![]() ![]() ![]() But David and Vivian are playing a dangerous game in which forbidden love is a wild card. Instead she becomes a former rogue's greatest challenge: the object of a passionate seduction. Locked in a spare bedroom, Vivian vows to hate her captor. It's no love match Bianca Tate is horrified when her sister Cathy is obliged to accept an offer of marriage from Maximilian St. And handsome David Reece has become their victim - until he tracks her down and makes her his prisoner. The first book in the new series Desperately Seeking Duke from USA Today bestselling and RITA award-winning author Caroline Linden. ![]() Now she and her brother have reluctantly graduated to highway robbery. Street orphan Vivian Beecham has grown up a pickpocket, and a very pretty one indeed. All is going swimmingly until highwaymen waylay his coach and steal that precious ring. To prove he has reformed he's agreed to watch over his absent brother's estate and signet ring. What he wants to be called is trustworthy and a true gentleman. A gentleman and a very improper lady are bound together by a passion that crosses the line between upper class and underworld in Caroline Linden's daring new romance.Īfter a wayward youth, David Reece, the youngest scion in a noble family, has been called one of the most scandalous rogues of the ton. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Lola and the Millionaires: Part Two by Kathryn Moon When the alpha who all but destroyed Lola tries to start a game of cat and mouse that’s all claws, the safest place for Lola may be the one she’s most terrified of, in the arms of an alpha pack. If only she could resist their perfect beta, Leo, whose patience and determination to see her heal breaks down one wall after another. And Lola is only a beta, one who comes with deep scars and an unshakeable aversion to alphas and their powerful presences. These alphas are everything Lola dreamed of, but they already have an omega-a playful male model who won’t stop flirting with her. But that’s easier said than done when one stumbling incident after another leads Lola closer to an alluring pack of captivating men. ![]() ![]() Armed with her dream job and her less than dreamy apartment, Lola is ready to start a new chapter of her life without alphas. No more hiding in her cousin’s apartment licking wounds that won’t heal. No more chasing alphas who abuse and toss away betas like her. Lola Barnes only wants one thing, to get her life under control. ![]() ![]() ![]() To find meaning in life can be seen as the primary motivation of each person, and the concept of logotherapy is based on that proposition. The quest to answer “what is the meaning of life?” has been around since the beginning of time. What is it then that brings meaning to life? What is it that makes those hard moments, the dark nights, and endless struggles worth the fight? ![]() ![]() When we bask in the glory of a sunset and reflect on creation or enjoy the embrace of a loved one, it provides meaning.Īs we engage with our community, participate in creative endeavors, and support a cause greater than ourselves, we experience the value of life. As the sun cascades behind the distant mountains, it creates a beautiful array of orange, peach, and pink. ![]() ![]() ![]() If they want to have more than just an affair, both will have to open up and reveal what they truly need.Ĥ.5 stars. But he can’t play the tough guy indefinitely. ![]() ![]() What Erin finds even more shocking than Kelly’s indecent proposal is how much she enjoys submitting to his every command. But she finds herself drawn to him anyway, even when he shows up at her door, not eager to take no for an answer. She’s seen firsthand, via her mess of a sister, what chaos guys like him can bring into a woman’s life. Kelly Robak is the type of guy that Erin has sworn she’d never get involved with. Needing to move closer to her dysfunctional family, she takes a dangerous job at Larkhaven Psychiatric Hospital, where she quickly learns that she needs protection-and she meets the strong, over-confident coworker who’s more than willing to provide it. A dangerous infatuation with a rough and ready man…Įrin Coffey has been a nurse for years, but nothing’s prepared her for the physical and emotional demands of her new position. ![]() ![]() John Douglas of Birlstone Manor House is killed, and the mystery around his murder is mind-blowing and much more intense than any of the previous Sherlock Holmes stories. The Valley of Fear is a story about a mysterious murder in Birlstone, beautiful countryside in England. It was first published as a book in February 1915, though it also appeared in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 to May 1915. The Valley of Fear is the fourth and last novel in the Sherlock Holmes series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ![]() So, here’s my review of the last novel of the series (which makes me sad): Introduction & Plot Summary I was already a fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when I read the first instalment of the Sherlock Holmes series of novels, and by the time I completed the fourth, I was in complete awe of the mystery writer. ![]() After completing The Valley of Fear, the last in the famous Sherlock Holmes novels, I admit that there’re few things in life as engaging as