Download or read book Love Scandal and Deceit written by Antoinette Canada and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional love is everything Rayne Jackson isnt looking for. She is young, sexy, and well educated. A single woman living life on the edge, Rayne is definitely a rolling stone. Her life partner gang lifestyle has allowed her to be open and free without commitment to just one person. Rayne makes her own rulesand not abiding by them can be fatal to everyone involved. Rayne has no intention on ending anything, anytime soon. Either you accept it, or you dont. When staying professional in the work place becomes a challenge, however, Rayne has to decide on if she will allow her personal life to become interferenceespecially after skeletons from her past begin to resurface right under her nose. Lines have been crossed. Now Rayne has to make some moves that may affect the livelihood of her family. Rayne has no idea whether this will end in turmoilor whether it will fill the void in her life. She needs to decide if the ones who hold that special place in her heart are worth fighting for.
Download or read book Love Scandal and Deceit written by Toni Canada and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional love is everything Rayne Jackson isn't looking for. She is young, sexy, and well educated. A single woman living life on the edge, Rayne is definitely a rolling stone. Her "life partner gang" lifestyle has allowed her to be open and free without commitment to just one person. Rayne makes her own rules--and not abiding by them can be fatal to everyone involved. Rayne has no intention on ending anything, anytime soon. Either you accept it, or you don't. When staying professional in the work place becomes a challenge, however, Rayne has to decide on if she will allow her personal life to become interference--especially after skeletons from her past begin to resurface right under her nose. Lines have been crossed. Now Rayne has to make some moves that may affect the livelihood of her family. Rayne has no idea whether this will end in turmoil--or whether it will fill the void in her life. She needs to decide if the ones who hold that special place in her heart are worth fighting for.
Download or read book Scandal Heartbreak and Deceit written by Elizabeth Mahoney and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reeling from the sudden, shattering implosion of her twenty-eight-year marriage, single mother and health care professional Elizabeth Mahoney turns to online dating sites in hopes of finding a way to heal and move ahead with her life. Instead, she discovers that the site is rife with opportunists who prey on emotionally vulnerable women. After a dizzying series of experiences with a scammer who exploits her trust and intimate confidences to rob her, sexters, married men looking for something on the side and other questionable Lotharios, Elizabeth becomes romantically involved with a man looking for his dream woman in cyberspace. With sardonic wit, keen psychological analysis and a wisdom born of bitter experience, Scandal, Heartbreak, and Deceit reveals how easily a woman can fall prey to a victimizer if trauma has rendered her susceptible, and provides irrefutable evidence that dating sites and apps are nothing but tricks, lies and scams. In a post #MeToo era, the author examines the dangerous misogynistic attitudes of powerful men, Internet subcultures and other online predators, and discusses the risks of online dating for women. Beyond the author’s own misadventures on Match.com, Scandal, Heartbreak and Deceit brings to light the many faces of intimacy, and shares personal stories of Canadian, U.S. and U.K. women in a modern hook-up culture. Varied perspectives on dating, casual encounters, friends with benefits, serial monogamy and polyamory, including the millennial experience of dating and cohabiting, are explored.
Download or read book December Scandal written by Suzi Love and published by Suzi Love. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this novella length, stand-alone story, the Jamison family joins the Duke of Sherwyn and the St. Martin clan at the duke’s country estate, but the guest numbers double when stranded travelers seek refuge after early December snowfalls make roads impassable. Michael Brandon travels to introduce the woman he loves, and her daughter, to his family, but a missing bridge delays their journey. To their shock, horror, and yet profound relief, Michael’s missing brother is carried into the house by the four men who rescued him from captivity. Frederick battles to stay alive long enough to convict his kidnappers, and to warn his family of future danger. Four years ago, Melissa called herself a widow to protect her daughter. When she reveals the truth to her past lover, and her present love, will the men forgive her deceit? And can Frederick convince his brother to protect Melissa and Freda, or will Michael walk away?
