Download or read book Jade Suede written by Andy Mascola and published by Andy Mascola. This book was released on 2023-09-16 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our story opens in the middle of a horrifying abduction. Jade, a teen runaway and sex worker-turned-killer, has been restrained and is being driven into the deep woods in the dark night to be brutally murdered. Through Jade we learn the details of her heartbreaking life up to this point and how she came to be in this frightening predicament. Jade was born Laura, an only child raised by a caring mother in the city of Highbridge. After Laura’s mother gets sick, her father, an alcoholic who has been in and out of the women’s lives, returns to attend to the mother of his child in her final days. After her mom’s passing, Laura’s father disappears. A sad and scared Laura is soon taken in by two prostitutes who teach her the ways of the streets and rename her Jade Suede. The pair of working girls eventually leave Jade in a brothel where she is recruited by a loan shark/nightclub owner named Max Burke who hires her to seduce and kill deadbeat debtors. Along the way Jade falls in love with a gravedigger who also works for Burke. Wanting a better life for themselves, the lovers make a daring plan to escape their wretched world of homicide and lechery that will either lead them to freedom or get them both killed.

Download or read book American Shoemaking written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Prentis Williams Children written by Jenny Arnesen and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05-11 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PRENTIS, WILLIAMS CHILDREN BOOK 1: ALL FOR A REASON CALVIN PRENTIS Four friends attend the same College and share a residence together. Calvin Prentis meets and falls in love with Sarah-Jane, a beautiful, rude and selfish woman! Jade, who had always loved Calvin, is hurt when she is led to believe that he plans to spend his life with Sarah-Jane so she applies and is accepted for a position that will take her away from the College and away from Calvin. When the tearful Jade tells him of her decision to leave he is shocked and bewildered, he spends a night with her in his arms as he tries to console her. The next day he comes home and finds her gone, leaving only a note in which she confesses her love for him. He tries in vain to contact her but which ever way he turns he comes up short. She has left no forwarding address. The beautiful Sarah-Jane also leaves a note for him, but somehow the simple note from Jade had hurt him deeper and meant more. He realises that it was Jade he loved all along, but has his realisation come too late? With a small fortune left to him in a trust fund by his Grand parents, he purchases a property and starts his own business. He tries once more to find Jade only to discover that there is another man in her lift. Heart broken he returns home pouring himself into his business and his dance studio. How can he bridge the gap that came between them? How can he prove his love to her, and set things right? BOOK 2: WHERE DO YOU GO TO MY LOVELY MAURICE AND NAKITA WILLIAMS Maurice and Nakita: the children of Paula and Barry Williams. Maurice a Paediatrician and Nakita, a Physiotherapist and Beautician live together in Umhlanga where they run a private Clinic and practice the unusual past time of restoring veteran cars. Brought up in a family where music and dance was as important as breathing, Nakita uses her musical talent as therapy in much of her treatment of patients. When Maurice receives a call from Lizzy, an extremely gifted five year old patient that he had been treating for an ear infection, requesting his help, both their lives are changed for ever! Is history about to repeat itself? Are the Doctor's capable of handling what life has thrown in their path? Will Nakita's shock at the abuse of this child make her more determined to find out the cause? What will be the response of the uncle this family so desperately needs? Love, intrigue and sorrow abound as the doctors set out to fulfil more than their Hippocratic Oath!

Download or read book Zero Percent Juice written by Andy Mascola and published by Andy Mascola. This book was released on 2024-10-06 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phillip Attenberg is a twenty-six-year-old virgin with no charm or charisma. Other than working at a big-box membership-only warehouse retail store, Phillip's only other activities include drinking canned iced coffee and watching his grouchy roommate harass women through a speaker hanging out of a window of the apartment the two share. One day, Phillip discovers there's a man living in his city who looks exactly like him. The difference between Phillip and his doppelgänger, however, is that the look-alike has loads of charm and charisma. Another difference is that Phillip's double has started seducing and murdering women by drowning them! The local press begins referring to the wicked scoundrel as the Cold-Water Killer, and this evil twin quickly becomes the bane of Phillip's already miserable existence. Will the Cold-Water Killer be brought to justice before Phillip mistakenly takes the fall for him? Will Phillip ever get the "juice" he needs to establish a social life for himself? Will Phillip's roommate ever stop pestering ladies walking by their apartment? Find the answers to all these questions in Zero Percent Juice!

