![]() ![]() ![]() Honestly 500+ pages were too much for this storyline. ![]() What in Casi Angeles when mar lost her memories and didn't recognize thiago is this plot? He tells her to make up her mind and when she does she'll find him.until she gets hit by a car, loses her baby(apparently she was pregnant) and doesn't remember the last few months. She gets angry at him tells him it's over goes back to Noah and tells him the truth. The other guy comes and professes his love saying it was not a mistake, he wants her back and kisses her. Then she meets Noah who was the biggest sweetheart, like literally he was so thoughful, patient, swoonworthy the perfect book bf and the only reason for my 2 star rating□□ they start as friends and then they fall in love. They have sex and then he says it was a mistake and leaves her. She's in love with her brother's best friend. It's bc the h's first in love with one guy whose name is CHASE and then falls in love with the H whose name is NOAH. ![]() I kept reading reviews and wondering why i can't find the H's name and when i got past the first 10 chapters i realized why is that. Since i haven't read one review mentioning this, let me tell you the premise of the story is in fact a FREAKING LOVE TRIANGLE. ![]()
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![]() Adam takes Julitta back to his keep bent on rape, but the ever resourceful Julitta knocks him out with a stool and when he's sober Adam marries her to assuage her damaged honor. Lady Julitta is mistaken for a peasant and is accosted by a drunken "Red" Adam de Lorismond, the new lord of Brentborough. Long out of print though highly acclaimed, Red Adam’s Lady is a true classic of historical fiction along the lines of Anya Seton’s Katherine and Sharon Kay Penman’s Here Be Dragons.Ī fast paced bawdy romp through 12C England. And the love story in it is an unusual one, since Julitta won’t let Adam get closer than the length of her stiletto. Its vivid details give the reader a fascinating and realistic view of life in a medieval castle and village. ![]() It is a story of civil war and border raids, scheming aristorcrats and brawling villagers, daring escapes across the moors and thundering descents down steep cliffs to the ocean. Red Adam’s Lady is a boisterous, bawdy tale of wild adventure, set against the constant dangers of medieval England. Then, to the astonishment of all, he marries her. Though she fends him off, keeping her virginity, he has sullied her honor. On one of his nights of drunken revelry he abducts Julitta. Red Adam is the lord of Brentborough castle-young, impetuous, scandalous, a twelfth-century hell raiser. ![]() ![]() And her liege, whom she despises, is intent on rape. ![]() ![]() In 1963, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather billed for $55m and had nineteen clients, of which Chase, Standard Oil (NJ), Shell, KLM, Rolls-Royce and Guinness. II - Ogilvy founded his agency in 1948 with $6,000 and the financial backing of his brother, Francis, then MD at Mather & Crowther, an advertising agency in London. Ogilvy articulates the ten anchors that underpinned the corporate culture of his agency’s 497 employees in 1963: they work hard, combine intelligence with intellectual honesty, put passion in what they do, do not soak up to their bosses, are self-confident, do not hire their spouses but future successors who they build up, have gentle manners, are well-organised and deliver work on time. I - Managing an advertising agency is like managing any other creative business. ![]() In Confessions of an Advertising Man, David Ogilvy shares his lessons from advertising consumer brands worldwide in the fifties and sixties in an eleven-chapter playbook of more than two hundred rules that cover corporate and subject matter aspects, the latter focused on the copywriting and illustrations of advertising campaigns for printed media. ![]() ![]() It is the details contained in this nutshell of a plot that are so hugely fascinating, the personalities of modern day cardinals operating under the ordained guidelines that have undergone almost two millennia of development. I've seen the gathering to elect a new Pope, and witnessed the black smoke emerging from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel - no new pontiff white smoke and Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis. That is the story in a nutshell, the Holy Father passes away and the cardinals assemble from around the world to vote on his successor. Conclave is an insider's look at a "papal conclave," the process and the powers that elect the "Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the Vatican City State, Servant of the servants of God" - the Pope. He writes an intensely detailed story, melding the history with the psychology to produce thrilling dramas. ![]() This commitment is a force that shapes his characters into complex personalities that are knowable to the reader. ![]() In my brief study, it became clear that this is an author that is impeccably informed on any subject he tackles, far beyond any precursory due diligence. And the author does seem to collect readers. ![]() I've not read anything by Harris before so I tried to research him a bit before I joined the fan club. ![]() ![]() ![]() The humans were put into suspended animation and were studied by their rescuers/captors. ![]() The tentacles are described in one place as looking like Medusa's "hair." They are about as alien-looking as one can imagine. (The book was written in the 1980s.) Humans who survived the catastrophe were rescued (captured?) by the Oankali, an extraterrestrial race with multiple tentacles extending from their bodies. She tells us of a time when Earth has been made uninhabitable for humans by a nuclear war between the U.S. That is the power of Octavia Butler's prose. It was such an amazing feeling that when I woke up it seemed to me for a moment that it had really happened. I was standing with one of the tentacled aliens who was showing me the view from space and I could see the "blue marble" of Earth far, far away, looking about the size of a marble. ![]() I was there on the great ship of the Oankali orbiting Earth somewhere beyond our moon. But in the middle of reading this book, I found myself dreaming vividly about it one night. I don't dream about the books that I am reading - at least not dreams that I remember upon waking. ![]() ![]() A trained killer, contracted to take out people from an early age. Zane was a borderline psycho, and over the top obsessed when it came to Dove, he went above and beyond what a normal guy would go to, too stalk the girl he wanted. ![]() I went into this thinking that I was going to get my dark little fix but for me this didn't hit that spot, but it still made for a good solid read. 