Download or read book Gifts of Deceit written by Robert B. Boettcher and published by Holt McDougal. This book was released on 1980 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Love and Lies written by Clancy Martin and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative and unsettling look at the nature of love and deception Is it possible to love well without lying? At least since Socrates's discourse on love in Plato's Symposium, philosophers have argued that love can lead us to the truth—about ourselves and the ones we love. But in the practical experience of erotic love—and perhaps especially in marriage—we find that love and lies often work hand in hand, and that it may be difficult to sustain long-term romantic love without deception, both of oneself and of others. Drawing on contemporary philosophy, psychoanalysis and cognitive neuroscience, his own personal experience, and such famed and diverse writers on love as Shakespeare, Stendhal, Proust, Adrienne Rich, and Raymond Carver, Clancy Martin—himself divorced twice and married three times—explores how love, truthfulness, and deception work together in contemporary life and society. He concludes that learning how to love and loving well inevitably requires lying, but also argues that the best love relationships draw us slowly and with difficulty toward honesty and trust. Love and Lies is a relentlessly honest book about the difficulty of love, which is certain to both provoke and entertain.
Download or read book Love and Deceit written by Jade C. Jamison and published by Jade C. Jamison. This book was released on with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He looks picture perfect…but is he too good to be true? Ivy is modeling to pay the bills as she finishes up grad school, Shane because he’s looking for a new career. What should have been just another photo shoot leaves both wanting more, and a cup of coffee leads to a steamy encounter. Despite a rocky start, Shane and Ivy remain inexplicably linked. When her future is jeopardized due to compromising photos, will Shane come to her rescue or save himself? Will Shane play her knight in shining armor…or walk away? Curl up by the fire with a glass of wine or a mug of hot chocolate and settle into Winchester, Colorado—where the nights are cold…but steamy! Portions of this novel were previously published in 2017 as the book Picture Perfect.
Download or read book Love Lies and a Double Shot of Deception written by Lois Winston and published by Lois Winston. This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life has delivered one sucker punch after another to Emma Wadsworth. As a matter of fact, you could say the poor little rich girl is the ultimate poster child for Money Can’t Buy Happiness — even if she is no longer a child. Billionaire real estate stud Logan Crawford is as famous for his less-than-platinum reputation as he is his business empire. In thirty-eight years he’s never fallen in love, and that’s just fine with him — until he meets Emma. But Emma’s not buying into Logan’s seductive ways. Well, maybe just a little, but she’s definitely going into the affair with her eyes wide open. She’s no fool. At least not any more. Her deceased husband saw to that. Besides, she knows Logan will catch the first jet out of Philadelphia once he learns her secrets. Except things don’t go exactly as Emma has predicted, and when Philadelphia’s most beloved citizen become the city’s most notorious criminal, she needs to do a lot more than clear her name if she wants to save her budding romance with the billionaire hunk someone is willing to kill for. 2008 Winter Rose Award for Excellence in Romantic Fiction 2008 More Than Magic Award 2008 Laurie Award Key words: vengeful, contemporary, paparazzi, billionaire, murder, crafts & hobbies, second chance
Download or read book A Season for Scandal written by Golden Angel and published by Golden Angel LLC. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She always dreamed of marrying a Stuart brother. Just not the one who meets her at the altar. When scandal sweeps through London's ballrooms, Lord Elijah Stuart's younger brother is caught in its web. Though his main duty is to England's spymaster, Elijah must forsake his work searching for the traitor to the Crown and instead focus on weddings and reputations. With both the family honor and his brother's future at stake, Elijah dutifully takes the ruined Miss Josephina Pennyworth for his very reluctant bride. Furious at the circumstances leading her to be wed to the wrong Stuart brother, Josephina clashes immediately with her bossy new husband. She is every bit as invested in the search for the traitor as Lord Stuart and she is no shrinking violet when it comes to danger. While Josie discovers certain aspects of married life are quite pleasurable, she doesn't permit them to distract her from her mission. As she tests her husband's patience and the boundaries of her new life, the threat lurking in the shadows grows larger and places more lives in peril. Who among them will survive? An opposites attract, age gap, spy romance between a Diamond of the First water Debutante and a Marquis. They're trapped into marriage... and unfortunately for Josie, she's marrying the wrong brother. Deception & Discipline Series 1. A Season for Treason 2. A Season for Scandal 3. A Season for Smugglers 3.5 Spy Season 4. A Season for Spies
