Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! #2595 HIS HEIR, HER SECRET Highland Heroes by Janice Maynard When a fling with sexy Scotsman Brody Stewart leaves Cate Everett pregnant, he’s willing to marry her…only for the baby’s sake. No messy emotional ties required. But when Cate makes it clear she wants his heart or nothing, this CEO better be prepared to risk it all… #2597 REUNION WITH BENEFITS The Jameson Heirs by HelenKay Dimon A year ago, lies and secrets separated tycoon Spence Jameson from analyst Abby Rowe. Now, thrown together again at work, they can barely keep it civil. Until one night at a party leaves her pregnant and forces Spence to uncover the truths they’ve both been hiding… #2598 TANGLED VOWS Marriage at First Sight by Yvonne Lindsay To save her company, Yasmin Carter agrees to an arranged marriage to an unseen groom. The last things she expects is to find her business rival at the altar! But when they discover their personal lives were intertwined long before this, will their unconventional marriage survive? Look for Harlequin® Desire’s June 2018 Box set 1 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes! Join HarlequinMyRewards.com to earn FREE books and more. Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shop.
Set in the North of England, this story simultaneously explores the frailties and weaknesses of human nature and its capacity for compassion and forgiveness.
QUESTO COFANETTO CONTIENE 4 ROMANZI INNOCENTE SEDUZIONE di J. Maynard Liam Kavanagh ha preso in mano l'immenso impero della famiglia. È un uomo responsabile, che detesta i segreti, ma quando l'indecifrabile Zoe piomba nel suo albergo con un bagaglio di sofferenza e mistero non può restare indifferente. SAN VALENTINO DI PASSIONE di J. Bennett Jack Carson è preoccupato per aver messo la sua assistente Vivianna in pericolo, decidendo di usarla per smascherare gli intrighi degli O'Shea. Fino ad allora Jack ha portato avanti con profitti milionari la sua società, ma le sue priorità sono improvvisamente cambiate. IL PREZZO DEL SEGRETO di Y. Lindsay Quando Tamsyn scopre che Ellen - la madre ritenuta morta - è invece viva, decide che è arrivato il momento di pretendere qualche chiarimento. Durante la ricerca della donna incontra Finn Gallagher, affascinante milionario, disposto a tutto per... IL RIFUGIO DEL MILIONARIO di M. Child Sam Henry, pittore di fama, abbandona la sua arte per il dolore, isolandosi nel silenzio delle montagne. Joy è una giovane madre single che ha bisogno di lavoro e di casa per sé e la figlia. Sbrigare le faccende domestiche per quell'uomo solitario potrebbe essere la soluzione ideale...
Questo cofanetto contiene 6 romanzi. TENTAZIONE TRA LE NEVI di C. Mann Marshall Steele e Tally nascondono un tragico passato, ma sembrano fatti per vivere un presente di irresistibile passione tra le nevi dell'Alaska. E quando devono vivere sotto lo stesso tetto... PASSIONE A LA CARTE di E. Bevarly Hogan è il proprietario di un'autorimessa che scopre di essere l'erede di una fortuna. Finalmente, potrà corteggiare l'ereditiera di Park Avenue fino ad allora foori dalla sua portata. Per attirarne l'attenzione assume Chloe, una chef. ALL'ALTARE COL NEMICO di Y. Lindsay Un matrimonio combinato, in cui conoscerà lo sposo soltanto all'altare, è l'unico mezzo che Yasmin ha per salvare l'azienda di famiglia. Ma ad aspettarla, il gran giorno, non c'è uno sconosciuto, bensì Ilya, il suo più acerrimo rivale. L'AMANTE PERFETTO di J. Maynard Duncan Stewart è scapolo, scozzese e milionario, praticamente il partito perfetto, ma dovrebbe essere proibito per la sensuale avvocatessa Abby a causa di una serie di intrecci d'affari. Tuttavia... FANTASIE DI UNA NOTTE di J. Rock La fotografa Jillian Ross desidera soltanto un'esistenza densa di emozioni, avventura e sogni da inseguire, almeno finché questi non si scontrano con l'indole solitaria di Cody McNeill. UN BACIO PER RESTARE di K. Cantrell Warren e Tilda sono uguali: tutto lavoro e niente svago, per questo Warren ha bisogno di lei per mantenere al top la sua società. Ciò che il milionario non ha messo in conto è la forza della loro attrazione.
