Download or read book Rapturous Quantum Series Book 4 written by Marie Force and published by HTJB, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s all about power until one woman takes control—and breaks his heart. Hayden I made a huge mistake kissing Addie after winning the Oscar. All this time, I’ve resisted the incredible pull I feel toward my best friend’s assistant, and now I’ve given her reason to hope I might come around. I won’t. I simply can’t give her the one thing she wants most. I won’t give it to her, no matter how much she begs for it. Addison Surely that passionate kiss in front of the whole world meant something, didn’t it? How can Hayden act like that never happened when I’m on fire from wanting more than just a quick taste of him? Something is keeping him from acting on the attraction that simmers between is, and I’m determined to find out what it is. When Addie stumbles upon the secret that Hayden, Flynn and her other close friends have kept from her, will she allow hurt feelings to get in the way of true love? Hayden won’t share his lifestyle with her, so Addie decides to conduct her own research. Will she be intrigued or repulsed? And what will Hayden do when he finds out how she’s been spending her evenings? Warning: If you hate foul-mouthed heroes who like it a little rough and dirty, this might not be the book for you. Contains steamy scenes and situations that might not appeal to the faint of heart. Enter at your own risk and enjoy the sensual indulgence of Hayden and Addie’s steamy story! Content warning: These books are erotic romance that includes BDSM.
Download or read book Rapturous A Tame Quantum Novel written by Marie Force and published by HTJB, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A slightly TAMER version of Rapturous—all the romance, all the heat, just a little less erotic. Control is his mantra…until one woman breaks his control—and his heart. It's Oscar night, and Academy Award-winning director Hayden Roth spontaneously kisses the woman he desires above all others, even though he knows she can never be his. Addison York craves her boss's best friend, Hayden, but he has never given her an ounce of encouragement--until tonight when he kissed her after winning the Oscar. Was that kiss the start of something or another in a long line of frustrations where Hayden is concerned? Something is keeping him from acting on the attraction that simmers between them, and Addie is determined to find out what it is. But when she stumbles upon the secret that Hayden, Flynn and her other close friends have kept from her, will she allow hurt feelings to get in the way of true love? When Hayden won't share his BDSM lifestyle with her, Addie decides to conduct her own research. Will she be intrigued or repulsed? And what will Hayden do when he finds out how she's been spending her evenings?
Download or read book Virtuous Quantum Series Book 1 written by Marie Force and published by HTJB, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My ferocious little beast of a dog just bit the biggest movie star in the world… And then he asked me out. Natalie The last thing in the world I’m looking for is a man. I just want to walk my dog and get on with my day, but when Fluff breaks loose from her leash and bites the most famous man in the world, I realize nothing about this day is going to go as planned. After what I’ve survived in my life, I have no patience for men who think women owe them something, especially a man who could have any woman he wants. Flynn I’m instantly captivated, and all I want is to know her name and every other thing about the gorgeous young woman whose dog bit me. I don’t care that I’m supposed to be working or that my best friend will want to kill me for delaying production. I just want her, but when I chase after her, I quickly realize it’s going to take a lot more than my famous name and face to scale the walls she’s built around her well-guarded heart. Can Flynn and Natalie’s new love survive the incessant scrutiny of nonstop media coverage of their relationship? From Hollywood to Las Vegas, Flynn and Natalie’s whirlwind love affair has it all—romance, passion, steamy hot nights, relentless paparazzi and a murder that could be their undoing. Flynn is a dirty-talking hero who puts it all on the line for the woman he loves, who leaves no desire unfulfilled, who’ll do anything it takes to protect what’s his… CLIFFHANGER WARNING! Go right from Virtuous to Valorous and then Victorious to get Flynn and Natalie’s steamy story. After that, read five more standalone stories that feature Flynn’s business partners in the Quantum Production Company. No cliffhangers in books 3-8
