In the far future, chocolate is Earth’s only unique commodity one that everyone else in the galaxy is willing to kill to get their hands, paws and tentacles on Latina culinary arts student, Bo Benitez, becomes a fugitive when she’s caught stealing a cacao pod from one of the heavily-defended plantations that keep chocolate, Earth’s sole valuable export, safe from a hungry galaxy. Forces array against her including her alien boyfriend and a reptilian cop. But when she escapes onto an unmarked starship things go from bad to worse: it belongs to the race famed throughout the galaxy for eating stowaways! Surrounded by dangerous yet hunky aliens, Bo starts to uncover clues that the threat to Earth may be bigger than she first thought. File Under: Science Fiction [ Heiress Apparent | Sticky Fingers | Pod People | The Milky Way ]
Felicity Koerber has had a rough year. She's moving back to Galveston Island and opening a bean to bar chocolate factory, fulfilling a dream she and her late husband, Kevin, had shared. Craft chocolate means a chance to travel the world, meeting with farmers and bringing back beans she can turn into little blocks of happiness, right close to home and family.She thinks trouble has walked into her carefully re-built world when puddle-jump pilot Logan Hanlon shows up at her grand opening to order custom chocolates. Then one of her employees drops dead at the party, and Felicity's one-who-got-away ex-boyfriend - who's now a cop - thinks Felicity is a suspect. As the murder victim's life becomes more and more of a mystery, Felicity realizes that if she's going to clear her name in time to save her business, she might need Logan's help. Though she's not sure if she's ready to let anyone into her life - even if it is to protect her from being the killer's next victim.For Felicity, Galveston is all about history, and a love-hate relationship with the ocean, which keeps threatening to deliver another hurricane - right into the middle of her investigation. Can she figure it out before all the clues get washed away?FIRST IN A NEW SERIES
Felicity Koerber's bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston's historic Strand has been the scene of two murders - both of which she has been instrumental in helping solve. So when she gets invited to demo her chocolate skills aboard a cruise ship sailing out of the local port, she's excited at the chance to get away from the shop long enough to regain her equilibrium. She even brings her best friend along, and makes plans for time at the spa. But when she gets on board, she finds out that she's been booked for a mystery-themed cruise, and said best friend, Autumn, has to finally deal with the real reasons she quit writing mysteries. Only - if that wasn't stressful enough - it doesn't take long before there's a real murder on the cruise, and someone Felicity knows becomes the prime suspect. When said suspect asks her for help, she can't exactly say no, can she? Felicity finds herself surrounded by cruise goers who all had connections to the victim - and finds that both Logan (her business partner, whom she recently kissed) and Arlo (the cop who was once Felicity's first boyfriend, before she moved away from Galveston) are dealing with the case until more official help can arrive. How will Felicity survive the ensuing awkwardness? One thing that helps: the retired police dog turned therapy dog she meets on board. Satchmo helps Felicity deal with being back on the water after tragedy in her past - and also helps her uncover a vital clue to the case. Can Felicity unmask the killer and keep a friend from being framed before all the suspects leave the ship?
In a galaxy where chocolate is literally addictive, one celebrity chef is fighting back, in the delicious sequel to Free Chocolate To save everyone she loves, Bo Bonitez is touring Zant, home of the murderous, shark-toothed aliens who so recently tried to eat her. In the midst of her stint as Galactic paparazzi princess, she discovers that Earth has been exporting tainted chocolate to the galaxy, and getting aliens hooked on cocoa. Bo must choose whether to go public, or just smile for the cameras and make it home alive. She's already struggling with her withdrawal from the Invincible Heart, and her love life has a life of its own, but when insidious mind worms intervene, things start to get complicated! File Under: Science Fiction [ Death by Chocolate | Can Cook, Will Cook | Galactic Promise | Addicted to Love ]
The Story Like a Journalist series combines journalistic planning strategies and novel writing theory into a systematic workbook that takes you from determining the best protagonist for your story to imbuing your work with meaning.
