Download or read book A Kiss In Rome written by Barbara Cartland and published by Barbara Cartland EBooks ltd. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Left penniless and alone after her parents’ sudden deaths, beautiful young Alina Langley is desperate to earn some money to pay off their debts when, quite out of the blue, her friend the glamorous Denise Sedgewick, arrives at her home from London in a smart carriage. Now a famous Society beauty she has come to ask Alina for help. The man Denise loves has gone to Rome, upset after Denise deliberately made him jealous at a party and Denise is desperate to follow him and win him back. Her plan is to travel with her cousin, Lord Teverton, who is on a special Diplomatic mission for the Prime Minister, but her father will not let her go without a proper chaperone. Since there is no one else she can really trust, she persuades Alina to pretend to be her mother, Lady Langley. Dressed as a sophisticated woman of nearly forty when she is just twenty, Alina meets the unfriendly but handsome Lord Teverton, who is instantly entranced by her. The trouble is, so is the persistently amorous Prince Alberto Borghese, who pursues Alina with considerable determination and cunning. And when Lord Teverton comes not once but twice to her rescue, Alina realises that she has fallen completely in love with him, but how can she explain that she is not the woman of the world she pretends to be but a simple girl who has never before been kissed?

Download or read book Whomsoever I Shall Kiss written by Curt Siodmak and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MOUNTAINS WERE SILENT... He was handsome, shrewd, lustful—a scoundrel who would do anything for money. She was beautiful, innocent, lonely—and she possessed a fortune... Alina would not be the first woman Royal Ludovici had pretended to love—but she might be the first with whom his practiced deceit would fail...For, unscrupulous as he was, Royal now found himself confronted by forces greater than his own insatiable greed. And they were teaching Royal, for the first time, that in the end a man can betray only himself...

Download or read book Shadow and Bone written by Leigh Bardugo and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series Enter the Grishaverse with Book One of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold--a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed. Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country's magical military elite--and falls under the spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. He believes Alina can summon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reuniting their war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift. As the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation. Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems. A New York Times Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller An Indie Next List Book This title has Common Core connections. Praise for the Grishaverse "A master of fantasy." --The Huffington Post "Utterly, extremely bewitching." --The Guardian "The best magic universe since Harry Potter." --Bustle "This is what fantasy is for." --The New York Times Book Review " A] world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp." --NPR "The darker it gets for the good guys, the better." --Entertainment Weekly "Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down." --USA Today "There's a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo's original epic fantasy that sets it apart." --Vanity Fair "Unlike anything I've ever read." --Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent "Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery " --Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series "This is a great choice for teenage fans of George R.R. Martin and J.R.R. Tolkien." --RT Book Reviews Read all the books in the Grishaverse The Shadow and Bone Trilogy (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) Shadow and Bone Siege and Storm Ruin and Rising The Six of Crows Duology Six of Crows Crooked Kingdom King of Scars The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

Download or read book Rule of Wolves written by Leigh Bardugo and published by King of Scars Duology. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times–bestselling King of Scars Duology.

Download or read book The Other Side of Perfect written by Mariko Turk and published by Poppy. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Sarah Dessen and Mary H.K. Choi, this lyrical and emotionally driven novel follows Alina, a young aspiring dancer who suffers a devastating injury and must face a world without ballet—as well as the darker side of her former dream. Alina Keeler was destined to dance, but then a terrifying fall shatters her leg—and her dreams of a professional ballet career along with it. After a summer healing (translation: eating vast amounts of Cool Ranch Doritos and binging ballet videos on YouTube), she is forced to trade her pre-professional dance classes for normal high school, where she reluctantly joins the school musical. However, rehearsals offer more than she expected—namely Jude, her annoyingly attractive castmate she just might be falling for. But to move forward, Alina must make peace with her past and face the racism she experienced in the dance industry. She wonders what it means to yearn for ballet—something so beautiful, yet so broken. And as broken as she feels, can she ever open her heart to someone else? Touching, romantic, and peppered with humor, this debut novel explores the tenuousness of perfectionism, the possibilities of change, and the importance of raising your voice.

