Download or read book An Exaggerated Murder written by Josh Cook and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can you solve a murder when the clues are so dumb? Private investigator Trike Augustine may be a brainiac with deductive skills to rival Sherlock Holmes, but they’re not doing him any good at solving the case of a missing gazzilionaire because the clues are so stupefyingly—well, stupid. Meanwhile, his sidekicks—Max the former FBI agent and Lola the artist—don’t quite rise to the level of Dr. Watson, either. For example, when a large, dead pig turns up on Trike’s floor in the middle of the night, none of them can figure out what it means. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking as the astronomical reward being offered diminishes drastically every day. That, plus the increasing reality that their own lives are in danger, lift this astonishing debut beyond its hilarious premise—a smart man befuddled by the idiotic—and turns it into something more than just a smart homage to Sherlock (with maybe a touch of early Jonathan Lethem thrown in). It becomes a compelling and compulsive thriller . . . with the added bonus that the prose is often as breathtaking as the tale.

Download or read book The Tragedy of Felix and Jake written by J. Daniels and published by JD Publishing, LLC. This book was released on with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A grumpy/sunshine MM romance from New York Times bestselling author, J. Daniels. They say the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else. They say the best way to stay sober is to love yourself. I’m great at making bad decisions. Addict? Check. Poor impulse control? Check. Obsessed with the guy I’m sponsoring? Check Check Check. There is no one worse for me to want in my bed than Jake Tully. He’s hot and grumpy and literally a terrible idea. Terrible. Worse, no one has ever made me feel the way he does — valued. But here I am – thinking about him again. Falling for my sponsor is not my worst idea yet, but it’s damn close. Felix Fields is everything good. He’s thoughtful and kind. I can’t help but think about every bad thing we could do between these sheets. But we can’t be together. I’m not willing to risk my recovery for anyone – even if he might be perfect for me. Finding a love like this is nothing short of a tragedy. **Author’s Note: This book ends in a Happily Ever After, but getting there isn’t easy.

Download or read book Fully Coherent Plan written by David Shrigley and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLOSE YOUR EYES I invite you to imagine a plan for a new and better society where everything is very coherent and makes a lot of sense and nothing is confusing or awful OPEN YOUR EYES No need to imagine. Here is the plan. The plan is illustrated. The plan is quite complicated. But not too complicated. I think you will be thrilled by it. I am certain you will be thrilled by it. No need to read massive volumes or use the internet JUST READ THIS ONLY THIS

Download or read book As You Wish written by Angela Quarles and published by Unsealed Room Press. This book was released on with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author Angela Quarles. Riley McGregor is a geek trapped in a Good Ole Boy body and as owner of a microbrewery, smart chicks never look at him twice. Rejected by a geek who wanted to “trade up,” Mirjam Linna would rather immerse herself in work than be the girlfriend-of-the-moment. Stranded in a Vegas hotel, she makes a wish—a night of hot sex with the man of her dreams. It's granted. She agrees to dinner, but afterward, she’ll say thanks, but no thanks, and see what’s on the SyFy channel. But when they meet, they're surprised to find they had a shared connection in their past. Sparks fly as these two learn to be in the moment, be themselves and find love. Fans of Star Trek, Star Wars, Monty Python, Firefly and Marvin the Martian will enjoy this romantic comedy. Previously published as BEER AND GROPING IN LAS VEGAS

Download or read book Sugar Kids written by Taslim Burkowicz and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2024-04-25T00:00:00Z with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baby’s a skater girl trying to get through high school like everyone else. Except she loves Victorian gothic fiction, experiences violent tremors, and gets visits from the ghost of her twin. Ravi never really died for her, not like her mom did last year. When Baby gets kicked out of the house for not conforming with her Indo-Canadian family’s gender expectations, everything changes. Her new, glamorous friend Delilah introduces her to all-night parties held in exclusive clubs, abandoned warehouses, and magical cornfields — the underground rave scene in 1990s Vancouver. But how will Baby fit into this new world? Join Baby on her wild search for belonging through the landscape of acid house, complete with extraordinary music, retro fashion, and copious substance use. Alongside eccentric DJs, misanthropic skaters, and denim-clad ghosts, Baby explores her sexual and cultural identity. A coming-of-age tale, Sugar Kids is an homage to the subcultures animating the nineties.