Download or read book Unacceptable written by Melissa Korn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FORBES TOP 10 HIGHER EDUCATION BOOKS OF 2020 The riveting true story behind the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, a cautionary tale of parenting gone wrong, the system that enabled families to veer so far off course, and the mastermind who made it all happen. When federal prosecutors dropped the bombshell of Operation Varsity Blues, it broke open the crimes of exclusive universities and wealthy families all over the country, shattering the myth of American meritocracy. In Unacceptable, veteran Wall Street Journal reporters Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz dig deep into how otherwise smart, loving parents became caught up in scandal, led through the side door by one man: college whisperer Rick Singer. Unacceptable traces how, over decades, the charismatic Singer easily reeled in parents hoping to guarantee top educations for their children, and exploited a system rigged against regular people. Exploring the status obsession that seduced entitled parents in search of an edge, Korn and Levitz unfurl a scheme that entangled more than fifty conspirators, from wealthy CEOs to famous actresses, leading to imprisonments, ruined careers, and terminated enrollments. An eye-opening account of corruption in America’s most exclusive institutions, Unacceptable tells the story of helicopter parenting, coddled teens, and the man who thought he couldn’t be caught. Detailing Singer’s steady rise and dramatic fall, Korn and Levitz expose the ugly underbelly of elite college admissions, and the devastating consequences of buying success.
Download or read book Deceit written by C. J. Newman and published by Createspace Indie Pub Platform. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lies, betrayal and danger become a big part of Mandy's life when she is thrown into a turmoil of deceit. First she believes her husband Blake, an accountant, is having an affair. But imagine the shock she feels when she finds the man she thought she knew, is not only having an affair with her best friend, but has also stolen millions of dollars from James, one of his clients. James is bad news and wants his money back. When Blake is killed in an 'accident', James threatens Mandy and her unborn baby for the money he knows Blake stole. But Blake has hidden it well and leaves a code for Mandy to decipher. This code leads her to disappointment. She hits one brick wall after another, and it becomes a race against time for her life as she struggles with all of the deceit around her. She feels she is drowning, but is determined to keep her head above water and get her life back on track. Will she find happiness again with her life so full of deceit? Sometimes life is a chance you need to take.
Download or read book How to Become a Scandal written by Laura Kipnis and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all relish a good scandal—the larger the figure (governor, judge) and more shocking the particulars (diapers, cigars)—the better. But why do people feel compelled to act out their tangled psychodramas on the national stage, and why do we so enjoy watching them, hurling our condemnations while savoring every lurid detail? With "pointed daggers of prose" (The New Yorker), Laura Kipnis examines contemporary downfall sagas to lay bare the American psyche: what we desire, what we punish, and what we disavow. She delivers virtuoso analyses of four paradigmatic cases: a lovelorn astronaut, an unhinged judge, a venomous whistleblower, and an over-imaginative memoirist. The motifs are classic—revenge, betrayal, ambition, madness—though the pitfalls are ones we all negotiate daily. After all, every one of us is a potential scandal in the making: failed self-knowledge and colossal self-deception—the necessary ingredients—are our collective plight. In How to Become a Scandal, bad behavior is the entry point for a brilliant cultural romp as well as an anti-civics lesson. "Shove your rules," says scandal, and no doubt every upright citizen, deep within, cheers the transgression—as long as it's someone else's head on the block.
Download or read book Shades of Deception written by Vivienne Diane Neal and published by Hmcs. This book was released on 2015-04-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine lonely people searching for love, romance or a lifetime partner on an online dating site, at a social function, through a pen pal service, on a social network or through a chance meeting and believe they have found true love and happiness, only to discover that they have been deceived by heartless con artists. Shades of Deception is a collection of ten fictional short stories centering on diverse men and women who in their speedy search for love, romance and bliss, become the targets and victims of deceit, betrayal, fraud, revenge and scandal. Each chapter tells a story as to how ordinary citizens who are sophisticated, successful and financially smart fall prey to insightful predators that use love, romance, lust and money as embellishments to destroy lives.
