Author: Giana Darling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953553621
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Dangerous Temptation
Author: Giana Darling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953553621
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953553621
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Dangerous Temptation (Mills & Boon Modern)
Author: Anne Mather
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 1472099362
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Mills & Boon are excited to present The Anne Mather Collection – the complete works by this classic author made available to download for the very first time! These books span six decades of a phenomenal writing career, and every story is available to read unedited and untouched from their original release.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 1472099362
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Mills & Boon are excited to present The Anne Mather Collection – the complete works by this classic author made available to download for the very first time! These books span six decades of a phenomenal writing career, and every story is available to read unedited and untouched from their original release.
The Highlander's Dangerous Temptation
Author: Terri Brisbin
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373297629
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
SHE IS SIN PERSONIFIED… Cursed by past tragedies, notorious Highlander Laird Athdar MacCallum has devoted himself to leading his people—and has vowed never to marry again. Until he is utterly disarmed by the innocent beauty in the eyes of Isobel Ruriksdottir… Isobel is drawn to the vulnerability she senses behind the fearsome facade of the clan chief. But with his formidable reputation, he is strictly forbidden. Being together can only lead them into danger, yet the temptation to risk all for their perilous passion is impossible to ignore.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373297629
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
SHE IS SIN PERSONIFIED… Cursed by past tragedies, notorious Highlander Laird Athdar MacCallum has devoted himself to leading his people—and has vowed never to marry again. Until he is utterly disarmed by the innocent beauty in the eyes of Isobel Ruriksdottir… Isobel is drawn to the vulnerability she senses behind the fearsome facade of the clan chief. But with his formidable reputation, he is strictly forbidden. Being together can only lead them into danger, yet the temptation to risk all for their perilous passion is impossible to ignore.
The Intellectual Temptation
Author: Frits Bolkestein
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1481709003
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
an absorbing (and beautifully written) study that deserves a very wide audience. - Joshua Muravchik an erudite account of where [the] vision [of individual liberty] comes from, why some ideologues set themselves against it, and how our contemporaries have ceased to treasure it. - Christopher Caldwell Bolkestein exposes todays fashionable, yet dangerous ideas, doing a great service not only to Europe but indeed to the whole of Western civilization. - Ayaan Hirsi Ali The dangers of intellectuals and their ideas in politics have rarely beenwritten about by politicians themselves. This is not surprising, for few politicians are up to the task. However, Frits Bolkestein is a notable exception, bringing rare if not unique qualifi cations to this examination. Not only has he held national and international offi ce in Europe, but he has also studied, read, taught and published broadly. The thesis of The Intellectual Temptation is simple but penetrating: intellectuals ideas are problematic as political ideas because they are often neither derived from nor falsifiable by experience. These ideas are frequently dreams attempting to become reality through power politics. There is also a cultural problem. Intellectuals are pack animals, looking to one another for approval. This affects the quality of their ideas, as they are susceptible to fashionable ideology and group pressurefrequently attracted to ideas that are appealing rather than sound. Very few of them are brave enough to stand against the prevailing orthodoxy. Beginning with a history of ideology, Bolkestein traces a nearly 300 year trend of bad ideas making worse politics, sometimes disastrously so. From his own experience he offers a vision of a politics of prudence, proper pragmatism and Classicism as a way out of the intellectual temptation that we have fallen under.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1481709003
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
an absorbing (and beautifully written) study that deserves a very wide audience. - Joshua Muravchik an erudite account of where [the] vision [of individual liberty] comes from, why some ideologues set themselves against it, and how our contemporaries have ceased to treasure it. - Christopher Caldwell Bolkestein exposes todays fashionable, yet dangerous ideas, doing a great service not only to Europe but indeed to the whole of Western civilization. - Ayaan Hirsi Ali The dangers of intellectuals and their ideas in politics have rarely beenwritten about by politicians themselves. This is not surprising, for few politicians are up to the task. However, Frits Bolkestein is a notable exception, bringing rare if not unique qualifi cations to this examination. Not only has he held national and international offi ce in Europe, but he has also studied, read, taught and published broadly. The thesis of The Intellectual Temptation is simple but penetrating: intellectuals ideas are problematic as political ideas because they are often neither derived from nor falsifiable by experience. These ideas are frequently dreams attempting to become reality through power politics. There is also a cultural problem. Intellectuals are pack animals, looking to one another for approval. This affects the quality of their ideas, as they are susceptible to fashionable ideology and group pressurefrequently attracted to ideas that are appealing rather than sound. Very few of them are brave enough to stand against the prevailing orthodoxy. Beginning with a history of ideology, Bolkestein traces a nearly 300 year trend of bad ideas making worse politics, sometimes disastrously so. From his own experience he offers a vision of a politics of prudence, proper pragmatism and Classicism as a way out of the intellectual temptation that we have fallen under.
