Deceit in Paradise
Deceit in Paradise

Author: Deborah Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2022-01-09

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781733480796

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When Madison Westin's phone rings before dawn, it usually means something smelly has hit the fan, and today is no exception. Young Kyle Dow wants out of his sketchy job as a snitch. But the thugs holding his leash aren't about to let him go without a little help from Tarpon Cove's resident do-gooder. Only this time, it's not Madison. It's her bestie, Fabiana Merceau. Unfortunately, the kid is as tight-lipped as a Florida Keys clam about his past. Digging too deep risks stirring up the kind of bottom-feeders that give Madison and Fab's men, Creole and Didier, premature gray hair. But when have the girls ever shied away from a little trouble? That'd be never.You can bet your slightly used pontoon boat that when the past comes back, aka big-time trouble that it could not only bite Madison and Fab in the back but the friends who stuck out their necks to help.

Winter in Paradise
Winter in Paradise

Author: Elin Hilderbrand

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2018-10-09

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0316435503

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A husband's secret life, a wife's new beginning: escape to the Caribbean with #1 New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand. Irene Steele shares her idyllic life in a beautiful Iowa City Victorian house with a husband who loves her to sky-writing, sentimental extremes. But as she rings in the new year one cold and snowy night, everything she thought she knew falls to pieces with a shocking phone call: her beloved husband, away on business, has been killed in a helicopter crash. Before Irene can even process the news, she must first confront the perplexing details of her husband's death on the distant Caribbean island of St. John. After Irene and her sons arrive at this faraway paradise, they make yet another shocking discovery: her husband had been living a secret life. As Irene untangles a web of intrigue and deceit, and as she and her sons find themselves drawn into the vibrant island culture, they have to face the truth about their family, and about their own futures. Rich with the lush beauty of the tropics and the drama, romance, and intrigue only Elin Hilderbrand can deliver, Winter in Paradise is a truly transporting novel, and the exciting start to a new series. "I will just say that, 24 hours after I started this book, I purchased its sequel, What Happens in Paradise, and I did not leave either book to be enjoyed by strangers at the end of my vacation." —Elisabeth Egan, New York Times

Liar's Paradise
Liar's Paradise

Author: Graham Edmonds

Publisher: Southbank Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781904915157

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We're now within the golden age of bullshit and whether we like it or not, we are being constantly bombarded with lies, fakery, and spin. This is especially true of the workplace. By using humor as well as test cases like Enron, this book exposes the techniques used by liars and shows how damaging they are to business. Find out about the various degrees of deceit, how to spot a liar, and how lying is used at every level at work. If you think your company is fraud-free, then you'll be one of the 80 percent of companies who believe that's the case. The only problem is that in a recent study, some 45 percent of companies found cases of fraud within their own staff. There's a bullshitter sitting near you now . . .

Naive in Paradise
Naive in Paradise

Author: Deborah Brown

Publisher: Florida Keys Mystery

Published: 2020-08-02

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9781733480734

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Luck - and a few well-placed IOUs - can take you a long way in the Florida Keys. In the case of a young woman that stumbles onto a remote beach road, practically in front of Madison Weston and her bestie, Fabiana Merceau, it saves her life. Fab and their guys, Creole and Didier, know Madison's do-gooder heart can get her in trouble faster than a margarita blender. But when she encounters yet another young girl, this one just trying to survive the mean streets of Tarpon Cove, Madison's determination to help could solve a crime... but draw the wrong kind of attention.Because when you mess with the wrong people, you could wind up as alligator kibble.

Deceit and Other Possibilities
Deceit and Other Possibilities

Author: Vanessa Hua

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2020-03-10

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1640093494

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"[A] searing debut." —i>O, The Oprah Magazine In her powerful collection, first published in 2016 and now featuring new stories, Vanessa Hua gives voice to immigrant families navigating a shifting America. Tied to their ancestral and adopted homelands in ways unimaginable in generations past, these memorable characters span both worlds but belong to none, illustrating the conflict between self and society, tradition and change. This all–new edition of Deceit and Other Possibilities marks the emergence of a remarkable writer.

