Author: Kensingtyn Leigh
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483674355
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
"It was just a fun night out with friends to celebrate my birthday, noone could have known that night would change my life forever. Everything is happening so fast, I have gone from having a quiet, boring life to the chaotic, drama filled mess it is now. It will all be worth it if Jake and I get our happily ever after... at least I hope it will all be worth it."
Twenty Eight
Author: Kensingtyn Leigh
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483674355
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
"It was just a fun night out with friends to celebrate my birthday, noone could have known that night would change my life forever. Everything is happening so fast, I have gone from having a quiet, boring life to the chaotic, drama filled mess it is now. It will all be worth it if Jake and I get our happily ever after... at least I hope it will all be worth it."
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483674355
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
"It was just a fun night out with friends to celebrate my birthday, noone could have known that night would change my life forever. Everything is happening so fast, I have gone from having a quiet, boring life to the chaotic, drama filled mess it is now. It will all be worth it if Jake and I get our happily ever after... at least I hope it will all be worth it."
A Hard Man Is Good To Find
Author: Jane Blackwood
Publisher: Zebra Books
ISBN: 9780821776162
Category : Man-woman relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
In this lighthearted romance, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes over a small-town newspaper. Soon he's alienating the staff and igniting sparks with a sexy, smart-mouthed reporter who's determined to uncover his real story. Original.
Publisher: Zebra Books
ISBN: 9780821776162
Category : Man-woman relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
In this lighthearted romance, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes over a small-town newspaper. Soon he's alienating the staff and igniting sparks with a sexy, smart-mouthed reporter who's determined to uncover his real story. Original.
My Life on the Line: How the NFL Damn Near Killed Me and Ended Up Saving My Life
Author: Ryan O'Callaghan
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1617757705
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
A riveting account of life as a closeted professional athlete from gay NFL player O’Callaghan, against the backdrop of depression, opioid addiction, and the threat of suicide. “[O’Callaghan’s] story is one of beautiful vulnerability, and it further shows the importance of knowing you aren’t alone.” —Oprah Daily, recommended by Gayle King Ryan O’Callaghan’s plan was always to play football and then, when his career was over, kill himself. Growing up in a politically conservative corner of California, the not-so-subtle messages he heard as a young man from his family and from TV and film routinely equated being gay with disease and death. Letting people in on the darkest secret he kept buried inside was not an option: better death with a secret than life as a gay man. As a kid , Ryan never envisioned just how far his football career would take him. He was recruited by the University of California, Berkeley, where he spent five seasons, playing alongside his friend Aaron Rodgers. Then it was on to the NFL for stints with the almost-undefeated New England Patriots and the often-defeated Kansas City Chiefs. Bubbling under the surface of Ryan’s entire NFL career was a collision course between his secret sexuality and his hidden drug use. When the league caught him smoking pot, he turned to NFL-sanctioned prescription painkillers that quickly sent his life into a tailspin. As injuries mounted and his daily intake of opioids reached a near-lethal level, he wrote his suicide note to his parents and plotted his death. Yet someone had been watching. A member of the Chiefs organization stepped in, recognizing the signs of drug addiction. Ryan reluctantly sought psychological help, and it was there that he revealed his lifelong secret for the very first time. Nearing the twilight of his career, Ryan faced the ultimate decision: end it all, or find out if his family and football friends could ever accept a gay man in their lives.
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1617757705
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
A riveting account of life as a closeted professional athlete from gay NFL player O’Callaghan, against the backdrop of depression, opioid addiction, and the threat of suicide. “[O’Callaghan’s] story is one of beautiful vulnerability, and it further shows the importance of knowing you aren’t alone.” —Oprah Daily, recommended by Gayle King Ryan O’Callaghan’s plan was always to play football and then, when his career was over, kill himself. Growing up in a politically conservative corner of California, the not-so-subtle messages he heard as a young man from his family and from TV and film routinely equated being gay with disease and death. Letting people in on the darkest secret he kept buried inside was not an option: better death with a secret than life as a gay man. As a kid , Ryan never envisioned just how far his football career would take him. He was recruited by the University of California, Berkeley, where he spent five seasons, playing alongside his friend Aaron Rodgers. Then it was on to the NFL for stints with the almost-undefeated New England Patriots and the often-defeated Kansas City Chiefs. Bubbling under the surface of Ryan’s entire NFL career was a collision course between his secret sexuality and his hidden drug use. When the league caught him smoking pot, he turned to NFL-sanctioned prescription painkillers that quickly sent his life into a tailspin. As injuries mounted and his daily intake of opioids reached a near-lethal level, he wrote his suicide note to his parents and plotted his death. Yet someone had been watching. A member of the Chiefs organization stepped in, recognizing the signs of drug addiction. Ryan reluctantly sought psychological help, and it was there that he revealed his lifelong secret for the very first time. Nearing the twilight of his career, Ryan faced the ultimate decision: end it all, or find out if his family and football friends could ever accept a gay man in their lives.
