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Hell Bent

Author : Kodi N. Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book Hell Bent written by Kodi N. Carter and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Run. He is coming.David is a guy with nothing to lose and everything to hide. He sought solace in an isolated desert town, hoping to find peace from his dark and troubled past, but that all changes when his car crashes into a boy in the dead of night, and that boy is left standing unharmed.Cryptids, supernatural creatures, myths, and legends, David has studied it all. He thought he knew everything there was to know about the paranormal.He was wrong.This mysterious boy comes along to challenge everything David thought he knew. Because the thing is, this boy isn't human. But the problem is, David doesn't know what he is. All he does know is this boy is chased by monsters, and he's in desperate need of an escape.Together, they go on the run, accompanied by David's eager neighbor, Rose.They quickly discover that there is no escape. No matter where they go, no matter how far they run, they are stalked by devastation and chaos. As the world begins to collapse around them, Rose starts to question whether or not they've made the right choice by helping this beast, but David is already too caught up in the chase to abandon him now. Blinded by his determination to help this creature, David's already decided he'll go to Hell and back to save him. And it turns out that is exactly what he'll have to do.

Bent Heavens

Author : Daniel Kraus
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1250151686
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Bent Heavens written by Daniel Kraus and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Kraus gets under your skin with brutal, elegant efficiency. Necessarily horrifying, devastatingly timely.”—Kiersten White, New York Times-bestselling author of The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein and Slayer From New York Times-bestselling author Daniel Kraus comes a breakneck, genre-defying YA thriller perfect for fans of Kiersten White, Neal Shusterman, and M. T. Anderson. Liv Fleming’s father went missing more than two years ago, not long after he claimed to have been abducted by aliens. Liv has long accepted that he’s dead, though that doesn’t mean she has given up their traditions. Every Sunday, she and her lifelong friend Doug Monk trudge through the woods to check the traps Lee left behind, traps he set to catch the aliens he so desperately believed were after him. But Liv is done with childhood fantasies. Done pretending she believes her father’s absurd theories. Done going through the motions for Doug’s sake. However, on the very day she chooses to destroy the traps, she discovers in one of them a creature so inhuman it can only be one thing. In that moment, she’s faced with a painful realization: her dad was telling the truth. And no one believed him. Now, she and Doug have a choice to make. They can turn the alien over to the authorities...or they can take matters into their own hands. On the heels of the worldwide success of The Shape of Water, Daniel Kraus returns with a horrifying and heartbreaking thriller about the lengths people go to find justice and the painful reality of grief. “Bent Heavens is the darkest, angriest alien horror story that I've ever encountered. Hell. Yes.”—Stephanie Perkins, New York Times-bestselling author of There's Someone Inside Your House

Hell Bent

Author : Devon Monk
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101608846
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Hell Bent written by Devon Monk and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instead of the deadly force it once was, magic is now a useless novelty. But not for Shame Flynn and Terric Conley, “breakers” who have the gift for reverting magic back to its full-throttle power. In the magic-dense city of Portland, Oregon, keeping a low profile means keeping their gifts quiet. After three years of dealing with disgruntled magic users, Shame and Terric have had enough of politics, petty magic, and, frankly, each other. It’s time to call it quits. When the government discovers the breakers’ secret—and its potential as a weapon—Shame and Terric suddenly become wanted men, the only ones who can stop the deadly gift from landing in the wrong hands. If only a pair of those wrong hands didn’t belong to a drop-dead-gorgeous assassin Shame is falling for as if it were the end of the world. And if he gets too close to her, it very well could be....

Bent

Author : Hollis Wynn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781731417756
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Bent written by Hollis Wynn and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-02 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carrigan Castle may be broken but she's finally free. Free of the bonds holding her back. Free of her painful past. Free just to be. With the death of her mother, it's time to leave her small town behind and find her own way--even if it means letting go of her ideals. A cross-country trip is about to take her to a brand-new life she never imagined. When Whit Barklay unexpectedly enters the picture, she begins the ride of her life--one filled with thrills and twists and turns. It's time to figure out where she belongs. It's time to find her way. Will Whit detour Carrigan from finding her true chance at happiness? Or will he be her North Star, pointing her to a better life with him? One cross-country train ride to a brand-new life.One man she never expected.One relationship she's too scared to begin.One risk she may not be willing to take . . . Unless he can show her she's only bent and not broken.

Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga

Author : Benjamin Lorr
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250017521
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga written by Benjamin Lorr and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Benjamin Lorr wandered into a yoga studio—and fell down a rabbit hole Hell-Bent explores a fascinating, often surreal world at the extremes of American yoga. Benjamin Lorr walked into his first yoga studio on a whim, overweight and curious, and quickly found the yoga reinventing his life. He was studying Bikram Yoga (or "hot yoga") when a run-in with a master and competitive yoga champion led him into an obsessive subculture—a group of yogis for whom eight hours of practice a day in 110- degree heat was just the beginning. So begins a journey. Populated by athletic prodigies, wide-eyed celebrities, legitimate medical miracles, and predatory hucksters, it's a nation-spanning trip—from the jam-packed studios of New York to the athletic performance labs of the University of Oregon to the stage at the National Yoga Asana Championship, where Lorr competes for glory. The culmination of two years of research, and featuring hundreds of interviews with yogis, scientists, doctors, and scholars, Hell-Bent is a wild exploration. A look at the science behind a controversial practice, a story of greed, narcissism, and corruption, and a mind-bending tale of personal transformation, it is a book that will not only challenge your conception of yoga, but will change the way you view the fragile, inspirational limits of the human body itself.

Bent Road

Author : Lori Roy
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0452297591
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Bent Road written by Lori Roy and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel "Don't be fooled by the novel's apparent simplicity: What emerges from the surface is a tale of extraordinary emotional power, one of longstanding pain set against the pulsating drumbeat of social change." -Sarah Weinman, NPR.org For twenty years, Celia Scott has watched her husband, Arthur, hide from the secrets surrounding his sister Eve's death. But when the 1967 Detroit riots frighten him even more than his Kansas past, he convinces Celia to pack up their family and return to the road he grew up on, Bent Road, and the same small town where Eve mysteriously died. And then a local girl disappears, catapulting the family headlong into a dead man's curve. . . . On Bent Road, a battered red truck cruises ominously along the prairie; a lonely little girl dresses in her dead aunt's clothes; a boy hefts his father's rifle in search of a target; and a mother realizes she no longer knows how to protect her children. It is a place where people learn: Sometimes killing is the kindest way. Bent Road has been optioned for film in 2012 by Cross Creek Pictures with Mark Mallouk to adapt and Benderspink to produce.

Bend, Not Break

Author : Ping Fu
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101608196
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Bend, Not Break written by Ping Fu and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning that we have the ability to bounce back even from the most difficult times. . . . Your ability to thrive depends, in the end, on your attitude to your life circumstances. Take everything in stride with grace, putting forth energy when it is needed, yet always staying calm inwardly.” —Ping Fu’s “Shanghai Papa” Ping Fu knows what it’s like to be a child soldier, a factory worker, and a political prisoner. To be beaten and raped for the crime of being born into a well-educated family. To be deported with barely enough money for a plane ticket to a bewildering new land. To start all over, without family or friends, as a maid, waitress, and student. Ping Fu also knows what it’s like to be a pioneering software programmer, an innovator, a CEO, and Inc. magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year. To be a friend and mentor to some of the best-known names in technology. To build some of the coolest new products in the world. To give speeches that inspire huge crowds. To meet and advise the president of the United States. It sounds too unbelievable for fiction, but this is the true story of a life in two worlds. Born on the eve of China’s Cultural Revolution, Ping was separated from her family at the age of eight. She grew up fighting hunger and humiliation and shielding her younger sister from the teenagers in Mao’s Red Guard. At twenty-five, she found her way to the United States; her only resources were $80 in traveler’s checks and three phrases of English: thank you, hello, and help. Yet Ping persevered, and the hard-won lessons of her childhood guided her to success in her new homeland. Aided by her well-honed survival instincts, a few good friends, and the kindness of strangers, she grew into someone she never thought she’d be—a strong, independent, entrepreneurial leader. A love of problem solving led her to computer science, and Ping became part of the team that created NCSA Mosaic, which became Netscape, the Web browser that forever changed how we access information. She then started a company, Geomagic, that has literally reshaped the world, from personalizing prosthetic limbs to repairing NASA spaceships. Bend, Not Break depicts a journey from imprisonment to freedom, and from the dogmatic anticapitalism of Mao’s China to the high-stakes, take-no-prisoners world of technology start-ups in the United States. It is a tribute to one woman’s courage in the face of cruelty and a valuable lesson on the enduring power of resilience.

Bent

Author : Martin Sherman
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781557833365
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Bent written by Martin Sherman and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1998 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). Martin Sherman's worldwide hit play Bent took London by storm in 1979 when it was first performed by the Royal Court Theatre, with Ian McKellen as Max (a character written with the actor in mind). The play itself caused an uproar. "It educated the world," Sherman explains. "People knew about how the Third Reich treated Jews and, to some extent, gypsies and political prisoners. But very little had come out about their treatment of homosexuals." Gays were arrested and interned at work camps prior to the genocide of Jews, gypsies, and handicapped, and continued to be imprisoned even after the fall of the Third Reich and liberation of the camps. The play Bent highlights the reason why - a largely ignored German law, Paragraph 175, making homosexuality a criminal offense, which Hitler reactivated and strengthened during his rise to power.

