Love. È il mio nome, ma è anche ciò per cui combatto. Per Frankie. Sono un combattente. Addestrato per mantenere sempre alta la mia difesa. Per anticipare e vedere il prossimo colpo in arrivo. Quello che non mi aspettavo era che il suo passato ci piombasse addosso. Sto per prepararmi a due delle lotte più importanti della mia vita. La mia ragazza e la cintura. So che sono in grado gestirlo, poiché non ho mai smesso di combattere per questo. Ma cosa fai quando la tua vita, il tuo amore, viene minacciato e non puoi essere lì a difenderla? Puoi solo chiudere gli occhi e pregare con tutto te stesso che lei sia abbastanza forte per uscirne indenne. Sono andato in guerra per lei. Ora è il suo turno combattere per noi.
Even when she won't fight for us, I'll go to war for her... Inside the Octagon, I have no fear. I'm at home, in my element, inflicting pain onto men trained to hurt me just as badly. Making them submit, knocking them out, maiming them, because it's them or me. And I choose them. Outside the Octagon, my only weakness is a five-foot-two, classy as f*ck woman that I've loved for most of my life. She's the one that brings me to my knees, fills my arms, my heart, and one day soon, my bed. She makes me reckless. Volatile. I drink too much and try too hard to f*ck my way out of feeling-all because of her. Frankie De Rosa is my girl, my best friend. I haven't earned her yet, but I won't stand by and let anyone take her from me. She will be the greatest fight of my life, but she's worth the battle. Love hurts, but anything worth having does, right? I'm Deacon "The Hitman" Love-Welcome to the Cage.
Country's hottest bad boy. That's what they call me. My label ate it up until I became "too bad" for the good folks of country music. That's when Hard Candy Records picked me up and took a chance on me. Probably not their smartest move, but I won't tell them that. Especially when they've assigned me a babysitter to try and keep my ass out of trouble. One smart-mouthed, unimpressed, sexy as homegrown sin, Addy Mae Masterson. She likes to pretend that she doesn't like me and I like to let her. I may have a past that haunts me and she may have a habit of getting attached, but damn if I don't want to show her just how good this bad boy can be.
Le bad boy le plus sexy de la country. C’est ainsi qu’on m’appelle. Mon label en a bien profité jusqu’à ce que je devienne « trop mauvais » pour les braves amateurs de musique country. Grâce à mon agent, l'équipe de Hard Candy Records accepte de me signer et décide de me donner une chance. Ce n’est sans doute pas la décision la plus intelligente qu’ils aient prise, mais ce n’est pas moi qui vais le leur dire. D’autant plus qu’ils m’ont assigné une baby-sitter pour essayer de me tenir en laisse. Addy Mae Masterson, une femme à la langue bien pendue, insensible à mon charme et sexy en diable. Elle prétend qu’elle ne m’aime pas et je la laisse faire. Pour l’instant. J’ai peut-être un passé qui me hante et elle a peut-être l’habitude de s’attacher un peu trop vite, mais bon sang si je ne veux pas lui montrer à quel point ce mauvais garçon peut être bon pour elle.
« Une rock star sans rythme est un homme sans âme » – Stone Lockhart En tant que chanteur d’un des groupes les plus en vogue de la scène rock, les baises sont gratuites, les drogues sont faciles et la musique est essentielle. D’aussi loin que Stone s’en souvienne, Willow a toujours été sa mélodie – les notes qui tissent son âme. Son rythme. Jusqu’à ce qu’il la rejette. Il ne lui reste qu’une poignée de pilules et quelques lignes de poudre pour l’oublier. Et il essaie, encore et encore. Sobre et prêt à arranger les choses, il est confronté au fait que Willow est passée à autre chose. Ce n’est plus la même fille qu’il a quittée. Willow est une femme sûre d’elle et de ce qu’elle veut dans la vie. Certaine de savoir qui elle est censée aimer. Mais Stone est perdu sans elle, et plus déterminé que jamais.
Hot jocks. We love them all. Sexy baseball players. Intense footballers. Sweaty MMA fighters, and sizzling hockey hotties. Score! The good news? Eleven bestselling authors have gathered to give you a set of stories focused on the men we love most-sports heroes. We bet you'll love this thick...book. The bad news? The men in these novellas don't actually exist. *This anthology does not contain calories, just eleven original, never-before-seen stories by the following authors: Adriana Locke, Mandi Beck, Charleigh Rose, Kennedy Ryan, LJ Shen, Meghan Quinn, Rochelle Paige, Ella Fox, Kate Stewart, Emma Scott, and Sara Ney. We aren't responsible for melted devices. Team Player: Adriana Locke (Cross) Charleigh Rose (Yard Sale) Ella Fox (Out of Formation) Emma Scott (One Good Man) Kate Stewart (Sweeping the Series) Kennedy Ryan (Full Court Press) L.J. Shen (The End Zone) Mandi Beck (Sin Bin) Meghan Quinn (Back in the Game) Rochelle Paige (Slapped Into Love) Sara Ney (Switch Hitter)
A winning educational formula of engaging lessons and powerful strategies for science teachers in numerous classroom settings The Teacher’s Toolbox series is an innovative, research-based resource providing teachers with instructional strategies for students of all levels and abilities. Each book in the collection focuses on a specific content area. Clear, concise guidance enables teachers to quickly integrate low-prep, high-value lessons and strategies in their middle school and high school classrooms. Every strategy follows a practical, how-to format established by the series editors. The Science Teacher's Toolbox is a classroom-tested resource offering hundreds of accessible, student-friendly lessons and strategies that can be implemented in a variety of educational settings. Concise chapters fully explain the research basis, necessary technology, Next Generation Science Standards correlation, and implementation of each lesson and strategy. Favoring a hands-on approach, this bookprovides step-by-step instructions that help teachers to apply their new skills and knowledge in their classrooms immediately. Lessons cover topics such as setting up labs, conducting experiments, using graphs, analyzing data, writing lab reports, incorporating technology, assessing student learning, teaching all-ability students, and much more. This book enables science teachers to: Understand how each strategy works in the classroom and avoid common mistakes Promote culturally responsive classrooms Activate and enhance prior knowledge Bring fresh and engaging activities into the classroom and the science lab Written by respected authors and educators, The Science Teacher's Toolbox: Hundreds of Practical Ideas to Support Your Students is an invaluable aid for upper elementary, middle school, and high school science educators as well those in teacher education programs and staff development professionals.