Download or read book Famous Quantum Series Book 8 written by Marie Force and published by HTJB, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A stunning conclusion to a breathtaking series.” I thought I’d finally met the man of my dreams... Marlowe I’ve planned this night for weeks, down to the last detail. I want it to be perfect. Bringing someone new into my private life is not something I do lightly, having learned the hard way over the years that celebrity has a dark downside that I go out of my way to avoid whenever possible. But he is different. We’ve been together for months and the time is right to take this next step with him. It doesn’t take long for me to realize I’ve made a huge mistake trusting this man. Before things go from bad to worse, I have the presence of mind to know I’m in big, big trouble. Marlowe Sloane’s story, FAMOUS, is the thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Quantum Series. The Quantum Series Book 1: Virtuous (Flynn & Natalie) Book 2: Valorous (Flynn & Natalie) Book 3: Victorious (Flynn & Natalie) Book 4: Rapturous (Hayden & Addie) Book 5: Ravenous (Jasper & Ellie) Book 6: Delirious (Kristian & Aileen) Book 7: Outrageous (Emmet & Leah) Book 8: Famous (Marlowe)
Download or read book Victorious Quantum Series Book 3 written by Marie Force and published by HTJB, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes you must lose everything before you find your way home… Natalie I’m heartbroken by the secrets Flynn has kept from me after I bared my soul to him, sharing things with him I’ve never told anyone else. I have no idea if we can put our relationship back together after I learn the truth about him from the worst possible person. Flynn After experiencing the bliss of loving Natalie, I’ll die if I can’t win her back. I screwed up. Badly. I’ll do whatever it takes to convince her that she can trust me and that everything I’ve done has been because I love her so much. But if I can’t? I won’t survive. It’s that simple and that complicated. The sizzling finale to Flynn and Natalie’s story will have you cheering for them to find their happily ever after—one way or the other. NO CLIFFHANGER in this book or Quantum Series books 4-8. Content warning: A sexual assault storyline may be upsetting to some readers. These books are erotic romance that includes BDSM.
Download or read book Ravenous written by M. S. Force and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She wants a baby. He wants her. Simple enough, right?Ellie Godfrey has kissed her share of frogs. So many, in fact, that she fears she won't recognize her prince if and when he finally comes along. Tired of waiting for THE ONE, Ellie decides to have a baby on her own before it's too late. When Jasper Autry hears about Ellie's plan, what else can he do but step in and offer to "contribute" to her project. Does that make him an opportunist? Whatever. He wants the perpetually out-of-reach Ellie Godfrey, and when he sees his chance, he takes it. That she's the sister of his business partner and close friend Flynn gives him pause, but it doesn't stop him from having what he wants.As Jasper and Ellie embark upon their secret "project," he makes it clear that for as long as they're together, he's in charge--in the bedroom anyway. After the hottest sex of her life, Ellie realizes she's made a deal with the devil himself.Warning: If you hate foul-mouthed heroes who like it a little rough and dirty, this might not be the book for you...Contains hot and sexy BDSM scenes among other things that might not appeal to the faint of heart. Enter at your own risk and enjoy!
Download or read book Valorous written by M. S. Force and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second installment in the New York Times bestselling Quantum trilogy by author Marie Force, writing as M.S. Force. He's a sexual dominant. She's sworn off sex. There's no way they can make a relationship work--or can they? After crashing into her destiny, Natalie discovers destiny can be a double-edgedsword when he's the biggest movie star in the world... Can Flynn and Natalie'snew love survive the incessant scrutiny, among other challenges they face?From Hollywood to Las Vegas, Flynn and Natalie's whirlwind love affair has it all--romance, passion, steamy hot sex, relentless paparazzi and a murder that could betheir undoing. Flynn is a dirty-talking hero who puts it all on the line for the womanhe loves, who leaves no desire unfulfilled, who will do anything it takes to protectwhat's his...
Download or read book Rapturous a Tame Quantum Novel written by Marie Force and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A slightly TAMER version of Rapturous--all the romance, all the heat, just a little less erotic. Control is his mantra...until one woman breaks his control--and his heart. It's Oscar night, and Academy Award-winning director Hayden Roth spontaneously kisses the woman he desires above all others, even though he knows she can never be his. Addison York craves her boss's best friend, Hayden, but he has never given her an ounce of encouragement--until tonight when he kissed her after winning the Oscar. Was that kiss the start of something or another in a long line of frustrations where Hayden is concerned? Something is keeping him from acting on the attraction that simmers between them, and Addie is determined to find out what it is. But when she stumbles upon the secret that Hayden, Flynn and her other close friends have kept from her, will she allow hurt feelings to get in the way of true love? When Hayden won't share his BDSM lifestyle with her, Addie decides to conduct her own research. Will she be intrigued or repulsed? And what will Hayden do when he finds out how she's been spending her evenings?
