Download or read book Two Turtle Island Doves written by Kim Law and published by J-Ko Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-20 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if love really is meant to last? Kelly and Becky Griffin can’t seem to keep their hands off each other—which would be fine if they weren’t divorced. Every few months, looking for “closure,” they fall into bed together. To keep his mind off of Becky and his foundering acting career, Kelly heads to Turtle Island, Georgia, to be a contestant in the Yummy Santa contest. But when Becky shows up, winning the title is suddenly the last the thing on his mind. Becky has arrived with more than hot ex-sex on the agenda. She’s got a big secret to get off her chest, if she can only get Kelly to listen. Will these two finally get the closure they need, or will their reunion spark a second chance at first love? All bets are off in this fun, sexy romance with Kim Law’s signature Southern charm.
Download or read book Lost Land of the Dodo written by Anthony Cheke and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mascarene islands in the southern Indian Ocean - Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues - were once home to an extraordinary range of birds and reptiles. Evolving on these isolated volcanic islands in the absence of mammalian predators or competitors, the land was dominated by giant tortoises, parrots, skinks and geckos, burrowing boas, flightless rails & herons, and of course (in Mauritius) the Dodo. Uninhabited and only discovered in the 1500s, colonisation by European settlers in the 1600s led to dramatic changes in the ecology of the islands; the birds and tortoises were slaughtered indiscriminately while introduced rats, cats, pigs and monkeys destroyed their eggs, the once-extensive forests logged, and invasive introduced plants from all over the tropics devastated the ecosystem. The now-familiar icon of extinction, the Dodo, was gone from Mauritius within 50 years of human settlement, and over the next 150 years many of the Mascarenes' other native vertebrates followed suit. The product of over 30 years research by Anthony Cheke, Lost Land of the Dodo provides a comprehensive yet hugely enjoyable account of the story of the islands' changing ecology, interspersed with human stories, the islands' biogeographical anomalies, and much else. Many French publications, old and new, especially for Réunion, are discussed and referenced in English for the first time. The book is richly illustrated with maps and contemporary illustrations of the animals and their environment, many of which have rarely been reprinted before. Illustrated box texts look in detail at each extinct vertebrate species, while Julian Hume's superb colour plates bring many of the extinct birds to life. Lost Land of the Dodo provides the definitive account of this tragic yet remarkable fauna, and is a must-read for anyone interested in islands, their ecology and the history of our relationship with the world around us.
Download or read book Marry Me Cowboy written by Kim Law and published by J-Ko Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s doing it the way a Holly is supposed to. The right job, the right man, the right kind of wedding. Only, none of it suits Mary Catherine. Brad is good for her. They make an excellent team. Mary Catherine can see that. She’ll make the perfect surgeon’s wife. The fact she and Brad have been friends since childhood doesn’t hurt either. Yet something feels off. Maybe it’s simply the over-the top wedding her stepmother has orchestrated. Maybe it’s cold feet? But then Mary Catherine runs into Jax. The bad boy, hell-raising, hotter than a metal tailgate in the late-summer Texas sun cowboy . . . Jax. The guy she once broke all the rules for. Sigh. She once planned to marry Jax. But in two weeks she’s going to walk down the aisle to Brad instead.
Download or read book Christmas With Her Fake Boyfriend written by Kim Law and published by J-Ko Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She needs a date for her friend’s Christmas wedding. He has to go home—and won’t do it alone. But their fake relationship was never supposed to feel real. Courtney and Sean share a common goal: survive the holiday season and get back to life as they know it. Courtney Maddux is a talented boudoir photographer and cherishes the life she’s built in Holly Creek. Her smothering mother, however . . . has other plans. The pressure to abandon her “unconventional” job and settle down to start a family weigh heavy on Courtney, as the last thing she wants is to disappoint her mom. But the wounds her mother carries serve as a cautionary tale, and opening herself to others is something Courtney simply can’t see risking. Sean Wallace is only months into an unprecedented leap of faith. He walked away from a lucrative job, once secured with the help of his adoptive father, to become a partner in a struggling brewery. Living in a town reminiscent of his childhood, however, leaves him unable to ignore the memories always lurking in the back of his mind. And with those whispers now ever-present, the thought of returning solo for his parents’ vow renewal is out of the question. Will Sean and Courtney’s pact to be each other’s plus-ones survive the holiday chaos? Or will the friendship forged from their shared scars convince them that opening their hearts might lead to a future never envisioned? Introducing: The Betting On Christmas Collection A big city billionaire with a bride from a small town. A high society New York City wedding with a momzilla being bossy boots. And a bridal party with one crazy bet. Will the bridesmaids and groomsmen find their own dates to the wedding of the century this Christmas, or will they all fall victim to Momzilla’s decree? Find out in the Betting on Christmas romance collection by ten bestselling authors.
