Author: Kay Hooper
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553590553
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper comes this classic romantic tale of two men entangled in the nets of deadly temptation--and one irresistible, ambitious woman caught in a trap of her own devising. . . . At twenty-six, Serena Jameson is a handful--brilliant, manipulative, and passionate, at least when it comes to righting the wrongs of the world. Her father, a renowned computer magnate, is worried about Serena's impetuous nature--as well as a far more tangible threat--and entrusts a colleague, handsome Brian Ashford, to ferry her on a trip across the country. But as usual, Serena has ideas of her own. A novice in affairs of the heart, Serena asks Brian to give her a crash course in seduction so that she can tame the notorious womanizer Joshua Long. But what starts as a simple lesson in love becomes a complex erotic dance, as both men find themselves caught in the snares of Serena's undeniable wiles. Is Serena trying to attract her declared target or her teacher? Who is really ensnaring whom? And can she finish weaving her web before the mysterious cabal eager to kill Serena's father manages to succeed--over her dead body?
In Serena's Web
Author: Kay Hooper
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553590553
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper comes this classic romantic tale of two men entangled in the nets of deadly temptation--and one irresistible, ambitious woman caught in a trap of her own devising. . . . At twenty-six, Serena Jameson is a handful--brilliant, manipulative, and passionate, at least when it comes to righting the wrongs of the world. Her father, a renowned computer magnate, is worried about Serena's impetuous nature--as well as a far more tangible threat--and entrusts a colleague, handsome Brian Ashford, to ferry her on a trip across the country. But as usual, Serena has ideas of her own. A novice in affairs of the heart, Serena asks Brian to give her a crash course in seduction so that she can tame the notorious womanizer Joshua Long. But what starts as a simple lesson in love becomes a complex erotic dance, as both men find themselves caught in the snares of Serena's undeniable wiles. Is Serena trying to attract her declared target or her teacher? Who is really ensnaring whom? And can she finish weaving her web before the mysterious cabal eager to kill Serena's father manages to succeed--over her dead body?
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553590553
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper comes this classic romantic tale of two men entangled in the nets of deadly temptation--and one irresistible, ambitious woman caught in a trap of her own devising. . . . At twenty-six, Serena Jameson is a handful--brilliant, manipulative, and passionate, at least when it comes to righting the wrongs of the world. Her father, a renowned computer magnate, is worried about Serena's impetuous nature--as well as a far more tangible threat--and entrusts a colleague, handsome Brian Ashford, to ferry her on a trip across the country. But as usual, Serena has ideas of her own. A novice in affairs of the heart, Serena asks Brian to give her a crash course in seduction so that she can tame the notorious womanizer Joshua Long. But what starts as a simple lesson in love becomes a complex erotic dance, as both men find themselves caught in the snares of Serena's undeniable wiles. Is Serena trying to attract her declared target or her teacher? Who is really ensnaring whom? And can she finish weaving her web before the mysterious cabal eager to kill Serena's father manages to succeed--over her dead body?
Serenas Lovers
Author: Ellen De Rossi
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483429466
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Serena Mariposa Paloma De Vinci lives the jet-setting life-literally. An international air hostess for American Airlines, she has seen it all from her base at New York City, but nothing in her career could have possibly prepared her for what awaits on her next visit to Rome. Leonardo, her father, a handsome and vivacious Catholic priest, adores his beautiful daughter. He has a fun surprise for her: a bubble-gum-pink Mini Cooper convertible. But that is not the most intriguing surprise of the visit. At his office in Vatican City, he introduces her to Father Alejandro Sebastian De Mateo, his private secretary. He is everything she's ever desired in a man-tall with long, blond hair and the most intensely green eyes she's ever seen. Her thoughts immediately turn to dark, decadent, and delicious sin when she looks at him. He is beautiful beyond imagination, charming, sexy, special, and utterly unavailable. Will their steamy romance have a happy Hollywood ending-or will reality trump the fantasy?
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483429466
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Serena Mariposa Paloma De Vinci lives the jet-setting life-literally. An international air hostess for American Airlines, she has seen it all from her base at New York City, but nothing in her career could have possibly prepared her for what awaits on her next visit to Rome. Leonardo, her father, a handsome and vivacious Catholic priest, adores his beautiful daughter. He has a fun surprise for her: a bubble-gum-pink Mini Cooper convertible. But that is not the most intriguing surprise of the visit. At his office in Vatican City, he introduces her to Father Alejandro Sebastian De Mateo, his private secretary. He is everything she's ever desired in a man-tall with long, blond hair and the most intensely green eyes she's ever seen. Her thoughts immediately turn to dark, decadent, and delicious sin when she looks at him. He is beautiful beyond imagination, charming, sexy, special, and utterly unavailable. Will their steamy romance have a happy Hollywood ending-or will reality trump the fantasy?
