Nazi planes were bombing Paris the day a lifelong, more personal war began for Pierre. It was the day he lost his identity.Born into a famous family, Pierre Matisse grew up immersed in the art world of Paris and the French Riviera, spending time with some of the most famous artists of the twentieth century. The man he knew as his grandfather, legendary artist Henri Matisse, encouraged Pierre from a young age, creating a strong desire in him to become a great artist in his own right.Being a Matisse was an important part of young Pierre's identity. So he was crushed and bewildered when, at the outbreak of WWII, that identity was suddenly snatched from him with no explanation.So began Pierre's lifelong search to solve the mystery of who he really was, a quest that forms the intriguing backdrop to this memoir of a fascinating and adventurous life on three continents. Spanning the insider art world of 1930s Paris, the battles of WWII, the occupation of France by the Nazis,... Views: 31
Twenty-seven-year-old Rachel Stern is in a rut. Despite her mother’s best efforts, she is still single. At two-hundred and forty-two pounds, she still lives at home, the victim of a constantly-cooking Jewish mother whose force-feeding techniques have become legendary. As if that isn’t bad enough, Rachel’s Friday and Saturday evenings are spent with her parents and her Saturday mornings consist of wedding gown shopping with her also single best friend. She is clearly going nowhere. But at least she’s not alone. Until her best friend snags a boyfriend. Finally, unable to stand herself and her weight problem anymore, Rachel signs up for Weight Watchers. Finnegan Schwartz, a young man who has already been successful at the Weight Watchers program, having lost a hundred pounds, champions Rachel and becomes her impromptu weight loss coach and newest friend. Rachel soon learns there’s so much more to this funny and shy guy who she’d overlooked before. Amid her mother’s overzealous attempts to fix her up, bizarre family dinners and crises that threaten to unravel the entire Stern family, will Rachel be able to find something she’s never thought was hers for the taking: self-acceptance?** Views: 31
“Time of death...” the doctor said. I won’t forget that moment I looked over at Ellie—the paleness of her once rosy cheeks, the blue hue coating her perfect lips—the woman I had been with since we were five years old. My wife. My best friend...and the mother to our newborn baby girl. You promised me we would be together forever, I wanted to tell her. She gave me her forever, I told myself. Her forever just ended at twenty-five. “You need to say your goodbyes...” the doctor said. How do I say goodbye to the one person in my life I could never say goodbye to? My body is numb, and my heart hurts. Hurts like someone just ripped it out of my chest. Which is ironic... “We are going to remove her heart now, Hunter. It was her wish to donate,” the doctor said. She never told me this. She never told me another woman would carry on with her beating heart. She never told me this woman knew me but wouldn’t let me know her. She never told me if I should follow her heart, or if I should follow mine. She knew. She could have told me...** Views: 31
A fling with her best friend's reclusive business partner should've been harmless.
When Emma meets him, the only way she's looking to be tied down is in the literal sense. But Avner—shady hacker, off-the-books investigator, occasional spy—takes her breath away. He's the first man who doesn't turn to mush under her sexual spell: a fact that makes what’s between them very different, and very real.
Beautiful and uninhibited, Emma is everything Avner thought she would be and more. Yet his deadly past and dark duties can never be forgotten…not even as he succumbs to their seductive intimacy. But for the first time he’s after something of his own, as well.
And now that he's found Emma, he'll protect her, no matter what. Because anything worth loving is worth fighting for.
But nothing about Avner is remotely harmless.
Soon, Avner has infiltrated Emma's personal life, stalled her career and nearly destroyed everything she's worked for—all in the name of protection. Desperate and heartbroken, drawn into a secret criminal underworld in her quest for understanding, Emma discovers the truth: Avner's secrets are far more devastating than his lies. Views: 31
Elena can't deny she desires Phillip, but becoming involved with her sexy roommate, with his guitar and Cajun accent, only gives Elena so much more to lose. If she fails to hide her abilities, the Speaker will come with the power to erase this life she has so meticulously constructed. But as Phillip is drawn further into her world, the risk of exposure becomes the least of Elena's worries. Views: 31
Last
Breath is the highly anticipated fifth book in the Gideon Johann Western
series. It joins #1 bestseller novels on Amazon.com in Western Classics, Last Stand, Last Chance, Last Hope, &
Last Ride.
Cattle are being rustled from
ranches around Last Stand and seem to vanish into the night by the time they
are discovered missing. The town and
area ranchers begin to question Sheriff Gideon Johann’s competency, especially
after a ranch hand is killed guarding a herd and Gideon fails to prevent a bank
robbery.
Gideon is about to become a
grandfather and Deputy Finnegan Ford is expecting his first child – two births
with life altering consequences.
Duane Boehm has written another western
novel with enough humor, heartbreak, love, and outlaws to keep you turning the
page.
Last Breath can be read as a
stand-alone novel, but will provide a richer reading experience if the Gideon
Johann Western Series is read in order.
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The long-anticipated sequel to Alan Sillitoe's bestselling classic 1950s novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Arthur and Brian Seaton are heading back to their hometown, Nottingham, some forty-odd years after the close of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. The brothers plan to surprise Brian's first love, Jenny Tuxford, on her seventieth birthday. Arthur, the notorious lothario, still has some of his old spark, but it has been hampered by domestic life and his wife's recent cancer diagnosis. Meanwhile, Brian, now a failed novelist but successful television writer living in London, is struggling with dissatisfaction and emotional regrets. He and Jenny had fooled around in their teenage years—a lot of heavy petting through complicated clothing on her parents' settee—but Jenny ended up marrying someone else. Now that Jenny's husband has passed away, will sparks fly between her and Brian again? It is clear that the Nottingham... Views: 31
A ghost of Christmas past... Heiress Sara Johnson is shocked when the stepbrother she believed was dead returns to Colorado to claim his inheritance! It might be the season of goodwill, but Crofton Parks seems determined to destroy his late father's empire. Sparks fly as Crofton and Sara are forced to work together, and soon she begins to uncover the secrets behind his disappearance and need for revenge. But a far more unsettling discovery is the desire he awakens in Sara. This roguish rancher might just claim her heart by Christmas! Views: 31
After
a tornado tears through her neighborhood in the middle of the night, twenty-one-year-old
Sarah Simmons is determined to gather up her most precious belongings before
leaving her badly damaged home. But the huge, handsome firefighter who arrives
to rescue her makes it clear that the house could collapse at any moment, and
when Sarah refuses to do as she is told he merely tosses her over his shoulder
and carries her to a waiting ambulance himself.
Though
Sarah is perhaps the most stubborn woman he has ever met—let alone pulled from
the ruins of a building—John Ford knows right away that there is something
special about her. He checks on her at the local hospital later that night, and
after seeing the miserable, lonely look on her face, he does his best to
comfort her. When she insists on trying to leave without the doctor’s
permission, however, he decides that enough is enough and spanks her bare
bottom thoroughly.
Upon
discovering that Sarah is an orphan with nowhere to go after the destruction of
her home, John takes matters into his own hands and offers to share his house
with her. But while she lives under his roof she will be expected to behave
herself, and failure to do so will have consequences for her cute little
bottom.
To
Sarah’s surprise, John’s old-fashioned approach to keeping a woman in line
excites her deeply. She can’t help longing for him to claim her properly, and when
he takes her in his arms the pleasure of his skilled, dominant lovemaking is
more intense than she would have thought possible. But even as her passion for
him grows, Sarah’s painful past leaves her hesitant to let herself fall in
love. Can John find a way to heal her wounded heart before he loses her
forever?
Publisher’s
Note: The Firefighter’s Woman includes
spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy
this book.
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