Download or read book Kayaks and Kisses written by Jeanine Lauren and published by Jeanine Lauren . This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can an adventure on the sea change the lives of two lonely people searching for belonging and love? Grace has always played it safe until the loss of her best friend prompts her to seek more adventure in her life. Grief-stricken and longing for change, she confronts her fear and embraces the adventures she has always avoided. When David, a seasoned kayak instructor, invites her to take a class, she takes the plunge despite her fears. Awkwardness marks their initial interactions as Grace grapples with her anxieties, but they soon develop a deep bond beyond their shared appreciation for kayaking. As their friendship grows, Grace’s newfound courage inspires David to confront his own past and fear of commitment. Kayaks and Kisses explores themes of self-discovery, healing, and the transformative power of human connections and shows that love and adventure often intertwine, offering the strength to navigate life’s challenges. Kayaks and Kisses is a heartwarming novelette that reminds us to cherish the moments that create ripples of adventure in our own lives and to embrace the unexpected opportunities that come our way.

Download or read book Kayaks Kisses Monsters written by Ashleigh Stevens and published by Ashleigh Stevens. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A summer of kayaking sounds perfect. Until the lake monster appears. For Ellie, getting paid to spend her summer outside sounds like the ideal internship, even if it means paddling up and down a river twelve hours a day. Sure, she's never actually been in a kayak before, but how hard could it be? At least she knows how to set up camp at night. Unlike her co-worker. Though Clay may be captain of the crew team, she could teach him a thing or two about spending the night in a sleeping bag. And then there's the whole lake monster thing. Of course, Ellie knows water monsters aren't real but Clay doesn't seem convinced, especially after a boater goes missing. When mysterious accidents threaten her job security, Ellie starts to wonder why the "monster" wants her gone.

Download or read book Canoe Days written by Gary Paulsen and published by Dragonfly Books. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Opening this book is like sitting down in a canoe, taking up a paddle, and gliding out into the summer beauty of a hidden lake. In this picture book that is as refreshing and inviting as a perfect canoe day, a fawn peeks out from the trees as ducklings fan out behind their mother. Butterflies pause and fish laze beneath the lily pads. Ruth Wright Paulsen’s sunlit paintings and Gary Paulsen’s poetic text capture all the peace and pleasure of a day when water and sky are one.

Download or read book Kayaks and Kisses written by Maria Hoagland and published by . This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ♥♥ Inspired by the movies You've Got Mail and Shop Around the Corner with a twist of roasted marshmallows, pine trees, and fresh air. ♥ ♥ Brynn Caley is about to start her dream career running an outdoor sporting goods store when an out-of-town business guru makes an offer on the property. A temporary partnership between Brynn, a ski expert, and Gage, a fishing guide, is the only way to keep the shop open year-round. She's furious and she hasn't even met the guy yet since he's too busy to step out of his office and actually show up. Through a series of innocent misconceptions and a few blatant lies while working on the construction crew updating the store, Gage manages to keep his identity as Brynn's hated rival a secret while winning her heart. As opening weekend looms, Gage will have to reveal his identity or lose everything he's worked for--including the love of his life. ♥ A sweet contemporary romance that can be read as a standalone, it also includes characters from Home for the Holidays. Perfect any time of year, it's clean and wholesome happily ever after can brighten your day! ♥

Download or read book Red Kiss written by Deidre Knight and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Deidre Knight's posts on the Penguin Blog. The spartans wage fierce wars-but nothing matches the battle within their hearts... Spartan slave River Kassandros can transform into any weapon. After a bloody battle he's forever a dagger-until a mortal can release him. Drawn to this blade, Emma Lowery draws blood with it and frees River. But even as they fight off intense passions, a sinister power arises to destroy them. To protect humankind, they may have to make the ultimate sacrifice-and lose their chance at love...

