Download or read book The Perfect Bastard written by Quinn Carver Johnson and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-15 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative poetic interrogation of wrestling, queerness, and staying true to oneself Quinn Carver Johnson’s debut collection, The Perfect Bastard, follows its titular protagonist, a nonbinary and queer professional wrestler, as they travel across Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri, working for a booker known as the Puppeteer. Inspired by their idol Adrian Street, the Perfect Bastard strives to positively represent queerness and resist the Puppeteer’s stereotypical and demeaning kayfabe. In the ring, they face off against the likes of champion Jack Holiday and the First Crusher, but their most important battles, against the Puppeteer, take place behind the scenes. They must choose between person and persona, authenticity and humiliating hype, if they want to succeed in the industry. When offered success on the grandest scale—the championship belt—in exchange for mocking their own queerness, the Perfect Bastard questions their path: Will they betray their identity to achieve their dream, or will they walk away from the world of professional wrestling—a world that refuses to make a genuine, healthy space for them?

Download or read book Beautiful Bastard written by Christina Lauren and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling. Discover the story that garnered more than two million reads online. Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He’s exacting, blunt, inconsiderate—and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard. Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family’s massive media business. He never expected that the assistant who’d been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative—completely infuriating—creature he now has to see every day. Despite the rumors, he’s never been one for a workplace hookup. But Chloe’s so tempting he’s willing to bend the rules—or outright smash them—if it means he can have her. All over the office. As their appetites for one another increase to a breaking point, Bennett and Chloe must decide exactly what they’re willing to lose in order to win each other. Originally only available online as The Office by tby789—and garnering over 2 million reads on fanfiction sites—Beautiful Bastard has been extensively updated for re-release.

Download or read book Beautiful Bastard written by Mark T. Farias and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unwanted, unheralded and completely unnecessary autobiography of Mark T. Farias. The tales and taunts, hits and misses, facts and fictions, misadventures and misdeeds of Captain Charisma! Strap yourself in and hang on for the ride that literally takes you around the world and back again...Beautiful Bastard

Download or read book The Perfect Bastard written by Pipit Chie and published by Pipit's Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pertama kali mengenalnya, dia itu berengsek dimataku. Sikapnya sangat dingin dan ketus. Dan sialnya aku harus bertahan bertahun-tahun kerja brsamanya. Tapi lambat laun, saat ia berusaha mendekati aku, aku mulai melihat sisi yang berbeda. Sisi yang tidak pernah aku lihat sebelumnya. Dia tidak semenyebalkan sebelumnya. Ternyata dia lucu, menggemaskan dan begitu lembut. Apa yang harus kukatakan padanya saat ia memintaku menjadi pacarnya? Dalam mimpi sekalipun aku tidak pernah membayangkan bahwa Rafandi Gibran Zahid akan memintaku menjadi kekasihnya. Ini pasti halusinasiku saja. Oh Tuhan, Tolong terbangkan saja aku ke Korea Selatan segera, agar aku bisa bertemu dengan para pria impianku yaitu para member BTS pujaanku. Please.

Download or read book The Perfect Bastard 2 The Perfect Husband written by Pipit Chie and published by Pipit's Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-26 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Menikah ... kupikir menikah itu mudah. Cukup hanya dengan saling mencintai. Tapi benarkah semudah itu? Lalu bagaimana dengan egoku dan egonya yang masih saling bertentangan?

Download or read book Beautiful Stranger written by Christina Lauren and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scorching sequel to Beautiful Bastard! Escaping a cheating ex, finance whiz Sara Dillon’s moved to New York City and is looking for excitement and passion without a lot of strings attached. So meeting the irresistible, sexy Brit at a dance club should have meant nothing more than a night’s fun. But the manner—and speed—with which he melts her inhibitions turns him from a one-time hookup and into her Beautiful Stranger. The whole city knows that Max Stella loves women, not that he’s ever found one he particularly wants to keep around. Despite pulling in plenty with his Wall Street bad boy charm, it’s not until Sara—and the wild photos she lets him take of her—that he starts wondering if there’s someone for him outside of the bedroom. Hooking up in places where anybody could catch them, the only thing scarier for Sara than getting caught in public is having Max get too close in private.

Download or read book The Queen s Bastard written by C. E. Murphy and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2008-04-29 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wow. C. E. Murphy is good. Court intrigue in an alternate Elizabethan-era fantasy world: realpolitik with the sex included.” –Kate Elliott, author of Crown of Stars In a world where religion has ripped apart the old order, Belinda Primrose is the queen’s secret weapon. The unacknowledged daughter of Lorraine, the first queen to sit on the Aulunian throne, Belinda has been trained as a spy since the age of twelve by her father, Lorraine’s lover and spymaster. Cunning and alluring, fluent in languages and able to take on any persona, Belinda can infiltrate the glittering courts of Echon where her mother’s enemies conspire. She can seduce at will and kill if she must. But Belinda’s spying takes a new twist when her witchlight appears. Now Belinda’s powers are unlike anything Lorraine could have imagined. They can turn an obedient daughter into a rival who understands that anything can be hers, including the wickedly sensual Javier, whose throne Lorraine both covets and fears. But Javier is also witchbreed, a man whose ability rivals Belinda’s own . . . and can be just as dangerous. Amid court intrigue and magic, loyalty and love can lead to more daring passions, as Belinda discovers that power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. “C. E. Murphy vividly reimagines Renaissance Europe as a world both familiar and strange. Filled with intrigue and betrayal, her story is a chess game with six of seven sides, and I look forward to seeing what the next moves are.” –Marie Brennan, author of Warrior and Witch From the Trade Paperback edition.

