Download or read book New Orleans Connection Series written by Kathy Ivan and published by Kathy Ivan. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Orleans Connection Series Books 1–3: Connor’s Gamble, Relentless Pursuit, Ultimate Betrayal

Download or read book New Orleans Connection Series Books 4 7 written by Kathy Ivan and published by Kathy Ivan. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take four sexy alpha heroes and the strong loving women they can't resist. Toss in lots of action and adventure in the Big Easy with all the romance, suspense, and colorful atmosphere the city provides and you’ll have the New Orleans Connection Series. This romantic suspense boxed set contains books four through seven in the New Orleans Connection Series and includes Keeping Secrets; Sex, Lies and Apple Pies; Deadly Justice; and Wicked Obsession. And as we say in New Orleans, Laissez les bons temps rouler! KEEPING SECRETS How do you surprise a psychic? When Max Lamoreaux proposed to the love of his life, she happily said yes. But months later, every time he broaches the subject of setting the date, Theresa gets cold feet and won't commit. Taking matters into his own hands, and with the help of his family, Max hatches a secret solution. Sometimes being a psychic reveals things she'd rather not know. Theresa Crawford loves Max, but her visions show deadly consequences if she weds him. How can she avoid marrying him without losing him forever? When two strong-willed lovers start keeping secrets, it sets them and everyone they love on a collision course with dangerous consequences. SEX, LIES AND APPLE PIES Wendy Cunningham, the Princess of Pastries, has been recruited into being a judge on the National Bake-Off Championship. When the ex-flame she left behind turns out to be a fellow judge, she decides to make the best of the situation, because she needs the publicity to open her newest high-end bakery. Slade Coleman is the hottest celebrity chef on the foodie scene, and he's not above making the most of his time in the spotlight. When the "Culinary Cowboy" gets recruited to judge on the next sure-to-be-a-hit baking show, the opportunity is too good to turn down. Nobody knows he has his own reasons for coming to South Florida. When The Princess sees The Cowboy, sparks fly and it isn't long before passion ignites. But something's going on behind the scenes, and it's up to Wendy and Slade to root out the bad apple before somebody gets hurt—or worse. DEADLY JUSTICE A quest for justice… After a devastating betrayal, ex-DEA agent Samuel "The Ghost" Carpenter devotes his life to searching for the person who cost him not only his job but nearly his life. When he discovers a link between the man he's hunting and a beautiful executive assistant, he realizes the path to his target is seduction—a task he's all too eager to undertake, since he can't seem to resist the alluring beauty. …turns into a dangerous seduction. Andrea Kirkland can't fathom the sudden interest rich and powerful Samuel Carpenter's showing, but she's not stupid. He's got a deeply-hidden agenda and she's a means to an end. Except, she has secrets of her own, and despite their instantaneous chemistry, she's not above using Carpenter to further her own vendetta. On a whirlwind journey from Dallas to New Orleans, passion explodes between them. But when a murderer strikes, Carpenter must choose between his mission of vengeance or face losing the woman he loves to a vindictive madman hellbent on revenge. WICKED OBSESSION When an old danger surfaces, everything in Sheri Vernon’s life turns upside down. She doesn’t know who she can trust—except former fiancé, Nate Blackwell, the man whose heart she broke when she walked away. A key member of Carpenter Security’s elite team, Nate Blackwell loves his new home in New Orleans, but his ex is the last person he expects to find on his doorstep needing help. Seeing her again stirs up feelings he thought long buried, but he can’t turn his back on her. Embers of passion reignite and fuel the flames of obsession in a madman. Can Nate keep the woman he still loves safe, or lose her forever to another’s twisted desires?

