Charisse and the Black Pendant


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The greatest power one can possess doesn’t come from light or darkness, but from a place of love. When Charisse and Draxen meet shortly after the peace proclamation in the galaxy, they discover the fighting is far from done. In search of answers, they unite efforts against fate, risking their lives for each other. The most known White Templar healer in the galaxy, Charisse Tarren, always felt a piece was missing in her life—her identity. Raised as an orphan by the templars, she lets a vision lure her in with the promise of an important discovery. But what will she find at the end of the rocky road? Lord Draxen Harett, a member of the Dark Circle, is the one initiating the first peace treaty in the galaxy after hundreds of years of war. His parents’ spirits appear before him, sending him to a forgotten world, where he must make a moment’s decision—one which could influence the future of the entire galaxy. Brought together by unexpected circumstances, and overtaken by their feelings for each other, Charisse and Draxen will have to unite their efforts and fight once again. Will they discover their purpose before one of them dies, or will fate defeat them? **This is a sweet, closed door romance for ages 14+.




Caranna Baro and the Legacy Mark


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Happiness is a rare commodity in the middle of a centuries-long war dividing the galaxy. Born and raised in times of war, Caranna Baro refuses to settle for being a powerful sorceress. She craves recognition, the Dark Lady title, and she stops at nothing to reach her goal. But she needs a mentor to guide and train her further for the gruesome trials and everyday life ahead. Tyren Tebbet, is the youngest Dark Lord ever to lead the Defense Circle. He is hated as much as he is feared, not only by the enemy, but by his own people too. When another attempt on his life takes place, an unexpected ally, a young up and coming sorceress, changes his life forever. Overtaken by their feelings for each other, Caranna and Tyren fight together, keeping one another alive despite the never-ending threat pouring from all directions. Can they defeat fate and build a life together, or will the mark she carries bring destruction to rain over them, turning their dreams into ashes? **This is a sweet, closed door romance for ages 14+.




Kalina Theus and the Death Vision


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In a war-torn world, a family is the most precious legacy one can leave behind. Enemies with opposite personalities are forced to work together, creating a volatile concoction that could save lives, destroy them, or even restart war in the galaxy. Kalina, a smuggler turned spy, joined The Independent's Coalition, and has fought alongside them for the past ten years. After the peace treaty, unforeseen circumstances throw her in an unwilling cooperation with one of the most known Dark Knights, Lord Aeven Tebbet. A warrior, raised and shaped during a time of war, Lord Aeven Tebbet, gifted with visions received from the flames of the eternal fire, has to unite efforts with the enemy, the foxy Captain K. Theus, a spy with emerald eyes and more personality than his whole fleet together. The vision of his own death, involving Captain K. Theus, sets Aeven on a new path, and feelings inside his heart in an unstoppable avalanche. Will Kalina accept Aeven’s love, knowing they will die together if she does, or vanish into the night? **This is a sweet, closed door romance for ages 14+.




Thane Tebbet-Theus and the Chasing Dreams


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Some dreams reflect reality, others, our deepest fears. Fate, miscommunication, and love separates them and reunites them when lives are in danger. On his twenty-third birthday, an undesired meeting with his nemesis, leads Thane to discover the girl with lavender eyes chasing his dreams for the past seventeen years—Layla. She not only brings him more power than he could ever use, but she is the one breathing life into his existence. Layla, kidnapped as a child from her biological parents, is adopted and raised by a family of bounty hunters. Years later, with the deaths of her new family, she is sold and resold into slavery. Images of a man with silver hair and golden eyes follow her in never-ending nightmares. But when reality proves that the man from her dreams is in fact the man of her dreams, fear is quickly replaced by trust and something more. Miscommunication settles between Thane and Layla, forcing their paths to split once again. How much will both be willing to sacrifice to save each other when old enemies wield the threat of death back into their lives? Nothing or Everything? **This is a sweet, closed door romance for ages 14+.




