Download or read book Obsessive Bruises written by Kristin Ranae and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-03-26 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selena Pike always believed she was a normal girl who lived a fairly normal life in a small town that never appeared to be so adequately normal. That was until about a week ago when the most flawless intoxicating stranger came into her life. The scene set in late October with Halloween approaching fast, Selena can’t wait to have her yearly Halloween party, but she becomes distracted by new findings. An ancient book is found, and what is written behind the cover becomes an obsession. People have been disappearing mysteriously in the small town of Dark Valley over the years, nicknamed the black hole due to never finding the bodies . . . alive or dead. A secret to bare yet shared between two best friends, can she help save the town from the disaster she created? As Selena, Kellie, and Jennifer venture into the unknown evil awaits, welcoming them in with wicked smiles. Her past meets her present, possibly destroying her future.

Download or read book No Visible Bruises written by Rachel Louise Snyder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE HILLMAN PRIZE FOR BOOK JOURNALISM, THE HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD, AND THE LUKAS WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD * A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST * LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST * ABA SILVER GAVEL AWARD FINALIST * KIRKUS PRIZE FINALIST NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY: Esquire, Amazon, Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, BookRiot, Economist, New York Times Staff Critics “A seminal and breathtaking account of why home is the most dangerous place to be a woman . . . A tour de force.” -Eve Ensler "Terrifying, courageous reportage from our internal war zone." -Andrew Solomon "Extraordinary." -New York Times ,“Editors' Choice” “Gut-wrenching, required reading.” -Esquire "Compulsively readable . . . It will save lives." -Washington Post “Essential, devastating reading.” -Cheryl Strayed, New York Times Book Review An award-winning journalist's intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, revealing how the roots of America's most pressing social crises are buried in abuse that happens behind closed doors. We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it a “global epidemic.” In America, domestic violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime, and yet it remains locked in silence, even as its tendrils reach unseen into so many of our most pressing national issues, from our economy to our education system, from mass shootings to mass incarceration to #MeToo. We still have not taken the true measure of this problem. In No Visible Bruises, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder gives context for what we don't know we're seeing. She frames this urgent and immersive account of the scale of domestic violence in our country around key stories that explode the common myths-that if things were bad enough, victims would just leave; that a violent person cannot become nonviolent; that shelter is an adequate response; and most insidiously that violence inside the home is a private matter, sealed from the public sphere and disconnected from other forms of violence. Through the stories of victims, perpetrators, law enforcement, and reform movements from across the country, Snyder explores the real roots of private violence, its far-reaching consequences for society, and what it will take to truly address it.

Download or read book Hearts and Bruises written by A. M. Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With love comes pain.And with pain comes scars. Believe me, I have had my share of it all.After my mother's death, my father couldn't deal.So once again, we're moving.To a town full of lies, darkness, and corruption.All masked in sunshine and money. But then I meet him...My biggest mistake.My biggest temptation.A royal pain-in-the-ass. And Darrian King is no prince.He's controlling, aggressive, and downright wrong for me.But what he dishes out,I give right back.After all, love hurts.And so do we.

Download or read book The Compulsive Reassurance Seeking Workbook written by Amanda Petrik-Gardner and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to trust your own senses, live with confidence, and break the cycle of compulsive reassurance seeking with this empowering, step-by-step workbook. Are you constantly seeking reassurance from others? Do you suffer from debilitating anxiety if you aren’t absolutely certain about everything? Seeking reassurance to remove doubt or fear is natural, and we all do it from time to time. However, it becomes a compulsion when it develops into something repetitive and ritualistic. This compulsion is linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), can perpetuate and worsen this condition, and can also create conflict between you, your friends, coworkers, and loved ones. So, how do you stop? The Compulsive Reassurance Seeking Workbook offers proven-effective tools to reduce compulsions, make peace with uncertainty, and better manage your OCD. Grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), an evidence-based treatment for OCD, this cutting-edge workbook reveals how reassurance seeking can interfere with your relationships, and provides healthy coping strategies you can use to reassure yourself—without resorting to compulsive questioning. Compulsive reassurance seeking can be exhausting, and more often than not, exposes you and those closest to you to increased levels of conflict, stress, and anxiety. It’s time to reassure yourself the right way—a way that encourages and empowers you to seek genuine well-being, self-worth, and peace of mind from within. This workbook can help you get started today.

