Download or read book The Pawn and the Puppet written by Brandi Szeker and published by . This book was released on 2022-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Pawn and The Puppet The Pawn and The Puppet 1 written by Brandi Elise Szeker and published by VAJONA Verlag. This book was released on 2024-10-16 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Emerald Lake Anstalt ist kein Ort, den man freiwillig besucht. Die neunzehnjährige Skylenna hat jedoch ein Versprechen abgegeben, das sie einhalten muss. Nach ihrer Einstellung verfolgt sie nur ein Ziel — sie will dem Rat beweisen, dass barbarische Behandlungen wie Waterboarding, kochende Bäder und Schläge nicht mehr die Antwort sind. Doch all das gerät ins Stocken, als sie auf die Quelle des Schreckens in der Anstalt trifft. Ein Patient mit einer gespaltenen Persönlichkeit – auf der einen Seite ist er Dessin, ein blutdürstiges Genie. Auf der anderen Seite eine tief in seinem Unterbewusstsein begrabene Persönlichkeit. Als Dessin bei einem versuchten Zellenausbruch erwischt wird, droht ihm die Hinrichtung. Nur Skylenna kann dies verhindern, sollte sie seine Kernpersönlichkeit hervorbringen und seine Menschlichkeit offenbaren können. Sie hat neunzig Tage, um sein Leben zu retten. Aber dafür muss sie mit ihm in seine Welt aus meisterhaften Puppenspielereien eintauchen. Eine verbotene Anziehungskraft entsteht entgegen ihrer besten Urteile. Stück für Stück deckt Skylenna die finsteren Geheimnisse seiner Vergangenheit auf, die ihn zu dem Monster gemacht haben, vor dem sich alle fürchten. Und Dessin hat trotz der furchterregenden, unzerstörbaren Persönlichkeit, die er der Welt präsentiert, eine Schwäche: sie.

Download or read book The Puppeteer and The Poisoned Pawn The Pawn and The Puppet 3 written by Brandi Elise Szeker and published by VAJONA Verlag. This book was released on 2025-02-19 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skylennas Welt dreht sich nicht mehr nur um Dessin, als sie von einem neuen Geheimnis erfährt, das er verborgen gehalten hat. Geplagt von Verrat, Wut und lähmenden Wellen der Verwirrung, muss Skylenna ihre Gefühle beiseite legen und sich darauf konzentrieren, DaiSzek vor der Vexamen-Breed zu retten. Doch nach einer Tragödie begibt sie sich allein auf eine Reise, um dunkle Geheimnisse ihrer Vergangenheit aufzudecken. Die verlorenen Erinnerungen ihrer Kindheit. Die fehlenden Teile von Dessins großem Plan. Was, wenn diese düstere Wahrheit ausreicht, um sie die Klippe hinunterzustürzen? Was geschieht, wenn das süße, mitfühlende Mädchen verschwunden ist und nur noch ein Monster bleibt? Skylenna ist nicht länger eine hilflose Schachfigur. Stattdessen nimmt sie die Fäden in die Hand und inszeniert das dunkelste Puppenspiel, das jemals die Bühne der Emerald Lake Anstalt erreicht hat.

Download or read book The Doll and The Domination The Pawn and The Puppet 4 written by Brandi Elise Szeker and published by VAJONA Verlag. This book was released on 2025-04-16 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Als Skylenna, Dessin und ihre Freunde einen entscheidenden Fehler an Bord eines feindlichen Kriegsschiffs machen, landen sie in den höllischen Käfigen des Vexamen-Gefängnisses. Dort gibt es alles, von Vergnügungshaus-Nächten bis hin zu öffentlichen Hinrichtungen. Was passiert, wenn Patient Dreizehn nicht der einzige Großmeister ist, der das Spiel genießt? Lerne Kaspias Valdawell kennen, den Zwillingsbruder von Kane, aufgezogen von den wahnsinnigen Führern der Vexemen, um den perfekten Kommandanten zu erschaffen. Er ist der ultimative Aufseher für seine besonderen Insassen. Während ihres Aufenthalts kämpfen Dessin und Skylenna darum, ihre Familie zu schützen, Skylennas neue Fähigkeiten im Kampf zu verstehen und den bedrohlichen Methoden ihrer neuen Gefangenschaft zu widerstehen. Werden sie Zeit haben, um eine große Flucht zu planen? Oder wird diese grausame Gefangenschaft das geschickteste Spiel von Patient Dreizehn dominieren und sie zu gehorsamen Puppen in einem Zirkus machen?