Download or read book Outrageous Quantum Series Book 7 written by Marie Force and published by HTJB, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She drives him crazy in more ways than one. Leah Every time I see Quantum Production’s chief counsel, Emmett Burke, at work, the only thing I can think about is how much I want to lick him. Everywhere. I’ve never had that reaction to a man, and the fact that he’s a much-older colleague makes my out-of-control attraction to him far more complicated than it should be. Every day, I bring a new legal question to Emmett, hoping to catch his attention and make him see me as a grown woman who wants him desperately. I walk a fine line in trying to remain professional as the assistant to superstar Marlowe Sloane while lusting after Marlowe’s sexy attorney. Emmett She’s like a fly buzzing around my head that can’t be swatted away. She’s always there, looking at me, asking me legal questions that have nothing to do with my specialty in entertainment law and generally driving me mad with her overt sexiness and sassy mouth. I want to toss her over my desk and run the sass right out of her, which is hardly the way a professional who loves his job should behave in the office—especially with a young, fresh, sexy colleague. Hell, I drafted the rule against interoffice fraternization! Leah gets the chance to step up for Emmett, helping him through an unfortunate “accident,” showing him she’s much more than just a smart mouth and a sexy body. When she realizes she has genuine feelings for him—and that those feelings are reciprocated—she wonders if he’ll take a chance on her or continue to hold her at arm’s length. Slowly but surely, she chips away at his resistance, and he begins to crave more of her. As Leah confronts a dangerous threat from her past, Emmett is forced to acknowledge that his “annoying little fly” has worked her way firmly into his heart—and his bed. Join the entire Quantum team at the company’s vineyard in Napa for Hayden and Addie’s wedding, when things take a serious turn for Leah and Emmett. Content warning: These books are erotic romance that includes BDSM.
Download or read book The Love Letters written by Madeleine L'Engle and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Past and present collide in this heartfelt novel of love and loss from the National Book Award–winning author of A Wrinkle in Time. After the tragic death of her son and the seeming collapse of her marriage, Charlotte Napier flees to Portugal in the hopes of finding guidance from her mentor: her mother-in-law, Violet. Instead, she finds solace in the letters of Mariana Alcoforado, a seventeenth-century nun. Charlotte and Mariana’s stories may be different in origin, but they share the same inner turmoil. As she reads the letters, Mariana’s spiritual journey sheds light on Charlotte’s own crisis. Finding inspiration in the nun’s struggles with sin, temptation, and faith, Charlotte gains perspective on her own mind—and sets out to accept the demanding, challenging nature of love. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L’Engle including rare images from the author’s estate.
Download or read book Quantum Entanglement written by Jed Brody and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of quantum entanglement and the ways in which it contradicts our everyday assumptions about the ultimate nature of reality. Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common sense. (Think of Schrödinger's Cat, famously both dead and alive.) An especially rigorous form of quantum contradiction occurs in experiments with entangled particles. Our common assumption is that objects have properties whether or not anyone is observing them, and the measurement of one can't affect the other. Quantum entanglement—called by Einstein “spooky action at a distance”—rejects this assumption, offering impeccable reasoning and irrefutable evidence of the opposite. Is quantum entanglement mystical, or just mystifying? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Jed Brody equips readers to decide for themselves. He explains how our commonsense assumptions impose constraints—from which entangled particles break free. Brody explores such concepts as local realism, Bell's inequality, polarization, time dilation, and special relativity. He introduces readers to imaginary physicists Alice and Bob and their photon analyses; points out that it's easier to reject falsehood than establish the truth; and reports that some physicists explain entanglement by arguing that we live in a cross-section of a higher-dimensional reality. He examines a variety of viewpoints held by physicists, including quantum decoherence, Niels Bohr's Copenhagen interpretation, genuine fortuitousness, and QBism. This relatively recent interpretation, an abbreviation of “quantum Bayesianism,” holds that there's no such thing as an absolutely accurate, objective probability “out there,” that quantum mechanical probabilities are subjective judgments, and there's no “action at a distance,” spooky or otherwise.
Download or read book The Meaning of Lost and Mismatched Socks written by Perditus Pedale and published by Frog Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there anything more mysterious—and frustrating—than the disappearance of a sock? Investigating this common phenomenon from a quasi-scientific perspective, Dr. Perditus Pedale postulates a number of explanations, with many theoretical, historical, and contemporary asides. Though written in jest, the book addresses a conundrum that genuinely puzzles many. Included are interviews with passersby, comments from other authorities, and delightful illustrations—all created by Dr. Pedale, the domestic naturalist.
