Download or read book Dark Torment written by Karen Robards and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2001-03-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gentle, highborn Sarah Markham is not prepared for the proud Irish rebel to burst into her life. Sentenced to exile for acts perpetrated against the Crown, Dominic Gallagher will do anything to convince this timid Australian lady that only he can fulfill her hopes and dreams. Reissue.

Download or read book Dark Torment written by Cassie Hargrove and published by Cassie Hargrove. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I’ve become one with the shadows everyone is afraid of. During the day, I walk with the rest of the world, doing my part to put monsters behind bars where they belong. At night, I’m the worst of them. I live my life on a razor’s edge, keeping the balance of the sanity I have left. Olivia is an innocent, caught in the middle of someone else’s twisted deeds. I’m the only thing stopping her from meeting a painful and untimely end. Because someone wants her gone. The problem is, she is painfully unaware of my growing obsession from the shadows. Day and night I watch her every move, determined to keep her safe. When the darkness comes for her, she’s going to find out she has her own shadow. One who is ready to kill anyone who gets close. This game of cat and mouse can only end one way….with her in my arms and in my bed. She’s mine. *Dark Torment is a dark stalker/kidnap standalone romance. This book contains dub/con, forced imprisonment (even if it’s in a cozy bedroom), and lots of blood and murder. It also contains BDSM, so if any of this offends you, please don’t read.*

Download or read book Dark Torment written by Cassie Hargrove and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-02-19 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've become one with the shadows everyone is afraid of. During the day, I walk with the rest of the world, doing my part to put monsters behind bars where they belong. At night, I'm the worst of them. I live my life on a razor's edge, keeping the balance of the sanity I have left. Olivia is an innocent, caught in the middle of someone else's twisted deeds. I'm the only thing stopping her from meeting a painful and untimely end. Because someone wants her gone. The problem is, she is painfully unaware of my growing obsession from the shadows. Day and night I watch her every move, determined to keep her safe. When the darkness comes for her, she's going to find out she has her own shadow. One who is ready to kill anyone who gets close. This game of cat and mouse can only end one way....with her in my arms and in my bed. She's mine. *Dark Torment is a dark stalker/kidnap standalone romance. This book contains dub/con, forced imprisonment (even if it's in a cozy bedroom), and lots of blood and murder. It also contains BDSM, so if any of this offends you, please don't read.*

Download or read book Torment written by Angel Devlin and published by Angel Devlin. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writers Angel Devlin and Tracy Lorraine bring you the first in five stories of billionaire CEOs with deceit, blackmail, steamy romance, and dark secrets. Mine to touch. Mine to tease. Mine to torment. I thrive on being the best, obliterating anyone that gets in my way. And that includes figuring out how to ruin the life of the man who did his best to ruin mine. After years spent trying to plan the perfect revenge, an unexpected interview with a Park Lane Princess gives me exactly what I need. Her. Mia Hamilton. His stepdaughter, An Instagram sensation on the cusp of stardom. My target. If I have my way, by the time I’m finished, she’ll be broken, and he'll be fighting to pick up the pieces left in my wake. Will she run, as she should, or is our connection stronger than I want to believe? Welcome to B.A.D. Inc. where the CEO's play dirty in the boardroom and the bedroom. TORMENT is the first book in this completed five book series.

Download or read book Dark Torment written by Cassie Hargrove and published by Dark. This book was released on 2022-03-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've become one with the shadows everyone is afraid of. During the day, I walk with the rest of the world, doing my part to put monsters behind bars where they belong. At night, I'm the worst of them. I live my life on a razor's edge, keeping the balance of the sanity I have left. Olivia is an innocent, caught in the middle of someone else's twisted deeds. I'm the only thing stopping her from meeting a painful and untimely end. Because someone wants her gone. The problem is, she is painfully unaware of my growing obsession from the shadows. Day and night I watch her every move, determined to keep her safe. When the darkness comes for her, she's going to find out she has her own shadow. One who is ready to kill anyone who gets close. This game of cat and mouse can only end one way....with her in my arms and in my bed. She's mine. *Dark Torment is a dark stalker/kidnap standalone romance. This book contains dub/con, forced imprisonment (even if it's in a cozy bedroom), and lots of blood and murder. It also contains BDSM, so if any of this offends you, please don't read.*

