"I, Amelie Ashwood, Reject you, Tate Cozad, as my mate. I REJECT YOU!" is what I screamed right before I took the silver blade that I just dipped in a bowl of my own blood to my mate mark.Amelie only ever wanted to live a simple life out of the spotlight of her Alpha bloodline. She felt she had that when she found her first mate. After years together, her mate was not the man he claimed to be. Amelie is forced to perform the Rejection Ritual to set herself feel. Her...

Sex appeal, magnetism and a huge on-screen persona; John Wayne had it all. And, despite the fact that his beginnings on the silver screen, when “talkies” began to oust the silent movie era, were somewhat humble, he went on to hold the record for the most leading-man roles – 142 – by an actor.He first appeared in film in 1926 in The Great K & A Train Robbery as an un-credited extra and prop boy in this stunt-driven movie and went on to work on a long list of B-rated movies ...

At a time when Hollywood was devoted to its screen sirens with their luscious curves and pouting lips, Audrey Hepburn was just that little bit different. Her contemporaries such as Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor were much more robust in their appearance and oozed sex appeal both on set and off.Hepburn, by 1950s’ standards, was far too lanky and skinny and perhaps appeared a bit too fragile. However, she brought a sophistication that was quite unlike anything that had gone befo...

I am called ejechi in Ukwuani, meaning "to leave and return".As a child, Jessica's natural ability to tell stories entertained her friends and frightened herwidowed mother. After being kicked out of every Nigerian home available to her, Jessica arrivesin Ghana, where she meets a nurturing man who offers her Mars Bars and an Australianmarriage. Her new world provides a life of conditional luxury - if she wants to earn her ownmoney, she must become a c...

LOW CARB DIETS may have HEALTH BENEFITS beyond WEIGHT LOSS, such as REDUCING RISK FACTORS associated with TYPE2 DIABETES and METABOLIC SYNDROME. Our body uses CARBOHYDRATES as its MAIN FUEL source. SUGARS and STARCHES are broken down into simple SUGARS during DIGESTION. They're then

The perennial classic: this intimate journal chronicling the Narnia author's experience of grief after his wife's death has consoled readers for half a century; this edition features responses from authors like Hilary Mantel, Francis Spufford, Rowan Williams, Jenna Bailey ...'An intimate, anguished account of a man grappling with the mysteries of faith and love ... Elegant and raw ... A powerful record of thought and emotion experienced in real time.'

Bram Stoker Award-winner for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction!Nightmares come to life in this comprehensive how-to guide for new and established authors…Book two in Crystal Lake Publishing's The Dream Weaver series picks up where the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Where Nightmares Come From left off.It's Alive focuses on learning the craft in order to take your story from concept to completion.With an introduction by Richar...

**Love Inspired Suspense brings you three full-length stories in one collection. Enjoy action-packed stories in the Pacific Northwest K-9 Unit series featuring canine crime-stoppers solving thrilling mysteries that will keep you on the edge of your seat!Olympic Mountain Pursuitby Jodie Bailey**Can this K-9 get a child to safety?Four years ago, former US Marshal Jackson Dean left his job after falling for a witness—who’s suddenly the target of an assa...

Everyone has a special place, a spot where they feel comfortable and happy. When she wasn’t outside under her tree, by her pond, at the beach, by her stream, in her field, enjoying her mountain, in her swamp, or in her garden, Jessica loved playing in her wetland.As she enjoyed one beautiful morning along its shore, Jessica wondered, “What does a wetland do?”Playing, imagining, and exploring around her wetland, Jessica sets out to find out what just makes her wetland so spe...

Discover the lost supernatural stories behind some of the most famous people and events in history.These Fantastic Tales explore the secret history that has been hidden in the shadows of the world, and even alternative histories from other worlds. Tales such as a young man seeking the secret of immortality from none other than Bela Lugosi. The tragic story of how the Titanic really sank. The horrifying lengths the people of New York city would go to raise above the...

The Cruel and Reparative Possibilities of Failure brings together a variety of scholars and research across disciplines, with an emphasis on communication and gender studies, to work toward reimagining the idea of failure. Contributors consider failure as both a space for growth and repair and as a space from which hope can emerge. The collection is divided into five parts, investigating failure as consumption; failure as media; failure as pedagogy; failure as narrative; and final...

This book explores Black identity, from a global perspective. The historical and contemporary migrations of African peoples have brought up some interesting questions regarding identity. This text examines some of those questions, and will provide relevant essays on the identities created by those migrations. Following a regional contextualizing of migration trends, the personal essays with allow for understandings of how those migrations impacted personal and community identities. Each of...