The Hypersexuality of Race
Author: Celine Parreñas Shimizu
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822389940
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
In The Hypersexuality of Race, Celine Parreñas Shimizu urges a shift in thinking about sexualized depictions of Asian/American women in film, video, and theatrical productions. Shimizu advocates moving beyond denunciations of sexualized representations of Asian/American women as necessarily demeaning or negative. Arguing for a more nuanced approach to the mysterious mix of pleasure, pain, and power in performances of sexuality, she advances a theory of “productive perversity,” a theory which allows Asian/American women—and by extension other women of color—to lay claim to their own sexuality and desires as actors, producers, critics, and spectators. Shimizu combines theoretical and textual analysis and interviews with artists involved in various productions. She complicates understandings of the controversial portrayals of Asian female sexuality in the popular Broadway musical Miss Saigon by drawing on ethnographic research and interviews with some of the actresses in it. She looks at how three Hollywood Asian/American femme fatales—Anna May Wong, Nancy Kwan, and Lucy Liu—negotiate representations of their sexuality; analyzes 1920s and 1930s stag films in which white women perform as sexualized Asian characters; and considers Asian/American women’s performances in films ranging from the stag pornography of the 1940s to the Internet and video porn of the 1990s. She also reflects on two documentaries depicting Southeast Asian prostitutes and sex tourism, The Good Woman of Bangkok and 101 Asian Debutantes. In her examination of films and videos made by Asian/American feminists, Shimizu describes how female characters in their works reject normative definitions of race, gender, and sexuality, thereby expanding our definitions of racialized sexualities in representation.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822389940
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
In The Hypersexuality of Race, Celine Parreñas Shimizu urges a shift in thinking about sexualized depictions of Asian/American women in film, video, and theatrical productions. Shimizu advocates moving beyond denunciations of sexualized representations of Asian/American women as necessarily demeaning or negative. Arguing for a more nuanced approach to the mysterious mix of pleasure, pain, and power in performances of sexuality, she advances a theory of “productive perversity,” a theory which allows Asian/American women—and by extension other women of color—to lay claim to their own sexuality and desires as actors, producers, critics, and spectators. Shimizu combines theoretical and textual analysis and interviews with artists involved in various productions. She complicates understandings of the controversial portrayals of Asian female sexuality in the popular Broadway musical Miss Saigon by drawing on ethnographic research and interviews with some of the actresses in it. She looks at how three Hollywood Asian/American femme fatales—Anna May Wong, Nancy Kwan, and Lucy Liu—negotiate representations of their sexuality; analyzes 1920s and 1930s stag films in which white women perform as sexualized Asian characters; and considers Asian/American women’s performances in films ranging from the stag pornography of the 1940s to the Internet and video porn of the 1990s. She also reflects on two documentaries depicting Southeast Asian prostitutes and sex tourism, The Good Woman of Bangkok and 101 Asian Debutantes. In her examination of films and videos made by Asian/American feminists, Shimizu describes how female characters in their works reject normative definitions of race, gender, and sexuality, thereby expanding our definitions of racialized sexualities in representation.
MONTANA LOVERS
Author: Jackie Merritt
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459280857
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Maid in Montana LONG, HOT MONTANA NIGHTS… Widowed mom Candace Fanon's treacherous body was betraying her deepest convictions! She couldn't stop thinking about sexy stranger Burke Mallory. He seemed to be everything she and her baby needed. Yet, somehow she knew he wasn't telling the truth about why he came to Rocky Ford…. Candace's home was perfect for police officer Mallory's undercover stakeout. But instead of concentrating on his investigation, Candace's small-town charm had him dreaming of settling down. He knew he could woo Candace into his arms, but once there, would she forgive him for lying to her? MADE IN MONTANA: The Fanons—born and raised in Big Sky Country…and heading for a Montana wedding!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459280857
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Maid in Montana LONG, HOT MONTANA NIGHTS… Widowed mom Candace Fanon's treacherous body was betraying her deepest convictions! She couldn't stop thinking about sexy stranger Burke Mallory. He seemed to be everything she and her baby needed. Yet, somehow she knew he wasn't telling the truth about why he came to Rocky Ford…. Candace's home was perfect for police officer Mallory's undercover stakeout. But instead of concentrating on his investigation, Candace's small-town charm had him dreaming of settling down. He knew he could woo Candace into his arms, but once there, would she forgive him for lying to her? MADE IN MONTANA: The Fanons—born and raised in Big Sky Country…and heading for a Montana wedding!
