She made the bold proposition to get under his skin. And by Tomas Carlisle's reaction, Angelina Mori succeeded. Angie knew that tragedy had turned her friend hard and remote...like the Australian outback he loved. Still, she was scandalized that after confessing her secret fantasies about him, after offering the bear the Carlisle heir his father's will demanded in one year's time, he'd dared to suggest they make a baby...without sharing his bed. Well, she'd wanted Tomas to imagine a better way. The way nature intended. Because being so intimate with Tomas might not simply save his family's fortune...but the man himself.
In 'The Rugged Loner' Angelina was scandalised that after offering to bear the Carlisle heir Tomas's father's will demanded, he'd dared to suggest that they make a baby, without sharing his bed. In 'At Your Service' a few white lies and Grace, heiress to a top Chicago restaurant, had herself a job at Tyler's bar & grill.
Princes of the Outback: Groomed for Success, Destined for Riches Three Australian half-brothers¿dubbed "Princes of the Outback" by the tabloids¿make a pact to father a baby within a year to save their inheritance as dictated by their father's will. For oldest brother Tomas Carlisle, still reeling from a heart-wrenching tragedy, that means entering into a baby-making agreement with this friend Angelina...who insists on conceiving a child the natural way. Middle brother and playboy hotelier Rafe's solution is to wager with desperate Cat McConnell to make her his convenient wife. And when youngest brother Alex is jilted at the altar, unexpected sparks fly with his ex-fiancée's best friend , Zara...and Alex is determined to make her his new bride! Bundle includes the three books in Bronwyn Jameson's Princes of the Outback trilogy, The Rugged Loner, The Rich Stranger, and The Ruthless Groom, plus a bonus story Outback Reunion.
The Rugged Loner Angelina Mori's bold proposition got under Tomas Carlisle's skin. Angie knew that tragedy had turned her friend hard and remote...like the Australian outback he loved. Still, she was shocked that after confessing her secret fantasies about him and offering to bear the Carlisle heir that he'd dared to suggest they make a baby...without sharing his bed. Angie is now determined to convince him otherwise. Because being so intimate with Tomas might not simply save his family's fortune...but the man himself The Rich Stranger On the surface, it was a win-win proposition -- her debts get paid either way. Whatever the whim of the roulette wheel, Catriona McConnell would keep her outback home. So, in a Vegas casino on the tantalising dare of a rich stranger she'd rescued mere days before, she gambled. And lost. In the harsh light of morning, after a night of Rafe Carlisle making her his wife, Cat realised she'd wagered badly. Because she'd upped the ante impossibly: she wanted Rafe's love. The Ruthless Groom He needs a wife tonight, if not sooner. Enter Zara Lovett. His ex-fianc�e's best friend Zara, who strode into Alex Carlisle's life on killer legs and lit up a powder keg in his gut. It was chemistry, the kind of powerful, explosive mix Alex made a habit of avoiding -- until today. Because the fireworks between them changed nothing. He still needed to satisfy the terms of his father's will. That was his goal. That was his duty. That was what mattered. And he'd make sure Zara said yes.
When he escapes Hell Gate prison with the help of an inmate so that he can take down a look-alike killer on the loose, The Loner, the son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan, lives every day as its his last. Original.
Sarah Morgan spells big trouble for Jon Burns even before they meet. In a dream, the wayward slacker hears her crying out. In visions, he’s confronted by a demonic image from her extreme paintings. When the two twenty-somethings meet at a Michigan college, it gets worse. Sarah, a prolific artist, is beyond gorgeous, but wild and maddeningly aloof. Ignoring the omens, Jon enters the fray and wins the brassy siren (sort of), only to discover the secret past that has left her damaged. As the darkness in Sarah rises up, she becomes unpredictable. Aaron, an analyst, studies Sarah’s art and warns Jon of her precarious balance. Jon’s own grip starts slipping and his life gets bizarre—more than usual, that is. But the lovers are linked in spite of themselves, and they battle through Sarah’s ordeal until a great test is forced upon them. Witty and darkly comic, May I Walk You Home, Sarah Morgan? tells of two lost souls, locked in different struggles, but mysteriously thrown together to face hard lessons of life and love. A well plotted, character driven human drama that explores the taboos of today’s dysfunctional society with Frank’s unique sense of dark humor. You will laugh, you will cry, but most of all you will root for these two to prove that love does conquer all. A must read for all, young and old, who have struggled with the meaning of love in their lives.— Terri Valentine
By affirming the relativity of the American historical imagination, political theorist Michael J. Shapiro offers a powerful polemic against ethnocentric interpretations of American culture and politics. Deforming American Political Thought analyzes issues that range from the nature of Thomas Jefferson’s vision of an egalitarian nation to the persistence of racial inequality. Shapiro offers a multifaceted argument that transcends the myopic scope of traditional political discourse. Deforming American Political Thought illustrates the various ways in which history, architecture, film, music, literature, and art provide approaches to the comprehension of diverse facets of American political thought from the founding to the present. Using these seemingly disparate disciplines as a framework, Shapiro paints a picture of American political philosophy that is as distinctive as it enlightening. Shapiro explores the historically vital role of dissenting points of view in American politics and asserts its continuing importance in today’s political landscape. Exploring such diverse works as slave narratives, contemporary films, genre fiction, and blues and jazz music, Shapiro reveals that there have always been dissenting voices casting doubt on the moral purpose and exceptionalism of the American mind. An unprecedented inquiry into American politics, Deforming American Political Thought will surely serve to reinvigorate discussions about the essence of American political thought.
Deforming American Political Thought offers an alternative to the dominant American historical imagination, treating issues that range from the nature of Thomas Jefferson's vision of an egalitarian nation to the persistence of racial inequality. Presenting multifaceted arguments that transcend the myopic scope of traditional political discourses, Michael J. Shapiro summons disparate disciplines and genres – architecture, crime stories, novels, films, and jazz/blues music (among others) to provide approaches to the comprehension of diverse facets of American political thought from the founding to the present. The book’s various investigations disclose that there have always been dissenting voices, articulated in diverse genres of expression that cast doubt on the moral purpose and exceptionalism of the American mind. This highly anticipated updated second edition features a preface focusing on aesthetic theory and the contributions of artistic genres for political analysis, and a completely new chapter on critical thinking about the US western and urban encounters afforded by the two HBO series, Deadwood and The Wire respectively.
“Powerful.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air Named a best book of the year by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, and BookPage David Federman has never felt appreciated. An academically gifted yet painfully forgettable member of his New Jersey high school class, the withdrawn, mild-mannered freshman arrives at Harvard fully expecting to be embraced by a new tribe of high-achieving peers. Initially, however, his social prospects seem unlikely to change, sentencing him to a lifetime of anonymity. Then he meets Veronica Morgan Wells. Struck by her beauty, wit, and sophisticated Manhattan upbringing, David becomes instantly infatuated. Determined to win her attention and an invite into her glamorous world, he begins compromising his moral standards for this one, great shot at happiness. But both Veronica and David, it turns out, are not exactly as they seem. Loner turns the traditional campus novel on its head as it explores ambition, class, and gender politics. It is a stunning and timely literary achievement from one of the rising stars of American fiction.
