Download or read book The Family Portraits written by Emmy Morgan and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up, Elijah Davis knew he was different. Following his adoption into a new family, he realized he was the wrong gender. After an operation, Elijah became Desiré Andersen, although her path wasn’t easy. Riddled with abuse and discontent, she eventually landed a role on a popular soap opera and became a daytime diva. Now, it has been a year since Desiré’s boyfriend was murdered, and she again struggles to make sense of life. She decides to enter the world of film, leaving television behind, but she first revisits memories from her difficult past. She and her “white” family read journals and letters, forcing them to relive explosive memories and events. Desiré remembers how she met her “white” family, and she gains more insight into her relationship with her “black” family. She recalls what it was like growing up as an openly gay, black kid in 1980s Western Massachusetts Simultaneously, her life takes another drastic turn when people from her past make an appearance in her present—and they will change her future forever.

Download or read book Jaxson s Justice written by Dawn Sullivan and published by Dawn Sullivan Author LLC. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RARE: Rescue and Retrieval Extractions -they took on the missions that no one else wanted and did not stop until the job was done As the technology expert for RARE, Jaxson Lahey spends most of his time on a computer, hunting down everything he can on the team’s enemy, the General. Focused on the mission, he doesn’t have time for anything else, which is fine with him. All he cares about is finding justice for the people he considers his family after the hell they’d been through. Until she enters his dreams. A prisoner of a man she considers the devil himself for the past year, Raven Dreher has almost given up hope of ever seeing the light of day again. She lives in fear, with constant pain beating at her, but she refuses to give into what the General wants. She would rather pass on into the next life than give up her people. All she can do is pray her suffering will come to an end soon. Then, she hears his voice. Jaxson is driven by an uncontrollable need to find the woman in his dreams and save her. Raven is hoping her prayers have been answered by the voice promising he is coming for her. Will Jaxson be able to find Raven before the General makes his move, or is it truly time for Raven to see what the next life has in store for her? Dawn Sullivan's RARE Series and White River Wolves Series are intertwined, and meant to be read in the following order: Nico’s Heart (RARE Book 1) Phoenix’s Fate (RARE Book 2) Josie’s Miracle (White River Wolves Book 1) Trace’s Temptation (RARE Book 3) Slade’s Desire (White River Wolves Book 2) Saving Storm (RARE Book 4) Angel’s Destiny (RARE Book 5) Janie’s Salvation (White River Wolves Book 3) Sable's Fire (White River Wolves Book 4) Jaxson's Justice (RARE Book 6)

Download or read book Jaxson Never Say Never written by Karice Bolton and published by Karice Bolton. This book was released on 2017-09-23 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elena: I swore to take down the man who murdered my cousin. That man was Jaxson Volkov. The ruthless mastermind of the V Mafia. By day he charms the city, and by night he strikes fear into those who don’t obey. But I will not obey. I will make him pay. I will expose him for who he is. A ruthless killer. It’s all going according to plan. He’s falling right into my hands. I’ll make him love me, and he’ll never see it coming. ----- Jaxson: Meeting Elena when I’m bashing some guy’s head in isn’t how I’d normally plan a first encounter, but there she was. Mouthy and not willing to give an inch. Every part of her screamed sex to me. I wanted to take her, have her as my own, but I let her slip into the night. My world isn’t meant for relationships, but sometimes fate has a way of stepping in

Download or read book Miles Apart written by Willow Aster and published by Willow Aster. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ~We spent a lifetime chasing firefly dreams~ Jaxson and I devised a life list when we were kids in Holmes Chapel. Just a few things on that list: * Climb the Eiffel Tower. * Visit every zoo in the world. * Eat peanut butter every day. But all the promises he made dissolved into dust, so when he comes around years later wanting to go live out our list, I want no part of it...or him. The universe seems to agree with me because everything we try is a disaster. The heart though—it's a tricky beast; I'm just not sure mine is strong enough to survive Jaxson one more time. ***Miles Apart was formerly titled 5,331 Miles. Same book with an updated title and cover!***

