Blood & Ivy

Blood & Ivy
Author: Paul Collins
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-07-17
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0393245160

A delectable true-crime story of scandal and murder at America’s most celebrated university. On November 23rd of 1849, in the heart of Boston, one of the city’s richest men simply vanished. Dr. George Parkman, a Brahmin who owned much of Boston’s West End, was last seen that afternoon visiting his alma mater, Harvard Medical School. Police scoured city tenements and the harbor, and offered hefty rewards as leads put the elusive Dr. Parkman at sea or hiding in Manhattan. But one Harvard janitor held a much darker suspicion: that their ruthless benefactor had never left the Medical School building alive. His shocking discoveries in a chemistry professor’s laboratory engulfed America in one of its most infamous trials: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. John White Webster. A baffling case of red herrings, grave robbery, and dismemberment—of Harvard’s greatest doctors investigating one of their own, for a murder hidden in a building full of cadavers—it became a landmark case in the use of medical forensics and the meaning of reasonable doubt. Paul Collins brings nineteenth-century Boston back to life in vivid detail, weaving together newspaper accounts, letters, journals, court transcripts, and memoirs from this groundbreaking case. Rich in characters and evocative in atmosphere, Blood & Ivy explores the fatal entanglement of new science and old money in one of America’s greatest murder mysteries.

Blood Assassin

Blood Assassin
Author: Alexandra Ivy
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2014-12-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1420125168

They are the outcasts of humanity. Blessed with power. Cursed by fate. Driven by passion. The Sentinels have returned. . . Out Of The Shadows At six-foot-three and two-hundred-fifty pounds, Fane is a natural born guardian. A flawless mix of muscled perfection and steely precision, he has devoted years of his life to protecting a beautiful necromancer. But after she found love in the arms of another, Fane has been a warrior adrift. He swears allegiance only to the Sentinels. And no woman will ever rule his heart again. . . Into The Fire Not only a powerful psychic, Serra is that rare telepath who can connect to minds through objects. When the daughter of a high-blood businessman is kidnapped, Serra agrees to help. But when she stumbles onto a conspiracy involving secrets sects and ancient relics, her life is in mortal danger--and Fane is her only hope. Is the warrior willing to risk his body, his soul, and his heart, for Serra? Or will one last betrayal destroy them both? Praise for Born in Blood "Ivy's fans will be invested in the development of romances introduced between supporting characters as well as further building of this conflicted universe." --Publishers Weekly "An exciting and sizzling new paranormal romance series." --RT Book Reviews

Blue Blood

Blue Blood
Author: Pamela Thomas-Graham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In the second book in Thomas-Graham's critically acclaimed mystery series, Harvard professor Nikki Chase encounters a brutal murder and explosive racial conflict behind the Gothic stone walls of Yale University.

In Her Blood

In Her Blood
Author: Janice Jones
Publisher: Amberjack Publishing
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2015-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0692429514

Alex Stone wants to pretend the supernatural doesn't exist. As the owner of a hot new clothing line, the only thing she's killing is her competition - until she gets a phone call from her past. As the Dagger, she was a member of the covert ops team tasked with hunting threats of the supernatural kind. For the super soldiers of Night Command, the rules were simple: take the pills, fight the bad guys, and live to tell no one. After putting a bad-ass vampire on ice landed her in a padded cell, Alex thought she'd left the hunting game for good. Now she's in the orbit of a handsome vampire with a problem. And sometimes keeping secrets bites. Jason Stavros has the best of everything and life eternal. To the human world, Jason was just a poor boy who made it to the top. For a human turned vampire, the fight for a place in the inner circle of the ruling class hinges on one task: convince the best ex-vampire hunting assassin to become his personal bodyguard and save them all. Join Alex, Jason and a new team of young hunters as two worlds unite against a common enemy. As the body count begins to rise, Alex and the Tracker Team fight friends and enemies to find the answers they seek. What's been happening in the dark will finally come to light.

Blood

Blood
Author: Ivy Nelson
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2020-01-13
Genre:
ISBN:

Elijah Barrett fell in love with a stranger in a nightclub. After a brief encounter he can't get this angel out of his mind. But then she walks into his office for a job interview. Turns out she's no angel, but the daughter of the man who killed his mother. His need for revenge has him offering her the job. Lust drives him to take her to Solitaire, the elite BDSM club he runs. Love makes him question whether revenge is worth it. Holly Sutton thinks her father hung the moon and can do no wrong. That couldn't be further from the truth. When a dream job with Billionaire Elijah Barrett falls into her lap, she jumps at the opportunity to spread her wings. Now she's face to face with the dark-haired stranger she's been fantasizing about since their nightclub encounter. That's how she wound up in his bed and at his side as his personal assistant. There's just one problem, he hates her father and wants him in prison, she just can't figure out why. Faced with the realization that she may not know her father at all, she must decide if love or loyalty will win. Book one in the Diamond Doms series will have you begging for more. Get started with your copy today!

