Author: Leanne Banks
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1460801350
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Her Son's Hero by Vicki Essex Fiona MacAvery works very hard to help her son find non–violent ways to protect himself from the bullying he can't seem to avoid. Then along comes mixed martial arts champ Dominic Payette, and that's who her son turns to for guidance? Dom clearly has a heart under all those gorgeous muscles, but there are shadows, too. Fiona admits that he's shown her son how to be more confident. But act on this attraction between them? There's no way she's letting her guard down! The Doctor Takes A Princess Princess Bridget Devereaux's entire life had been ruled by duty and obligation. Now, tasked with recruiting doctors for her little country, she'd encountered an obstacle. Sexy resident advisor Ryder McCall was the key to accomplishing her mission, but as instant father to twin toddlers, he was too overwhelmed to help her. Bridget found the clueless single dad's desperation touching, and the fierce attraction between them exciting. Volunteering to care for the babies until the doctor could find a nanny, Bridget soon found herself consumed by tenderness for the twins...and falling hard for Ryder. But could the princess and the doctor possibly find their way to happily ever after?
Author: Xiefeng Guimei
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 164677082X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1971
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There was a bright moon three feet above his head, and an azure dragon embroidered on his sleeves. Riding a horse with a sword, indulging in unbridled pleasures, roaming the Jianghu with his lover.
Author: Rosalind Brown-Grant
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191564958
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Whilst French romances of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries have long enjoyed a privileged place in the literary history of France, romances from the later middle ages have been largely neglected by modern scholars, despite their central role in the chivalric culture of the day. In particular, although this genre has been seen as providing a forum within which ideas about masculine and feminine roles were debated and prescribed, little work has been done on the gender ideology of texts from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. This study seeks to fill this gap in the scholarship by analysing how the views of gender found in earlier romances were reassessed and reshaped in the texts produced in the moralising intellectual environment of the later medieval period. In order to explore these topics, this book discusses fifteen historico-realist prose romances written in the century from 1390, many of which were commissioned at the court of Burgundy. It addresses key issues in recent studies of gender in medieval culture including the construction of chivalric masculinity, the representation of adolescent desire, and the social and sexual roles of husbands and wives. In addition to offering close readings of these texts, it shows how the romances of the period were informed by ideas about gender which circulated in contemporary works such as manuals of chivalry, moral treatises, and marriage sermons. It thus aims not only to provide the first in-depth study of this little-known area of French literary history, but also to question the critical consensus on the role of gender in medieval romance that has arisen from an exclusive focus on earlier works in the genre.
Author: Reginetta Haboucha
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131754935X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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This monumental book, first published in 1992, represents a major contribution to Sephardic and Hispanic studies as well as to comparative folklore scholarship in a worldwide perspective. After many years of fieldwork and extensive archival investigations in Spain, Israel and the United States, the author has brought together and analysed a massive body of primary sources. This is the first collection of Sephardic narratives offered to the English-speaking reader, and constitutes an important addition to the understanding of Sephardic cultural tradition.
Author: Carol Kane
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 0989333183
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 477
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Princess Anya, born to the nobility, is viciously attacked on her uncle's estate, a crime that sets in motion whispered rumors that she has been made unmarriable. Refusing to be intimidated by slander and lies, she plots a brilliant counterattack. Confounding society, Anya marries an American diplomat, bringing new blood into the Sviridov family. She stuns the gossips and begins her ascendancy as the Sviridov princess who will rise to every challenge to protect her family against their nemesis, the revolutionary Oleg Ivanov, who once attacked and nearly killed her, and will act out his obsession until one or the other is dead. Against the backdrop of growing unrest in Moscow and St. Petersburg, World War One, and the Revolution, Anya must either prevail or perish. When Oleg kidnaps her son, the die is cast for the end game. Praise: "A lushly detailed historical romance ... Robust!" —Publishers Weekly "A cocktail compounded of all those cordials after which readers thirst." —Robert Elegant, author of Dynasty "Captures the romance and suspense of a thrilling time in history." —Sally Mandel, author of Change of Heart
Author: Stephanie S. Sanders
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1599909081
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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At Master Dreadthorn's School for Wayward Villains, young villains must learn to be bad. Rune Drexler, Big Bad Wolf Jr., and Jezebel Dracula are feeling pretty good (or bad!) about their evildoer skills. But that was before two new students joined the ranks: Princess Ileana and mad-scientist-in-training, Dodge VonDoe. The new kids have big secrets. One of them is actually a student at Dr. Do-Good's School for Superior Superheroes and he or she is here to take down Master Dreadthorn. Can Rune and Co. protect their school from the superheroes? Everything you know about good and evil is turned upside down in this delightful series where the "bad guys" wind up saving the world . . . reluctantly.
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Category : Literary and political reviews
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Author: Leanne Banks
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373656092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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HER LIFE WAS NO FAIRY TALE Princess Bridget Devereaux's entire life had been prescribed by duty and obligation. Now, tasked with recruiting doctors for her little country, she's encountered an obstacle. Sexy resident advisor Ryder McCall was the key to accomplishing her mission, but as instant father to twin toddlers, he was too overwhelmed to help her. UNTIL NOW? Bridget found the clueless single dad's desperation touching, and the fierce attraction between them exciting. Volunteering to care for the babies until the doctor could find a nanny, Bridget soon found herself consumed by tenderness for the twins...and falling hard for Ryder. But their lives pulled them in different directions. Could the princess and the doctor possibly find their way to happily ever after?
Author: Louisa George
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488066809
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
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A pregnant princess… …and her knight in shining scrubs?When a forbidden and oh so passionate weekend together leads to a very unexpected consequence, Dr. Lucas Beaufort and Princess Gigi Baresi find their lives turned upside down. So when a car crash leaves Gigi’s father—the king!—with his life hanging in the balance, she’ll have to decide: duty to the crown, or claim the family, and love, she’s always wanted… From Harlequin Medical: Life and love in the world of modern medicine. Royal Christmas at Seattle General Book 1: Falling for the Secret Prince by Alison Roberts Book 2: Neurosurgeon’s Christmas to Remember by Traci Douglass Book 3: The Bodyguard’s Christmas Proposal by Charlotte Hawkes Book 4: The Princess’s Christmas Baby by Louisa George
Author: Ron Miller
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN: 1625793685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
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The fate of the world itself rests on the competent shoulders of Princess Bronwyn. But first she must contend with the super-science of a mad inventor, the magic of warring fairies and a deadly gauntlet of pirates and treachery, space travel and sorcery. Only Bronwyn and her loyal friends---a circus girl, a giant, a changeling and an eccentric scientist---can prevent the End of the World! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
