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Fourteen year old Desiree can't believe her good fortune. Her fiance, a dashing and ambitious Napoleon Bonaparte, is poised for battlefield success, and no longer will she be just a French merchant's daughter. She could not have known the twisting path her role in history would take, nearly breaking her vibrant heart but sweeping her to a life rich in passion and desire. A love story, but so much more, Desiree explores the landscape of a young heart torn in two.

All her life, Jasmine has been groomed in Atlanta’s high society to be the perfect woman of wealth. Soon to be married off to Percy Hugo Milton to keep money circulating between black families, she realizes she’s stuck in a dead-end relationship.

Historical Fiction, Southern Gothic, and Mother-Daughter Relationship SOUTHERN ANTEBELLUM LAWS WERE BLIND TO HER DAUGHTER. BUT A MOTHER'S LOVE SAW EVERYTHING. WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO SAVE YOUR CHILD? "A poignant and chilling drama with an intriguing twist...The author deftly employs character development and narrative complexities to produce a sturdy indictment of the era (1860s) institutionalized subjugation of women..." Kirkus Review Inspired by Kate Chopin's classic short story, Desiree's Baby, the novel Desiree's Daughter tells a gripping story of love, rebellion, hard-earned freedom, and ...

Our first meeting was at a nightclub, and it was something straight out of my most romantic fantasies. My ovaries exploded at the sight of the Russian God. And by God, I mean he was ripped, tall, dark, and deadly attractive. There were enough sparks between us to light up a city. Then an explosion blasted through the nightclub, and we got trapped together for three hours, sharing our most personal details...everything but our names. Two years later, our second meeting is the complete opposite of the first. It's clear Misha Petrov, a Russian enforcer for the bratva, despises me.

Sex, love, drugs, and music are just a few of the Carter boys’ daily dealings. Drama follows them everywhere, especially being the largest, most dangerous organization the city of Atlanta has ever seen. The women who want to be with them and the men who want to be just like them can easily get lost in the shuffle when the target is constantly moving to a new Carter’s back. So, what happens when a slick-mouth girl from Brooklyn decides to go off to college in the unofficial capital of the South? She is quickly introduced to the Atlanta lifestyle....

What if the key to astral travel, psychic awareness, and consciousness expansion had been hidden in plain sight—within a once-classified CIA report? The Gateway Experience: Lessons in Manifesting, Astral Travel, Developing ESP & More takes you deep into the mind-bending world of The Gateway Process, the same program the U.S. government used to train elite operatives in remote viewing and extrasensory perception.

Scripture reveals that the great business of life is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever. In this paradigm-shattering classic, newly revised and expanded, John Piper reveals that the debate between duty and delight doesn't truly exist: Delight is our duty. Join him as he unveils stunning, life impacting truths you saw in the Bible but never dared to believe.

In this book Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create lives that are both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of whom or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.

Set in neon-drenched Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1987, just two years after a plane carrying four mafia-affiliated law-firm partners exploded over the Atlantic along with the cushy lives of their once wealthy wives.

Growing up, I knew my older brother’s best friend thought of me as “Logan’s kid sister”. For me, though, our next-door neighbor Colin felt like anything but a sibling. Whenever I spied on him through my bedroom window, as he banged away, shirtless, on his drum kit, I felt sensations inside me I’d never felt for my actual brother. But when we moved away and Colin’s band took off like a rocket, I knew my tweener fantasies would never become a reality.

¿Estás lista para desbloquear tu mente millonaria y atraer la abundancia que mereces? Este no es solo un libro sobre dinero. Es un mapa transformador hacia una nueva identidad: la mujer que sabe crear, sostener y disfrutar una vida próspera. En Desbloquea tu Mente Millonaria, Victoria Mills te acompaña paso a paso para romper con los bloqueos mentales, emocionales y espirituales que frenan tu verdadero potencial financiero. Si alguna vez has sentido culpa al cobrar, miedo al éxito o inseguridad al hablar de dinero, este libro fue escrito para ti. Aquí aprenderás a: Reprogramar tu ...