Into Temptation
Author: Penny Vincenzi
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1590208005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
A widowed matriarch’s well-to-do English family is rocked by her plan to remarry in this “page-turner” from the bestselling author of No Angel (Publishers Weekly). Rescued from the slums as a baby by Celia Lytton and now living in New York, Barty Miller heads more than half of the Lyttons publishing house. But as they fall on bad times in the years after World War II, the family is worried that Barty will make a business decision that would be devastating to them. But will she? As events unfold, long-buried secrets concerning the whole family are revealed—and Celia makes a shocking announcement that she is leaving the company and getting remarried—shaking the very foundations of the Lyttons’ world . . . “Vincenzi writes . . . fast-paced novels with plots and subplots so deftly manipulated that it’s impossible to start reading one and still lead a productive life.” —The Washington Post
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1590208005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
A widowed matriarch’s well-to-do English family is rocked by her plan to remarry in this “page-turner” from the bestselling author of No Angel (Publishers Weekly). Rescued from the slums as a baby by Celia Lytton and now living in New York, Barty Miller heads more than half of the Lyttons publishing house. But as they fall on bad times in the years after World War II, the family is worried that Barty will make a business decision that would be devastating to them. But will she? As events unfold, long-buried secrets concerning the whole family are revealed—and Celia makes a shocking announcement that she is leaving the company and getting remarried—shaking the very foundations of the Lyttons’ world . . . “Vincenzi writes . . . fast-paced novels with plots and subplots so deftly manipulated that it’s impossible to start reading one and still lead a productive life.” —The Washington Post
Dangerous Temptation (Mills & Boon Intrigue) (Daughters of Myth, Book 1)
Author: Kathleen Korbel
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 1408938707
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Unleash the untamed passions of the underworld in these deliciously wicked tales of paranormal romance. To anthropologist Zeke Kendall, the idea that the heir to the Fairy throne had been watching him, falling in love with him, for years was laughable.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 1408938707
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Unleash the untamed passions of the underworld in these deliciously wicked tales of paranormal romance. To anthropologist Zeke Kendall, the idea that the heir to the Fairy throne had been watching him, falling in love with him, for years was laughable.
Dangerous Temptation/A Twist of Fate/Deadly Fall
Author: Lisa Jackson
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1867244985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Enjoy two pulse-pounding suspense classics from New York Times bestselling authors Lisa Jackson and Elle James available now in one volume! A Twist of Fate - Lisa Jackson (originally published in 1983) When Kane Webster buys First Puget Bank, he knows he’s buying trouble. Someone is embezzling funds, and the evidence points to Erin O’Toole. Kane is determined to bring her down — until he meets her. He never expects to be swept into a passionate affair with a woman he barely knows. But can Erin let herself get involved with a man who suspects her of criminal intent? Deadly Fall - Elle James (originally published in 2017) In a Gothic mansion on a windy coast, former soldier Dixie Reeves and her client, billionaire Andrew Stratford, are in grave danger. The single dad has hired her to help him protect his daughter from a mysterious threat. As their enemy closes in, even tough-as-nails Dixie has to hold her nerve…and keep her guard up to stop herself from falling for Andrew and his adorable little girl.
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1867244985
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Enjoy two pulse-pounding suspense classics from New York Times bestselling authors Lisa Jackson and Elle James available now in one volume! A Twist of Fate - Lisa Jackson (originally published in 1983) When Kane Webster buys First Puget Bank, he knows he’s buying trouble. Someone is embezzling funds, and the evidence points to Erin O’Toole. Kane is determined to bring her down — until he meets her. He never expects to be swept into a passionate affair with a woman he barely knows. But can Erin let herself get involved with a man who suspects her of criminal intent? Deadly Fall - Elle James (originally published in 2017) In a Gothic mansion on a windy coast, former soldier Dixie Reeves and her client, billionaire Andrew Stratford, are in grave danger. The single dad has hired her to help him protect his daughter from a mysterious threat. As their enemy closes in, even tough-as-nails Dixie has to hold her nerve…and keep her guard up to stop herself from falling for Andrew and his adorable little girl.
