Download or read book Mountain Man s Muse written by Elsa Jade and published by Red Circle Ink. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The iron-bound barrier that once separated fae from the sunlit realm is failing, and a lone cowboy will face beauty and danger…from one woman and from his own yearning heart. Welcome to the Court of the Steel-Born Fae. Adelyn is a musetta, a pampered favorite in the faedrealii, sought after for her untouched beauty, perfect grace, and the inspiration she arouses in others. But after a treasonous error, Adelyn is sentenced to death…unless she can find the rebellious runaway fae who are harboring escapees from the court and bring them back to face the queen’s questionable mercy. When Oregon rancher Josh Reimer swings by his neighbors’ spread while they are away, he finds the mess of a busted water main...and an almost magically gorgeous woman. Must be one of those Hollywood starlets his neighbors had warned him might stop by. Still hurting from his ex-wife’s desertion and the shattered illusion of love, he reluctantly offers Adelyn a bunk at his place. Although she intends to seduce the boring mortal to discover what he knows about this phae halfway house, Adelyn finds herself strangely drawn to the quiet human charms Josh wields on the creatures and earth—even the metal smithing—under his hands. For the first time, she plys her muse powers with an actual purpose and sees lasting beauty unfurl in a rough, stark land. She will have to sacrifice it all to return to the faedrealii, but Josh won’t lose the magic they’ve found together. He will hunt her down to the steel gates of the queen’s court and make Adelyn choose: Will she cling to the love of illusion or risk everything for a passion that will last forever? For readers who enjoy: Paranormal fantasy romance of fairy-tale happily ever afters, shorter novella length stories of fey royalty and rugged cowboy rancher heroes with magic, spells, charms, enchantments, and broken hearts healed by a second chance at love. *Originally published as A Little Night Muse by Jessa Slade

Download or read book Mountain Man s Muse written by Sadie King and published by Men of Maple Mountain. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He watches her through his lens, his craving for her growing until he must act... The moment I saw Heather down the lens of my camera, I knew she was mine. Her curves, her lips, her smile--they all speak to me down the lens, as I build a portfolio for my pleasure. An entire room in the basement devoted to her image. When I finally get her in my studio, she ignites a passion that we both crave, giving me everything I ever wanted and making my life full. She'll never know about the basement, about what's behind the locked door. Will she? Mountain Man's Muse is a soft stalker, mountain man romance featuring an OTT hero and the curvy girl who becomes the object of his obsession. Authors note: Mountain Man's Muse is a short instalove story that can be read in about an hour. If you love a quickie, then dive on in! Approx. word count: 9k

Download or read book My Mountain Man Muse written by Olivia T. Turner and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-09 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've always dreamed of renting a cottage in the mountains for a week to write a romance novel and now I'm finally here. I have everything I need.- Log cabin on a secluded mountain (check)- A week off work to do nothing but write (check)- A light snow falling outside as I sit under a blanket at the desk (check)- An amazing love story that writes itself (what's the opposite of a check?)It's my second day here and I haven't written one word.Can you still get writer's block if you're not a real writer?It's all a disaster until I'm wandering through the woods and see some much-needed inspiration.It comes in a big, bearded, growly package.His name is Jayden Rowe and he's a rugged mountain man who says he owns everything on this mountain.Including me.Suddenly, with Jayden's shirtless body to gawk at while he chops wood, the words start flowing and my book comes alive.But when it's time to write the love scene, the words dry up and I have nothing.What I need is a little mountain man inspiration to get the book going again.Research. That's what I need.Hot, sweaty, sultry research with my gorgeous new mountain man friend.That's when I decide that I'm going to seduce Jayden......for research purposes of course.

