callahan bride! The Secret Agent’s Surprises Secret agent Pete Morgan came back to Texas to collect his inheritance and found a family waiting for him—orphaned quadruplets in need of a home! To adopt them, Pete needs a wife. A temporary engagement to Priscilla Perkins could be the ideal solution. Priscilla may not think Pete is husband material, but he knows she’d make a great mom. With five angels stealing his heart, it’s a scenario no man can resist.

Download or read book 10 000 Ways to Say I Love You written by Gregory Godek and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The small book with the biggest collection of loving ideas ever gathered in one place, now in a tenth anniversary edition This is the ultimate practical, giftable resource for couples, filled with 10,000 ideas for expressing affection. From the author of the phenomenally successful 1001 Ways to Be Romantic, "America's Romance Coach" Gregory J.P. Godek, 10,000 Ways to Say I Love You overflows with surprise ideas, back-to-basics classics that always work, and inspired twists on creative expression. Readers can express true affection with secret love notes, perpetual bouquets, secluded picnics, outrageous gifts...and 9,996 more ways to say "I love you." At one idea per day, this book will last couples 27.4 years! This tenth anniversary edition offers fresh tips for today's world of texting and social networking, giving readers more reasons than ever to pick up this best-loved romantic collection.

Download or read book Cries In The Night A Denver After Dark Romantic Suspense written by Kathy Clark and published by Nightwriter93. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Who saves a hero?” Julie Lawrence is a Victim’s Advocate for the Denver PD. Her job is to respond to domestic violence incidents, fires, car accidents and other tragic events where people need help dealing with their darkest moments. She has had her own share of tragedies in the past which gives her empathy and a unique insight into victims and what they need to heal and move on with their lives. But she is better at giving advice than taking it and has closed herself off from sharing her life with anyone or anything except a stray tiger-striped gray cat. Rusty Wilson is a firefighter with a reputation for working hard and playing harder. He meets Julie while he is trying to save a burning house and she is protecting a battered wife and an unborn child. He is attracted to her, but not ready to settle down. To his surprise, she resists even his most platonic attempts at developing a relationship. One day a typical call turns into a hostage situation, and Julie rushes to the scene, partly in her role of Victim’s Advocate and partly because Rusty is involved. She finally accepts his offer of friendship, and as they get to know each other better, they realize they have a lot in common. When a stalker starts playing a cat-and-mouse game with Julie, she and Rusty work together, trying to figure out which of her past domestic violence cases has created a psycho who wants revenge. In her line of work, there are a lot of people who want her dead. Julie has no idea who is trying to kill her. The warnings had started out as just creepy, but gradually turn into genuine threats on her life. Rusty provides the emotional and moral support she hadn’t realized she needed until the danger increases. Their love affair starts in the heat of passion and ends when he finds out her secrets. Someone is watching . . . and waiting. Julie has dedicated herself to saving other people. Who’s going to save her? CRIES IN THE NIGHT is Book #2 in the Denver After Dark series. AFTER MIDNIGHT is Book #1 has won several prestigious awards, including being named Best Indie Suspense Novel of 2013 and third place in the Readers’ Favorite Suspense Novel Award of 2013. Kathy Clark also writes a New Adult Romantic Suspense series (Scandals) and Young Adult Romantic Suspense novels in the CUL8R series under the pen name of Bob Kat.