Blood Bond: Rachel


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When Rachel set out for a weekend with her best friend, Betz, she got more than she bargained for.The weekend nature walk was supposed to provide her with the perfect cover story- one that would boost her in the world of high school journalism. What she got was so much more than was she planned for.Caught in the midst of a long-standing ritual, but supernatural and terrifying, she learns the secret that the tribe holds dear, and becomes part of the secret herself. Making new friends and new enemies, she must adapt to this new world.And just when she thought her world couldn't be flipped any more, a new danger threatens the tribe to the brink of death.




Blood Bond: Rachel


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When Rachel sets out into the great outdoors for a weekend with her best friend, Betz, she gets more that she bargained for. The simple trip, a weekend nature walk on the nearby secluded reservation, was meant to be the key to Rachel's big story- the front page headline that would boost her up in the world of high school journalism. The story she got was far more than what she'd planned for. Caught in the midst of a long-standing ritual, both supernatural and terrifying, she learns the secret that the tribe has been holding dear, and becomes part of the secret herself. Gaining new friends as well as new enemies, she must learn to adapt to this new world that she's entered. Just when she thought her world can't flip any more, a new danger falls upon the tribe that could leave them all on the edge of death.




Embracing the Wolf


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Summary Rachel Miller moved to Bitter Root for a relaxing life. She found anything but relaxing. She meets Ian McCord an alpha werewolf who has a pack right in Rachels back yard. Its through her relationship with Ian that she becomes aware of her dormant inner wolf. They awaken this creature by accident. Rachel finds theres no undoing what she and Ian did to awaken the wolf. As it turns out her wolf become her savior, without the strength and stamina of the wolf she and her young would have perished. Rachel learns to love, trust, and embrace her wolf.




Firebound


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Rachel's thirst for knowledge about the family she never knew drives her to keep a secret from the Alexanders that shatters Jace's trust in her. With her renewed dream-relationship with Re'Vel, she walks a razor's edge, putting the entire Alexander family - and Alisa - in terrible danger. Alisa and Bryce are more in love than ever, but his jealousy and possessiveness threatens to push Alisa away. With his Claiming Words ringing in Alisa's ears, she tries to reconcile her sense of independence with her desperate yearning for Bryce. A dark enemy from the Alexanders’ past is out for vengeance and uses Rachel as his target to get to the family he despises. When Alisa is caught in the crossfire, Bryce is willing to sacrifice anything to save her - even his own soul. Book Two in The Spellbringers Trilogy, Firebound explores the bonds of magic, the depth of friendship, and the enduring power of love.




Unbound


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Some bonds can never be broken... Alisa and Bryce are keeping a huge secret, but when an accident illustrates how dangerous their secret has become, she's forced to make a choice between her family's expectations and the man she loves more than anything. Rachel's past mistakes have finally caught up with her. Her continued association with Re'Vel results in unspeakable tragedy and brings to question her loyalty to the magical community. With accusations from all directions and her heart in tatters, she finds out who her real friends are and finds her true strength.




Destiny of Darkness


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Alexa McKay has always been different from other people. She can create and manipulate fire with the power of her thoughts. Her cold-hearted mother, Katherine, constantly describes her as a danger to society, so Katherine hides her daughter in the wilds of Montana until she has a change of heart. After twenty years, Alexa is allowed to move away. She ventures to New York City and discovers that shes not alone. Some of the worlds sexiest, preternatural men take Alexa under their wing in order to guard her like the treasure she is and train her to fight evil. Alexa is destined to become the very first goddess with a corporeal body. She has to create an army of warriors to protect humankind from the tainted creatures in the shadows. When Gaia, the primeval goddess of the earth, gives Alexa her first taste of power, Alexas inner firethe source of her pyrokinesiscraves not only more of it, but also sexual pleasure. She must sate her fire regularly before it forces uncontrollable flames out of her. But when the leader of the Vampire Association uses Alexas loved ones as bait to ensnare her, shell have to control her wild urges so she can save them and herself.




Like Family


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For decades, social scientists have assumed that “fictive kinship” is a phenomenon associated only with marginal peoples and people of color in the United States. In this innovative book, Nelson reveals the frequency, texture and dynamics of relationships which are felt to be “like family” among the white middle-class. Drawing on extensive, in-depth interviews, Nelson describes the quandaries and contradictions, delight and anxiety, benefits and costs, choice and obligation in these relationships. She shows the ways these fictive kinships are similar to one another as well as the ways they vary—whether around age or generation, co-residence, or the possibility of becoming “real” families. Moreover she shows that different parties to the same relationship understand them in some similar – and some very different – ways. Theoretically rich and beautifully written, the book is accessible to the general public while breaking new ground for scholars in the field of family studies.




Just One Drop


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Jennifer Adams, best friend to Jacque Pierce and Sally Morgan, spicy, out spoken, a little crazy and human...or so she thought. Jen has just found out that human DNA is not the only thing that resides in her veins, she happens to share that little pesky werewolf gene, although it isn't more than just a drop. Now that she and her friends are living in Romania with Fane's pack, she is also oh so conveniently stuck with the object of her affection, the fur ball Decebel. Drawn to each other by something they don't understand Jen finds herself frustrated by the lack of mating signs between her and said fur ball. Not only is she dealing with that not so un-frustrating problem, she now has been informed that because of that little drop of werewolf blood in her she is now required to attended a multi-pack gathering for un-mated wolves. This type of gathering hasn't taken place in over a century but with a shortage of females among the werewolf population the males are getting worried they won't ever find their true mates. Meanwhile, Decebel struggles with the emotions he is feeling towards Jen. He tries to keep his distance but there is just something about the mouthy blonde that keeps him coming back for more of her verbal abuse that he just can't seem to get enough of...go figure.




A Permanent Bond


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Ben Leavitt has created a formula for an epoxy that bonds enormous sheets of steel. Two shipbuilding companies, one in Beijing and one in the United States, vie for acquisition of the discovery that will save millions of dollars in labor costs during the construction of large container ships. In the process, Ben's son Adam is kidnapped and two Boston Tongs collide in a struggle for approval from Beijing.




The Blood Bond


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