QUESTO COFANETTO CONTIENE 4 ROMANZI La passione rivelata di J. Maynard Ellie ha passato l'infanzia con Conor a Silver Glen, ma sono ormai dieci anni che non si frequentano più. ciascuno di loro ha dovuto fare i conti con difficoltà che hanno lasciato conseguenze imprevedibili nelle loro vite. E quando Conor la incontra... La saga dei Kavanagh Una notte a ritmo di jazz di L. Canan Mentre Cole è in procinto di concludere i lavori nella sua nuova tenuta, si presenta alla sua porta un'archeologa con un ordine del tribunale che gli intima di interrompere ogni attività. E non si tratta di una donna qualunque, ma di Tallie Finley, con cui tre mesi prima... Sopita attrazione di J. Wood Cady e Beckett si incontrano dieci anni dopo la fine della loro relazione, quando i fratelli Ballantyne decidono un restyling del loro marchio. Cady è una PR capace e ottiene il lavoro nonostante i loro precedenti. Un malinteso fa sì che la stampa li creda fidanzati...I signori dei diamanti Uno scomodo destino di Y. Lindsay Kayla e Donovan hanno condiviso una notte di passione che è rimasta indelebile nella mente di entrambi, ma comprendere che il destino sta loro offrendo la seconda occasione che in fondo hanno sempre desiderato non è così facile come potrebbe sembrare.
QUESTO COFANETTO CONTIENE 4 ROMANZI Nel letto del milionario di Janice Maynard Aidan ed Emma hanno avuto una relazione dalla quale lui è uscito distrutto, ma nessuno ne è al corrente. Emma viene invitata al matrimonio di uno dei fratelli di Aidan, e spera che ritrovandosi possano chiarire e superare il passato. Aidan, però, è cambiato. La saga dei Kavanagh Passione dietro la maschera di Dani Wade Per Royce organizzare un ballo in maschera per beneficenza è solo un'occasione per allargare il proprio giro d'affari. Si rivolge alla più esperta organizzatrice di eventi di Savannah. Non poteva immaginare che Jasmine avrebbe penetrato la sua corazza di imprenditore senz'anima. Una sposa in fuga di Yvonne Lindsay Cosa succede se la sposa abbandona l'altare al momento di pronunciare lo voglio? Shanal ha accettato un matrimonio combinato con il suo capo per salvare i genitori dalla rovina, ma all'ultimo non ce la fa e scappa. Il milionario Raif Masters si offre di aiutarla... Un destino perfetto di Andrea Laurence A Scarlet e Mason Spencer non manca niente: la loro unione è perfetta, la chimica sotto le lenzuola insuperabile. Il sogno di allargare la famiglia svanisce però un pezzo alla volta, infrangendosi contro la cruda realtà, e questo piano piano manda in frantumi anche il loro matrimonio.
QUESTO COFANETTO CONTIENE 4 ROMANZI SALVATA DAL MILIONARIO di J. Maynard Dylan Kavanagh, scapolo di successo di Silver Glen, ha incrementato la propria fortuna con il Silver Dollar Saloon. Ed è al bancone del suo lussuoso bar che incontra nuovamente Mia Larin. La donna ha bisogno del suo aiuto, e lui... LA SAGA DEI KAVANAGH PASSIONE EXTRA CONTRATTO di K. Cantrell Desmond un inventore milionario che ha grosse difficoltà nelle relazioni con l'altro sesso, ma desidera più di ogni altra cosa un figlio. Decide così di trovare una madre surrogata che accetti tutte le sue condizioni, e McKenna è la donna giusta per quel ruolo. VOGLIO TE di Y. Lindsay Il milionario Raoul decide di affidare la figlioletta alle cure della migliore amica della moglie che non c'è più. Alexis dovrebbe dare alla piccola Ruby l'affetto di cui ha bisogno, lui ha però intenzione di stare alla larga dalla donna per dissimulare l'attrazione che da sempre prova per lei. L'EREDITÀ di D. Wade Mason ha avuto una vita turbolenta e quando un'eredità gli regala l'opportunità di tornare al suo paese d'origine si appresta a prendersi le proprie rivincite. Prima fra tutte, impossessarsi della rinomata scuderia che appartiene a EvaMarie, la donna che gli ha spezzato il cuore.
