Download or read book If the Mountain Were Smooth written by Angelina Marie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If the Mountain Were Smooth" tells the story of a troubled twenty-year-old trying to find herself in New York City. In the midst of a troubling scandal, involving high-level military personnel and civil rights, Gabby must make difficult decisions that will affect not only her life, but the lives of those around her. This fast-paced, emotion-driven novel pulls at the hearts of readers.

Download or read book Giveadamn Brown written by Robert Deane Pharr and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larry "Giveadamn" Brown is thrust into the high stakes world of his deceased uncle's Harlem dope and numbers empire.

Download or read book Corrupting His Good Girl written by Cass Kincaid and published by EverLust Books. This book was released on 2023-11-06 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was the love of my life when we were teenagers. Now, she's going to find out she still is. Vienna was Garrison High's good girl—valedictorian, scholarships, and a mouth that couldn't even utter a curse word. She was also my everything. High school sweetheart, first love…and the one who got away. One stupid mistake on prom night, and I lost her. For ten years. Not a word, not a glimpse. Then, she crashed into me—literally—tilting my world on its axis, making my body ache with the memory of her touch, and giving my heart a reason to beat again. With Vienna back in town, details about the night that ruined us start to surface. Nothing is what it seems. Nothing, except the undeniable attraction that still lingers between us, the smoldering desire that not even a decade apart could extinguish. I lost her once. I won't let it happen again. Even if it means revealing secrets that are better off buried, and falling in love all over again with the woman who's perhaps not as sweet and innocent as she once was. Corrupting His Good Girl is the first standalone book in the His & Hers Duet.

Download or read book Anger Is My Middle Name written by Lisbeth Zornig Andersen and published by AmazonCrossing. This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An empowering memoir of resilience and redemption, and the rage that helped a girl escape the darkness of a harrowing childhood. Born to a violently dysfunctional home in working-class Denmark, Lisbeth Zornig Andersen and her three older brothers were bounced between foster care and state-run institutions, then back again to their chemically dependent mother and sadistic stepfather. For Lisbeth, it was a childhood without perimeters. It was blighted by poverty, sexual abuse, neglect, betrayal, and further victimization by the broken Danish social services system that forced Lisbeth to live where and how it saw fit. Coming of age with a myriad of fears and emotional disorders, Lisbeth had three things that would become driving forces in her life: she was extraordinarily bright, extremely willful, and exceptionally angry. From hell to liberation, this is Lisbeth's emotional and galvanizing memoir told in two voices: that of a young girl who was unwanted, challenged, and defiant, and that of a woman who channeled her rage into a positive force as a passionate advocate for children's rights. Whatever darkness defines the past, it can be used to change the future. Lisbeth's heart-wrenching and ultimately uplifting journey is proof.

Download or read book Smooth Talkin Stranger written by Lorraine Heath and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today bestselling author Lorraine Heath pens the simmering story of two star-crossed souls who find a passionate love under the expansive Texas sky. Serena Hamilton has never had a one-night stand, but the supreme loneliness she feels after the loss of her husband drives her to a bar and into the arms of a sexy stranger. Afterward, she's racked by guilt...or at least she knows she should be. But there's something about her one-time lover that makes her think they may share more than just out-of-control chemistry. Hunter Fletcher isn't a commitment kind of guy, but the woman he meets at the honky-tonk stirs a new kind of longing. A covert operative for the CIA, Hunter carries his share of secrets. But when they intersect with Serena's tragic past, he fears she won't want to know the truth...or that once she does, the only woman he's ever loved will leave him forever.

Download or read book Smooth written by Matt Burns and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin’s acne is horribly, hideously bad. Can a risky treatment fix his face — and his entire life? A witty and sharply observed debut. Fifteen-year-old Kevin has acne, and not just any acne. Stinging red welts, painful pustules, and massive whiteheads are ruining his life. In an act of desperation, he asks his dermatologist to prescribe him a drug with a dizzying list of possible side effects — including depression — and an obligatory monthly blood test. But when he meets Alex, a girl in the lab waiting room, blood test day quickly becomes his safe haven — something he sorely needs, since everyone, including his two best friends, is trying his last nerve. But as Kevin’s friendships slip further away and he discovers who Alex is outside of the lab, he realizes he's not sure about anything anymore. Are loneliness and self-doubt the side effects of his new acne meds? Or are they the side effects of being fifteen? Told in a bitingly funny first-person narration, this debut novel crackles with wry and wistful insights about the absurdities of high school, longing and heartbreak, and a body out of control. A surefire hit for teen boys and reluctant readers, Smooth gets under the skin of a tenth-grader who is changing — inside and out.

