The Luminosity of Loriana Harper: A small town interracial romance

The Luminosity of Loriana Harper: A small town interracial romance
Author: Gabbi Powell
Publisher: Gabbi Powell
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2024-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1777793874

Loriana Harper is the head librarian of the Mission City Public Library. She considers herself a matchmaker in this little town in British Columbia—especially for her employees. When a gorgeous technician arrives to update their computers, she can’t help musing about who might be his perfect match. Except, the more time she spends with Mitch, the more she wants him for herself. Mitch Alexander left in disgrace from a good job in California. He’s come to this small town to make a new start where no one knows him. Although he has no plans to get involved with anyone, he’s drawn to the nosy, vivacious librarian who makes him smile. The local matchmaker might go overboard, but she has good intentions. Except he’s not in the market for any match, unless it's with her. When Mitch’s past catches up with him, and the police come calling, he has to decide if he’ll stay with Loriana or leave to save her from the taint of being associated with him. Loriana’s not ready to let her new man go without a fight—but maybe this is a match that wasn’t meant to be. The Luminosity of Loriana Harper is an older-woman age-gap interracial romance with a touch of angst and a large cat named Plato. The book is the first in the Love in Cedar Valley series set in a small town in British Columbia, Canada.

The Absolution of Abigail Reardon

The Absolution of Abigail Reardon
Author: Gabbi Powell
Publisher: Gabbi Grey
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2024-03-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1777793858

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Malachy Corcoran takes a demotion in order to accept a front-line job far away from his old position. If he can just keep his head down, perhaps he’ll avoid the worst of the personal and professional disasters headed his way. But once in Mission City, BC, he finds the woman he once walked away from. The woman he’s never forgotten. Abigail Reardon manages the office at Healing Horses Ranch in Mission City. She never told Malachy that she decided to raise their gifted son as a single mother. The son they’d planned to give up for adoption. Malachy’s arrival in town spells disaster—what if Malachy demands parental rights in his son's life? What if he wants custody? Abby and Malachy are forming a fragile alliance to support their son, until Malachy’s past catches up with him just as they start to reach a place of peace. Keeping his new family safe might mean walking away from them. Malachy left once, trying to do the right thing—but does he have the strength to do it again? This Absolution of Abigail Reardon is a second-chance, single-parent romance with a touch of angst and a precocious ten-year-old boy. The book is the prequel to the Love in Cedar Valley series set in a small town in British Columbia, Canada.

High on Love: A Steamy Interracial Romance

High on Love: A Steamy Interracial Romance
Author: Gabbi Powell
Publisher: Gabbi Grey
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2024-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 177779384X

Kendra Barker's a long way from her Canadian home. Her road trip has landed her and her 1983 Harley in Cataluma, California, but she only plans to stay long enough to rest, maybe make a few dollars, and enjoy the Strawberry Festival. As a bonus, the one place she finds to stay is an empty apartment with a super sexy landlord. Javier Fernandez has been cruising through life on autopilot. His marijuana shop is doing well. His mother is, for the most part, under control and managing her job as mayor of his beloved Cataluma. Now, he just needs to get this pesky Canadian woman out of his head. He gave her a place to sleep, and he very much wants to be in her bed, but come the end of the weekend, she’ll be moving on. Javier doesn't do one-nighters and he doesn’t want to deal with a broken heart. Long-distance, and cross-borders is a recipe for disaster, right? High on Love is a story in the Shopping for Love in Cataluma series. The book is a 39k word small-town interracial romance novella with a tattooed heroine, a stoic hero, and the love affair that’ll change their lives forever.

Tempting Fate

Tempting Fate
Author: Sara Whitney
Publisher: LoveSpark Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2022-03-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1953565085

Our second chance is getting twice as hot. I thought trading my hiking boots for wingtips was going to be the worst part of my new job. I was wrong. The first person through my office door is her. Faith. The girl who broke my heart. Humiliated me. Made me swear “never again.” Now I find myself in a tantalizing position. Faith’s non-profit needs money. And I control a sizable grant. My answer should be no. But one look into those blue eyes, and “never again” turns into “again and again and again.” And if I’m not careful, it just might turn into forever. Read the final book in the award-winning Cinnamon Roll Alphas series, featuring a confident plus-size heroine and a scowly outdoorsy hero who end up in only! one! tent! Like all Sara Whitney books, Tempting Fate is bursting with playful banter, upbeat vibes, and a very happy ending. “Sweet, spicy, emotional, and hilarious.” Sarah, Book Obsession Confessions

The Fifth Vital

The Fifth Vital
Author: Mike Majlak
Publisher: Mike Majlak
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2021-05-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

USA TODAY BESTSELLING BOOK! Mike Majlak was a seventeen-year-old from a loving, middle-class family in Milford, Connecticut, when he got caught up in the opioid epidemic that swept the nation. For close to a decade thereafter, his life was a wasteland of darkness and despair. While his peers were graduating from college, buying homes, getting married, having kids, and leading normal lives, Mike was snorting OxyContin, climbing out of cars at gunpoint, and burying his childhood friends. Unable to escape the noose of addiction, he eventually lost the trust and support of everyone who had ever loved him. Alone, with nothing but drugs to keep him company, darkness closed in, and the light inside him--the last flicker of hope--began to dim. His dreams, potential, and future were all being devoured by a relentless addiction too powerful to fight. Despair filled him as he realized he wasn't going to survive. Somehow, he did... HE NOT ONLY SURVIVED, HE THRIVED. Now he's a social media personality with millions of followers, and an entrepreneur, marketer, podcaster, YouTuber, and author who hopes to use his voice to shine a light for those whose own lights have grown dim. This is his story.