Download or read book The Prince and the Pawn written by B B Reid and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic finale. A coming-of-age tale of loss, love, and redemption from bestselling author B.B. Reid. They were wrong for each other from the start.The jock and the nerd, what a cliché they made.He was the town prince, and she was a nobody.Tyra Bradley was invisible. That is until she told him he needed some manners, and so began their game of cat and mouse. She ran, he chased.It was perfect. Except Vaughn Rees has a deep, dark secret. Promised to the NFL, but fated for something sinister, Vaughn knows she's forbidden fruit. To want more is to tempt death. He's already in too deep. When a betrayal unravels their fragile ties, the good girl runs as fast as she can. What Tyra doesn't know? They're a siren's song. She can run, but they'll always be bound. They're two souls torn apart and mended by fate. And now...Vaughn isn't the only one with a secret. Alternate Cover Edition. The Prince and the Pawn is an interconnected standalone and book four of the When Rivals Play series. You should read The Peer and the Puppet, The Moth and the Flame, and The Punk and the Plaything prior to reading this installment. Content suitable for 18+.

Download or read book The Pawn and The Puppet The Pawn and The Puppet 1 written by Brandi Elise Szeker and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pawn in Frankincense written by Dorothy Dunnett and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fourth book in the legendary Lymond Chronicles, Francis Crawford of Lymond desperately searches the Ottoman empire for his kidnapped child. Somewhere within the bejeweled labyrinth of the Ottoman empire, a child is hidden. Now his father, Francis Crawford of Lymond, soldier of fortune and the exiled heir of Scottish nobility, is searching for him while ostensibly engaged on a mission to the Turkish Sultan. At stake is the political order of three continents, for Lymond's child is a pawn in a cutthroat game whose gambits include treason, enslavement, and murder. In that game's final move, which is played inside the harem of the Topkapi palace, Lymond will come face to face with his most implacable enemy and the dreadful ambiguities of his own nature. With a Foreword by the author.

Download or read book The Peer and the Puppet written by B. B. Reid and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angst! Adrenaline! Sexy times! The Peer and the Puppet had me salivating for MORE! My favorite since Fear Me. -- Tijan, NYT Bestselling author THE PUPPET Borrow the bike. Win the race. Collect the cash. It should've been an easy job. Ran out of town with a broken leg and a lawsuit, my mother's latest flame swoops in like a knight in gilded armor. Blackwood Keep is a place I don't belong, and I'm not the only one who knows. To the boy across the hall, my savior's only son, I'm a stray looking for a bone. He's lord of the manor. King of the academy. And number one on my shit list. THE PEER I have no intentions of becoming a happy family with the social climber and her wild daughter. A bottle of Jameson and a cracked skull gets my problem shipped to reform school, but I didn't bank on her returning. Four's out to get even, and she almost had the perfect plan: expose the privileged kid moonlighting as a gangbanger. She's smart, but she'll have to be smarter. Sending her away won't be good enough this time. I'm going to have to tame the little troublemaker. To the girl across the hall, the one without a name, I'm nothing without my silver spoon. She's lady of the trailer park. Queen of the swamps. And my new favorite pastime. Alternate Cover Edition. The Peer and the Puppet is an interconnected standalone and book one of the When Rivals Play series. Content suitable for 18+.

Download or read book The Master and The Marionette The Pawn and The Puppet 2 written by Brandi Elise Szeker and published by VAJONA Verlag. This book was released on 2024-12-11 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skylenna hat die Chandelier City, die Emerald Lake Anstalt und die verdrehten gesellschaftlichen Zwänge der Frauen hinter sich gelassen, um mit dem Patienten zu fliehen, vor dem alle Angst haben. Dessin. Als sie sich in den unerforschten Wäldern verstecken, erfährt Skylenna, dass das Geheimnis des berüchtigten Patienten Dreizehn noch lange nicht gelöst ist. Jede gefährliche Situation bringt eine neue Persönlichkeit hervor und damit einen neuen Mann, der ihre Anziehung vertieft. Erst als sie auf unerwartete Verbündete und alte Kolonien der Wälder stoßen, haben sie einen Grund, freiwillig in die Anstalt zurückzukehren. Doch nicht als Angestellte. Dieses Mal ist Skylenna die zwölfte Patientin der Emerald Lake Anstalt. Wird Dessin beweisen, dass sie ihm genauso viel bedeutet wie er ihr? Oder spielt der Meister nur mit seiner Marionette?