Hurricane in Paradise
Hurricane in Paradise

Author: Deborah Brown

Publisher: Paradise

Published: 2016-12-12

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780998440408

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Set against the steamy backdrop of Tarpon Cove's sun-kissed, tropical waters, sexy sleuths and best friends Madison and Fab are at it again dealing with the occasional dead body. Hidden just below the surface of the small town lies an underworld, one steeped in deceit, corruption, and deadly secrets. It's only a matter of time before Madison and Fab find themselves on a collision course with the police, who consider them likely suspects in a murder. Ride along on their adventures when the duo realizes that a family member is missing and pull themselves away from all jobs to track him down. Theories: walked away, freak accident, kidnapped? If so, then why no ransom demand?Hurricane in Paradise is book ten in the thrilling and humorous provocative Paradise series, which finds the two waist-deep in mystery and romance. It is a smart, adventurous read that delivers heart-thumping, non-stop action. Join Madison and Fab as they solve the most twisted of cases, through unconventional - and highly entertaining - measures... sometimes in flip-flops.

Serpent in Paradise
Serpent in Paradise

Author: Dea Birkett

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 9780330343374

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Serpent In Paradise is Dea's account of her quest for Utopia and of the heart-wrenching reality shared by the tiny community of Pitcairn Island - all descendants of the Bounty mutineers

A Beast in Paradise
A Beast in Paradise

Author: Cécile Coulon

Publisher: Europa Editions UK

Published: 2021-02-04

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1787702774

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A haunting novel about a lineage of women possessed by their land Emilienne's life is Paradise, her isolated farm at the end of a winding path. After the sudden death of her daughter and son-in-law, this is where she farms alone, with her courage and her land as her only resources, along with her two little grandchildren: Blanche and Gabriel. As seasons pass, Blanche grows older and develops an even stronger connection to her home and the generations of women who have guarded it, like her mother and grandmother before her. When she meets Alexandre, Blanche falls into a devastatingly deep love from which she can never recover. Alexandre, devoured by his ambition, wishes to move to the city to make a name for himself, while the passion Blanche dedicates to Paradise dominates her completely. Almost immediately, their differences become irreconcilable, tearing their worlds apart. Years later, when Alexandre shows up once again on her doorstep, ingratiating himself back into her life, Blanche believes that now she can finally be happy again. But all is not what it seems when there is darkness lurking at every corner—and Blanche would do anything to protect Paradise.

A Dictionary of the English Language: an Anthology
A Dictionary of the English Language: an Anthology

Author: Samuel Johnson

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2006-11-30

Total Pages: 852

ISBN-13: 0141902868

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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by quoting from Shakespeare and other great writers. Johnson's was the dictionary used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, Wordsworth and Coleridge, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This new edition, edited by David Crystal, will contain a selection from the original, offering memorable passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics.

Love, Self-Deceit and Money
Love, Self-Deceit and Money

Author: Koen Stapelbroek

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2008-04-05

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1442691719

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"Love drives and gives life to the commerce of mankind." Thus, the sixteen year old Ferdinando Galiani (1728-1787) presented his project to understand the sociable nature of man. This observation, a reflection of his own position on the relation between trade and virtue, hinted at what the mature works of Galiani, one of the most noteworthy economists and wits in eighteenth-century Italy, would eventually yield. In Love, Self-Deceit, and Money, Koen Stapelbroek reconstructs the Early Neapolitan Enlightenment debate on the morality of market societies, a debate that hinged on the preservation of Naples' independent statehood in a global arena of commercial and military competition. Galiani rejected the moralizing and mercantile ideas of his contemporaries regarding the dangers threatening Naples, and, in his Della moneta (1751), he justified the systems set in place by the Neapolitan government. With reference to early, previously unstudied lectures on self-deceptive 'Platonic love,' Koen Stapelbroek examines Galiani's role in the wider debate, arguing that his early moral philosophical and historical work suggests a great deal about his political-economic stance, including his assertion that money is the ultimate ordering principle in the universe. As a study of one of the most idiosyncratic minds of the Enlightenment period, Love, Self-Deceit, and Money shows how diverse ideas of the development of individual passions into social dispositions, commerce, and reform politics dovetailed seamlessly in the intellectual climate of eighteenth-century Europe.