Acts Of Desperation

Author : Megan Nolan
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473578507
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acts of Desperation written by Megan Nolan and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Crushing...intensely vital' Observer 'It's impossible to tear yourself away' The Times 'Such brilliant writing about female desire...honest and visceral' Marian Keyes She's twenty-three and in love with love. He's older, and the most beautiful man she's ever seen. The affair is quickly consuming. But this relationship is unpredictable, and behind his perfect looks is a mean streak. She's intent on winning him over, but neither is living up to the other's ideals. He keeps emailing his thin, glamorous ex, and she's starting to give in to secret, shameful cravings of her own. The search for a fix is frantic, and taking a dangerous turn... We're all looking to get what we want - but do we know what we need?

Author : Ladee Hubbard
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062979116
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Suspicious Holdout written by Ladee Hubbard and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The critically acclaimed author of The Rib King returns with an eagerly anticipated collection of interlocking short stories including the title story written exclusively for this volume, that explore relationships between friends, family and strangers in a Black neighborhood over fifteen years The thirteen gripping tales In The Last Suspicious Holdout, the new story collection by award-winning author Ladee Hubbard, deftly chronicle poignant moments in the lives of an African American community located in a “sliver of southern suburbia.” Spanning from 1992 to 2007, the stories represent a period during which the Black middle-class expanded while stories of "welfare Queens," "crack babies," and "super predators" abounded in the media. In “False Cognates,” a formerly incarcerated attorney struggles with raising the tuition to keep his troubled son in an elite private school. In “There He Go,” a young girl whose mother moves constantly clings to a picture of the grandfather she doesn’t know but invents stories of his greatness. Characters spotlighted in one story reappear in another, providing a stunning testament to the enduring resilience of Black people as they navigate the “post-racial” period The Last Suspicious Holdout so vividly portrays.

Author : William Barton
Publisher : Aspect
ISBN 13 : 9780446605113
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acts of Conscience written by William Barton and published by Aspect. This book was released on 1998-02-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When space construction worker Gaetan du Cheyne visits the planet Green Heaven, he discovers a fascinating ecosystem whose intelligent life forms are being hunted for sport and exported as slaves by human colonists. Now du Cheyne must follow his conscience and try to rescue the natives of Green Heaven--or die trying.

Author : Jennifer Gleason
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736874301
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Duplicitous Acts written by Jennifer Gleason and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natalie Warren. Beautiful, independent, and driven. With no one to count on, Natalie relies solely on herself to achieve her dreams. As an aspiring actress, she knows how to handle disappointment. After all, she's experienced enough heartbreak from her childhood to last a lifetime.Seth Garrett. Powerful, alluring, and enigmatic. Hiding his past away, no one truly knows who he is and he prefers to keep it that way. One thing for sure is he wants Natalie. What Seth wants, he gets. A chance encounter between the two leaves Natalie reeling. Mostly unaffected by men at this point in her life, she craves his attention. Evasive as he may be, Natalie wants more. What's wrong with a little harmless fun? That's hard to say when the person you desire holds your future in his hands and can ultimately make or break your career. Why risk playing the game when you know the cards could be stacked against you?

Author : Cathy Coote
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780802139276
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innocents written by Cathy Coote and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having set out to seduce her teacher as part of a personal agenda, a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl realizes her seductive powers are greater than she realized and leaves the home of her guardian aunt and uncle in order to move in with him. Original.

Author : Megan Nolan
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316429848
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acts of Desperation written by Megan Nolan and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "blistering anti-romance" (Catherine Lacey) paints a riveting, cathartic story about love addiction and what it does to us. Wouldn’t I do anything to reverse my loss, the absence of him? In the first scene of this provocative gut-punch of a novel, our unnamed narrator meets a magnetic writer named Ciaran and falls, against her better judgment, completely in his power. After a brief, all-consuming romance he abruptly rejects her, sending her into a tailspin of jealous obsession and longing. If he ever comes back to her, she resolves to hang onto him and his love at all costs, even if it destroys her… Part breathless confession, part lucid critique, Acts of Desperation renders a consciousness split between rebellion and submission, between escaping degradation and eroticizing it, between loving and being lovable. With unsettling, electric precision, Nolan dissects one of life’s most elusive mysteries: Why do we want what we want, and how do we want it? Heralding the arrival of a stunning new literary talent, Acts of Desperation interrogates the nature of fantasy, desire, and power, challenging us to reckon honestly with our own insatiability. "Hot as viscera." —The New Republic

Author : Megan Nolan
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9781529922639
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ordinary Human Failings written by Megan Nolan and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Shortlisted for Fiction - 2023 Nero Book Awards * After the death of a young girl, the finger of suspicion is pointing at one reclusive family... 'Gripping... a triumph' SUNDAY TIMES 'Heartbreaking' VOGUE It's 1990 in London and, after the death of a young girl on an estate, the finger of suspicion is pointing at one reclusive Irish family: the Greens. At their heart sits Carmel: beautiful, other-worldly, and once destined for a future beyond her circumstances until life - and love - got in her way. Now, as the scandal unfolds and the tabloids hunt their monster, she must confront the secrets and silences that have trapped her family for so many generations. 'Daring, brilliant... bold and beautiful' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A compulsive read' THE TIMES 'A writer to be read on her own terms' FINANCIAL TIMES

Author : Emerson Shaw
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781495389207
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acts of Desperation written by Emerson Shaw and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **This highly anticipated debut novel was inspired by actual events.** Sember is a strong-willed attorney who's got it all: the budding career, the condo, and a marriage proposal right around the corner. When her sister, Sarah, needs a new attorney, Sember is torn. She wants to help Sarah, but she is terrified her emotions could compromise the case. With so much at stake, failure isn't an option. In walks Jax Alexander, a brilliant legal mind from New York who excites Sember's body and mind. When he offers to take on Sarah's case, he provides hope in a hopeless situation. Sember and Jax are thrust together as their passion ignites. As a web of lies is exposed, Jax works tirelessly to reveal the truth behind Sarah's case. But, he has a dark secret shadowing his past that threatens to destroy everything. In the midst of so many lies, can Jax really be trusted? His secret could put Sarah's case in jeopardy and could cost Sember her life. Will he risk it all to save them, or will he cut and run, leaving destruction in his wake? Sometimes, desperate acts call for desperate measures.

Author : John Stone
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1403398593
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The King of Camelot written by John Stone and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Emerson Shaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781508715375
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acts of Desperation written by Emerson Shaw and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is definitely an emotional roller coaster and will leave you begging for more." Meagan, My Secret Book Spot Sember Adler is a young attorney at the start of her career. When her sister is in need of legal rescue, Sember worries her inexperience could compromise the case and failure isn't an option. The situation appears hopeless, until the handsome legal eagle, Jax Alexander, arrives at her firm. Is he the light at the end of a dark tunnel, or will his light only bring more darkness? Secrets threaten to kill the innocent, danger lurks in the shadows, and vengeance is a perilous motivator. In an artful blend of suspense, romance, and revenge, Acts of Desperation barrels down a thrilling and twisted road in search of the one thing that evades everyone-the truth. Sometimes, desperate times call for desperate measures. *This stand-alone novel was based on actual events and is intended for mature audiences due to strong sexual content*