The T'aint of Taint


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Tainted Relations


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In this long anticipated sequel to Mixed Emotions, Victoria Lyndon takes a leap of faith and uproots all that's left of her life in California and moves to Houston, Texas to head the Southeast division of Trilogy Music. Quickly, finding her niche in the music industry, she catapults herself into the stratosphere as one of the most sought after agents in the business. Chance leads her to Anthony, a man who could very well be "The One," but is there time in her life, and room in her heart, to love him and his twin daughters, Chloe and Chelsea. And will their relationship be able to take off once you factor in Kitanna, his argumentative and unbalanced baby mama? Myeisha Jordan and DeAndre' Charles want each other in the worse way, but neither of them want to be the first to admit it. When Myeisha unexpectedly finds herself attracted to a new guy on the scene, she begins to question her feelings for DeAndre'. Who will Myeisha ultimately choose: the man she has to keep her walls up for or the man with whom she can be herself? Will DeAndre' win the heart of the one woman who has ever truly made him want to be in love? Burning her love candle on both ends seems like an easy task until an unanticipated emergency puts everything in the balance. Tamyra Arceneaux continues in her attempt to keep buried the demons she's been running from for over twenty years. Jaded by a past filled with betrayal and victimization at the hands of people who were supposed to love and protect her, she is finding it hard to give herself fully to the one man willing to weather the storm with her. Will her issues prove too much for her Prince Charming to overcome? Revisit old friends and meet a few new ones as you involve yourself in the glamorous and tumultuous lives of these characters as they attempt to see their way clearly through...Tainted Relations.




Thorns of a Tainted Rose, 1881


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Ms. Barbara Juliet Adams (a for-hire writer from New York City whod recently broke off a one-sided engagement with a self-centered fool who saw equal rights for women but a detriment to the weaker sex) now ventures her prideful way deep down into a still-bitter South on an elegant riverboat, the Southern Rose, hoping for inspiration for her latest historical account, Again We Are One (the rebuilding of the defeated South), and runs a smitten foul of Mr. Sterling Able, a most dangerous riverboat gambler (veteran of the Southern Stars and Bars), and noted bottom dealer is quite taken too by this brash, quick-talking, high-stepping, beautiful Yank (which fast spreading Southern gossip lends is sure to come to unwise folly) as the courting two near the Magic city, New Orleans, for there are boyhood enemies in steadfast plot of Mr. Sterling Ables Yanks smitten demise. So venture down with Ms. Barbara into the land of cotton for old times there were or are not forgotten, depending how one sees Southern and Northern right from wrong. So yall coming? People are gonna talk sure, but do mind your purse and the voodoo that threatens your soul.




Tainted


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Love, fear and closely guarded secrets rule the hearts of four friends. When circumstances and unexpected events unfold the hidden truths, will the love dispel the fear? Or will the secrets breed a hatred that ultimately crushes and destroys every bond they have built between them? Take a walk through the dark pages of “Tainted” and find out why loyalty is everything and betrayal carries the penalty of death.




A Tainted Lovers Evolution


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A Tainted Lovers Evolution is based on some of the authors true life encounters and relates to situations involving family not accepting you for your sexuality, friends hating instead of helping, as well as mental, physical and emotional abuse.




Tainted Vessels


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Their scent is on the wind. Their blood is in the tides. They are coming. Wrongly accused of treason, Corin has been imprisoned by the very city he fought to save. With his brother murdered, his family disgraced, and the demon storm surging ever closer across the plains, Corin must place his faith in two unfamiliar guards who claim to be able to smuggle him to the outlands. But time is growing short, and the storm is drawing near. Having salvaged the ancient armor from the very jaws of Naraka, Olenka and her crew have returned to Lunsod sa Dagat. Unable to deny her prophetic visions any longer, Olenka has grudgingly agreed to confront the monks. Now, she has been whisked back into the life of rites and relics she abandoned in her youth. And she has foreseen a new calamity rising up from the abyss. With nothing left to hold back the coming blight, Corin and Olenka must race to find the strength to defend their people. Three hundred years after the ancient hero first repulsed the demon armies, can they too learn what it takes to bear the light? Or will they be proven weak and tainted vessels? What readers are saying about Tainted Vessels: "Beautiful characters, excellent worldbuilding. I recommend this book to anyone who loves a creature feature. There are no humans! But a lot of humanity." — Jack Adkins, author of the Dragons of Dorwine series "I was quite impressed. [Benjamin Schwarting's] storyline is solid. His characters are well fleshed out. His world building is quite outstanding." — Bookbub Reviewer "Benjamin Schwarting continues his engaging coming of age fantasy! ...The dual POV works great, the races are interesting, characters well developed, and the plot moves at a good pace. I look forward to book 3 in the Sum of Ages series!" — Nemesis Reviews on Goodreads "I enjoyed the first book (Fated Blight) and anxiously awaited this sequel...This coming-of-age fantasy is about more than complex societies, different cultures, and deep friendships. Family ties, concern for one’s fellow man, loyalty, and thinking creatively to solve problems...Can’t wait for more of this" — Amazon Reviewer




Tainted Lives


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'One of the bad girls of gritty crime' Daily Mirror Sarah Mullen is a beautiful child who at seven years old is put into care by her drug-addicted mother. Trying to live with the rejection is bad enough, but no one could have prepared her for the pain that was yet to come. Harry Shaw is the boy that everyone bullies, the kid whose own mother locked him in a cupboard so she wouldn't have to look at his face, and then left him there. When he meets Sarah for the first time, a friendship is instantly forged. And out of a desire to be loved an alliance is born. Then into their lives comes Vinnie Walker, a good-looking and calculating thirteen-year-old who will change both their lives forever. 'A cracking read that will chill you to the bone' Sun on Two-Faced font size="+1"'Mandasue has played a real blinder with this fantastic novel' Martina Cole on Forget-Me-Not/font/b




The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English


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Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.




Tainted


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Tainted is part of a three‑part series full of juicy drama, lust, and revenge. Driven by the need to avenge the rape of her nine-year-old sister at the hands of drug lords, Monica Deitrich has spent a decade training for a career in law enforcement. When she is hired by the DEA, she receives her first assignment: Infiltrate and bring down King Kochese, a ruthless killer who controls the Texas drug trade. She soon finds her job is not so straightforward. Never mind the danger of working undercover—the simple fact is that King Kochese is a virile, complicated man, and her unexpected feelings for him might be her downfall.