Author: Mia Caldwell
Publisher: Mia Caldwell
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Charley Napier comes to Hawaii to meet the father who abandoned her as a toddler when he gave in to his parents? disapproval of his marriage to a black woman. Since her mother?s death, she?s been longing for a family again. Her father and his parents aren?t what she?d hoped to find, but when she meets Leo Miller and his twin daughters, fate seems to be offering her a different family than she expected. Their happiness seems certain, but Charley?s grandparents have plans for her, and those plans don?t include Leo or his girls...

Author: Love Journey
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781975808396
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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May-December Romance Novella Kia raised her children and successfully sent them off to college. Now it's her turn to live! After securing a job as a university professor in Hawaii, she takes a chance, packs it all up, and relocates to paradise. At the age of 45, she is finally free to pursue her dreams and find happiness. A house with an ocean view, the breeze in her hair, and a new career are the only things that she is counting on in her new life. Love is not on the menu. Without warning, happiness happens to present itself in the form of a 25 year old Ph.D. student named Ki-Yong. The very first moment that Ki-Yong lays eyes on the new curvy professor, she took his breath away. Before that very moment, he had always believed that it took time to really fall for someone. Yet, when their eyes met for the first time, he glimpsed the truth. In the blink of an eye, he didn't belong to himself any longer, not entirely. And then the love began. This is an Asian Men Black Women (AMBW) Interracial Romance novella - 20,000 words. If you love a beautiful love story download and start reading today. Contemporary, African American Woman, Asian Man, Multicultural, BBW, International, HEA, Kindle Short Reads, Kindle Unlimited, BWWM, Beaches, Second chances, Wedding, Light Intimacy

Author: Kumiko Nemoto
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813548527
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 211

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Despite being far from the norm, interracial relationships are more popular than ever. Racing Romance sheds special light on the bonds between whites and Asian Americans, an important topic that has not garnered well-deserved attention until now. Incorporating life-history narratives and interviews with those currently or previously involved with an interracial partner, Kumiko Nemoto addresses the contradictions and tensionsùa result of race, class, and genderùthat Asian Americans and whites experience. Similar to black/white relationships, stereotypes have long played crucial roles in Asian American/white encounters. Partners grapple with media representations of Asian women as submissive or hypersexual and Asian men are often portrayed as weak laborers or powerful martial artists. Racing Romance reveals how allegedly progressive interracial relationships remain firmly shaped by the logic of patriarchy and gender inherent to the ideal of marriage, family, and nation in America, even as this ideal is juxtaposed with discourses of multiculturalism and color blindness.

Author: Denise Williams
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059310191X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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"A warm romance that bursts with realism and celebrates the symbiotic power of love and healing.”―Entertainment Weekly #1 LibraryReads Pick Indie Next Pick One daring to-do list and a crash course in flirtation turn a Type A overachiever’s world upside down. When her flailing department lands on the university's chopping block, Professor Naya Turner’s friends convince her to shed her frumpy cardigan for an evening on the town. For one night her focus will stray from her demanding job and she’ll tackle a new kind of to-do list. When she meets a charming stranger in town on business, he presents the perfect opportunity to check off the items on her list. Let the guy buy her a drink. Check. Try something new. Check. A no-strings-attached hookup. Check…almost. Jake makes her laugh and challenges Naya to rebuild her confidence, which was left toppled by her abusive ex-boyfriend. Soon she’s flirting with the chance at a more serious romantic relationship—except nothing can be that easy. The complicated strings around her dating Jake might destroy her career. Naya has two options. She can protect her professional reputation and return to her old life or she can flirt with the unknown and stay with the person who makes her feel like she's finally living again.

Author: Talia Hibbert
Publisher: Nixon House
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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She wants a fake relationship. He needs something real. If there’s one thing Rae can’t stand, it’s pity. She’s forty, frazzled, and fed up—so attending an awards ceremony alone while her ex swans about with his new wife? Not an option. To avoid total humiliation, Rae needs a date of her own. And her young, hot-as-hell new best friend is the perfect candidate… Zach Davis, king of casual hookups, has a secret: the notorious womaniser craves emotional connection, and anonymous encounters leave him feeling hollow. After years of performance, Zach’s desperate to be himself. So why does he agree to play Rae’s fake boyfriend? And why does it feel so easy? When the line between pretence and desire blurs, Zach’s forced to face an unexpected truth: there’s nothing phoney about his need for Rae. But the jaded divorcée’s been hurt by playboy men before. Can a weekend of faking it prove that Zach’s for real? The Ravenswood Series #1: A Girl Like Her #1.5: Damaged Goods #2: Untouchable #3: That Kind of Guy