Taming Ivy

Taming Ivy
Author: April Moran
Publisher: April Moran Books
Total Pages: 526
Release: 2017-08-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0578793377

Only one thing stands between Sebastian and his revenge. He's falling in love with his prey… Ivy Kinley destroyed a young man, heart and soul. Now, she's the target of a cruel game where she is the prize. Wagers are placed: Survive her or win her. Sebastian Cain, the Earl of Ravenswood, is undaunted by Ivy's reputation. Returning to England, he means to avenge his cousin's tragic death and ruin the woman responsible. His plan-- lull her with an offer of friendship she cannot refuse. But until he has Ivy's heart bleeding and tattered in his pocket and the lady at his mercy and begging for more, he will pursue her. Can he tame her? Perhaps. Could he ruin her? Most definitely. Should Ivy trust his offer of friendship? Absolutely not. A quest for revenge becomes a mutual obsession for them both. Who will be ruined first? Who will be tamed? ***TAMING IVY contains sexual situations described in detail between the main characters as well as instances of dubious consent, strong language, references to suicide, abduction, and mental illness. If this type of subject matter disturbs you as a reader, please understand it is an integral part of the storyline and the characters' development. There are sexual interactions that some may consider dubious consent in nature as the characters fight their feelings for each other. My characters are flawed. They do awful things, behave even worse, make mistakes, apologize, stumble yet again, and still redeem themselves for the sake of true love. I also took generous liberty with the idea of Ivy being left mainly to her own devices with a grieving, frustrated father who is absent much of the time. ***

Million Dollar Demon

Million Dollar Demon
Author: Kim Harrison
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2022-04-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593101456

To save the city, Rachel Morgan will need to show some teeth in the next Hollows novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison. The new master vampire of Cincinnati has arrived . . . and she wants Rachel Morgan out. No matter where Rachel goes, Constance is there--threatening Rachel's allies, causing city-wide chaos, and, to add insult to injury, even forcing Rachel out of her current quarters. Ever since Rachel found a way to save the souls of vampires, the old undead's longtime ascendancy has been broken. Now Constance sees eliminating Rachel as the key to consolidating her own power. Rachel has no desire to be enthralled or killed--and she's terrified of what may become of the city if Constance forces a return to the ancient ways. But even a witch-born demon can't stand against the old undead--at least, not alone. And if Rachel refuses to claim the role of Cincinnati's master demon, the city will tear itself apart, taking her and all those who stand beside her with it.

Let's Get Ready To Rumble

Let's Get Ready To Rumble
Author: Maureen Reil
Publisher: Maureen Reil
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2014-03-06
Genre: Humor
ISBN:

This is the British comedic story of what happens when girl meets boy, boy meets boy and girl meets fox. As unrequited love, secrets, lies and the reality of working with a celebrity on her own show whilst wearing silly costumes all become a part of Ivy’s world. Here are the top five pros and cons of Ivy's life. PROS: 1. Ivy loves her job as a sign language interpreter. 2. Ivy loves her flatmate Zak. 3. Ivy loves her mother. 4. Ivy loves her old friend Taylor. 5. Ivy loves the idea of working on TV. CONS: 1. Ivy loses her job as a sign language interpreter. 2. Ivy's flatmate Zak is gay and off limits. 3. Ivy's mother is Bi-Polar and a Cougar. 4. Ivy has only ever been a friend to Taylor. 5. Ivy does not have the confidence to work on TV. Conclusion: Ivy is in need of a change. She needs to feel love and security, which would be far less complicated to achieve if everyone involved could just learn to tell the truth. So follow Ivy in this comedy romance on her fun-filled journey to a better future, well, it cannot be any worse than the past.

Ivy's Twisted Vine

Ivy's Twisted Vine
Author: Latrivia S. Nelson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 618
Release: 2008-06
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1434381765

Memphis, TN is buzzing over a sex scandal that could upset one of the city's oldest black political families, and it is all centered around one woman - Ivy Winters. Ivy Winters is a college queen on the rise to becoming the next big thing to hit the Memphis marketing industry. All she has to do is finish her last year of college with top honors and plan the biggest wedding event of the year, before she's off to being Mrs. Grey Henderson. Her five-year plan is working out smoothly until her fiancé dumps her. In utter despair, she falls into the arms of another man and ends up pregnant by either the love of her life or the man of her dreams. Grey Henderson knows what he wants and gets it. Labeled the most eligible bachelor in Memphis, secured by riches and power, and son to the most hated and loved Mayor the city has ever seen, his only goal is to become the next Congressman of District 17. But like many men, Grey is a slave to sex. Marriage to Ivy would win the seat, but his desire to continue as a single man creates waves when he breaks off their engagement only to discover he wants her back. Italian lover, Lt. Nicola Agosto is one of Memphis' top cops. Living life on the edge and sleeping around is a past time he enjoys when he's not serving as the Mayor's henchman. Operation Paycheck is a opportunity that will put his specialized unit in the forefront of a huge movement. However, all his plans come to a halt when he possibly gets Ivy pregnant. Now, not only does he have to face the Henderson family, but he also has to face his love for Ivy.