Download or read book Make Believe Beau written by Keli Gwyn and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Courtship Charade As a draftswoman in a man's world, Jessica Sinclair causes a stir as her new male colleagues vie for her attention. And the company manager has an ultimatum: fake a courtship with her boss, Flynt Kavanaugh…or lose her job. But pretending to be smitten with the handsome engineer unleashes a real, complicated attraction—and could reveal the past she hoped to keep hidden. Jessica is certainly the best person for the job. But as their make-believe romance escalates, Flynt knows that's not the only reason he wants her on his team. However, with his past shrouded by a shameful secret, Flynt has always focused his ambitions on building a career, not a family. Now he has designs on Jessica's heart, but can they trust each other with the truth?

Download or read book The Backyard Adventurer written by Beau Miles and published by Brio Books Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years of adventuring around the globe – running, kayaking, hitchhiking, exploring – Beau Miles came back to his block in country Victoria. Staying put for the first time in years, Beau developed a new kind of lifestyle as the Backyard Adventurer. Whether it was walking 90km to work with no provisions, building a canoe paddle out of scavenged scrap or running a disused railway line through properties, blackberry thickets and past inquiring police officers, Beau has been finding ways to satisfy his adventurous spirit close to home. This book is about conscious experimentation with adventure, making meaning and inspiration out of tins of beans, bits of rubbish and elbow grease. Beau’s Backyard exploits are funny, authentic, insightful and being copied all over the world by everyday people. YouTuber, new dad, and self-described oddball who needs to shower more, Beau is what happens when you cross Bear Grylls with Bush Tucker Man. With a PhD in Outdoor Education, a string of successful short films under his belt and a boundless passion for discovery, Beau is the real deal.

Download or read book Make Believe Wedding written by Sarah Mayberry and published by Tule Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Wedding Giveaway - Book 9 Everyone in Marietta, Montana, is in love and getting married - at least that’s the way it feels to Andie Bennett the night of the Valentine’s Ball. As she watches the man she’s loved from afar for half her life dance with another woman, Andie allows herself a moment of sheer fantasy as she fills out a stray entry form for the Great Wedding Giveaway. Andie channels years of fantasy and yearning for Heath McGregor onto the page, but she never intends to actually enter the Giveaway. Only a crazy woman would do that. But fate has other ideas…. When Heath learns he and Andie are last minute finalists in the Great Wedding Giveaway, he’s completely baffled. How on earth could anyone make such a ridiculous mistake? When it becomes clear that Andie will be humiliated if the slip-up becomes public, Heath does what any good friend would - he suggests they pretend the engagement is real until the Giveaway is over and then quietly “break up” when no one is paying any attention. It’s the perfect solution, except Heath very quickly realises that pretending Andie is his is no hardship at all. In fact, it may just be the best thing that’s ever happened to him…

Download or read book Rakes Rebels The Raveneau Family Collection Three His Make Believe Bride His Reckless Bargain Tempest written by Cynthia Wright and published by Boxwood Manor Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 1011 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step back in time with Cynthia Wright and immerse yourself in a world of rakes and rebels…where adventure, romance, humor, and intrigue all conspire to weave tales you will never forget! "Cynthia Wright always delivers, book after book. If you are a tried and true fan already, you can't wait for another new release. If you are new to her books....well, lucky, lucky you. Let the reading begin!!" ~ Elizabeth Clayton, Amazon reader Meet the Raveneau family and their friends in Rakes & Rebels: The Raveneau Family, Books 6-8: HIS MAKE-BELIEVE BRIDE – Cornwall, 1818 – Untamable pirate Justin St. Briac and destitute widow Mouette Raveneau bring all their baggage, defenses, and hidden longings to a marriage that's only make-believe. Will they be able to open their hearts to real love? HIS RECKLESS BARGAIN – England & Barbados, 1818 – Regency rake Nathan Raveneau masquerades as protector to impetuous Adrienne Beauvisage, charged to keep her safe and chaste… but matters get complicated when he abducts her himself, sailing off to magical Barbados. TEMPEST – America & Barbados, 1903 – Newport heiress Catherine Parrish eludes her mother’s ambition that she wed a duke by proposing a marriage of convenience to destitute rake Adam Raveneau. On his neglected Barbados estate, can Cathy and Adam navigate the bumpy path to real love? The collection contains Books 6-8 in Rakes & Rebels: The Raveneau Family series: 1 - SILVER STORM (André & Devon) 2 - HER HUSBAND, THE RAKE: a sequel novella (André & Devon) 3 - SMUGGLER'S MOON (Sebastian & Julia) 4 - THE SECRET OF LOVE (Gabriel & Isabella) 5 - SURRENDER THE STARS (Ryan & Lindsay) 6 - HIS MAKE-BELIEVE BRIDE (Justin & Mouette) 7 - HIS RECKLESS BARGAIN (Nathan & Adrienne) 8 - TEMPEST (Adam & Cathy)