Download or read book The Dream Job written by J.M. Hewitt and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-11-07 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A good deed can be deadly... Hannah Baker’s actions undeniably saved the life of nine-year-old Sofia Arpels. Sofia’s mother, Alina, has everything she could ever dream of and declares herself forever in Hannah’s debt. Anything that Hannah wants, is hers. Alina has the wealth, power and status to grant any wish. There are many things that Hannah desires. Edging closer to a role in the Saatchi gallery is one of them, a goal she’s been pursuing for a while now, without success. But Hannah has another problem that’s even more pressing than her own career ambition. What will Hannah ask for? And will Alina be able to give it to her? And what lengths will Hannah go to if she can’t? A tense and gripping psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Jackie Kabler and Lizzy Barber.

Download or read book The Fallen written by E. Bacon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a world wind of sinister seduction, dark temptation, and shame, Alina Baca has gone missing amongst a backdrop of similar disappearances in Castlegrove, a diminutive divot within Abilene Texas not often minded. Possibly of her own free will. Alternately, it’s possible Alina has succumb to a depravity brewing in the underbelly of the shrouded community for ages, previously feared by the young theology graduate student to be evil itself beckoning her from the shadows. Drawing her beneath the veil of reason. Now with her whereabouts unknown Alina’s loved ones are left to decipher whether she’s inevitably lost her struggle with sanity, bringing harm to herself. Could some haunting, malevolent force have captured the town’s newest resident for its own, or was she simply a deeply disturbed young lady? There are those who think not. And then there are those who know better!

Download or read book The Only Woman to Defy Him written by Carol Marinelli and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fine line between professional…and personal! Standing outside legendary playboy Demyan Zukov's penthouse suite, shy personal assistant Alina Ritchi is shaking with nerves—she should never have agreed to this job. She's out of her depth, and that's before she's met her delicious new boss. Demyan's wicked reputation doesn't disappoint—she might be a virgin, but surely one hot glance from Demyan shouldn't make her feel so…naked? Exposed, she finds that his gaze ignites her defiance, and soon she's challenging him every step of the way! But when every shared touch sizzles, how long can Alina keep saying no when her body wants to scream yes…?

Download or read book Ice Cold Kiss written by Cynthia Eden and published by Hocus Pocus Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of a serial killer. A devil in the flesh. Midas Monroe knows that his big size intimidates plenty of people, and when they learn about his twisted past? Most folks go running. But he’s not like his dear old monster of a dad, despite the stories that still circulate in the press. He’s a bodyguard. Protecting and defending is his bit. No emotional attachments, ever. And no mistakes. His latest case isn’t the same old routine. It comes with a few twists…Twist one? The woman he’s protecting doesn’t know that he’s her bodyguard. Like that doesn’t make the job an extra pain in his— Ice. Alina Bellamy is the reigning queen of the ice. She’s an Olympic contender waiting for her moment to shine. And she’s also a woman falling hard and fast for the big, muscled, and gorgeous stranger who has just swept into her life. When they touch, she finally feels something other than the cold that has surrounded her forever. Taken. Terrified. Lost… Alina’s perfect world shatters when she’s abducted. Kidnapped in the middle of the night, she fears that she’ll never survive, until he rushes to the rescue. Her Midas. Big, bold, and dangerous. He spirits her away even as her abductors give chase. Alina isn’t the first victim to be taken, and her abductors aren’t just going to let her slip away. The abduction is just the start of the nightmare that waits for Alina. And as for Midas? Sometimes, it takes the son of a devil to fight the darkest monsters who like to hide in plain sight. Midas has never backed away from a fight. Mostly because he has a killer swing… The Ice Breakers are back! And Midas is about to find out that sometimes, a case can become very, very personal. Cold cases will collide with the firestorm surrounding Alina as Midas hunts for a killer and as he finds out that the old saying can be true…The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Because Midas may just be falling hard for a woman he will never, ever be able to truly have.

