Download or read book Just A Touch written by Renée Carlino and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Included in this free e-sampler are selections from ten sexy, heartbreaking, and epically romantic books by some of the biggest names in contemporary romance and new adult fiction. You’ll want to read them over and over again, share with your friends, and bookmark every page. We hope you enjoy these excerpts and come back for the rest of the story! Here’s just a touch of: Sweet Thing by Renée Carlino Rush Too Far by Abbi Glines Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover Beautiful Oblivion by Jamie McGuire Collide by Gail McHugh Unteachable by Leah Raeder Desert Heat by Elizabeth Reyes Working It by Kendall Ryan Five Ways to Fall by K.A. Tucker Jane’s Melody by Ryan Winfield Find out more about your favorite authors at Facebook.com/AtriaIndieAuthors Twitter.com/AtriaBooks AtriaIndieAuthors.com

Download or read book JUST ONE TOUCH written by Mary Anne Wilson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MORE THAN MEN He was her savior There was a blizzard raging when Harley Madison wrecked her Jeep in the frozen Montana mountains. All she recalled were fleeting images of a man, his deep voice calling to her, his strong arms cradling her. But was that strong hunk real…or a hallucination? He was her fantasy With wild raven hair and mesmerizing eyes, Mitch Rollins unsettled her. His lean, hard body took her breath away, and she craved his touch—which proved elusive. Was he real? Mitch needed no sleep, had the strength of ten men and lived like a recluse in the Crazy Junction clinic. Harley knew firsthand what it was like to hide secrets. What were Mitch's?

Download or read book Just One Touch written by Debra Mullins and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the wonderfully romantic and creative pen of Debra Mullins, here is an exciting and sensuous tale about two people who overcome a dark past to find an everlasting love. The Groom: Rogan Hunt has no need for a wife. After a stint in prison, he is only concerned with rebuilding the coffers of his estates. But then the Duke of Belvingham makes him an offer only a fool would refuse . The Bride: Lady Caroline Ware is horrified when her father arranges her marriage with a man said to have a wild temper and an even wilder reputation. But the Duke is dying, and Caroline has no choice but to agree. The Marriage: Caroline could not have imagined that her husband would be so tender, so warm, so . sensual. Rogan was expecting a meek and timid wife, but instead Caroline is vibrant, charming and . passionate. Will this marriage turn into something they have secretly hoped it would be? Or will the real reason behind it finally come to light, destroying them both?

Download or read book Just One Touch written by Cynthia Conner Goyang and published by Ambassador International. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What might this woman's life have been like prior to her years of suffering from this ailment? What would she have endured during the years of her infirmity? How would she have felt as she forced her way through the crowd to touch the hem of Jesus' garment? How might her life have been affected afterwards? Meet Sapira, a woman of striking beauty from humble beginnings. She emerges by means of marriage to a life of luxury. After many unfortunate events, Sapira loses everything her family, her place in the community, her wealth, and her health until the day she pushes forward to touch the hem of Jesus' garment.

Download or read book Just One Touch written by Maya Banks and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks continues her suspenseful and sizzling Slow Burn series with the fifth book featuring the men and women of Devereaux Security Services. Raised in a strict religious cult since she was a young girl, Jenna has no connection to the outside world beyond vague flashes of memory that seem to be from another life. Memories she clings to when the cult leaders discover her extraordinary ability to heal—and punish her. Years held captive and forced to do the cult's bidding have turned Jenna into a meek, timid woman…or so they think. In truth, she is merely biding her time, waiting for the perfect moment to escape. When a terrified young woman tries to steal the SUV of Devereaux Security’s toughest recruit, Isaac’s anger quickly turns into a strange sort of protectiveness for the beautiful, bruised stranger. But when they are caught in a firestorm of bullets and Isaac is hit, he’s sure the end is near, until Jenna touches him and closes his wounds. As he tries to bring Jenna to safety, she refuses to tell him what danger haunts her or how she healed him, but Isaac vows to do whatever it takes to gain her trust…and her heart. Because with just one touch, Isaac knows he wants Jenna to be his—forever.

Download or read book Just One Touch A Best Friends Sister Romance Black Alcove Book 3 New Adult Romance written by Jami Rogers and published by Jami Rogers. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Falling in love with her brother's best friend wasn't in her plans, but young love has no rules. “Hi, I’m Alexis, your sister.” Ew, no. Scratch that. “Hey yo …” *palms forehead* Oh god, I'm losing it. For months, my confidence has been high on how I was going to approach the brother I'd been separated from as a child. The plan I'd made was smooth. Do you know what wasn’t in those plans? Falling for my brother's best friend. *closes eyes and counts to ten* Do you know what else I didn't plan for? Not telling said best friend who I am. Nope, I settled with the mysterious new girl next door. I played the floor is lava with his kid once. Yep, my brother's best friend/the hottie across the hall is a single dad and do you know what’s worse than dancing around fake hot coals with a kid? It’s wondering who’s going to find out who I am first. The guy I'm fooling around with or my brother. In the end, I think I’m going to get burned either way. KEYWORDS: wyoming romance, hot romance, sexy romance, steamy romance, smaller town romance, small town romance, feel good romance, sexy, steamy, hot, beach read, romantic beach read, romance book, romance books, beach reads, sassy heroine, sassy romance, happily ever after, hea, college romance, romcom, best friends romance, sexy neighbor, best friends sister, brothers best friend, girl next door, sexy neighbor, comedy series, series, romance series, steamy romance series, college series romance