Download or read book Illusion written by Arlene Hill and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illusion is a thing that is wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses. Magicians use illusion, as do movie makers and production lighting technicians; we expect those illusions. What we tend to forget is that people also emit illusion. Take the illusion of Perfect Patricia who turned out to be not quite so perfect; or her nondescript boring husband, Buford, who was not quite as nondescript or boring as everyone thought. Okay, take me, average Kory Trumble, small town librarian, who is actually not as average as I thought. And I don't even want to begin to discuss the illusion that was Tyler Ross, cousin to boring Buford. Is nobody what they seem to be? Probably not. Oh, wait, Beau and Tiffany, progeny of Perfect Patricia and Boring Buford, were exactly what they seemed to be. After all, children under six are too innocent and real to perpetuate illusion. Wouldn't life be simpler if we didn't feel it necessary to hide behind our illusive selves?

Download or read book Everyone Loves a Cowboy 4 pack written by Carolyn Brown and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 1494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's true, everyone loves a cowboy. Handsome, strong, and more than a little stubborn, there's just something about that rugged rancher. What woman could tame a wild cowboy - and what woman would want to! Now get four of the best Western romances around at one low price. This bundle includes Lucky in Love and Getting Lucky from Carolyn Brown and Cowboy Trouble and One Fine Cowboy from Joanne Kennedy. Saddle up and get ready with your spurs - you're in for a wild ride! Praised as a writer who "will keep you reading until the very last page" (Romantic Times), Carolyn Brown delivers sass, colorful characters, and a rollicking sense of humor. Simply described by one reviewer as "romance, mystery, and spurs! Yum!!" (Wendy's Minding Spot), Joanne Kennedy brings a fresh take to the contemporary Westerns, at once charming and filled with razor-sharp wit. Don't miss being the next to discover today's best voices in Western romance. Lucky in Love by Carolyn Brown: It was a night of passion that has always haunted "Lucky Beau" Luckadeau. The mysterious beauty he seduced at a cousin's wedding disappeared. He's always been lucky at cards, lucky with cattle, and lucky with land, but he's never been lucky in love. Now Milli Torres has come to southern Oklahoma to help out on her grandfather's ranch. A cut fence and a big, mean Angus bull in the pasture are bad enough, but then she looks up and sees Beau Luckadeau. Great God Almighty, how did he get from Louisiana to Ardmore, Oklahoma, and what in the hell is she going to do if he recognizes her? Getting Lucky by Carolyn Brown: After being the center of nasty gossip in her last hometown, all Julie Donovan wants in Saint Jo, Texas, is a quiet, uneventful life for her and her daughter, Annie. But when a sexy cowboy walks into her classroom with a daughter who looks like Annie's twin, suddenly the whole town is looking for explanations... Devoted single dad Griffin Luckadeau will do anything to protect his own, and no sassy redhead is going to get in his way. When he thinks Julie is scheming to steal his ranch out from under him to benefit her own daughter, sparks really begin to fly... Julie and Griffin can't seem to cross paths without a scuffle. But when the dust settles, these two Texas hotheads may realize they've actually found something worth fighting for... Cowboy Trouble by Joanne Kennedy: Fleeing her latest love life disaster, big city journalist Libby Brown's transition to rural living isn't going exactly as planned. Her childhood dream has always been to own a chicken farm-but without the constant help of her charming, sexy, cowboy neighbor; she'd never have made it through her first Wyoming season. Handsome rancher Luke Rawlins is impressed by this sassy, independent city girl. But he yearns to do more than help Libby out with her ranch...he's ready for love, and he wants to go the distance. When the two get embroiled in their tiny town's one and only crime story, Libby discovers that their sizzling hot attraction is going to complicate her life in every way possible... One Fine Cowboy by Joanne Kennedy: Nate Shawcross is perfectly content to spend his days training wild horses. So when a beautiful greenhorn unexpectedly shows up for a seminar from the famous "Horse Whisperer" of Wyoming, all Nate wants to do is send her packing... Graduate student Charlie Banks came to the ranch to learn about horse communication, but when she meets the ruggedly handsome cowboy, she starts to fantasize about another connection entirely... Nate needs to stay focused if he's going to save his ranch from foreclosure, but he can't help being distracted by the brainy and breathtakingly sexy Charlie. Could it be that after all this time Nate has finally found the one woman who can tame his wild heart?