reading the detective tear through the darkness of suspense. However, now I can simply answer, “whatever Sir Arthur wrote was a good story!”, a great story, in fact. ![]() ![]() About a year ago, if someone would’ve asked me what makes a good story, I would talk in detail on the subject. ![]() ![]() ![]() Timothy Barnes has lived most of his life in the Asia Pacific region, developing his passion for the world in both his professional capacity and personal life. ![]() Instead, this book looks at the naked facts, the history of free trade, how specific industries and companies will be impacted, and includes commentary from representatives covering all view points, to allow the reader to objectively review the subject matter and make their own conclusion. The word 'naked' is used, as a method to remove the costumes, make-up and other accessories that are typically utilized by politicians, stakeholders and interested parties to dress up an argument to sell their personal views. The 'A Naked View of the Trans-Pacific Partnership' was written by Timothy Barnes, President of Asia Pacific Consulting, as a way to provide an unbiased, fact based, easy to read commentary on the largest trade deal the US has ever signed. ![]() ![]() The series garnered over 6 million views and saw Act fire a gun, smoke marijuana, and attend a Trump rally in drag.Ģ017 marked the international tour of her original show: The Girl From Oz. Proving once and for all that she was more than just a voice and a body, Courtney took on a number of controversial social causes and stories in her award-nominated political series American Act on. Her videos online have been viewed over 40 million times. Courtney then released her debut EP, Kaleidoscope, featuring mainstream pop beats and lux music videos. In 2014 she returned to the television arena as one of the Top 3 in Season 6 of the Emmy Award-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race, with a legion of new fans around the world. ![]() One of the first artists to show their gender fluidity, Courtney broke out of the box in 2003 to make it through to the semi-finals of the premiere season of Australian Idol and then signed to Sony/BMG. She is a contemporary artist who embodies the zeitgeist of an era. ![]() Courtney Act is more than just the sum of her parts. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the end, it is ideas for which people kill each other. We are typically ready to believe that our ways, our beliefs, our religion, our politics are better than theirs, or that our God-given rights trump theirs or that our interests require defensive or pre-emptive strikes against them. ![]() Convictions are infectious, and people can make others convinced of almost anything. There are always people telling us what we want, how they will provide it, and what we should believe. Goya believed that many of the follies of mankind resulted from the “sleep of reason”. …One of the series of satires etched by the Spanish painter Goya is entitled “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters”. ![]() ![]() ![]() Melody’s character continues to be irresistible, and a strength of the novel is how completely readers experience the world through her eyes. Melody also has her first crush on and dance with a boy. Over the course of the week, the campers go swimming, hiking, horseback riding, and zip lining as they make new friends and have new adventures. ![]() ![]() Melody feels some nerves, but the staff are welcoming, and she bonds with Trinity, her Jamaican American camp counselor who has a leg brace, and meets the three other girls who will share her cabin. After getting brochures from the library, Melody convinces her parents to overcome their concerns and enroll her in Camp Green Glades, a camp for kids with disabilities. As the school year ends, her classmates are full of their plans for summer camp, and Melody wonders if there could be a camp that is accessible for her she uses a wheelchair and an assistive communication device. Twelve-year-old Melody Brooks, from Draper’s bestselling award winner Out of My Mind (2010), returns. A tween with cerebral palsy expands her horizons when she attends her first summer camp. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Shaken by his girlfriend’s death, Eli reports Victor as a dangerous EO and Victor is imprisoned. Victor accidentally kills Eli’s girlfriend with his new power. This time, Victor succeeds, gaining the power to manipulate pain in both himself and others. When Eli refuses to help Victor try again, Victor enlists Eli’s girlfriend to strap him to a table and deliver electric shocks. Later, Eli makes an attempt and returns to life with the ability to heal himself. Victor attempts a traumatic death but does not become an EO. Their research suggests EOs are created by a traumatic death experience from which the individual comes back to life, coupled with a strong will to live. ![]() Jealous and insecure about his own thesis, Victor influences Eli to bring his thesis from theory to practice. Eli’s senior thesis is on the theoretical creation of EOs. In the past, friends Victor and Eli become ExtraOrdinary individuals (EOs). In the present, Vale and Sydney Clark dig up a grave. The opening chapters of Vicious alternate between story present and events from 10 years ago. ![]() |