Download or read book King of the Mountain written by Arnold M. Ludwig and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People may choose to ignore their animal heritage by interpreting their behavior as divinely inspired, socially purposeful, or even self-serving, all of which they attribute to being human, but they masticate, fornicate, and procreate, much as chimps and apes do, so they should have little cause to get upset if they learn that they act like other primates when they politically agitate, debate, abdicate, placate, and administrate, too." -- from the book King of the Mountain presents the startling findings of Arnold M. Ludwig's eighteen-year investigation into why people want to rule. The answer may seem obvious -- power, privilege, and perks -- but any adequate answer also needs to explain why so many rulers cling to power even when they are miserable, trust nobody, feel besieged, and face almost certain death. Ludwig's results suggest that leaders of nations tend to act remarkably like monkeys and apes in the way they come to power, govern, and rule. Profiling every ruler of a recognized country in the twentieth century -- over 1,900 people in all­­, Ludwig establishes how rulers came to power, how they lost power, the dangers they faced, and the odds of their being assassinated, committing suicide, or dying a natural death. Then, concentrating on a smaller sub-set of 377 rulers for whom more extensive personal information was available, he compares six different kinds of leaders, examining their characteristics, their childhoods, and their mental stability or instability to identify the main predictors of later political success. Ludwig's penetrating observations, though presented in a lighthearted and entertaining way, offer important insight into why humans have engaged in war throughout recorded history as well as suggesting how they might live together in peace.

Download or read book The Mountain Man s Mail Order Bride written by Frankie Love and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three mountain men with one goal in mind: finding a wife!The Mountain Man's MuseWhen River orders a wife, he's hoping she'll cure his writer's block.But when he meets his bride, he knows she's more than a quick-fix- she's his muse.The Mountain Man's CureWhen Harrison orders a bride, he's hoping Hannah can accept him-scars and all.But when a storm forces them to his cabin before exchanging vows there are no guarantees that she'll stay put once she discovers who he really is.The Mountain Man's North StarWhen Alaskan native Sullivan orders a bride, he's not planning on falling in love.A recent transplant to his childhood home in the middle of nowhere, he wants company.More than company-he wants a woman in his bed every damn day.

Download or read book Mountain Man Fixated written by Olivia T Turner and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'm a city girl. I don't do nature. It sucks. Bugs, bears, poison ivy. You name it, I hate it. So, when my niece asks me to accompany her on a camping trip, I'm horrified. But I'm a good aunt, so I say yes. Well, that was a huge mistake. One of many. Forgetting the bug spray. That was a mistake. So was thinking I could control a canoe. Spoiler alert: I can't. When I get irrevocably lost from the group in the mountain wilderness, I think I've made a fatal mistake. Until Cyrus finds me. He's big, strong, and the toughest man these mountains have ever seen. But he goes absolutely weak when he sees me. An obsession takes over and he's not about to let me go. Is there anything in the survival guide for when a burly mountain man becomes obsessed with you? Spoiler alert: Nope. There's not. Mia is about to find out if bearded men do it better. I think we already know the answer to that question, but come along for the ride anyway and watch this obsessive alpha male move mountains for his girl. Insta-love at its finest in a SAFE read with no cheating and a super sweet HEA guaranteed. Double V-cards. Enjoy!

Download or read book Six Minutes To Freedom written by Kurt Muse and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear President Bush, My name is Kimberly Anne Muse. I am writing this letter not for me but for my father, Kurt Frederick Muse. As you should know by now, he is a political prisoner in Panama. . .. Born in the United States and raised in Panama, Kurt Muse grew up with a deep love for his adopted country. But the crushing regime of General Manuel Noriega in the late 1980s threatened his, and a nation's, freedom. A nightmare of murder and unexplained disappearances compelled Kurt and a few trusted friends to begin a clandestine radio campaign, urging the people of Panama to rise up for their basic human rights. Six Minutes to Freedom is the remarkable tale of Kurt Muse's arrest and harrowing months of imprisonment; his eyewitness accounts of torture; and the plight of his family as they fled for their lives. It is also the heart-pounding account of the only American civilian ever rescued by the elite Delta Force. Timelier than ever, this is a thrilling and highly personal narrative about one man's courage and dedication to his beliefs. "A cliffhanger drama of survival against all odds." --Jeffery Deaver "A dramatic portrayal of idealism, courage, integrity, and fortitude." --John Douglas and Mark Olshaker "A must-read for anyone interested in how Delta Force operates." --John Weisman "Harrowing, entertaining, inspiring, and very, very readable." --Col. Lee A. Van Arsdale, U.S. Army Special Forces (Ret) "A thrilling chronicle that puts a human face on unspeakable actions." --Continental magazine A Featured Alternate of the Military Book Club