Download or read book Lilliput Lectures written by William Brighty Rands and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book American Dream Machine written by Matthew Specktor and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of two talent agents and their three troubled boys, heirs to Hollywood royalty; a sweeping narrative about fathers and sons, the movie business, and the sundry sea changes that have shaped Hollywood and, by extension, American life. American Dream Machine is the story of an iconic striver, a classic self-made man in the vein of Jay Gatsby or Augie March. It's the story of a talent agent and his troubled sons, two generations of Hollywood royalty. It's a sweeping narrative about parents and children, the movie business, and the sundry sea changes that have shaped Hollywood, and by extension, American life. Beau Rosenwald—overweight, not particularly handsome, and improbably charismatic—arrives in Los Angeles in 1962 with nothing but an ill-fitting suit and a pair of expensive brogues. By the late 1970s he has helped found the most successful agency in Hollywood. Through the eyes of his son, we watch Beau and his partner go to war, waging a seismic battle that redraws the lines of an entire industry. We watch Beau rise and fall and rise again, in accordance with the cultural transformations that dictate the fickle world of movies. We watch Beau's partner, the enigmatic and cerebral Williams Farquarsen, struggle to contain himself, to control his impulses and consolidate his power. And we watch two generations of men fumble and thrive across the LA landscape, learning for themselves the shadows and costs exacted by success and failure. Mammalian, funny, and filled with characters both vital and profound, American Dream Machine is a piercing interrogation of the role—nourishing, as well as destructive—that illusion plays in all our lives.

Download or read book Their Pretend Amish Courtship written by Patricia Davids and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today–Bestselling Author: “Tender and gentle, with two delightful characters who truly belong together. A lovely read.” —RaeAnne Thayne, New York Times–bestselling author of Willowleaf Lane Fannie Erb isn’t looking for a husband—especially if she has to leave her beloved horses to go find one. What she needs is a way to assure her parents she’s not hopeless when it comes to love. Family friend Noah Bowman might just be her solution. A fake relationship will free them both from unwanted matchmaking plans. How could Fannie predict that pretending to date the handsome, teasing boy next door would awaken genuine emotions? By summer’s end they’ll be free to part, but Fannie’s growing feelings are transforming her neighbor into the only man who might ever rein in her adventurous heart. Praise for Patricia Davids’ novels “Uplifting . . . will have fans of Amish romance eager to read more from Davids.” —Publishers Weekly “Patricia writes with heart, integrity and hope. Her stories both entertain and edify—the perfect combination.” —Kim Vogel Sawyer, bestselling author of The Tapestry of Grace

