Blood & Marriage

Blood & Marriage
Author: Kathleen McKenna Hewtson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2021-07-02
Genre:
ISBN:

In August of 2018, in a wealthy Denver suburb, a shocked and horrified nation learned that Christopher Lee Watts had murdered his pregnant wife, their two little girls and their unborn son. But shock was soon replaced by puzzlement. Why? And the surprising answer is that a standard Anadarko Petroleum employee policy led, unintentionally of course, to the murders. By early 2018, the Watts family finances were beyond dire again after a recent shattering bankruptcy, then Chris Watts' employer, Anardarko Petroleum, offered him a life insurance policy on the lives of his wife, Shan'ann, and his very young daughters, Bella and CeCe, for a total of $450,000. Wouldn't that get him out of a spot? After that, Shan'ann's days were numbered, preferably via a perceived oxycontin overdose. Well, Chris Watts tried that twice and failed. Then he decided to go for the jackpot. Shan'ann would 'murder' the girls, and would then disappear. Nobody was going to find her body in the Cervi 19 oil storage tanks. He would collect on the girls immediately and then get the rest when Shan'ann was legally declared dead. It was an excellent plan, to be carried out by a complete moron. On the night of Sunday August 12, 2018, two things went catastrophically wrong, leaving Chris Watts to dispose of three bodies, not one, and facing a nail-biting time crunch. Then a friend of Shan'ann's called in the cops on the morning of Monday August 13, and it was game over. But, for some, that's when the party started. (The paperback contains photographs)

Blood, Marriage, Wine, & Glitter

Blood, Marriage, Wine, & Glitter
Author: S. Bear Bergman
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2013-09-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1551525127

S. Bear Bergman is an acclaimed writer and lecturer on trans issues. In hir third essay collection, Bear tackles the concept of the "modern family" as the trans parent of a young son; in Bear's extended family "orchard," drag sisters, sperm-donor parents, and other relations provide more branches of love and support than a mere family tree. Defiantly queer yet full of tenderness and hilarity, Bear's book redefines the notion of what family is and can be. S. Bear Bergman's previous books are The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, Butch is a Noun, and Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation.

Blood Wedding

Blood Wedding
Author: Federico Garcia Lorca
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2019-10-03
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0571360157

A bride promised. A blood vow broken. The vengeance of a village released. I want you green. Green wind, green branches. Boat on the ocean. Horse on the mountain. Written in the summer of 1932 with the Spanish civil war looming, Lorca's anarchic meditation on the fate of the individual versus society is a prophetic foreshadowing of the violence that would soon tear his beloved country apart and lead to his own tragic end. The mysteries of love and hate are explored against the backdrop of a community gearing up to unleash these elemental forces upon itself, with unstoppable consequences. What is done cannot be undone. Marina Carr's version of Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding premiered at the Young Vic, London, in September 2019.

Blood & Marriage

Blood & Marriage
Author: Merikan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2019-07-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9781086022919

--- He was not Prince Charming. He was the dragon to consume me. --- As the daughter of a mafia boss, I knew that keeping my head down meant staying alive.So when my father arranged my marriage to a Sicilian mafioso, I smiled and nodded, hoping for a kind man. But then my future husband's cousin, Santo Villani, appears to pick me up for the wedding, and my life turns upside down, shattered by a kiss that shouldn't have happened.Arrogant, cocky, and yet irresistibly charming, he's exactly the kind of man I shouldn't be reaching out for. A dangerous mafioso who isn't afraid to taste forbidden fruit. I am torn between duty and passion, but my wedding is set in stone, so no matter which one of them wins, I will fall on their battlefield. POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Themes: mafia, organized crime, marriage, forbidden love, danger Genre: Dark, twisted romance / crime thriller Length: 61,000 words (STANDALONE novel, spin-off from the 'Guns n' Boys' series by K.A. Merikan) WARNING: Adult content. Contains violence, distressing scenes, abuse, offensive language, and morally ambiguous protagonists.