Download or read book New Orleans Mourning written by Julie Smith and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 1991 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the smiling King of Carnival is killed at Mardi Gras, policewoman Skip Langdon is on the case. She knows the upper-crust family of the victim and that it hides more than its share of glittering skeletons. But nothing could prepare her for the tangled web of clues and ancient secrets that would mean danger for her--and doom for the St. Amants.... "Smith is a gifted writer." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

Download or read book A Life in Jazz written by Danny Barker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a musician who grew up in New Orleans, and later worked in New York with the major swing orchestras of Lucky Millinder and Cab Calloway, Barker is uniquely placed to give an authoritative but personal view of jazz history. In this book he discusses his life in music, from the children's 'spasm' bands of the seventh ward of New Orleans, through the experience of brass bands and jazz funerals involving his grandfather, Isidore Barbarin, to his early days on the road with the blues singer Little Brother Montgomery. Later he goes on to discuss New York, and the jazz scene he found there in 1930. His work with Jelly Roll Morton, as well as the lesser-known bands of Fess Williams and Albert Nicholas, is covered before a full account of his years with Millinder, Benny Carter and Calloway, including a description of Dizzy Gillespie's impact on jazz, is given. The final chapters discuss Barker's career from the late 1940s. Starting with the New York dixieland scene at Ryan's and Condon's he talks of his work with Wilbur de Paris, James P. Johnson and This is Jazz, before discussing his return to New Orleans and New Orleans Jazz Museum. A collection of Barker's photographs,

Download or read book New Orleans Louisiana and Saint Louis Senegal written by Emily Clark and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the intertwined histories of Saint-Louis, Senegal, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Although separated by an ocean, both cities were founded during the early French imperial expansion of the Atlantic world. Both became important port cities of their own continents, the Atlantic world as a whole, and the African diaspora. The slave trade not only played a crucial role in the demographic and economic growth of Saint-Louis and New Orleans, but also directly connected the two cities. The Company of the Indies ran the Senegambia slave-trading posts and the Mississippi colony simultaneously from 1719 to 1731. By examining the linked histories of these cities over the longue durée, this edited collection shows the crucial role they played in integrating the peoples of the Atlantic world. The essays also illustrate how the interplay of imperialism, colonialism, and slaving that defined the early Atlantic world operated and evolved differently on both sides of the ocean. The chapters in part one, “Negotiating Slavery and Freedom,” highlight the centrality of the institution of slavery in the urban societies of Saint-Louis and New Orleans from their foundation to the second half of the nineteenth century. Part two, “Elusive Citizenship,” explores how the notions of nationality, citizenship, and subjecthood—as well as the rights or lack of rights associated with them—were mobilized, manipulated, or negotiated at key moments in the history of each city. Part three, “Mythic Persistence,” examines the construction, reproduction, and transformation of myths and popular imagination in the colonial and postcolonial cities. It is here, in the imagined past, that New Orleans and Saint-Louis most clearly mirror one another. The essays in this section offer two examples of how historical realities are simplified, distorted, or obliterated to minimize the violence of the cities’ common slave and colonial past in order to promote a romanticized present. With editors from three continents and contributors from around the world, this work is truly an international collaboration.