Download or read book Her Motherhood Wish written by Keli Gwyn and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BUILDING A FAMILY En route to the Double T Orphanage to work on its expansion, carpenter Chip Evans and Caroline Hunt discover two orphaned children—and become their caregivers. But Chip's determined not to let himself get too attached to the children who just lost their widowed father…or to the lovely woman helping him care for them. Especially since Callie and the little ones just don't fit into his detailed plans for the future. Callie can't help but fall in love with the orphans, and despite her better judgment, she's falling for Chip, too. Her dreams of being a wife and mother were not quite like this. But Callie believes a plan bigger than Chip's brought them all together…and now she just has to help him see it, too.

Download or read book Delphi Complete Works of Arnold Bennett Illustrated written by Arnold Bennett and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 11439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prolific novelist Arnold Bennett created a succession of stories that detailed life in the Staffordshire Potteries, which were to immortalise his beloved “Five Towns” and establish his name as one of the leading realist authors of Edwardian fiction. Now for the first time in publishing history, Delphi Classics is proud to present Bennett’s complete fictional works. This comprehensive eBook is complemented with numerous illustrations, many rare novels, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bennett’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL 36 novels, with individual contents tables * Many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Includes the extremely rare novelisation of Bennett’s screenplay of the film PICCADILLY, available nowhere else * Even includes the author’s unfinished novel DREAM OF DESTINY, appearing here for the first time * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * All of the short story collections, including rare collections like THE WOMAN WHO STOLE EVERYTHING, available nowhere else * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Includes a generous range of Bennett’s plays and non-fiction – spend hours exploring the author’s diverse oeuvre * Even includes the engaging HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR, available in no other digital edition * Special criticism section, with seminal essays by authors such as Henry James, Virginia Woolf and George Orwell, evaluating Bennett’s contribution to literature * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with a rare play and four more non fiction works The Novels A Man from the North (1898) The Grand Babylon Hotel (1902) Anna of the Five Towns (1902) The Gates of Wrath (1903) Leonora (1903) A Great Man (1904) Teresa of Watling Street (1904) Sacred and Profane Love (1905) Hugo (1906) Whom God Hath Joined (1906) The Sinews of War (1906) The Ghost (1907) The City of Pleasure (1907) The Statue (1908) Buried Alive (1908) The Old Wives’ Tale (1908) The Glimpse (1909) Helen with the High Hand (1910) Clayhanger (1910) The Card (1911) Hilda Lessways (1911) The Regent (1913) The Price of Love (1914) These Twain (1916) The Lion’s Share (1916) The Pretty Lady (1918) The Roll-Call (1918) Mr Prohack (1922) Lilian (1922) Riceyman Steps (1923) Lord Raingo (1926) The Vanguard (1928) Accident (1928) Piccadilly: Story of the Film (1929) Imperial Palace (1930) Dream of Destiny (1932) The Short Story Collections Tales of the Five Towns (1905) The Loot of Cities and Other Stories (1905) The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) The Matador of the Five Towns, and Other Stories (1912) Elsie and the Child, and Other Stories (1924) The Woman Who Stole Everything, and Other Stories (1927) The Night Visitor and Other Stories (1931) Venus Rising from the Sea (1932) The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Plays Polite Farces for the Drawing-Room (1899) The Honeymoon (1911) The Great Adventure (1913) The Title (1918) Judith (1922) The Non Fiction Journalism for Women: A Practical Guide (1898) How to Become an Author: A Practical Guide (1903) The Human Machine (1909) Literary Taste: How to Form It (1909) How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (1910) The Feast of St. Friend (1911) Those United States (1912) The Arnold Bennett Calendar (1912) The Plain Man and His Wife (1913) From the Log of the Velsa (1914) Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People (1914) The Author’s Craft (1914) Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front (1915) Introduction to ‘In the Royal Naval Air Service’ (1916) by Harold Rosher Books and Persons: Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-11 (1917) Things that Interested Me: First Series (1921) Things Which Interested Me: Second Series (1923) Things Which Interested Me: Third Series (1926) The Criticism The New Novel (1914) by Henry James The Mercy of Mr. Arnold Bennett (1923) by G. K. Chesterton Character in Fiction (1924) by Virginia Woolf Letter to Arnold Bennett (1924) by Joseph Conrad An Extract from ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ (1937) by George Orwell

