From the moment Tanya woke from her accident, Wade had been her fierce and loyal protector. In contrast to his hard, brawny physique, he was kind and gentle, thoughtful and considerate, and remarkably resourceful in keeping one step ahead of the people who wanted her dead. And of course the sex was fantastic. But nobody could be that perfect, so what was the catch? She knew he wasnt telling her everything It wasnt all that hard for Wade to imagine that someone would want to kill Tanya Riverton. After all, hed felt like doing it himself more than once over the years. But now that the blonde vixen had sheathed her angry teeth and claws, he was finding her quite adorable in a uniquely Tanya kind of way. In fact, he couldnt seem to keep his hands off her. The chemistry between them was electric, but when her memory eventually returned he knew there would be sparks of a different kind
From the moment Tanya woke from her accident, Wade had been her fierce and loyal protector. In contrast to his hard, brawny physique, he was kind and gentle, thoughtful and considerate, and remarkably resourceful in keeping one step ahead of the people who wanted her dead. And of course the sex was fantastic. But nobody could be that perfect, so what was the catch? She knew he wasn't telling her everything It wasn't all that hard for Wade to imagine that someone would want to kill Tanya Riverton. After all, he'd felt like doing it himself more than once over the years. But now that the blonde vixen had sheathed her angry teeth and claws, he was finding her quite adorable in a uniquely Tanya kind of way. In fact, he couldn't seem to keep his hands off her. The chemistry between them was electric, but when her memory eventually returned he knew there would be sparks of a different kind
San Francisco's Queen of Vice uncovers the story of one of the most skilled, high-priced, and corrupt abortion entrepreneurs in America. Even as Prohibition was the driving force behind organized crime, abortions became the third-largest illegal enterprise as state and federal statutes combined with changing social mores to drive abortionists into hiding. Inez Brown Burns, a notorious socialite and abortionist in San Francisco, made a fortune providing her services to desperate women throughout California. Beginning in the 1920s, Burns oversaw some 150,000 abortions until her trial and conviction brought her downfall. In San Francisco's Queen of Vice, Lisa Riggin tells the story of the rise and fall of San Francisco's "abortion queen" and explores the rivalry between Burns and the city's newly elected district attorney, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (father of the present governor of California). Pledging to clean up the graft-ridden city, Brown exposed the hidden yet not-so-secret life of backroom deals, political payoffs, and corrupt city cops. Through the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Burns, Brown used his success as a stepping-stone for his political rise to California's governor's mansion. Featuring an array of larger-than-life characters, Riggin shows how Cold War domestic ideology and the national quest to return to a more traditional America quickly developed into a battle against internal decay. Based on a combination of newspaper accounts, court records, and personal interviews, San Francisco's Queen of Vice reveals how the drama played out in the life and trial of one of the wealthiest women in California history"--
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