Tangled With A Texan - Yvonne Lindsay From the first, wealthy rancher Cord Galicia and Detective Zoe Warren create sparks. She’s in town to question Cord’s friend and neighbor, and he’ll have none of it. So he seduces her as a distraction. But his plan is about to backfire... Seductive Secrets - Cat Schield Security entrepreneur Paul Watts knows deception, so when a beautiful stranger charms his hospitalized grandfather, Paul smells trouble. Lia Marsh seems too good to be true. So good, he falls for her himself! Now her secrets could tear them apart—or bind them even closer. Christmas Seduction - Jessica Lemmon When Tate Duncan learns his life is a lie, he asks Hayden Green to pose as his fiancee to meet his newfound birth parents. But when real passion takes over, Hayden wonders if it’s all just holiday fantasy, or a gift that runs much deeper. Ready For The Rancher - Zuri Day Rich rancher and CEO Adam Breedlove is all business. But when a chance encounter reconnects him with his best friend’s sister, their forbidden chemistry spells trouble. And when their business interests get entangled, the stakes get even higher... Bombshell For The Black Sheep - Janice Maynard Black sheep heir Hartley Tarleton is back in Charleston to deal with his family’s scandals. But a one-night stand with artist Fiona James leads to a little scandal of his own. How will he handle fatherhood—and his irresistible desire for this woman? One Night With His Ex - Katherine Garbera Hooking up with an ex is always a bad idea. But when it comes to Hadley Everton, Mauricio Velasquez throws reason out the window. The morning after, is past betrayal still too steep a hurdle, or are these exes back on?
Black Sheep Heir - Yvonne Lindsay Blaming the Wingate patriarch for her mother’s unhappiness, Chloe Fitzgerald wants justice for her family and will go through the son who left the fold — businessman Miles Wingate. But Miles is not what she expected, and the white-hot attraction between them may derail everything... Secrets Of A Playboy - Janice Maynard To flush out the spy in his family business, Zachary Stone hires a top cyber expert. When Frances Wickersham shows up, he’s shocked the quiet girl he once knew is now a beautiful and confident woman. Will she be the one to finally change his playboy ways? One Last Kiss - Jessica Lemmon Working with an ex isn’t easy but, but successful execs Jayson Cooper and Gia Knox make it work. That is until they find themselves at a wedding where one kiss leads to one hot night. But will secrets from their past end their second chance? Insatiable Hunger - Yahrah St. John Successful analyst Ryan Hathaway is hungry for the opportunity to be the next CEO of Black Crescent. But nothing rivals his unbridled appetite for his closest friend, Jessie Acosta, when he believes she’s fallen for the wrong man... Wild Nashville Ways - Sheri WhiteFeather Country superstar Dash Smith and struggling singer Tracy Burton were engaged — until a devastating event tore them apart. Now all he wants to do is help revive her career, but the chemistry still between them is too hard to ignore... A Reunion of Rivals - Reese Ryan After ending a sizzling summer tryst years ago, marketing VP Max Abbott doesn’t anticipate reuniting with Quinn Bazemore — until they’re forced together on an important project. He’s the last person she wants to see, but the stakes are too high and so is their chemistry...
Compassion has become a prominent issue in health policy and practice and the recommendations of the Francis Report and the Berwick Review emphasised the need for compassion in care. This timely and important text book provides a valuable resource for practicing and student nurses which examines compassion in depth, but from a real world perspective. It appreciates and discusses the emotional labour of care and the realities of practice which can make 'caring' and 'having compassion' feel like a difficult and impossible task. This is an essential guide for those seeking clarity and depth in the analysis of compassion in contemporary nursing. Whether on a pre-qualifying undergraduate degree or an experienced practitioner, this is a must-have book for anyone interested in creating a compassionate health service.
From USA TODAY bestselling author Yvonne Lindsay comes a Texas Cattleman's Club tale of big business, seduction and betrayal. Ever since Sophie Beldon's boss vanished, she's been working for Zach Lassiter. But Zach's been acting mysteriously, and Sophie can't help wondering what he's hiding. Could he be involved in the disappearance? The trouble is Sophie's had a red-hot yearning for Zach from the moment they met. So when she decides to seduce him to uncover his secrets, perhaps she's kidding herself about her reasons. Because the soul-searing passion she discovers in his arms has Sophie praying that her mistrust is unfounded.