Download or read book What a Doll written by Nancy Krulik and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toying with affections It's Halloween -- a witch's favorite holiday -- and Sabrina and her friends have been invited to a major blow-out. The only problem is Roxie doesn't have a date, and she refuses to go to another party solo. While cruising past a toy store, Sabrina gets an idea....Sabrina buys Hang Ten Kurt, everyone's favorite plastic hunk, and zaps him to life. It's love at first sight for Roxie. He's just her type -- strong and silent. But Kurt's definitely not ready for the real world, and Sabrina's got to find a way to shrink him down to size before Roxie finds out the truth...and gets crushed by her crush.

Download or read book Atone written by Beth Yarnall and published by Story Siren Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★Nominated for the Romance Writers of America Rita® award★ Beau: Six years. That’s how long I spent behind bars for a crime I didn’t commit—the brutal murder of the woman I loved. Now I’m free, but life on the outside is a different kind of prison. I don’t know who I am or who I want to be. I don’t have a job, a home or even a driver’s license. At least I have my sister, Cora. She never stopped believing in me. She even got me a job at the private investigation agency that cleared my name. And then Vera Swain walks into Nash Security and Investigations and kicks my world on its ass. Vera: There’s only one thing that would make me come out of hiding after two years on the run—finding my sister. I made the mistake of telling a monster about her. The same monster who beat me and broke me. To save us both, I’m forced to confide in Beau Hollis of Nash Security and Investigations. He looks at me like he knows me—the real me. He sees too much, makes me feel too much. The pleasure he offers is exciting and addictive. But I can’t fall for him…because my love could get us both killed. ***Praise for Atone*** 'Atone was heart-wrenching but beautiful.' ~ Tracy, Book Binge 'Atone was a good combination of all the things I enjoy in a read, romance, a dash of suspense and a good hit to the feels.' ~ Shannan, Wicked Reads 'Great read for those who like suspense and hot romance!' ~ Holly, It's About the Book 'I enjoyed this story, something different you don't read all the time.' ~ Katie, Nerdy, Dirty, and Flirty

Download or read book Recovered Innocence 3 Book Boxed Set written by Beth Yarnall and published by Story Siren Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Entertaining and action-packed." ~ Sybil, Goodreads "Fast-paced, interesting romantic suspense." ~ Carrie, Goodreads Three full-length, binge-worthy novels in one-click. The Recovered Innocence series delivers unforgettable characters and fast-paced thrills. Vindicate In order to free her innocent brother from prison, Cora is on the hunt for the real murderer. Leo is the only one who'll help her. He's also a sexy distraction she doesn’t need. Atone ★Nominated for the Romance Writers of America Rita® award★ Beau spent 6 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. Now he’s out & trying to put his life back together. Then he meets HER. Reclaim Nolan's boss hands him an assignment that’s too important to screw up—and partners him with Lila Garcia, a gorgeous attorney with curves so distracting they should be illegal. "Beth Yarnall yanked me into her intense and sexy page-turner with compelling characters and sizzling romance that leaps off the page." ~ Erin Richards, author of Chasing Shadows