Queering Marriage
Author: Katrina Kimport
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813562236
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Over four thousand gay and lesbian couples married in the city of San Francisco in 2004. The first large-scale occurrence of legal same-sex marriage, these unions galvanized a movement and reignited the debate about whether same-sex marriage, as some hope, challenges heterosexual privilege or, as others fear, preserves that privilege by assimilating queer couples. In Queering Marriage, Katrina Kimport uses in-depth interviews with participants in the San Francisco weddings to argue that same-sex marriage cannot be understood as simply entrenching or contesting heterosexual privilege. Instead, she contends, these new legally sanctioned relationships can both reinforce as well as disrupt the association of marriage and heterosexuality. During her deeply personal conversations with same-sex spouses, Kimport learned that the majority of respondents did characterize their marriages as an opportunity to contest heterosexual privilege. Yet, in a seeming contradiction, nearly as many also cited their desire for access to the normative benefits of matrimony, including social recognition and legal rights. Kimport’s research revealed that the pattern of ascribing meaning to marriage varied by parenthood status and, in turn, by gender. Lesbian parents were more likely to embrace normative meanings for their unions; those who are not parents were more likely to define their relationships as attempts to contest dominant understandings of marriage. By posing the question—can queers “queer” marriage?—Kimport provides a nuanced, accessible, and theoretically grounded framework for understanding the powerful effect of heterosexual expectations on both sexual and social categories.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813562236
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Over four thousand gay and lesbian couples married in the city of San Francisco in 2004. The first large-scale occurrence of legal same-sex marriage, these unions galvanized a movement and reignited the debate about whether same-sex marriage, as some hope, challenges heterosexual privilege or, as others fear, preserves that privilege by assimilating queer couples. In Queering Marriage, Katrina Kimport uses in-depth interviews with participants in the San Francisco weddings to argue that same-sex marriage cannot be understood as simply entrenching or contesting heterosexual privilege. Instead, she contends, these new legally sanctioned relationships can both reinforce as well as disrupt the association of marriage and heterosexuality. During her deeply personal conversations with same-sex spouses, Kimport learned that the majority of respondents did characterize their marriages as an opportunity to contest heterosexual privilege. Yet, in a seeming contradiction, nearly as many also cited their desire for access to the normative benefits of matrimony, including social recognition and legal rights. Kimport’s research revealed that the pattern of ascribing meaning to marriage varied by parenthood status and, in turn, by gender. Lesbian parents were more likely to embrace normative meanings for their unions; those who are not parents were more likely to define their relationships as attempts to contest dominant understandings of marriage. By posing the question—can queers “queer” marriage?—Kimport provides a nuanced, accessible, and theoretically grounded framework for understanding the powerful effect of heterosexual expectations on both sexual and social categories.
As Time Goes By
Author: Abigail Trafford
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458759334
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
In this inspiring book, best-selling author Abigail Trafford describes how people over fifty are rewriting the script of love and in the process redefining the institution of marriage for future generations. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of men and women, married and single, gay and straight, Trafford explores what it means to love and be loved in the decades after midlife - and offers solutions to the most common problems that define this period, such as ''retired spouse syndrome'' and divorce. Wise and compassionate, As Time Goes By is an essential guide to the pursuit of love and happiness in this dynamic stage of life.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1458759334
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
In this inspiring book, best-selling author Abigail Trafford describes how people over fifty are rewriting the script of love and in the process redefining the institution of marriage for future generations. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of men and women, married and single, gay and straight, Trafford explores what it means to love and be loved in the decades after midlife - and offers solutions to the most common problems that define this period, such as ''retired spouse syndrome'' and divorce. Wise and compassionate, As Time Goes By is an essential guide to the pursuit of love and happiness in this dynamic stage of life.