Download or read book The Power of Names in Identity and Oppression written by Robin Phelps-Ward and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-18 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories and personal narratives are powerful tools for engaging in self-reflection and application of critical theory in higher educational contexts. This edited text centers "name stories" as a vehicle to promote readers’ understanding of social identity, oppression, and intersectionality in a variety of educational contexts from residence halls and classrooms to faculty development workshops and executive leadership board rooms. The contributors in this volume reveal how names may serve as entry points through which to foster learning and facilitate conversations about identity, power, privilege, and systems of oppression. Through an intersectional perspective, chapter authors reveal interlocking systems of oppression in education while also providing recommendations, lessons learned, reflection questions, and calls to action for those working to transform and advance equity-minded campus climates. This unique volume is for educators at colleges and universities doing equity work, seeking ways to initiate, facilitate, and maintain rich conversations about identity.

Download or read book Terms of Attraction written by Kylie Brant and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets between a female sniper and an ex-SEAL threaten to explode in this classic romantic thriller from the bestselling author of Terms of Engagement. Alpha Squad sniper Ava Carter trusted no one. Especially not Cael McCabe, the security pro who’d hired her as an elite bodyguard and had somehow unearthed her hidden past. Cael, a commanding ex-SEAL, was no stranger to secrets himself. He was intent on concealing from Ava a lifelong obsession for revenge. Now on assignment in a South American jungle, their professional relationship was steaming up. But both understood not to mix business with pleasure. They needed to deceive each other for the sake of the mission. And both knew their efforts to resist each other would never last . . .

Download or read book Will Rise from Ashes written by Jean M Grant and published by Jean M Grant. This book was released on 2024-04-14 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living is more than mere survival... Young widow AJ Sinclair has persevered through much heartache. Has she met her match when the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, leaving her separated from her youngest son and her brother? Tens of thousands are dead or missing in a swath of massive destruction. She and her nine-year-old autistic son Will embark on a risky road trip from Maine to the epicenter to find her family. She can't lose another loved one. Along the way, they meet Reid Gregory, who travels his own road to perdition looking for his sister. Drawn together by AJ's fear of driving and Reid's military and local expertise, their journey to Colorado is fraught with the chaotic aftermath of the eruption. AJ's anxiety and faith in humanity are put to the test as she heals her past, accepts her family's present, and embraces uncertainty as Will and Reid show her a world she had almost forgotten.

Download or read book Creepin Around written by Tabeitha Pollard and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chrystianna is a woman torn. Her heart is with, Fabian, the man who swept her off her feet the moment she met him one night at a club. She wants to be with him at all costs, but is fearful of Prophet, the man that she has been with since high school, who is also the father of her two-year-old twins. Prophet has beaten her mentally and physically and she is terrified to leave him. That is until an incident in her home forces her to make a drastic decision. Fabian is the type of man who gets whatever he wants and, right now, he wants Chrystianna and won't stop until he has her. He's ready to wage war against Prophet in order to make Chystianna his but is she ready to leave the past for a future with the man of her dreams? Magic has been friends with Chrystianna since tenth grade. The two have a bond that is super tight but one secret could ruin it all: Magic has been sleeping with Prophet off and on for years and may even have kids with him. When all of her lies and secrets begin to surface, her life changes in ways that no one would ever see coming. A familiar face comes in and makes her realize that all she has to do is open up and love herself, but will it be too late to right her wrongs? Prophet is a man with more issues than Vogue. He beats and cheats on Chrystianna with her best friend and others. Plus, he has secrets that threaten everything around him. From his heroin use, to his down-low sex life, Prophet has so much to lose if exposed. He has done a good job at hiding his double life, until a fiasco erupts right at his doorstep. Will he survive? Or will he be outed to everyone around him? Follow the lives of these individuals as they are all intertwined in some way. Lies, deceit and broken promises all threaten to do damage to everyone’s lives in part one of this heart-pounding trilogy.

