Il est son boss. Et alors ? Ethan Parker, brillant avocat, voit débarquer dans son cabinet Olivia Cartier, jeune avocate sous sa responsabilité. Est-ce qu'elle lui plaît ? Oui ! Mais sortir avec une jeune femme dont on est le patron est un peu compliqué, d'autant plus qu’Olivia se débat pour mener de front une vie professionnelle et une vie privée pas toujours de tout repos. Et puis elle n’a pas le temps, elle n’est là que pour quelques mois. Mais est-ce qu’Ethan va laisser tomber ? Certainement pas ! *** – Olivia ! Attention !! Mes mollets entrent en contact avec quelque chose de dur, sciant mes genoux pour me stopper net dans mon élan. Je trébuche contre un chariot chargé de cartons, abandonné en plein milieu du couloir, et je tombe à la renverse, dans une disgracieuse pirouette arrière. Et merde… Les feuilles du dossier que je tenais entre les mains retombent lentement dans les airs, comme les étincelles d’un feu d’artifice. Note technique : 3. Note artistique : 0 – Ça va ?! Vous ne vous êtes pas fait mal ? lance une voix masculine, chaude, et teintée d’inquiétude. Je sens des bras me soulever pour me remettre sur mes pieds. Je lisse mes vêtements pendant quelques secondes, le temps de recouvrer mes esprits et de m’assurer que je n’ai rien de cassé. Puis, je me retourne. – Euh… non… ça va. Euh… merci… Lui. Élégant, le teint hâlé, le regard hypnotisant, beau à couper le souffle. Quelqu’un qu’on n’oublie pas. Moi. Mal fagotée, le teint blafard, pas maquillée, à peine coiffée, six kilos de trop. Quelqu’un qu’on oublie en moins de temps qu’il ne le faut pour le dire. – Vous êtes sûre ? Vous voulez que j’aille vous chercher un verre d’eau ? Et prévenant en plus. – Euh… non… c’est gentil. Grand prix au concours d’éloquence, oui, c’est moi ! – Dans ce cas, je peux peut-être récupérer mon bras ? Pas un trou de souris à l’horizon où me réfugier. – Désolée, lui réponds-je timidement, et rouge de honte. Un sourire discret apparaît au coin de ses lèvres pleines. Puis, mon inconnu reprend son chemin, sans dire un mot. Je reste interdite, le scrutant tandis qu’il s’éloigne. Il tourne la tête dans ma direction pour me regarder une dernière fois. Gêné – autant que moi – d’être pris en flagrant délit d’observation, il se retourne illico, avant de disparaître de ma vue. *** Challenge Me, d'Avril Rose, premiers chapitres du roman.
Et si l’amour pouvait tout changer ? Jeune avocat talentueux, Liam ne vit que pour son métier. Il a soigneusement verrouillé sa vie pour qu’aucun sentiment ne vienne s’y immiscer. Alors quand Zoé fait une entrée fracassante dans son monde, il tente de l’ignorer. Mais Zoé est drôle, tendre, touchante. Et elle a besoin de lui… Lui résister est impossible, mais lui ouvrir son cœur n’est pas envisageable ! Un désir brûlant naît entre eux. Mais les embuches sont nombreuses sur le chemin de Liam et Zoé et pourraient bien leur coûter cher, très cher…. Ce livre a précédemment été publié sous le titre Coffee, Sex & Law. Coffee Crush, d’Avril rose, premiers chapitres du roman.
Quand les sentiments sont plus forts que les cicatrices du passé... Léonor n’a pas le choix. Elle a promis à sa mère qu’elle suivrait une thérapie de groupe, même si elle ne comprend toujours pas comment parler à des inconnus pourrait l’aider à surmonter le drame qu’elle a vécu. Et, pour faire de cette obligation un vrai calvaire, elle doit en plus le supporter, lui : Harvey. Ce jeune homme au regard envoûtant qui ne peut pas s’empêcher de la déstabiliser chaque fois qu’ils se voient. Pourtant, lorsqu’ils sont mis en binôme le temps d’un exercice pratique, Léonor découvre qu’il est peut-être plus sensible qu’il ne le laisse paraître, et que lui non plus n’a aucune envie d’être là. Alors qu’ils n’auraient jamais dû se rencontrer, ces réunions pourraient bien les rapprocher... "Au delà des épreuves et de la romance, on a aussi des secrets, de l'intrigue et des mystères qui rendent la lecture addictive. Petit coup de coeur pour les références au film Dirty Dancing." Words Of Love "Be My Last Dance se lit d'une traite et affole les coeurs." Les Miss Chocolatines bouquinent A propos de l'autrice Champenoise, Avril Rose mène de front plusieurs carrières : rédactrice, formatrice et autrice. Elle s’est lancée dans l’écriture en 2015 et a publié depuis plusieurs romans. Elle aime créer des histoires pleines d’émotions, avec des personnages touchants et authentiques.