Download or read book The Puppeteer and The Poisoned Pawn The Pawn and The Puppet 3 written by Brandi Elise Szeker and published by . This book was released on 2025 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Puppet written by Londyn Quinn and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He calls me a puppet, but I'm the one pulling the strings.I am a Hawthorne. He is an Iazetti.Oil and water, we were never meant to mix.We did, once upon a time, When it was forbidden and dangerous.That time has passed, And the stakes are even higher, But anger and rejection still fester deep in my soul.Xander Iazetti used to be my everything, And then he yanked it all away like the monster he is.Thanks to my controlling father, my life is no longer my own.I'm now a pawn in a very deadly game, A game everyone except me knows how to play.I've lost so much, shed my last tear.Now it's my turn to win.Author note: This is Book One in The Ridgeview Prep Series, A Dark High School Bully Romance Duet that will leave you on the edge of your seat and gasping for air. Tread lightly. These books are not for the faint of heart. It is an upper YA romance and not intended for readers unde

Download or read book The Pawn written by Skye Warren and published by Book Beautiful. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Ana Huang, L.J. Shen, and J.T. Geissinger, THE PAWN is a breathtakingly sensual virgin auction romance novel that you can read for FREE. You've never seen chess played like this... "Wickedly brilliant, dark and addictive!" - Jodi Ellen Malpas, #1 New York Times bestselling author The price of survival... Gabriel Miller swept into my life like a storm. He tore down my father with cold retribution, leaving him penniless in a hospital bed. I quit my private all-girl's college to take care of the only family I have left. There's one way to save our house, one thing I have left of value. My virginity. A forbidden auction... Gabriel appears at every turn. He seems to take pleasure in watching me fall. Other times he's the only kindness in a brutal underworld. Except he's playing a deeper game than I know. Every move brings us together, every secret rips us apart. And when the final piece is played, only one of us can be left standing. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE PAWN is a full-length contemporary novel from New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren about revenge and seduction in the game of love. It's the first book in the captivating ENDGAME trilogy. "Sinfully sexy and darkly beautiful, The Pawn will play games with your heart and leave you craving more!" - Laura Kaye, New York Times bestselling author "Edgy, provocative and deeply erotic, The Pawn is one of my top reads of the year! Skye Warren brings you a sensual battle of wills guaranteed to leave you gasping by the end." - Elle Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author "Smart, dark, deeply sensual read with characters I fell in love with from the minute they walked onto the page!" - Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author "Positively sinful, and outrageously sexy! Emotions run high and readers will be left gasping." - Lisa Renee Jones, New York Times bestselling author "Skye Warren's THE PAWN is a triumph of intrigue, angst, and sensual drama. I was clenching everything. Gabriel and Avery sucked me in from the first few paragraphs and never let go." - Annabel Joseph, New York Times bestselling author "With the precision of a high-stakes game of Chess, THE PAWN is dark, sexy, and deliciously calculated. Gabriel is the perfect alpha, leaving you reeling as his dominance, power, and unexpected tenderness creates the ideal mixture. Five glowing stars." - Aleatha Romig, New York Times bestselling author "A stealthy, sensual, twisted game of cat and mouse that sucked me in completely and had me turning the pages faster and faster. Cunning and brilliant." - K.L. Kreig, USA Today bestselling author

