A Sheriff's Passion

A Sheriff's Passion
Author: Michelle Beattie
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2017-04-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1946772194

Shane McCall has dedicated his life to rising above the smear his father put on his last name. As sheriff of Marietta, Montana, his reputation is finally above reproach and he aims to keep it that way. A difficult task made impossible since he made the mistake of kissing Silver Adams. Courting a saloon owner is not Shane's idea of respectability, but when his brother comes to town and turns her head, Shane realizes the only arms Silver belongs in are his. Silver Adams has stared down many challenges, but when she moves to Montana, she finally has independence and a sense of pride. With her close circle of friends and a successful saloon, the only thing missing from her life is love. When Silver finds everything she has been looking for in the arms of an upstanding lawman, she feels her dreams have come true until her disreputable past threatens all Silver holds dear, and now Silver must make the hardest decision of her life—telling Shane the truth.

The Sheriff's Amnesiac Bride

The Sheriff's Amnesiac Bride
Author: Linda Conrad
Publisher: Silhouette
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2008-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 142682436X

Sheriff Jericho Yates was about to marry a friend as a favor when a gorgeous damsel appeared, dodging bullets and running for shelter. He had to help this woman who didn't know who she was. Rosie wished she could tell Jericho why she'd been running—and how she'd ended up pregnant. She did know she was falling in love with the handsome, engaged sheriff. Then Jericho's marriage was called off… and he showed Rosie how far he'd go to keep her safe. But once her memory returned, would they lose their chance for a future together?

Jealous Rage: Stunning True Tales of Intimates, Passion, and Murder (Volume 1)

Jealous Rage: Stunning True Tales of Intimates, Passion, and Murder (Volume 1)
Author: R. Barri Flowers
Publisher: R. Barri Flowers
Total Pages: 139
Release:
Genre: True Crime
ISBN:

From R. Barri Flowers, award-winning criminologist and the bestselling author of Murder at the Pencil Factory, Murder Chronicles, Murder During the Chicago World’s Fair, Serial Killer Couples, and The Sex Slave Murders, comes the gripping historical true crime anthology, Jealous Rage: Stunning True Tales of Intimates, Passion, and Murder (Volume 1). Each chapter will chronicle a riveting, real life, age-old murder case involving jealousy, betrayal, and homicidal fury between spouses, lovers, and others caught in the fatal crossfire, and justice being served or not. Chapter 1: Murder of the U.S. Attorney: Congressman Sickles’ Crime of Passion in 1859 Chapter 2: Murder of the Doctor’s Wife: The 1867 Crimes of Bridget Durgan Chapter 3: Murder of the French Lover: The Killing of Madame Lassimonne in 1892 Chapter 4: Murderess on the Loose: The 1922 Hammer Wrath of Clara Phillips Chapter 5: Killer of Her Husband’s Secretary: The 1935 Love Triangle Ire of Etta Reisman Chapter 6: Murdered by the King of Western Swing: The Beating Death of Ella Mae Cooley in 1961 Chapter 7: Murder of the Horse Trainer’s Rival: The 1978 Bitter Breakup of Buddy Jacobson and the Model Chapter 8: Murder of a Star Quarterback in 2009: The Tragic Tale of Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi Bonus material includes two complete and captivating historical true crime shorts, The Amityville Massacre: The DeFeo Family's Nightmare, and Missing or Murdered: The Disappearance of Agnes Tufverson; as well as excerpts from the author’s bestselling books The Sex Slave Murders: The True Story of Serial Killers Gerald & Charlene Gallego; The Dreadful Acts of Jack the Ripper and Other True Tales of Serial Murder and Prostitutes; Murder During the Chicago World's Fair: The Killing of Little Emma Werner; and Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers, and Victims of the Twentieth Century.

The Sheriff's Proposal

The Sheriff's Proposal
Author: Karen Rose Smith
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426857179

Never had Meg Dawson dreamed her trip home would lead to a whirlwind romance with the town's charismatic sheriff. But Logan MacDonald's past was still on his mind, and Meg knew their relationship couldn't lead to anything permanent…. Until the stick turned blue! Meg wanted this baby more than anything, yet she dreaded telling Logan about his impending fatherhood. She knew he'd offer marriage out of a sense of duty. But Meg vowed to say yes only when the sheriff's proposal was made for the sake of love.

Existentialism and Contemporary Cinema

Existentialism and Contemporary Cinema
Author: Jean-Pierre Boulé
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2011-10-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0857453211

At the heart of this volume is the assertion that Sartrean existentialism, most prominent in the 1940s, particularly in France, is still relevant as a way of interpreting the world today. Film, by reflecting philosophical concerns in the actions and choices of characters, continues and extends a tradition in which art exemplifies the understanding of existentialist philosophy. In a scholarly yet accessible style, the contributors exploit the rich interplay between Sartre’s philosophy, plays and novels, and a number of contemporary films including No Country for Old Men, Lost in Translation and The Truman Show, with film-makers including the Dardenne brothers, Michael Haneke, and Mike Leigh. This volume will be of interest to students who are coming to Sartre’s work for the first time and to those who would like to read films within an existentialist perspective.

Storybook Passion

Storybook Passion
Author: Darlene S. Hanes
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1477148132

At the hands of her abusive husband, Gabriella almost loses her life. She has just enough energy left to run. When she runs away, she takes his son, Nicky, with her. She is rescued by a handsome man, Taylor Boudreaux, who controls over three thousand acres of farmland in rural Louisiana. The Boudreaux family are so caring. They take her and Nicky in until she is well enough to leave. However, Taylor Boudreaux decides she should stay. He makes her an offer: one year of marriage and an heir for enough money for Gabriella and Nicky to go anywhere they desire. Will she take his offer? Can she ever trust a man again?

Civic Passions

Civic Passions
Author: Cecelia Tichi
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2009-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807898694

A gripping and inspiring book, Civic Passions examines innovative leadership in periods of crisis in American history. Starting from the late nineteenth century, when respected voices warned that America was on the brink of collapse, Cecelia Tichi explores the wisdom of practical visionaries who were confronted with a series of social, political, and financial upheavals that, in certain respects, seem eerily similar to modern times. The United States--then, as now--was riddled with political corruption, financial panics, social disruption, labor strife, and bourgeois inertia. Drawing on a wealth of evocative personal accounts, biographies, and archival material, Tichi brings seven iconoclastic--and often overlooked--individuals from the Gilded Age back to life. We meet physician Alice Hamilton, theologian Walter Rauschenbusch, jurist Louis D. Brandeis, consumer advocate Florence Kelley, antilynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, economist John R. Commons, and child-welfare advocate Julia Lathrop. Bucking the status quo of the Gilded Age as well as middle-class complacency, these reformers tirelessly garnered popular support as they championed progressive solutions to seemingly intractable social problems. Civic Passions is a provocative and powerfully written social history, a collection of minibiographies, and a user's manual on how a generation of social reformers can turn peril into progress with fresh, workable ideas. Together, these narratives of advocacy provide a stunning precedent of progressive action and show how citizen-activists can engage the problems of the age in imaginative ways. While offering useful models to encourage the nation in a newly progressive direction, Civic Passions reminds us that one determined individual can make a difference.