Want to write novels that feel real enough to the reader to have been ripped from the headlines, whatever your genre? Think like a journalist. Just like a journalist, as a fiction writer, you will need to define WHAT your story is about. For the novelist WHAT relates to premise. In this textbook/workbook you will look at what you plan to write about from different angles and will use the information you uncover to create a story premise that has an active protagonist in an intriguing story, fighting for high stakes. (These can include both external-world stakes and emotional stakes). This workbook also deals with how to generate ideas. There is instructional material that focuses on understanding how to build conflict into your story, understand clear goals and motivations for character action, and making sure that your stakes are high enough. All of this works in tandem with the worksheets. -- Hemmingway worked as a newspaper journalist before he became a fiction writer. E.B. White did a stint at the New Yorker. L.M. Montgomery was a reporter in Halifax before tackling Anne of Green Gables. Margaret Mitchell got her start as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine. What these writers have in common: an excellent sense of character, and the ability to write clean prose that clearly puts forwards the characters' goals and motivations. This ability may well come from having mastered the journalistic art, which emphasizes creating a sound story that balances logic, research and emotional authenticity. Even if you're working in a purely creative world, you can still use those principles, and learn to organize and research like a journalist, and to ask the questions a journalist asks either before or after you write your story.
Want to write novels that feel real enough to the reader to have been ripped from the headlines, whatever your genre? Think like a journalist. Journalists consult sources and reference materials to find realistic detail for their stories. But if you're a novelist - you have to build the reference source for your story world from scratch. In this textbook/workbook you will learn how to apply the 5-Ws and H to the building blocks of the novel, in order to start building a Story Bible. (Other workbooks in this series cover each 5-Ws question in depth, adding to the overview information found here). This workbook also deals with how to get organized and set parameters for your work, and how to apply lessons from the journalism classroom to novel writing. It also discusses how to research effectively, so that you can apply real-world history, science and location information to your fiction. There is instructional material that focuses on understanding different aspects of what you are promising to deliver in your novel. All of this works in tandem with the worksheets. -- Hemmingway worked as a newspaper journalist before he became a fiction writer. E.B. White did a stint at the New Yorker. L.M. Montgomery was a reporter in Halifax before tackling Anne of Green Gables. Margaret Mitchell got her start as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine. What these writers have in common: an excellent sense of character, and the ability to write clean prose that clearly puts forwards the characters' goals and motivations. This ability may well come from having mastered the journalistic art, which emphasizes creating a sound story that balances logic, research and emotional authenticity. Even if you're working in a purely creative world, you can still use those principles, and learn to organize and research like a journalist, and to ask the questions a journalist asks either before or after you write your story.
The author of the Chocoverse science fiction series brings you an out-of-this world delicious cookbook. Chocolate Gingerbread. Chicken Satay with White Chocolate Peanut Sauce. Dark Chocolate Mushroom Arancini. Maybe you didn't realize these things were missing from your life, but sampling them might change the way you think about chocolate. Chocolate can be earthy, bitter, nutty, subtle or sweet, and There are Herbs in My Chocolate uses everything from cocoa butter and white chocolate to chocolate infused balsamic vinegar to explore the range of tastes that can come from the seeds of a single tree. The herbs involved may be fresh from the garden, dried, or infused into herbal liqueurs. Learn how to work with chocolate. Make herbal syrups, sauces, pastes and candied herbs. Infuse herbs into ice cream, confections, breads and pastries. These meticulously tested recipes, featuring detailed full-color photographs, will take you on global culinary adventures. This cookbook updates and fuses traditional ingredient combinations.
Want to write novels that feel real enough to the reader to have been ripped from the headlines, whatever your genre? Think like a journalist. When you look at the classic questions journalists ask, the first one is generally WHO? In noveling terms WHO relates to character. Take a deep dive into understanding who your characters are and what drives them to act with a series of worksheets that will help you define everything from psychological traits and archetypes to character skills and backstory. In this textbook/workbook you will learn how to build a distinct cast of characters with qualities that can be specifically attacked by your plot. There is instructional material that focuses on understanding the psychological aspects of character building, as well as the importance of physicality. All of this works in tandem with the worksheets. -- Hemmingway worked as a newspaper journalist before he became a fiction writer. E.B. White did a stint at the New Yorker. L.M. Montgomery was a reporter in Halifax before tackling Anne of Green Gables. Margaret Mitchell got her start as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine. What these writers have in common: an excellent sense of character, and the ability to write clean prose that clearly puts forwards the characters' goals and motivations. This ability may well come from having mastered the journalistic art, which emphasizes creating a sound story that balances logic, research and emotional authenticity. Even if you're working in a purely creative world, you can still use those principles, and learn to organize and research like a journalist, and to ask the questions a journalist asks either before or after you write your story.