Author: Reese Ryan
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488070474
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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Will these friends’ temporary Vegas marriage lead to forever? Find out in this Bourbon Brothers novel from Reese Ryan! What’s wrong with a little fake marriage between friends? Their night on the town is a blank, but when Zora Abbott and Dallas Hamilton awaken in a Vegas hotel room, they’re man and wife. With news of the nuptials spreading virally, the high-profile best friends decide to stay married, temporarily. Maybe under the cover of marriage, Dallas can even make his best friend’s baby dream come true. But can their friendship survive their newly unleashed passions? From Harlequin Desire: A luxurious world of bold encounters and sizzling chemistry. The Bourbon Brothers Book 1: Savannah’s Secrets Book 2: The Billionaire’s Legacy Book 3: Engaging the Enemy Book 4: A Reunion of Rivals Book 5: Waking Up Married

Author: Melissa Schroeder
Publisher: Melissa Schroeder
ISBN: 193973441X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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Author: Love Journey
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979443852
Category : African American women
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Erotic Love Jones Novella Daniel Kim is a sexy Korean Hip Hop celebrity at the peak of his fame. He is determined to succeed and has just signed a lucrative contract with a U.S. music label. He's used to sacrificing his happiness for fame and fortune... until he meets Diamond. Daniel Kim has a 'love jones' for Diamond and he's feening for her in every way. Physically, mentally... he's all in. And he promises not to disappoint. Diamond is a personal photographer assigned to accompany Daniel while he is on a promotional tour. Her job is to photograph, post, and promote the handsome entertainer... not to sleep with him. She's determined to protect her professional reputation even if it means walking away from the best sex she's ever had. This book is an Asian Men Black Women (AMBW) Interracial Erotic Romance Novella. If you love novellas filled with detailed, hot, steamy encounters of the best kind, then you will love "I Don't Disappoint." For mature audiences only. Download and start reading today. Contemporary, African American Woman, Asian Man, Multicultural, BBW, International, HEA, Kindle Short Reads, Kindle Unlimited, BWWM, KPOP, Korean, Hip hop, Music.

Author: Michel Rosenfeld
Publisher:
ISBN: 1107173302
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 515

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Explores the multifaceted debate on the interconnection between conscientious objections, religious liberty, and the equality of women and sexual minorities.

Author: Diana Looser
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 082484775X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Since the late 1960s, drama by Pacific Island playwrights has flourished throughout Oceania. Although many Pacific Island cultures have a broad range of highly developed indigenous performance forms—including oral narrative, clowning, ritual, dance, and song—scripted drama is a relatively recent phenomenon. Emerging during a period of region-wide decolonization and indigenous self-determination movements, most of these plays reassert Pacific cultural perspectives and performance techniques in ways that employ, adapt, and challenge the conventions and representations of Western theater. Drawing together discussions in theater and performance studies, historiography, Pacific studies, and postcolonial studies, Remaking Pacific Pasts offers the first full-length comparative study of this dynamic and expanding body of work. It introduces readers to the field with an overview of significant works produced throughout the region over the past fifty years, including plays in English and in French, as well as in local vernaculars and lingua francas. The discussion traces the circumstances that have given rise to a particular modern dramatic tradition in each site and also charts routes of theatrical circulation and shared artistic influences that have woven connections beyond national borders. This broad survey contextualizes the more detailed case studies that follow, which focus on how Pacific dramatists, actors, and directors have used theatrical performance to critically engage the Pacific’s colonial and postcolonial histories. Chapters provide close readings of selected plays from Hawai‘i, Aotearoa/New Zealand, New Caledonia/Kanaky, and Fiji that treat events, figures, and legacies of the region’s turbulent past: Captain Cook’s encounters, the New Zealand Wars, missionary contact, the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, and the Fiji coups. The book explores how, in their remembering and retelling of these pasts, theater artists have interrogated and revised repressive and marginalizing models of historical understanding developed through Western colonialism or exclusionary indigenous nationalisms, and have opened up new spaces for alternative historical narratives and ways of knowing. In so doing, these works address key issues of identity, genealogy, representation, political parity, and social unity, encouraging their audiences to consider new possibilities for present and future action. This study emphasizes the contribution of artistic production to social and political life in the contemporary Pacific, demonstrating how local play production has worked to facilitate processes of creative nation building and the construction of modern regional imaginaries. Remaking Pacific Pasts makes valuable contributions to Pacific literature, world theater history, Pacific studies, and postcolonial studies. The book opens up to comparative critical discussion a geopolitical region that has received little attention from theater and performance scholars, extending our understanding of the form and function of theater in different cultural contexts. It enriches existing discussions in postcolonial studies about the decolonizing potential of literary and artistic endeavors, and it suggests how theater might function as a mode of historical enquiry and debate, adding to discussions about ways in which Pacific histories might be developed, challenged, or recalibrated. Consequently, the book stimulates new discussions in Pacific studies where theater has, to date, suffered from a lack of critical exposure. Carefully researched and original in its approach, Remaking Pacific Pasts will appeal to scholars, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduate students in theater and performance studies and Pacific Islands studies; it will also be of interest to cultural historians and to specialists in cultural studies and postcolonial studies.