Download or read book Ocean Light written by Nalini Singh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh dives beneath the surface of her Psy-Changeling world into a story of passionate devotion and selfless love... Security specialist Bowen Knight has come back from the dead. But there’s a ticking time bomb in his head: a chip implanted to block telepathic interference that could fail at any moment—taking his brain along with it. With no time to waste, he should be back on land helping the Human Alliance. Instead, he’s at the bottom of the ocean, consumed with an enigmatic changeling. Kaia Luna may have traded in science for being a chef, but she won’t hide the facts of Bo’s condition from him or herself. She’s suffered too much loss in her life to fall prey to the dangerous charm of a human who is a dead man walking. And she carries a devastating secret Bo could never imagine. But when Kaia is taken by those who mean her deadly harm, all bets are off. Bo will do anything to get her back—even if it means striking a devil’s bargain and giving up his mind to the enemy…

Download or read book Monster Hunter International Second Edition written by Larry Correia and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2015-05-13 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains an all-new afterword by New York Times best-selling author Larry Correia! Welcome to Monster Hunter International. Five days after Owen Zastava Pitt pushed his insufferable boss out of a fourteenth story window, he woke up in the hospital with a scarred face, an unbelievable memory, and a job offer. It turns out that monsters are real. All the things from myth, legend, and B-movies are out there, waiting in the shadows. Officially secret, some of them are evil, and some are just hungry. On the other side are the people who kill monsters for a living. Monster Hunter International is the premier eradication company in the business. And now Owen is their newest recruit. It's actually a pretty sweet gig, except for one little problem. An ancient entity known as the Cursed One has returned to settle a centuries old vendetta. Should the Cursed One succeed, it means the end of the world, and MHI is the only thing standing in his way. With the clock ticking towards Armageddon, Owen finds himself trapped between legions of undead minions, belligerent federal agents, a cryptic ghost who has taken up residence inside his head, and the cursed family of the woman he loves. Business is good . . . At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). Lexile Score: 710

Download or read book Families in Later Life written by Alexis Walker and published by Pine Forge Press. This book was released on 2001-01-22 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The introductory essays and readings, drawn from both literature and social science research, vividly illustrate the diversity of aging experiences both within and across American families diversity conditioned by social space, historical time, and individual biography.

Download or read book Finding Jacob Book Two written by Tracie Podger and published by S&P Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life for Jacob had been uncomplicated before Anna, but he wouldn’t change it for the world. That was until the world crashed around him. Finding himself has to become his priority, it is to take all his strength and courage. Pushing Anna away is a part of that. That is until he meets the one person that can talk him round. Finding Jacob, the Jacob he thought he needed to be, turned out to be the hardest challenge he had ever faced. And it was only at the end that he realised, Anna needed the Jacob he was, not the one he thought he should be. But had he left it too late?

Download or read book The Day God Asked Me a Question written by Patrick Irish and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Day God Asked Me a Question" is a heart warming book that will take you into the depths of one man's struggle with sin, and his ultimate triumph through Jesus Christ. Find out his answer to the question that God asked him.

Download or read book Project Sanctuary written by Steven Lee and published by Book Venture Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-20 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of Los Angeles, California is holding its collective breath. The Satanic Stalker is haunting LA. The President’s FBI Task Force is hunting for the murderous villain. The CIA and the Secret Service are trying to protect the President and Vice President of the United States. The Disciples of Atlantis have a plan to assassinate the President and Vice President. Monique Hunter is the spokeswoman for the Disciples of Atlantis. She is a sexy, sassy woman. Monique is a devote Satanist. She is a true believer in the power of Lucifer. Justin Connery is the Assistant Director of the FBI. Connery has a theory that the spoiled, rich girl, Monique Hunter and her Disciples of Atlantis are behind the Satanic Stalker murders. Who will live and who will die? The power of faith in God and country are tested. Only the true believers will be victorious.

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