Download or read book Adrian s Vengeance written by Raven Scott and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-18 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'll kidnap her before she says I do.ADRIANShe's sweet, innocent, beautiful, and she's going to be mine no matter what.Mafia princess Marzia De Luca made me a promise when we were children.She broke that promise. Now it's time to teach her a lesson.Marzia thinks she's going to celebrate her arranged marriage at a masked ball.But this party is the perfect opportunity for me to kidnap her.It's time for me to show her that my love... means pain.MARZIASince I was a little girl, I've been in love with him - dark, twisted, menacingly handsome Adrian Bernardi.But my father, the mafia don, decided I'd marry someone else.Except I don't want to marry the other man. I only want Adrian.I pray for help, asking Adrian to save me.But saving me means taking everything from me.Adrian's Vengeance is the first book of the Mafia Heirs series. Adrian and Marzia's story begins in Broken Promises. This is a dark mafia romance.

Download or read book Torment Part One written by Dylan Page and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torment Part One is a dark, taboo, MC, contemporary romance. How did I get here? Broken, bruised, and mentally shattered.For most of my life, my older stepbrother, Shay, was my hero, my rock, and my best friend. The one I knew I could always rely on. For many years, I accepted everyone and everything around me. But as I grew up, the veil was lifted, and I slowly came to understand how f*cked up it all really is. These men, who I considered uncles and close family friends, are members of the dominant MC, The Celtic Beasts. Shay is not only a proud member. He is the one they send in to do their dirty work. For some reason, this tough, muscled, terrifying guy, needs me to ground and comfort him. But I have always had bigger plans. Bigger dreams. I don't want to be trapped here, in this life that is dark, bloody and violent. I want to get out, escape... but Shay has other plans for me. What do you do when your protector becomes the very root of your torment?**Warning: This book is meant for mature readers, 18+. Torment Part One is a dark romance and contains scenes and situations that may be upsetting for some readers. Includes several triggers and sensitive material such as: domestic abuse, profanity, gang violence, PTSD, depression, anxiety disorders, and sexual assault. Please do not read if you are uncomfortable with any of the above. Thank you.

Download or read book Torment Part Two written by Dylan Page and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torment Part Two is a dark, taboo, MC, contemporary romance.My dreams are gone. I'm trapped, controlled, and defeated.I made a deal that I have to stick to, if I want to keep everyone-including myself-safe. Shay has given me an ultimatum; be his or someone I love will pay the price. I've been trying to figure out how to survive my new life, but the constant demand to satisfy Shay to keep Manic at bay, is taking its toll.As time passes, I find myself growing comfortable in my cage, and my priorities start to shift. But when secrets start to unveil themselves, I begin to question everyone around me. Who is lying? Who can I trust?My protector turned into my tormentor, and now, he's something I don't know how to live without.**Warning: This book is meant for mature readers, 18+. Torment: Part Two is a dark romance and contains scenes and situations that may be upsetting for some readers. Includes triggers and sensitive materials such as - BUT NOT LIMITED TO - domestic abuse, profanity, dub-con, gang violence, PTSD, depression, and anxiety disorders. Please do not read if you are uncomfortable with any of the above.Thank you.

Download or read book Charity s Torment written by Ann-Marie Davis and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All I wanted was to find my brother after he disappeared. I didn't plan on somebody trying to make me disappear, too. All in a day's work for the Moreno Family's feistiest enforcer. When the twists begin to fly and I'm turned in new directions, I realize there's more to my brother's sudden disappearance than meets the eye. Thankfully, I've got plenty of knowledge, and muscle, in my corner: The Underboss, ruthless and protective. The Consigliere, my calm in the storm. The Capo, my wild ace in the hole. As if I didn't have enough to deal with trying to find my brother, somebody is also trying to kill me. Are they trying to stop me from finding my brother? They picked the wrong enforcer to mess with. NOTE: This reverse harem mafia romance may contain scenes or situations not suitable for all readers.