Want to write novels that feel real enough to the reader to have been ripped from the headlines, whatever your genre? Think like a journalist. Journalists carefully consider HOW happened to figure out WHY it happened. Fiction writers need to do the same thing. For novelists HOW and WHY refer to plot and theme. In this textbook/workbook you will look at how to build a plot that reveals theme. You will graph your plot several different ways to refine a story that resonates. There is also instructional material on scene level plotting, and how to weave scenes together to create a pattern that will lead to an artistic statement rather than a jumble of events. There is also information and worksheets that will help you include symbols and iconic character traits to add to the meaning of your work. -- Hemmingway worked as a newspaper journalist before he became a fiction writer. E.B. White did a stint at the New Yorker. L.M. Montgomery was a reporter in Halifax before tackling Anne of Green Gables. Margaret Mitchell got her start as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine. What these writers have in common: an excellent sense of character, and the ability to write clean prose that clearly puts forwards the characters' goals and motivations. This ability may well come from having mastered the journalistic art, which emphasizes creating a sound story that balances logic, research and emotional authenticity. Even if you're working in a purely creative world, you can still use those principles, and learn to organize and research like a journalist, and to ask the questions a journalist asks either before or after you write your story.
Want to write novels that feel real enough to the reader to have been ripped from the headlines, whatever your genre? Think like a journalist. You want to evoke a feeling of WHEN and WHERE that will make readers feel like they have just taken a walk through your story world. Take a few cues from how journalists do this. For novelists WHEN and WHERE relate to setting. In this textbook/workbook you will look at the nuts and bolts of worldbuilding. This applies whether you are writing contemporary fiction, or something set across the galaxy. You still need to construct a believable story world. The worksheets will assist you in everything from deciding what era to set your story in to creating a workable fictional society. There are additional worksheets for worldbuilding speculative fiction. There is instructional material that focuses on incorporating your setting into the story, and on creating and using maps to keep everything consistent. All of this works in tandem with the worksheets. -- Hemmingway worked as a newspaper journalist before he became a fiction writer. E.B. White did a stint at the New Yorker. L.M. Montgomery was a reporter in Halifax before tackling Anne of Green Gables. Margaret Mitchell got her start as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal Sunday Magazine. What these writers have in common: an excellent sense of character, and the ability to write clean prose that clearly puts forwards the characters' goals and motivations. This ability may well come from having mastered the journalistic art, which emphasizes creating a sound story that balances logic, research and emotional authenticity. Even if you're working in a purely creative world, you can still use those principles, and learn to organize and research like a journalist, and to ask the questions a journalist asks either before or after you write your story.
« Son corps est parfait, nos nuits sont torrides, le sexe est dément… mais puis-je lui faire confiance ? » *** Je m’observe dans le miroir en pied. C’est la première fois que je suis déstabilisée à l’idée de participer à un shooting. Quand je me décide enfin à sortir du dressing, mon cœur bat fort, j’ai l’impression d’être nue à un dîner habillé, offerte au regard du monde entier. Et lorsque celui d’Alexander se pose sur moi, une gêne incomparable m’envahit. Poings sur les hanches, il plaisante gentiment : – Je commençais à me demander si vous comptiez vraiment nous rejoindre. – J’ai failli me dégonfler, avoué-je d’une voix aussi assurée que possible. Alexander m’observe un instant, avant de s’approcher. Il est à deux pas de moi et j’ai l’impression de me liquéfier. – Vous ne vous mettez jamais en maillot sur la plage ? – Ça n’a rien à voir, avouez-le, répliqué-je en haussant les épaules. – D’accord, ça manque un peu de sable et on ne voit pas la mer, mais il suffirait… d’imaginer ! Je retiens un sourire. – Là, j’ai franchement du mal. D’ailleurs, j’aimerais bien vous y voir. Alexander recule d’un pas, adopte un air songeur, avant d’afficher un sourire inhumain. – Dans ce cas, je ne vois qu’un moyen de vous mettre à l’aise. Sur ces paroles, il