Download or read book Nobody s Valentine written by Marion Poynter and published by The Miegunyah Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Valentine Alexa Leeper was born in Melbourne on Valentines Day, 1900, the daughter of Alexander Leeper (18481934), the brilliant but argumentative first Warden of Trinity College. Her long life might seem unremarkable: she lived simply in the family's Victorian suburban home, neither marrying nor travelling overseas, and was regarded by many as an eccentric, at times tiresome, blue-stocking. The hoard of letters Valentine Leeper wrote and received over nearly a century reveals her, however, as a remarkable woman. The letters also provide an intimate view of issues, great and small, of the turbulent twentieth century, through the eyes of a clear-minded observer. Valentine publicly condemned racism and any curtailing of freedom of speech, and extensively supported refugees and the rights of Aborigines and women. Like many women of her time and background, she was an active member of a network seeking social justice, but remained always her own person. At once a staunch traditionalist, and ahead of her time, she was a truly liberated woman"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Two For One written by Raymond Bennett and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nick Palmer is a twelve-year-old seventh grader with a great family and friend group. A new girl in town, Alexa, steals his heart and Nick falls in love with his dream girl. Things take a twist when a phone argument with Ron, one of Nick's best friends, goes badly, and Ron tries to get revenge by going after Alexa. This splits Nick's friend group down the middle with Ron and Nick both going after Alexa. With the help of friends, classmates, and his dog, Nick goes through the highs and lows of friendship and feelings, learning about life, his faith, and himself.

Download or read book everafter written by Nell Stark and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far would you go to save your lover's soul? When medical student Valentine Darrow is bitten by a Vampire on her way home to propose to her lover, Alexa Newland, her life becomes a nightmare. She is consumed—both by a craving for human blood, and by an obsession to find her attacker and bring him to justice. Alexa is determined to be everything that Valentine needs, but when Val's appetite outstrips Alexa's ability to nourish her, Alexa risks her life to save her lover. Will Valentine be able to control her thirst—for blood and for vengeance? And can Valentine and Alexa's relationship endure against seemingly impossible odds?

Download or read book Silver Line written by Jill C. Baker and published by Jill C. Baker. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silver Line is a romantic tale in the truest sense of the word, combining an American legend, time travel adventure, and a modern mystery. Jared Sutherland knew nothing of the diary that lay hidden in a quiet corner of Colorado, nor did he know he had a former life. Son of the main character in Tory Roof, he had repressed his extrasensory skills until he meets Alexa St. Clair at an East Coast college. There they discover they can revert to their former, 10-year-older selves — a rugged miner and a beautiful dance hall girl living in an 1860s Colorado town. Lured by the adventure and heat of romance, they continue to return, facing the rigors of frontier life: gunfights, claim jumping, and an epidemic. As a journalism student, Jared is also consumed by the unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist which, for 30 years, remains on ongoing investigation. Determined to locate the stolen art for an article he is writing, Jared and Alexa encounter a stalker, shady art dealers, and a homeless man who knows a lot. With too many cooincidences to ignore, they ultimately realize that clues to the present lie in the past.

Download or read book Recovering the Voice in Our Techno Social World written by Deborah Eicher-Catt and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a communicological perspective, Recovering the Voice in our Techno-Social World: On the Phone identifies voice (phone in Greek) as the essential medium for a re-enchantment of human communication in our highly impersonal techno-social environment. This book is a response to the growing concern by social critics that we are becoming a de-voiced society because of our preferences for hyper-textual, image-based forms of electronic connectivity. Ironically, while we are increasingly “on the phone,” we are sacrificing our vocality within immediate ear-to-ear relations. Framed by the trope of enchantment, Deborah Eicher-Catt argues that the immediacy of the sounding voice calls us and enchants us to make possible productive moments of resonance in which we might cultivate an interpersonal resilience in today’s fast-paced, media-saturated environment. Scholars of media studies, communication, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.

Download or read book My Trials written by Mark Wilson and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marks story begins several years back when he ventured to a foreign country for unique career-building experiences. It is there he eventually met more and more like-minded individuals and someone who appeared extra special. This same-aged woman was on her game as she presented a convincing picture of virtue. Mark had no idea that he was about to become quite the victim of a high-functioning, proactively religious psychopath. Mark beautifully illustrated how counterintuitive his experiences with a psychopath were and goes in great depth to show how these abuser victim roles play out in real life encounters. This is interesting information that is often not included in other books on the same subject matter. In sharing how he figured his way through his extended encounter with a primary psychopath, he seeks to spread awareness which will help members of our global society identify psychopaths before they cause their applicable levels of damage. Join the author to educate yourself on the increasingly trending topic of psychopathy. There are many things Mark assists you in taking away from encounters with psychopaths and their influence on the world around us. Psychopathy is certainly a topic worth getting a grasp over. Look into this critically constructed book and youll be happy you did!