Download or read book The Beautiful Series Collection Chloe Bennett written by Christina Lauren and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The love-hate romance of the Beautiful Bastard and his assistant has engrossed millions of readers worldwide. Finally in one steamy set comes the complete love story of New York Times bestselling author Christina Lauren’s original power couple. The perfect gift for any romance fan, it will leave readers breathless—with anticipation and laughter. BEAUTIFUL BASTARD (the sexy meet-cute): Whip-smart, ambitious intern Chloe Mills is so tempting that her completely infuriating and utterly irresistible boss Bennett Ryan is willing to bend the office rules—or outright smash them—if it means he can have her. All over the office. BEAUTIFUL BITCH (the engagement): When Chloe’s career starts to take off, Bennett wishes it would all slow down long enough so he can have one wild night alone with his girlfriend. They take their fiery love-hate relationship to the next level with two plane tickets, one French villa, and a surprising conversation that leaves them wrestling under the covers. BEAUTIFUL BOMBSHELL (the bachelor party): When his bachelor party gets completely derailed, Bennett takes every chance to rendezvous secretly with the woman he loves behind his friends’ backs. The happy couple gets one last blazing prewedding hurrah—but if what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, they might not ever want to leave! BEAUTIFUL BEGINNING (the wedding): Chloe and Bennett have come a long way since their blazing conference room romps. Wedding bells can’t chime soon enough, so they can finally say their vows—and break the no-sex-until-the-wedding-night rule that keeps backfiring. Join them for the wedding of the century!

Download or read book The Bastard Brigade written by Sam Kean and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb. Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely have the secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the middle of building an atomic bomb, the leaders of the Manhattan Project were alarmed to learn that Nazi Germany was far outpacing the Allies in nuclear weapons research. Hitler, with just a few pounds of uranium, would have the capability to reverse the entire D-Day operation and conquer Europe. So they assembled a rough and motley crew of geniuses -- dubbed the Alsos Mission -- and sent them careening into Axis territory to spy on, sabotage, and even assassinate members of Nazi Germany's feared Uranium Club. The details of the mission rival the finest spy thriller, but what makes this story sing is the incredible cast of characters -- both heroes and rogues alike -- including: Moe Bergm, the major league catcher who abandoned the game for a career as a multilingual international spy; the strangest fellow to ever play professional baseball. Werner Heisenberg, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist credited as the discoverer of quantum mechanics; a key contributor to the Nazi's atomic bomb project and the primary target of the Alsos mission. Colonel Boris Pash, a high school science teacher and veteran of the Russian Revolution who fled the Soviet Union with a deep disdain for Communists and who later led the Alsos mission. Joe Kennedy Jr., the charismatic, thrill-seeking older brother of JFK whose need for adventure led him to volunteer for the most dangerous missions the Navy had to offer. Samuel Goudsmit, a washed-up physics prodigy who spent his life hunting Nazi scientists -- and his parents, who had been swept into a concentration camp -- across the globe. Irène and Frederic Joliot-Curie, a physics Nobel-Prize winning power couple who used their unassuming status as scientists to become active members of the resistance. Thrust into the dark world of international espionage, these scientists and soldiers played a vital and largely untold role in turning back one of the darkest tides in human history.

Download or read book Arrogant Bastard written by Zara Cox and published by Forever. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An exotically filthy, devastatingly beautiful story that will captivate and tease you long after the book is finished." -- Audrey Carlan, New York Times bestselling author on Beautiful Liar I'm known as the Black Widow because the desires I hide inside are pure poison. I was a different person once. Faith, a young wife, hoping to become a mother. My life was pleasant. Stable. It was hell. Until Killian Knight opened my eyes to a world of espionage and intrigue. He saw something in me, something I was too afraid to acknowledge. I didn't want to be excited by the danger. Didn't want to crave the wicked passion only he could provide. But I did want, so now I run. And I pay. I never meant to corrupt her, but I'm not sorry. After all, I'm already damned. After four years of searching and longing, I've finally found her. Faith, the one person in the world I breathe for. She lives beneath my skin as surely as I wear proof of our transgressions inked on my body. And like the forbidden fruit that doomed us from the beginning, our end is inevitable. We lived with no regret. We loved without inhibition. We betrayed those closest to us. We killed for that love. Now...we will burn in hell together.