Hunted by an anti-vampire extremist group, Katrina Drogan, or Kat, a twenty-four-year-old emergency room nurse, must overcome her fear of love and vampires and embrace her role in their world to survive and save the man she loves. When Kat goes to an exclusive nightclub opening, she meets Viktor, the sexiest man she's ever laid eyes on. Trouble is, he's a vampire, and he thinks she's one too. Hunters try to kidnap her and Viktor interferes, taking Kat on a high-speed chase through the night. Kat decides to hide out at her friend's house in the country only to have the Hunters blow up the kitchen and try kidnapping her again. Once again, Viktor saves her life. Taking her to his mansion, Viktor insists she's going to change into a vampire. Kat must decide where she wants her life to go, should she stay with Viktor and adopt his lifestyle or walk away from the man who could be her one true love? Her fears cause her to run from his mansion right into the arms of the Hunter's leader, Malice.
The text provides basic and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of surgery for the vitreous and the retina. The key to this volume is that it is technique based, thus giving the surgeon clear instructions on how to perform vitreoretinal surgery. Not only is this book authoritative, it is practical. Each chapter is fully illustrated with the steps performed in the actual surgical operation.
Topics include: Open Foot & Ankle Fractures/Dislocations, Digital and Metatarsal Fractures, Lisfranc's Fracture-Dislocations, Navicular and Midfoot Fractures, Talar Fractures, Calcaneal Fractures, and Achilles Tendon Ruptures.
This book is the first of its kind to highlight the positive impact of natural UV radiation on plants through unique adaptations in various metabolic pathways, and provides an evolutionary sketch of the development of molecular mechanisms for protecting plants from solar UV ever since their migration to terrestrial habitats. Experimental evidence is provided for establishing how plants, through their stationary habit in the open field, survive and flourish by developing suitable UV acclimation strategies through the repair of damaged macromolecules and/or upregulation of screening compounds viz. flavonoids. Presenting an analysis of related literature, it also highlights the importance of outdoor experiments over those in closed chamber under artificial UV light for obtaining realistic data. The book presents a comprehensive account of the stratospheric ozone layer, its formation and seasonal thinning, with particular reference to alarming anthropogenic destruction of the ozone layer since the last quarter of the twentieth century, which has resulted in increased UV fluence on Earth. It discusses variations in the hazardous impact of UV on life at different latitudes through the ages, and examines altitudinal variations in UV effects in case studies demonstrating high antioxidant content and aroma status in Darjeeling tea leaves (at high altitudes) compared with those of the same tea clones in Assam leaves (at low altitudes), with both sites being at the same latitude. It provides evidence which suggests that the UV effects relating to the expression of seed vigour-viability could be epigenetic. Further, it presents recently developed microscopic technologies for demonstrating the penetration of UV into plant cells, and discusses how cellular metabolism can be affected either directly or via signal transduction. Effect of damage in DNA (the key target of UV radiation) has been demonstrated and estimated using precise techniques. The latest “FOX Hunting” technique as a useful means of transcriptome analysis that may be used for developing UV tolerant plants through Marker Assisted Breeding has also been discussed. Using biochemical and biotechnological methods, the experiments presented highlight the gene X environment based upregulation of specific metabolic pathways, allowing i) value addition in plant-derived food, and ii) paving the way for the industrial manufacture of Alternative Medicine products. The book is enriched by a critical review of the available literature and appropriate case studies selected from the author’s own findings, which span nearly four decades of active research.
This book explores the complexities of the recreational summer camp experience and its reliance on the expertise and emotion work of young people. Drawing on post-structural theory, Baker illustrates the discourses, power relations and emotional demands that shape camp counsellor employment experiences and well-being. Through analysis of everyday experiences and interactions, Baker unpicks the power nexus between counsellors, campers, peers and camp management, offering a deeper understanding of camp counsellor employment and the challenges for camp employees and employers. As such, this book raises a call for camp researchers and industry leaders to engage in rethinking how camp counsellor roles are understood, shaped and embodied, and how they might be ethically supported through reflexive management practices. Becoming and Being a Camp Counsellor will be of interest to scholars and students across the fields of leisure, outdoor recreation, youth studies, and sociology.
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