In recent years, virtual teams have become a feature of most corporate workplaces, yet few academic programs prepare students to work in virtual teams, and few textbooks support the development of key skills for virtual teamwork. The primary purpose of this book is to enable higher education students to participate in virtual teams with students from other institutions, who potentially operate in different countries, time zones, and/or cultures. The book guides students through the process of working in virtual team projects for their classes, and helps them to engage with the learning experiences, and to respond to potential challenges. The book is directed towards students within any of the following disciplines: Business; Information Technology; Communication Studies; and Engineering. One section of the book also guides teachers through the process of organizing virtual team projects, and explores the teacher/teacher collaboration that is an inevitable consequence of organizing inter-institutional student virtual team projects. It provides advice for teachers on how to manage administrative challenges such as conflicting institutional schedules and grading mechanisms. In addition, it discusses research themes and data gathering and analysis techniques for teachers who wish to publish findings about the virtual team process and outcomes. As well as students and teachers, the book is also useful for researchers exploring any of the following themes: Technology use in virtual teams; Communication strategies and international communication in virtual teams; Communities of learning, e-learning, and virtual teams; Challenges of virtual teamwork; Planning a virtual team collaboration project; and Gathering and analyzing data about virtual collaboration.
This book is the first comprehensive documentation and interpretation of modern neritic carbonate sediments on the southern Australian continental margin, the largest cool-water carbonate depositional system on the globe. The approach is classical but the information is new. A brief chapter of introduction is followed by a section that describes the setting of the continental margin in terms of the regional geology, its evolution through time, the climate, and the complex oceanography. The setting is further explored in chapter 3 that outlines the Pleistocene history of sedimentation in this region. This is particularly important since many of the surficial sediments have a partial older history. The following section on the carbonate factory describes in detail the nature of the animals and plants that determine the nature of the sediments and the environmental conditions that control their distribution. The shelf itself cannot be discussed in isolation and thus a short chapter on the marginal marine environment is presented. The core of the book comprises two chapters that document the suite of depositional facies and their composition and then the suite of depositional environments where these sediments are found. The variety of deposits in this vast area is such that three chapters are devoted to the character of the materials on the southwestern shelf the south Australian sea and the southeastern shelf. The diagenesis that affects these sediments is tackled in a chapter after all the attributes are documented because they are intimately linked to different controls. The book finishes with a summary chapter that also addresses the various controls on sedimentation and models the effects to be expected when these are changed outside those present in the current realm. Audience: The book is an invaluable source of information about this vast region and will be a critical reference for researchers, graduate students, and professionals engaged in marine and environmental research. It will be of particular importance for geologists interpreting the ancient rock record.
With the Civil Rights movement of the sixties fresh in their perspective, movie producers of the early 1970s began to make films aimed toward the underserved African American audience. Over the next five years or so, a number of cheaply made, so-called blaxploitation movies featured African American actresses in roles which broke traditional molds. Typically long on flash and violence but lacking in character depth and development, this genre nonetheless did a great deal toward redefining the perception of African American actresses, breaking traditional African American female stereotypes and laying the groundwork for later feminine action heroines. This critical study examines the ways in which the blaxploitation heroines of the early 1970s reshaped the presentation of African American actresses on screen and, to a certain degree, the perception of African American females in general. It discusses the social, political and cultural context in which blaxploitation films emerged. The work focuses on four African American actresses--Pam Grier, Tamara Dobson, Teresa Graves and Jeanne Belle--providing critical and audience response to their films as well as insight into the perspectives of the actresses themselves. The eventual demise of the blaxploitation genre due to formulaic plots and lack of character development is also discussed. Finally, the work addresses the mainstreaming of the action heroine in general and a recent resurgence of interest in black action movies. Relevant film stills and a selected filmography including cast list and plot synopsis are also included. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
London-based artist Avery Cullen refuses to sell her late father's art collection. But bold, brash Marcus Price will try everything to get her to reconsider. He even launches an all-out sexual siege on the lonely heiress in the gilded cage. Securing the collection would be a coup for his auction house, but for Marcus, it would settle a lifelong score. He's managed to keep his true motives hidden along with his family's skeletons...and now he's so close, he can taste success in Avery's kiss. But after their torrid night of passion, is Marcus prepared for the outcome?
Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! A BRIDE FOR THE BOSS Texas Cattleman's Club: Lies and Lullabies by Maureen Child When Mac's overworked assistant quits, he's left floundering. But when she challenges the wealthy rancher to spend two weeks not working—with her—he soon realizes all the pleasures he's been missing… THE BOSS AND HIS COWGIRL Red Dirt Royalty by Silver James Clay Barron is an oil magnate bred for great things. Nothing can stop his ambition—except the beautiful assistant from his hometown. Will his craving for the former cowgirl mean a choice between love and success? ARRANGED MARRIAGE, BEDROOM SECRETS Courtesan Brides by Yvonne Lindsay To prepare for his arranged marriage, Prince Thierry hires a mysterious beauty to tutor him in romance. His betrothed, Mila, mischievously takes the woman's place. But as the prince falls for his "forbidden" lover, Mila's revelations will threaten all they hold dear… Look for Harlequin® Desire's June 2016 Box set 1 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!