Download or read book Devotion Obsession Deception written by Jaytilya M. Watkins and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story is about a high school graduate named Hara, who attended college at TSU, a college in San Marcos, Texas, where she reunites with her ex-boyfriend named Bishop Summers but at the same time becomes friends with a fellow student named Stephen. Stephen becomes obsessed over her and sets up a plot with one of Hara's roommates to break her and Bishop up. When the plot doesn't go as planned, he kidnaps Hara and keeps her tied up in his barn for three weeks. Within those three weeks, he makes her quit TSU, turns her back to her friends and family, including Bishop. Also within those three weeks he beats and rapes her. Her mom hires a private investigator to find Hara. Once he finds Hara, her mom, the private investigator, and Bishop team up to rescue Hara, but the plan to rescue Hara will become a difficult task because Stephen has killed someone before and to keep Hara, he would do so again. Youtube: http: //youtu.be/F-Ybl-Ac3A8

Download or read book Confusing Love With Obsession written by John D Moore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-08-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-read book for anyone involved in a dangerously obsessive relationship. Confusing Love with Obsession is a must-read for anyone involved in a dangerously obsessive relationship. Fueled by an overwhelming fear of abandonment, people involved in obsessive relationships will go to extreme lengths to control their partner. Here, John D. Moore draws from excruciating real-life stories and personal experience to reveal the inner workings of obsessive relationships. More important, Confusing Love with Obsession helps readers develop a new self-awareness and healthy relationship--free from preoccupation with an object of obsession.

Download or read book Kingston s Obsession Kingston Security 6 written by Carole Mortimer and published by Carole Mortimer. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kingston’s Obsession (Kingston Security 6) is the sixth book in USA Today and Amazon International #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer’s, Contemporary Romantic Suspense series. Felix only caught a brief glimpse of the ethereally beautiful red-haired woman being held captive in the home of the head of the London gang of cutthroats who were demanding his cooperation. But it was long enough to know that he wanted to help her. That he wanted her. Brianna grew up in Ireland, well away from the life of crime her brothers led in London. Until Anthony Bart, the leader of the most powerful gang in the city, demanded she marry his son and unite the two factions against the Albanian gang trying to take control of London’s criminal underworld. No amount of pleading or begging on Brianna’s part had succeeded in changing her brothers’ minds. Terry Bart was due to be released from prison in one week’s time, the wedding to take place the day after that. Unless Brianna could find a way to escape. Or someone who would help her. Someone like Felix Kingston. A man she’d seen only once but instinctively knew she could trust.

Download or read book Mafia s Obsession Complete Series Box Set A Small Town Mafia Romance written by Summer Cooper and published by Hot Summer and Sexy Romance. This book was released on with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indulge in this complete sexy mafia romance box set by USA Today Bestselling steamy billionaire romance author Summer Cooper. All her life, Marie struggled with love and hate for her mother. How could a mother be so cruel to their only child? When she was finally ready to leave, her plan fell apart. Once again, she was stuck with the evil woman she called Mom. Life was hell until Matteo, arrived in her small town. The sexy Italian out-of-towner didn’t look at her the way others did… Instead, he made her feel happy, safe, and special. But what’s going to happen when she finds out who he really is? And his real motive for coming to her little town… Included in this box set: Book 1 - Mafia’s Dirty Secret Book 2 - Mafia’s Fake Bride Book 3 - Mafia’s Final Play This is an adult only steamy contemporary romance, appealing to readers who love sexy mafia romance, smokin' hot small town romance, and sizzling enemies to lovers romances. This book is sizzling hot book (and not suitable for prudish readers), perfect for readers who love Ava Gray, Shain Rose, Roxy Sloane, Raylin Marks and K.Bromberg.

