Download or read book Captives and Cousins written by James F. Brooks and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-04-25 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweeping, richly evocative study examines the origins and legacies of a flourishing captive exchange economy within and among native American and Euramerican communities throughout the Southwest Borderlands from the Spanish colonial era to the end of the nineteenth century. Indigenous and colonial traditions of capture, servitude, and kinship met and meshed in the borderlands, forming a "slave system" in which victims symbolized social wealth, performed services for their masters, and produced material goods under the threat of violence. Slave and livestock raiding and trading among Apaches, Comanches, Kiowas, Navajos, Utes, and Spaniards provided labor resources, redistributed wealth, and fostered kin connections that integrated disparate and antagonistic groups even as these practices renewed cycles of violence and warfare. Always attentive to the corrosive effects of the "slave trade" on Indian and colonial societies, the book also explores slavery's centrality in intercultural trade, alliances, and "communities of interest" among groups often antagonistic to Spanish, Mexican, and American modernizing strategies. The extension of the moral and military campaigns of the American Civil War to the Southwest in a regional "war against slavery" brought differing forms of social stability but cost local communities much of their economic vitality and cultural flexibility.

Download or read book Angelo s Captive Virgin written by India Grey and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italian tycoon Angelo Emiliani wants to buy Anna's French château, but it seems she'll do anything to stop him. So he'll take Anna captive on his yacht, and show her he's not to be toyed with. But as cabin fever sets in, passions erupt, and Anna realizes the price of stopping Angelo has just gotten higher. Now there's more at stake than saving the château—Anna's at risk of losing her virginity, and more!

Download or read book The Captive Saga Book One Captive Hearts written by Amazing Grace Williams and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anxiously awaiting her return home on the train ride, Aubrey Whitton sees a bright future ahead of her in Moline. However a gang of robbers interrupt her dreams of home by kidnapping her because of a secret she carries, and dragging her along for miles of endless riding. When all of her hope is lost, will she be rescued? Or will her shattered faith be enough to help her survive? When Sheriff Breu Lawrence hears about the train robbery and kidnapping, he immediately gets on the case. With his faith in God, will he be able to rescue Aubrey before it is too late, or will his own secret fail him in his search?

Download or read book Captives Cousins Volume 3 of 3 EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cattle Baron s Bride written by Margaret Way and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wilderness at the heart of the Australian Northern Territorywas no place for delicate city beauty Samantha Langdon.Cattleman Ross Sunderland wouldn't have agreed to act asguide if he'd known Samantha had signed up for the trip.Their one meeting had sparked an overwhelming attractionand, determined to resist her, loner Ross had vowed to avoidher at all costs.Sam could see in his hard, handsome face that Ross didn'twant her along. But they were seduced by the danger andprimitive beauty around them, and raw instinct took over astheir passion could no longer be denied…

Download or read book Captives Cousins Volume 2 of 2 EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book How They Met And What Happened Next written by Irene Vartanoff and published by Irene Vartanoff. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Fish Out of Water It's culture clash when suburban Maryland widow Lauren Nash attends a house party in the West Virginia mountains to please her daughter, Wendy, and get a break from the stress of a pending lawsuit plus an in-law’s weird demand for a family heirloom. Wendy’s almost-engagement to Brandon Rawlings won’t become official until his mother approves of Wendy and her family—and his mom quickly makes her disapproval clear. So does her brother, Gary Murphy, who challenges Lauren in a hostile manner over politically charged topics. Lauren can’t flee soon enough, but a sudden snowstorm traps them all on the mountain, upending her relationship with Gary and Wendy’s with Brandon. As Lauren and Gary grow closer, Wendy and Brandon grow apart. Once the snowy roads are cleared and everyone goes home to their normal lives and problems, will new relationships blossom or wither? Shocking family secrets, a missing heirloom, culture clash, and a hike in a life-threatening snowstorm combine to make one wintry December memorable. --- Readers of Cleaning Her House will meet old friends in this story, the second in the timeline of stand-alone novels set in the extended Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Life Is Too Short is the third in the timeline.