Download or read book Her Devil s Kiss written by Linzi Basset and published by Linzi Basset. This book was released on 2020-10-04 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her Devil's Kiss is book 7 in Club Devil's Cove Series. A woman scorned is one thing … but what about a Dom? Governor Alex White “You had the freedom of choice and you chose to be my sub. But you’re not free from the consequences of that decision.” Pamela is a siren on stilettos, and Governor Alex White is torn between the formidable Domme and the memory of her as a sweet submissive. Her scent is ingrained in his soul, but he must come to terms that it’s time to move on. He won't be used anymore, and he has no intention of falling for her same sensual trap. But that’s easier said than done. Especially when she worms her way into his house and is underfoot everywhere he turns. When fate steps in and she’s forced to become his trainee sub, the devil in him stirs to life his ravenous hunger. The hunt is on as he sets out to make her the slave to his desires. He’s in control now … or is he? Attorney Pamela Seeger “No, you didn’t, but you did invite me to anything in the house I’m hungry for. And I’m very … very hungry for you … Master Rage.” She's lived in limbo for the past four years, kept afloat by being close to the only man who has ever captured her heart and the one man she won't allow herself to have. It isn't fair to him, but that isn't her fault. If he wasn't so damn gorgeous, she might have stopped longing for what could have been long ago. When regret and hindsight threaten to destroy her only chance at happiness, she refuses to give up. As the battle of lust and love ensues she insists on fighting for what she deserves … but is it too late? Alex and Pamela must find the trust and resilience to survive the wave of destruction that threatens not just their happiness but their lives. The devastation left by the Sixth Order shattered the Precision Secure team. Losing one of their best friends left them vulnerable and simultaneously awakened their wrath. Now that the mighty leaders of the syndicate have had a taste of victory, they surge forward, more determined than ever. The real war has just begun as secret plots are revealed, traitors infiltrate enemy territory, the death toll rises, and not everyone or everything is as it seems. Editor's Note: Hot damn! Some of these chapters deserve to be read twice and thrice … because you might just lose your place as you … enjoy yourself. And if 'those' chapters don't have you salivating and sitting at the edge of your seat, the suspense and mysteries revealed WILL! Basset never EVER disappoints in the hot and heavy or the violence and dramatics! Total win win! Although each couple achieves their HEA in every book they should be read in order for best reader experience as there is a back storyline throughout the series. Keywords: Book series, Love books, Love stories, Romantic novels, Sexually romantic books, Contemporary romance, Family saga, Blue Collar, Sexy, Family love, Strong heroine, Captivating romance, Loyalty, Protect, Kissing books, Steamy romance, Contemporary, Romance series, Long series, Long romance series, Hot, Hot romance, Sparks, Ebook, Racy, Racy Books, Linzi Basset, Suspense romance, Action scene romance, Hot guy, Love, Romance, Alpha Romance, Mafia, Mafia romance, Dominant Alpha Male, Action and adventure romance, Organized Crime, dark romance

Download or read book One Last Kiss written by Annie Rains and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed chef, Abby Sawyer has been offered a chance to host her own cooking show. The catch is that it involves leaving Blushing Bay, North Carolina. There’s nothing left for her in the small coastal town anyway. When she gets locked in her restaurant’s basement with her estranged husband, however, she’s not going anywhere. And she’ll either end up killing or kissing her ex before the night is over. Even though they’ve been separated for two years, commercial fisherman Sam Sawyer is devastated when he’s served divorce papers. He refuses to sign until he and Abby have talked. Knowing she’s alone at her restaurant this weekend, he heads over and finds her downstairs in the basement—just before the door slams shut and locks them in. Being trapped in a cellar means there’s nowhere to hide from the secrets they’ve been harboring. Sam is putting everything on the table tonight, including his heart, and hoping to win Abby back for good.

Download or read book The Best Places to Kiss in Hawaii written by Elizabeth Janda and published by . This book was released on 1995-11-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From resorts, bed-and-breakfasts, secluded beaches, and remote island escapes, this reliable guide offers newly revisited, re-evaluated and revised information on heartwarming locations in every price range and for all tastes and lifestyles. This is a charmingly comprehensive guide to dozens of romantic backdrops.

Download or read book A Thousand Ways to Kiss the Earth written by Jan Groenemann and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Groenemann awakens her readers to the wonder of a childhood nurtured by nature as they follow Ellie Addis and Cooper Kane growing up in the wilderness of the Ozarks. Having barely known one another as early teens their lives take them on divergent journeys. They separately come to adulthood just as they recognize that climate change is beginning to threaten the natural surroundings they hold dear. Ironically, it is the very nature they love that throws them together again; the challenge becomes how to preserve their precious Ozarks (as well as the rest of the planet) while navigating their own personal rocky terrain. A Thousand Ways to Kiss the Earth pushes the reader to examine their own vital and sacred relationship with both themselves and the natural world.