Download or read book Beautiful Bitch written by Christina Lauren and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picking up where Beautiful Bastard left off, Chloe Mills and Bennett Ryan continue their steamy, combative relationship in this new novella. Just when Chloe’s career starts to take off, Bennett wishes it would all slow down long enough to spend a wild night alone with his intern-cum-girlfriend. Preferably one in which he can show her he’s still the boss. After her continued refusals to take time off with him, Bennett can finally no longer take no for an answer. And so the couple find themselves with two plane tickets, one French villa, and a surprising conversation that, predictably, leaves them wrestling under the covers. Chloe Mills and Bennett Ryan continue their fiery love-hate relationship...and take it to the next level.

Download or read book Beautiful Boss written by Christina Lauren and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ninth work in the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling series that started with Beautiful Bastard. In this e-novella, Will Sumner and Hanna Bergstrom (from Beautiful Player) find that a wedding and everlasting love were just the beginning. One Player tamed. One nerd girl satisfied. And one more major life decision to make. When Will fell for Hanna, her quirky sense of humor and fierce dedication to her career were part of the attraction. (Not to mention her coy newbie attitude toward sex and her willingness to let him teach her everything.) But when the job offers start rolling in for her—and oh, they do—Hanna has trouble deciding what she wants, where they should live, and how much she should burden Will with the decision. Magic between the sheets is only one part of a relationship...getting on the same page is quite another altogether.

Download or read book Bastard Bartender written by Lauren Runow and published by I-80 Romance. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meeting a man in Vegas is easy. Finding one to settle down with? Not so much. When I relocated to Sin City for my job, I decided this was my fresh start to get away from old habits, including my penchant for dating the wrong type of guy. Namely, bad boys. So, I came up with an experiment to make me expand my dating horizons. I can only talk to men whose name begins with a certain letter of the alphabet. After I meet them, we hang out, and we might date for a short period of time, but if he’s not the one I move on to the next letter. It’s easy, and it leads me to meeting all kinds of new men until one night at the bar, a very sexy bartender discovers my little plan. The cocky bastard of a bartender is Nicolás Antonio Santiago, and he’s as gorgeous as his name. Enthusiastic, charming, and clever, Nic takes to my love life with interest and helps me with my pursuits. We become fast friends, and he whisks me on his wild adventures. His impulsive ways become addictive, and while I’ve been trying to stay away from bad boys, I find myself falling for one. As our relationship grows intense, I have to push my desires aside and stay the course. Nic doesn’t do love or relationships. Even if the sexual tension between us is palpable, I have an experiment to finish, and the next letter in my list is far from N. They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. My fear is when I leave, my heart will stay here too.

Download or read book Beautiful written by Christina Lauren and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the entire BEAUTIFUL series cast for one final hurrah! A FREE-SPIRITED GIRL IN NEED OF A BREAK. A MAN WEIGHED DOWN BY RESPONSIBILITY. A ROAD TRIP VACATION WHERE ALL BETS ARE OFF. OH, AND A LOT OF WINE. After walking in on her boyfriend shagging another girl in their place, Pippa Bay Cox ditches London for the States to go on a drunken road trip with Ruby Miller and some of her Beautiful friends. Scaling the career ladder is the default way to deal with heartbreak—and to just deal—for Jensen Bergstrom. Absolutely buried by his drive and workload, he rarely takes time for himself. But when his sister Hanna convinces him to join the gang on a two-week wine tour, he has a rare moment of cutting loose. Of course, it’s only once he’s committed that he realizes the strange girl he met briefly on the plane is coming along, too. She might be too much for him…or he might realize his life has become too small and needs her to make it bigger, crazier. With this circle of friends there’s always something going on: from Chloe and Sara’s unexpected personality swaps to Will’s new domestic side to Bennett’s text message barrage and George’s own happily-ever-after. In short, their adventures in love, friendship, and hilarity are nothing short of Beautiful.

Download or read book The Perfect Bastard written by L. K. Collins and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the one thing you shouldn't do when your wife leaves you? Sleep with your best friend's sister. It's too bad Roan Reddick never got that piece of advice before he fell into bed with Mia Cavalano. She's smart, sassy, and sexy as hell. She's also the only woman to flip his world upside down since his wife. And she's leaving for college in two days, which is good considering he's not looking for a relationship, not now, not with the agony that lives inside him from his past. But Roan can't kick the craving he now has for Mia. One choice changed everything. After years away, Mia realizes they just aren't meant to be. So she vows to keep her focus on her career and forget about the one-night stand that rocked her world so long ago. But when work transfers her back to Boston, a place that holds so many memories, she has no choice but to go. All she has to do is stick to her plan and keep her focus on work, which should be easy, right? Besides, in a city of half a million people, how hard can it be to avoid the perfect bastard? AUTHOR'S NOTE: The Perfect Bastard is a full-length stand-alone novel with an HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger. This story contains mature subject matter. Not intended for those under 18, but those over will thank us later...happy reading!

Download or read book Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue written by John H. McWhorter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we say "I am reading a catalog" instead of "I read a catalog"? Why do we say "do" at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, author McWhorter distills hundreds of years of lore i

Download or read book Her Beautiful Bastard written by Victoria Vale and published by Victoria Vale. This book was released on with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: