Taking It to the Streets: Public Theologies of Activism and Resistance is an edited volume that explores the critical intersection of public theology, political theology, and communal practices of activism and political resistance. This volume functions as a sister/companion to the text Religion and Science as Political Theology: Navigating Post-Truth and Alternative Facts and focuses on public, civic, performative action as a response to experiences of injustice and diminishments of human...

Veronica Davis is a woman with a desperate need.If she doesn't bring a date to her big sister's wedding, the L — for loser — that's imprinted on her forehead will become permanent, as far as her family is concerned. And heck, she's started to believe it, herself.Why else would a girl end up at a Los Angeles escort agency with the strange acronym of V.A.M.P. Inc? Where you pick your date from a row of coffins in the agency's basement. Guys who can't meet you at lunch time, du...

An anthology of fifteen of the year's best crime stories—"Fans of crime reporting will devour this diverse collection. . . . The uniform quality of research and writing in this collection is startling; stories are so fully fleshed and detail is so rich it's often hard to believe they're non-fiction" ( Publishers Weekly (starred review)).Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators—it's a criminal world out there, and someone...

Pleasure is a beast all on its own...Explore more of the WOLF MOONS series with these three sexy shape-shifter prequel romances.BlackoutPossession is nine-tenths of the law... But does that apply to the Moon's hold on her creatures?Deputy D.A.Dylan Landau's complicated and secretive life as a werewolf gets tougher when fiery Officer Dana Delmonico encounters him on a side street, under a full moon, tweaking the fine b...

From slave to Doctor of Philosophy to preacher, Thomas Nelson Baker exemplifies the struggles and rewards of becoming and being an educated Black man in Jim Crow America. His biography is both a lesson in history and a source of inspiration.The Rev. Dr. Thomas Nelson Baker was the first known African American to receive a Ph.D. in Philosophy in the United States. Born a slave in 1860 in Eastville, Virginia, Dr. Baker spent his youth and early manhood as a farm labo...

Millionaire Chaz Monroe will go to any lengths to get answers from the gorgeous Kim McKinley – even kissing them out of her! Kim’s furious and determined to keep her secrets. So why does she keep falling into her boss’s arms… and then into his bed?

A fine line between vengeance and desire...A damaged angel and an immortal Blood Knight. The heavens would shudder if they weren't already, and if anyone up there was watching this play out.Immortal Blood Knight Rhys de Troyes is watching over London's streets. But the ethereal beauty who just arrived in London captures his interest. Avery Arcadia Quinn has secrets Rhys will have to unravel if he is to protect his territory... and hide his desire f...

The Dark Surrender is the ultimate embrace of everlasting love that can exist between immortals...Former cop Jese Stewart, hired by a foreign government to find a missing senator's daughter, finds much more instead -- a centuries old immortal, and a haunting piece of her past.Once a famous knight, Lance VanBaaren still adheres to an original quest, and has sworn to protect the innocent. But can he allow Jesse to solve her case when it means discovering the truth of her past...

"Moonlight is poison to people whose genetics are damaged," he said.But can Skylar Donovan, who has come to clear out her late father's Colorado cabin, be prepared for handsome ranger Gavin Harris's take on what that warning actually might mean?Gavin Harris has been bitten by a monster, and has been searching for that beast. His dangerous mission gets more complicated when a beautiful blonde shows up with an agenda of her own that puts her in peril...

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Can his dark legacy protect her...Madison Chase, an American newscaster, is in London to follow a missing girls case. But research leads Madison to the discovery of an enclave of ancient vampires that run the London underground, which puts her in danger.Christopher St. John has lived for centuries, and can't escape the dark legacy that created him. His desire for the redhead who digs into the past is forbidden by the oaths he has taken...But Madison...

One night changed their lives forever…Colton Killion—Miami Police offer and full-blooded Lycan, barely survives the vicious vampire attack that decimates his family. The trauma transforms him into a legendary being among wolf packs. Ghost Wolf. Now he's on a life-and-death mission to restore justice. The last thing he needs is a distraction—especially when it comes in the lithe, female form of Lycan Rosalind Kirk.Rosalind Kirk— long kept in seclusion due to her extraordinar...