The Peer and the Puppet

The Peer and the Puppet
Author: B. B. Reid
Publisher:
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre:
ISBN:

Angst! Adrenaline! Sexy times! The Peer and the Puppet had me salivating for MORE! My favorite since Fear Me. -- Tijan, NYT Bestselling author THE PUPPET Borrow the bike. Win the race. Collect the cash. It should've been an easy job. Ran out of town with a broken leg and a lawsuit, my mother's latest flame swoops in like a knight in gilded armor. Blackwood Keep is a place I don't belong, and I'm not the only one who knows. To the boy across the hall, my savior's only son, I'm a stray looking for a bone. He's lord of the manor. King of the academy. And number one on my shit list. THE PEER I have no intentions of becoming a happy family with the social climber and her wild daughter. A bottle of Jameson and a cracked skull gets my problem shipped to reform school, but I didn't bank on her returning. Four's out to get even, and she almost had the perfect plan: expose the privileged kid moonlighting as a gangbanger. She's smart, but she'll have to be smarter. Sending her away won't be good enough this time. I'm going to have to tame the little troublemaker. To the girl across the hall, the one without a name, I'm nothing without my silver spoon. She's lady of the trailer park. Queen of the swamps. And my new favorite pastime. Alternate Cover Edition. The Peer and the Puppet is an interconnected standalone and book one of the When Rivals Play series. Content suitable for 18+.

The Pawn

The Pawn
Author: Skye Warren
Publisher: Book Beautiful
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2016-12-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1940518490

For fans of Ana Huang, L.J. Shen, and J.T. Geissinger, THE PAWN is a breathtakingly sensual virgin auction romance novel that you can read for FREE. You've never seen chess played like this... "Wickedly brilliant, dark and addictive!" - Jodi Ellen Malpas, #1 New York Times bestselling author The price of survival... Gabriel Miller swept into my life like a storm. He tore down my father with cold retribution, leaving him penniless in a hospital bed. I quit my private all-girl's college to take care of the only family I have left. There's one way to save our house, one thing I have left of value. My virginity. A forbidden auction... Gabriel appears at every turn. He seems to take pleasure in watching me fall. Other times he's the only kindness in a brutal underworld. Except he's playing a deeper game than I know. Every move brings us together, every secret rips us apart. And when the final piece is played, only one of us can be left standing. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE PAWN is a full-length contemporary novel from New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren about revenge and seduction in the game of love. It's the first book in the captivating ENDGAME trilogy. "Sinfully sexy and darkly beautiful, The Pawn will play games with your heart and leave you craving more!" - Laura Kaye, New York Times bestselling author "Edgy, provocative and deeply erotic, The Pawn is one of my top reads of the year! Skye Warren brings you a sensual battle of wills guaranteed to leave you gasping by the end." - Elle Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author "Smart, dark, deeply sensual read with characters I fell in love with from the minute they walked onto the page!" - Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author "Positively sinful, and outrageously sexy! Emotions run high and readers will be left gasping." - Lisa Renee Jones, New York Times bestselling author "Skye Warren's THE PAWN is a triumph of intrigue, angst, and sensual drama. I was clenching everything. Gabriel and Avery sucked me in from the first few paragraphs and never let go." - Annabel Joseph, New York Times bestselling author "With the precision of a high-stakes game of Chess, THE PAWN is dark, sexy, and deliciously calculated. Gabriel is the perfect alpha, leaving you reeling as his dominance, power, and unexpected tenderness creates the ideal mixture. Five glowing stars." - Aleatha Romig, New York Times bestselling author "A stealthy, sensual, twisted game of cat and mouse that sucked me in completely and had me turning the pages faster and faster. Cunning and brilliant." - K.L. Kreig, USA Today bestselling author

The Pawn and The Puppet (The Pawn and The Puppet 1)

The Pawn and The Puppet (The Pawn and The Puppet 1)
Author: Brandi Elise Szeker
Publisher: VAJONA Verlag
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2024-10-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3759215254

Die Emerald Lake Anstalt ist kein Ort, den man freiwillig besucht. Die neunzehnjährige Skylenna hat jedoch ein Versprechen abgegeben, das sie einhalten muss. Nach ihrer Einstellung verfolgt sie nur ein Ziel — sie will dem Rat beweisen, dass barbarische Behandlungen wie Waterboarding, kochende Bäder und Schläge nicht mehr die Antwort sind. Doch all das gerät ins Stocken, als sie auf die Quelle des Schreckens in der Anstalt trifft. Ein Patient mit einer gespaltenen Persönlichkeit – auf der einen Seite ist er Dessin, ein blutdürstiges Genie. Auf der anderen Seite eine tief in seinem Unterbewusstsein begrabene Persönlichkeit. Als Dessin bei einem versuchten Zellenausbruch erwischt wird, droht ihm die Hinrichtung. Nur Skylenna kann dies verhindern, sollte sie seine Kernpersönlichkeit hervorbringen und seine Menschlichkeit offenbaren können. Sie hat neunzig Tage, um sein Leben zu retten. Aber dafür muss sie mit ihm in seine Welt aus meisterhaften Puppenspielereien eintauchen. Eine verbotene Anziehungskraft entsteht entgegen ihrer besten Urteile. Stück für Stück deckt Skylenna die finsteren Geheimnisse seiner Vergangenheit auf, die ihn zu dem Monster gemacht haben, vor dem sich alle fürchten. Und Dessin hat trotz der furchterregenden, unzerstörbaren Persönlichkeit, die er der Welt präsentiert, eine Schwäche: sie.

