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Jolene's Last Gasp

Author : Roberto de Haro

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 37,85 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0595450547

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Gorgeous, young, adult-film star Jolene Alexis is dead, her limp and naked body discovered in her upscale beachfront condominium. Sergeant Dale Lipinski, a detective with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is assigned to the case. Though all obvious signs point to suicide, Lipinski investigates contradictory details and very quickly opens a Pandora's box of disturbing proportions. In the world of pornography, nothing is as it appears. Alexis's presumed suicide points to the seedy-and oftentimes dangerous-underworld of the pornography industry. Is Jolene's death truly a suicide, or is she the victim of the elusive Hollywood dream, seduced into behavior she would never have undertaken if she had a choice? Lipinski, methodical and determined, emerges as a fascinating character. Haunted by Jolene's story, he is determined to discover the truth surrounding her death. His hunt moves from professional assignment to personal mission-and soon the detective is caught up in deception and intrigue beyond the line of duty, Blood for blood. -Michael A. Olivas William B. Bates Distinguished Chair in Law University of Houston Law Center Jolene's Last Gasp is a thrilling, fast-paced mystery that will keep the reader guessing until the very last pages. -Colleen Rae, author of Nearly Naked, and Correspondent, Local Observer, Saugatuck, MI



Sex and Death in Eighteenth-Century Literature

Author : Jolene Zigarovich

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 328 pages

File Size : 32,81 MB

Release : 2013-05-02

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1136182373

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This book discusses sex and death in the eighteenth-century, an era that among other forms produced the Gothic novel, commencing the prolific examination of the century’s shifting attitudes toward death and uncovering literary moments in which sexuality and death often conjoined. By bringing together various viewpoints and historical relations, the volume contributes to an emerging field of study and provides new perspectives on the ways in which the century approached an increasingly modern sense of sexuality and mortality. It not only provides part of the needed discussion of the relationship between sex, death, history, and eighteenth-century culture, but is a forum in which the ideas of several well-respected critics converge, producing a breadth of knowledge and a diversity of perspectives and methodologies previously unseen. As the contributors demonstrate, eighteenth-century anxieties over mortality, the body, the soul, and the corpse inspired many writers of the time to both implicitly and explicitly embed mortality and sexuality within their works. By depicting the necrophilic tendencies of libertines and rapacious villains, the fetishizing of death and mourning by virtuous heroines, or the fantasy of preserving the body, these authors demonstrate not only the tragic results of sexual play, but the persistent fantasy of necro-erotica. This book shows that within the eighteenth-century culture of profound modern change, underworkings of death and mourning are often eroticized; that sex is often equated with death (as punishment, or loss of the self); and that the sex-death dialectic lies at the discursive center of normative conceptions of gender, desire, and social power.



The Beautiful Mess Series Standalone Collection

Author : T.K. Leigh

Publisher : Carpe Per Diem, Inc.

Page : 1038 pages

File Size : 35,78 MB

Release : 2021-07-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Want more of some of your favorite characters from the Beautiful Mess series? Now you can read all the spin-off novels in one convenient collection. VANISHED: When retired Navy SEAL Alexander Burnham walks into his daughter's bedroom to discover her missing, will he be able to bury the guilt of losing his fellow team member in order to find and saving his daughter before it's too late? HEART OF LIGHT: Jolene Bergio spent years as the captive of a man who made every moment a nightmare. When Dr. Cameron Bowen offers her a lifeline, will she have the courage to take it? HEART OF MARLEY: After losing their father and suffering years of abuse from his replacement, twins Marley and Cameron have endured enough tragedy to last a lifetime. Years later, the buried past they worked so hard to forget threatens to resurface in this heartrending tale. Beautiful Mess Series Recommended Reading Order: 1. A Beautiful Mess (Beautiful Mess Trilogy #1) 2. A Tragic Wreck (Beautiful Mess Trilogy #2) 3. Gorgeous Chaos (Beautiful Mess Trilogy #3) 4. Chasing the Dragon (Deception Duet #1) 5. Slaying the Dragon (Deception Duet #2) 6. Vanished (A Beautiful Mess Series Standalone) 7. Heart of Light (A Beautiful Mess Series Standalone) ***Author's Note: While it is not necessary to read the Beautiful Mess Trilogy prior to reading the Deception Duet or the Beautiful Mess Series standalones, the above is the recommended reading order for the best reading experience. Heart of Marley is an optional mature young adult prequel to Heart of Light, and can be read before or after that novel. Topics: contemporary romance, romance series, romantic suspense series, mystery, modern romance, urban romance, beach romance, Florida romance, kidnapping, human trafficking, indentured, escape, hero, wealthy, USA today, USA today bestseller, steamy romance, suspenseful romance, hot romance, T.K. Leigh, T.K. Leigh romance, second chance romance, musician, music romance, sexy, page-turner, police, law enforcement, political, corruption, love, love books, kissing books, emotional journey, angst, alpha male, possessive, intrigue, dominant, contemporary, contemporary romance, romance series, long series, long romance series, navy, navy SEAL series, former military, security romance, private security romance, billionaire, billionaire romance, wealthy hero, protect, damsel in distress, assault, drama, action and adventure, action romance, former soldier, soldier, romantic, military, emotional, HEA, alpha, strong female, sensual, angst, betrayal, chicago, fated love, psychological, tortured hero, corruption, crime, thriller, hot love story, vigilante justice, honor killings, middle east, afghanistan, cop, FBI, abduction, thriller, political, contemporary romance, military romance, series, urban romance, Boston, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Mystic, Boston romance, wealthy, steamy romance, suspenseful romance, romance



Climbing Mount Implausible

Author : Damien Broderick

Publisher : Wildside Press LLC

Page : 216 pages

File Size : 30,91 MB

Release : 2010-01-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1434457796

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Climbing Mount Implausible showcases a writer's growth though nearly fifty years of questing into the future. It includes his first published stories, plus detailed notes on his own evolution as a writer, his recent Philip K. Dick tribute, "Dead Air," and an outrageously funny collaboration with Paul Di Filippo, "Cockroach Love."