Isabel is a young woman who has been trying to figure out her life ever since she can remember. Her family culture and dynamic were a struggle for her growing up. Her parents’ example of marriage mixed with abuse, and devotion to church, affected her perspective. Isabel develops a boldness despite her insecurities. Her whirlwind of emotions drives her to make decisions about friends, sex, love, and life. She goes to college, tries different career options, falls in love, and she still feels like her life is failing. What do you do when all the people around you seem like they are moving ...

Stepping outside of his relationship with his current woman seems impossible to Trent, but that all changes when the girl who had a childhood crush on him comes back into the picture looking totally different than he remembered. How does the smoothest, smartest, and prettiest of the Carter boys deal with this, especially now that he finally has Jade in his life? Still not quite understanding his quiet and dark demeanor, Noelle can't help the attraction she feels for her mysterious neighbor, Shiloh Carter. Could it be the romantic and affectionate side he shows her when no one else is around?

A winter hag in training, Astrid spends her days in the Black Forest sharpening her spellcraft and flinging axes at tourists, and her nights leaving offerings to the ancient eldritch monster that guards the woods. She’s one sex ritual away from leaving the last trace of her unwanted humanity behind and stepping into her full power. It’s the perfect life. Until a group of unruly humans brings that same deadly monster to her doorstep. Now, her only hope for survival is a plate of poisoned cookies.

Shiloh, Anthony, Jaheim, Talin, Elijah, and Trent have so many things going on outside of the family that there is little time to keep a watchful eye on the princess of the Carter family - baby sister Olivia. All that changes when the secret life she's been hiding comes to the forefront, causing a couple of her siblings to feel some type of way. Whether they're for her or against her, the Carter men try to deal with what Olivia has going on, all while trying to handle their own drama.

I'm driven by an obsession for a man who's turning out to be dark, dangerous, and downright depraved. It all started with an auction. I couldn't help myself. There was no way I was going to allow another woman to win a date with the broody firefighter who fascinated me from the beginning. I paid a ridiculous amount of money that I couldn't afford for one night with him, but when my instincts took over, there was no going back.

As featured in Women's Health Magazine Calling all women! If you don't know these 202 sex tips, then you are surely missing out! There are some things that your man is begging for in the bedroom, but he just doesn't have it in him to ask for it, so it's up to you to discover it. In "202 Sex Tips Every Woman NEEDS to Know" best selling author, Desiree Dean, takes women on a guided journey through everything sex. This is the only book that covers everything from foreplay, to anal sex, to BDSM and more. Learn how to: - Get him rock hard in seconds. - Deep throat like a pro. - How to give him ...

In Désirée’s Baby, the adopted daughter of a wealthy prewar French Creole couple is courted by the son of another wealthy, respected French Creole family. After they marry, their child is born with dark skin and believed to have African ancestry, a problem for a prewar white family. Accused of dishonesty by her husband, the mother, Désirée, and her child walk off into the bayou, never to be seen again. But when the father finds a letter from his mother to his father which reveals an explosive fact about his own ancestry, he learns a sobering truth.

NINE OVER-THE-TOP INSANE INSTALOVE STANDALONES IN ONE WILD BUNDLE! THIS IS INSTA-LOVE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . ANNABELLE WINTERS STYLE! THIS BOX SET CONTAINS: GIVEN TO THE GROOM (100 pages) TRADED TO THE TRUCKER (126 pages) PUNISHED BY THE PRINCIPAL (121 pages) STRANDED WITH THE PSYCHO (123 pages) WIFED BY THE WARLORD (111 pages) LATE FOR THE LANDLORD (113 pages) VANQUISHING THE VIKING (115 pages) DISCIPLINING THE DUKE (111 pages) SAVING THE SINNER (109 pages) AND EACH BOOK CONTAINS: OVER-THE-TOP STEAM! (Yes, we're going there . . . ;)) OVER-THE-TOP PLOTS (Wait, what's a plot?) OVER-THE...

He was the billionaire bad boy who rode into her life on a motorcycle. She was the sassy bartender who rocked his world for one unforgettable night. Three years later, single mom Naomi is shocked to discover her new boss is none other than Ryker Ace Dean, the man she never thought she'd see again. Even more surprising is the adorable little boy with Ryker's eyes peeking out from behind her legs. Ryker never forgot the curvy beauty who disappeared after their passionate night together. Ryker will have to prove he's ready to park his motorcycle for good and trade in his bachelor ways for ...