Download or read book Corrupt Kingdom written by Ava Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say Cyrus Reed is ruthless. That he rules the underworld with an iron fist. A criminal. A murderer. A monster.He controlled fortunes and amassed empires.Our paths should never have crossed, but one poker game intertwined our fate. I woke up stranded on his island. Trapped.Forced to play a dangerous game of hate and lust.He said he took me to protect me. That he was saving me. But who will save me from him?

Download or read book Corrupt Kingdom written by Ava Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shattered Dynasty written by Ava Harrison and published by Ah Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today best-selling author Ava Harrison comes an enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn romance with a twist. Trent Aldridge is the devil. Rich. Arrogant. Sinfully handsome. He holds my inheritance in his hands. Twenty-two million dollars I didn't even know about. I met him at a funeral. As one life ended, mine unraveled. Because he has one goal-to ruin me. And Trent Aldridge never loses. My present is gone and my future is in ashes. All because of a past that's not even mine. Control. Power. He has it all now that I'm his maid. He's rude, sarcastic, and well...the hottest man I've ever met. Lust is a dangerous game to play. Where there's smoke, there's fire. And I'm about to be consumed.

Download or read book The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms written by N. K. Jemisin and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her mother's mysterious death, a young woman is summoned to the floating city of Sky in order to claim a royal inheritance she never knew existed in the first book in this award-winning fantasy trilogy from the NYT bestselling author of The Fifth Season. Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Yeine will learn how perilous it can be when love and hate -- and gods and mortals -- are bound inseparably together.

Download or read book The Kingdom of Liars written by Nick Martell and published by Gallery / Saga Press. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brilliant debut fantasy, a story of secrets, rebellion, and murder are shattering the Hollows, where magic costs memory to use, and only the son of the kingdom’s despised traitor holds the truth. Michael is branded a traitor as a child because of the murder of the king’s nine-year-old son, by his father David Kingman. Ten years later on Michael lives a hardscrabble life, with his sister Gwen, performing crimes with his friends against minor royals in a weak attempt at striking back at the world that rejects him and his family. In a world where memory is the coin that pays for magic, Michael knows something is there in the hot white emptiness of his mind. So when the opportunity arrives to get folded back into court, via the most politically dangerous member of the kingdom’s royal council, Michael takes it, desperate to find a way back to his past. He discovers a royal family that is spiraling into a self-serving dictatorship as gun-wielding rebels clash against magically trained militia. What the truth holds is a set of shocking revelations that will completely change the Hollows, if Michael and his friends and family can survive long enough to see it.

Download or read book The Corrupt Kingdom written by Joseph E. Finley and published by New York : Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1972 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical account of the activities of the united mine workers of america, the trade union representing coal miners in the USA from 1840 to 1973 - covers the growth of umw membership, strike and unofficial strike activities, collective bargaining issues, union leadership, internal conflict, legal aspects, political aspects, occupational disease and occupational accidents resulting from a lack of occupational safety, etc. Bibliography pp. 297 to 301.

Download or read book The Stolen Kingdom written by Jillian Boehme and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A bold girl, a kingdom under attack, magic everywhere—I devoured it in one sitting! This book is one wild ride!” —Tamora Pierce on Stormrise Nothing is quite as it seems in this thrilling YA fantasy adventure by Jillian Boehme, The Stolen Kingdom! For a hundred years, the once-prosperous kingdom of Perin Faye has suffered under the rule of the greedy and power-hungry Thungrave kings. Maralyth Graylaern, a vintner's daughter, has no idea her hidden magical power is proof of a secret bloodline and claim to the throne. Alac Thungrave, the king’s second son, has always been uncomfortable with his position as the spare heir—and the dark, stolen magic that comes with ruling. When Maralyth becomes embroiled in a plot to murder the royal family and seize the throne, a cat-and-mouse chase ensues in an adventure of dark magic, court intrigue, and forbidden love. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Broken Reign written by Ava Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Corrupt written by Penelope Douglas and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dreams might be a heart’s desire, but nightmares are its obsession in the first novel of a dark romance series from New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas. Erika Fane’s boyfriend's older brother is handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college's basketball team gone pro, he's more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than he is with her. But she saw him. She heard him. The things that he did, and the deeds that he hid... For years, Erika bit her nails, unable to look away. Now, she’s in college, but she hasn’t stopped watching him. He’s bad and the things she’s seen aren’t content to stay in her head anymore. Because he's finally noticed her. But Michael Crist knows the hold he has on Rika, how much she fears him. She looks down when he enters the room and stills when he’s close. He knows she thinks only of him. When Michael’s brother leaves for the military, leaving Rika alone and unprotected, he knows the opportunity is too good to be true. Three years ago she put Michael’s friends in prison, and now they’re free. Every last one of her nightmares is about to come true.

Download or read book Ruthless Monarch written by Ava Harrison and published by Ah Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author Ava Harrison comes a gritty, twisted standalone romance. Matteo Amante. Dangerous. Deadly. And most of all, devastating. He's the king of the city. Running the mafia and ruling the East Coast. He's at war with his cousin, and I am the casualty. There is nothing Matteo won't do to win. He'll burn everything down to the ground, my hopes and dreams included. He's no hero. He's the handsome devil who will probably kill me in the end. Falling in love with the enemy can destroy me, especially when he is my husband . . .

