No Strings Attached (City Lights, #1)


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Can romance survive an embezzlement investigation? Was it his gaze from across the blackjack table? The little nick on his chin that she wanted to kiss and make better? The way his bright blue eyes seemed to see to the heart of her? Whatever it was, Laura Todd was pulled in by Fox Thornton. A whirlwind Las Vegas romance followed, but things heat up again in Miami, in all the wrong ways. Embezzlement, ambition, and erotic romance aren't the perfect match, but that's all they have. Will it be enough? No Strings Attached is a full-length novel, approximately 240 pages and 76,000 words.




Under His Protection


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Elizabeth Crowne is running for state attorney general and needs a bodyguard. After several death threats, she needs someone to keep her safe. Lee Thornton, owner of Security Solutions, fits the bill nicely. She doesn't have to tell him everything, and some secrets are best left unsaid. Two jaded loners find a connection, but nothing is as it seems. As Lee digs deeper for answers, he only finds more questions, uncovering a conspiracy that goes deeper than they every suspected. When those closest to you betray your trust, nothing is sacred. This book follows Lee Thornton, brother to Fox Thornton, in No Strings Attached. It can be read as a stand-alone, but if you want to start at the beginning, read No Strings Attached, City Lights Book 1.




No Strings


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One mistake leads to a year of exile... Used to the busy playground of Winter Park, police chief Reese Daniels is shipped off to sleepy Lake City, Colorado. She takes the job of sheriff seriously, but makes it clear to one and all: this year is just a blip in her life. When it's done, she's gone. Forest Ranger M. Z. Morgan has lived in Lake City long enough to be considered a local. The pace, the quiet and the many friends make life there well worth the lack of dating material. A girlfriend would still be nice, and the new sheriff is easy on the eyes. It's entirely natural for Morgan and Reese to be friendly, but Reese's repeated reminders that she's not sticking around make it impossible for anything more between them. That is, until they strike a no strings bargain. Some guaranteed exchange of heat as the long winter sets in seems just what they need to pass the time. So what if it's the best sex they've ever had? It's still only temporary. They won't mistake sex for more, even if it only gets better—month after month. After month. No Strings—it seemed like a good idea at the time.




No Strings Attached


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No Strings Attached is the story of a Mennonite congregation in Indiana that existed for eighty-six years. The congregation began during the social and religious turmoil of the 1920s when some Mennonites in North America held to rigid doctrines and ethics implemented by central authority, and others operated with a congregational polity and became more assimilated into secular culture. The struggle between these two different understandings of faithfulness was most passionately played out in northern Indiana. Placing the narrative of this congregation within the context of 500 years of Mennonite history illustrates the grace and the tension that has both beset and empowered a unique group of people who began as radical reformers. Although "no strings attached" refers to the women's headwear during the 1920s, which had no strings, it could also be the story of the pastor eating lunch on the peak of the steep roof of the church building! Reflecting on stories of these Mennonite people is an invitation to move into the future with courageous hope. Believing and behaving differently has not prevented Middlebury Mennonites from treating each other respectfully, living in a community of love, joy, and peace, and offering God's healing and hope to each other and to the world.




No Strings Attached


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Dr. Karen Hutchins is an anointed woman of God who has overcome such major battles as divorce, death of immediate family members, and major illnesses. Because of her close communion with God and total reliance on His sovereignty, she has thrived through those battles, with a deeper appreciation of the power and love of God. Karen gave her life to the Lord as a child, and pursued Him through leading worship and teaching and preaching in churches in Texas, Washington, and North Dakota. Karen has a bachelor's degree in ministry, a master's degree in theology, and a doctorate in Christian counseling. In her hunger for God's truth, Karen is continually seeking God's heart for the wisdom He wants to impart to His church today. She conveys that wisdom through speaking at women's groups, Bible studies, conferences and retreats, and from the pulpit. She and her husband, Wayne "Hutch," live in North Dakota, where he pastors two churches, with her by his side. Together, they make a powerful team through which God has worked miracles. Her son, Jason Breshears, his wife, Jennifer, and their two daughters, Hayley and Hannah, live outside Houston.




City Lights


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Skillfully blending perspectives from the social sciences with insights from the visual arts and humanities, this lively and imaginative text provides a comprehensive introduction cities and how they work. Focusing on the U.S. city, it covers the major traditional topics as well as cultural pluralism, the impact of the communications revolution, and architecture as symbolic politics.