The Marilyns Books 1-3 Box Set
Author: Katie Graykowski
Publisher: Katie Graykowski
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
This digital boxed set contains all three books in The Marilyns series. Place Your Betts: Monroe is a country music rags-to-riches story. As the daughter of the town slut, she clawed her way up from the bars of Bourbon Street to the Country Music Hall of Fame. She’s America’s sweetheart, darling of the media, and a multi-platinum star. But she has a secret. At the age of sixteen, she had a baby and gave him up for adoption because her boyfriend wasn't ready for fatherhood. Now she finds out that her precious baby boy has been living with his father from day one. Gabe Swanson is a Texas cattle baron riches-to-rags story. As the only son of the town's most prominent family, it was a huge blow when his father lost the family fortune in a ponzi scheme. Now, Gabe is land rich and cash poor. But he has his son and family is all that matters. When Betts moves back to the small town that shunned her, all hell breaks loose. She wants her son. Can Betts and Gabe leave their past in the rear view mirror so they can be a family? Getting Lucky: Lucky Strickland has lost everything. First it was her dignity and then it was her husband and now it’s her house. She’s penniless, stuck at the McDonalds in Bee Cave, Texas, and her only hope, her brother-in-law, just stole her car. Eighteen months ago, she was the wife of rock-and-roll legend, Ricky Strickland. Rock-My World, their reality TV show, was number one. Then, on the live season finale, Ricky introduced her to his mistress and their three daughters. Lucky stormed out. Ricky followed after her and wrapped his car around the nearest oak tree. Will Brodie, Lucky’s bother-in-law, will do anything to get her back home. Lucky needs to grieve for her husband and take care of the lawsuit the realty TV network filed. They want their money back OR for her to film a new realty TV show—with Ricky’s children. Two months ago, Ricky’s daughters lost their mother to cancer—now they only have Will. If Will can get Lucky to open her heart to the girls and to him, maybe he can finally give Lucky the family she’s always wanted. Sorry Charlie: International Bestselling Author Katie Graykowski comes a love story about friendship, laughter, and Louisiana politics. Charlotte Guidry, Charlie, is Louisiana royalty. Her ancestor, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne De Bienville, settled New Orleans and someone from her family has been running either the city or the state ever since. Her father, The Honorable Thaddeus Thibodaux governor of the great state of Louisiana, is up for reelection and Charlie is in charge of his campaign. Wagner Scott will do anything to help his candidate, Jerome Breaux, win the governorship including wining and dining the competition’s campaign manager. It certainly isn’t a hardship taking Charlie Guidry out on the town, in fact, he’s enjoying this assignment. He’s never met a woman quite like Charlie. She’s anything but dull. Soon, she comes to mean more to him than just a means to an end. He has feelings for her. Can he sacrifice everything he believes in for love? Can she forgive him?
Publisher: Katie Graykowski
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
This digital boxed set contains all three books in The Marilyns series. Place Your Betts: Monroe is a country music rags-to-riches story. As the daughter of the town slut, she clawed her way up from the bars of Bourbon Street to the Country Music Hall of Fame. She’s America’s sweetheart, darling of the media, and a multi-platinum star. But she has a secret. At the age of sixteen, she had a baby and gave him up for adoption because her boyfriend wasn't ready for fatherhood. Now she finds out that her precious baby boy has been living with his father from day one. Gabe Swanson is a Texas cattle baron riches-to-rags story. As the only son of the town's most prominent family, it was a huge blow when his father lost the family fortune in a ponzi scheme. Now, Gabe is land rich and cash poor. But he has his son and family is all that matters. When Betts moves back to the small town that shunned her, all hell breaks loose. She wants her son. Can Betts and Gabe leave their past in the rear view mirror so they can be a family? Getting Lucky: Lucky Strickland has lost everything. First it was her dignity and then it was her husband and