Download or read book Crush written by Tracy Wolff and published by Entangled: Teen. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant #1 New York Times Bestselling Series Everything feels off—especially me. I’ve returned to Katmere Academy, but I’m haunted by fragments of days I have no recollection of living and struggling to understand who, or what, I really am. Just when I start to feel safe again, Hudson is back with a vengeance. He insists there are secrets I don’t know about, threatening to drive a wedge between Jaxon and me forever. But far worse enemies are at our doorstep. The Circle is caught in a power play, and the Vampire Court is trying to drag me out of my world and into theirs. The only thing Hudson and Jaxon agree on is that leaving Katmere would mean my certain death. And not only am I fighting for my life, but now everyone else’s is at stake—unless we can defeat an unspeakable evil. All I know is that saving the people I love is going to require sacrifice. Maybe more than I’m able to give. Don’t miss a single book in the series that spawned a phenomenon! The Crave series is best enjoyed in order: Crave Crush Covet Court Charm Cherish

Download or read book Covet written by Tracy Wolff and published by Entangled: Teen. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 943 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant #1 New York Times Bestselling Series I may have reached my breaking point. As if trying to graduate from a school for supernaturals isn’t stressful enough, my relationship status has gone from complicated to a straight-up dumpster fire. Oh, and the Bloodletter has decided to drop a bomb of epic proportions on us all... Then again, when has anything at Katmere Academy not been intense? And the hits just keep coming. Jaxon’s turned colder than an Alaskan winter. The Circle is splintered over my upcoming coronation. As if things couldn’t get worse, now there’s an arrest warrant for Hudson’s and my supposed crimes—which apparently means a lifetime prison sentence with a deadly unbreakable curse. Choices will have to be made...and I fear not everyone will survive. Don’t miss a single book in the series that spawned a phenomenon! The Crave series is best enjoyed in order: Crave Crush Covet Court Charm Cherish

Download or read book Scars to Your Beautiful written by Ashlyn Mathews and published by Commencement Bay Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My remorse is skin deep. I live paycheck to paycheck, call the apartment on the scary side of the city my home, and have no life outside of working two jobs. When given the chance to crash a masquerade party in the rich part of town, I readily agree. What I didn’t expect is to be escorted to the party by Jaxson McCallister, a man from my past who holds a dark grudge against me. A man who doesn’t have a clue it’s me beneath the mask. Or does he? I’m unwilling to forgive her. The law was too soft on her, and she knows it. I can’t forgive or forget Tavi Gabriel for her role in my little sister’s death. When she drops into my life again after going MIA, I’m determined to make her pay for getting off easy. But when I see the pain and remorse etched on her face as a deep scar, can I forgive and forget her? Or will I demand a penance that will test my long-buried attraction for her?

Download or read book Wishing on the Water written by Elizabeth York and published by Elizabeth York. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I was always told never to wish on the first star at night. If everyone wishes on one star, how will the star keep up? A star with too many wishes will just fall out of the sky. Rain drops are plentiful, and there are thousands. They wash away the filth and carry it to a better place. So when you make a wish, wish on the water and let it carry your problems away.” Candice-Leigh Carson, a New York City best-selling author, was engaged to one of NYPD's finest. She was living the dream until she lost her fiancé, quit her job and moved, leaving behind the only family she ever knew. She left her best friend Jaxson, without saying goodbye. In her quest to find herself, would she ever find love again? Jaxson Monroe, one of NYPD's finest, lost his partner when an undercover job went south. After spending a night with his partner's lover, Candice, she flees into the night. He loved Candice and had promised his partner he would protect her. It was his fault she ran, but he quickly found himself in the arms of another. Would Jaxson ever convince Candice to come home or did he prefer another woman? Would their love survive his betrayal and her abandonment?

Download or read book I Wish I Were Engulfed in Flames written by Jeni Decker and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The down and dirty world of one autism mom's journey from sex-ed to Santa...

Download or read book Forever Girl written by Mae Kiss and published by Dana Hunter. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tara Singer has one rule. Never date the talent. Until Jaxson Powell plays open mic night at Mickey's Tavern where she bartends. She should know better but she can’t deny the way her body yearns for him. When Jaxson breaks her heart by leaving town, She looks for a distraction, something crazy she wouldn’t normally do, something to get Jaxson out of her heart and mind. Sexy bearded stranger Colton Kelley should do nicely. But one sensual night with Colton and Tara is ruined for everything else. Could she have stumbled on something new and wonderful? But before she can find out, Jaxson comes back to town, forcing himself back into Tara’s life. Will Jaxson win her back or will Tara be Colton’s forever girl?

Download or read book Everything I Never Wanted written by K. Street and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wasn't supposed to be my life. One phone call was all it took to bring me back to the small town I had grown up in. Everything had changed, and staying away was no longer an option. Four and a half years later, I was a widowed single father still here, still trying to pick up the pieces. We were doing just fine on our own, my little girl and me.At least, we were until Camryn Parker stumbled into our lives. The woman was like a tornado after a hurricane; she was the storm I never saw approaching. Behind her beauty and sarcastic wit, she was just as broken as I pretended not to be. As hard as I tried to resist, it was impossible not to fall in love with her.In the end, it took nearly losing it all for me to realize everything I never wanted was exactly what I needed.