Temptation
Author: Janos Szekely
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1681374374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Dickensian coming-of-age tale about poverty, sex, World War I, and the darker side of human nature as seen through the eyes of a lobby boy in a Budapest hotel. Temptation is a rediscovered masterwork of twentieth-century fiction, a Dickensian tale of a young man coming of age in Budapest between the wars. Illegitimate and unwanted, Béla is packed off to the country to be looked after by a peasant woman the moment he is born. She starves and bullies him, and keeps him out of school. He does his best to hold his own, and eventually his mother brings him back to live with her in the city. In thrall to his feckless father, Mishka, and living in a crowded tenement, she works her fingers to the bone, while Béla shares a room with a hardworking prostitute. Finally, Béla secures a job in a fancy hotel. Though exhausted by endless work, he is fascinated by the upper-crust world that his new job exposes him to; soon he is embroiled with a rich, damaged, and dangerous woman. The atmosphere of Budapest is increasingly poisoned by the appeal of fascism, while Béla grows ever more aware of how power and money keep down the working classes. In the end, with all the odds still against him, he musters the resolve to set sail for a new future.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1681374374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Dickensian coming-of-age tale about poverty, sex, World War I, and the darker side of human nature as seen through the eyes of a lobby boy in a Budapest hotel. Temptation is a rediscovered masterwork of twentieth-century fiction, a Dickensian tale of a young man coming of age in Budapest between the wars. Illegitimate and unwanted, Béla is packed off to the country to be looked after by a peasant woman the moment he is born. She starves and bullies him, and keeps him out of school. He does his best to hold his own, and eventually his mother brings him back to live with her in the city. In thrall to his feckless father, Mishka, and living in a crowded tenement, she works her fingers to the bone, while Béla shares a room with a hardworking prostitute. Finally, Béla secures a job in a fancy hotel. Though exhausted by endless work, he is fascinated by the upper-crust world that his new job exposes him to; soon he is embroiled with a rich, damaged, and dangerous woman. The atmosphere of Budapest is increasingly poisoned by the appeal of fascism, while Béla grows ever more aware of how power and money keep down the working classes. In the end, with all the odds still against him, he musters the resolve to set sail for a new future.
Taylor's Temptation
Author: Suzanne Brockmann
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 1460354745
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A Navy SEAL struggles to resist his attraction to his best friend’s younger sister in this romantic suspense from a New York Times–bestselling author . Protecting the innocent is Navy SEAL Bobby Taylor’s passion. That’s why his best friend asked him to look out for his little sister, Colleen. Except that Colleen’s all grown up now, which has Bobby wanting to do so much more than keep her safe . . .
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 1460354745
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A Navy SEAL struggles to resist his attraction to his best friend’s younger sister in this romantic suspense from a New York Times–bestselling author . Protecting the innocent is Navy SEAL Bobby Taylor’s passion. That’s why his best friend asked him to look out for his little sister, Colleen. Except that Colleen’s all grown up now, which has Bobby wanting to do so much more than keep her safe . . .
A Dangerous Passion
Author: Haig Patapan
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438482817
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A Dangerous Passion argues that leadership and honor are mutually constitutive and that this dynamic relationship fundamentally shapes the character of political practice. Haig Patapan shows how our contemporary blindness to this leadership-honor dynamic and neglect of the significance of honor (and shame) in modern politics have caused us to fundamentally misunderstand the nature of leadership. We have lost sight of how honor shapes the ambitions and aspirations of those who seek political office, and the opportunities and limits it imposes on leaders when engaging with their followers. What has been obscured are the two faces of honor: how it is the dangerous passion that fuels the ambitions of the glory seekers to pursue tyranny and empire, as well as being the source of good leadership that is founded on noble ambition and sacrifice for the common good. Patapan examines classical magnanimity, Machiavellian glory, and Hobbesian-dispersed leadership, views that continue to be debated, and then offers insights from these debates to illuminate a series of contemporary political challenges for leaders, including the politics of fame, identity, and nationalism.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438482817
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A Dangerous Passion argues that leadership and honor are mutually constitutive and that this dynamic relationship fundamentally shapes the character of political practice. Haig Patapan shows how our contemporary blindness to this leadership-honor dynamic and neglect of the significance of honor (and shame) in modern politics have caused us to fundamentally misunderstand the nature of leadership. We have lost sight of how honor shapes the ambitions and aspirations of those who seek political office, and the opportunities and limits it imposes on leaders when engaging with their followers. What has been obscured are the two faces of honor: how it is the dangerous passion that fuels the ambitions of the glory seekers to pursue tyranny and empire, as well as being the source of good leadership that is founded on noble ambition and sacrifice for the common good. Patapan examines classical magnanimity, Machiavellian glory, and Hobbesian-dispersed leadership, views that continue to be debated, and then offers insights from these debates to illuminate a series of contemporary political challenges for leaders, including the politics of fame, identity, and nationalism.