We Jive Like This


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The Botsotso Jesters poetry performance group was founded in 1994. After a few member changes, it solidified in 1996 with the line up that published this first Botsotso book. The collectively written poems that provided such powerful performance material are followed by individual collections of each of the five. Anna Varney's graphics set the tone for many future books in which the combination of written and visual images becomes a striking factor.




Alpha's Gamble (Haven City Series # 7)


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Davis Harrison ruins things. He was supposed to form a pack and lead as alpha, but that future felt like a cage, so he paved his own path as a gambler who now owes money to the mob. Problem? Yeah. Big time. Especially when repaying old debts puts Davis and everyone he cares about in danger. Enter Davis’s best friend and omega wolf, Ken Isben. Ken promised himself not to get involved with Davis and his schemes – that ship sailed a long time ago. Ken has a life, a home and a steady job. But every instinct tells Ken that Davis is his mate, and if he’s not there to pick up the pieces, who will? But helping a friend in need is harder than it seems when that friend is as sexy as Davis. Even if Davis claims he’s straight that doesn’t keep the charming alpha from getting close to Ken in every way possible – igniting hidden desires and rekindling a lust Ken thought he got over years before. The line between friends and lovers blurs, but is it enough to heal their wounds, repair their broken pack and fall in love? Contains graphic gay sex scenes and violence.




The City as a Global Political Actor


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This book engages with the thorny question of global urban political agency. It critically assesses the now popular statement that in the context of paralysed and failing nation state governments, cities can and will provide leadership in addressing global challenges. Cities can act politically on the global scale, but the analysis of global urban political agency needs to be firmly embedded in the field of urban studies. Collectively, the chapters in this volume contextualize urban agency in time and space and pluralize it by looking at how urban agency is nurtured through coalitions between a wide range of public and private actors. The authors develop and critically assess the conceptual underpinnings of the notion of global urban political agency from a variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives. The second part contains several (theoretically informed) empirical analyses of global urban political agency in cities around the globe. This book geographically expands analysis by looking beyond global cities in diverse contexts. It is highly recommended reading for scholars in the fields of international relations and urban studies who are looking for an interdisciplinary and empirically grounded understanding of global urban political agency, in a diversity of contexts and a plurality of forms.




The Way


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I think we can all agree that life is hard! There seems to be no end to the troubles, heartaches, misfortune, problems, and craziness that come hand in hand with life here on earth. The good news is there is help! We are not meant to walk through life alone. God did not abandon us in this crazy world to figure it all out on our own or did he leave us to fend for ourselves. The God of the universe is always present and available to be known by all who seek him. Sadly, many of us waste our whole lives searching this world to fill us with what only God can and that which he has already freely provided to each of us. We look for love, answers, help, and even our own identities in all the wrong places. We must stop wasting whatever precious time we have been given searching this world for answers it can't provide. Through Jesus, we already gained direct access to the source of all life, the Creator of all things. God is where our help comes from, and his Word is where we get answers. God provides, with his unlimited resources and abundance, to anyone who calls on him. God's power is unmatched, and it is infinite. Nothing is impossible for God. God has already empowered each of us with all the tools necessary for navigating this world; he not only sent Jesus to show us the way, but he also gave us his Holy Spirit as our personal helper. God also armed us with the written manual for tackling all of life's many questions and providing guidance for overcoming all of life's challenges; he gave us the Bible. Through years of walking with the Lord and studying his Word, the truths of the Bible and the way to everlasting life have never been clearer to me. While I am learning and growing more in my faith every day, I have discovered absolute truth in the Word of God, truth that must be shared. These truths, God desires all people to know. The glorious treasures found in the Bible are invaluable and life-giving and are meant for all people everywhere. The truth and hope found in scripture is exactly what this world so desperately needs. Join me as I attempt to unpack all the glorious truths and promises that God has for each of us found in scripture. Wherever you are on your faith journey, God has so much more to show you. His great love for you has no end, and his goodness and blessings are new each day. He has a perfect plan and purpose for your life. God is patiently waiting for you to choose to walk through life with him and discover all he has destined for you. Truth is power, and God's power is available to all who seek it. Allow God to lead you in the way to everlasting. Journey with him, and you will discover a life well lived, a life filled with true love, joy, hope, peace, and happiness.