Download or read book Feral Obsession A Dark Omegaverse Romance written by Nora Ash and published by Little Huldra Media. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ​“A sexy dark romance that is deliciously twisted!” - Laura Thalassa, bestselling author of The Four Horsemen series. I never wanted a mate. Until I was put in chains. Strapped down. And claimed. I always believed I could analyze any situation until I found a solution. Solve any problem if I just applied my brain. I went to university, studied science and told myself my academic cocoon would protect me from the alphas dominating our society. I was wrong. No textbook prepared me for my meeting with test subject 351. The biggest, scariest alpha on death row, hauled into my lab to uncover how to control the beast of a man. How to make him submit. Mold him into a weapon. But there is no controlling the feral alpha, and no logic strong enough to save my mind once he unleashes his fury on my body. Once he claims me. Obsession is the first book in Nora Ash’s second suspense-filled Omegaverse serial, Feral. Please note: This series gets dark, and it gets dirty. If you don’t enjoy your romance scorching and your alphas rough & dominant, give this book a pass.

Download or read book Sinner s Obsession written by Ivy Thorn and published by PNK Publishing. This book was released on with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Efrem is older, brutal, and the most dangerous man in New York. And he’s the man I want. My family’s expectations are clear. With the election for governor of New York looming and my father’s political aspirations shining brighter than ever, all eyes are also on me, his daughter. There are rules in our world. Conventions. Things that a girl like me just doesn’t do–like falling for six-foot-three inches of handsome, ruthless Bratva muscle. Efrem is from a different world–one that I have no place in. I know where my loyalties should lie, when it comes to the choice between duty or desire. Efrem is a dangerous man. A killer. A sinner. But this sinner is my obsession–and I want to be his. Sinner's Obsession is the first installment of the Vow of Sin series. The reading order is as follows: Sinner's Obsession, Sinner's Vow, and Sinner's Revenge. The series is complete!

Download or read book Helping Children and Teens with Difficult to Treat OCD written by Karen Lynn Cassiday and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-05-25 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treating subtypes of OCD, such as scrupulosity, harm, existential, and relationship OCD, in children and adolescents can often present a wealth of challenges. The nature of these lesser-known subtypes can make delivering common aspects of OCD treatment, including planning relevant exposures, and incorporating key adults in the child's treatment, difficult. Drawing from years of professional experience, Karen Lynn Cassiday provides comprehensive guidance using a wealth of case examples on how you can overcome these hurdles in the therapy room. Whether a newly qualified or experienced clinician, this book is essential for all practitioners wanting to tackle the clinical dilemmas generated when treating complex OCD in children, teens, and emerging adults. Bonus content! This book also gives access to a free video series containing demonstrations of exposure practice for each OCD subtype.

Download or read book OBSESSION written by Selina Elliot and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tessa knew that she deserved the fate that had befallen her. The decision to run away from a father who hated her and a marriage she wanted no part of was entirely hers. Certainly the outcome was her responsibility. So why did she keep trying to escape her life? Had she not learned that her master's control was absolute? Escape would never be possible. And yet, when a trip across the ocean presented an unlikely opportunity, she didn't hesitate. But was Tessa reaching too far? Was redemption impossible? Even as a child Trey understood that there was no law to protect a slave against the whims of a white man. So there would be no justice for his family unless he took matters into his own hands. As an adult Trey swore that there would be nothing that would keep Baron Henley safe from his revenge. But even well laid plans could go awry. Particularly when his attention was diverted to the bewildering, raven-haired beauty he impulsively abducted.

Download or read book Dark Obsessions written by Delphine McClelland and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark Obsessions By: Delphine McClelland Skylar was a Montgomery and with that came power and prestige among the wealthy in Charlotte, North Carolina. From the outside looking in, she had it all, the perfect life. For Skylar, being a Montgomery, a socialite, was not who she wanted to be. Skylar was different, she was weird and a bit of a dreamer. For as long as she could remember, she had an obsession with the supernatural world. Vampires were her favorite of all the supernatural creatures and she could not get enough of them. She read almost every book, watched every movie, and even wished they were real because she had dreams of becoming one. On the annual Montgomery Family Vacation, Skylar's world was turned upside down. Her life was further changed the moment she laid eyes on him. He was the most intriguing and striking man that she had ever seen. In one night, he would change Skylar’s world forever. Kairo was in need of a change. After living for over 300 years and always staying one step ahead of the Council of Truth Seekers, a vigilante group whose sole mission in life was to kill all supernaturals. Kairo needed a new scene away from it all. Along his travels, he heard that Charlotte was becoming an epicenter of fun. It was a city full of life and the perfect place for a vampire to hunt without the watchful eye of the Council. From the moment that Kairo stepped foot in Charlotte things were very different for him. The city made every fiber of his being come alive with an energy unlike anything that he had ever known. Kairo would find the source of that energy no matter what it cost him and when he did, his world would change forever.