'CRUEL OBSESSION' is the first full length novel in J.L. ![]() ![]() It ends on a cliffhanger and I can’t wait to see how Dove and Zane’s HEA ends. Very well written and although I wouldn’t classify it as erotica it is definitely dark with violence and light BDSM noted if that is your trigger. I really enjoyed reading it although there were some editing issues here and there (not sure why that irks me but it does). And he will do anything and everything to keep her safe, even kidnap her. She thinks it is her but she doesn’t know she has a “guardian angel” who watches over her every move because he feels that she belongs to him. And guys that show interest in dating her mysteriously disappear. You’re here, and you’re mine, and it was all worth it in the end.”ĭove cannot get over the feeling she is being watched. The darkness I’ve endured, but that’s okay because now you’re mine. ![]() You have no idea the things I’ve done for you. ![]() ![]() That message is one children and adults can take to heart. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat‘s overall lesson is, “you can always make something out of nothing,”. There are so many things for kids to see and point out on each page. This book is great for teaching sequencing skills, as well as having a unique and engaging visual style. He’s such a positive guy! We can all follow his example! Instead he thinks of something to do about it. Joseph never seems to be upset or sad when his coat gets old and worn. As the story progresses, he turns his coat into a new article of clothing (jacket, vest, neck tie, scarf, handkerchief, and button). ![]() ![]() He has a large overcoat, which gets old and worn. ![]() If you aren’t familiar with this story, it follows a man named Joseph. ![]() ![]() Once there, they confront the Starlings, who are back in the clue hunt after being sent to the hospital in an explosion back in The Maze of Bones, and steal their lead, but they are trapped by Jonah Wizard, who was forced back into the clue hunt by Cora Wizard, the Holts, Alistair Oh, and the Kabras. They receive another lead, which Amy realizes leads to William Shakespeare, so they go to a performance of Romeo and Juliet in The Globe Theatre. ![]() Into the Gauntlet begins as Amy and Dan Cahill enter a London hotel tired and with no lead whatsoever. The secret message in the book is "The Cahills aren't the only ones looking for the Clues. The message on the cards is, "Only together can we fight the true enemy." ![]() It was written by Margaret Peterson Haddix and released on August 31, 2010. Into the Gauntlet is the tenth book in The 39 Clues novel series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now, just as she has the chance to secure a much-needed job as wedding coordinator for the Cartwright Hotel Group, who should turn up like the proverbial bad penny but Max? Her professional game plan is to pretend not to know Max, but can she really pretend to ignore the feelings she is now experiencing for the “hot Hartley” long enough to land the job of a lifetime? Sosa ( Crashing into Her, 2019) handles alternating viewpoints with perfect aplomb as she once again deftly dishes up for lucky readers another irresistibly fun romance spiced with a zesty sense of humor and spiked with love scenes as hot as the ghost chilis that pepper the Brazilian cuisine featured in this tantalizing tale of love, family, and friendship. The Worst Best Man: A Novel by Mia Sosa 4.0 (35) Paperback 15.29 16.99 Save 10 Paperback 15.29 eBook 13.99 Audiobook 0.00 Audio MP3 on CD 39. It was bad enough that Max Hartley ruined Lina Santos’ wedding did he have to sink her chances at getting a dream job, too? Three years ago, Max said something to his older brother, Andrew, the night before Lina’s wedding that subsequently prompted Andrew to ditch Lina at the altar. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Readers follow Gomez through the queer spaces where he learned to love being gay and Latinx, including Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, a drag queen convention in Los Angeles, and the doctor’s office where they were diagnosed a “high-risk homosexual.” In a world desperate to erase us, queer Latinx men must find ways to hold onto pride for survival, but excessive male pride is often what we are battling, both in ourselves and in others.Ī debut memoir about coming of age as a gay, Latinx person, High-Risk Homosexual opens in the ultimate anti-gay space: Gomez’s uncle’s cockfighting ring in Nicaragua, where they were sent at thirteen years old to become a man. ![]() I’ve always found the definition of machismo to be ironic, considering that pride is a word almost unanimously associated with queer people, the enemy of machistas. Gomez’s witty memoir follows a touching and often hilarious spiralic path to embracing their gay, Latinx identity against a culture of machismo-from their uncle’s cockfighting ring in Nicaragua to cities across the U.S.-and the bath houses, night clubs, and drag queens who helped them redefine pride. ![]() |