Download or read book Best Laid Plans written by Kristi Rose and published by Vintage Housewife Books. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No “learn to be a PI” video prepared her for this When Samantha True witnesses Wind River's most popular principal keel over dead she knows three things 1. He's been murdered 2. Proving it will be impossible 3. They're gonna think she did it As she works to clear her name, Samantha learns "Principal Josh" is the king of slime balls. Eliminating suspects proves tricky when half the town has a motive for murder. It'll take the right private investigator to crack this killer's best laid plan. Warning: May cause spontaneous laughter. This mystery offers witty banter, characters you'll want to be friends with, and is a perfect escape to the Pacific Northwest. Laughing out loud in public may cause curious glances from strangers.

Download or read book Come Home written by Patricia Gussin and published by Oceanview Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times and USA Today Best-Selling Author Winner of the Florida Book Award Winner of the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Silver Medal Torn between two cultures . . . allegiance to two families . . . a child in the middle Nicole Nelson and Ahmed Masud are a dynamic, highly successful Philadelphia couple. They are partners in a thriving plastic surgery practice, are very much in love, and they adore their young son, Alex. But cracks are beginning to appear in their fairy-tale life: lingering post-9/11 prejudice against Arab men, accumulating malpractice lawsuits for Ahmed, and most recently, pressure from Ahmed's wealthy family in Cairo for him to return to Egypt—permanently—with his son. The Masud family pressure becomes a demand as the Hosni Mubarak regime is seriously threatened by protestors in Egypt. Ahmed's family owes their control of the Egyptian cotton empire directly to Mubarak cronyism. If Mubarak goes down, the Masuds will surely lose their wealth, maybe even their lives. They need Ahmed back in Egypt to implement their plan to move their fortune and family out of Egypt and into South America. Ahmed must make a decision—stay with Nicole in America—or obey his father. And what about their son? Tragic consequences, which Ahmed could have never foreseen, propel both the Masud family and Nelson family on a path toward unspeakable tragedy. "Brave, Unflinching Suspense—Elegant, Intelligent, and Superb . . ." —Lee Child, New York Times best-selling author

Download or read book Tinsel and Tatas written by Kilby Blades and published by Luxe Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get a headstart on the holiday spirit by reading for a great cause! Nearly twenty of today’s most entertaining rom-com authors have teamed up to sell #Books4Boobs. This collection of holiday shorts ranges from sweet to steamy and promises to entertain. 100% of proceeds will benefit the Young Survival Coalition, an international organization focusing on women ages 40 and under who are diagnosed with breast cancer. Titles and Authors Wilder for the Win by Serena Bell Last One Gets the Booby Prize by Kilby Blades Tattooed Tatas by Kameron Claire Mixing Merrymas by Dylann Crush A Trivia Pursuit by Hope Ellis Two Nights to Believe by Melonie Johnson Tits the Season by Tawdra Kandle Decidedly with Tinsel by Stina Lindenblatt The Great Christmas Race by Elizabeth Lynx All I Want is You by Claire Marti Wreath this Ring by MK Meredith Star Bright by Susannah Nix Ta Ta To Heartbreak by Tracey Pedersen Pretty Packages by Marika Ray Rock, Paper, Santa by Piper Rayne Tinsel Bomb by Arell Rivers A Brit Under the Mistletoe by Brenda St John Brown Booby Trapped by Sylvie Stewart

Download or read book Barefoot Chaos written by Marika Ray and published by Marika Ray. This book was released on 2018-04-12 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any chemistry teacher will tell you opposites attract. Unfortunately, I teach English. I spend my days a buttoned up high school teacher and spend my nights with my book boyfriends, not daring to think I could procure one in real life. It's precise, it's controlled….it's boring as hell. The tide shifts and I find myself with a hippie lifeguard who provokes me as much as he turns me on, a Senior class in upheaval, a crazy Beach Squad that wants to befriend me, a wild twin sister back in my business, and a public challenge to expose my long-held secret for the greater good. Do I deduce this chaos is all serendipitous, meant to thrust me into my true place in the world? Ultimately, I have to decide if I can kick off my shoes, dig my toes in the sand, and trust in love again. Barefoot Chaos is the third book in a series of small town romance novels with a splash of humor by a USA Today Bestselling author. If you like strong, sassy heroines, witty banter, and happily ever afters set at the beach, then you’ll love Marika Ray’s Beach Squad series.

