After Midnight

After Midnight
Author: Christine Pope
Publisher: Dark Valentine Press
Total Pages: 2936
Release: 2019-09-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

When the clock strikes midnight, dark spirits rise…. Lose yourself in a collection of eleven spellbinding novels from NY Times, USA Today, and national bestselling authors! Demons and vampires come alive in these pages, creeping out after midnight along with shifters, fae, witches, and other denizens of the dark. This boxed set will enchant you from the very first page! After Midnight includes these ten full-length paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels: Chosen (The Djinn Wars: Book One) - Christine Pope Misbegotten (L.A. Nocturne: Book One) - Kat Parrish Soul Marked (I Bring the Fire: Part Seven) - C. Gockel Dark Descent (The Arondight Codex: Book One) - Nicole R. Taylor Reborn in Fire (Untamed Elements: Book One) - Kasey Mackenzie Sacrificed in Shadow (The Ascension Series: Book One) - SM Reine Hidden Blade (Soul Eater: Book One) - Pippa DaCosta Deadline (Blood Trails: Book One) - Jennifer Blackstream The Howl (The Howl: Book One) - Kat Parrish Beyond the Night (The Heroes of New Vegas: Book One) - Colleen Gleason Unquiet Souls (Project Demon Hunters: Book One) - Christine Pope

Mommy's Choice

Mommy's Choice
Author: Scott Curtis
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2007-12
Genre: Best friends
ISBN: 160477536X

Curtis pens a story of the strong bond that builds between a mother and her son, a story of love and friendship that grows deeper with each passing year. They share a closeness and a bond that can survive anything, or so they thought.

Soul Marked: I Bring the Fire Part VII

Soul Marked: I Bring the Fire Part VII
Author: C. Gockel
Publisher: C. Gockel
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2018-12-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A standalone, fantasy, adventure romance in the world of I Bring the Fire. Magic is real, but Tara’s life isn’t a fairy tale. From humble beginnings, Tara’s managed to work her way into a great job researching Dark Energy, aka “magic,” in Chicago. She has a beautiful house she renovated with her own hands, and a loving extended family, but she hasn’t found her soulmate … Not that she believes in soulmates. Lionel is a Light Elf. Despite being of dubious heritage and being born a peasant, he’s risen in the ranks to serve the Elf Queen. Like all true elves, Lionel has a soulmark to identify his soulmate … He just hasn’t found her yet. When Lionel’s and Tara’s lives collide and Dark Elves strike, they’re forced to work together or perish. Friendship and more grows between them, but dangers loom … Tara is more important than she knows, and Lionel is more important than he wants to admit. Both of them have choices to make. Will Lionel choose a “perfect” love over Tara? How much is Tara willing to give up for a happily ever after? They might find that in an uncertain world, the love you struggle for is the only certain thing. Keywords: elves, urban fantasy, paranormal fantasy, portal fantasy, romance, clean, sweet, cross culture romance, soul mates, fated mates, paranormal romance, romantic fantasy, Chicago, light elves, dark elves, norse mythology, thor, odin

Verity

Verity
Author: Colleen Hoover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 153872474X

Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Too Late and It Ends With Us. #1 New York Times Bestseller · USA Today Bestseller · Globe and Mail Bestseller · Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.

Final Destiny

Final Destiny
Author: Jeff Erno
Publisher: Ai Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2013-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1937796442

Damien and Christian are best friends with VERY different destinies. One faces eternal bliss while the other is headed straight to hell. Damien has a lot going for him. A recent college graduate, he’s landed the perfect job and has already purchased his first home. What he doesn’t have is someone to share his success with. When his best childhood friend Christian pays him a visit, Damien discovers Christian is headed into the ministry. He’s going to be a missionary to Brazil. Before leaving Christian wants to say goodbye to Damien and try to convince him to turn his life over to God. Christian fears that Damien’s hedonistic homosexual lifestyle can lead his friend to one tragic destination: hell. The two go out for breakfast together and engage in a heated debate. Still upset, Damien pulls out in front of a semi-truck and both of them are hurled into eternity. What happens next? Only the devil knows…

Chicano English in Context

Chicano English in Context
Author: C. Fought
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2002-11-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0230510019

Chicano English in Context is the first modern, comprehensive study of Chicano English, a variety spoken by millions of Latinos in the U.S. It is also one of the first studies of ongoing sound change within an ethnic minority community. It briefly describes the phonology, syntax and semantics of this variety, and explores its crucial role in the construction of ethnic identity among young Latinos and Latinas. It also corrects misconceptions in how the general public views Chicano English.

America's Bilingual Century

America's Bilingual Century
Author: Steve Leveen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2021-01-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781733937559

How can Americans make our country stronger, kinder, smarter? By marshaling our enviable can-do ethic and learning another language. We can do it, no matter what our age: author Steve Leveen chose Spanish as his adopted language in midlife. America's Bilingual Century is filled with tips for learning a language, some mechanical--like changing your phone and laptop settings to your adopted language--and some philosophical. For instance, start by having a place in your life where you'll use the language, Steve says. The "where" makes the "how" more attainable. And recognize that, as with any adoption, you do it for love, and for life--so don't fret when you're not fluent in five months. If you have kids, start them young. You'll be glad you did when you read about the explosive growth of dual language schools across the country and the significant, measurable advantages they give our young people. Steve also takes us to the top summer language immersion camps, for both children and adults. And he shares his findings from leading language scholars, teachers, sociolinguists, app creators, and bilinguals of all stripes that he discovered during his dozen years of research. Then he topples 12 myths about Americans and languages that no longer hold in this century. Like thinking the whole world speaks English (it doesn't), that being monolingual is natural (it isn't), and that Americans suck at language (quite the opposite, as he demonstrates). Here and now in the 21st century, America is embracing its many ethnic and cultural heritages. How natural, then, that we enfold the many languages that these heritages thrive on as part of that quintessentially American pursuit of happiness. If you've never thought of bilingualism as being a patriotic act, America's Bilingual Century may persuade you otherwise. Knowing a second language changes the way we perceive the world, and the way the world perceives us. "English is what unites us," Steve says. "Our other languages are what define and strengthen us." And even if becoming bilingual leans more toward aspiration than arrival, that's okay. The journey is as rewarding as the destination.