Download or read book Just a Touch of Ginger written by Darren Hobson and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2017-09-27 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone needs a helping hand to travel this long twisting road called life, not everyone can travel alone, there are too many dangers and disorders out there, it doesn't matter if you are are the weakest female or the strongest male, everyone now knows these are not the correct phrases a female can be strong too and a lot more men are weaker than they seem. A band that vomited onto the music scene in the early 1990s did not want to be boxed or pigeon holed by the establishment they almost ended up destroying themselves with their mind abuse and crude raw tragedy that was played out before the British music press, in all this anarchy and doubt the band survived and the band leader, Ginger in turn saved so many music listeners, they became family it was not just Earth versus The Wildhearts anymore, it was the band and their fans fighting against all the crimes this world was guilty of. This is the story of that fight, of that war, this is a story through the eyes of one fan, of one of the survivors standing side by side with the rest of the legion, growing strong with support from others, all wild in heart and willing to take a stand against what the world has become.

Download or read book Just One More Touch A Collection of Second Chance Romances written by Willow Winters and published by Willow Winters Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2022-08-29 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author, Willow Winters, comes a seductive and emotionally captivating second-chance romance. I never thought I’d see him again, years later. Let alone be under him in the way I’ve craved since we said goodbye. The attraction between us still burns like fire, but time can’t change the past. And I don’t know if it’s possible for us to mend all of our broken pieces. "Winters creates another masterpiece of beautiful storytelling and leaves her readers breathless." - Nicki - The Overflowing Bookcase review for Tell Me to Stay. One of three titles in this collection. Featuring three second chance romances, Just One More Touch has page to page heat! It's emotionally gripping, bingable and complete with three happily ever afters. This collection features: Burned Promises, Second Chance and Tell Me To Stay

Download or read book Pat the Bunny written by Dorothy Kunhardt and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The timeless children's classic full of interactive fun—a perfect gift for new babies and first birthdays. For generations, Pat the Bunny has been creating special first-time moments between parents and their children. One of the best-selling children’s books of all time, this classic touch-and-feel book offers babies a playful and engaging experience, all the while creating cherished memories that will last a lifetime.

Download or read book My Body Belongs to Me from My Head to My Toes written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now every parent, grandparent, or teacher can explain to a child the difference between appropriate and inappropriate touching in a way that young boys and girls can understand. As a child, there are constantly people trying to pick you up, hug you, or tickle you. Sometimes, though, children fall victims to people who try to touch them inappropriately. But how do you tell someone, most likely an adult, that you don’t want to be touched? Or, if it has already happened, how do you tell an adult you trust about what happened? You’re only a child, and they’re the adults. Why would they believe you? My Body Belongs to Me from My Head to My Toes is an educational tool to help instill confidence in children when it comes to their bodies. The narrative of the story is led by a girl named Clara, who encourages kids to say “no” if they are uncomfortable with physical contact. The narrator gives readers tips about what they can say or do to avoid unwanted physical contact, or how to tell the right people in the event it has already occurred. My Body Belongs to Me from My Head to My Toes is an invaluable resource that gives children a voice in uncomfortable situations.

Download or read book Out of Touch written by Michelle Drouin and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behavioral scientist explores love, belongingness, and fulfillment, focusing on how modern technology can both help and hinder our need to connect. A Next Big Idea Club nominee. Millions of people around the world are not getting the physical, emotional, and intellectual intimacy they crave. Through the wonders of modern technology, we are connecting with more people more often than ever before, but are these connections what we long for? Pandemic isolation has made us even more alone. In Out of Touch, Professor of Psychology Michelle Drouin investigates what she calls our intimacy famine, exploring love, belongingness, and fulfillment and considering why relationships carried out on technological platforms may leave us starving for physical connection. Drouin puts it this way: when most of our interactions are through social media, we are taking tiny hits of dopamine rather than the huge shots of oxytocin that an intimate in-person relationship would provide. Drouin explains that intimacy is not just sex—although of course sex is an important part of intimacy. But how important? Drouin reports on surveys that millennials (perhaps distracted by constant Tinder-swiping) have less sex than previous generations. She discusses pandemic puppies, professional cuddlers, the importance of touch, “desire discrepancy” in marriage, and the value of friendships. Online dating, she suggests, might give users too many options; and the internet facilitates “infidelity-related behaviors.” Some technological advances will help us develop and maintain intimate relationships—our phones, for example, can be bridges to emotional support. Some, on the other hand, might leave us out of touch. Drouin explores both of these possibilities.