Download or read book Murder on Shades Mountain written by Melanie S. Morrison and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One August night in 1931, on a secluded mountain ridge overlooking Birmingham, Alabama, three young white women were brutally attacked. The sole survivor, Nell Williams, age eighteen, said a black man had held the women captive for four hours before shooting them and disappearing into the woods. That same night, a reign of terror was unleashed on Birmingham's black community: black businesses were set ablaze, posses of armed white men roamed the streets, and dozens of black men were arrested in the largest manhunt in Jefferson County history. Weeks later, Nell identified Willie Peterson as the attacker who killed her sister Augusta and their friend Jennie Wood. With the exception of being black, Peterson bore little resemblance to the description Nell gave the police. An all-white jury convicted Peterson of murder and sentenced him to death. In Murder on Shades Mountain Melanie S. Morrison tells the gripping and tragic story of the attack and its aftermath—events that shook Birmingham to its core. Having first heard the story from her father—who dated Nell's youngest sister when he was a teenager—Morrison scoured the historical archives and documented the black-led campaigns that sought to overturn Peterson's unjust conviction, spearheaded by the NAACP and the Communist Party. The travesty of justice suffered by Peterson reveals how the judicial system could function as a lynch mob in the Jim Crow South. Murder on Shades Mountain also sheds new light on the struggle for justice in Depression-era Birmingham. This riveting narrative is a testament to the courageous predecessors of present-day movements that demand an end to racial profiling, police brutality, and the criminalization of black men.

Download or read book FAITHFUL The Mountain Man s Babies Book 10 written by Frankie Love and published by Frankie Love. This book was released on with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The moment I saw her I knew. Knew that we would have a future, a family, a forever. Her father says she's too young, too naive, too innocent. But she is more than he knows. She's the love of my goddamn life. Then she's gone in the blink of an eye. But this mountain was made for miracles, and I'm fighting for ours. I have faith in the impossible. Faith in us. And nothing will stop me from being the man she needs. Dear Reader, FAITHFUL is the epic conclusion to the most romantic series to ever land on your Kindle. I didn't hold back with this one. Suspense. Secrets. Steam. But most of all, babies. I promise you, Jonah is the baby-daddy of the year. Get ready, sweetheart... This trip to Miracle Mountain is gonna be one heck of a ride! xo, frankie

Download or read book Mountain Man s Match written by Vesta Romero and published by Vesta Romero. This book was released on with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love and Healing in the Heart of the Mountains This is the story of Alder, an irresistible loner who's carved his sanctuary in the mountains of Arelis Springs as a reclusive writer of swoon-worthy romance novels. After a near-death experience as a youngster, Alder finds solace up there, drawn to their untamed beauty and healing embrace. When he spies the curvy and vivacious Bethany at his best friend's wedding, he's immediately captivated. Little does he know that their fateful encounter will turn his solitary world upside down. Bethany loses a bet at the bachelorette party that finds her stranded in a mountain cabin. Alder is faced with a challenge he never saw coming: to share his sacred space with the city girl who's as stubborn as she is captivating. They draw closer amid the breathtaking backdrop of nature. From an unexpected encounter to shared laughter and passion, their bond sizzles with each passing day and Bethany must decide whether to stick to the terms of the bet… or not! Perfect for fans of rugged heroes, curvy heroines, and unexpected love, make Mountain Man's Match your next must-read adventure.

Download or read book The Ghost and the Mountain Man written by Bobbi Holmes and published by Bobbi Holmes. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is about to change for Brian Henderson, now that he knows the secrets of Beach Drive. Unbeknownst to Brian and the others, they have brought something else home with them after their misadventure in the forest. The spirit of a mountain man has followed them to Frederickport with a secret of his own.