Twenty-Seven

Author : Jolene Polyack

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 70 pages

File Size : 19,84 MB

Release : 2016-01-15

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1491787457

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In Book 1, The Hunt, of the Twenty-Seven series fifty-six-year-old treasure hunter Gilbert Morgan discovers an underwater throny plant which restores his body back to that of a twenty-seven-year-old. In Book 2, Discovery, the Morgans have successfully commercialized the plant and now, ten years later are as equally wealthy as their nemisis William S. Bates. The Morgans are surprised when Bates pops back into their lives until they discover his diabolical scheme to ruin mankind. Only the Morgans will be able to stop him. Now in Book 3, William S. Bates, the entire story is retold through the eyes of the antagonist. Find out what drove Bates to be the person he was and what he was thinking throughout his life, adding even more depth to this mind twisting story! I enjoyed reading this book due to its fast paced, interesting story that blended an age-old desire with a modern twist. The book is an easy read with the author conveying not only the story itself, but the characters nuances as well. I recommend this book.



The Summer I Found You

Author : Jolene Perry

Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company

Page : 211 pages

File Size : 40,25 MB

Release : 2014-03-01

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0807583685

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Kate's dream boyfriend has just broken up with her and she's still reeling from her diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. Aidan planned on being a lifer in the army and went to Afghanistan straight out of high school. Now he's a disabled young veteran struggling to embrace his new life. When Kate and Aidan find each other neither one wants to get attached. But could they be right for each other after all?



Steal My Breath

Author : Nina Levine

Publisher : Nina Levine

Page : 414 pages

File Size : 34,49 MB

Release : 2016-05-29

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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A friends-to-lovers standalone novel with a sexy single dad from USA Today bestselling author Nina Levine. This bossy bartender is about to cross a line he knows he shouldn’t. But Callie St James isn’t a woman he can say no to any longer. Callie Luke Hardy is the bossiest man I know. Moody too. But I’ve had a thing for him since we met. I spend half my time arguing with him, and the other half drooling over him. I’m screwed now, though, because I just slept with him and I’ve decided I want a whole lot more than sex. Only problem is, Luke has a secret I never knew. The kind of secret that messes everything up. Luke Callie St James likes to argue with me over everything. It irritates the hell out of me. She also turns me on like no other woman ever has. There’s only one problem with that. I can’t date her. And now I’ve gone and messed it all up by sleeping with her. "This story has it all—tension, angst, suspense and heartbreak. I've smiled, laughed, cried and was angry at some point wanting to shake them both. It is not often I feel so connected to the characters, but Nina has accomplished just that." - Reviewer Keywords: contemporary romance, friends to lovers romance, angsty romance, opposites attract, new adult romance, boss romance, workplace romance, alpha romance, strong heroine, alpha hero, protective hero, single dad romance steamy romance, hot romance, spicy romance.



Jolene

Author : Mercedes Lackey

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 46,54 MB

Release : 2021-10-19

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0756412153

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Learning elemental magic from her witch aunt after her Tennessee coal miner father's black-lung death, Anna May falls in love with a stonemason who abandons his work as a gravestone cutter to pursue true art.



1993 The Year of "The Flea"

Author : Jolene Dennis Martin

Publisher : Xlibris Corporation

Page : 147 pages

File Size : 40,21 MB

Release : 2014-09-09

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1499034180

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We had a nice family, a nice new home, we were not wealthy. We did have good jobs, worked hard for what we did have. We were just a normal quiet family. We were not rich or famous, or anything noticeable that would warrant our nine year old to be kidnapped from our home, on a hot summer night back in 1993. So why did something so terrifying happen to us? What did we ever do to deserve it? This is part of my journals, that tell my story in my words. This story is how we coped, or not coped with something so horrifying that it changed our lives forever. This is my story good or bad, of what happened, the stress, the agony, the guilt of not being able to protect our children, of determination to set things right. We were a strong family that people said the odds were against us that we would survive. We did survive, and we came through it stronger than anyone expected. This story needed to be told to help other families know that there is help out there, where one never expected. That courage and all the positive things, someone never thought they had overcame all that was so very bad.



Pirate Barbarian

Author : Tasha Temple

Publisher : Makai Publishing

Page : 243 pages

File Size : 18,43 MB

Release : 2013-10-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Jolene Winston's brief and formal courtship with Raul Vasco, a wealthy Portuguese ship captain, leaves her destined for marriage with a man she scarcely knows. Raul reluctantly agrees to let Jolene travel on his sailing vessel to their new home in Africa but quickly reveals his dark and abusive nature when she displeases him. When Raul's ship is attacked by ruthless pirates, the barbarian leader, Kai, seizes the ship's precious cargo, the rum and Jolene. Jolene learns to survive and even thrive on the pirate ship, discovering raw and fiery passion with Kai as she battles her way through unspeakable terrors. The fierce and handsome pirate captain is captivated by Jolene's beauty and spirit although her mere presence threatens to distract him from his quest to remedy a wrong committed long ago.This epic saga of dramatic adventure and romance will hold you spellbound as Captain Kai leads his ship and crew through supernatural perils to fulfill his lifelong mission, Raul plots and exacts his revenge, and Jolene discovers untold love and ecstasy when she least expects it.