Download or read book Playlist written by Sebastian Fitzek and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music is her life. 15 songs decide how long it lasts. A month ago, fifteen-year-old Feline Jagow disappeared on her way to school. Her distraught mother asks private investigator Alexander Zorbach, a former police detective, to discover her whereabouts. Despite a month having elapsed since her disappearance, Feline's music playlist was changed just a few days ago. Could a seemingly innocuous list of songs contain a hidden clue to where the girl is being held - and how she can be rescued - or is the truth something more sinister? Soon, the mystery of the playlist plunges Zorbach into a horrifying nightmare that mixes past terrors with new ones, and where no one's survival is guaranteed...

Download or read book Crimson Covenant written by Molly Lavenza and published by Molly Lavenza. This book was released on 2023-12-23 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I never dreamed I'd share my first kiss with a vampire. My sixteenth birthday promises my transition into life as a vampire hunter, side by side with my powerful aunt. But on my first day at a new high school, I fall for a boy like no other; a boy who will, whether he knows it or not, become a blood drinking vampire when he turns sixteen. Mercy is a town I must protect, but can I do it if it means I must sacrifice the boy who holds my heart? If you like love at first sight, impossible odds, and strong family bonds, you'll love this compelling, clean young adult vampire small town romance. Perfect for fans of Rachel Caine and Stephenie Meyer.

Download or read book The Flesh written by E. Bacon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an endeavor to better herself, by chance, slightly eccentric graduate student Alina Bacca finds herself torn between passions. Trapped in a catastrophic love triangle, bound by the affections conceived from her horrific past and the alternative prospect of an impossible future, the twenty-six year old is continually threatened with instability by the irrational as she struggles against an advisory she can not be certain even exists outside her mind. A love that may have been lost in the physical sense has managed not only to survive, but to transcend into a dark and significant presence that defies this young Abilene Christian University theology major’s most extravagant beliefs. Alina clings to her faith in a desperate attempt to resist being drawn in by the heat of a contrasting temptation as she struggles to hold on to her sanity while fending off the call of an altogether darker pursuit.

Download or read book The Sisters of the Crescent Empress written by Leena Likitalo and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sisters of the Crescent Empress is the second book in Leena Likitalo's Waning Moon Duology, a fabulous historical fantasy based on the lives of the Romanov sisters. We all think we know how the story ends... With the Crescent Empress dead, a civil war has torn the empire asunder. No one seems able to stop the ruthless Gagargi Prataslav. The five Daughters of the Moon are where he wants them to be, held captive in an isolated house in the far north. Little Alina senses that the rooms that have fallen in disrepair have a sad tale to tell. Indeed, she soon meets two elderly ladies, the ghosts of the house's former inhabitants. Merile finds the ghosts suspiciously friendly and too interested in her sisters. She resolves to uncover their agenda with the help of her two dogs. Sibilia isn't terribly interested in her younger sisters' imaginary friends, for she has other concerns. If they don't leave the house by spring, she'll miss her debut. And while reading through the holy scriptures, she stumbles upon a mystery that reeks of power. Elise struggles to come to terms with her relationship with Captain Janlav. Her former lover now serves the gagargi, and it's his duty to keep the daughters confined in the house. But if the opportunity were to arise, she might be able sway him into helping them flee. Celestia is perfectly aware of the gagargi coming to claim her rather sooner than later. She's resolved to come up with a plan to keep her sisters safe at any cost. For she knows what tends to happen to the sisters of the Crescent Empress. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Siege and Storm written by Leigh Bardugo and published by Square Fish/Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series Enter the Grishaverse with Book Two of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Alina Starkov's power has grown, but not without a price. She is the Sun Summoner--hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Shadow Fold. But she and Mal can't outrun their enemies for long. The Darkling is more determined than ever to claim Alina's magic and use it to take the Ravkan throne. With nowhere else to turn, Alina enlists the help of an infamous privateer and sets out to lead the Grisha army. But as the truth of Alina's destiny unfolds, she slips deeper into the Darkling's deadly game of forbidden magic, and further away from her humanity. To save her country, Alina will have to choose between her power and the love she thought would always be her shelter. No victory can come without sacrifice--and only she can face the oncoming storm. A New York Times Bestseller This title has Common Core connections. Praise for the Grishaverse "A master of fantasy." -- The Huffington Post "Utterly, extremely bewitching." --The Guardian "The best magic universe since Harry Potter." --Bustle "This is what fantasy is for." --The New York Times Book Review " A] world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp." --NPR "The darker it gets for the good guys, the better." --Entertainment Weekly "Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down." --USA Today "There's a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo's original epic fantasy that sets it apart." --Vanity Fair "Unlike anything I've ever read." --Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent "Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery " --Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series "This is a great choice for teenage fans of George R.R. Martin and J.R.R. Tolkien." --RT Book Reviews Read all the books in the Grishaverse The Shadow and Bone Trilogy (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) Shadow and Bone Siege and Storm Ruin and Rising The Six of Crows Duology Six of Crows Crooked Kingdom King of Scars The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