Download or read book Royal Street written by Suzanne Johnson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun, fast-paced book, first in a series of urban fantasy novels filled with wizards, mermen, and pirates that are perfect for readers of paranormal fiction and "fans of Charlaine Harris and Cat Adams" (Booklist). RT Bookreviews agrees that "for readers missing Sookie Stackhouse, this series may be right up your alley." As the junior wizard sentinel for New Orleans, Drusilla Jaco's job involves a lot more potion-mixing and pixie-retrieval than sniffing out supernatural bad guys like rogue vampires and lethal were-creatures. DJ's boss and mentor, Gerald St. Simon, is the wizard tasked with protecting the city from anyone or anything that might slip over from the preternatural beyond. Then Hurricane Katrina hammers New Orleans' fragile levees, unleashing more than just dangerous flood waters. While winds howled and Lake Pontchartrain surged, the borders between the modern city and the Otherworld crumbled. Now, the undead and the restless are roaming the Big Easy, and a serial killer with ties to voodoo is murdering the soldiers sent to help the city recover. To make it worse, Gerry has gone missing, the wizards' Elders have assigned a grenade-toting assassin as DJ's new partner, and undead pirate Jean Lafitte wants to make her walk his plank. The search for Gerry and for the serial killer turns personal when DJ learns the hard way that loyalty requires sacrifice, allies come from the unlikeliest places, and duty mixed with love creates one bitter gumbo. The Sentinels of New Orleans Series: Royal Street River Road Elysian Fields Pirate's Alley Belle Chasse At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book New Orleans Rush written by Kelly Siskind and published by EverAfter Romance. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fun mixture of magic, sensuality, and iconic pin-up girl style. The romance in New Orleans Rush will leave you smiling and filled with optimism.” - Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient Falling for your surly boss is a rotten idea. Letting him saw you in half is even worse... Beatrice Baker may be a struggling artist, but she believes all hardships have silver linings...until she follows her boyfriend to New Orleans and finds him with another woman. Instead of turning those lemons into lemonade, she drinks lemon drop martinis and keys the wrong man’s car. Now she works for Huxley Marlow of the Marvelous Marlow Boys, getting shoved in boxes as an on-stage magician’s assistant. A cool job for some, but Bea’s been coerced into the role to cover her debt. She also maybe fantasizes about her boss’s adept hands and what else they can do. She absolutely will not fall for him, or kiss him senseless. Until she does. The scarred, enigmatic Huxley has unwittingly become her muse, unlocking her artistic dry spell, but his vague nightly activities are highly suspect. The last time Beatrice trusted a man, her bank account got drained and she almost got arrested. Surely this can’t end that badly...right?

Download or read book Desperate Choices written by Kathy Ivan and published by Kathy Ivan. This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When New Orleans police declare private investigator Max Lamoreaux’s missing godson a runaway, he reaches out to former flame Theresa Crawford for help. Her specialized skills have proven key to unlocking past investigations. Time hasn’t diminished their powerful chemistry, but Theresa’s secrets drove them apart once before. As they work together, will shadows from her past destroy their last chance at happiness? NOTE: This book was previously published. It has been re-edited and additional content added. "Kathy Ivan’s books are addictive, you can’t read just one.” Susan Stoker, NYT Bestselling Author "Kathy Ivan has crafted warm, engaging characters that will steal your heart and a mystery that will keep you reading to the very last page." Barb Han, USA TODAY and Publisher's Weekly Bestselling Author “This is the first I have read from Kathy Ivan and it won't be the last.” Night Owl Reviews "I highly recommend Desperate Choices. Readers can’t go wrong here!” Melissa, Joyfully Reviewed

Download or read book Antonio written by Kathy Ivan and published by Kathy Ivan. This book was released on with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tasked with locating a missing government witness, FBI agent Antonio Boudreau jumps at the chance to work closer to his home town of Shiloh Springs, Texas. Ever since somebody tried to kill her while under the feds protection, Serena Snowden’s been on the lam. Serena holds the key to defeating a homegrown terrorist, but can Antonio keep her alive long enough to use it?

Download or read book Ms Patti written by Kathy Ivan and published by Kathy Ivan. This book was released on 2023-11-05 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when you find out the couple you admire most never had a “real” wedding? Why you plan a surprise vow renewal celebration, that’s what. Keeping the party secret from Douglas and Ms. Patti isn’t easy, but things go exactly to plan. Right up to the day before the big event, when Ms. Patti suddenly goes missing and derails the carefully crafted surprise. The entire Boudreau clan joins in the search for their beloved matriarch, but as the minutes pass worry begins to creep in. Will they find the mother everybody loves or has something nefarious happened to Shiloh Springs favorite mom? "In Shiloh Springs, Kathy Ivan has crafted warm, engaging characters that will steal your heart and a mystery that will keep you reading to the very last page." Barb Han, USA TODAY and Publisher's Weekly Bestselling Author The Texas Boudreau Brotherhood is a ragtag band of foster brothers who will face down any threat or danger to protect their family and the women they love. After all, every Boudreau knows it takes more than blood ties or shared DNA to forge a family. Set in the small Texas town of Shiloh Springs, this page-turning romantic suspense series will win your heart and keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.