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Download or read book A Deadly and Familiar Face written by Carolle Dure and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-11 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the world weighs on his shoulders, Detective Simms put everything on hold so he could catch a blood- thirsty serial killer who happened to be one of his own. He had to solve one of the worst crime that city could remember having in years. Every citizen was on the look out! He wouldn't leave the city until he knew the maniac was caught. Tim Goren was a ladies man who would stop at nothing when he was in the mood for a kill. He wore a cop's uniform but was on the other side of the law. He loved women but loved watching them suffer too. He married Jade Killjoy who was an attractive independent woman, and turned her wonderful life into a living hell! Marrying Tim was the biggest mistake she could have made. She paid a horrible price for loving someone who turned out to be her worst enemy!

Download or read book Bad Things written by Tamara Thorne and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprinted Edition The Piper clan emigrated from Scotland and founded the town of Santo Verde, California. The Gothic Victorian estate built there has housed the family for generations, and has also become home to an ancient evil forever linked to the Piper name. . . As a boy, Rick Piper discovered he had "the sight." It was supposed to be a family myth, but Rick could see the greenjacks--the tiny mischievous demons who taunted him throughout his childhood--and who stole the soul of his twin brother Robin one Halloween night. Now a widower with two children of his own, Rick has returned home to build a new life. He wants to believe the greenjacks don't exist, that they were a figment of his own childish fears and the vicious torment he suffered at the hands of his brother. But he can still see and hear them, and they haven't forgotten that Rick escaped them so long ago. And this time, they don't just want Rick. This time they want his children. . .

Download or read book Jade s Treasure written by Ana Krista Johnson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Jade Sawyer wants is not complicated: to be left alone to manage her family’s mountain resort and design her jewelry. Man free. Booked under an alias, world-famous author Matthew Riley McLaughlin expects to be left alone to write and research an old legend about a buried treasure. Then he meets the lovely and charming Jade and decides a bit of pleasure with his business is exactly what he needs. Soon, Jade is drawn into Matt’s search for the mysterious missing treasure. As they spend more time together, they realize this might be a match made in heaven. But when Jade learns Matt’s true identity, the betrayal and their different worlds push her away. Matt knows he has messed up. In order to win Jade’s heart, he’ll need to overcome her past and fear. Jade will have to be willing to take risks and step out of her comfortable life. But if they can do that, the treasure is theirs for the taking. Sensuality Level: Sensual

Download or read book Project Chaos written by Charles Bush and published by Osmora Incorporated. This book was released on 2017-11-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malcolm Corsica is an experienced mercenary. He works undercover for multiple governments leaders, wealthy patrons and corporate executives. One day, he finds himself in the middle of a complex mission: a conspiracy that could change the world as we know it. In order to stop this chaos, Malcolm must deal with corrupted agents from the CIA, a rebel Cuban businessman, and a powerful wealthy Russian woman. Malcolm must protect the life of Scientifics highly specialized in molecular physics. This enigmatic story will take you to different parts of the world: from France to Italy, to the United States and Panama. You will be carried away by a whirlwind of actions and adventures as unexpected as captivating. You will discover a world where secret organizations, thirsty for power and money, are waging a merciless war. The power of money has become supreme over everything. With the help of his brother-in-arms Poli Maoundy, Malcolm has for mission to defuse the disruptive and destructive plans created by the most influential agents of the CIA. The world has we know it is in the hands of Malcolm. Failure would be fatal. Inspired by true events, this story will take to you another world where danger exists, sure; but that isn't fear. PROJECT CHAOS is a suspenseful story that will keep you on your toes until the end. “A captivating true-crime story”. ~ Charles Bush

