The Mating Ritual

The Mating Ritual
Author: Bonnie Vanak
Publisher: Bonnie Vanak Publishing
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2017-06-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Long ago, Unseelie Prince Gideon lost Lady Eleanor, princess of the rival Seelie kingdom, and vowed to never love again. Now the immortal Crimson Wizard, the handsome, sexy and lethal Gideon loses his powers as punishment for sharing magick to restore a fellow wizard’s life. But there are greater dangers at risk, for a terrible darkness threatens the peace treaty that Gideon died to implement. Glamoured as an Unseelie Prince, Gideon is pledged in marriage to Lady Alia, the curvy and lovely daughter of the Seelie king. Their marriage will keep the fragile truce. Princess Alia fights a battle of her own, for women are scorned and abused in her father’s kingdom. To spare her people from her father’s cruelty and save her little sister from slavery, she must assassinate her groom, which will start a war between the two rival kingdoms. But gentle-hearted Alia is falling in love with Gideon, who treats her with all the tenderness and concern she’s longed for her entire life. Little does she know she is the key to restoring Gideon’s broken heart, and helping him to stop the evil infiltrating both kingdoms and killing everything in its path…

Glorious Weakness

Glorious Weakness
Author: Alia Joy
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493416251

As a girl, Alia Joy came face to face with weakness, poverty, and loss in ways that made her doubt God was good. There were times when it felt as if God had abandoned her. What she didn't realize then was that God was always there, calling her to abandon herself. In this deeply personal exploration of what it means to be "poor in spirit," Joy challenges our cultural proclivity to "pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps." She calls on readers to embrace true vulnerability and authenticity with God and with one another, showing how weakness does not disqualify us from inclusion in the kingdom of God--instead, it is our very invitation to enter in. Anyone who has struggled with feeling inadequate, disillusioned, or just too broken will find hope. This message is an antidote to despair, helping readers reclaim the ways God is good, even when life is anything but.

First Love Lasts forever…

First Love Lasts forever…
Author: Razique Hosain Shaikh
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2018-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1644294907

A rural love story with a difference. Story of Ayaan and Alia their extraordinary love for each other at the same time respect and loyal towards their parents. And most of all their splendid patience is an example for others. Such a beautiful couple who studied together, played together since their childhood and when they became young they fell in love with each other. The Days passed, everything was fine and then the love of both of them was about to reach the final destination. Alia and Ayaan's marriage were fixed. Then suddenly due to misfortune and some wrong decisions. Just a few days before the wedding or say a few hours before the wedding broke up and they two got separated. Not only is the marriage broken rather the parents of both of them came to insistence and in the stubbornness they done marriage of Alia and Ayaan with someone else in the same Mahurat, on the same day. But fate has its own game plan and the game which was shown in its own way after eleven years. So are the fate only responsible for this game of destruction or some wrong decisions are also responsible ………..?

My Dear BB . . .

My Dear BB . . .
Author: Robert Cumming
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 601
Release: 2015-06-16
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0300216068

In 1925, the 22-year-old Kenneth Clark (1903–1983) and the legendary art critic and historian Bernard Berenson (1865–1959) met in Italy. From that moment, they began a correspondence that lasted until Berenson’s death at age 94. This book makes available, for the first time, the complete correspondence between two of the most influential figures in the 20th-century art world, and gives a new and unique insight into their lives and motivations. The letters are arranged into ten chronological sections, each accompanied by biographical details and providing the context for the events and personalities referred to. They were both talented letter writers: informative, spontaneous, humorous, gossipy, and in their frequent letters they exchanged news and views about art and politics, friends and family life, collectors, connoisseurship, discoveries, books read and written, and travel. Berenson advised Clark on his blossoming career, warning against the museum and commercial art worlds while encouraging his promise as a writer and interpreter of the arts. Above all, these letters trace the development of a deep and intimate friendship.

Watchword

Watchword
Author: Ronan James Cassidy
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2023-12-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

THE REDEMPTION SERIES: 100 years after Margaret Anne transformed an American family, comes the profound 4-part finale to the Calhoun saga. BOOK FOUR: Watchword Sacrifice birthed the unsettled world of Margaret Anne. Now, only surrender can pave the way for closure. When David returns from exile, he and Miss Sonny begin the process of reconciling the sins of the past, seeking the favor of a secret ally, and setting the stage for the long-awaited arrival of David’s final hours of reckoning and sacrifice. Watchword unveils the final remnants of the legacy of the Spanish Cross, David’s divinely inspired task, and the last secrets of his dark and mysterious past. To learn the rest of the truth, clear the way for the new things that belong to a brighter future, and begin the process of atoning for his past sins, David is forced to resolve what he may of his relationship with his irreparably heartbroken and delusional mother, declare his true feelings for the only woman he ever loved, and invoke the spiteful, two-sided nature of the man responsible for the worst of his suffering. What David discovers about himself and each of those unyielding forces of nature in his life is certain to captivate any reader who is fascinated by the internal and external conflicts that exemplify the epic struggle between the principalities of good and evil here on earth. When David accepts the fact that he must embrace a position that renders him nearly helpless unless he is willing to do the unthinkable yet again, he finally comes to understand the joy and beauty of giving his life up to God. He hears the watchword that was given long ago. “Watchword” is the exciting and thought-provoking conclusion of the Redemption series, uncovering the next intricate layer to the Margaret Anne saga of fate, faith, reckoning, and mercy.