Download or read book Montana Inspired written by Kim Law and published by J-Ko Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewel Jackson has one goal for the remainder of the rodeo season: finish with the best bucking bull in the business. The owners of Double B Pro Rodeo have decided to sell, and if Jewel can ensure their star bull continues to perform as expected, she’ll earn the Brandons a huge payday. Of course, by doing so, she’ll also be maneuvering herself right out of a job. Bobby Brandon, youngest sibling of the Brandon clan and long-time friend of Jewel’s, has returned home to help at the Double B while another employee is away. Spending the summer in Birch Bay is no big deal. He doesn’t start his Pharmacy degree until the Fall, and he always loves coming home to visit. Plus, he and his ex are finally over, and he could use the break. He’ll help with the bulls while also enjoying quality time regrouping in his studio, then he’ll get back to his “real” life at summer’s end. That is, unless hanging out with Jewel upends his lifelong plans the same way one smile from her suddenly reverses his intentions for a low-key summer. Passion ignites when two long-time friends find themselves in the right place at the right time, and as Jewel struggles with the idea of walking away from the animals that have always meant so much, Bobby finds himself reevaluating his entire livelihood.
Download or read book Caught in the Act written by Kim Law and published by J-Ko Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect political daughter finds escape with a love from her past but can’t outrun the spotlight… Widowed, single mother Catherine Davenport Carlton has spent her life supporting her political family. Thinking she’s the only one with something to hide. But when family secrets come to light and she realizes she wasn’t on the need-to-know list, she gets fed up. Slipping away for a quiet vacation, Cat wants only to relax. And to ogle the handsome neighbor. He’s exactly the kind of distraction and release she needs. Only, he’s no stranger. Brody Hollister was her first love, her first heartbreak… The father of the baby she was forced to give up, a daughter he doesn’t even know existed. He’s spent years pining over Cat. Now she’s back, as beautiful and captivating as ever. Dragging the Davenport drama with her. With his own family secrets and issues to contend with, getting involved with Cat again isn’t a good idea. Especially since they could directly affect her. Too bad neither can deny what they both want. But when the ugly truths float to the surface, will the realities of their lives drive them apart or draw them together for good? Download this steamy second-chance romance about a woman desperate to get away from family dramas and a man hiding from who he is, filled with secrets and all-consuming passion.
Download or read book Nature s Music written by Peter R. Marler and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-10-05 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination. Nature’s Music brings together some of the world’s experts on birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our understanding of how and why birds sing, what their songs and calls mean, and how they have evolved. All contributors have strived to speak, not only to fellow experts, but also to the general reader. The result is a book of readable science, richly illustrated with recordings and pictures of the sounds of birds. Bird song is much more than just one behaviour of a single, particular group of organisms. It is a model for the study of a wide variety of animal behaviour systems, ecological, evolutionary and neurobiological. Bird song sits at the intersection of breeding, social and cognitive behaviour and ecology. As such interest in this book will extend far beyond the purely ornithological - to behavioural ecologists psychologists and neurobiologists of all kinds. * The scoop on local dialects in birdsong * How birdsongs are used for fighting and flirting * The writers are all international authorities on their subject
Download or read book Caught on Camera written by Kim Law and published by J-Ko Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America’s golden boy and a woman with a scarred past trying not to get caught on camera… JP Davenport was born political royalty. There’s no escaping the attention always focused on him—no matter how hard he tries. And when the senate seat needs to be filled, all eyes in the country turn his way. But he doesn’t want it. His attention is focused on one thing—Vega, the beautiful videographer trying to score an interview with him. Despite their instant chemistry, she seems immune to his charms. Which only makes him want her more. He doesn’t know the truth. Being with him would thrust Vega in the spotlight and expose her own secrets. After hiding for years behind the lens to escape her past, she doesn’t want to be put in front of it. Yet her feelings for the dashing, charming, golden boy of American politics places her front and center. When their attraction finally combusts and dirty deeds from the past resurface to sully the present, will it mean an end to their future, or is love worth the risk? Download this steamy romance about a man desperate to get out from under his family name and a woman hiding from her past, filled with political intrigue, secrets, and scandals.