Download or read book Ash A Novel written by James Hartman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Leslie Wilson, Major Nicole Brooks and Rev. Roxanne Clement have been through crises before. They've tracked a serial killer. They've lost friends and colleagues to violence. They've maintained their faith. Now a new killer is stalking their community, and the clues are confounding. A Jewish Temple is bombed. Two houses are destroyed. The bodies are piling up, and it's harder than ever to determine what defines and drives the killer. With a case that defies logic, the women face multiple bodies, a mysterious missing person report, and a 30-year-old cold case. A diverse team of investigators probes the details and the clues, following the path wherever it leads - to an explosive collision of secrecy, conspiracy, and murder. The mystery, and the answers, lie deep within the ash.

Download or read book Handcuffed Hussy written by Marika Ray and published by Marika Ray. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I should have known better than to flirt with a hot cop. Jack In my world as a police officer, things were either black or white. Right or wrong. Then Bailey arrived, challenging all my principles. She had a mouth on her, the level of sass matching the exaggerated swing of her hips. I couldn't get her out of my head, even knowing she wasn't right for me. I tried to stay away, I really did. But once I had a taste, I kept coming back for more. Something didn't add up though, and I would figure it out even if it ultimately meant we couldn't be together. Bailey The only thing sexier than his dimple was the set of handcuffs the hottie detective threatened to use on me. If only he'd give me a chance to show him I was more than the tough-girl exterior I'd carefully crafted over the years. Oh yeah, and if I wasn't engaged in criminal activity that would land me in handcuffs...and not in a sexy way. More like an orange jumpsuit way, and I can tell you now, no way in hell would I be caught dead in an ugly jumpsuit. No matter which way this thing ends, I'll be in handcuffs. The question is, will Jack join me in the grey area? Or will I have to do the impossible and admit I was wrong? Handcuffed Hussy is a companion novella in a series of small town romance novels with more than a splash of humor from a USA Today Bestselling author. If you like strong, sassy heroines, witty banter, and happily ever afters set at the beach, then you’ll love Marika Ray’s Beach Squad series.

Download or read book Love and Chaos written by Gemma Burgess and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild child and secret romantic Angie wakes up in a hotel room with $3,000 and no memories of the night before. Her best friends aren't talking to her, she can't get a job in fashion, her parents are divorcing, and she's about to turn twenty-three. And life is about to get much worse. Brooklyn Girls: Love and Chaos continues the story of our five favorite grads sharing a brownstone and starting out in New York City through Angie's eyes. On a journey from private jets and yacht parties to dirty subways and hipster bars via crazy storms, flash floods, and retail jobs from hell, Angie discovers who she is, what she wants, how she's going to get it —and a crazy little thing called true love. Meanwhile, her roommates lives are imploding, too. Coco's self-medicating and self-loathing, Pia's breaking up and cracking up, Madeleine's finding her voice and Julia might—just might—have met someone she can actually date. Brooklyn Girls is the hilarious, inspiring Gemma Burgess series every twenty-something has been waiting for that tells you that whatever you do, whatever mistakes you make, everything is going to be okay. All you need is a little luck, a little work, and your best friends.

Download or read book Love On the Defense written by Marika Ray and published by Marika Ray. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you’ve lived your whole life on the defense, true love isn’t something you believe in anymore. Dean This girl should have a warning label: comes with baggage. But hell, we all have baggage and mine is saying I need to save Brinley. She pushes me away at every opportunity and then drops the most ridiculous jokes that catch me off guard. She’s so much more than a beautiful face. I want to show her how a real man treats the woman he loves. If she lets me... Brinley I had a nightmare of a childhood surviving the abuse of my father. Through it all I’ve had one goal: become a professional beach volleyball player. My life plan was going so well until I met Dean, a gorgeous lifeguard determined to save me from myself. And don’t get me started on the crazy Beach Squad that tries to befriend me and pull me out of my shell. When everything I thought I knew about my past changes, can I find lasting love with Dean while still achieving my pro career? Love on the Defense, formerly titled Beach B!tch, is the second book in a series of small town romance novels with a splash of humor. If you like strong, sassy heroines, witty banter, and happily ever afters set at the beach, then you’ll love Marika Ray’s Beach Squad series.

Download or read book Brighter Than the Boss written by Marika Ray and published by Marika Ray. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If I’d known she was my new employee I never would have kissed her when I found her naked in the locker room. Cain I do the only thing I can do without being fired or sued: I decide to stay far, far away and pretend it didn’t happen. Trouble is, all the whiskey and women in the world can't burn that memory out of my brain. She's everything I'm not: a happy, non-swearing, ray of sunshine. She's positively annoying, but I can't deny the burning attraction that sparks every time we're near each other. Sunny He is so annoying. Don’t even get me started on how stupid hot he is on that motorcycle. Or how he follows me home in the dark to make sure I get there safe. As far as intentions go, his are clear as mud. When a statewide tsunami warning puts our crew of lifeguards in a life or death emergency, Cain and I have to set our feelings aside to work together. Crazy enough, the tsunami and tenuous job situation are the least of my worries when I start digging around in his dark past. Brighter Than the Boss is the fifth book in a series of small town romance novels with a splash of humor by a USA Today Bestsellling author. If you like strong, sassy heroines, witty banter, and happily ever afters set at the beach, then you’ll love Marika Ray’s Beach Squad series.