Download or read book Naughty Appetites written by Nicole Austin and published by Naughty Literati. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of recipes is our gift to you. Delicious treats from the naughty kitchen including breakfasts, cocktails and drinks, appetizers, soups, entrees, sauces and breads, side dishes and desserts. Have a naughty good time creating all our delicious concoctions! Bonus: Read excerpts from Naughty Literati's upcoming boxed sets inside!

Download or read book Play With Me written by Becka Mack and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-11-06 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sizzling hockey romance that has taken TikTok by storm, a dedicated player struggles with the number one team rule: don’t go near the captain’s sister. “Funny, vulnerable, and relatable. Mack writes hot, steamy stories interweaved with real, raw emotions perfectly. Play With Me is a 10 out of 10.” —Hannah Grace, New York Times bestselling author of Wildfire and Icebreaker The second book in the globally popular Playing for Keeps series. He’s found the perfect person—but she’s the only one he can’t be with… Garrett Andersen knows that playing professional hockey requires absolute dedication to the rules. There’s just one rule he’s finding difficult to follow: stay away from his captain’s younger sister. As a professional dancer, Jennie Beckett knows what it takes to excel. She prides herself on being every bit as confident and bold as her brother, sassy as hell, and the only person in charge of her pleasure. No wonder Garrett can’t stay away from her—even if he forgets how to form sentences whenever she’s around. Jennie would rather avoid her brother’s teammate, especially after several embarrassing run-ins, but suddenly they’re neighbors. And as the connection between them grows, Garrett and Jennie decide to have some fun, no strings attached. Between their busy schedules and her brother’s disapproval, they know keeping things casual and low-key is the smartest play. But what if their feelings get in the way? After all, they’re only supposed to be playing with each other…

Download or read book Redemption Awaits The Awakening written by Ralph Cole and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of 18, after living a dysfunctional life in school and at home, James Wilfred Zamora now prepares to leave for college to live a whole different life. For his entire childhood, he was a high school thug who struggled to find meaning, into a person who tried to rebuild himself from his broken past. But then, as he begins his new journey, he was, once more, reliving his old, unhappy days. What will James find as he continues this journey? What will you, when at the brink of losing hope, do when you can't find answers to yourself? Together with his clinical psychologist Dr. Emma and his high school friend Mary Jane, witness how a certain redemption awaits ahead as he continues down the path to find meaning in life.

Download or read book Valentine s Day written by Brenda Haugen and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2004 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly discusses the history and customs connected to the celebration of Valentine's Day.

Download or read book Valentine King written by Earnest Lee and published by Mabel Candy Writers. This book was released on 2024-01-26 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Police King, Fort Worth Police Department Detective Thaddeus King is once again in pursuit of a serial killer. On February 14, 2018, a day for love has turned into a day of death for the city of Fort Worth. Thaddeus King, the city’s most elite detective, must embark on his most dangerous murder case. A blood thirsty killer is on the loose who is far from anything Detective King has seen in his 30 years with Fort Worth PD. Will King be able to stop this vicious menace before another citizen is slaughtered? Police Detective Thaddeus King, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, wrestles with licentious impulses, resentment of policing disproportionately targeting minorities, and personal obligation to combat evil in his community. In “Valentine King”, Thaddeus aims to apprehend a savage serial murderer who brutally exterminates the lives of unsuspecting victims on Valentine’s Day. Though the killer’s identity remains a mystery, his intimidating stature, raw strength, lightning speed, and muscular build might convince you he was a professional wrestler. While Detective King passionately pursues the killer, he is distracted by the celebration of lover’s day and his birthday which coincidentally happens to be February 14th. As years go by and the killer’s reign continues on this holiday of affection expression, King grapples with being a faithful lover to his girlfriend while his commitment to the Valentine’s Day murder cases is unwavering. Suddenly, the COVID pandemic changes the landscape of our society and has a great impact on Detective King’s murder investigation. Despite the Coronavirus’ global disease spread, King is undeterred and resolute to end the murderer’s expanding plague of death. Can Thaddeus King stop the ‘Happy Valentine’s Day Killer’ or will the HVDK pierce Thad’s heart with a deadly broadhead arrow tip released from his Cupid’s bow?

Download or read book And He Shall Appear written by Kate van der Borgh and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a mesmerizing new literary voice comes a story of obsessive friendship, chilling powers, and untimely death for readers of dark academia classics like If We Were Villains and The Secret History. An unnamed narrator arrives at Cambridge University in the early aughts determined to reinvent himself. His northern accent marks him as an outsider, but thanks to his musical gifts, he manages to fall in with his wealthy classmate, Bryn Cavendish. A charismatic party host and talented magician, Bryn enthralls the narrator. But something seems to happen to those who challenge or simply irk Bryn—and they aren’t ever the same again. The narrator begins to suspect that Bryn may be concealing terrifying gifts under the guise of magic tricks. As the tension between them grows, a harrowing encounter is followed by Bryn’s death. Alternating between their time as students and the narrator’s return to Cambridge years later, where he fears the ghosts of his past are waiting for him, And He Shall Appear performs an astounding slight-of-hand that throws every version of the story into question. This propulsive novel about the dark power of privilege will haunt readers like a familiar piece of music with endless iterations.