commence à déboutonner sa chemise sans me quitter des yeux. Je suis hypnotisée. Je l’observe, effarée et troublée à la fois. – Vous… vous n’allez quand même pas vous… déshabiller, bégayé-je. – Imaginez la plage, le sable, la mer, s’amuse-t-il avec douceur tout en défaisant le dernier bouton de sa chemise. Je rêve ou quoi ? *** Aileen Summer est une jeune mannequin indépendante à qui tout sourit. Les marques les plus célèbres la veulent pour égérie, les hommes succombent à son charme insolent… elle a le monde à ses pieds. Alexander Simmons est un photographe réputé autant pour ses exigences que pour la qualité de son travail. Mais lorsqu’ils se rencontrent sur un shooting pour une grande marque de lingerie, Aileen et Alexander voient leur monde basculer. Entre attirance irrépressible, désir de liberté, séance de photos hot et nuits de sexe inoubliables, les deux amants ne cessent de se fuir et de se retrouver. Leur amour sera-t-il assez fort pour résister aux ennemis cachés, aux secrets et aux trahisons ? Après Contrôle-moi, Captive : possédée par un milliardaire, Moonlight : Bloody Lily et Addictive Love, découvrez la nouvelle romance d’Amber James, 100 % addictive ! Bad Desires, volume 3 sur 3 Et retrouvez toujours plus de romances, de bonus et de surprises sur le site des éditions Addictives : www.editions-addictives.com !
In a galaxy where chocolate is literally addictive, one celebrity chef is fighting back, in the delicious sequel to Free Chocolate To save everyone she loves, Bo Bonitez is touring Zant, home of the murderous, shark-toothed aliens who so recently tried to eat her. In the midst of her stint as Galactic paparazzi princess, she discovers that Earth has been exporting tainted chocolate to the galaxy, and getting aliens hooked on cocoa. Bo must choose whether to go public, or just smile for the cameras and make it home alive. She's already struggling with her withdrawal from the Invincible Heart, and her love life has a life of its own, but when insidious mind worms intervene, things start to get complicated! File Under: Science Fiction [ Death by Chocolate | Can Cook, Will Cook | Galactic Promise | Addicted to Love ]
In the far future, chocolate is Earth’s only unique commodity one that everyone else in the galaxy is willing to kill to get their hands, paws and tentacles on Latina culinary arts student, Bo Benitez, becomes a fugitive when she’s caught stealing a cacao pod from one of the heavily-defended plantations that keep chocolate, Earth’s sole valuable export, safe from a hungry galaxy. Forces array against her including her alien boyfriend and a reptilian cop. But when she escapes onto an unmarked starship things go from bad to worse: it belongs to the race famed throughout the galaxy for eating stowaways! Surrounded by dangerous yet hunky aliens, Bo starts to uncover clues that the threat to Earth may be bigger than she first thought. File Under: Science Fiction [ Heiress Apparent | Sticky Fingers | Pod People | The Milky Way ]
Nasir Williams is living his dream and is ready to go out and begin his career life. Attending college as an honors student and a hard worker to provide for him and his girlfriend, Nyla, he never expected how one night out with his best friend could change his life forever. Nasir's life will change in the blink of an eye and he will eventually see who is loyal in his circle. Will it be his friends that he has known since childhood or the love of his life?
Selene's journey begins with her end. After the loss of her brother, protector and link to life she didn't want to exist. She succumbs to darkness and sends her soul into the deepest, darkest part of her mind. What she doesn't know is that is where Abaddon, the destroyer lurks. As life becomes a challenge of its own Selene's calling to become a prophet is unfolded, leaving her with the choice to accept her path or to fall to her destruction.
Who is Audrey Byrd?Ask her ex-best friend, Cline Somers, and he'll tell you that she's the girl who inexplicably stopped talking to him when they were fifteen years old, leaving him with nothing but questions and bitterness for the better part of the next six years.Ask his roommate, Elliot Clark, and he would say that Audrey is the enigmatic girl who randomly showed up outside a window one day and turned his whole world upside down in a matter of moments.Ask Audrey herself and she'll tell you that she has no idea who she is, because her entire life is a lie. However, the older she gets the more she needs answers about who she really is.What she discovers is a tangled web of secrets better left in the dark.Some truths do more harm than good. ***Recommended for readers 18+ due to sensitive subject matter, language and situations.
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