now it’s her house. She’s penniless, stuck at the McDonalds in Bee Cave, Texas, and her only hope, her brother-in-law, just stole her car. Eighteen months ago, she was the wife of rock-and-roll legend, Ricky Strickland. Rock-My World, their reality TV show, was number one. Then, on the live season finale, Ricky introduced her to his mistress and their three daughters. Lucky stormed out. Ricky followed after her and wrapped his car around the nearest oak tree. Will Brodie, Lucky’s bother-in-law, will do anything to get her back home. Lucky needs to grieve for her husband and take care of the lawsuit the realty TV network filed. They want their money back OR for her to film a new realty TV show—with Ricky’s children. Two months ago, Ricky’s daughters lost their mother to cancer—now they only have Will. If Will can get Lucky to open her heart to the girls and to him, maybe he can finally give Lucky the family she’s always wanted. Sorry Charlie: International Bestselling Author Katie Graykowski comes a love story about friendship, laughter, and Louisiana politics. Charlotte Guidry, Charlie, is Louisiana royalty. Her ancestor, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne De Bienville, settled New Orleans and someone from her family has been running either the city or the state ever since. Her father, The Honorable Thaddeus Thibodaux governor of the great state of Louisiana, is up for reelection and Charlie is in charge of his campaign. Wagner Scott will do anything to help his candidate, Jerome Breaux, win the governorship including wining and dining the competition’s campaign manager. It certainly isn’t a hardship taking Charlie Guidry out on the town, in fact, he’s enjoying this assignment. He’s never met a woman quite like Charlie. She’s anything but dull. Soon, she comes to mean more to him than just a means to an end. He has feelings for her. Can he sacrifice everything he believes in for love? Can she forgive him?
Jagged Secrets
Author: Lashell Collins
Publisher: Lashell Collins
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Always the life of the party, Buzzy West is charismatic and fun-loving. Never hurting for female companionship, he’s never lonely. At a glance, he seems like the true love 'em and leave 'em kind of guy. But that’s all an illusion, because the truth is that he just never got over the woman who broke his heart. Janie Kim is a shy, quiet bookworm who spent her high school days as your basic friendless social misfit. That is, until Robby (Buzzy) West came to town. Their innocent friendship quickly blossomed into love – the soul searing, forever kind. But Janie knew that Robby's talent was too good for small town life, so she did what she thought was best and broke his heart right after graduation. Devastated, Buzzy picked up his drumsticks and left town, headed for LA to chase his dream. But years later, when she shows up backstage after a Jagged Ivory concert, Buz can't get her or their romance out of his mind. He needs answers to the questions he's been asking himself all these years. He needs closure. Only when he goes looking for it, he finds that Janie's been keeping secrets. This is the second edition of this book and not a new title.
Publisher: Lashell Collins
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Always the life of the party, Buzzy West is charismatic and fun-loving. Never hurting for female companionship, he’s never lonely. At a glance, he seems like the true love 'em and leave 'em kind of guy. But that’s all an illusion, because the truth is that he just never got over the woman who broke his heart. Janie Kim is a shy, quiet bookworm who spent her high school days as your basic friendless social misfit. That is, until Robby (Buzzy) West came to town. Their innocent friendship quickly blossomed into love – the soul searing, forever kind. But Janie knew that Robby's talent was too good for small town life, so she did what she thought was best and broke his heart right after graduation. Devastated, Buzzy picked up his drumsticks and left town, headed for LA to chase his dream. But years later, when she shows up backstage after a Jagged Ivory concert, Buz can't get her or their romance out of his mind. He needs answers to the questions he's been asking himself all these years. He needs closure. Only when he goes looking for it, he finds that Janie's been keeping secrets. This is the second edition of this book and not a new title.