Download or read book Caught Up in a Love Triangle written by T.T Wells and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Depths of Deceit written by Kellie Wallace and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After working for many years in the television industry, Elias Dorne is forced out after a scandal rocks the company. Desperate for a challenge, he becomes the second-in-command at publishing juggernaut Blue Tail Media, owned by the elusive and copper-haired magnate Ava Wolfe. Working side by side, their relationship straddles the forbidden as they fail to ignore the unresolved sexual tension between them. During a company gala, Elias and Ava finally succumb to their desire, creating a torrid love affair that generates media interest and jealous ex-lovers. Elias and Ava must learn to bury--or deny--their feelings before they are discovered.
Download or read book The Last Days of Robert Indiana written by Bob Keyes and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When reclusive, millionaire artist Robert Indiana died in 2018, he left behind dark rumors and scandal, as well as an estate embroiled in lawsuits and facing accusations of fraud. Here is the true story of the artist's final days, the aftermath, the deceptive world that surrounded him, and the inner workings of art as very big business. "I'm an artist, not a business man," Robert Indiana said, refusing to copyright his iconic LOVE sculpture in 1965. An odd and tortured soul, an artist who wanted both fame and solitude, Indiana surrounded himself with people to manage his life and work. Yet, he frequently changed his mind and often fired or belittled those who worked with him. By 2008, when Indiana created the sculpture HOPE--or did he?--the artist had signed away his work for others to exploit, creating doubt about whether he had even seen artwork sold for very high prices under his name. At the time of his death, Indiana left an estate worth millions--and unsettling suspicions. There were allegations of fraudulent artwork, of elder abuse, of caregivers who subjected him to horrendous living conditions. There were questions about the inconclusive autopsy and rumors that his final will had been signed under coercion. There were strong suspicions about the freeloaders who'd attached themselves to the famous artist. "In the final hours of his life," the author writes, "Robert Indiana was without the grace of a better angel, as the people closest to him covered their tracks and plotted their defenses." With unparalleled access to the key players in Indiana's life, author Bob Keyes tells a fast-paced and riveting story that provides a rare inside look into the life of an artist as well as the often, too often, unscrupulous world of high-end art. The reader is taken inside the world of art dealers, law firms, and an array of local characters in Maine whose lives intersected with the internationally revered artist living in an old Odd Fellows Hall on Vinalhaven Island. The Last Days of Robert Indiana is for anyone interested in contemporary art, business, and the perilous intersection between them. It an extraordinary window into the life and death of a singular and contradictory American artist--one whose work touched countless millions through everything from postage stamps to political campaigns to museums--even as he lived and died in isolation, with a lack of love, the loss of hope, and lots and lots of money.
Download or read book Marriage by Deceit Series Boxed Set written by Ruth Ann Nordin and published by Ruth Ann Nordin. This book was released on 2020-04-11 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This boxed set includes all of the books in the Marriage by Deceit Series. The Earl's Secret Bargain - Lord Davenport and Lord Pennella have just made a bet for the hand of Miss Regina Giles. The gentleman she chooses wins the loser’s estate. Love Lessons with the Duke - The Duke of Ashbourne asks Lady Seyton to help him secure a bride in one month, but soon he realizes he's in love with her and will do anything it takes to marry her, even if it involves a scandal. Ruined by the Earl - After losing all of his money in a reckless bet, Logan Breckman, the Earl of Toplyn, needs to marry a lady from a wealthy family–and fast. So he does the only thing he can think of and picks one at random to trick into marriage. The Earl's Stolen Bride - Orlando Emmett, the Earl of Reddington, fell in love with Chloe as soon as he met her. Unfortunately, she married Lord Hawkins before he could propose. Now, a year later, she’s a widow. And while he should honor the mourning period, he’s afraid if he doesn’t act fast, he might not get another chance to be her husband. So he plans a way to make sure he gets her before someone else does.