Download or read book Lucky Brothers Trilogy written by Carolyn Brown and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-05-17 with total page 1039 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carolyn Brown "will keep you reading until the very last page" (Romantic Times) with her trademark sass, colorful characters, and rollicking sense of humor Now, get Carolyn Brown's "Lucky" trilogy for one low price: Lucky in Love, Getting Lucky, and One Lucky Cowboy. "This is not your mother's western romance!...Brown's plot-driven cowboy romance...will earn a spot on your keeper shelf."-The Romantic Times, 4 Stars "Carolyn Brown's cowboys always jump off the page and are beyond yummy, sexy and daring."-Fresh Fiction About the Books in This Boxed Set 1. Lucky in Love Hunky rancher Beau "Lucky" Luckadeau has always been lucky at everything-except love. Years later, he's still haunted by a steamy night with a mysterious beauty at his cousin's wedding. She disappeared before he woke up with the hangover of his life, and he's been looking for her ever since. Now Milli Torres has come to southern Oklahoma to help with the family ranch. Great God Almighty, what in the hell is she going to do if Lucky recognizes her? 2. Getting Lucky Jane Day is on the run from a her crazy ex-fiancé. In Wichita Falls, Texas, she meets Nellie Luckadeau, a spitfire of an old lady who desperately needs help on her ranch. But Nellie's gorgeous grandson "Lucky Slade" is determined not to let some con artist fleece his granny. When he can't convince Jane to leave, he pours on the charm to make her spill what she's up to. She's happy to play along, but she's not going to let this hot cowboy run her off when all she needs is a lucky break... 3. One Lucky Cowboy All Julie Donovan wants in Saint Jo, Texas, is a quiet life for her and her daughter, Annie. But when a sexy cowboy walks into her classroom with a daughter who looks like Annie's twin, suddenly the whole town is talking. Devoted single dad Griffin Luckadeau will do anything to protect his own, and he thinks Julie is scheming to steal his ranch. But when the dust settles, these two Texas hotheads may have found something worth fighting for...

Download or read book The Card The Regent written by Arnold Bennett and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-06-09 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Card" is a comic novel set in the Potteries District of Staffordshire. It chronicles the rise of Edward Henry "Denry" Machin from washerwoman's son to Mayor of Bursley. This is accomplished through luck, initiative and a fair bit of cheek or chutzpah. At age 12, Denry begins his career by altering his marks in a test sufficiently to earn him a scholarship to grammar school. At 16, he leaves school to work for Mr. Duncalf, the town clerk and a solicitor. When Duncalf organizes an exclusive ball, Denry "invites" himself and takes lessons from dance instructor Ruth Earp. On a bet, he audaciously asks the energetic, beautiful Countess of Chell to dance, and he thus earns himself the reputation of a "card" – a reputation he is determined to cement. "The Regent" is sequel to "The Card" in which Denry Machin returns, as the slightly more mature Edward Henry, a self-made success in the Midlands, who still relishes his reputation as a bit of a card. He has money, charm and ingenuity, but no taste. Despite his wealth and influence he is still in a need for an adventure so he decides to have a take on London theatrical society.

Download or read book In Sheep s Clothing written by Chauncey G. Parker III and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No sooner does freshly minted Reverend Beau Dillard answer his calling to Resurrection House than he gets wind of his immediate predecessor having been found dead, wedged amongst some pilings in the Minatree River Basin. Understandably unnerved by this too-close-to-home revelation, Beau is nonetheless deftly neutralized by the fervid attentiveness of his direct boss, Kathy Symes Cantrell, Mother Superior of this Diocesan Hospice for Troubled Young Ladies. In due course, however, her unshakable faith in the end justifying whatever means, irrespective of the corruption required to get there, convinces him she is either the most brilliant person he has ever encountered or plainly certifiable. Were it not for the aid and comfort given him his his mentor, the powerful diocesan cardinal Rector, as well as knowing that he is adhering faithfully to his revered Bishop's mandate, Beau might have been spared. But no, not until the sun is about to set does he at last catch on, too late, that he and these two men of the cloth, in the truest sense churchly role models both, are not, and indeed may never have keen on the same page. And so, he holds fast to the standards inculcated in him at Benedictus, to the point of no return. Nonetheless, at journey's end, he knows what he must do, and does it.