Download or read book The Puppet Master written by Abigail Osborne and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover who is really pulling the strings in this “cracking debut . . . The tension [Osborne] creates in her writing, you could cut through with a knife” (CrimeBookJunkie). Billie is hiding from the world in fear of a man who nearly destroyed her. But a chance meeting with budding journalist, Adam, sparks a relationship that could free her from her life of isolation and dread. Unbeknownst to Billie, Adam knows exactly who she is and is determined to expose her and get justice for the lives he believes she has ruined. But first, he needs to convince her to open up to him. As an unwanted attraction blossoms between them, Adam comes to realize that all is not as it seems. Are Adam and Billie both being played? One thing is for sure, The Master wants his puppets back—and he’ll do anything to keep them. “An intelligent and well-crafted debut.” —Random Things Through My Letterbox “The Puppet Master took over my world until the last turn of the page, several days on, the book is still stalking the confines of my mind.” —Sweet Little Book Blog “Abigail Osborne has really captured the heart of a good psychological thriller, developing characters and situations which really hold your attention.” —Jen Med's Book Reviews “Osborne is an intriguing new voice in the psychological thriller world and I look forward to reading more of her work in the future.” —Damppebbles “For a debut novel, this is a first-rate psychological thriller. The story flows seamlessly.” —The Haphazardous Hippo “[Osborne] has a natural flare for storytelling.” —My Chestnut Reading Tree

Download or read book Chess Strategy for Club Players written by Herman Grooten and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new 3rd edition has, besides various corrections and improvements, a new introduction and a brand-new chapter called ‘Total Control’. In this 35-page chapter Grooten adds the final instructive brick to his formidable, yet very accessible, building: inspired by Tigran Petrosian’s playing style he explains amateurs how to exploit small advantages. With a new set of exercises. ---- Every club player knows the problem: the opening has ended, and now what? First find the right plan, then the good moves will follow! With this book, International Master Herman Grooten presents to amateur players a complete and structured course on: how to recognize key characteristics in all types of positions how to make use of those characteristics to choose the right plan His teachings are based on the famous "Elements" of Wilhelm Steinitz, but Grooten has significantly expanded and updated the work of the first World Champion. He supplies many modern examples, tested in his own practice as a coach of talented youngsters. In Chess Strategy for Club Players you will learn the basic elements of positional understanding: -- pawn structure -- piece placement -- lead in development -- open files -- weaknesses -- space advantage -- king safety -- exploiting small advantages. The author also explains what to do when, in a given position, the basic principles seem to point in different directions. Each chapter of this fundamental primer ends with a set of highly instructive exercises.

Download or read book Popeye Classics written by Bud Sagendorf and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Re-presenting the classic Popeye comic book series that debuted in 1948 by Bud Sagendorf, the long-time assistant to creator E.C. Segar! Carefully reproduced from the original comic books and lovingly restored, Volume 1 contains issues #1-4, with stories such as "That's What I Yam," "Ghost Island," and "Dead Valley." Also includes all of Sagendorf's gloriously funny one-pagers.

Download or read book The Punk and the Plaything written by B. B. Reid and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling author B.B. Reid comes a riveting, second chance romance... Never trust a nice ass and a smile. That girl is definitely poison.When I first came to Blackwood Keep, I was just looking for a thrill.Instead, I found a beautiful fraud--a tomboy my wildest dreams couldn't conjure.Bee didn't just run with boys; she ran the boys. It was only a matter of time before I gave chase.It took one summer for me to win her over and two to lose her forever.My summer love turned ice queen. Without heart or thought, she ruined me. Four years and an ocean between us, I still can't forget that she chose my cousin...so I won't.When the clock strikes twelve, you're mine, Cinderella.It's too late to turn back time. Alternate Cover Edition. The Punk and the Plaything is an interconnected standalone and book three of the When Rivals Play series. You should read The Peer and the Puppet and The Moth and the Flame prior to reading this installment. Content suitable for 18+.

Download or read book The Ascendance Series Books 1 3 The False Prince The Runaway King and The Shadow Throne written by Jennifer A. Nielsen and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read the first three books in Jennifer A. Nielsen's New York Times bestselling Ascendance Series: The False Prince, The Runaway King, and The Shadow Throne! Available together for the first time, along with a sneak peek at the highly anticipated fourth book in the series, The Captive Kingdom, coming October 2020! The New York Times bestselling series thrills with danger and deceit and the revelation of hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.In a discontented kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner's motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword's point -- he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. But Sage's rivals have their own agendas as well.As Sage moves from a rundown orphanage to Conner's sumptuous palace, layer upon layer of treachery and deceit unfold, until finally, a truth is revealed that, in the end, may very well prove more dangerous than all of the lies taken together.So begins the saga of the False Prince -- journey with him toward an unpredictable fate through wild twists and turns in these first three books, collected in one volume available exclusively in ebook.And be sure to look for the fourth book in the series, The Captive Kingdom, coming this fall!