Download or read book Shadowfever written by Karen Marie Moning and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Evil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad that believes it’s good.” MacKayla Lane was just a child when she and her sister, Alina, were given up for adoption and banished from Ireland forever. Twenty years later, Alina is dead and Mac has returned to the country that expelled them to hunt her sister’s murderer. But after discovering that she descends from a bloodline both gifted and cursed, Mac is plunged into a secret history: an ancient conflict between humans and immortals who have lived concealed among us for thousands of years. What follows is a shocking chain of events with devastating consequences, and now Mac struggles to cope with grief while continuing her mission to acquire and control the Sinsar Dubh—a book of dark, forbidden magic scribed by the mythical Unseelie King, containing the power to create and destroy worlds. In an epic battle between humans and Fae, the hunter becomes the hunted when the Sinsar Dubh turns on Mac and begins mowing a deadly path through those she loves. Who can she turn to? Who can she trust? Who is the woman haunting her dreams? More important, who is Mac herself and what is the destiny she glimpses in the black and crimson designs of an ancient tarot card? From the luxury of the Lord Master’s penthouse to the sordid depths of an Unseelie nightclub, from the erotic bed of her lover to the terrifying bed of the Unseelie King, Mac’s journey will force her to face the truth of her exile, and to make a choice that will either save the world . . . or destroy it. BONUS: This edition contains a deleted scene from Shadowfever and an excerpt from Karen Marie Moning's Iced. Karen Marie Moning’s explosive Fever series continues DARKFEVER • BLOODFEVER • FAEFEVER • DREAMFEVER • SHADOWFEVER • ICED • BURNED • FEVERBORN • FEVERSONG • HIGH VOLTAGE • KINGDOM OF SHADOW AND LIGHT

Download or read book How To Wed a Baron written by Kasey Michaels and published by HQN Books. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kasey Michaels aims for the heart and never misses." —New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts He is but a pawn in someone else's game. With no choice but to do the prince regent's bidding, Justin Wilde must marry—marry!—a woman not of his own choosing. And for the man notoriously referred to as the Bad Baron, marriage is the last thing he wishes to consider. Especially when the bride has the beauty of an angel but the devil's own temper…. Stunned to find herself married to a stranger, Alina vows to uncover the reason behind their forced union. Yet the more time she spends with her roguish husband, the less the past seems to matter. But when the truth behind their wedding at last emerges, will it strengthen their fragile bond—or shatter their lives forever? Don't miss a chance to re-read Book 4 in the delectable Daughtry Families series by New York Times bestselling author Kasey Michaels! Originally published in 2010.

Download or read book A Healer s Prophecy written by Karoline Ettinger and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an enchanting land of magic and mystery, fifteen-year-old Alina finds herself at the heart of a prophecy, where her powers will either save or doom the entire realm. While the Dark Fairy King maneuvers the pieces in his malicious game, Alina journeys into a mystical parallel world and discovers her powers of healing and traveling - a gift that would prove detrimental in the hands of evil. As darkness rises, Alina must not only come to terms with the discovery of her family's secrets, but also accept the expectations placed upon her in this realm of magic. She is the key to maintaining balance between peace and chaos, but can she rise to the occasion and save all those she loves? Or will her connection to the dark source sway her heart and focus? A fantasy adventure with loyal friendships, first love, and beautiful magic, A HEALER'S PROPHECY is the first book in Karoline Ettinger's Kallos Trilogy.