Download or read book Dark Aemilia written by Sally O'Reilly and published by Myriad Editions (US&CA). This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright; Who art as black as hell, as dark as night." —William Shakespeare, Sonnet 147 In the boldest imagining of the era since Shakespeare in Love and Elizabeth, a finalist for the Italian Premio del Castello del Terriccio, this spellbinding novel of witchcraft, poetry, and passion, brings to life Aemilia Lanyer, the "Dark Lady" of Shakespeare's Sonnets—the playwright's muse and his one true love. The daughter of a Venetian musician but orphaned as a young girl, Aemilia Bassano grows up in the court of Elizabeth I, becoming the Queen's favorite. She absorbs a love of poetry and learning, maturing into a striking young woman with a sharp mind and a quick tongue. Now brilliant, beautiful, and highly educated, she becomes mistress of Lord Hunsdon, the Lord Chamberlain and Queen's cousin. But her position is precarious; when she falls in love with court playwright William Shakespeare, her fortunes change irrevocably. A must-read for fans of Tracy Chevalier (Girl With a Pearl Earring) and Sarah Dunant (The Birth of Venus), Sally O'Reilly's richly atmospheric novel compellingly re-imagines the struggles for power, recognition, and survival in the brutal world of Elizabethan London. She conjures the art of England's first professional female poet, giving us a character for the ages—a woman who is ambitious and intelligent, true to herself, and true to her heart.

Download or read book Chainer s Torment written by Scott McGough and published by . This book was released on 2002-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the pit-fighting arenas, a Cabal dementia caster unleashes an array of horrific monsters when the dark nightmares of his mind suddenly come to life. Original.

Download or read book Torment of the Fallen written by Eve Archer and published by Broadmoor Books. This book was released on 2022-05-21 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Falling in love with a human is the last thing I wanted to do. Then, again, she isn't exactly human. Not anymore. Sara was the beautiful, intriguing best friend of my boss's mate. She was off-limits, which was no problem for me. Relationships between humans and fallen angels never worked out. I could desire her from afar and never touch, telling myself that a future was impossible. But when she was saved from death by an angel's healing powers, Sara became the carrier of an angel's mark. Now she's a target of both celestials and demons, and she doesn't even know it. It’s been millennia since I felt so strongly for a woman, and I don't know if it’s even possible for a tormented soul like me to be happy. But I know I can’t let the demons get their hands on her—even if it means breaking my vow and forfeiting my life to the demon prince I pledged my soul to for the next year. Can I resist the pull of her angelic mark and stay away from her, or will I be drawn to her like a moth to a burning flame that threatens to engulf us both in its hellfire? Torment of the Fallen is a devilishly steamy, fated mates paranormal romance with a mafia twist. This is book 4 in the Dark Fallen Angels series (but it is an addition to the original trilogy), it’s a full-length novel, and it ends with a HEA. For readers who love billionaire romance, angels and demons, and mafia romance as well as books by Lynsay Sands, J.R. Ward, Patricia Briggs, Nalini Singh, Felicity Heaton, Eve Langlais, Elizabeth Briggs. Like the international jet-setting abduction to seduction of 365 Days (365 DNI) but want a paranormal twist? Mythology, mythical creatures, ancient curses, and eternal mates.

Download or read book Ride written by Angel Devlin and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-06-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mine to rule. Mine to ravish. Mine to ride.I thrive on weakness. Everyone has one, and I play on it until I get what I want.And I ALWAYS get what I want.I keep my private life private while my business reputation precedes me. That includes testing out each and every one of my assistants to ensure they're capable of dealing with the likes of me.None are.Until her.Anna Hawley. A rare breed: an intern who actually wants to do the job not her employer. She keeps rejecting my advances and it only makes me want her more.But Anna has secrets of her own and when her lies start to unravel, I won't stop until she fully understands the repercussions of trying to manipulate me.Will she hate me, or is there something between us she can't deny?Welcome to B.A.D. Inc. where our glossy pages only hide the dark and dirty world that turns beneath. If you like your alphas brooding and sexy then you're in the right place. Get your e-readers ready because our new hot, suspenseful romance is going to set it alight.RIDE is the second book in the B.A.D. Inc series.