The Lovers
Author: Zara Borthwick
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300070498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The Lovers is a delightful tale full of insight and a light that guides. The mystery of the Tarot card reveals and tells its own unique story that culminates in the past, present and future of everyday life. If anyone has ever had an interest in the mystical, reading The Lovers, a Tale of the Tarot will truly be a wonderful story that explores the meaning of each Tarot card as the card comes to life and the image, animated. This story helps make us realise how fulfilling and realising our individual potential is a truth in the progression of human experience and relationships, and how we must never loose our innocence in the belief that faerietales do come true! Z&N Publishing
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300070498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The Lovers is a delightful tale full of insight and a light that guides. The mystery of the Tarot card reveals and tells its own unique story that culminates in the past, present and future of everyday life. If anyone has ever had an interest in the mystical, reading The Lovers, a Tale of the Tarot will truly be a wonderful story that explores the meaning of each Tarot card as the card comes to life and the image, animated. This story helps make us realise how fulfilling and realising our individual potential is a truth in the progression of human experience and relationships, and how we must never loose our innocence in the belief that faerietales do come true! Z&N Publishing
Serena's Magic
Author: Heather Graham
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480408336
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
DIVTheir love ended in tragedy years ago. Now, with a little magic, can it be revived?/divDIV An extraordinary meeting at a pond on a hot summer night brought Serena and Justin together. She was a long-time resident of Salem, he a professor from New York researching witchcraft. Despite having just met, they made love under a witch’s moon as if they had known each other their whole lives. There was something familiar about him, as if she had spent her entire life waiting for him./divDIV /divDIVLove has not always been kind to Serena’s family. Could her ancestors be trying to rewrite their own tragic stories by giving these modern-day lovers the happy ending they never had?/divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Heather Graham including rare photos from the author’s personal collection./div
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480408336
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
DIVTheir love ended in tragedy years ago. Now, with a little magic, can it be revived?/divDIV An extraordinary meeting at a pond on a hot summer night brought Serena and Justin together. She was a long-time resident of Salem, he a professor from New York researching witchcraft. Despite having just met, they made love under a witch’s moon as if they had known each other their whole lives. There was something familiar about him, as if she had spent her entire life waiting for him./divDIV /divDIVLove has not always been kind to Serena’s family. Could her ancestors be trying to rewrite their own tragic stories by giving these modern-day lovers the happy ending they never had?/divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Heather Graham including rare photos from the author’s personal collection./div
Serena
Author: Sylvia Andrew
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460364716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Miss Serena Calvert, owner of Anse Chatelet on the West Indian island of St. Just, was determined to give her young niece Lucy a London Season, whatever the financial privations. But their aunt's health would not permit her to launch Lucy herself, and Serena was forced to go, too, as chaperon. Once in England, Serena met a delightful gentleman in slightly scandalous circumstances, and both looked forward to meeting again more formally in London. But that meeting resulted in a massively public snub for Serena, and only then did she become aware that she was the target of revenge….
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460364716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Miss Serena Calvert, owner of Anse Chatelet on the West Indian island of St. Just, was determined to give her young niece Lucy a London Season, whatever the financial privations. But their aunt's health would not permit her to launch Lucy herself, and Serena was forced to go, too, as chaperon. Once in England, Serena met a delightful gentleman in slightly scandalous circumstances, and both looked forward to meeting again more formally in London. But that meeting resulted in a massively public snub for Serena, and only then did she become aware that she was the target of revenge….