Download or read book Obsession written by John Douglas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OBSESSION examines the many violent interpersonal crimes committed against women and the elderly, providing extraordinary insight into what motivates the perpetrators who commit them. With profiles of many well-known cases and criminals, as well as an invalubale chapter on how you can protect yourself and your loved ones from violence, John Douglas has written a groundbreaking book.

Download or read book Where the Bruised Pieces Go written by Jane Fawley and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London is being haunted by a serial killer who is beginning to evolve. Victims are left at iconic city landmarks and in the garden squares of the east end. They are carefully displayed with a pear in one hand and their heart in the other. The streets of London are not paved with gold but covered in blood. Sam Stirling is the psychologist building the criminal profile to help DCI Albert ‘Smiley’ Riley and his team apprehend him. If Sam is to succeed, he will need assistance from psychotherapist Emma Malone. But the killer has developed an unhealthy obsession with Sam and Emma catches his eye… After another victim is discovered with one more disturbing clue, the case finally starts to make sense. But as Sam closes in, the killer reverses the roles. Who is the profiler now? This is a book about the damage damaged people can cause, both to those they choose as their victims, and those whose task it is to bring them to justice. It is a novel of layers and nuances as well as being a rollercoaster ride. Sam’s and Emma’s stories hurtle along parallel tracks, and the reader knows that at some stage these tracks will meet in an explosive way. And so they do, but there’s also a twist in the tale that will take your breath away. In ‘Where the Bruised Pieces Go’, Jane Fawley has set a benchmark for psychological crime dramas second to none. Claire Dyer author of The Significant Others Of Odie May

Download or read book Beyond Obsession written by Richard Hammer and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chilling true story of a beautiful violin prodigy, her devoted boyfriend, and the devastating family secrets that led to a brutal murder. Joyce Aparo seemed to be the perfect single mother. She doted on her sixteen-year-old daughter, Karin, encouraging her musical ability and lavishing affection on her. But behind closed doors, Joyce was a terror. For thirteen years, she beat Karin savagely, kept her away from other children, and demeaned her relentlessly. When Karin met the troubled yet brilliant Dennis Coleman, the two fell head-over-heels into lustful infatuation. But Joyce disapproved—so she had to die. On August 5, 1987, Joyce’s body was found under a bridge near the Connecticut–Massachusetts border. She had been strangled, and was covered in bruises, with paper stuffed in her mouth and pantyhose knotted around her throat. The police investigation soon dragged her horrific treatment of Karin into the open, and the teenage lovers became the prime suspects. Dennis eventually confessed to the murder, testifying that Karin begged him to kill her mother. But Karin had a very different story to tell, claiming to have no knowledge of Dennis’s plans. Was she manipulating the police the same way she manipulated her former boyfriend, or was she an innocent victim? Based on meticulous research, court transcripts, and interviews with the survivors, Beyond Obsession is the definitive account of an American tragedy and the basis for a popular TV movie starring Victoria Principal and Emily Warfield.

Download or read book More Tools for Liberating the Bruised written by Dr. Joe Allbright and published by Smooth Sailing Press, LLC. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lord impressed authors Rita and Joe Allbright to write a second counseling book about spiritual warfare in which they share some invaluable truths from God's Word, and expound on biblical counseling procedures and share many prayers for specific subjects. The book also shares lessons to inspire Christians to mature in the Lord and walk in His will for their precious lives after they have received freedom from the enemy through our Lord Jesus. It addresses negative learned behavioral issues and offers solutions. We are confident that our Lord's biblical teachings in both books will be a blessing to ministers, missionaries, counselors, counselees and anyone wanting to learn this subject matter. The new partner to "Liberating the Bruised" is "More Tools for Liberating the Bruised".