Download or read book Men of Maple Mountain Books 1 7 written by Sadie King and published by Men of Maple Mountain. This book was released on 2023-04-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maple Mountain: home to tough-talking recluses, ex-military men hiding from their past, hardy mountain rangers, and other rough and ready mountain men. These men are OTT possessive and will stop at nothing to claim the curvy innocent women they become obsessed with. There's age gap, forced proximity, dual virgins, forbidden love, capture, light stalking, and other OTT obsessive behavior all with a sticky sweet, and steamy happily ever after. This collection includes seven previously published stories and a bonus short story not available anywhere else, set ten years after Bear & Colette meet. Mountain Man's Obsession (Bear & Colette) Local brewery owner Bear becomes obsessed when the curvy romance author Collette walks into his bar. He can't stop watching her, even when she doesn't know he's watching... Mountain Man's Captive (Colton & Annie) When Coltan captures Annie in one of his traps, he has no idea how hard he's about to fall. Or to what lengths he will go to keep her with him. Mountain Man's Virgin (Chase & Brooklyn) In this forced proximity, city girl meets mountain man instalove romance Mountain ranger Chase falls hard for the curvy reporter spending her first weekend in the wilderness. Mountain Man's Muse (Kane & Heather) Kane moved to the mountain for Heather. Now he must convince her that their love is the real thing, as long as she doesn't find out his secret... Mountain Man's Redemption (Ewan & Bethany) This ex-military hero is looking for a quiet life until Bethany invades his heart. But as they get closer Bethany suspects Ewan is not all that he seems... Mountain Man's First Time (Kit & Ursula) She's his best friend's little sister and totally off-limits. But that doesn't stop Kit from falling hard for his forbidden love. Mountain Man's Healer (Rowan & Jenny) This ex-military recluse is captivated by the curvy woman wandering his land. As lust turns to obsession how far will this wounded hero go to keep her in his life? Mountain Man's Steamy Anniversary (Bear & Collette) - Bonus short story only available in this collection. Colette's career has stalled, her oldest son is in trouble at school, and worst of all, Bear has forgotten their ten-year wedding anniversary. Even a boozy lunch with the girls isn't enough to pull her out of her slump. But when Colette discovers the surprise Bear has in store for her, it reminds her of what really matters in life.

Download or read book Dark Hunter s Touch written by Elsa Jade and published by Red Circle Ink. This book was released on 2022-02-11 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, iron kept the fae from wandering the world. But over the millennia, iron gave way to steel, and now the fae are unbound… Welcome to the Court of the Steel-Born Fae. Yearning to be free, Olette has fled the idleness and illusions of the fae court to hide in the sunlit realm of humans. When the dark warriors of the Wild Hunt find her—and they will, because the black-winged shadows always find their prey—she will face the fae queen's wrath. But until the hunters come and clip her sylfana wings, she will seize this moment to indulge the real emotions of world beyond the walls she’s always known. After a chance encounter with a seductively handsome stranger, Olette longs to embrace the earthly passions within her, if only for one night. Vaile’s dark eyes might see through her disguise and his tantalizing touch could make her forget her vow to keep running as long as she can. Because it seems there are deeper dangers than she knew. In the ages since the end of the Iron Wars, the Court of the Steel-Born Fae has grown restless, the queen’s power to hold them within wearing thin, and the sunlit realm has forgotten the old charms that once kept the oblivious human folk safe from the shadows. Olette might risk even her freedom for Vaile’s love, but when the Wild Hunt closes in, she has to wonder: has she fallen for a man—or beautiful lie? *Originally published as Dark Hunter’s Touch by Jessa Slade For readers who enjoy: Paranormal fantasy romance of fairy-tale happily ever afters, shorter novella length stories of fey royalty with magic, spells, charms, and enchantments, plus dark wounded warrior heroes and strong heroines.