Gold-Hatted, High-Bouncing Lover
Author: M.J.S. English
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595630863
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
To avoid the gloomy prospect of spending Christmas break alone in New York, Coredale Saxon-White, against his better judgement, finds himself in Hawaii sharing an apartment with the strange and somewhat obnoxious Sol Epstein. While in Hawaii, Coredale receives a troubling phone call from his father that propels him to Saigon in a quest to look for his brother, missing in Vietnam since 1968. It is1975 and Saigon is about to fall, after which, his father fears, the son will be lost forever. Sol too is on a quest, though more as a reluctant and cynical mercenary. He has been enlisted by his fanatic grandmother in a search for Nazis hiding in Australia. Coredale and Sol connect again in Sydney, Coredale having been urgently shipped there from Saigon after being wounded in a helicopter accident. These two young very different men and the girl who comes to figure in Coredales life are lost, alien souls. Mistakenly they all become subject to the investigation of the US secret services, personified by a bible besotted, drunk, psychopath, who is licensed to kill. A ruthless fiend by the name of Jeb. Two of the three will die.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595630863
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
To avoid the gloomy prospect of spending Christmas break alone in New York, Coredale Saxon-White, against his better judgement, finds himself in Hawaii sharing an apartment with the strange and somewhat obnoxious Sol Epstein. While in Hawaii, Coredale receives a troubling phone call from his father that propels him to Saigon in a quest to look for his brother, missing in Vietnam since 1968. It is1975 and Saigon is about to fall, after which, his father fears, the son will be lost forever. Sol too is on a quest, though more as a reluctant and cynical mercenary. He has been enlisted by his fanatic grandmother in a search for Nazis hiding in Australia. Coredale and Sol connect again in Sydney, Coredale having been urgently shipped there from Saigon after being wounded in a helicopter accident. These two young very different men and the girl who comes to figure in Coredales life are lost, alien souls. Mistakenly they all become subject to the investigation of the US secret services, personified by a bible besotted, drunk, psychopath, who is licensed to kill. A ruthless fiend by the name of Jeb. Two of the three will die.
Bindon: Fighter, Gangster, Lover - The True Story of John Bindon, a Modern Legend
Author: John C Bindon & Wensley Clarkson
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
ISBN: 1782191623
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
John Bindon is a modern legend. A fine screen presence and a powerful figure in London's underworld, his film-star looks, charm and talent brought him worldwide exposure. His story reads like the plot of a movie which Big John himself might have landed a part in. Usually typecast in tough-guy roles, his on-screen persona was chillingly close to the real-life one. Big John's nickname came from his status as a legendary sexual performer, so it was no surprise that his encounters with stunning women, most famously Princess Margaret, led to numerous high profile relationships. But most of all, Big John was a warm-hearted, complex man, utterly devoted to those who have him respect and always prepared to be the last line of defence to those closest to him. He emerged from a poor, working class London childhood and fraternised with the Krays and the Richardsons, but eventually turned his back on crime to play major parts in films such as Mick Jagger's Performance, "The Who's Quadrophenia" and Michael Caine's "Get Carter". This is the a truly moving book, as powerful as The Guv'nor, about a man who was many different things to many people, but never anything but himself.
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
ISBN: 1782191623
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
John Bindon is a modern legend. A fine screen presence and a powerful figure in London's underworld, his film-star looks, charm and talent brought him worldwide exposure. His story reads like the plot of a movie which Big John himself might have landed a part in. Usually typecast in tough-guy roles, his on-screen persona was chillingly close to the real-life one. Big John's nickname came from his status as a legendary sexual performer, so it was no surprise that his encounters with stunning women, most famously Princess Margaret, led to numerous high profile relationships. But most of all, Big John was a warm-hearted, complex man, utterly devoted to those who have him respect and always prepared to be the last line of defence to those closest to him. He emerged from a poor, working class London childhood and fraternised with the Krays and the Richardsons, but eventually turned his back on crime to play major parts in films such as Mick Jagger's Performance, "The Who's Quadrophenia" and Michael Caine's "Get Carter". This is the a truly moving book, as powerful as The Guv'nor, about a man who was many different things to many people, but never anything but himself.
RUTHLESS LOVER
Author: Sarah Holland
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459262751
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
An indecent proposal! Twenty-four hours after meeting the beautiful Lady Serana Flaxton, Nick Colterne proposed. To his chagrin, she refused…until he threatened to withhold financial aid from her family. Serena was furious—Nick may be the sexiest man she'd ever met, but she did not want to be married for her title and her ability to provide him with an heir! If he thought she would go willingly to his bed, he would have to think again! But it seemed that she'd challenged the wrong man….
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459262751
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
An indecent proposal! Twenty-four hours after meeting the beautiful Lady Serana Flaxton, Nick Colterne proposed. To his chagrin, she refused…until he threatened to withhold financial aid from her family. Serena was furious—Nick may be the sexiest man she'd ever met, but she did not want to be married for her title and her ability to provide him with an heir! If he thought she would go willingly to his bed, he would have to think again! But it seemed that she'd challenged the wrong man….