A Gentle Tyranny

A Gentle Tyranny
Author: Jess Corban
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1496448367

What if women unraveled the evils of patriarchy? With men safely “gentled” in a worldwide Liberation, the matriarchy of Nedé has risen from the ashes. Seventeen-year-old Reina Pierce has never given a thought to the Brutes of old. Itching to escape her mother’s finca and keeping her training for the Alexia and her forbidden friendship a secret, her greatest worry is which Destiny she’ll choose on her next birthday. But when she’s selected as a candidate for the Succession instead, competing to become Nedé’s ninth Matriarch, she discovers their Eden has come at a cost she’s not sure she’s willing to pay. Jess Corban’s debut novel presents a new twist to the dystopian genre, delivering heart-pounding action, thought-provoking revelations, and a setting as lush as the jungles of Central America.

The Ascendance Series Books 1-3: The False Prince, The Runaway King, and The Shadow Throne

The Ascendance Series Books 1-3: The False Prince, The Runaway King, and The Shadow Throne
Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 902
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1338681583

Read the first three books in Jennifer A. Nielsen's New York Times bestselling Ascendance Series: The False Prince, The Runaway King, and The Shadow Throne! Available together for the first time, along with a sneak peek at the highly anticipated fourth book in the series, The Captive Kingdom, coming October 2020! The New York Times bestselling series thrills with danger and deceit and the revelation of hidden identities that will have readers rushing breathlessly to the end.In a discontented kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner's motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword's point -- he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. But Sage's rivals have their own agendas as well.As Sage moves from a rundown orphanage to Conner's sumptuous palace, layer upon layer of treachery and deceit unfold, until finally, a truth is revealed that, in the end, may very well prove more dangerous than all of the lies taken together.So begins the saga of the False Prince -- journey with him toward an unpredictable fate through wild twists and turns in these first three books, collected in one volume available exclusively in ebook.And be sure to look for the fourth book in the series, The Captive Kingdom, coming this fall!

Chess Strategy for Club Players

Chess Strategy for Club Players
Author: Herman Grooten
Publisher: New In Chess
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2017-03-28
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9056916947

Every club player knows the problem: the opening has ended, and now what? With this new edition of his award winning book, International Master Herman Grooten presents to amateur players a complete and structured course on how to recognize key characteristics in all types of positions and how to make use of those characteristics to choose the right plan. His teachings are based on the famous “Elements” of Wilhelm Steinitz, but Grooten has significantly expanded and updated the work of the first World Champion. He supplies many modern examples, tested in his own practice as a coach of talented youngsters. In Chess Strategy for Club Players you will learn the basic elements of positional understanding: pawn structure, piece placement, lead in development, open files, weaknesses, space advantage and king safety. You will master the art of converting a temporary plus into other, more permanent advantages. The author also explains what to do when, in a given position, the basic principles seem to point in different directions. Each chapter of this fundamental primer ends with a set of highly instructive exercises. This new 3rd edition has, besides various corrections and improvements, a new introduction and a brand-new chapter called ‘Total Control’ with new exercises.

The Prince and the Pawn

The Prince and the Pawn
Author: B B Reid
Publisher:
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre:
ISBN:

An epic finale. A coming-of-age tale of loss, love, and redemption from bestselling author B.B. Reid. They were wrong for each other from the start.The jock and the nerd, what a cliché they made.He was the town prince, and she was a nobody.Tyra Bradley was invisible. That is until she told him he needed some manners, and so began their game of cat and mouse. She ran, he chased.It was perfect. Except Vaughn Rees has a deep, dark secret. Promised to the NFL, but fated for something sinister, Vaughn knows she's forbidden fruit. To want more is to tempt death. He's already in too deep. When a betrayal unravels their fragile ties, the good girl runs as fast as she can. What Tyra doesn't know? They're a siren's song. She can run, but they'll always be bound. They're two souls torn apart and mended by fate. And now...Vaughn isn't the only one with a secret. Alternate Cover Edition. The Prince and the Pawn is an interconnected standalone and book four of the When Rivals Play series. You should read The Peer and the Puppet, The Moth and the Flame, and The Punk and the Plaything prior to reading this installment. Content suitable for 18+.

The Broken Puppet

The Broken Puppet
Author: Amo Jones
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2017-07-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781973923800

"I thought I knew who I was, but I was wrong." The Silver Swan - 1. A girl who is tarnished. Tainted. One who does not fit into the confinement of legend. The Silver Swan -2. Madison Montgomery. I was lied to. I was cheated. Resigned to pick up the scraps of empty memories and disarrayed thoughts, I left. After finally cutting the strings of manipulation, I resorted to do what I've done since I was a child, something my father drilled into my brain since I could handle my first rifle. Run. I'm a mere shadow of the girl they all knew. Lies and deceit change you. They alter your entire outlook on life. I'm Madison Montgomery, and I want to play a game. Here's what happens when I win. Riddle me this, Mads. What goes bump in the night, but is something you can't see with sight? You may run, and you may hide. If by happily ever after, you mean Bonnie & Clyde.

Puppet Master Or Pawn? Raising Successful, Happy, and Resilient Childrens with Needs, Failures, Self-Discipline

Puppet Master Or Pawn? Raising Successful, Happy, and Resilient Childrens with Needs, Failures, Self-Discipline
Author: Amaya
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2009-08
Genre:
ISBN: 1608607909

As we see in The Adventures of Pinocchio, raising a happy, successful child can be a confusing experience for both parent and child. Parents often try to help their children by providing immediate gratification and easy victories, while children then learn to expect rewards based on entitlement, not merit. Using Pinocchio as a model, Puppet Master or Pawn? is filled with practical strategies and helpful tips that will enable parents to teach their children the benefits of experiencing failure, to learn self-discipline and make responsible, conscious decisions - just as Pinocchio learned from Jiminy Cricket! The parents' real purpose is to provide their children with the tools necessary to succeed. Over time, the child will achieve his or her own true happiness and success through hard work and personal sacrifice.