Enemies or lovers? Liam, a successful young lawyer, is allergic to love. He’s always between business trips and, devastated by a dark secret, he has put a lock on his heart. That’s the way he likes it. But when he crosses paths with Zoe, all his principles fly out the window. Zoe is the opposite of his usual conquests: natural, funny, impetuous... and she has no plans to make room in her life for a man. *** I watch her delicate hands work over my torso, becoming intoxicated by her scent rising to meet me from her neck. “I’m so sorry,” she insists, now scrubbing the fabric with concentration, taking breaks to dab her forehead with her arm. She’s damaging my designer shirt. Instead of pointing that out to her, I observe her every movement. I surprise her a few times as she nibbles her thumb. A habit that reveals how nervous she actually is. “I’ll pay for the dry cleaning, of course. And free coffee for a week.” I don't reply. I resist the temptation to run my hand through her long, silky hair. I find her beautiful: her fragility, embarrassment, simplicity. “A month?” she offers, obviously worried by my silence. “It’s fine for the coffee. A week and we’re even,” I reassure her. "For the dry cleaning, I'll take care of it. Don’t worry about the clothes. It could happen to anyone.” She stops and looks at me, smiling, relieved by my pacifist reaction. “I think your shirt is ruined,” she announces, nibbling her lower lip. “Yeah, I think you’re right about that!” I agree, laughing. I’m speechless when she starts working on my pants, kneeling down between my legs. Is this a joke? I thought this kind of thing only happened in movies! Except there’s nothing funny about the position. On the contrary. The pressure she’s putting on my crotch awakens sensations in my entire body. My imagination becomes quickly uncontrollable. I want her. Forbidden thoughts start to creep into my mind. To touch her. Caress her. Kiss her. She suddenly stops, as if she had heard my inappropriate thoughts. Time stands still for a second, and the noise of the café customers dies down. Here we are, the two of us, completely isolated from the rest of the world. *** Love, Law, and Lattes: A brewing romance, Avril Rose, complete novel
This book provides essential knowledge and informa-tion required to adequately assess useful alternatives from among the lower vertebrates and the invertebrates. This volume highlights unfamiliar and underde-veloped organisms that have the potential to become very satisfactory surrogates for biomedical research. A practical guide aimed at disseminating information to researchers about new models, this work provides compara-tive biomedical studies at many levels of the phyloge-netic ladder.
Genre: Fairytales Retold Short Stories. Word Count: 97,000 ***This is a bundled edition of the following stories.*** Snow-White and Rose-Red The Twelve Brothers The Light Princess Beauty And The Beast Sleeping Beauty Aschenputtel The Golden Bird The Frog Prince The Death Of Koshchei The Deathless People have been telling stories since the beginning of time. Fairytales, folklore, myths and legends are among some of the stories that have been told over and over through the centuries. The basic story remains the same, but each storyteller adds their own style, sometimes adding something unique to the tale. These stories were written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, once upon a time, fairytales, folklore, romance, magic, curses.
Digital media are increasingly interwoven into how we understand society and ourselves today. From lines of code to evolving forms of online conduct, they have become an ever-present layer of our age. The rethinking of education has now become the subject of intense global policy debates and academic research, paralleled by the invention and promot
Genre: Fairytales Retold Short Story. Word Count: 12259 While searching for adventure, Prince Philip stumbles across a castle surrounded by an impenetrable thorny hedge. He learns it's the home of Briar Rose, a princess cursed to sleep for a hundred years. The curse can only be broken by true love's kiss. He fears it might be an impossible curse to break and yet he's compelled to attempt it anyway. This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, once upon a time, fairytales, folklore, romance, magic, curses, crow, fairy.
