![]() It called for a Handsome Hero Wanted with a six-inch dick and someone who knew how to use it. We both answered an ad in the Universal News Column. We met about two months ago or was it three now? Either way, it had been a strange event. This was the perfect place for me and Lavender to start our life. I could see birds high above and hear the scratching of critters in the brush around me. The sound of the wind tickling the leaves. I was, after all, part wolf and belonged to the Golden Clan. There were small towns with locals that were dumber than an Obarion mud pusher and a whole lot of trees. The planet was called Fiscore, and neither I nor my lover Lavender had ever stayed on this world. I glanced around at the home that I recently purchased. HANDSOME, HARD, AND DELICIOUS Handsome Heroes, 2 DEDICATIONĭedicated to the fantastic reviewers of Boy Meets Boy Reviews. ![]() ![]() Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. ![]() All names, characters, and places are fictitious. No part of this book may be used or reproduced electronically or in print without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews. WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Published by Evernight Publishing at Smashwords ![]()
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![]() ![]() Mas a brutalidade e a ambição prometidas na sinopse e no começo não se mantém firmes por muito tempo. A química dela com o rei é excelente, me fazendo querer muitas vezes colocar o livro nos favoritos, e o romance é maravilhoso, mas não de um jeito fofo, e sim sensual e honesto. ![]() A protagonista, Alessandra, é muito bem feita, ainda que eu tenha sentido que sua "maldade" ocila um pouco desde o começo. ![]() Se ele não fosse tão bom de começo, o resto cresceria muito, pois é uma história bem feita, bem desenvolvida e com um ritmo de leitura que não dá vontade de parar de ler nunca. O único problema dele mesmo são as expectativas que a sinopse e essa primeira página criam. Não é ruim, não me entenda errado, mas deixou um pouco a desejar. Esta é de longe a melhor primeira página que já li, mas o resto do livro não tem o mesmo nível. ![]() Um ano antes de ser publicado, ela postou uma foto da primeira página dele no Instagram, e eu fiquei obcecada com ele. Ela é exatamente do tipo de autora cujos livros eu compro sem nem precisar saber do que fala, mas com este foi um pouco diferente. Quando eu descobri os livros da Tricia Levenseller pela primeira vez, me apaixonei pelo jeito dela de narrar, pelas suas protagonistas e seu senso de humor. ![]() ![]() She needs someone to help out.someone who can't be intimidated.someone just like Joe. But now, Luna's inherited two kids who need more than she alone can give in a small town that seems hell-bent on driving them away. He can just keep holding his breath, thank you very much. Secretly, Luna Clark may lust after Joe, but she's made it clear that she's too smart to fall for him. With his smoldering looks, macho style, and irrepressible charm, Joe can have any woman - except the one he really wants. Joe Winston has a routine with women: He exists they swoon roll credits. Irresistible force - meet immovable object ![]() ![]() Now, the Winston brothers' seductive, bad-boy cousin is back and up against a woman who's immune to his considerable charms - or so it seems. You met Joe Winston in Lori Foster's Wild. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mac’s life has been rather close up till now. For Mac, that was her grandfather.Īt the apartment building the Coronado, Mac encounters two young men: Wesley, a teenaged Hunter and Owen, someone a bit more mysterious. Being a Hunter, being part of the world of the Archive, is a secret to be held and shared only with others with the potential to enter this strange world. She has this secret life that no one knows about or suspects, including her own family. To the outsider, she’s a typical teen girl. The Good: Mac has to balance multiple roles and worlds. Mac is going to break a few rules to find out what is really going on with the Archive, the Histories, and the Librarians. The ever-increasing number of escaped Histories isn’t normal. ![]() Instead, she finds out the building’s history has been tampered with. At first, Mac thinks that the increase in escaped Histories is because the apartment building has a rich, old history. In the aftermath of her brother’s death, her family has moved to an apartment building in a new town. Only Librarians can do that, not a Hunter. To know she can look at his face one more time. She knows it’s not really him, but still - to know his memories are there. Her brother died, and Mac is haunted by the idea of him being in the Archive. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Aware of fading, willing himself to stay conscious. Push, push, push, his mind cries out, but his arms now dead to him. Rancid breath, the sound of dog’s teeth grinding bone, knows it is his own skull. His head in a grip, his face slathered in saliva, teeth and tongue all he feels, black all he sees. Stunned, then a surge of panic his arms flailed and fists pounded again and again against the bear. Windpipe crushed, he twisted, his screams muffled, the bears hold adjusted, let go, then bit his head. The boy tossed, a loud grunt as air slammed from lungs as he hit the ground. The great bear roared, spun, incredibly lithe for its size. He landed full on the immense muscularity of taut spring steel, one arm grappled around the neck, the other a balled fist pounded again and again against the massive skull, a miniscule act of futility. ![]() He leaped for the bear’s back and at that moment the realization of its enormity a blow against all hope. soundless screams in his own horrified mind, feet pounding over the soft moss. His run forced momentarily, then full on, please, please…. ‘A hitch, his feet stumble, the thought of where he ran to a reality beyond fathoming. ![]() ![]() ![]() But unlocking his heritage will also unlock the memory Audra needs him to forget. He has a power to claim-the secret language of the West Wind, which only he can understand. When a hasty mistake reveals their location to the