Download or read book War Within written by Dustin K Jessip and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With heightened senses and operating within their homeland, they have the American squad at a disadvantage. Their confidence is high, yet they are humble. They know their rival is well trained and determined to fight to the death."Staff Sergeant Briar is an American soldier in a special operation who faces doubt and manipulation in a part of the world he is not supposed to be in. When he embraces a moment of clarity, his life changes forever. American society latches on to the way the media depicts the idea of treason, while a journalist, William "Bill" Johnson and his editor Carol King take a stand that evokes serious consequences. An influential political figure, Senator Cynthia Delp, plays her hand, raising suspicion over her true intentions. A rescue team is sent to recover their lost comrade but begin to crumble when unsuspected obstacles knock them off track. All the while, prying eyes loom in the shadows, striking at moments of weakness.When Sergeant Briar realizes there is more to live for than not, it leads him to stand up against his own ego. As he detaches from everything that ever weighed him down, the truth sets him free. When adversity seems to be at its peak, resiliency gains traction. An act of heroism protects the lives of others, preserving a legendary model for all to learn from.

Download or read book Take Me Home written by Jill Duerr Berrick and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a profound crisis in the United States' foster care system, Jill Duerr Berrick writes. No state has passed the federally mandated Child and Family Service Review; two-thirds of the state systems have faced class-action lawsuits demanding change; well over half of all children who enter foster care never go home.

Download or read book Love Schemes Clouded Dreams written by Kimberly Readnour and published by Rae-Allen Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let the love schemes begin! Ansley thought she was done with small-town living for good until her life took an unexpected turn and sent her back to her old stomping grounds in Sugar Creek Falls. Now, not only does she have to face the ghosts of her past, but also Matthew Tillman—her teenage crush turned biggest heartbreak. But Ansley has a plan to settle the score and get over him for good, even if it means resorting to a little scheming. As she gets closer to Matthew, however, old sparks reignite, and she realizes that maybe, just maybe, he’s not the enemy she thought he was. With betrayal and redemption on the line, will Ansley be able to stick to her plan, or will love prevail? Love Schemes, Clouded Dreams is a hate-to-love, small-town romance featuring a heroine with purpose and a loyal mechanic who needs more repair work than his customer’s vehicles. *** KEYWORDS: return to hometown, small town romance, age gap, love books, love stories, romantic novels, secrets, brother's best friend, steamy romance, best friend's sister, Enemies to lovers, contemporary romance, hate to love, second chance romance, first love, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers

Download or read book This Charming Angel written by Sharon Gartner and published by Angelwords publications.. This book was released on 2022-02-02 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fast-paced witty series follows modern-day heroine Lisa Collins.. The second book in the Acclaimed Author, Sharon Gartner's series of four books is titled "This Charming Angel." An Australian small town is thrown into turmoil when city girl Lisa Collins makes a reckless purchase of an old run-down villa. She finds herself forced to leave the comfort of the city limits to make her home in the vast open spaces of the country Lisa is always drawing unwanted attention, especially from Larry, a dear old colourful soul. Even though she pretends not to be disturbed by "This Charming Angel"*, Lisa pushes forward and turns her old shack into a successful wedding venue and accommodation. Excitement builds when Lisa has the opportunity to plan her first wedding, but curveballs are thrown from every angle, including the return of her mortal enemy.

Download or read book One Day a Smile Next Day a Tear written by Haleemah and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day a smile next day a tear Follow me threw my journey Read my suspense Travel threw my mind with me and see what make sense to me. A woman trap in the mind of a little girl Read about me and how they messed up my world How can I smile with all these tears? Im smile because after it all Im still here

Download or read book Fear the Night A Bad Boy Mafia Romance written by Peter Presley and published by Peter Presley. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael I know the risks. I’ve seen what happens to people who don’t follow the rules. But none of the rules matter where she’s concerned. At first, she’s just another pretty face. Before I know what’s hit me, she becomes the one person I can’t see myself living without. The only problem is, she’s the daughter of the ruthless Gianny Vincenzo, and there are signs I could be his next victim. Alyssa I didn’t ask for this life. I look the other way and pretend it’s not happening. When my father asks me to do something for him, I know I should refuse, but I don’t have that luxury. What my father wants, he gets, no matter who it hurts. This time, though, I might be the one who ends up with my heart broken. Do Alyssa and Michael have what it takes to see this through or will Gianny's plot change life as they knew it?

Download or read book Blood Loss written by Tobin Elliott and published by Luminous Aphotica Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Losing blood doesn't always mean you're bleeding. You think you know what it means to lose blood? Zero does. One of her members broke the rule: no werewolf shall harm or kill another. But the replacement is an overeager fool who refers to himself as the Fed. He'll risk everything to prove his worth. And he's out for revenge. Rainer does. Her parents, her sister, her husband, her child...her blood. The werewolves took everyone she loved, and she's vowed to never let it happen again. But when she finally opens herself up, she puts a whole new family in the werewolves' path. She'll risk everything to stop the wolves. Now, she's out for revenge. Sam does. With her mother gone, Sam is finally forging a relationship with her father. So she isn't sure what to think when Rainer shows up, stinking of smoke and death, and tells Sam and her dad that they must come with her. For their safety. But Sam is different from other kids her age. Precocious and foul-mouthed, she's learning she's strangely powerful. And that even the werewolves can sense it. Yet another, darker power waits, biding its time. It just needs to find that perfect...someone. Someone willing to spill blood. "This is disturbing. These f*ckers are scary!" - Jennifer Dinsmore, editor of The Aphotic series

Download or read book The Deal written by Harry Brooks and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scottie Roberts is a high-profile criminal defense attorney who represents some of the countrys most well-known mafiosi. One of his clients, Sammy Costello, asks him to help negotiate a deal to buy a mega entertainment conglomerate. Sammy wants him in on the deal because Scotties boyhood friend Joey Torino is a priest who works at the Vatican Bank and he feels he can help finance the deal. Things become complicated when Anthony Longo, another boyhood friend of Scotties, turns up seeking revenge for his fathers murder, claiming that Scottie was involved. The story takes you from the streets of Chicago to the glitter of Hollywood and then behind the scenes in Las Vegas. You will see firsthand how Vatican City, a sovereign state, controls its finances through the Vatican Bank, which has been dogged for decades by scandals involving the illegal transfer of funds and money laundering. You will meet people like Soraya Dubi, a millionaire California real estate person who becomes Scotties partner; Alice, Scotties secretary who, unbeknownst to him, leads two separate lives; and Maurice Gross, the owner of Entertainment World. Negotiating is part of everyday life, but in business, its absolutely critical to success. Scottie is not only a top defense attorney, he is also an expert in negotiating a deal. Emotion, luck, and magic have no place in a successful negotiation. It takes an iron gut, street smarts, and unblinking discipline to make a good deal; and Scottie has them all.

Download or read book Romancing the Bachelor written by Diane Alberts and published by Entangled: Indulgence. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Hamilton isn’t looking for love. Hell, he isn’t even looking for a girl. He has a five-year plan, and he’s one hundred percent focused on that. But then Shelby walks into his life, and suddenly, he can’t think about anything else. Unfortunately for him, she hates his guts, and wants nothing to do with him. But he’s a man who loves a challenge. Shelby Jefferson can’t wait to get out of the city, and back to her country roots. She moved to Atlanta for a guy who promptly left her, and the last thing she wants is to fall for another man who might make her want to stay. But Eric is nothing if not persistent, and before long she’s inside his arms, in his bed, and falling for him. Hard. But when history repeats itself, she’s left having to choose between a man and herself...again. Each book in the Hamilton Family series is STANDALONE. * The CEO's Seduction * Romancing the Bachelor * Catching the Player

Download or read book The Middle Finger Project written by Ash Ambirge and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh, funny, and fearless, The Middle Finger Project is a point-by-point primer on how to get unstuck, slay imposter syndrome, trust in your own worth and ability, and become a strong, capable, wonderful, weird, brilliant, ballsy, unfuckwithable YOU. "Don't worry, this isn't a book about God, nor is it a book about Ryan Gosling (second in command). But it is a book about authority and becoming your own." --Ash Ambirge After a string of dead-end jobs and a death in the family, Ash Ambirge was down to her last $26 and sleeping in a Kmart parking lot when she faced the truth: No one was coming to her rescue. It was up to her to appoint herself. That night led to what eventually became a six-figure freelance career as a sought-after marketing and copywriting consultant, all while sipping coffee from her front porch in Costa Rica. She then launched The Middle Finger Project, a blog and online course hub, which has provided tens of thousands of young "women who disobey" with the tools and mindset to give everyone else's expectations the finger and get on your own path to happiness, wealth, independence, and adventure. In her first book, Ash draws on her unconventional personal story to offer a fun, bracing, and occasionally potty-mouthed manifesto for the transformative power of radical self-reliance. Employing the signature wit and wordsmithing she's used to build an avid following, she offers paradigm-shifting advice along the lines of: • The best feeling in the world is knowing who you are and what you're capable of doing. • Life circumstances are not life sentences. If a Scranton girl who grew up in a trailer park can make it, so can you. • What you believe about yourself will either murder your chances or save your life. So why not believe something good? • You don't need a high-ranking job title to be authorized to contribute. You just need to contribute. • Be your own authority. Authority only works as long as you trust that someone smarter than you is making the rules. • The way you become a force is by being the most radically real version of yourself that you can be. • You only have 12 fucks a day to give, so use them wisely.

Download or read book Reclaiming Body Trust written by Hilary Kinavey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback. A holistic and powerful framework for accepting and liberating our bodies, and ourselves. “Essential reading for anyone who has struggled to feel at home in their body or to conform their body to external standards.” —Savala Nolan, author of Don’t Let It Get You Down Have you ever felt uncomfortable or not “at home” in your body? In this book, the founders of Body Trust, therapist Hilary Kinavey and dietitian Dana Sturtevant, invite readers to break free from the status quo and reject a culture that has taken advantage and profited from trauma, stigma, and disembodiment, and reclaim and embrace their bodies. Informed by the personal body stories of the hundreds of people they have worked with, Reclaiming Body Trust delineates an intersectional, social justice−orientated path to healing in three phases: The Rupture, The Reckoning, and The Reclamation. Throughout, readers will be anchored by the authors’ revolutionary Body Trust framework to discover a pathway out of a rigid, mechanistic way of thinking about the body and into a more authentic, sustainable way to occupy and nurture our bodies.

Download or read book The Operators written by Michael Hastings and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the Netflix original movie War Machine, starring Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, and Ben Kingsley From the author of The Last Magazine, a shocking behind-the-scenes portrait of our military commanders, their high-stake maneuvers, and the politcal firestorm that shook the United States. In the shadow of the hunt for Bin Laden and the United States’ involvement in the Middle East, General Stanley McChrystal, the commanding general of international and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was living large. His loyal staff liked to call him a “rock star.” During a spring 2010 trip, journalist Michael Hastings looked on as McChrystal and his staff let off steam, partying and openly bashing the Obama administration. When Hastings’s article appeared in Rolling Stone, it set off a political firestorm: McChrystal was unceremoniously fired. In The Operators, Hastings picks up where his Rolling Stone coup ended. From patrol missions in the Afghan hinterlands to senior military advisors’ late-night bull sessions to hotel bars where spies and expensive hookers participate in nation-building, Hastings presents a shocking behind-the-scenes portrait of what he fears is an unwinnable war. Written in prose that is at once eye-opening and other times uncannily conversational, readers of No Easy Day will take to Hastings’ unyielding first-hand account of the Afghan War and its cast of players.