Download or read book Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad and published by Modernista. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heart of Darkness is often considered the world’s best short novel. The book serves as a bridge between the 19th century and modernism, an adventure tale revolving around the ambiguity of themes such as truth, morality, and evil. Joseph Conrad witnessed the European exploitation of the Congo with his own eyes. He once sailed up the Congo River himself to locate a countryman at a trading station deep within the country – even though this man wasn't named Kurtz. The goal and enigma of the journey have become synonymous with this name, one of the most unforgettable fictional characters of our time. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, and ended his career as a captain in the English merchant navy. His most famous work is the novella Heart of Darkness [1899], adapted into a film by Francis Ford Coppola in 1979 as Apocalypse Now.

Download or read book Layers of Darkness Six Twisted Tales of Horror and Psychological Torment written by T.W. Malpass and published by T.W. Malpass. This book was released on 2022-12-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SIX TWISTED TALES OF HORROR AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TORMENT Layers of Darkness is an anthology that celebrates the many subgenres of horror. Existential, Folk, Fairy Tale, Psychological, Body, Cosmic, Western, Supernatural, and LGBTQ+ are all explored in this emotionally engaging and unnervingly creepy collection of chillers. THE GROVE A woman and her child visit their local cemetery, only to become lost within the spiral of a mysterious grove that has seemingly materialised from another dimension. ARIEL Beth and Dante Fiennes have suffered a wound so deep it can only continue to fester. What appears to be the couple's salvation could instead be a sinister warning. She's home, but she's not the same. OLD CRONE As Prince Darius clings to life in the midst of serious illness, the king and queen take desperate measures by seeking out a hermit believed to be a witch in order to save their only son and heir. ONE FOR THE NIGHT Two strangers get more than they bargained for when they stop over in a deadbeat Texas town on the edge of the Mexican border. Every bad deed deserves another. DREAM TOWN Retracing his deceased mother's steps, a young boy embarks on a journey of discovery with his grandmother, peeling back the layers of a seaside resort deeply mired in the most unsettling form of unreality. RIPE During a long-distance trip across state to visit his sister, a troubled young socialite gets lost on an isolated road and is forced to choose between the comfort of self-preservation and saving an innocent soul from the clutches of a child-thirsty cult.

Download or read book The Torture Letters written by Laurence Ralph and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torture is an open secret in Chicago. Nobody in power wants to acknowledge this grim reality, but everyone knows it happens—and that the torturers are the police. Three to five new claims are submitted to the Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission of Illinois each week. Four hundred cases are currently pending investigation. Between 1972 and 1991, at least 125 black suspects were tortured by Chicago police officers working under former Police Commander Jon Burge. As the more recent revelations from the Homan Square “black site” show, that brutal period is far from a historical anomaly. For more than fifty years, police officers who took an oath to protect and serve have instead beaten, electrocuted, suffocated, and raped hundreds—perhaps thousands—of Chicago residents. In The Torture Letters, Laurence Ralph chronicles the history of torture in Chicago, the burgeoning activist movement against police violence, and the American public’s complicity in perpetuating torture at home and abroad. Engaging with a long tradition of epistolary meditations on racism in the United States, from James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time to Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me, Ralph offers in this book a collection of open letters written to protesters, victims, students, and others. Through these moving, questing, enraged letters, Ralph bears witness to police violence that began in Burge’s Area Two and follows the city’s networks of torture to the global War on Terror. From Vietnam to Geneva to Guantanamo Bay—Ralph’s story extends as far as the legacy of American imperialism. Combining insights from fourteen years of research on torture with testimonies of victims of police violence, retired officers, lawyers, and protesters, this is a powerful indictment of police violence and a fierce challenge to all Americans to demand an end to the systems that support it. With compassion and careful skill, Ralph uncovers the tangled connections among law enforcement, the political machine, and the courts in Chicago, amplifying the voices of torture victims who are still with us—and lending a voice to those long deceased.

Download or read book Dark Longing written by Cassie Hargrove and published by Cassie Hargrove. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is meant to be lived, and I’ll be damned if I live it with regret. I prefer to thrive on the chaotic energy that thrums through my veins. The pure adrenaline rush I get when things excite me. And what excites me now is my new boss, Devlin. His obsession with me is clear from the moment we meet, and I can feel his eyes on me all the time. I hope he’s ready for me, because I’m about to give him one hell of a ride. Buckle up, Dev. You’ve met your match. ** Dark Longing is the second book in the standalone Dark Series. It follows Shelby and Devlin as they “watch” one another obsessively. It contains BDSM, stalking, and high heat. **