Married to the Money
Author: INDIA
Publisher: Urban Books
ISBN: 164556150X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Greed is defined as an excessive desire to possess more than what one needs or deserves. A gold-digger is defined as a person who dates someone simply to extract money from them. Twenty-six-year-old Chanel Franklin fits both definitions to a tee. On the road to riches, she gets caught up in a whirlwind affair with a certified baller. After losing her mind and common sense, she gives up a good job, a great man, and a comfy lifestyle just to live life in the fab lane. On Chanel's journey to obtain the finer things in life, she quickly realises the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Publisher: Urban Books
ISBN: 164556150X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Greed is defined as an excessive desire to possess more than what one needs or deserves. A gold-digger is defined as a person who dates someone simply to extract money from them. Twenty-six-year-old Chanel Franklin fits both definitions to a tee. On the road to riches, she gets caught up in a whirlwind affair with a certified baller. After losing her mind and common sense, she gives up a good job, a great man, and a comfy lifestyle just to live life in the fab lane. On Chanel's journey to obtain the finer things in life, she quickly realises the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Gabriel and other Tales
Author: Jasper-Lee Williams
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493158279
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
One city. Four stories. Gabriel harbors a secret that torments him. A secret so dark it could never be uttered aloud . . . or so he thought. Candace, Gared, and Sheila are three souls searching for their place in the world when one bag converges their paths and changes the course of their lives forever. Sam is a man in the wake of a midlife crisis. While others would turn to more conventional methods, Sam employs a rather unique sort of coping mechanism. Leslie Ann's grief is so powerful it's crippling her. So powerful she can't move on with her life. So powerful that it bends the very laws of the cosmos.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493158279
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
One city. Four stories. Gabriel harbors a secret that torments him. A secret so dark it could never be uttered aloud . . . or so he thought. Candace, Gared, and Sheila are three souls searching for their place in the world when one bag converges their paths and changes the course of their lives forever. Sam is a man in the wake of a midlife crisis. While others would turn to more conventional methods, Sam employs a rather unique sort of coping mechanism. Leslie Ann's grief is so powerful it's crippling her. So powerful she can't move on with her life. So powerful that it bends the very laws of the cosmos.
Merciless
Author: Richard Montanari
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345492412
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
On a frigid December night, Karen sits at the edge of Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River, dressed in a flowing gown, like a visitor from the distant past. A beautiful and shining young woman, she gazes up at a bone-white winter moon like a fairy-tale princess frozen in time. At first glance, one might not even notice that she is dead, coated in a glistening patina of ice. Homicide cops Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano take the lead on the case, uncovering a plethora of eerie clues–each more warped and spine-chilling than the last. Yet the identity of Karen’s pitiless killer remains a mystery. Then the next victim is found upriver at an abandoned waterworks, posed with an unlikely object in her clasped hands. Struggling to link the victims and make sense of the madman’s agenda, Byrne and Balzano follow his twisted trail, which stretches into a past of dark crimes forgotten by all but a few. Now the past roars back into the present with a vengeance as the ingenious killer unleashes a torrent of rage upon the streets of Philadelphia. As Byrne and Balzano sift through suspects and clues, they unearth a shocking secret history: a legacy of malevolence and cold-blooded retribution dating back twenty years. And the farther they make their way up the body-strewn banks of the Schuylkill River, the closer they get to a villain from their worst nightmare, an evil as patient as it is merciless. Lightning fast and razor sharp, this jolting thriller from acclaimed author Richard Montanari coils back in time to deliver a fiendish mystery, a shattering revelation, and one hell of a wild ride. Lock your doors and turn up the lights. Montanari’s terrifying bedtime story will keep you up all night.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345492412
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
On a frigid December night, Karen sits at the edge of Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River, dressed in a flowing gown, like a visitor from the distant past. A beautiful and shining young woman, she gazes up at a bone-white winter moon like a fairy-tale princess frozen in time. At first glance, one might not even notice that she is dead, coated in a glistening patina of ice. Homicide cops Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano take the lead on the case, uncovering a plethora of eerie clues–each more warped and spine-chilling than the last. Yet the identity of Karen’s pitiless killer remains a mystery. Then the next victim is found upriver at an abandoned waterworks, posed with an unlikely object in her clasped hands. Struggling to link the victims and make sense of the madman’s agenda, Byrne and Balzano follow his twisted trail, which stretches into a past of dark crimes forgotten by all but a few. Now the past roars back into the present with a vengeance as the ingenious killer unleashes a torrent of rage upon the streets of Philadelphia. As Byrne and Balzano sift through suspects and clues, they unearth a shocking secret history: a legacy of malevolence and cold-blooded retribution dating back twenty years. And the farther they make their way up the body-strewn banks of the Schuylkill River, the closer they get to a villain from their worst nightmare, an evil as patient as it is merciless. Lightning fast and razor sharp, this jolting thriller from acclaimed author Richard Montanari coils back in time to deliver a fiendish mystery, a shattering revelation, and one hell of a wild ride. Lock your doors and turn up the lights. Montanari’s terrifying bedtime story will keep you up all night.