Download or read book Kiss the Boys Goodbye written by Monika Jensen-Stevenson and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2014-11-18 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic account of the abandonment of American POWs in Vietnam by the US government. For many Americans, the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan bring back painful memories of one issue in particular: American policy on the rescue of and negotiation for American prisoners. One current American POW of the Taliban, Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, stands as their symbol. Thousands of Vietnam veteran POW activists worry that Bergdahl will suffer the fate of so many of their POW/MIA comrades—abandonment once the US leaves that theater of war. Kiss the Boys Goodbye convincingly shows that a legacy of shame remains from America’s ill-fated involvement in Vietnam. Until US government policy on POW/MIAs changes, it remains one of the most crucial issues for any American soldier who fights for home and country, particularly when we are engaged with an enemy that doesn’t adhere to the international standards for the treatment of prisoners—or any American hostage—as the graphic video of Daniel Pearl’s decapitation on various Jihad websites bears out. In this explosive book, Monika Jensen-Stevenson and William Stevenson provide startling evidence that American troops were left in captivity in Indochina, victims of their government’s abuse of secrecy and power. The book not only delves into the world of official obstruction, missing files, censored testimony, and the pressures brought to bear on witnesses ready to tell the truth, but also reveals the trauma on patriotic families torn apart by a policy that, at first, seemed unbelievable to them. First published in 1990, Kiss the Boys Goodbye has become a classic on the subject. This new edition features an afterword, which fills in the news on the latest verifiable scandal produced by the Senate Select Committee on POWs. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Download or read book Kissing in the Rain written by Annie Rains and published by NYLA. This book was released on 2018-06-25 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Blushing Bay Prequel Novella After a rough year, Jillian Maready is overdue for a relaxing weekend getaway. Where better to find that than Blushing Bay, North Carolina where her family vacationed growing up? When she sets sail on her own, however, she ends up stranded on a deserted island in the middle of one of the biggest storms of the summer—and in the arms of her sexy childhood crush. As part of the Coast Guard Reserve, Gabe Sawyer is used to search and rescues. After learning that his sister’s best friend is in trouble, he doesn’t hesitate to brave the storm to find her. With the raging seas too volatile to navigate back, Gabe is in over his head when he and Jillian must spend one hot summer night surviving the storm together—and giving in to their sizzling attraction. But what happens when the sun comes back out?

Download or read book 6 Times We Almost Kissed And One Time We Did written by Tess Sharpe and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nina LaCour meets Jenny Han in this beautiful and charming story of six moments that lead to two girls, one kiss, and eventually, three little words that were maybe always true. After years of bickering, Penny and Tate have called a truce: they’ll play nice. They have to. Their mothers (life-long best friends) need them to be perfect, drama-free daughters when Penny’s mother becomes a living liver donor to Tate’s mom. Forced to live together as their moms recover, the girls’ truce is essential in keeping everything—their jobs, the house, the finances, the Moms’ healing—running smoothly. They’ve got to let this thing between them go. There’s one little hitch: Penny and Tate keep almost kissing. It’s just this confusing thing that keeps happening. You know, from time to time. For basically their entire teenaged existence. They’ve never talked about it. They’ve always ignored it in the aftermath. But now they’re living across the hall from each other. And some things—like their kisses—can’t be almosts forever. Told through the two girls’ present, and six moments from their past, this dynamic love story shows that sometimes the person you need the most has been there for you all along.

Download or read book Harlequin Nocturne November 2017 Box Set written by Michele Hauf and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you harbor passionate otherworldly desires where the normal and paranormal collide? Let HarlequinNocturne bring you into dark and dangerous territory where your senses will be awakened. This box set includes: THE WITCH AND THE WEREWOLF by USA Today Bestselling Author Michele Hauf Mireio Malory is a quirky witch whose on a quest to complete a dark spell that will grant her immortality--at the expense of using a live vampire’s heart in the spell.She’s ready to conjure that dangerous and life-changing spell, until she meets a lone werewolf and beekeeper. Lars Gunderson has secrets of his own. His alpha allure is obvious, but Mireio senses that there’s something more to him than his raw sexiness. When Lars entrusts her with a devastating revelation, Mireio has to make a choice. Will she now sacrifice the most potent magic she’s ever worked on to be with the man she loves? VAMPIRE UNDONE by Shannon Curtis A werewolf’s bite has just one cure, and vampire Lucien Marchetta intends to find it. But first he must convince Professor Natalie Segova to help him. Natalie once considered Lucien a friend and protector…until he abandoned her to a terrible tragedy. And yet, she still struggles to resist his tantalizing allure and the intimate memories of their past. Racing to locate the cure, Lucien and Natalie tangle in a seductive power play where every move ratchets up the intensity of their blistering attraction. But time is running out and the veil between death and life is shifting. If Lucien doesn’t reclaim Natalie’s heart soon, he could lose her--and everything he values--forever.