Sisters First

Sisters First
Author: Jenna Bush Hager
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1538711435

The former first daughters share intimate stories and reflections from the Texas countryside to the storied halls of the White House and beyond. Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the public eye. As small children, they watched their grandfather become president; just twelve years later they stood by their father's side when he took the same oath. They spent their college years watched over by Secret Service agents and became fodder for the tabloids, with teenage mistakes making national headlines. But the tabloids didn't tell the whole story. In Sisters First, Jenna and Barbara take readers on a revealing, thoughtful, and deeply personal tour behind the scenes of their lives, as they share stories about their family, their unexpected adventures, their loves and losses, and the sisterly bond that means everything to them.

DIANE D

DIANE D
Author: Doris Miller
Publisher: Hill Publications
Total Pages: 650
Release: 2013-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0966205537

DIANE D The Musical Drama is a musical, drama, psychological, thriller about a family owned Charity and Entertainment Organization. This story involves 3 generations of the Diaz-Davidson family. The family's Charity and Entertainment Organization performs shows around the country and the world to raise money for charity. DIANE D The Musical Drama involves fistfights, violent tempers, arrests, superhuman strength, jail time, hospitalizations and mental illness. The lead character of this story is a young, gorgeous, sexy, attractive, half-black/half-Dominican female named Diane Denise Brown as known as Diane D. Diane D is around 24 years old. She was born in the Dominican Republic. She now lives in New York with her family and is married to Michael, a handsome black man from New York. Diane D is a professional gymnast, a professional dancer, tap dancer and a singer. She is also a personal trainer and has some background skills in the martial arts. She is a very athletic person. She also works in a hospital. On her spare time, she rides motorcycles with her Jamaican cousin Dana of ‘DANGEROUS DANA‘. Diane D’s parents, Mary and Barry and Mary’s parents, Margarita and Tomas, own and run a Charity and Entertainment Organization which was started by Margarita and Tomas back in the Dominican Republic. Diane D sings and dances on stage for her parents and grandparents’ Charity and Entertainment Organization. Her two brothers Nicolas and Mickey sing and play guitars for their family‘s organization and her husband Michael is the leader of a band that plays for the organization. The Charity and Entertainment Organization also have an All-Boys Baseball Team, an All-Boys Basketball Team, an All-Boys Dirt Bike Competition Team and an All-Boys Break Dance Team which includes around 60 boys altogether ranging from ages 10 - 14 from different backgrounds and cultures. The Charity and Entertainment Organization’s All-Boys Teams also includes a set of strikingly handsome identical twin hunks Mike and Mitch who are 12-years old. Mike and Mitch are half-white and half-Puerto Rican. They are tough. They are juvenile delinquents. They constantly get into fights with other boys. Their break dance team do break dance performances and hip-hop dancing. They also play sports with the Charity and Entertainment Organization’s All-Boys Teams like baseball, basketball and ride in the dirt motorbike competitions. They have tween girls and girls of all ages screaming for them all the time. They are young heartthrobs. Older girls even admire them. Mike and Mitch usually ignore their female admires. They have no interest in girls at the moment. They just want to be boys, hang with other boys and do boy things. Diane D, her brothers and her husband do other charity events with their family’s organization, but there is a dark side to Diane D. She has a very bad temper. She can be very violent and vicious when she is pushed. She can be a physically strong person, especially when angry, just like her cousin Dana. Diane D would get into a violent fit and vicious rage under certain circumstances. She loses her cool when she catches two of her back-up dancers drinking. She loses her cool on a TV Talk Show when male audience members ask her personal questions. She loses her cool and threatens her Jamaican lover’s girlfriend over the telephone telling the young woman that she’s going to come to her place of residence. The young woman becomes shocked when she hears Diane D describing her place of residence. She becomes horrified to discover that Diane D knows exactly where she lives and maybe even knows how she looks like, because as far as the young woman knows, Diane D has never seen or met her before, or has she. Diane D goes man-hunting for a date for a High School Dance she is suppose to appear at and perform. When one of the men finally agrees to be Diane D’s date, his wife finds out about it. She goes and looks for Diane D. When she finds Diane D, she angrily confronts Diane D! She then pays a price for it. Diane D and her family appear at an elementary school one night so that Diane D can perform for a charity case there. After Diane D’s singing performance inside a crowded auditorium is over, a chubby little black boy named Marcus approaches her. He brings Diane D to a private area in the school and tells Diane D that there is no charity case in the school. He confesses to Diane D that there was never a charity case at the school that the entire charity case was all a hoax planned by him and his brother. He tells Diane D that he and his brother tricked her and her family into thinking that there was a charity case at the school just so that she can appear there and perform. Diane D becomes shocked when she realize that there was never a charity case at the school. She is shocked when she realize that she and her family had been tricked into coming to the school. She starts to become sad. She then becomes angry. She then goes crazy and terrorizes the little boy right inside the school!