Download or read book Desperate Passage written by Ethan Rarick and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-04 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late October 1846, the last wagon train of that year's westward migration stopped overnight before resuming its arduous climb over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, unaware that a fearsome storm was gathering force. After months of grueling travel, the 81 men, women and children would be trapped for a brutal winter with little food and only primitive shelter. The conclusion is known: by spring of the next year, the Donner Party was synonymous with the most harrowing extremes of human survival. But until now, the full story of what happened, what it tells us about human nature and about America's westward expansion, remained shrouded in myth. Drawing on fresh archaeological evidence, recent research on topics ranging from survival rates to snowfall totals, and heartbreaking letters and diaries made public by descendants a century-and-a-half after the tragedy, Ethan Rarick offers an intimate portrait of the Donner party and their unimaginable ordeal: a mother who must divide her family, a little girl who shines with courage, a devoted wife who refuses to abandon her husband, a man who risks his life merely to keep his word. But Rarick resists both the gruesomely sensationalist accounts of the Donner party as well as later attempts to turn the survivors into archetypal pioneer heroes. "The Donner Party," Rarick writes, "is a story of hard decisions that were neither heroic nor villainous. Often, the emigrants displayed a more realistic and typically human mixture of generosity and selfishness, an alloy born of necessity." A fast-paced, heart-wrenching, clear-eyed narrative history, A Desperate Hope casts new light on one of America's most horrific encounters between the dream of a better life and the harsh realities such dreams so often must confront.

Download or read book Writing History with Lightning written by Matthew Christopher Hulbert and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indelible images like the plight of Davy Crockett and the defenders of the Alamo, Pickett’s doomed charge at Gettysburg, the proliferation and destruction of plantation slavery in the American South, Custer’s fateful decision to divide his forces at Little Big Horn, and the onset of immigration and industrialization that saw Old World lifestyles and customs dissolve amid rapidly changing environments. Balancing historical nuance with passion for cinematic narratives, Writing History with Lightning confronts how movies about nineteenth-century America influence the ways in which mass audiences remember, understand, and envision the nation’s past. In these twenty-six essays—divided by the editors into sections on topics like frontiers, slavery, the Civil War, the Lost Cause, and the West—notable historians engage with films and the historical events they ostensibly depict. Instead of just separating fact from fiction, the essays contemplate the extent to which movies generate and promulgate collective memories of American history. Along with new takes on familiar classics like Young Mr. Lincoln and They Died with Their Boots On, the volume covers several films released in recent years, including The Revenant, 12 Years a Slave, The Birth of a Nation, Free State of Jones, and The Hateful Eight. The authors address Hollywood epics like The Alamo and Amistad, arguing that these movies flatten the historical record to promote nationalist visions. The contributors also examine overlooked films like Hester Street and Daughters of the Dust, considering their portraits of marginalized communities as transformative perspectives on American culture. By surveying films about nineteenth-century America, Writing History with Lightning analyzes how movies create popular understandings of American history and why those interpretations change over time.

Download or read book The Mountain Muse written by Daniel Bryan and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Crave Wife Mates for the Orcs 2 written by Elsa Jade and published by Red Circle Ink. This book was released on 2023-10-09 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s the littlest orc. She’s the Earther girl fleeing her mistakes. Together, they’re getting into big trouble in outer space! Welcome to the Intergalactic Dating Agency! The Omega Reclamation Crew finally found their fortune—but unfortunately, the orcs can’t spend it. Sil, the DeepWander’s only short orc, has an idea to save the ship and prove his place on the crew separate from his big brother the mighty apex. He just needs someone who’ll believes in him, a.k.a. an accomplice… Kinsley Sullivan meant to be good, honestly. Hacking into the Big Sky IDA dating profiles to stow away on a spaceship, escaping her problems, was supposed to be her last scam. Except now Sil the space nerd is dangling a prize she can’t resist—and not just the enticing alien secrets beneath his orc kilt. Guided by a talking pet rock, they’re on a road trip across the galaxy, where the menace of mercenaries, the risk of rogue comets, and the vulnerability of the void is matched only by the threat of trusting each other—and the hazards of their own lonely hearts. __________________ CRAVE is the second book in a new trilogy of adventures in the Big Sky Alien Mail Order Brides: Intergalactic Dating Agency universe. For readers who love strong, hardworking, four-armed orcs in skimpy clothing (hey, it’s hot in space!) and determined Earther women seeking the good lives and forever loves they deserve, with fated mates, a touch of space opera, and happily ever afters. CRUSH CRAVE CLAIM And don’t miss the other Big Sky Alien Mail Order Brides trilogies and trilogies+1 (dammit, Jim, I’m a writer not a mathematician!): The Original Trilogy+1 Black Hole Brides Cyborg Cowboys of Carbon County Mermaids of Montana Beast Battalion