enemy who murdered both of their families, Audra’s forced to help Vane remember who he is. ![]() Even if it means sacrificing her own life. She’s also a guardian-Vane’s guardian-and has sworn an oath to protect Vane at all costs. She walks on the wind, can translate its alluring songs, and can even coax it into a weapon with a simple string of commands. Seventeen-year-old Audra is a sylph, an air elemental. And he has no idea if the beautiful, dark-haired girl who’s swept through his dreams every night since the storm is real. Seventeen-year-old Vane Weston has no idea how he survived the category five tornado that killed his parents. A broken past and a divided future can’t stop the electric connection of two teens in this epic series opener from the author of the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m not blind, so I don’t know if it was portrayed well or not. The use of blindness was, however, was questionable. Also, I didn’t read the description super well, so the snake stuff was unexpected but interesting. But don’t worry, the book isn’t preachy or trying to hit anyone over the head with religion, it’s just part of who Seth is and what he does. I like reading about religious characters and books that combine religion with supernatural/paranormal beings, so I enjoyed that as well. Their attraction and romance had a good build up, and I believed and felt their feelings for each other, despite only knowing each other for a couple weeks. ![]() As I learned more and their situation got more complicated, I felt for both of them. Seth was a self-sacrificing sweetheart whom I couldn’t help but like. Fortunately, this delivered on the premise and turned out to be a great story with interesting elements that brought some unexpected twists and all the emotional conflict promised in the description.Ībaddon was a terrible devil-and by that I mean, he was terrible at being a devil because he never liked taking people’s souls. A short romance between a devout, blind musician and the devil trying to get his soul could really go either way. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started this. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He wrote for the local newspaper for a short while but then began working for Freightliner Trucks as a diesel mechanic, continuing until his writing career took off. He interned at the local public radio station, KLCC, as part of his coursework. Palahniuk attended the University of Oregon in his 20s, graduating in journalism in 1986. ![]() Palahniuk acknowledged in a 2007 interview that he is a distant nephew of actor Jack Palance, and that his family had talked of distant relations with Palance. His parents separated when he was 14 years old, and they subsequently divorced, often leaving him and his three siblings to live with their maternal grandparents at their cattle ranch in eastern Washington. Palahniuk grew up living in a mobile home in Burbank, Washington. ![]() His paternal grandfather migrated from Ukraine to Canada and then to New York in 1907. Palahniuk was born in Pasco, Washington, the son of Carol Adele (née Tallent) and Fred Palahniuk. His first published novel was Fight Club, which was adapted into a film of the same title. He has published 19 novels, three nonfiction books, two graphic novels, and two adult coloring books, as well as several short stories. Charles Michael " Chuck" Palahniuk ( / ˈ p ɔː l ə n ɪ k/ born February 21, 1962) is an American novelist who describes his work as transgressional fiction. ![]() ![]() Theories of attention, free will, and self and other The apparent difference between conscious and unconscious Why we might be mistaken about our own minds Neuroscience and the neural correlates of consciousness Why the problem of consciousness is so hard It examines why the term ‘consciousness’ has no recognised definition and provides an opportunity to delve into personal intuitions about the self, mind, and consciousness.įeaturing comprehensive coverage of all core topics in the field, this edition includes: ![]() ![]() This edition of Consciousness, revised by author team Susan Blackmore and Emily Troscianko, explores the key theories and evidence in consciousness studies ranging from neuroscience and psychology to quantum theories and philosophy. ![]() ![]() It is now a significant area of research, albeit a contentious one, as well as a rapidly expanding area of study for students of psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. Now considered the 'last great mystery of science', consciousness was once viewed with extreme scepticism and rejected by mainstream scientists. Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? ![]() ![]() ![]() Acevedo has a natural flare for the hard-boiled idiom, and readers who enjoyed Felix's first adventure will find this follow-up equally entertaining. The novel's true appeal lies in its zippy banter and witty repartee on vampire lifestyle, particularly in Felix's ongoing partnership with Coyote, a low-rent vamp from the barrio. Upon his return to the States, now private investigator Felix is approached. Felix witnesses his squad accidentally killing a young girl and he watches as she then changes into a vampire. Felix endures the usual silver bullets and garlic, as well as several very human double crosses and miscalculations, before the story speeds to an unlikely conclusion that exposes a somewhat unconvincing villain. The protagonist of his ongoing series, Felix Gomez, first appears in Acevedos debut, The Nymphos of Rocky Flats as a sergeant during Operation Iraqi Freedom. ![]() Before you can say XXX, Felix is off to California's San Fernando Valley and up to his fangs in intrigue implicating a vampire producer of adult films, a sham evangelist, a power-hungry local politician and the Araneum, the secret vampire hierarchy tasked with stamping out unorthodox human-vampire interactions. ), who's approached by porn actress Katz Meow to investigate the murder of her colleague Roxy Bronze. Hard-boiled action mixes with soft-core titillation in Acevedo's second novel featuring soldier– turned–vampire PI Felix Gomez (after 2006's The Nymphos of Rocky Flats ![]() |