Download or read book Friendzoned Soprano written by Irene Vartanoff and published by Irene Vartanoff. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I have a girlfriend,” he said. “Several, in fact.” He didn’t pretend to misunderstand what I’d asked. “What I need is a friend. Will you be my friend, Abbie?” My heart sank. The friendzone speech. I withdrew my hand. I should have known better. Sean might have some genuine interest in friendship, or he might be the kind of guy who denies he could ever be hot for a curvy girl. I’d met both kinds. I’d seduced my share, too, but today I didn’t have the heart for the struggle. I didn’t want to start myself down the same old path of wanting more than a man wanted to give me. Plus-sized soprano Abbie Fisher has a great opera career and a lousy love life. Dieting down a hundred pounds hasn’t changed her luck with men. Sexy baritone Sean Grant friendzones her—dashing her hopes for a romance—as they intimately rehearse the opera Tosca in Baltimore. Lots of touching to raise her temperature, and yet she’s supposed to keep her hands off. But then Sean snatches kisses and flirts with her, anyway. Is he pursuing a romance with her after all? What does he want from her? Confused and angered by Sean’s sexy overtures, Abbie consults her trusted Tarot cards before taking a bold step that could resolve her romantic dilemma—or break her heart. This novel is a stand-alone story and also Book 2 in the Singers in Love series about love, opera, and (maybe) the supernatural. A sweet contemporary romance with a hint of steam, much talk of food and dieting, and an upbeat happy ending. Enter the world of opera through the eyes of a woman in love. The Singers in Love Series: Haunted Tenor Friendzoned Soprano Defiant Diva

Download or read book Haunted Tenor written by Irene Vartanoff and published by Irene Vartanoff. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's her brother's best friend. He thinks she's a stalker. There's a ghost involved. Kathleen Grant, a newcomer to the opera world, falls hard for hot tenor JC Vasquez, her brother's best pal. But things get very awkward when a ghost repeatedly forces her to interfere with JC's performances in the opera Don Carlo. Only JC can see her ghostly transformations, and he thinks she's deliberately stalking him. They soon become romantically entangled despite JC's hostility, but Kathleen can't stop the compulsions pushing her on stage. Now she's in danger of being fired from her job at the major New York City opera house. How can she prove to JC that the ghost is controlling her actions? And what does the ghost want?

Download or read book The Cattle Baron s Virgin Wife written by Lindsay Armstrong and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sienna Torrance is used to helping people get back on their feet. But she's finding rugged billionaire Finn McLeod an impossible patient! Spending every day with him is confusing for Sienna—not least because of the searing attraction that flares up between them. Nevertheless, Sienna's amazed when Finn proposes! How could someone so powerful and charismatic want her—an inexperienced little mouse—as his bride?

Download or read book Summer in the City written by Irene Vartanoff and published by Irene Vartanoff. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's summer in New York, and everything is possible all over again for three Baby Boomer women. Three Old Friends...Three Summer Dreams When long-married Susan meets younger man Michael, all her sensible plans for a dream summer in New York derail. Sharing a Manhattan co-op with her dear friend Rona and working as an unpaid senior intern for a romance publisher suddenly aren't enough to distract Susan from her powerful yearning for the handsome Wall Street mathematician who is so eager for intimacy with her. While Susan struggles with her surprising new desires, college professor Rona is devastated by the renewal of her secret love affair years after the adulterous liaison ended in heartbreak. Once Bev shows up unexpectedly from Boca, surprises, secrets new and old, and tangled relationships among old friends play out against the background of second chances one summer in the city. New York, 2004, when "Sex and the City" on cable television set many women to dreaming about living a glamorous big city life. Fireworks abound and secrets are revealed when three old friends reunite for a summer in a New York City co-op. Keywords: women's fiction, heartwarming mature heroine, secret baby adoption, cougar romance, hoarding, girlfriends friendship, Boca bitch, marriage fatigue adultery separation divorce, romance in New York City, romance publishing, senior intern, women's friendship

Download or read book Cleaning Her House written by Irene Vartanoff and published by IRene Vartanoff. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hollywood Superheroine written by Irene Vartanoff and published by Irene Vartanoff. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How am I supposed to keep my new job in Hollywood when my father insists on summoning me to his universe over and over? I'm a storyboard artist, not a bodyguard, but Diabolical Dave McCay demands that I protect pioneer feminist actress Judy Anthony as she campaigns for women's rights in his retro society. Why are clowns attacking an activist actress, anyway? Are these mere pranks, or something more serious? Why aren't there other superheroes in Dave's universe? And in my own universe, how can I fend off the advances of my charming but pushy new boss, a powerful Hollywood director? PG-rated nonstop comic book style adventure set in two universes, with plenty of super-powered battles and recognizable classic comic book scenarios—and some iffy romance thrown in. This novel can be read as a stand-alone story. Other adventures in the Temporary Superheroine series are also stand-alone stories. CHARACTERS IN THIS NOVEL: Chloe Cole: Reluctant female superhero, possessor of superpowers, snarky 26-year-old with parent, career, and love life issues. Diabolical Dave McCay: Maverick comic book artist, man who wants the modern world to be like it was in 1962, troublemaking genius who has access to great power. Jason Dellon: Hollywood success story, entirely too focused on starting a personal relationship with his new young employee—Chloe. Judy Anthony: Oscar-winning actress running for the presidency of the Screen Actors' League, she's campaigning for women's rights. Michael Ellsworth: Studio head opposed to Judy Anthony and to women's rights, could he be the secret instigator of the Sad Clowns? The Sad Clown Society: Supposedly Hollywood actors against Judy Anthony's campaign for women's rights. They disguise themselves as clowns and disrupt her speeches. Are they for real? FBI Agent Shelly: He's the agent in charge of protecting Judy Anthony. Behind his stoic facade, what is he thinking? Whose side is he on? Jovial Jerry Fine: Beloved elderly icon of the comic book world, benign but skeptical participant in fast-paced adventures, would any superhero story be complete without him? The Temporary Superheroine series of novels all feature Chloe's super-powered adventures: Book 1 Temporary Superheroine Book 2 Crisis at Comicon Book 3 Hollywood Superheroine

