The fast-paced romance and undercurrent of suspense keeps the pages flying." - Publishers Weekly "The ambitious, intelligent leads are admirable and easy to root for, and their erotic spark is undeniable. When they find themselves embroiled in a treasonous plot, can they trust each other with their hearts, their secrets…and their lives? But kissing each other is almost as much fun as arguing, and their affair burns hotter than either of them expects. When she mockingly challenges him to show her what she’s missing by not getting married, Tristan shocks them both by accepting her indecent proposal: one week of clandestine meetings, after which they’ll go their separate ways. Wickedly proper architect Tristan needs a respectable woman to wed, but he’s never stopped wanting bold, red-headed Carys. There’s only one person who’s never bought her act-the only man who makes her heart race: Tristan Montgomery, one of her family’s greatest rivals. Outwardly confident and carefree, inside she’s disillusioned with both men and love. For the past two seasons she’s scandalized the ton with her outrageous outfits and brazen ways in a futile bid to deter potential suitors. Staying single is the only way to hide the secret that could ruin her-and her family-if it was revealed. But it’s a thin line between love and hate in Kate Bateman's A Daring Pursuit.Ĭarys Davies is doing everything in her power to avoid marriage. The Davies and Montgomery families have been locked in an ancient feud.
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Letting love in would prove to be the biggest challenge she'd ever faced. And he's just made it clear the running is over. The gorgeous asshole made her feel, goddammit. Mike changed her in ways she didn't like. Then along came the one male she never wanted. I have a lot of demons." Giselle has reasons for her sandpaper exterior, but they're hers and hers alone. She's seduction, sin, strength and fragility all wrapped into one ice-cold package. aired him with the one thing he'd spent the past eleven years hating.a vampire. They stole his life, his woman, his future when they kidnapped his college sweetheart. "Let me obliterate each and every last beast that's holding that beautiful mind captive, Giselle." It's no secret Detective Mike Thatcher wasn't a fan of the blood drinkers. I do prefer writing the parts of lesser, fictional characters, partly because no one can criticize them. Q: How fun was it to turn historical giants like Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gaius Julius Caesar into characters in this novel?Ī bit intimidating, as it always is. Ultimately, his story is a tragic one, which makes me like it even more. He led the largest slave rebellion in history, and could have escaped if he’d wanted to. He freed himself from slavery, forged an army from what were effectively civilians, and then beat the Romans up and down Italy for two years. I have even more admiration for him than I did previously. Now that you’ve finished Spartacus: Rebellion, what is your view of Spartacus as a man and a leader? Q: Spartacus is faced with some hard choices in this book. (So I had finished it before it came out Stateside, yes.) Hello, and thank you for having me! To answer your question, not quite – I finished Rebellion about a month after the first book came out in the UK. Had you already finished Spartacus: Rebellion by the time the first book was published? Q: Ben, welcome back to Fresh-scraped Vellum! Last June, you were kind enough to give me an interview on your first book in the series, Spartacus: The Gladiator. As part of the Spartacus: Rebellion Virtual Book Tour, I interviewed author Ben Kane about the second book in his epic series. While this wasn't the strongest of the series, it was definitely a welcome addition. It was great to see them back for another story.Īs always, with the Goddess Girls series, there's a lot to love about this book, and I would definitely recommend it to all tween girls. I'm glad we got to see some old favorites from "Aphrodite the Beauty", Hephaestus and Ares. In fact, I would have loved to have seen more of her matchmaking and the results! The couples she chose to put together were just so adorable! It would have been so fun to see more of the love matches sprinkled throughout the book. There's a lot to learn about healthy competition, while respecting each other's differences.Īphrodite, as the goddess of love, gets to play matchmaker a lot in this book. I love that the girls aren't mean spirited in their competition, even though the mortals are spreading vicious rumors that they are literally fighting. A friendly rivalry results where Aphrodite and Isis compete to be the first to find the perfect love match for Pygmalion. This was another funny, sweet, and romantic installment of one of my favorite series! In this book, Aphrodite finds out she may not be the only goddess of love when she meets Isis in Egypt. The book is a perfect collection of vegan recipes for those who want to eat clean and healthy. “I love Mediterranean food, but am not into heavy meats so this book full of vegan healthy and delicious recipes is just what I was looking for.”- Amazon Customer Vegan Mediterranean Cookbook: Essential Vegiterranean Recipes for the Ultimate Healthy Lifestyle In this post today, we are eager to share with you 10 vegan Mediterranean cookbooks to help you cook incredibly healthy and tasty vegan dishes right in your kitchen. Do you know the way you eat can save your life, many animals’ life, and even save the Earth? Have you ever considered going vegan as a way to improve your health and clean your soul? If you want to start your vegan diet while still craving delicious food, the vegan Mediterranean diet may be the best choice for you. Several oil companies in Texas have reported thefts of crude, Colles tells her. Letty’s ready to quit, but her skills have impressed Colles, and he offers her a carrot: feet-on-the-ground investigative work, in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security. Now a recent Stanford grad with a master’s in economics, she’s restless and bored in a desk job for U. Singular Menace (Co-authored with Michele Cook)īy age twenty-four, Letty Davenport has seen more action and uncovered more secrets than many law enforcement professionals. Rhymes with Prey: A Prey Novella (2014).The Eye and the Heart: Watercolors of John Stuart Ingle (1988).The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 (2017). I realized that the only way to treat it honestly was to take the fascist characters and get deeply involved in their mentality.” It was not, obviously, that Moore was without any moral investment in the debate between anarchism and fascism-a debate Moore has suggested is both the absolute heart of all political debate and one that is in fact “as much a matter of the emotions and spirit as they are matters of abstract intellect and politics. But it didn’t work like that – it came out superficial and hollow. Moore had originally envisioned V for Vendetta as an exploration of anarchism vs fascism in which all sides were taken seriously-as early as 1984 Moore talked about how he originally “ intended it to be a pretty trite piece of propaganda. Moore’s evolution over the seven years of the project is perhaps clearest, however, in the larger thematic issues. ” – Grant Morrison, 2005 interview with Suicide Girls If they had any sense, they would have befriended me instead of pissing me off. “In the end, I was glad they got the ideas out but very disappointed that they blew it so badly and distorted all the Gnostic transcendental aspects that made the first film so strong and potent. Previously in Last War in Albion: Alan Moore’s first post- Watchmen project saw him returning to the beginning of his career to finish V for Vendetta. It will be discussed at the Crozet Library Monday Night Book Group on Monday, March 6, at 7 p.m. This book is the Jefferson Madison Regional Library (JMRL)’s Same Page Community Read selection for 2023. The result of this venture is the bestselling The Book of Delights (2019), a collection of 102 “essayettes” about the many things that delight him- including hummingbirds, paw paw groves, laundromats, roller skates, self-forgiveness, Botan rice candy, nicknames, sidewalk naps, and dreams-especially waking up from bad ones. The rules he set were that he would write daily for one year about something that delighted him, he would begin and end on his birthday (August 1), the entries would be drafted quickly, and they would be written by hand. But poet Ross Gay came up with a new twist on this idea when he decided to keep a Delight Journal. You’ve probably heard of-or even kept-a Gratitude Journal. He was the terror of his competitors, the bogeyman of reformers, the delight of caricaturists-and an utter enigma.ĭrawing on unprecedented access to Rockefeller’s private papers, Chernow reconstructs his subjects’ troubled origins (his father was a swindler and a bigamist) and his single-minded pursuit of wealth. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated money lavishly to universities and medical centers. Rockefeller, Sr.-the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. Synopsis: National Book Critics Circle Award Finalistįrom the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. After obtaining a Masters in Theological Studies, he earned his PhD from the Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies in 1978. While pursuing the role of non-economic factors in economic development he became interested in religion and joined Harvard Divinity School in 1972. He served in civil services in Gujarat until 1968 he went to US to pursue higher studies in economics at the Syracuse University, obtaining a Masters in economics in 1970. Biography Īrvind Sharma was born on 13 January 1940 in Varanasi, India. In editing books his works include Our Religions and Women in World Religions, Feminism in World Religions was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Book (1999). Sharma's works focus on Hinduism, philosophy of religion. Arvind Sharma is the Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University. |