Eating Puerto Rico

Eating Puerto Rico
Author: Cruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2013-10-14
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1469608847

Available for the first time in English, Cruz Miguel Ortiz Cuadra's magisterial history of the foods and eating habits of Puerto Rico unfolds into an examination of Puerto Rican society from the Spanish conquest to the present. Each chapter is centered on an iconic Puerto Rican foodstuff, from rice and cornmeal to beans, roots, herbs, fish, and meat. Ortiz shows how their production and consumption connects with race, ethnicity, gender, social class, and cultural appropriation in Puerto Rico. Using a multidisciplinary approach and a sweeping array of sources, Ortiz asks whether Puerto Ricans really still are what they ate. Whether judging by a host of social and economic factors--or by the foods once eaten that have now disappeared--Ortiz concludes that the nature of daily life in Puerto Rico has experienced a sea change.

Vital Record of Rhode Island

Vital Record of Rhode Island
Author: James N. 1844-1927 Arnold
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2016-04-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9781354270172

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Hummingbird and the Sea

The Hummingbird and the Sea
Author: Jenny Bond
Publisher: The Hard Word
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2021-05-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0648460614

FREE How far will a person go to gain freedom? When Samuel Bellamy, an enigmatic Englishman on the run from the Crown, seeks refuge in Eastham, Massachusetts, the life of Maria Hallett begins to tragically unravel. Stepping outside the boundaries of her pious and unforgiving Puritan community, she faces censure and judgement from her family and church. Eventually Maria is pushed to the limits of her sanity when a trusted, childhood friend betrays her in the most heinous and violent of ways. Based on the true story of pirate “Black Sam” Bellamy, The Hummingbird and the Sea is a powerful tale of love, faith, hidden passions and the eternal search for freedom. Perfect for fans of Outlander and Hour of the Witch.

Ravenite

Ravenite
Author: Alicia Rades
Publisher: Crystallite Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2018-09-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1948704072

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Alicia Rades creates an action-packed paranormal urban fantasy adventure where vampires roam free and shifters fight for justice. Bronze Medal Winner in the Readers' Favorite International Book Awards! Never mess with a witch who bites back. I'm Rachel Collins, low witch and raven shifter in hiding. I spend my days tending the cash register at a local magic shop and my nights patrolling the streets for vampires with a death wish. Until the night I spot the mark of the Soulless on some lowly vampire's wrist. The Soulless answer to Valkas, the original vampire and the most ruthless of them all. They’re the same bloodsuckers who murdered my parents and kidnapped my sister. I want answers—and maybe a little revenge. Along comes Venn, a handsome, protective wolf shifter who takes my breath away. We're both after the same guy, and as much as it kills me to ask for help, I kind of need it. Heaven help me. The dark, dangerous road we’re traveling together will either free my sister or get me killed. ** Hunt vampires, team up with witches, and fall in love with shifters in this dark, fast-paced supernatural series. Experience the mystery, suspense, and magic of found families, fated mates, and reincarnation in this exciting free series starter. "A tale of witches, vampires, and shapeshifters, Ravenite is a captivating read that breezes past without a single hitch... every page oozes action, intrigue, romance, or drama." - Pikasho Deka, Readers' Favorite ★★★★★ "I didn’t want to put this book down. It started on a high note that kept rolling straight through. Every page more action moved the story along.” - Ashley Mccartney, Reviewer ★★★★★ "I love books about shifters, vampires and other supernatural creatures. This book was so good from start to finish, I could not put it down.” - Jaime Margaria, Reviewer ★★★★★ Now a complete series! Sink your teeth in and download today! Book 1: Ravenite Book 2: Resilience Book 3: Resolute Book 4: Retribute Search terms: fantasy books free, free ebooks, free audiobooks, free books to read and download, free books, free urban fantasy books, witchcraft, witchcraft free, free audiobooks, audiobooks free, audiobooks for free

Wild On You

Wild On You
Author: Tina Wainscott
Publisher: Written Musings
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2019-08-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1945143525

Meet the Justiss Alliance: Risk, Rath, Saxby, Knox, and Julian. Led by a mysterious employer with plenty to hide, these fallen stars of the D.O.D. are about to take advantage of their ruined reputations and start turning wrongs to rights—no matter the cost. Wild Hearts: Five impeccably trained soldiers—used to danger, unafraid of death—are sent into a black ops assignment where no one knows the full story of deceit and deception. The situation gets ugly. The press gets wind. Someone has to take the fall. And when these five SEALs fall, they fall hard. Wild On You: One untamable SEAL meets a woman who handles the wildest sort of animals—until she herself becomes the hunted. When Rick Yarbrough, aka Risk, a discharged SEAL with a taste for danger, joins the Justiss Alliance, his first assignment seems like a baby-sitting gig: He must guard an out-of-control general’s daughter. Then he meets his charge. Addie Wunder is no baby. She’s a dedicated animal-rights activist who isn’t above breaking the law if innocent creatures are threatened. But her work has made her a lot of powerful enemies. If she doesn’t stop, she may just turn herself into an endangered species. Risk’s mission is to keep Addie out of trouble. But as they grow closer, Addie becomes so much more than a job. And the more he has to lose, the more Risk is willing to put his own life on the line—for her cause, her safety, and her sweet-hot embrace. “Tina Wainscott delivers high-octane suspense and red-hot romance! Full of edge-of-your-seat action and red-hot passion, Wild on You is a souped-up roller coaster of a page-turner.”—Julie Ann Walker, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Black Knights Inc. series “Bad boys breaking rules and hearts and dishing up justice—Tina Wainscott nails it!”—New York Times bestselling author Cindy Gerard