Download or read book Loving My Alpha Mate written by Radonna Chandler and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailey Moran lost her father at a very young age, and her best friend Page dies as a teenager to cancer, then her other best friend Nikola has to move away due to her father being transfered because he is in the military. Growing up she thought she was just like every other normal person she has known. That is until her mother Lauren sold the only house Hailey has ever remembered living in since she was born and they move from a small town in Indiana to another small town called Kettle Falls in the State of Washington. There after Hailey starts the new high school, there she not only finds out that she isn't as normal as she thought, she finds out that like everyone else in this town she is a werewolf. Hailey meets Dorian, who is a nice boy that shows her around school, and introduces her to his sister Abby. Hailey also meets Jaxson who is her mate, but Hailey is not to happy with Jaxson because of his dominant demeanor.

Download or read book Scandal Part One written by Alison Foster and published by Alison Foster. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world knows his face. No one knows his secrets. Ella Wade knew working at a website called The Daily Scandal might lead to an interesting summer job after graduating college. She did not know that one big mistake would pull her into the heart of a sleazy world of publicity where truths are worse than lies and a murderer is on the loose. When Ella gives into temptation and sleeps with her stepsister Madison’s ex, her world flips upside down. It doesn’t matter that Madison is dead or that Jaxson Cole wasn’t, in fact, her boyfriend but a publicist’s stunt to link two of the hottest catwalk models romantically in order to feed tabloid curiosity. The damage is done and with deadly consequences. Part one of a three-part romantic suspense serial from USA Today Bestselling author Alison Foster The entire series is now complete and all three parts available! Keywords: new adult, romantic suspense, bad boy, alpha male, fashion, serial, male models, romance suspense, mystery, hot detective, steamy romance, contemporary, mob, mafia, secrets

Download or read book Hold Me written by Mae KIss and published by Dana Hunter. This book was released on 1964 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruby Summers is starting over with her new job as assistant to country artist Jaxson Powell. Jaxson and Ruby’s chemistry is off the charts. She is finally starting to feel like herself again. Until her ex boyfriend comes back into her life. Ruby is forced to work alongside her ex and his band on tour. Can she keep it together? Can she keep her secrets from him? Who will be there for her when everything finally comes out?

Download or read book Delicate Dame written by KL Donn and published by KL Donn. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today Bestselling Author KL Donn comes an all-new obsessive, single dad meets prima ballerina, dark contemporary romance. My parents fell madly in love when I was a kid. Now they have it in their heads that I need the same thing. Convinced to try a blind date, I didn’t expect to find the girl of my dreams. A shy ballerina burned by love in the past. We got through one date and multiple phone calls before life came barging in. Just when I think I’ve got a handle on things, she goes missing. The trouble is, I didn’t even know it until she showed up, soaked to the bone, beaten black and blue, and scared out of her mind. Scotlyn Rivers is the epitome of strength, so I’m not shocked when she immediately loves my twin girls. What’s shocking is how easily she’s willing to walk away to keep them safe from danger. I never expected to love so easily, but a life without Scotlyn isn’t one I’m willing to accept. I’ll keep her safe. I’ll prove my love. I’ll do anything to keep her. No matter who must die.

Download or read book The Single Parent Collection written by KL Donn and published by KL Donn. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broken Hearts & Happy Endings is KL Donn’s signature story telling. In this massive collection of books you’ll get to enjoy more than one genre or trope while getting the stories you love. Broken Hearts & Happy Endings - Volume 2: The Single Parent Collection - Five heartbreakingly romantic second chance stories you’ll root for from start to finish. Includes: Dear Gage A Girl Worth Fighting For Anton Wanted Delicate Dame

Download or read book His Kissing Penalty written by Anne-Marie Meyer and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The one guy I never wanted to see again... Just moved in across the hall... To make things worse, he doesn't even remember the moment our lips touched and stars exploded. Misunderstandings collide when the tabloids mistake me for his secret girlfriend. They love me-because I'm an all-American girl and he's a football star. Plus, we sort of grew up together. Hometown romance sells. We were made to be together, right? Not according to my overprotective family. To them, my brother's best friend has always been forbidden. I thought I could handle a fake relationship with Jaxson. I was wrong.