Water Is Thicker than Blood

Water Is Thicker than Blood
Author: Jana Marguerite Bennett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2008-03-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0198043066

This book considers how homes, households, and domestic life are related to the Church. Early theologies glorified the monastic lifestyle as a way to transcend earthly attachments in favor of supernatural goods. Contemporary thinkers have seen that functioning marriages and families themselves can lead us toward a more righteous society. Jana Bennett insists that both marriage and singleness must be placed in the context of the Christian story of redemption for the questions and problems at stake to be fully understood. She finds that Augustine of Hippo, maligned by modern theologians, is the source of very fruitful reflection on these topics. Most scholars today would agree that Augustine's works have exerted great influence on Western views of marriage, family, and sex. But many would argue that this influence has been detrimental to a healthy understanding of these topics. However, using Augustine's writing, Bennett shows that marriage and singleness cannot be considered separately, that gender issues are important to considering these states correctly and, most important, that the marriage between Christ and the Church is the first consideration in understanding and living these states of life. The water of baptism, Christians' first birth and initiation into the life of Christ, is the primary standard for relationships, rather than familial ties.

Blood Always

Blood Always
Author: Jill Ramsower
Publisher: Jill Ramsower, LLC
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2020-04-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Immerse yourself in this steamy mafia series by dark romance author Jill Ramsower... It was supposed to be business. Two families, one wedding, zero emotion. My father’s mafia outfit had saved my life. I owed them everything. An arranged marriage was hardly a sacrifice when I would have already been long dead had it not been for them. I would give up my independence for the Lucciano Family. I would bind myself to the man whose family tore my life to pieces. Matteo De Luca was vicious claws sheathed in refinement and class. He saw my untamed independence as a challenge. I saw his alluring authority as a threat. There was a ruthless storm that raged in his oceanic gaze. A majestic tidal wave of temper and domination looking to break on my rocky shores. He would annihilate me. Rip open my layers until all my pretty secrets were scattered at his feet. The worst part? I wanted to experience whatever it was Matteo had to offer, and I hated myself for it. I wanted to launch myself at him. To kiss him. To kill him. To end the debilitating torture of the unknown. The moment our paths collided, our lives were altered irrevocably. Taking us from enemies allied by a strategic marriage to something dark and consuming. Something that tasted like obsession. “5 Mafia Princess Stars!! I love a good mafia book and this had it all!!!” - Melissa’s Book Love Blood Always is the third novel in The Five Families series, although all books in the Five Families world can be read as standalones. A dark romance with adult themes, it may not be suitable for sensitive audiences and comes with a mild trigger warning. But if you like a HOT romantic story with a guaranteed happily ever after, this contemporary enemies to lovers will have you begging for more!

Fierce Marriage

Fierce Marriage
Author: Ryan Frederick
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2018-04-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493412779

Ryan and Selena Frederick were newlyweds when they landed in Switzerland to pursue Selena's dream of training horses. Neither of them knew at the time that Ryan was living out a death sentence brought on by a worsening genetic heart defect. Soon it became clear he needed major surgery that could either save his life--or result in his death on the operating table. The young couple prepared for the worst. When Ryan survived, they both realized that they still had a future together. But the near loss changed the way they saw all that would lie ahead. They would live and love fiercely, fighting for each other and for a Christ-centered marriage, every step of the way. Fierce Marriage is their story, but more than that, it is a call for married couples to put God first in their relationship, to measure everything they do and say to each other against what Christ did for them, and to see marriage not just as a relationship they should try to keep healthy but also as one worth fighting for in every situation. With the gospel as their foundation, Ryan and Selena offer hope and practical help for common struggles in marriage, including communication problems, sexual frustration, financial stress, family tension, screen-time disconnection, and unrealistic expectations.

Blood Wedding

Blood Wedding
Author: Federico Garcia Lorca
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2020-02-27
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1350175285

Blood Wedding is set in a village community in Lorca's Andalusia, and tells the story of a couple drawn irresistibly together in the face of an arranged marriage. This tragic and poetic play is the work on which his international reputation was founded. Like many of Lorca's passionate and intensely lyrical plays that focus on peasant life and the forces of nature, Blood Wedding combines innovatory dramatic technique with Spanish popular tradition. Methuen Drama Student Editions are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. As well as the complete text of the play itself, the volume contains a chronology of the playwright's life and work; an introduction giving the background to the play; a discussion of the various interpretations; notes on individual words and phrases in the text; and questions for further study.

Blood Wedding

Blood Wedding
Author: Federico García Lorca
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2020-02-06
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1786829819

A Wiltshire village, 2019. Rob and his fiancée Georgie are checking out the village hall for their wedding reception. Rob's mum wonders if they are rushing into things. Lorca's classic is set in a modern village in Barney Norris's explosive retelling. Just when they begin to talk her round, an old flame who could shatter the wedding plans turns up, and very soon Georgie's past is making her question who really is the love of her life... Barney Norris's explosive retelling of Lorca's classic tragedy sets the action firmly in a modern day village community that's rocked by revelations and gossip