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Author: Harmony Williams Publisher: Entangled: Amara ISBN: 1640637532 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 397
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Lily Darling knew that marrying a con man was a risk, but her new husband swore those days were behind him. Then he disappeared without a word—taking all of her money with him. Now, years later, her scoundrel of a husband has mysteriously returned in hopes of setting things right. Lily is determined to guard her heart. But curse the man for being just as breathlessly handsome as the day she last saw him... Adam Darling never meant to leave his innocent, beautiful wife—but he had no choice. He would’ve been sent to prison and destroyed Lily’s good reputation. He can’t blame her for hating him, but now that he’s back, he’ll prove he never stopped loving her...no matter what it takes. Only their past isn’t done with them. When Lily finds herself targeted by a blackmailer, she suspects Adam was caught up in something more than just a simple con. But finding the truth means trusting the guy who broke her heart. And the more their attraction simmers, the more likely she is to get burned...
Author: Harmony Williams Publisher: Entangled: Amara ISBN: 1640637532 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 397
Book Description
Lily Darling knew that marrying a con man was a risk, but her new husband swore those days were behind him. Then he disappeared without a word—taking all of her money with him. Now, years later, her scoundrel of a husband has mysteriously returned in hopes of setting things right. Lily is determined to guard her heart. But curse the man for being just as breathlessly handsome as the day she last saw him... Adam Darling never meant to leave his innocent, beautiful wife—but he had no choice. He would’ve been sent to prison and destroyed Lily’s good reputation. He can’t blame her for hating him, but now that he’s back, he’ll prove he never stopped loving her...no matter what it takes. Only their past isn’t done with them. When Lily finds herself targeted by a blackmailer, she suspects Adam was caught up in something more than just a simple con. But finding the truth means trusting the guy who broke her heart. And the more their attraction simmers, the more likely she is to get burned...
Author: M. J. Pearson Publisher: ISBN: 9780971708938 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 208
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A homoerotic love triangle lands Stephen Clair, Jamie Riley and Julian Jeffries in a situation in which everyone want something and the only way to get it is to scheme and find out how to play one against the other. One tries to avoid financial ruin, one is avoiding his past and one is determined to continue the lifestyle to which he has become accustomed. Fast paced and irreverent, this novel is from the same publishers as the cult book Ten Thick Inches.
Author: James B. Twitchell Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231500425 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 328
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Coke adds life. Just do it. Yo quiero Taco Bell. We live in a commercial age, awash in a sea of brand names, logos, and advertising jingles—not to mention commodities themselves. Are shoppers merely the unwitting stooges of the greedy producers who will stop at nothing to sell their wares? Are the producers' powers of persuasion so great that resistance is futile? James Twitchell counters this assumption of the used and abused consumer with a witty and unflinching look at commercial culture, starting from the simple observation that "we are powerfully attracted to the world of goods (after all, we don't call them 'bads')." He contends that far from being forced upon us against our better judgment, "consumerism is our better judgment." Why? Because increasingly, store-bought objects are what hold us together as a society, doing the work of "birth, patina, pews, coats of arms, house, and social rank"—previously done by religion and bloodline. We immediately understand the connotations of status and identity exemplified by the Nike swoosh, the Polo pony, the Guess? label, the DKNY logo. The commodity alone is not what we are after; rather, we actively and creatively want that logo and its signification—the social identity it bestows upon us. As Twitchell summarizes, "Tell me what you buy, and I will tell what you are and who you want to be." Using elements as disparate as the film The Jerk, French theorists, popular bumper stickers, and Money magazine to explore the nature and importance of advertising lingo, packaging, fashion, and "The Meaning of Self," Twitchell overturns one stodgy social myth after another. In the process he reveals the purchase and possession of things to be the self-identifying acts of modern life. Not only does the car you drive tell others who you are, it lets you know as well. The consumption of goods, according to Twitchell, provides us with tangible everyday comforts and with crucial inner security in a seemingly faithless age. That we may find our sense of self through buying material objects is among the chief indictments of contemporary culture. Twitchell, however, sees the significance of shopping. "There are no false needs." We buy more than objects, we buy meaning. For many of us, especially in our youth, Things R Us.