Download or read book Boardwalk Empire written by Nelson Johnson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through most of the 20th century, Atlantic City, New Jersey, was controlled by a powerful partnership of local politicians and racketeers. Funded by payoffs from gambling rooms, bars and brothels, this corrupt alliance reached full bloom during the reign of Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson - the second of the three bosses to head the Republican machine that dominated city politics and society. In Boardwalk Empire, Nucky Johnson, Louis 'the Commodore' Kuehnle, Frank 'Hap' Farley, and Atlantic City itself spring to life in all their garish splendour. Author Nelson Johnson traces 'AC' from its birth as a quiet seaside health resort, through the corruption, notorious backroom politics and power struggles, to the city's rebirth as an international entertainment and gambling mecca where anything goes. Boardwalk Empire is the true story that inspired the epic HBO series starring Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt and Kelly Macdonald. 'As good, if not better, than the television series' Independent

Download or read book Caligula written by Anthony A. Barrett and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was the Roman emperor Caligula really the depraved despot of popular legend? In this book -- the first major reassessment of Caligula's life and career in over fifty. years -- Anthony A. Barrett draws on archaeological, numismatic, and literary evidence to evaluate this infamous figure in the context of the system that gave him absolute power.Authoritative ... highly readable. -- Bernard Knox, Atlantic MonthlyAn excellent study of the brief reign of Caligula....Barrett is a highly competent historian and clear writer, and the intrinsic interest of his subject is so great that the tougher kind of reader, as well as the scholar, will study this book with pleasure as well as with instruction. -- Hugh Lloyd-Jones, New York Review of BooksBarrett's Caligula fills a long-standing void in providing a balanced, thoroughly documented, and persuasive assessment of Caligula's life and career. This eminently readable book's value is further enhanced by the illustrations and by an appendix discussing Caligula's statuary and coinage. It will prove a welcome addition to the library of anyone with interests in Roman history and culture. -- Joseph J. Hughes, Classical WorldI do not think that any scholar interested in the Julio-Claudian period or any classics or ancient history library could be without this book. Very well written, it should also be popular with the general public. -- Colin M. Wells

Download or read book Invisible Kingdom Volume 1 written by G. Willow Wilson and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eisner Winner for Best New Series of 2020! Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning author G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) and acclaimed artist Christian Ward (2020 Eisner Winner for Best Painter/Digital Artist on this title) team up for an epic sci-fi saga! In a small solar system in a far-flung galaxy, two women—one a young religious acolyte and the other, a hard-bitten freighter pilot—uncover a conspiracy between the leaders of the most dominant religion and an all-consuming mega-corporation. On the run from reprisals on both sides, this unlikely pair must decide where their loyalties lie—and risk plunging the world into anarchy if they reveal the truth. Collects Invisible Kingdom #1–#5.

Download or read book The Scandal of Empire written by Nicholas B. Dirks and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many have told of the East India Company’s extraordinary excesses in eighteenth-century India, of the plunder that made its directors fabulously wealthy and able to buy British land and titles, but this is only a fraction of the story. When one of these men—Warren Hastings—was put on trial by Edmund Burke, it brought the Company’s exploits to the attention of the public. Through the trial and after, the British government transformed public understanding of the Company’s corrupt actions by creating an image of a vulnerable India that needed British assistance. Intrusive behavior was recast as a civilizing mission. In this fascinating, and devastating, account of the scandal that laid the foundation of the British Empire, Nicholas Dirks explains how this substitution of imperial authority for Company rule helped erase the dirty origins of empire and justify the British presence in India. The Scandal of Empire reveals that the conquests and exploitations of the East India Company were critical to England’s development in the eighteenth century and beyond. We see how mercantile trade was inextricably linked with imperial venture and scandalous excess and how these three things provided the ideological basis for far-flung British expansion. In this powerfully written and trenchant critique, Dirks shows how the empire projected its own scandalous behavior onto India itself. By returning to the moment when the scandal of empire became acceptable we gain a new understanding of the modern culture of the colonizer and the colonized and the manifold implications for Britain, India, and the world.

Download or read book Corrupted Empire written by Nicole Fox and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We had a chance at paradise. Then I watched it all burn. Lies. Secrets. Shadows. Blood. My world is filled with these things. I thought I knew how to navigate them. I was wrong. And it's about to cost me everything. My empire is crumbling, because I made the same mistakes my father did. But it's not just riches I'm losing. It's also the only chance I ever had at happiness. My woman... Our son...They are the last things left that matter to me. I'll sacrifice everything to save them. My only question is...Will that be enough?"--page 4 of cover.

Download or read book Corrupted Crown written by Kristen Luciani and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-09 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My best friend's sister needs protection and I need a wife. Kyla Costigan. I can't even say her name without my mouth twisting like I've just tasted poison. Because that's exactly what she is - vicious and stubborn enough to battle the devil himself. She also happens to be the sexiest, most gorgeous woman I've ever laid eyes on...and my best friend's little sister. Time has transformed every inch of her into a sultry vixen, but she still has a black heart trapped inside a body I'd die for. Kyla is also the only woman who can to turn me into a power-hungry and ruthless animal, and right now, that's exactly who I have to be if I'm going to save my family. Turns out, we need each other. So the arrangement has been made. She-Devil is about to become a Mrs. My Mrs. That is, if we don't kill each other first. I'm going to need a bigger pitchfork if I have any shot of surviving. CORRUPTED CROWN is the jaw-dropping and explosive first book in the RECKLESS REIGN trilogy by USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Luciani and the first book of Patrick and Kyla's story. It is an Enemies to Lovers, Arranged Marriage, Second Chance Dark Mafia romance that fans of Nicole Fox and Faith Summers are sure to enjoy! This epic family saga ends with a guaranteed HEA in book three, TARNISHED THRONE. Each trilogy in the MAFIA CRIME KINGS series is about one couple and their journey toward HEA. For the best reading experience, it is suggested that you read the trilogies in order, beginning with CORRUPTED CROWN. Publisher's Note: CORRUPTED CROWN contains adult themes, mature content, and graphic violence some readers might find offensive and/or triggering.