In Radical Health Julie Avril Minich examines the potential of Latinx expressive culture to intervene in contemporary health politics, elaborating how Latinx artists have critiqued ideologies of health that frame wellbeing in terms of personal behavior. Within this framework, poor health—obesity, asthma, diabetes, STIs, addiction, and high-risk pregnancies—is attributed to irresponsible lifestyle choices among the racialized poor. Countering this, Latinx writers and visual artists envision health not as individual duty but as communal responsibility. Bringing a disability justice approach to questions of health access and equity, Minich locates a concept of radical health within the work of Latinx artists, including the poetry of Rafael Campo, the music of Hurray for the Riff Raff, the fiction of Angie Cruz, and the performance art of Virginia Grise. Radical health operates as a modality that both challenges the stigma of unhealth and protests the social conditions that give rise to racial health disparities. Elaborating on this modality, Minich claims a critical role for Latinx artists in addressing the structural racism in public health.
(Series two of Dragon Blood series) Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy. Word Count: 57,650 Having allies around her hasn’t made things easier for Amber. Time is running out. One of her allies is imprisoned and they need to be rescued before all of them are forever trapped in a world not their own. This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, magic, action, adventure, romance, strong female character, dragon shapshifters, other realm, hunters, survival of the fittest.
***This is a bundled edition of the following six stories.*** Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Paranormal. Word Count: 130680 Have you ever done something and immediately wished you could undo it? Jack knows that feeling very well. He's damned, bound to haunt his old school and help students until he atones for his sins. It's the last thing he wants to do. But since the alternative is an eternity in hell, he's not about to say no. Plea Of The Damned 1: Forgive Me Lucy Word Count: 24598 Each afternoon when Lucy has arrived home from school she's found a white rose on her doorstep. Most people would be thrilled to have a secret admirer. She had been for a while, but it's become annoying not knowing who's leaving them. And if that wasn't bad enough, she now has a ghost wanting to know how he can help her. She doesn't have a problem and has no idea why he's pestering her. She's absolutely certain he's got the wrong person. Plea Of The Damned 2: Forgive Me Aiden Word Count: 20752 Aiden has been waiting for years to live with his father again. He knows this time will be different. His father has promised it will be. But somehow things aren't turning out like he expected. The ghost he met can't be right. Things will improve. He just needs to figure out how to solve all the problems piling up before someone gets hurt. Plea Of The Damned 3: Forgive Me Jena Word Count: 21601 As the anniversary of her dad's death approaches, Jena is visited by a ghost who says he's there to help. All she wants from him is contact with the ghost of her dad, refusing to believe he can't help and unable to accept her life is in danger. Her life is too ordinary for her to ever be in danger. Things like that happen to others. People, like her father, who put themselves at risk to keep everyone else safe. Plea Of The Damned 4: Forgive Me Kobe Word Count: 21178 In an effort to salvage a friendship, Kobe turns up at school after dark. Things rapidly go wrong and he's held at gunpoint, along with his friend Xavier, fearing he'll lose more than a friendship. When a ghost offers to help, Kobe doesn't know if he's lost his mind, has already died or if ghosts might actually be real. And if ghosts are real, how can one help him and Xavier escape from the gunmen? Plea Of The Damned 5: Forgive Me Marti Word Count: 21705 Marti's grandad always said she'd inherit his motorbike. Yet when no will is found, she's adamant there must be one and is willing to go to any lengths to find it. Or at least she was. Plea Of The Damned 6: Forgive Me Dawson Word Count: 20846 After years of being forced to live with his aunt and uncle, Dawson is finally allowed to move in with his brother. If he can stay out of trouble, he'll get to stay. When old troubles surface, he begins to worry they'll ruin more than his chances to remain with his brother. They might risk his life. These stories were written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, short novel, paranormal, angel, ghost, school setting, romance, damned, atonement, family relationships, everyday heroes.
]At a time of rapid change in Central and Eastern Europe, there is widespread interest in alternative forms of market economy. Is it possible to combine the best features of capitalism with the best features of socialism? The first part of the volume examines the idea of `Agathotopia' put forward by Nobel-Prize winner James Meade; the second with worker participation and economic democracy, including the Yugoslav experience and the third with partnership at macro- and micro-levels.
Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy. Word Count: 54070 Seventeen-year-old Sydney and her parents have finally found something major they can't agree on. Hell will freeze over before they let her date Shawn. Sydney is not going to let that stop her. Even when her plans go astray and she accidentally frees Corrin, a Celtic warrior, from his stone imprisonment, she is still determined. Her and Shawn are destined for each other. Parents, ancient warriors and evil spirits will not keep them apart. Sydney and Shawn forever. This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, strong female character, love and romance, adventure, modern sword and sorcery, Celtic warrior, time travel, ancient curse.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy LitRPG. Word Count: 57653 When all actions have repercussions, it isn't really a game. Returning to Inadon, Mallory and her companions are determined to level up, gain better gear and learn new abilities. They soon discover it might be more difficult than they realise when they encounter members of the dark forces. Will their actions have the wrong consequences or will they have time to gain the experience points they need before they become a target of the dark forces? This story was written by Australian authors using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, game lit mechanics, portal fantasy, medieval fantasy world, mage, warrior, archer, rogue, action and adventure, strong female character, wolf cub, otter, quests, journey, exploration, gamer girl.
Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy. Word Count: 55356 ***This is book five of a five book series that is best read in order to avoid spoilers.*** Amber wants to take back control of her life. She's fed up with assassins, death threats, unrealistic expectations, nightmares and secrets. The secrets most of all. Especially Ronan's secrets and in particular his secret that she knows will scare the hell out of her and will probably never let her have another moment of peace. Maybe some secrets shouldn't be told. This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, magic, action, adventure, romance, strong female character, Queensland Australia, dragon shapeshifters, survival of the fittest.
Genre: Fairytales Retold Short Story. Word Count: 14040 When Princess Ilsa discovers that she has twelve older brothers she is determined to meet them. Their father has declared they should die and, unknowingly, Ilsa places them in mortal danger by seeking them out. This short story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, once upon a time, fairytales, folklore, romance, magic, curses, raven, witch.
***This is a bundled edition of the following five stories.*** Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy. Word Count: 281,113 When dragons have the ability to shapeshift, anyone could be one. Even the boy sitting next to you. Dragon Blood 1: Pliethin Word Count: 57263 Sixteen-year-old Amber's life, that was once completely normal, is dramatically changed when she is forced to move to a small Queensland town west of Brisbane. Suddenly dragons are no longer creatures of myth. Amber becomes caught up in their world of clans, survival of the fittest, ancient traditions, dangerous enemies and dragon warriors. Dragon Blood 2: Wyvern Word Count: 57087 Amber struggles to keep up with the constantly changing alliances amongst dragons and is worried Ronan, an ancient dragon, might not keep his end of the bargain they made. Life is filled with secrets and sometimes Amber just wants to get away from it all, which makes her jump at the chance to visit dragon lands. Her excitement over the visit is ruined when she learns someone wants her dead. And they're willing to pay her weight in gold to make their wish come true. Dragon Blood 3: Surety Word Count: 55355 Amber learns that her family has a more interesting past than even she could have imagined. That past is now creating problems for her. Negotiations, attacks by an unknown enemy and her mother discovering some of her secrets causes even more complications. The only thing that hasn't changed is that someone wants her dead. She needs to find out who it is before they can succeed and she doesn't get the chance to live long enough to figure out how to solve all her other problems. Dragon Blood 4: Knight Word Count: 56052 Amber is starting to feel that her list of enemies is growing longer by the minute. Those she cares about are threatened and during a surprise attack she fears one of her people is killed. Her life is spinning out of control, there are too many people she desperately wants to keep safe, but she can't be with all of them at once. There's only one of her and so many of them. It's tearing her apart. Dragon Blood 5: Mage Word Count: 55356 Amber wants to take back control of her life. She's fed up with assassins, death threats, unrealistic expectations, nightmares and secrets. The secrets most of all. Especially Ronan's secrets and in particular his secret that she knows will scare the hell out of her and will probably never let her have another moment of peace. Maybe some secrets shouldn't be told. These stories were written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, magic, action, adventure, romance, strong female character, Queensland Australia, dragon shapshifters, survival of the fittest.
This enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field. A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970 Includes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War II Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of the historiography of geography
Genre: Fairytales Retold Short Story. Word Count: 11335 Unable to believe her family's fortunes have changed, Belle asks her father to bring her a rose when he returns home. The rose brings more troubles to their family. The beast it belonged to demands either her father's life or one of his daughters. Belle can't let her father die, but she's terrified of facing the beast. This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, once upon a time, fairytales, folklore, romance, magic, enchantment, rose.
Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror ***This is a bundled edition of the following three stories.*** Demon Hunters 1: Blood Sacrifice Everyone knows about stranger danger. Never talk to a stranger. Don't take candy from a stranger. And no matter what, never, ever accept a ride from a stranger. In a moment of anger at her parents, eighteen-year-old Alyssa ignored these basic rules. Now she's facing the most terrifying situation of her life. A world of demons, sacrifices and swords suddenly becomes her reality. Not many people survive demon encounters and Alyssa fears she might not either. Demon Hunters 2: Retribution Scarlett knows the things that go bump in the night are real. Her family has hunted demons for generations. She has grown up learning how to banish them, seeing things most people couldn't imagine, even in their worst nightmares. In fact, hunting demons is just like many other jobs. The hours are long, the pay is nearly non-existent and the clients are determined to have their own way. Just like any other job… or at least it seemed that way before demons started hunting her. Demon Hunters 3: Tainted Cassidy is sick of her father looking for a miracle cure. He should accept there is none, instead of believing the lies told by those who prey on the desperate. But he doesn't and Cassidy finds herself in an abandoned industrial building staring into the flame streaked eyes of a demon. Only a thin line of salt keeping her alive. This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy LitRPG Word Count: 67993 After spending more time than she’d prefer in her own world, Mallory is determined to complete some of the quests they’ve wanted to do for a while. But obstacles keep getting in their way. While her brother is convinced they can complete the harder quests too, she isn’t so certain. Maybe they should take some time to level up, rather than risk losing what few revives they still have. This story was written by Australian authors using Australian spelling. Keywords: teen/young adult, game lit mechanics, portal fantasy, medieval fantasy world, mage, warrior, archer, rogue, action and adventure, strong female character, wolf cub, otter, quests, journey, exploration, gamer girl, transported to world, kitsune, shifters.
Spirits surround us every day, but we do not notice them. To make them present, we have to follow the signs they give us on our way. This book deals with my real life story about me growing up, being clairvoyant and medium, and having the fairy folk around me. My book has great inspiration to those who belief in fairies, spirits, and karma. Many beautiful pictures are contained in this book: pictures of spirits and fairies living in my daily life. Many incidents happening throughout my life prove that they really do exist. Meditations and little prayers for today help people to communicate with them (a dazzling account of fairies and spirits who work around me all the time). I have many photographs featuring real life fairies and spirits. Illustrations from the book The Ultimate Fairies Handbook by Susannah Marriot can be compared with my pictures.
What do early childhood practitioners need to know about reflection and reflective practice? Ongoing reforms in early childhood care and education social policy affect all aspects of young children’s and their families’ lives. Decisions are being undertaken at a rapid pace and there is a need for those working in the field of Early Years to consolidate and reflect on their knowledge and practice, building on what they already know. This timely new book aims to support reflective practice for those working with young children in everyday work and in the wider political context, whatever their professional role and whatever level of qualification they hold. It takes a fresh look at a breadth of issues relating to early childhood care and education reflecting on policy, knowledge and practice. Incorporating practical reflection activities, case studies, exemplar scenarios and questions in each chapter the book considers: policy developments and how these have affected young children and their families issues around socio-culturalism, language, ethnicity, disposition, gender, inclusion and socio-economics when working with families learning through play and the notions of quality, observation and assessment and continuity contemporary issues that practitioners and students on placement may encounter in their everyday work deepening reflective thinking and practice through ongoing and continuing professional development. With practical guidance to help the reader reflect on their own practice, this text offers invaluable support to early years practitioners looking to develop their career and achieving higher qualification at both undergraduate and at Master’s level. The book is a must for students on early years courses including early childhood studies, initial teacher training and early years teacher status.
Elsie fears to sleep. She doesn't know where her dreams will take her. Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy. Word Count: 57066 Elsie has been losing things in her sleep for as long as she can remember. Things she doesn't really want. Everyone has always told her she must lose them some other way. That no one loses things in their sleep. But when her boyfriend disappears, after she falls asleep next to him, she needs to figure out what's going on. And discover who the green eyed Fae is that she sees in her dreams. The one who keeps telling her she's dreaming. This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling. Keywords: portal fantasy, other worlds, medieval fantasy world, action and adventure, strong female character, fae/fairy, romance, overcoming fear, family, friendship, mythical creatures, dream weaver.
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