Download or read book Chaos Burning written by Lauren Dane and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the “always fabulous Lauren Dane”* comes her new novel of a treacherous family legacy, a temptation just as dangerous, and an evil so depraved it can only be spoken of in whispers… The life of Lark Jaansen, hunter in Clan Gennessee, has been shaped by violence and unrest—and it defines her future. Well-trained and resilient, she’s met her militaristic match in Simon Leviathan, a warrior not of this world. Locked in mutual admiration, and a desire so hot it burns, Lark and Simon have something else in common: they love the dark, and as a shadow is cast over their world, they’re each coming into their own. A mysterious war has been waged among the Others. As witches and humans turn against each other, as faes retreat in fear, and as vampires rise, Lark and Simon discover that an unseen force is behind it. A single, hungry entity older than recorded history has returned to gorge on the magick of his victims. He is the Magister, nothing less than the end of time. Finding him is Lark and Simon’s first hope. Surviving him is their last. *Lara Adrian

Download or read book Sweet Dreams written by Marika Ray and published by Marika Ray. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I just want to drink hot chocolate all day, but that guy with all the muscles and the killer tan is super distracting. As a new business owner selling gourmet hot chocolate to tourists and locals alike in our little beach town, I don’t allow for distractions. My plans are set and they don’t include a man. But things heat up faster than I can handle when a bronzed lifeguard pursues me in the most delicious of ways. Mix in a stalker determined to throw me off my game and an ass-kicking Squad of friends…well, then you have a comical situation. If it was happening to someone else. I may appear to be a damsel in distress, but I can save my own damn self, thank you very much. And I might just keep that hot lifeguard as the whipped cream on top of my sweet dreams. Sweet Dreams is the first book in a series of small town romance novels with a splash of humor. If you like strong, sassy heroines, witty banter, and happily ever afters set at the beach, then you’ll love Marika Ray’s Beach Squad series.

Download or read book Block s Road written by Karen Renee and published by Karen Renee. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 𝘼 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚. I can’t resist the cocky motorcycle man, even though Block is old enough to be my father. He said he didn’t do commitments, which made it the perfect night of fun. Except afterward, nobody else appeals to me. Block shows up weeks later, and I break my one-time-only rule. I won’t fall for his arrogant smile and burly, tattooed build. It’s one last night to get him out of my system. Neither of us wants a relationship. Yet, every wicked thing he does to me feels different - like it could be the real thing. When a threat lands on my doorstep, one final night with Block becomes a three-day-weekend. He insists on helping me resolve my problems which only brings us closer. The day after our weekend together, I find out he’s my new boss. Life always shoots me down and being with Block is no different. Problem is, Block thinks we can be an exception. I don’t want to be an exception. We should quit while we can. 𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙤𝙣𝙚-𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩-𝙩𝙤-𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙥𝙝𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙜𝙤, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠’𝙨 𝙍𝙤𝙖𝙙.

Download or read book Beach Squad Boxed Set written by Marika Ray and published by Marika Ray. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 1251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete small town beach romance series for readers who love their romance with laughs, steam, and strong heroines! The Beach Squad women join forces to solve mysteries and tangle up with hot beach lifeguards. These strong heroines have met their match with alpha men who know how to support their women in all the right ways. Esa and Ivan find insta-love while tracking down her stalker. Brinley and Dean fight their pasts to win in the game of volleyball and love. Hessa and Kai may be opposites, but when they come together to save the high school kids, things get steamy hot at the beach! Get swept away by seven summer romances sure to make you feel like you've spent the day at the beach. Minus the sand in weird places... Get the complete Beach Squad Boxed Set and take a beach vacation with 7 steamy romances from a USA Today Bestselling author! If you like strong, sassy heroines, witty banter, and happily ever afters set at the beach, then you’ll love Marika Ray’s Beach Squad series.

Download or read book The Unbearable Lightness of Dragons written by Katie Macalister and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: View our feature on Katie MacAlister’s The Unbearable Lightness of Dragons. Ysolde Bouchier is still coming to terms with the dragon part of her, while at the same time trying to free a friend of Baltic-her Black Dragon lover-from the weyr, get Baltic to meet with the dragons who want him dead, rescue a half-dragon damsel in over her head, raise the shade of the man everyone says killed her, and once and for all clear Baltic's name of the murder charges that continue to plague him. For Ysolde, being a dragon is starting to bite.

