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Legal Rites Book One

Author : Odette C. Bell

Publisher : Odette C. Bell

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 41,68 MB

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Category : Fiction

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She’s got a destiny, and it’s all tied up in him. Madeleine Macy is a magical enforcement officer. She doesn’t have power, but boy does she have a razor sharp wit. She meets her match in Valstein, a powerful vampire of noble descent who’s about to become a massive pain in her butt. When one of the most respected vampire lords in Knight City is brutally murdered, Madeleine is thrown together with Valstein to solve the case before it’s too late. You see, if it’s too late, Madeline dies. And Valstein really can’t have that - not until he finds out who she is and - more to the point - who’s been hiding her from him. …. Legal Rites follows a wisecracking witch detective and a vampire with dangerous secrets fighting a shadowy magical council. If you love your urban fantasies with action, humor, and a splash of romance, grab Legal Rites Book One today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell series.



Legal Rites: The Complete Series

Author : Odette C. Bell

Publisher : Odette C. Bell

Page : 819 pages

File Size : 39,44 MB

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Category : Fiction

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The complete Legal Rites series. Follow Madeline and Valstein on their magical fight for each other in this four-book boxset. She’s got a destiny, and it’s all tied up in him. Madeleine Macy is a magical enforcement officer. She doesn’t have power, but boy does she have a razor sharp wit. She meets her match in Valstein, a powerful vampire of noble descent who’s about to become a massive pain in her butt. When one of the most respected vampire lords in Knight City is brutally murdered, Madeleine is thrown together with Valstein to solve the case before it’s too late. You see, if it’s too late, Madeline dies. And Valstein really can’t have that - not until he finds out who she is and - more to the point - who’s been hiding her from him. …. Legal Rites follows a wisecracking witch detective and a vampire with dangerous secrets fighting a shadowy magical council. If you love your urban fantasies with action, humor, and a splash of romance, grab Legal Rites: The Complete Series today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell boxset.



Property Rites

Author : Elizabeth M. Smith-Pryor

Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press

Page : 408 pages

File Size : 49,54 MB

Release : 2009-04-30

Category : History

ISBN : 0807894176

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In 1925 Leonard Rhinelander, the youngest son of a wealthy New York society family, sued to end his marriage to Alice Jones, a former domestic servant and the daughter of a "colored" cabman. After being married only one month, Rhinelander pressed for the dissolution of his marriage on the grounds that his wife had lied to him about her racial background. The subsequent marital annulment trial became a massive public spectacle, not only in New York but across the nation--despite the fact that the state had never outlawed interracial marriage. Elizabeth Smith-Pryor makes extensive use of trial transcripts, in addition to contemporary newspaper coverage and archival sources, to explore why Leonard Rhinelander was allowed his day in court. She moves fluidly between legal history, a day-by-day narrative of the trial itself, and analyses of the trial's place in the culture of the 1920s North to show how notions of race, property, and the law were--and are--inextricably intertwined.



Legal Rites Book Two

Author : Odette C. Bell

Publisher : Odette C. Bell

Page : 221 pages

File Size : 15,89 MB

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Category : Fiction

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When a spate of kidnappings occurs in Knight City, Madeleine Macy is thrown together with Lord Valstein to solve them. Valstein won’t leave her alone. And one thing’s clear. He knows more about Madeleine than she knows about herself. Soon the two of them are thrown into the fight for their lives as three vampires come after Madeleine. But she’s not their target – Ellery is. And Ellery is the key to everything. …. Legal Rites follows a wisecracking witch detective and a vampire with dangerous secrets fighting a shadowy magical council. If you love your urban fantasies with action, humor, and a splash of romance, grab Legal Rites Book Two today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell series.



Legal Rites Book Four

Author : Odette C. Bell

Publisher : Odette C. Bell

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 39,17 MB

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Category : Fiction

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Something isn’t right. Madeleine can’t remember a thing that happened at the hospital. Worse? Neither can Calista. And Calista is getting worried. She keeps saying this is the beginning of the end and Madeleine will soon be dragged so far into this mystery, she’ll be killed and she’ll take the rest of the world with her. But Valstein wouldn’t let that happen, right? He’s the one man she can rely on to keep her safe. The only problem is, he’s not a man, and he certainly has no intention of saving her this time. …. Legal Rites follows a wisecracking witch detective and a vampire with dangerous secrets fighting a shadowy magical council. If you love your urban fantasies with action, humor, and a splash of romance, grab Legal Rites Book Four today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell series.



Blood Rites

Author : Jim Butcher

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 465 pages

File Size : 12,40 MB

Release : 2004-08-03

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1101146664

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In this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, Chicago's only professional wizard takes on a case for a vampire and becomes the prime suspect in a series of ghastly murders. Harry Dresden has had worse assignments than going undercover on the set of an adult film. Like fleeing a burning building full of enraged demon-monkeys, for instance. Or going toe-to-leaf with a walking plant monster. Still, there’s something more troubling than usual about his newest case. The film’s producer believes he’s the target of a sinister curse—but it’s the women around him who are dying, in increasingly spectacular ways. Harry’s doubly frustrated because he only got involved with this bizarre mystery as a favor to Thomas—his flirtatious, self-absorbed vampire acquaintance of dubious integrity. Thomas has a personal stake in the case Harry can’t quite figure out, until his investigation leads him straight to the vampire’s oversexed, bite-happy family. Now, Harry’s about to discover that Thomas’ family tree has been hiding a shocking secret: a revelation that will change Harry’s life forever.



Li Chi: Book of Rites

Author : Chʻu Chai

Publisher :

Page : 582 pages

File Size : 18,91 MB

Release : 1967

Category : Religion

ISBN :

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Taking Rites Seriously

Author : Francis J. Beckwith

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 11,30 MB

Release : 2015-11-12

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1316432459

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Taking Rites Seriously is about how religious beliefs and religious believers are assessed by judges and legal scholars and are sometimes mischaracterized and misunderstood by those who are critical of the influence of religion in politics or in the formation of law. Covering three general topics - reason and motive, dignity and personhood, nature and sex - philosopher and legal theorist Francis J. Beckwith carefully addresses several contentious legal and cultural questions over which religious and non-religious citizens often disagree: the rationality of religious belief, religiously motivated legislation, human dignity in bioethics, abortion and embryonic stem cell research, reproductive rights and religious liberty, evolutionary theory, and the nature of marriage. In the process, he responds to some well-known critics of public faith - including Brian Leiter, Steven Pinker, Suzanna Sherry, Ronald Dworkin, John Rawls, and Richard Dawkins - as well as to some religiously conservative critics of secularism, such as the advocates for intelligent design.



Blood Rites

Author : Quinn Loftis

Publisher : Quinn Loftis Books, LLC

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 31,11 MB

Release : 2011-11-18

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1466094435

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With the challenge complete and the corrupt Alpha of Coldspring defeated Fane is now free to complete the mate bond with Jacque and perform the Blood Rites. Although the challenge is done, the effects are far-reaching. Once it is known that Vasile one of the strongest Alphas in the world is in America, specifically Coldspring, TX, there is one Alpha who cannot overlook the significance of this. An Alpha who happens to share Jacque's DNA, but is this the one she needs to fear? With her mom driving and her two best friends, Jen and Sally in tow, Jacque set off for her happily ever after. She will soon realize a plan has been put in motion that will change her course and possibly tear her from Fane's grasp forever. It will take a wolf pack, her mother's love, her two best friend's unrelenting determination, her own will to survive and the undying love of her mate to bring her home. The question remains, if she fights, if she endures, who will she be, what will be left once she is back in her mate's arms?