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Brandi’s quest for love and acceptance spirals into gluttony and control as she grows beyond her limits, trapped in a cycle of desire, manipulation, and the cost of living for others.

Preorder now and receive the stunning LIMITED EDITION while supplies last - featuring gorgeous sprayed edges as well as a collectible spine design. "Snow White waited for the prince. You'll be the one saving yourself in this story." Jesse Naked surfer. Habitual pothead. A con, a liar, a thief and a fraud. Last I heard, Bane was extorting the rich and screwing their wives for a living. Which is why I'm more than a little surprised to find him at my threshold, looking for my friendship, my services, and most puzzling of all--looking humbled. Thing is, I'm on a boycott. Literally--I cut boys from my life. Permanently. Problem is, Bane is not a boy, he is all man, and I'm falling, crashing, drowning in his sweet, perfect lies. Bane Hot as hell, cold as ice. I wasn't aware of Jesse Carter's existence until a fat, juicy deal landed in my lap. She's a part of it, a little plaything to kill some time. She is collateral, a means to an end, and a side-bonus for striking a deal with her oil tycoon stepdad. More than anything, Jesse Carter is a tough nut to crack. Little does she know, I have the teeth for it.

*contains swearing, sex and violence* What do you get when you mix a warm tropical island, fifty gorgeously naked men and one seriously horny woman full of seriously bad issues together? Pure Hell! A reclusive Russian billionaire lives on her tropical island playground full of debauched sex and wild animalistic instinct. She's happy where she is, doing what she's doing, but her world is threatened by the one man who aims to destroy it all. Aims to destroy the one thing she holds dear and refuses to let go of. Alex Carson is her assistant, manager of the island and keeper of all her secrets. She doesn't like the sickly job of choosing men on a monthly basis for her mistress' sex games and wants to leave the island and that way of life, but knows it will only happen when the most deadly of all secrets is revealed to those involved. Chris Cameron is the hot hunky actor and, although he doesn't know it, the only man who holds the key to that secret. Lured to the island under false pretences he fights his way back from the depths of hellish nightmares to face the reality and truth of that night long ago. He aims to go home, and plans to take Alex with him...as his wife. Dimitri Yurogov is the Russian KGB-trained bodyguard of the reclusive billionaire and best friend to Alex Carson. He would and will do anything for both of the women in his life. Both of the women he loves. Even if it means murdering in their name. And murder is second nature to a man with such boundless talents. Hell is what they've been living for the last seven years and when four worlds collide in the same place at the same time with the same secret... hell hath no fury like a horny rich woman scorned!

The discovery of superconductivity at 20.3 K in the Nb-Ga system by applying chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques to the materials preparation problem is reported. Films on ceramic substrates have been grown with superconducting onsets of up to 20.3 K. Critical fields at 4.2 K in excess of 300 kG and alpha's of 1100,000 T-A/sq cm have been obtained. The results confirm that the outstanding properties of Nb-Ga are due to an equilibrium configuration of the system, namely, the stoichiometric A-15 compound Nb3Ga, which is stable at relatively low temperatures. Practical materials preparation problems center on the codeposition of an adjacent Nb5Ga3 phase and the requirement that the deposition temperature be low. Some ternary alloys were also prepared, with part of the Ga replaced by Sn, Sb, Al, or Ge.

29 der besten, fiesesten und bizarrsten Kurzgeschichten rund um Liebe, die selbst nach dem Tod weiterbesteht. Folgt uns über den Tod hinaus – hinein in Liebesgeschichten, die wahnsinnig machen, wahnsinnig sind oder einfach nur eine Ewigkeit andauern. Einseitig, beidseitig – und ob man will oder nicht. Manchmal geht es um ruhelose Geister, die ihren Frieden finden wollen, manchmal um romantische Verehrer aus dem Jenseits. In anderen Geschichten ist von gruseligen Mystery-Begebenheiten über "sanften" Horror und Hentai-Anklängen alles möglich: Höllendeals, Wesen jenseits der Zeit, Vampire, Grabräuber oder Friedhofsgärtner, Serienkiller mit Sammelleidenschaft oder Wiedergeburtsjunkies. Also schwelgt in lebhaften Erinnerungen, genießt die Romantik, zelebriert besondere Hochzeitstage und belebt eure Partner wieder. Es hilft alles nichts, die Liebe ist sowieso immer der Grund ... für alles.

Ne jamais pactiser avec son ex, surtout s’il est sexy et sans scrupule Chase Black Statut : héritier le plus sexy de Manhattan, bientôt à la tête de l’empire familial. Taux de satisfaction de ses conquêtes au lit : 200 %. Durée moyenne des relations : un soir. Profil : salaud de classe internationale. C’est du moins l’avis de Maddie, qui a sincèrement cru trouver l’amour lorsqu’ils sont sortis ensemble pendant plusieurs semaines... avant que Chase ne lui brise le cœur. Alors, quand elle le découvre devant sa porte six mois plus tard, elle est légèrement surprise. Et, quand Chase lui annonce qu’il a un service à lui demander, elle commence à croire qu’il s’agit d’une mauvaise blague. Mais non, Chase est très sérieux : il a besoin qu’elle fasse semblant d’être sa fiancée lors d’un week-end en famille, pour apaiser son père mourant. Maddie est tiraillée. Sa conscience la pousse à accepter, mais passer deux jours au côté d’un Chase plus irrésistible que jamais s’avère la plus douloureuse des tentations... À propos de l’autrice L.J. Shen s’est imposée dès son tout premier roman comme une voix incontournable de la romance New Adult – un succès confirmé dès la parution de Vicious qui s’est immédiatement hissé en tête de tous les palmarès de vente. Elle vit en Californie du Nord avec son mari et leur petit garçon.

This fascinating book examines rural retirement migration from the older in-migrants’ perspective and from the vantage point of the destination communities to which they move. This integrated approach permits the authors to view older in-migrants as embedded in environments that facilitate and/or constrain their opportunities for productive living during older age. It also permits the examination of positive and negative effects of older in-migration for destination communities.

Penn They say revenge is a dish best served cold. I'd had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and now my heart was completely iced. I took her first kiss. She took the only thing I loved. I was poor. She was rich. The good thing about circumstances? They can change. Fast. Now, I'm her parents' latest shiny project. Her housemate. Her tormentor. The captain of the rival football team she hates so much. Yeah, baby girl, say it-I'm your foster brother. There's a price to pay for ruining the only good thing in my life, and she's about to shell out some serious tears. Daria Followhill thinks she is THE queen. I'm about to prove to her that she's nothing but a spoiled princess. Daria Everyone loves a good old unapologetic punk. But being a bitch? Oh, you get slammed for every snarky comment, cynical eye roll, and foot you put in your adversaries' way. The thing about stiletto heels is that they make a hell of a dent when you walk all over the people who try to hurt you. In Penn Scully's case, I pierced his heart until he bled out, then left it in a trash can on a bright summer day. Four years ago, he asked me to save all my firsts for him. Now he lives across the hall, and I want nothing more than to be his last everything. His parting words when he gave me his heart were that nothing in this world is free. Now? Now he is making me pay.