Download or read book The Davenports written by Kim Law and published by J-Ko Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-10 with total page 1371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family drama never took so many twists and turns. Romance has never been so emotional. Welcome to the world of the Davenports. The Davenports can do no wrong. Everyone loves them. Expectations are high and always met. “This is my big, multi-generational political family—but these are not political books. There are three siblings in this generation of Davenports, and that’s what these books are. JP, Cat, and Bennett’s love stories. Three sweeping romances that’ll make you smile . . . that’ll turn you on a little . . . and that will have you cheering each couple to the finish line. Only, what none of the siblings expect are the secrets that start tumbling from their family closets. In book one, it’s a crack in the surface. Unexpected—and certainly not good—but something the family can handle. Reality hits in book two with the discovery that one little secret was merely the tip of the iceberg. Bonds are tested as more lies are exposed, and some bonds are broken. Some will bring you to tears. Book three is the culmination of all that’s come before it. The oldest sibling retires from the Army and returns home, ready to face the truth that sent him packing twenty years before. However, there’s one last twist in the Davenport saga. One scandal they could have never seen coming. And that scandal—and that book—was one of my favorite things ever to write.” Caught on Camera JP is the man of the moment, a member of the powerful and untouchable Davenport family. Vega has a past she’s not proud of and has worked hard to bury it. When the two are thrown together, and chemistry ignites, they learn that secrets have a way of coming out. Secrets which could ruin the lives they’ve built—and jeopardize any chance of having a future together. Caught in the Act Catherine vows to take a vacation from her drama-filled family, and when she arrives in the small Maine town, she’s surprised to find none other than her first love. Falling back into the arms of Brody ensures her vacation becomes her salvation, but will their relationship survive when being together uncovers the biggest Davenport scandal yet? Caught off Guard Bennett retires from the Army wanting nothing more than a night with his long-time hook-up Aubrey before facing his mother about a Davenport family secret which has been ignored for too long. But when his mother’s life is threatened and Aubrey sticks by his side, they go from hook up to something more. Can Bennett really trust the journalist in his bed? Or is Aubrey’s true goal to end the Davenport dynasty for good? One family saga, three emotional romances. Read the completed series today.
Download or read book BIRDS FROM NORTH BORNEO written by MAX C. THOMPSON and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major part of this report is an account of birds collected by the expedition of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum of Honolulu, Hawaii, to North Borneo, from June 24, 1962, through January 14, 1963. Most of the time spent in the then British Colony was devoted to collecting in lowland habitats. The chief collecting localities were in the vicinity of Quoin Hill on the Semporna Peninsula, and near Kalabakan. Approximately two weeks were spent in surveying the Tenom area. Additional work was done by the North Borneo Department of Agriculture after my departure, mainly by Antonio D. Garcia
Download or read book Wildlife of Madeira and the Canary Islands written by John Bowler and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated photographic field guide is the first to focus on the identification of the fascinating, diverse and unique wildlife of Madeira and the Canary Islands--featuring the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and dragonflies that are most likely to be seen. Richly illustrated introductory sections cover the key wildlife sites to visit on each of the islands and provide an overview of the islands' geography, climate, habitat types and current conservation efforts. Stunning colour photographs highlight the key identification features of each species, and the accompanying text covers status, habitat preference, behaviour and, where appropriate, calls. The guide also features an up-to-date distribution map for each species. Complete with an attractive, user-friendly design, this is a must-have guide for all visitors to these magical islands. A beautifully designed and illustrated photographic field guide to the wildlife of Madeira and the Canary Islands Highlights the islands' unique native species and their conservation status Covers all birds, land and marine mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and dragonflies that are likely to be seen Features richly illustrated introductory sections on key sites to visit on each of the islands, covering their geography, climate, habitats and conservation Includes distribution maps for all species, as well as information on occurrence, status, habitat preference, behaviour and calls
Download or read book The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia The Century dictionary prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney written by William Dwight Whitney and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles written by James Augustus Henry Murray and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Wonderful Mr Willughby written by Tim Birkhead and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Birkhead has combined ingenuity and perseverance to produce an evocative portrait of a great pioneer in the scientific study of birds' Literary Review Francis Willughby lived and thrived in the midst of the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. Along with his Cambridge tutor John Ray, Willughby was determined to overhaul the whole of natural history and impose order on its complexity. It was exhilarating, exacting and exhausting work. Yet before Willughby and Ray could complete their monumental encyclopaedia of birds, Ornithology, Willughby died. In the centuries since, Ray's reputation has grown, obscuring that of his collaborator. Now, for the first time, Willughby's own story and genius are given the attention they deserve. Tim Birkhead celebrates how Willughby's endeavours set a standard for the way birds and natural history should be studied. Rich with glorious detail, The Wonderful Mr Willughby is a fascinating insight into a thrilling period of scientific history and a lively biography of a man who lived at its heart.