Download or read book Human and Machine Consciousness written by David Gamez and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consciousness is widely perceived as one of the most fundamental, interesting and difficult problems of our time. However, we still know next to nothing about the relationship between consciousness and the brain and we can only speculate about the consciousness of animals and machines. Human and Machine Consciousness presents a new foundation for the scientific study of consciousness. It sets out a bold interpretation of consciousness that neutralizes the philosophical problems and explains how we can make scientific predictions about the consciousness of animals, brain-damaged patients and machines. Gamez interprets the scientific study of consciousness as a search for mathematical theories that map between measurements of consciousness and measurements of the physical world. We can use artificial intelligence to discover these theories and they could make accurate predictions about the consciousness of humans, animals and artificial systems. Human and Machine Consciousness also provides original insights into unusual conscious experiences, such as hallucinations, religious experiences and out-of-body states, and demonstrates how ‘designer’ states of consciousness could be created in the future. Gamez explains difficult concepts in a clear way that closely engages with scientific research. His punchy, concise prose is packed with vivid examples, making it suitable for the educated general reader as well as philosophers and scientists. Problems are brought to life in colourful illustrations and a helpful summary is given at the end of each chapter. The endnotes provide detailed discussions of individual points and full references to the scientific and philosophical literature.
Download or read book The Cult of Smart written by Fredrik deBoer and published by All Points Books. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of Vulture’s Top 10 Best Books of 2020! Leftist firebrand Fredrik deBoer exposes the lie at the heart of our educational system and demands top-to-bottom reform. Everyone agrees that education is the key to creating a more just and equal world, and that our schools are broken and failing. Proposed reforms variously target incompetent teachers, corrupt union practices, or outdated curricula, but no one acknowledges a scientifically-proven fact that we all understand intuitively: Academic potential varies between individuals, and cannot be dramatically improved. In The Cult of Smart, educator and outspoken leftist Fredrik deBoer exposes this omission as the central flaw of our entire society, which has created and perpetuated an unjust class structure based on intellectual ability. Since cognitive talent varies from person to person, our education system can never create equal opportunity for all. Instead, it teaches our children that hierarchy and competition are natural, and that human value should be based on intelligence. These ideas are counter to everything that the left believes, but until they acknowledge the existence of individual cognitive differences, progressives remain complicit in keeping the status quo in place. This passionate, voice-driven manifesto demands that we embrace a new goal for education: equality of outcomes. We must create a world that has a place for everyone, not just the academically talented. But we’ll never achieve this dream until the Cult of Smart is destroyed.
Download or read book Against the Day written by Thomas Pynchon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-13 with total page 1584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year Spanning the era between the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, and constantly moving between locations across the globe (and to a few places not strictly speaking on the map at all), Against the Day unfolds with a phantasmagoria of characters that includes anarchists, balloonists, gamblers, drug enthusiasts, mathematicians, mad scientists, shamans, spies, and hired guns. As an era of uncertainty comes crashing down around their ears and an unpredictable future commences, these folks are mostly just trying to pursue their lives. Sometimes they manage to catch up; sometimes it’s their lives that pursue them.
Download or read book While You Sleep A Novel written by Stephanie Merritt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern-day ghost story set on a remote Scottish island, While You Sleep is a page-turning, chillingly erotic Hitchcockian thriller evoking the dark atmospheric of a house that may be more than it seems . . . It begins, they say, with a woman screaming . . . On a remote Scottish island, the McBride house stands guard over its secrets. A century ago, a young widow and her son died mysteriously there; just last year a local boy, visiting for a dare, disappeared without a trace. For Zoe Adams, newly arrived from America, the house offers a refuge from her failing marriage. But her peaceful retreat is disrupted by strange and disturbing events: nighttime intrusions; unknown voices; a constant sense of being watched. The locals want her to believe that these incidents are echoes of the McBrides’ dark past. Zoe is convinced the danger is closer at hand, and all too real—but can she uncover the truth before she is silenced?
Download or read book Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine written by Alan P. Lightman and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2018 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this meditation on religion and science, Lightman explores the tension between our yearning for permanence and certainty, and the modern scientific discoveries that demonstrate the impermanent and uncertain nature of the world. As a physicist, he has always held a scientific view of the world. But one summer evening, while looking at the stars from a small boat at sea he was overcome by the sensation that he was merging with a grand and eternal unity, a hint of something absolute and immaterial. This is his exploration of these seemingly contradictory impulses, and the journey along the different paths of religion and science that become part of his quest. -- adapted from publisher info.