Radox Harett and the Lost Daughter


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Born from both the light and darkness, Radox represents the balance between good and evil. A tragedy hits, causing the loss of his wife and unborn daughter in an explosion. Radox closes himself off from the rest of the world. With his hope for happiness incinerated by the flames that took everything from him, work is all he has left. And the reconstruction of the worlds affected by war becomes his top priority. A lost daughter could piece Radox’s heart back together or shatter it forever. Tara, a smuggler constantly on the move ever since she ran away from her family, is carving her own destiny. A haunting apparition pushes her to take action, and throws her life into a downward spiral, sweet and tempting, but dangerous and frightening. The chance for love and happiness dangles before Radox and Tara, but can they find the courage to fight their own demons and grab it? Or will they let it pass and continue with the lives they’d been pushed in. **This is a sweet, closed door romance for ages 14+.




Adanya Tebbet-Theus and the Dark Mask


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An overlord cursed to spend his days as a ruthless, emotionless beast of a man; a woman hell-bent on revenge; when these two meet, heaven and earth implode. Driven by hatred and a thirst for revenge, Adanya wants nothing more than to kill the tyrant Overlord Xarrix, the beast behind the mask. Until he, the man she holds responsible for her parents’ deaths, blackmails her into marrying him. From behind the safety of his mask, Xarrix has taken the galaxy hostage with his impressive armada, as well as enough secrets to bend anyone’s will. A prophecy reveals the beauty determined to end his life is the key to his hidden desire for peace—if he can conquer her heart. When worlds and swords collide, Adanya and Xarrix are unprepared for hatred to turn into love. Crossing the line between enemies to lovers, proves to be a much higher price for the desired peace than either were prepared for. Only one question remains: can they find love and bring about peace before one of them dies? **This is a sweet, closed door romance for ages 14+.




16 Isn't Always Sweet


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From best friend to frenemy to flat-out enemy For her Sweet 16, Jordan Wright gets rid of the frizzy hair, the conservative clothes, and finally likes the hip new girl smiling in the mirror. So when she hears about an open casting call for the hottest rapper's new video, she has the confidence to go for it. She and her best friend, Adrienne, try out with hundreds of hopefuls, but only Jordan makes it. Adrienne seems fine with it. But when Jordan starts getting some serious attention, Adrienne turns into a hater. And after Jordan has an innocent in-the-hall conversation with Adrienne's ex-boyfriend—they dated for one week, like four years ago!—Adrienne plots to ruin Jordan's life by spreading rumors, writing stuff on the bathroom walls and telling Jordan she'd be better off dead. Suddenly Jordan's popularity is fading. Forget sweet sixteen. She soon discovers that what she needs most is to find the strength to be herself.




Cinema and Colour


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Cinema and Colour: The Saturated Image is a major new critical study of the use of colour in cinema. Using the dialectic of colour and monochrome as a starting point, Paul Coates explores the symbolic meanings that colour bears in different cultures, and engages with a range of critical approaches to filmic colour, building on the work of such theorists as Sergei Eisenstein, Rudolf Arnheim and Stanley Cavell. Coates also provides close analyses of films by directors such as Antonioni, Bergman, Godard, Hitchcock, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Sirk, Kieslowski, Tarkovsky, Von Trier and Zhang Yimou. Coates' focus is on films that deliberately exploit the rich multiplicity of cultural meanings and associations ascribed to colour, including All That Heaven Allows, Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle, The Double Life of Véronique, The Flight of the Red Balloon, Red Desert, Schindler's List, Silent Light, Solaris, The Three Colours Trilogy and The Wizard of Oz.




The Starved Senses


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The Starved Senses is a powerful and disturbing story from a witness to the worst mass shooting in San Francisco's history: the 101 California Street Massacre. It follows three outsiders across two weeks in the summer of 1993: John, a struggling businessman with a long-simmering grudge; Rachel, a San Francisco legal assistant wandering in solitude; and Emmett, a bullied Bay Area teenager. Although they never meet, they are forever connected by a horrific act of violence, each one driven by an inner starvation and ultimately forced to choose between life and death. Are they failures? Are they insane? Or are they the products of a desperate, soul-consuming culture where meaningful human contact can seem like an impossible dream? In its exploration of the forces that disconnect people from one another, from themselves, and from life itself, The Starved Senses is an indictment of humanity's fatal flaw - the predatory desire for cruelty without consequences. Charisse Goodman is a graduate of California State University. A long-time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, she is also the author of the 1995 nonfiction book, The Invisible Woman: Confronting Weight Prejudice In America.




The Wally Phillips People Book


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