Download or read book The Witch and the Werewolf written by Michele Hauf and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The werewolf’s fate rested in the witch’s hands… Mireio Malory is a quirky witch who’s on a quest to complete a dark spell that will grant her immortality—at the expense of a live vampire’s heart. She’s ready to conjure that dangerous and life-changing spell when she meets a lone werewolf and beekeeper. Lars Gunderson has secrets of his own. His alpha allure is obvious, but Mireio senses that there’s something more to him than his raw sexiness. When Lars entrusts her with a devastating revelation, Mireio has to make a choice. Will she sacrifice the most potent magic she’s ever worked on to be with the man she loves?

Download or read book Kiss the Joy as it Flies written by Sheree Fitch and published by Nimbus+ORM. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning, bestselling author takes readers on “a thrilling joy-ride through a week in the life of a self-made woman facing her deepest fears” (Sea and Be Scene). With all the wisdom, humor and joy we’ve come to expect from Sheree Fitch, Kiss the Joy as It Flies, first published in 2008, marked the well-loved author’s move from children’s literature to adult fiction. Set in the fictional Maritime town of Odell, with a cast of exasperating but lovable characters, Kiss the Joy as It Flies promises to be a remarkable debut and a reader’s favorite. Panic-stricken by the news that she needs exploratory surgery, forty-eight-year-old Mercy Beth Fanjoy drafts a monumental to-do list and sets about putting her messy life in order. Among other things (hide the vibrator!), she’s determined to finally uncover the identity of her secret admirer; reconnect with long-lost friend and rival Teeny Gaudet; and, most importantly, get her hands on the note her father left before committing suicide all those years ago. But tidying up the edges of her life means the past comes rushing back to haunt her and the present keeps throwing up more to-dos. Between fits of weeping and laughter, ranting and bliss, Mercy must contemplate the meaning of life in the face of her own death. In a week filled with the riot of an entire life, nothing turns out the way she’d expected. “Kiss the Joy as It Flies is funny and heartbreaking and thought-provoking and sometimes all three—and more—at once. Fitch made us wait a long time for her first novel, but it was worth it. It’s a rare and lovely book.” —January Magazine

Download or read book The Pacific Alone written by Dave Shively and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor Literature! In the summer of 1987 Ed Gillet achieved what no person has accomplished before or since, a solo crossing from California to Hawaii by kayak. Gillet, at the age of 36 an accomplished sailor and paddler, navigated by sextant and always knew his position within a few miles. Still, Gillet underestimated the abuse his body would take from the relentless, pounding, swells of the Pacific, and early into his voyage he was covered with salt water sores and found that he could find no comfortable position for sitting or sleeping. Along the way he endured a broken rudder, among other calamities, but at last reached Maui on his 63rd day at sea, four days after his food had run out. Dave Shively brings Gillet’s remarkable story to life in this gripping narrative, based on exclusive access to Gillet’s logs as well as interviews with the legendary paddler himself.

Download or read book Thin Lines written by Rachel Bowen and published by Rachel Bowen. This book was released on with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's a smoke eating pretty boy from a family of nozzle jockeys. She's a blue line loyalist from a family of donut munching boys in blue. In a city where the rivalry between the two is notorious, a relationship is futile. Juliet is the daughter of the police commissioner, and with three brothers on the force, she's the only Cavanaugh who isn't one of New York's Finest. When she has the opportunity to represent the NYPD in the annual charity baseball game against the FDNY, she takes it, hoping to help win back the trophy and bragging rights. Noah has a family legacy to uphold as the fire commissioner's son. With his father pushing him to raise ranks, his future in the department is unclear, except for his need to lead the FDNY baseball team to victory against the NYPD. That part is non-negotiable. Because as much as fighting fires is in his blood, so is the age-old rivalry between the NYPD and FDNY. A chance encounter between the two leads to a summer of secret rendezvous. But summer only lasts so long, and secrets have a way of surfacing.