This time he's playing for keeps. Notorious bad boy of Rock n’ Roll Jameson Lewis is returning home to his roots after five years of touring and recording. There’s just one problem—Peyton Mathews. The girl he left behind. His one regret and favorite addiction. She's been under his skin since the day they met. No matter how hard he's tried she's one habit he can't shake. The moment he sees her again sparks fly and the love he thought he lost forever rekindles burning hotter than ever. Only Peyton wants nothing to do with him. He'll do anything to remind her he was her first kiss and intends on being her last.
Notorious bad boy of Rock n' Roll Jameson Lewis is returning home to his roots after five years of touring and recording. When offered a chance to judge an upcoming reality talent show, he can't say no. There's just one problem-Peyton Mathews. The girl he left behind. His one regret and favorite addiction. Peyton has always dreamed of making it big in the music industry but after the boy she loved shattered her heart she gave up that fantasy. When a second chance at stardom lands in her lap she can't say no. However, fame comes at a price- the boy who broke her heart is now a man sitting in the judge's chair and this time he's playing for keeps.
Addressing Spinoza's perennial question: “why do the masses fight for their servitude as if it was salvation?”, Capitalism and the Limits of Desire examines the ways in which self-love as the care of the self has become intertwined with self-love as the pursuit of pleasure. With ongoing austerity and misery for so many, why does capitalism seem to be so insurmountable, so impossible to move beyond? John Roberts offers a compelling response: it is because we love the love of self that capitalism enables, even though it brings anxiety and self-scrutiny. Capitalism in the form of commodities, and, more importantly, the online platforms through which we express ourselves, has become so much of who we are, of how we define self-love as self-pleasure that it is difficult to imagine ourselves outside of it. Roberts contends that disentangling ourselves from this collapsing of self into capitalism is possible and that understanding the insidious nature of capitalist thinking even when it comes to our deepest pleasures is the starting point. Using early and late Marx, Lacan's distinction between pleasure and desire and the recent debate on perfectionism (Hurka) as his guides, Roberts lays out a way for individuals to move forward and forge a link between self and desire outside the oppressive demands of platform capitalism.
He’s the bad boy quarterback and she’s a sassy ballerina. Tate King has it all. He’s the King on campus and girls throw themselves at him left and right. The only thing on his mind is getting drafted into the NFL. When an injury takes him out of the game and onto the dance floor of a feisty ballerina love is the last thing he wants or expects to find. Search Terms: Sports Romance, footballer, football, ballerina, college romance, new adult, player
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy Exams comes this transformative work showing that sometimes the recovery is more gripping than the addiction. With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recovery can be every bit as electrifying as the train wreck itself. Leslie Jamison deftly excavates the stories we tell about addiction -- both her own and others' -- and examines what we want these stories to do and what happens when they fail us. All the while, she offers a fascinating look at the larger history of the recovery movement, and at the complicated bearing that race and class have on our understanding of who is criminal and who is ill. At the heart of the book is Jamison's ongoing conversation with literary and artistic geniuses whose lives and works were shaped by alcoholism and substance dependence, including John Berryman, Jean Rhys, Billie Holiday, Raymond Carver, Denis Johnson, and David Foster Wallace, as well as brilliant lesser-known figures such as George Cain, lost to obscurity but newly illuminated here. Through its unvarnished relation of Jamison's own ordeals, The Recovering also becomes a book about a different kind of dependency: the way our desires can make us all, as she puts it, "broken spigots of need." It's about the particular loneliness of the human experience-the craving for love that both devours us and shapes who we are. For her striking language and piercing observations, Jamison has been compared to such iconic writers as Joan Didion and Susan Sontag, yet her utterly singular voice also offers something new. With enormous empathy and wisdom, Jamison has given us nothing less than the story of addiction and recovery in America writ large, a definitive and revelatory account that will resonate for years to come.