Download or read book Slang written by Michael Adams and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slang, writes Michael Adams, is poetry on the down low, and sometimes lowdown poetry on the down low, but rarely, if ever, merely lowdown. It is the poetry of everyday speech, the people's poetry, and it deserves attention as language playing on the cusp of art. In Slang: The People's Poetry, Adams covers this perennially interesting subject in a serious but highly engaging way, illuminating the fundamental question "What is Slang" and defending slang--and all forms of nonstandard English--as integral parts of the American language. Why is an expression like "bed head" lost in a lexical limbo, found neither in slang nor standard dictionaries? Why are snow-boarding terms such as "fakie," "goofy foot," "ollie" and "nollie" not considered slang? As he addresses these and other lexical curiosities, Adams reveals that slang is used in part to define groups, distinguishing those who are "down with it" from those who are "out of it." Slang is also a rebellion against the mainstream. It often irritates those who color within the lines--indeed, slang is meant to irritate, sometimes even to shock. But slang is also inventive language, both fun to make and fun to use. Rather than complain about slang as "bad" language, Adams urges us to celebrate slang's playful resistance to the commonplace and to see it as the expression of an innate human capacity, not only for language, but for poetry.

Download or read book Beach Babe Billionaire written by Marika Ray and published by Marika Ray. This book was released on 2018-05-18 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I may be worth billions, but I’m ready to get down and dirty with the local lifeguard. Sage I’m a free spirit trapped in an “old money” conservative family. Right before my thirtieth birthday, my father, sick of my bohemian lifestyle, gives me an ultimatum: tear down The Surf Shack in Huntington Beach and build a five-star restaurant. Or lose my trust fund AND his multi-billion dollar company. Jax As the owner of The Surf Shack, I’ve promised to keep my late father’s shop running while juggling my full-time job as a beach lifeguard. Even if the hot little thing in a business suit tempts me with her conflicting personalities. Is she a business shark in a designer suit? Or a Mother Earth loving hippie who wants to get dirty with me? Ultimately, we have to decide what's worth fighting for: love or fortune. Beach Babe Billionaire is the fourth book in a series of small town romance novels with a splash of humor from a USA Today Bestselling author. If you like strong, sassy heroines, witty banter, and happily ever afters set at the beach, then you’ll love Marika Ray’s Beach Squad series.

Download or read book Trial By Fire A Samantha True Mystery Boxset written by Kristi Rose and published by Vintage Housewife Books. This book was released on 2023-09-17 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warning: These books may cause spontaneous laughter. This twisty mystery series offers a good whodunnit, witty banter, characters you'll want to be friends, and is a perfect escape to the Pacific Northwest. Laughing out loud in public may cause curious glances from strangers. Book 1: One Hit Wonder (Series Prequel) Do your job or move along already. Trouble is, Samantha’s in too deep to do either one. A year into Samantha True’s forensic photography classes she knows three things: 1. Crime scenes are messy. 2. Especially when you throw up on them. 3. She may not be cut out for this. When the police drag her to an investigation, she’s just as baffled by the scene. With clues like superhero masks, disco balls, and Bigfoot, are they ever going to find who did it? As she digs deeper into the photographic evidence, she realizes her small town is full of secrets. And she might be happier staying in the dark. Book 2: All Bets Are Off Some days, no matter how awful, are not worth a do-over One wild weekend in Vegas Samantha True and her boyfriend impulsively marry. Six months later she learns three things about her new husband. He’s been killed in a freak accident. She’s inherited his secret PI business. He had another wife. Broke and devastated, she dives into learning the PI business—how hard can it be? Following a binge-watching how-to session on Youtube, Samantha’s ready to take her first case. When mysterious strangers show up at her doorstep demanding information about her dead husband, she realizes she's in over her head. Samantha must discover who he really was. But what if the truth puts her in danger, too? Book 3: Best Laid Plans No “learn to be a PI” video prepared her for this... When Samantha True witnesses Wind River's most popular principal keel over dead she knows three things. He's been murdered Proving it will be impossible They're gonna think she did it As she works to clear her name, Samantha learns "Principal Josh" is the king of slime balls. Eliminating suspects proves tricky when half the town has a motive for murder. It'll take the right private investigator to crack this killer's best laid plans. Let the binge reading begin. Life has thrown Samantha True some serious curve balls but she takes it like a champ and strikes back.