Download or read book A Touch of Darkness written by Scarlett St Clair and published by Bloom Books. This book was released on 2021-08-13 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. Since she was a little girl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbidden nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysterious stranger. Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible. But nothing has ever intrigued him as much as the goddess offering him a bargain he can't resist. After her encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead, and his terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. The bet does more than expose Persephone's failure as a goddess, however. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows-a love that is both captivating and forbidden"--

Download or read book LIFE written by and published by . This book was released on 1955-10-24 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

Download or read book The Latinist A Novel written by Mark Prins and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An NPR Best Book of 2022 One of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of 2022 A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Crime Fiction of 2022 Selection "Ingenious.…a superb literary suspense novel that calls to mind an earlier such debut, Donna Tartt’s The Secret History." —Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post A contemporary reimagining of the Daphne and Apollo myth, The Latinist is a page-turning exploration of power, ambition, and the intertwining of love and obsession. Tessa Templeton has thrived at Oxford University under the tutelage and praise of esteemed classics professor Christopher Eccles. And now, his support is the one thing she can rely on: her job search has yielded nothing, and her devotion to her work has just cost her her boyfriend, Ben. Yet shortly before her thesis defense, Tessa learns that Chris has sabotaged her career—and realizes their relationship is not at all what she believed. Driven by what he mistakes as love for Tessa, Chris has ensured that no other institution will offer her a position, keeping her at Oxford with him. His tactics grow more invasive as he determines to prove he has her best interests at heart. Meanwhile, Tessa scrambles to undo the damage—and in the process makes a startling discovery about an obscure second-century Latin poet that could launch her into academic stardom, finally freeing her from Chris’s influence. A contemporary reimagining of the Daphne and Apollo myth, The Latinist is a page-turning exploration of power, ambition, and the intertwining of love and obsession.

Download or read book The Morning Star written by Karl Ove Knausgaard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book One of NPR's Best Books of 2021 "Knausgaard is among the finest writers alive.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times The international bestseller from the author of the renowned My Struggle series, The Morning Star is an astonishing, ambitious, and rich novel about what we don't understand, and our attempts to make sense of our world nonetheless One long night in August, Arne and Tove are staying with their children in their summer house in southern Norway. Their friend Egil has his own place nearby. Kathrine, a priest, is flying home from a Bible seminar, questioning her marriage. Journalist Jostein is out drinking for the night, while his wife, Turid, a nurse at a psychiatric care unit, is on a night shift when one of her patients escapes. Above them all, a huge star suddenly appears blazing in the sky. It brings with it a mysterious sense of foreboding. Strange things start to happen as nine lives come together under the star. Hundreds of crabs amass on the road as Arne drives at night; Jostein receives a call about a death metal band found brutally murdered in a Satanic ritual; Kathrine conducts a funeral service for a man she met at the airport – but is he actually dead? The Morning Star is about life in all its mundanity and drama, the strangeness that permeates our world, and the darkness in us all. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s astonishing new novel, his first after the My Struggle cycle, goes to the utmost limits of freedom and chaos, to what happens when forces beyond our comprehension are unleashed and the realms of the living and the dead collide.

Download or read book How to Feel written by Sushma Subramanian and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are out of touch. Many people fear that we are trapped inside our screens, becoming less in tune with our bodies and losing our connection to the physical world. But the sense of touch has been undervalued since long before the days of digital isolation. Because of deeply rooted beliefs that favor the cerebral over the corporeal, touch is maligned as dirty or sentimental, in contrast with supposedly more elevated modes of perceiving the world. How to Feel explores the scientific, physical, emotional, and cultural aspects of touch, reconnecting us to what is arguably our most important sense. Sushma Subramanian introduces readers to the scientists whose groundbreaking research is underscoring the role of touch in our lives. Through vivid individual stories—a man who lost his sense of touch in his late teens, a woman who experiences touch-emotion synesthesia, her own efforts to become less touch averse—Subramanian explains the science of the somatosensory system and our philosophical beliefs about it. She visits labs that are shaping the textures of objects we use every day, from cereal to synthetic fabrics. The book highlights the growing field of haptics, which is trying to incorporate tactile interactions into devices such as phones that touch us back and prosthetic limbs that can feel. How to Feel offers a new appreciation for a vital but misunderstood sense and how we can use it to live more fully.

Download or read book A Touch of Ruin written by Scarlett St. Clair and published by Sourcebooks. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second in the captivating Hades and Persephone series from fan-favorite bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair. "Are you saying you wouldn't fight for me?" Hades sighed and brushed his finger along her cheek. "Darling, I would burn this world for you." Persephone's relationship with Hades has gone public and the resulting media storm disrupts her normal life and threatens to expose her as the Goddess of Spring. To add to her troubles, everyone seems eager to warn Persephone away from the God of the Dead by exposing his hellish past. Things only get worse when a horrible tragedy leaves Persephone's heart in ruin and Hades refusing to help. Desperate, she takes matters into her own hands, striking bargains that lead to severe consequences. Faced with a side of Hades she never knew, and crushing loss, Persephone wonders if she can truly become Hades's queen.