Karma Trouble always finds me or more like I find it. I did a bad thing and two people paid the price. I have nowhere to hide. Nowhere to run to except Charleston, WV. I run fast and hard into the arms of a man who thinks he can save me. I was born bad, and I’ll die that way too, but Hound sees the good in me. The woman he thinks I can be. He’s determined to bind me to him in every way possible. Stopping at nothing to make me his including getting me pregnant on purpose. Hound I knew Karma was meant to be my Ol’ Lady the moment I met her. She’s wild and fearless. The kind of woman you’ll move heaven and hell to protect and claim for your own. I’ll do whatever it takes to make her mine. I won’t stop until I see my ink on her skin, my ring on her finger, and her belly swollen with my child. The Biker’s Baby is a standalone Royal Bastards MC Charleston, WV story that crosses over with Royal Harlots MC Wilmington, NC. However, for best enjoyment this series should be read in order. Your ride starts here: The Biker’s Kiss Lady & The Biker Tempting The Biker Keeping The Biker The Biker’s Lucky Charm Taken By The Biker Bewitching The Biker The Biker’s Cherry Claiming The Biker The Biker’s Baby Loving The Biker The Biker's Bunny Search Terms: MC Romance, Bikers, Motorcycle club, outlaws, ongoing series, female biker, second chance romance, saga, family, love & relationships, action & adventure, cartel, antihero, bad boys, contemporary dark romance, mashups, organized crime, bad boy, bikers, possessive hero, dirty talking alpha, motorcycle action and adventure, criminals, outlaws, 1% club, addicting, drama, relationships, romantic relationships, family relationships, series, family saga, romantic mc, loving alpha heroes, sassy females, action packed, suspenseful, thrilling ride, royal bastards mc, long series, swoon worthy hero, feisty females, dominant alpha male, marriage, other woman drama, suspense, mystery, thriller, violence, dark themes,
Book 2 of the Bestselling Black Rebel Riders' MC Saga Are you ready to ride? Grim made a promise and come hell or high water he’ll keep it. Sarah has lived a secluded life of torment and despair. She longs for the day the Grim reaper she has been raised to fear comes to end the hell she has endured. Grim made a vow to Gypsy Red that he’d find her daughter. Keeping that promise is proving harder than he expected. His enemy is always one step ahead and on the move. Loyalties are tested and lines are crossed when a friend becomes foe. Can Grim keep his promise and his patch? Rumor is book 2 of The Bestselling Black Rebel Riders’ MC saga. This is an ongoing series that spans three generations and should be read in order. Suggested series reading order Grim The Beginning Rumor Baby Striker Romeo Heart of A Rebel A Rebel Love A Rebel In The Roses Born Sinner (standalone) Blood of A Rebel The Devil’s Rebel Search Terms: MC Romance, Biker Romance, Dark Romance, Action and Adventure, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Alpha Male, Dominant Hero, Romantic Thriller, Romantic Suspense, Saga, Interconnected Characters, family saga, crime, dark fantasy, a women's action and adventure, contemporary romance, Motorcycle Club Romance, Motorcycle action and adventure
One kiss is all it takes to bring him to his knees and have him asking for forever. Roane Connors doesn’t do relationships. He’s been burned before and isn’t looking to repeat past mistakes. All he needs is a warm body in his bed for the night. Someone to ring in the new year with. Julie Wilson ticks all his boxes. She’s back in town, hot, and single. When the clock strikes midnight one kiss ignites a spark this royal bastard’s not ready for. Search Terms: First love, second chance Romance, Action & Adventure Romance, MC Romance, Biker Romance, Dark Romance, Action and Adventure, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Steamy Romance, Alpha Male, Dominant Hero, Romantic Thriller, Romantic Suspense, women's action and adventure, contemporary romance, romantic erotica, motorcycle club romance, bestselling biker series, motorcycle action and adventure.
He’ll rock more than her heart. My only goal as soon as I graduate is leaving this small town and everyone in it behind but then he happens. Kai Cooper is broody and mysterious. He’s everything I said I didn’t want. A bad boy musician on the road to stardom. A complication I never saw coming. He’s got secrets that not only rock my heart, they shatter my world and change everything. This is a new adult high school romance about first time love and falling for the bad boy with a good heart.
Falling for a gorgeous stranger is the last thing an outlaw like Axel needs. Ainsley is a distraction he can't afford. He's sworn off relationships but when there is moonshine and mistletoe involved anything is possible—like falling into bed with the cartel.