Descend to the depths of primal horror with this chilling collection of original stories drawn from H. P. Lovecraft’s shocking, terrifying, and eerily prescient Cthulhu Mythos. In twenty-one dark visions, a host of outstanding contemporary writers tap into our innermost fears, with tales set in a misbegotten new world that could have been spawned only by the master of the macabre himself, H. P. Lovecraft. Inside you’ll find: “Details” by China Miéville: A curious boy discovers that within the splinters of cracked wood or the tangle of tree branches, the devil is in the details. “Visitation” by James Robert Smith: When Edgar Allan Poe arrives, a callow man finally gets what he always wanted—and what he may eternally despise. “Meet Me on the Other Side” by Yvonne Navarro: A couple in love with terror travels beyond their wildest dreams—and into their nightmares. “A Fatal Exception Has Occured At . . .” by Alan Dean Foster: Internet terrorism extends far beyond transmitting threats of evil. AND SEVENTEEN MORE HARROWING TALES “The Invisible Empire” by James Van Pelt “A Victorian Pot Dresser” by L. H. Maynard and M. P. N. Sims “The Cabin in the Woods” by Richard Laymon “The Stuff of the Stars, Leaking” by Tim Lebbon “Sour Places” by Mark Chadbourn “That’s the Story of My Life” by John Pelan and Benjamin Adams “Long Meg and Her Daughters” by Paul Finch “Dark of the Moon” by James S. Dorr “Red Clay” by Michael Reaves “Principles and Parameters” by Meredith L. Patterson “Are You Loathsome Tonight?” by Poppy Z. Brite “The Serenade of Starlight” by W. H. Pugmire, Esq. “Outside” by Steve Rasnic Tem “Nor the Demons Down Under the Sea” by Caitlín R. Kiernan “A Spectacle of a Man” by Weston Ochse “The Firebrand Symphony” by Brian Hodge “Teeth” by Matt Cardin
It could be said with some justification that the task of education is to safe guard people's right to learn about important aspects of human culture and experience. Since health and illness occupy a prominent place in our everyday experience, it might reasonably be argued that everyone is entitled to share whatever insights we possess into the state of being healthy and to benefit from what might be done to prevent and treat disease and discomfort. Health education's role in such an endeavour would be to create the necessary under standing. No other justification would be needed. In recent years, however, questions have been posed with increasing insistence and urgency about efficiency - both about education in general and health education in particular. We can be certain that such enquiries about effectiveness do not reflect a greater concern to know whether or not the population is better educated: they stem from more utilitarian motives. It is apparent, even to the casual observer, that economic growth and productivity have become a central preoccupation in contemporary Britain.
Dead Woman Pickney chronicles Yvonne Shorter Brown’s life growing up in Jamaica between 1943 and 1965 and teaching in Canada from 1969. Told with stridency and humour, the stories include both personal experience and history. Taking up the haunting memories of childhood, along with persistent racial marginalization of Black people, both globally and in Canada, the author sets out to construct a narrative that at once explains her own origins in the former slave society of Jamaica and traces the outsider status of Africa and its peoples. The author’s quest to understand the absence of her mother and her mother’s people from her life is at the heart of the narrative. The author struggles through life to discover the identity of her mother in the face of silence from her father’s brutal family. In this updated edition she adds a coda, “finding mother”, constructed from archives, genealogy, letters, and journals. Initially published in 2010, this second edition includes expanded text and a foreword by Sonja Boon, author of What the Oceans Remember.
This important book assesses the current state of disaster management in archives, libraries and museums in the UK and around the world, and provides recommendations for addressing current and future threats. Following an introductory outline of the topic and terminology, the authors provide a short history of the development of disaster management in the cultural heritage sector. They illustrate a basic framework for effective disaster management by reviewing disaster control plan practice from around the world. Through examining and identify the key issues affecting disaster management in archives, libraries and museums, the authors discuss a priority structure for future implementation. This book will be key reading for scholars and students of archive studies, library and information and museum management. It will also be extremely useful for professionals and policy makers involved in disaster management planning at a local and national level.
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