Download or read book The Playboy s Princess written by Joy Fulcher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do a Hollywood playboy and a Disney princess have in common? Not a lot, but they can fake it. Jade Pratt is living a tough life, surviving paycheck to paycheck by working at Disneyland. She'd like nothing more than to be swept off her feet by her own Prince Charming. Drew Malik is living what appears to be a charmed life: He’s the son of a famous actor and has money, women…anything he could want. But he's burning out in a life filled with booze and one night stands. When he finds out his trust fund is blocked until he either turns thirty or gets married, his friends plot to rescue him by placing an ad in the paper to find him a bride -- fast. When Jade answers the ad, the pair meet up and agree to an arrangement that will solve both their problems. But when their fake marriage elicits real feelings and real problems, they're both forced to re-evaluate their deal. Happily ever after was never the intention...but what if it's their destiny?

Download or read book Catalog written by Sears, Roebuck and Company and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 1202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Crossroads to Destiny written by Tora Moon and published by Lunar Alchemy Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hecate Calls… A life-changing choice… a dangerous destiny. Catlyn Hennessey struggles to survive as an energy healer and tarot reader. All her life she’s longed for the magic to make fire dance on her palm…until she comes face to face with it. Now, her fate is entwined with a mysterious magical creature—and the Goddess Hecate. Catching the Iron Maiden Serial Killer consumes Detective Sean McLarkin. His suspect, the son of the wealthiest man in California, always has an alibi. Sean’s path crosses with Catlyn’s when the Iron Maiden Killer sets his sights on her. Thrown into a world of witches, demons, and Gods, the unlikely pair must choose: join the ancient battle or return to their normal lives. Turning away could spell doom for humanity. Get Crossroads to Destiny, the first book in the Sentinel Witches series, today. If you love Dresden Files, Charmed, and Supernatural, you’ll enjoy this edgy, dark urban fantasy.

Download or read book Medicine in Translation written by Danielle Ofri, MD and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a doctor Oliver Sacks has called a “born storyteller,” a riveting account of practicing medicine at a fast-paced urban hospital For two decades, Dr. Danielle Ofri has cared for patients at Bellevue, the oldest public hospital in the country and a crossroads for the world’s cultures. In Medicine in Translation she introduces us, in vivid, moving portraits, to her patients, who have braved language barriers, religious and racial divides, and the emotional and practical difficulties of exile in order to access quality health care. Living and dying in the foreign country we call home, they have much to teach us about the American way, in sickness and in health.

Download or read book Dagger of the Heart written by Joyce Newberry and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interior designer, Markita Brahman lives life designing rooms for others but lives alone. She drives home one night to come face-to-face with an unconscious, handsome stranger, Rei Nakatani. Their brief interaction set off a chain attraction of events. His job as a club bouncer is filled with more than just music and possible rowdy customers. This leads them to question what these two people really want from one another. The night brought them together for an informal meeting at their jobs, and what will be accomplished as friends. Their connection draws feelings that lead to Rei forming an emotional attachment to Markita. Bad judgment is mixed with a false portrayal that ends in explosive results from the hidden truth. Questions come into play if Markita and Rei desire for one another is bigger than the danger which involves people on both sides. No one knows the outcome of their story.

Download or read book Double Down and Dirty written by L.A. Lewis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jade Bordeaux escaped her Southern Baptist family and moved to New York because they would never respect the choices she made or the secret she kept. The Big Apple proved to be more adventurous than her life in Baton Rouge. Excitement flowed through everything, especially in the form of handsome CEO Sean Wright. Dating him takes an unfortunate turn when his sisterÍs dance to the rhythm of revenge becomes a tune sheÍs hell-bent on sharing with her family and the people they love. In a matter of weeks, JadeÍs life takes an uncertain and dangerous turn. The former Governor of Louisiana has denied her existence since birth and now makes a life-altering request that fills Jade with resentment. Jade built her success and happiness by making hard choices, even ones that cause heartbreak. Unfortunately, she never imagined that any of those choices could lead to the death of someone she loves. Jade soon learns in the game of life, sometimes playing Double Down and Dirty is the only way to win.

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