Download or read book Second Chance Reunion written by Irene Vartanoff and published by Irene Vartanoff. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beware of second chances! Gothic romance in the classic tradition: an isolated mansion, a brooding hero, a strong heroine—and another man equally haunted by the tragedy of the past. Which man holds the key to the heroine's future happiness? Hollywood film editor Sara Finer has loved brilliant movie director Lucas Steel from afar for years. She finally has a chance to win his heart when she's sent to his New Mexico desert retreat, but there's a catch. Lucas abandoned his career after the accidental death on location of his ex-wife. Sara's mission is to convince him to finish the film—a hot-button issue made hotter by the sudden appearance of his bitterest rival. Two tortured men fighting over the haunting memory of a long-dead lover—and over Sara's love and loyalty today. This stand-alone sweet contemporary romance tackles predatory Hollywood behavior past and present. Contemporary Hollywood angst in the Gothic tradition of Daphne du Maurier's classic Rebecca—with a much happier ending.

Download or read book A Daughter s a Daughter written by Irene Vartanoff and published by Irene Vartanoff. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Pam Ridgeway loses her job in a mass Wall Street layoff, her reporter daughter offers a chance to heal their estranged relationship if Pam will go on television to talk about the firings. Pam's fiercely ambitious daughter is romantically entangled with her hot co-worker on cable financial television and prone to equally hot temper tantrums. She ruthlessly pushes Pam out of her comfort zone, so Pam seeks the aid of her retired social activist mother at her Long Island beachfront home. Her mother's handsome new neighbor and friend, Bruce, and his cute dog are a welcome distraction. Bruce pursues Pam, although he's hiding a secret agenda about her mother. Pam's elderly mother is having some trouble with her memory lately, and she wonders why Bruce reminds her of a dear friend's tragic story from World War II days. A Daughter's a Daughter is stand-alone women's fiction with satisfying endings to all the major plot threads.

Download or read book Cattle Baron Needs a Bride written by Margaret Way and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If only the society beauties jostling for the bouquet, hoping to become Mrs. Garrick Rylance, knew that the dashing best man in question has eyes for only one woman…. Bridesmaid Zara was his friend, his lover—but that was five years ago, before she flew to the city and out of his life, and Garrick cordoned off his heart. So now, seeing Zara again, Garrick is wary. But there's one thing he's certain of—he won't let her run this time!

Download or read book Temporary Superheroine written by Irene Vartanoff and published by IRene Vartanoff. This book was released on 2015-03-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chloe Cole wants to stop her crazy dreams that she's a costumed superheroine battling a supervillain, but when her comics fanboy ex throws her into a bizarre escapade involving the New York City comic book scene, suddenly she's having wild, superpowered adventures in an oddly retro mirror universe. To fight a real supervillain, she's forced to meet the father she never knew, dodge the suspicious courtship of a powerful publishing boss, and embrace her destiny as a superheroine. PG-rated nonstop comic book style adventure novel set in two universes, with plenty of super-powered battles and recognizable classic comic book scenarios—and some iffy romance thrown in. CHARACTERS IN THIS NOVEL Chloe Cole: Reluctant female superhero, strong female protagonist, possessor of super powers, snarky twenty-five-year-old with parent and boyfriend issues Roland Kirby: Eager comics fanboy, dependable partner in other world adventures, ex-boyfriend who won't go away, sweet geek who believes in comic book science Eric Wood: Suspiciously charming comic book company CEO, possible secret villain, questionably honest potential lover and confidant Jovial Jerry Fine: Beloved elderly icon of the comic book world, benign but skeptical participant in fast-paced adventures, knows more than he tells Diabolical Dave McCay: Maverick comic book artist, man who wants the modern world to be what it was like in 1962, troublemaking genius Bodacious Barb: Knows the secrets behind the comics, doesn't give a hoot The Purple Menace: Supervillain, mad scientist, wants to take over the world—make that two worlds Keywords: Strong female protagonist, superheroes, female superhero, chick lit, satire, superhero adventure comedy, comic book parodies, super heroine romance fiction