Author: Nikki Sloane Publisher: Shady Creek Publishing ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 448
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Vance Hale has everything. A ridiculous amount of money, an Ivy-league education, and a 1,000-watt smile that can charm the designer dress right off a girl. He’s also going to have a future that includes me—whether he wants it or not. I don’t care that he’s trying to reform his playboy ways, or that he made a bet to go 90 days without the touch of a woman. I’ve spent the last decade planning my revenge and I need a partner in crime. This gorgeous, cunning man should do fine. So, we strike a deal. I’ll help get him across the finish line and he’ll bring me into his world among the Cape Hill elite. Our relationship may be fake, but our chemistry is shockingly real. One innocent kiss and I’m struggling to hold up my end of the bargain. Wanting him wasn’t part of the plan when everything else I desire is within my grasp. The only problem? Neither of us is any good at resisting temptation.
Author: Paula Quinn Publisher: Forever ISBN: 0446554235 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 192
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Norman Lord Dante Risande never met a woman he couldn't seduce - until a lovely slave named Gianelle refuses his bed and piques his interest. So when she's accused of murder, he can't sit idly by. As the King's right hand, it's his duty to investigate. But in order to save her, he must buy her.
Author: Janos Szekely Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1681374374 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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A Dickensian coming-of-age tale about poverty, sex, World War I, and the darker side of human nature as seen through the eyes of a lobby boy in a Budapest hotel. Temptation is a rediscovered masterwork of twentieth-century fiction, a Dickensian tale of a young man coming of age in Budapest between the wars. Illegitimate and unwanted, Béla is packed off to the country to be looked after by a peasant woman the moment he is born. She starves and bullies him, and keeps him out of school. He does his best to hold his own, and eventually his mother brings him back to live with her in the city. In thrall to his feckless father, Mishka, and living in a crowded tenement, she works her fingers to the bone, while Béla shares a room with a hardworking prostitute. Finally, Béla secures a job in a fancy hotel. Though exhausted by endless work, he is fascinated by the upper-crust world that his new job exposes him to; soon he is embroiled with a rich, damaged, and dangerous woman. The atmosphere of Budapest is increasingly poisoned by the appeal of fascism, while Béla grows ever more aware of how power and money keep down the working classes. In the end, with all the odds still against him, he musters the resolve to set sail for a new future.
Author: Johanna Lindsey Publisher: Gallery Books ISBN: 1982110805 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 400
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey blends passion and humor in a dazzling Regency-era novel in which a disastrous debutante becomes the toast of the town with a little help from a friend of the Prince Regent’s. Threatened by powerful enemies, William Blackburn, Earl of Ketterham, lives in exile in the Scottish Highlands with his daughter Vanessa. When she comes of age William urges her to return to her mother in England to make her debut. Raised with all the advantages and freedom a boy would have, Vanessa doubts she can fit into the mold of a proper young lady. Still, she agrees to re-enter fashionable society, determined to end the vendetta against her father, never imagining the high price she will have to pay. Lord Montgomery Townsend enjoys living on the edge, courting danger as he fixes potentially scandalous problems for the Prince Regent. While hiding out at the home of the Countess of Ketterham, Monty watches a disaster-in-the-making as his hostess tries to prepare her estranged daughter for a match with the pompous son of a powerful family. Puzzled as to why independent-minded Vanessa submits to being turned into a puppet and wants to marry the arrogant rogue, Monty nonetheless steps in to make her dreams come true. But no good deed goes unpunished and soon he faces more pressing problems, including the temptation to upend Vanessa’s wedding plans so he can marry her himself!
Author: Sandra Brown Publisher: Vision ISBN: 0446551163 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 176
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A young TV station workaholic desperately tries to avoid the ad executive who once captivated her with a kiss -- but now, he will stop at nothing to have her. Megan Lambert can deal with her high-pressure job as sales manager for an Atlanta radio station. She just can't handle her antagonism toward Josh Bennett, a major advertiser. Now Josh wants a meeting with her, and Megan doesn't know why. Josh is many things -- powerful, handsome, and arrogant -- but predictable isn't one of them. Suddenly, he makes a demand that puts her career on the line and sets the emotional stakes so high they send her reeling. Megan is about to enter a world of limos and luxury, deception and false hope -- and games that can break a woman's heart when the wild card is love . . .
Author: Tom L. Eisenman Publisher: InterVarsity Press ISBN: 9780830813797 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 260
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In this personal and practical book, Tom L. Eisenman discusses the temptations men face (being macho, having an affair, misusing power, loving money, trying to be perfect) and shows how they can be resisted.