Download or read book Dane written by Kathy Ivan and published by Kathy Ivan. This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dane Boudreau’s hidden a secret his entire life. Somebody wants to make sure that secret gets buried—along with Dane—permanently. Hacker Destiny Smith discovers a contract on Dane’s life and offers to track down the person gunning for him. Between a quickie elopement to Vegas and dangers lurking closer to home, Dane and Destiny must figure out who wants him six feet under before that wish becomes a reality and ends their chance at happiness. "In Shiloh Springs, Kathy Ivan has crafted warm, engaging characters that will steal your heart and a mystery that will keep you reading to the very last page." Barb Han, USA TODAY and Publisher's Weekly Bestselling Author Kathy Ivan’s books are addictive, you can’t read just one.” Susan Stoker, NYT Bestselling Author

Download or read book Jazz Religion the Second Line and Black New Orleans written by Richard Brent Turner and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scholarly study demonstrates “that while post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans is changing, the vibrant traditions of jazz . . . must continue” (Journal of African American History). An examination of the musical, religious, and political landscape of black New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina, this revised edition looks at how these factors play out in a new millennium of global apartheid. Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of second lines—the group of dancers who follow the first procession of church and club members, brass bands, and grand marshals in black New Orleans’s jazz street parades. Here music and religion interplay, and Turner’s study reveals how these identities and traditions from Haiti and West and Central Africa are reinterpreted. He also describes how second line participants create their own social space and become proficient in the arts of political disguise, resistance, and performance.

Download or read book New Orleans and the Texas Revolution written by Edward L. Miller and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Author Edward L. Miller has delved into previously unused or overlooked papers housed in New Orleans to reconstruct a chain of events that set the Crescent City, in many ways, at the center of the Texian fight for independence. Not only did Now Orleans business interests send money and men to Texas in exchange for promises of land, but they also provided newspaper coverage that set the scene for later American annexation of the young republic."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book The House Uptown written by Melissa Ginsburg and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melissa Ginsburg's The House Uptown is an emotional coming-of-age novel about a young girl who goes to live with her eccentric grandmother in New Orleans after the death of her mother Ava, fourteen years old and totally on her own, has still not fully processed her mother’s death when she finds herself on a train heading to New Orleans, to stay with Lane, the grandmother she barely remembers. Lane is a well-known artist in the New Orleans art scene. She spends most of her days in a pot-smoke haze, sipping iced coffee, and painting, which has been her singular focus for years. Her grip on reality is shaky at best, but her work provides a comfort. Ava’s arrival unsettles Lane. The girl bears an uncanny resemblance to her daughter, whom she was estranged from before her death. Now her presence is dredging up painful and disturbing memories, which forces Lane to retreat even further into her own mind. As Ava and Lane attempt to find their way and form a bond, the oppressive heat and history of New Orleans bears down on them, forcing a reckoning neither of them are ready for.

Download or read book Dr Mary s Monkey written by Edward T. Haslam and published by TrineDay. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new updated edition is not only hard cover for long life, but it contains an additional 25 pages of revelations from the author including documents from the FBI, CIA, CDC, and NOPD, plus the actual crime scene photos of the Mary Sherman murder. You'll see why we say this is the "Hottest cold case in America." The 1964 murder of a nationally known cancer researcher sets the stage for this gripping exposÉ of medical professionals enmeshed in covert government operations over the course of three decades. Following a trail of police records, FBI files, cancer statistics, and medical journals, this revealing book presents evidence of a web of medical secret-keeping that began with the handling of evidence in the JFK assassination and continued apace, sweeping doctors into cover-ups of cancer outbreaks, contaminated polio vaccine, the arrival of the AIDS virus, and biological weapon research using infected monkeys.

Download or read book A D written by Josh Neufeld and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2009 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the stories of seven survivors of Hurricane Katrina who tried to evacuate, protect their possessions, and save loved ones before, during, and after the flood.

Download or read book The New Orleans Connection of the Texas Pacific R R written by New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1880* with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: