Download or read book Belle s Quest written by Eve Langlais and published by Eve Langlais. This book was released on 2024-11-07 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My life has taken a hairy twist. I’ve studied the Grimm Effect and am prepared to be the one who finally breaks it. The others who came before me failed, but I have an advantage they didn’t. I escaped my unhappily-ever-after. The one thing I don’t have? Jet-setting money. Good thing a prince I saved while working at the Fairytale Bureau has deep pockets. He’s offered to help me end the jinxing once and for all. What I didn’t count on was the curse fighting back. In an annoying twist, I am now the beast. From dusk ‘til dawn, I’m a hairy monster, and do you know what tames me when I’m tempted to eat annoying people? A certain sarcastic prince. However, I don’t have time for romance because I’m on a quest to save myself, and the world. A quest being thwarted at every turn by the evil magic that keeps spreading. Will I find the answer before everyone in the world is merely a character in a story? Admit defeat and take up residence in a dreary castle where I can roar at trespassers? Or should I take a page from a book and give true love a try?

Download or read book Fairytale Bureau Collection written by Eve Langlais and published by Eve Langlais. This book was released on 2025-02-20 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where fairytales keep coming to life, there’s a bureau dedicated to helping the victims caught up in the Grimm Effect. But sometimes even those investigators fall prey to a happily ever after… Enjoy this collection of three books featuring previously released stories: Hood’s Caper ~ Blanche Hood managed to evade the Red-Cap curse as a teen when she didn’t fall for the huntsman or get eaten by the wolf. But looks like the curse is revving up for another try, and this time it’s out for blood. Her blood. Can she track down the serial killer wolf before it’s too late for love? Cinder’s Trial ~ Cinder thought she’d beaten the Grimm Effect when she ditched the old man who kept chasing her at the ball. However, decades later, her fairy godmother pops back in for round two. No thanks. Cinder intends to marry for love and not because of a curse, but avoiding the marriage trap isn’t easy when she’s forced to act as liaison for a European prince. A good thing she’s got a Grimm Knight to keep her distracted. Belle’s Quest ~ Belle is determined to be the one who ends the Grimm Effect but in a hairy twist, the evil magic fights back and turns her into the beast. Should she admit defeat and take up residence in a dreary castle where she can roar at trespassers, or see if she can end the curse by giving true love a try? Dive into these lighthearted romances with faiytale twists that will keep you reading past your bedtime.

Download or read book Deadly Beasts Book 4 Imperfect Love written by TM Watkins and published by TM Watkins. This book was released on 1900 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A love that's taken over two hundred years to get right. One mistake will alter the path of a young woman. Falsely accused, Lillian is sent to the other side of the world as a convict. Her future is set in stone, destined to a destitute life as a prostitute in a place that civilisation has almost forgotten. Lillian's path will alter because of one man. Gabrielus Montrose buys her life and saves her from a terrible fate. Her future will change and it will be in the hands of a man that has many dark secrets and leads a strange life. In her new life, she becomes Leah. Leaving the past behind, she forges a new life as a servant and in time, a wife and lover. When life for a woman is being ruled and bound to a man, Leah struggles with her subservient role to Gabe. He needs a matriarch for his dynasty, he wants her in his life and by his side but he is blinded by the suffering and the belief that he knows what Leah wants. The curse that has befallen the sons of the five brothers causes heartache for Gabe and Leah. Their love could be strong, if only they could get over the one little issue between them. One wrong move will change their lives, tearing them apart and leaving them broken and hurt for many years.

Download or read book City Beasts written by Mark Kurlansky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All-new stories about the urban worlds where animals and humans fight, love, and find common ground, from the nationally bestselling author of Cod and Salt. In these stories, Mark Kurlansky journeys to his familiar haunts like New York’s Central Park or Miami’s Little Havana but with an original, earthy, and adventurous perspective. From baseball players in the Dominican Republic to Basque separatists in Spain to a restaurant owner in Cuba, from urban coyotes to a murder of crows, Kurlansky travels the worlds of animals and their human counterparts, revealing moving and hilarious truths about our connected existence. In the end, he illuminates how closely our worlds are aligned, how humans really are beasts, susceptible to their basest instincts, their wildest dreams, and their artful survival.

Download or read book Fabulous Beasts written by Soumya Aggarwal, Kavya Reddy, Chanda Kulsum, Vihaan Srivastava, Hediya A Swetha Prakash, Neelima Thagaram and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do when faced with a beast? Would you fight like a brave knight or would you fall in love with it? Forced to kill dragons for a living, will you lose the battle with your inner morality? A royal guard awaits his beloved’s return in the form of a beast, doubtful if he will be accepted. Can a witch be tricked into her own death? Born half human, will Lyra be able to find her place among the monstrous Morians? With stories of unrequited love, woe and mystery, ‘Fabulous Beast’ will gnaw at the corners of your mind and challenge your ideas about outer and inner beauty.

Download or read book Fiance on Paper written by Nicole Snow and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ON PAPER, IT'S PRETEND. BUT MY HEART KNOWS WHAT'S REAL. His proposal came in a little black envelope with thirteen unlucky words: You still owe me that favor, doll, and I'm cashing in. Marry me. In a normal life, I'd never get hitched to Calvin Randolph. Not with his heart-stopping blue eyes, infamous player reputation, and an ego bigger than the part of his anatomy he loves boasting about the most. Been there, done that. All except the last part, which he's left to my shameful imagination for seven years apart. Of course, the fake fiancee contract I just signed is anything but normal. Neither was the tragic day our schoolyard romance died, when he made an unspeakable sacrifice. He saved my life. He paid a terrible price. Now, I owe him big. He's come to collect in make believe: the blushing lies, the sideways glances leaving me breathless, the teasing kisses every time his teeth grab my bottom lip in front of the world. It shouldn't be this hard. It's just pretend. It's just a few weeks. I can totally resist the demanding, cold, obscenely handsome man he's become. We have our rules. But the simple one I kept to myself might be harder: don't fall in love. I already did that once. I know the risks. I won't let it happen. Because if his charm steals my heart again, if I let him go all the way when his lips trace scary promises on mine, this paper engagement becomes real enough to ruin us... Alpha male heat advisory, emotional powder keg, and hard won Happily Ever After inside! This is a standalone full length novel with no cliffhangers. Discover the fire and mystery Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow brings to romance!

Download or read book Bordering written by Nira Yuval-Davis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controlling national borders has once again become a key concern of contemporary states and a highly contentious issue in social and political life. But controlling borders is about much more than patrolling territorial boundaries at the edges of states: it now comprises a multitude of practices that take place at different levels, some at the edges of states and some in the local contexts of everyday life – in workplaces, in hospitals, in schools – which, taken together, construct, reproduce and contest borders and the rights and obligations associated with belonging to a nation-state. This book is a systematic exploration of the practices and processes that now define state bordering and the role it plays in national and global governance. Based on original research, it goes well beyond traditional approaches to the study of migration and racism, showing how these processes affect all members of society, not just the marginalized others. The uncertainties arising from these processes mean that more and more people find themselves living in grey zones, excluded from any form of protection and often denied basic human rights.

Download or read book In the Hearts of the Beasts written by Anne C. Rose and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-13 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals cannot use words to explain whether they feel emotions, and scientific opinion on the subject has been divided. Charles Darwin believed animals and humans share a common core of fear, anger, and affection. Today most researchers agree that animals experience comfort or pain. Around 1900 in the United States, however, where intelligence was the dominant interest in the lab and field, animal emotion began as an accidental question. Organisms ranging from insects to primates, already used to test learning, displayed appetites and aversions that pushed psychologists and biologists in new scientific directions. The Americans were committed empiricists, and the routine of devising experiments, observing, and reflecting permitted them to change their minds and encouraged them to do so. By 1980, the emotional behavior of predatory ants, fearful rats, curious raccoons, resourceful bats, and shy apes was part of American science. In this open-ended environment, the scientists' personal lives--their families, trips abroad, and public service--also affected their professional labor. The Americans kept up with the latest intellectual trends in genetics, evolution, and ethology, and they sometimes pioneered them. But there is a bottom-up story to be told about the scientific consequences of animals and humans brought together in the pursuit of knowledge. The history of the American science of animal emotions reveals the ability of animals to teach and scientists to learn.

Download or read book The Billionaire s Marriage Proposal written by Melody Anne and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Anderson lost his wife five years ago, and then his family fell apart. He needs to make a drastic change to bring his family back together. He gets together with his twin brother Joseph Anderson and the two men make plans to do some matchmaking for George's stubborn children. George will get his grandkids and his family all together again.Trenton Anderson is furious with his father, when the man decides to move the corporation he runs from Chicago to Seattle. But when he arrives in Seattle and meets Jennifer Stellar and the sparks immediately fly. He decides he likes what he sees and immediately begins chasing her, thinking the move wasn't such a bad move after all. Jennifer had a horrible tragedy, and lost her sister and brother-in-law in an auto accident. She has temporary custody of her niece, and needs to do whatever it takes to gain full custody. She gets a great job working for Trenton, and can't seem to resist the man's advances, though she continually tries.Both Trenton and Jennifer are stubborn, and charming, and along with Trenton's siblings and cousins, you will fall in love with the Anderson's all over again. Billionaire Bachelors Series*The Billionaire Wins the Game*The Billionaire's Dance *The Billionaire Falls*The Billionaire's Marriage Proposal Baby for the Billionaire *The Tycoon's Revenge*The Tycoon's Vacation*The Tycoon's Proposal

Download or read book My Darling Duke written by Stacy Reid and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lush, beautifully written, and deeply romantic, My Darling Duke will sweep you off your feet. My heart was lost to this couple from the very start.” —Amalie Howard, author of The Beast of Beswick Miss Katherine Danvers has always been a wallflower. But now, with her family on the brink of financial ruin, she finds herself a desperate wallflower. To save her family, she’ll do anything. Luckily, she has the perfect plan... She’ll impress the ton by simply announcing she is engaged to the reclusive and mysterious Duke of Thornton, Alexander Masters, and secure strong matches for her sisters. No one has heard from the duke in years. Surely he’ll never find out before her sisters’ weddings, and she can go back to her own quiet life. Soon, though, everything is out of control. At first, it’s just a few new ball gowns on the duke’s accounts. Then, it’s interviews with reporters eager for gossip. Before she knows it, Katherine has transformed herself into Kitty Danvers, charming and clever belle of the ton—with everyone eager to meet her thankfully absent fiancé. But when the enigmatic Alexander Masters suddenly arrives in the city, dashing and oh so angry, he demands retribution. Except not in the way Katherine expected... Each book in the Sinful Wallflowers series is STANDALONE: * My Darling Duke * Her Wicked Marquess * A Scoundrel of Her Own

Download or read book Among the Beautiful Beasts written by Lori McMullen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the early 1900s, Among the Beautiful Beasts is the untold story of the early life of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, known in her later years as a tireless activist for the Florida Everglades. After a childhood spent in New England estranged from her father and bewildered by her mother, who fades into madness, Marjory marries a swindler thirty years her senior. The marriage nearly destroys her, but Marjory finds the courage to move to Miami, where she is reunited with her father and begins a new life as a journalist in that bustling, booming frontier town. Buoyed by a growing sense of independence and an affair with a rival journalist, Marjory embraces a life lived at the intersection of the untamed Everglades and the rapacious urban development that threatens it. When the demands of a man once again begin to swallow Marjory’s own desires and dreams, she sees herself in the vulnerable, inimitable Everglades and is forced to decide whether to commit to a life of subjugation or leap into the wild unknown. Told in chapters that alternate between an urgent midnight chase through the wetlands and extensive narrative flashbacks, Among the Beautiful Beasts is at once suspenseful and deeply reflective.

Download or read book Silas the Beast written by Vivian Gray and published by E-Book Publishing World Inc.. This book was released on with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silas the Beast is book 3 and the finale of the Death Knells MC trilogy! Biker. Outlaw. Bad boy. Killer? On his deathbed, my MC president made me swear to keep his daughter safe. But marrying the girl is a dangerous mistake. She's in my house now – and I can't keep my hands off of her. Which is how she ended up pregnant with my baby. JESSA Silas has always done what he needed to do to survive. But I could never be with a man whose hands are covered in innocent blood. It doesn't matter that he'd do anything to keep me safe. I don't need to be protected – I need to be free. Free from pain. Free from violence. Free from my past. But I'm trapped in a contradiction. Because the only place I truly feel alive is on the back of Silas's bike. I can't submit to this life. I've got a bright future, far away from here. At least, that's what I used to think. But now, every time Silas lays his hands on me… Every time he takes me to his bed and shows me what my body craves… I'm forced to admit: I belong to him. SILAS Jessa tried to run away from the biker world. But I jumped into the deep end. I've done bad things in my time down here. Robbed. Hurt. Killed. All for the club. For my brothers. But my sins have changed me. Marked me. I can't be near a woman anymore. Especially not one as pure and innocent as Jessa. If she gets too close… There's no telling what I might do to her. Which is why this fake marriage is a huge mistake. I swore to her father – my dying president – that I'd protect his only daughter. But I never expected it to come to this: Her walking through my house. Sleeping in my bed. And – God help us both – having my baby.

Download or read book Transforming Patriarchy written by Gonçalo Santos and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each successive wave of revolution to hit modern China—political, cultural, and economic—has radically reshaped Chinese society. Whereas patriarchy defined the familial social structure for thousands of years, changing realities in the last hundred years have altered and even reversed long-held expectations. Transforming Patriarchy explores the private and public dimensions of these changes in present-day China. Patriarchy is not dead, but it is no longer the default arrangement for Chinese families: Daughters-in-law openly berate their fathers-in-law. Companies sell filial-piety insurance. Many couples live together before marriage, and in some parts of rural China, almost all brides are pregnant. Drawing on a multitude of sources and perspectives, this volume turns to the intimate territory of the family to challenge prevailing scholarly assumptions about gender and generational hierarchies in Chinese society. Case studies examine factors such as social class, geography, and globalization as they relate to patriarchal practice and resistance to it. The contributors bring the concept of patriarchy back to the heart of China studies while rethinking its significance in dominant Western-centric theories of modernity.

Download or read book House of Secrets Battle of the Beasts written by Chris Columbus and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to the New York Times bestselling House of Secrets—hailed by J. K. Rowling as "a breakneck, jam-packed roller coaster of an adventure"—this second installment by Hollywood director Chris Columbus (of Harry Potter fame) and bestselling author Ned Vizzini (It's Kind of a Funny Story) is full of even more explosive twists and turns. Since the siblings' last adventure, life in the Walker household is much improved—the family is rich and the Wind Witch is banished. But no Walker will be safe until she is found. Summoning her to San Francisco brings all the danger that comes with her, and puts the Walkers in the crosshairs of a mysterious journey through Denver Kristoff's books. As the Walkers travel from ancient Rome to World War II to Tibet, they are tested in ways that cut deeper than before—by Denver Kristoff, the Wind Witch, and one another. Fantasy fiction fans who enjoy Rick Riordan will find much to love in this thrilling and action-packed novel.

Download or read book THE WORLDS OF BEASTS BOOK 4 IN THE CHRONICLES OF BEASTS written by B Ramsey and published by Writers Republic LLC. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Okay yes, I almost destroyed the entire world, but it was an accident I was only trying to get rid of the army of vampire hunters. The village was destroyed, and Eris gave me an ultimatum that could hardly be called a choice. Become human again or destroy the world. But of course, as always nothing is that easy after being kidnapped for the third time this time into the realm of Faeries. It is one part whimsical and one part horrifying with strange plants in the most unique palette of colors.

Download or read book Ex wife Let s Get Married Again written by Qian Xun and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-09-11 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a sign at the gate: Bai Yunshu, please go through the side door! Bai Yunshu had always thought that this was the greatest insult to him! When his husband and his father joined forces to send him to a mental hospital. When her husband and sister married behind their backs. When the child in her womb was mercilessly murdered by them. She realized that the insult she thought she had suffered was too far away to reach. It had only just begun!

Download or read book Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart written by GennaRose Nethercott and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the breakout novel Thistlefoot: a collection of dark fairytales and fractured folklore exploring how our passions can save us—or go monstrously wrong. The stories in Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart are about the abomination that resides within us all. That churning, clawing, ravenous yearning: the hunger to be held, and seen, and known. And the terror, too: to be loved too well, or not enough, or for long enough. To be laid bare before your sweetheart, to their horror. To be recognized as the monstrous thing you are. Two teenage girls working at a sinister roadside attraction called the Eternal Staircase explore its secrets—and their own doomed summer love. A zombie rooster plays detective in a missing persons case. A woman moves into a new house with her acclaimed artist boyfriend—and finds her body slowly shifting into something specially constructed to accommodate his needs and whims. A pack of middle schoolers turn to the occult to rid themselves of a hated new classmate. And a pair of outcasts, a vampire and a goat woman, find solace in each other, even as the world's lack of understanding might bring about its own end. In these lush, strange, beautifully written stories, GennaRose Nethercott explores human longing in all its diamond-dark facets to create a collection that will redefine what you see as a beast, and make you beg to have your heart broken.