Download or read book sunfall written by Nell Stark and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final installment of the everafter series, Valentine Darrow and Alexa Newland work to rebuild their relationship even as they find themselves at the heart of the struggle that will determine a new world order for vampires and wereshifters. To survive, they must defeat the growing threat posed by Balthasar Brenner, who has been a thorn in the side of the vampire-wereshifter Consortium for centuries. The search for Brenner leads Val and Alexa deep into the heart of the Alaskan wilderness, where they must confront Brenner's forces and either secure peace between the paranormal races, or die in the attempt.

Download or read book nightrise written by Nell Stark and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when you lose the one thing you'd give your life to save? When Valentine Darrow loses her soul, she embraces her role as one of the vampire elite. As Blood Prime of the clan of the Missionary, Valentine spends her days transforming an old family bank into the financial capital of the Consortium and her nights painting the town red. Blood red. Alexa Newland believes their everafter to be over. But then a new discovery about an ancient myth kindles her hope that Valentine can be saved. Alexa must trek through the mountains of Argentina to recover a rare flower with mystical powers. Will Alexa succeed in her quest before Valentine irrevocably crosses over to the darkness?

Download or read book Hollywood Hills written by Aimee Friedman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get your drama on as the girls from New York Times bestseller SOUTH BEACH and its sexy sequel, FRENCH KISS, strut back into the limelight in another sizzling tale of romance, friendship, and crushes.Celebrity sightings. Sizzling nightlife. Endless shopping.Hollywood, here they come...Alexa: She's stopped believing in love at first sight....but can a Hollywood heartbreaker make her look twice? Holly: When a collision with destiny pulls her heart in two directions, which path will she choose? Either way, this trip will change everything.With one week to go before graduation, Alexa and Holly take off on a whirlwind trip to L.A. Can they handle the drama?

Download or read book Chasing You written by Kris Jayne and published by Write Shout. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afraid to love. Afraid to lose. Alexa Stevens doesn’t do commitment. The ex-model turned personal trainer and gym owner lives a jet-set life. With all the exciting adventures to have in this world—especially of the masculine variety—why get tied down? Keeping it light suits Graham Ryan just fine—especially after he finds out their financial interests intersect and conflict. Mixing business with pleasure is bound to cause complications he doesn’t need. However, when her old flame Adam Gadsby arrives in town to win her heart, suddenly Alexa's take on long-term love starts to shift. Graham sees her drifting away and wonders if he doesn’t want more. Adam knows what he wants — if only he can convince Alexa she wants the same. For Alexa, the question is: how do you know who’s the one? With two men chasing her, can she make the right choice before it’s too late?

Download or read book Thirsty Hearts Series written by Kris Jayne and published by Write Shout. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 2262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thirsty heart longs for love—even if its owner doesn’t know it. These heroines and heroes have lost love, troubled love, and new love at their fingertips. This collection includes all six full-length novels plus three novellas in the Thirsty Hearts series. Charming You, Book 1 (Secrets & Lies): Can she trust the charm of an ambitious man? In their struggle to balance love and ambition, Micky and Nick will have to decide what they want and at what cost before they lose the one thing that matters. Choosing You, Book 2 (Love on the Rocks): Confronted with the past, their love and loyalty are tested. Conflict, mistrust, and danger follow fiancés Taryn and Jeff as they try to hang on to the love that brought them together and make it down the aisle. Cherishing You, Book 3 (A Wrong-Side-of-Tracks Love Story): Love springs from passion, but can it withstand the pressures of family, expectation, and the past? Drawn together in a novel passion, can Shannon and Jonah push through the barriers and find lasting love? Chasing You, Book 4 (A Love Triangle): Afraid to love. Afraid to lose. Adam arrives in Austin spoiling the growing connection between Alexa and Graham. She's finally shedding her allergy to commitment, but how does she know who's the one? Includes the bonus prequel novella, Her London Fling. Friends with a Tryst, Book 4.5 (A Slow-Burn, Friends-to-Lovers Romance): Erin has called her brother's college roommate “Brother Luke” for years. Now, they're dancing toward a romantic New Year’s tryst. But once they acknowledge the romantic elephant in the room, will Luke’s brotherly ways keep Erin at a distance? Enchanting You, Book 5 (Enemies to Lovers): A psychic. A ghost. A hero with a sly secret... Lilith Carver will do anything for her foster sister—even use her mystical gifts to battle the sexy, enigmatic Jamie Wylde. Equally matched and battling to win, can Lilith and Jamie triumph in love? Two to Tangle, Book 6 (Seasoned BWWM Romance): Delilah Johnston and Griffin Kelso ring in the New Year with revels and romance. But once the champagne runs dry, their differences—and some scandalous family drama—crash the party. Will their growing love be enough? Or will a disconcerting secret divide them forever? Includes the bonus prequel novella, Christmas for Two.