Hell Bent

Author : William G. Tapply
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1429949139
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Hell Bent written by William G. Tapply and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boston attorney Brady Coyne finds his own past coming back to haunt his professional life when his ex-girlfriend Alex Shaw, long out of touch, reappears, wanting Brady to represent her brother. Augustine Shaw was a notable photo-journalist, happily married with two small children – until he returned from a stint in Iraq missing a hand and suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Now he's lost his career, his peace of mind and his family. Brady is hired to seem him through the divorce. The client wasn't eager to accept Brady's representation, but before the divorce proceedings are very far along, the photographer is found dead in his rented apartment, an apparent suicide. But something isn't right and Brady starts to think the suicide was staged. With very little to go on and with everyone around him wanting to quickly close the books on what appears to be a tragic case, Brady soon finds himself alone, in the midst of one of the most dangerous situations of his entire life, and facing people who do anything to avoid being exposed.

Ninth House

Author : Leigh Bardugo
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250313082
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Ninth House written by Leigh Bardugo and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people... Impossible to put down." —Stephen King The smash New York Times bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite. Goodreads Choice Award Winner Locus Finalist Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living. Don't miss the highly-anticipated sequel, Hell Bent.

My Funny Demon Valentine: Deluxe Limited Edition

Author : Aurora Ascher
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp
ISBN 13 : 1496755855
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book My Funny Demon Valentine: Deluxe Limited Edition written by Aurora Ascher and published by Kensington Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2025-01-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sizzling chemistry of Brynne Weaver and laugh-out-loud humor of Kimberly Lemming meet Jenna Levine and Jeneane O’Riley’s fresh spin on paranormal tropes in this wickedly funny, warm-hearted demon romance with just the right amount of spice from the bestselling author of SANCTUARY OF THE SHADOW. DELUXE LIMITED FIRST EDITION featuring stenciled edges, full color inside cover printing with exclusive art, and special design features. Preorder now - available only while supplies last! Asmodeus, Prince of Hell, just wants to make music. Jazz, specifically. Unfortunately, he’s a demon. And he’s supposed to be evil. Clearly, for Ash, a career as a musician isn’t exactly an option. Plus, he’s cursed.Sick of playing by the rules, Ash and his three brothers escape Hell in search of freedom on Earth. But it’s harder than they thought to keep their enemies off their tail . . . The four rogues quickly become the Underworld’s Most Wanted, and if they’re caught, the consequences will be dire. Yet everything changes for Ash when he meets a beautiful violinist who can see through his curse. It must be too good to be true, but, no matter the risk, he has to have her. Evangeline Gregory is just your average human. She works at a jazz bar, plays gigs on weekends . . . and, apparently, hallucinates demons. At least that’s what Eva tells herself when, moments after she meets the man of her dreams, she sees him shift into a 7-foot-tall monster. Not believing her own eyes, Eva decides to investigate and soon finds herself caught in the middle of a supernatural clusterf**k of epic proportions. But Ash isn’t the only one keeping secrets, and the search for answers reveals a shocking truth that will change the course of her life forever. Or maybe just doom it. Eva and Ash will learn the path to love can be complete Hell.

Bent

Author : Sean Michael
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781603704359
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Bent written by Sean Michael and published by . This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcus knows Jim belongs to him minutes after meeting the snarly, jumpy, ex-professor at the local bookstore. He thinks Jim is a natural submissive, someone who needs order and discipline in his life. So Marcus decides to pursue Jim relentlessly, because even if Jim's mouth is saying no, his body is saying yes.

Bent, Not Broken

Author : Gregory, M D
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Bent, Not Broken written by Gregory, M D and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defense attorney Madden Polunin is good at his job. He works alongside the Kings of Men MC and is known, and hated, by the New Gothenburg PD for getting his clients cleared of charges that should have sent them to jail. Straitlaced Officer Evan Slater loathes everything about Madden, from his charismatic personality that helps free criminals, to how hard it is to pronounce his ridiculous last name. Polunin makes Evan's job more difficult than it needs to be, and Polunin's smug smile fuels Evan's anger. In a night of celebration, Madden ends up drugged and runs into Evan, which begins a turmoiled relationship between a self-declared "straight" police officer and a lawyer only interested in one-night stands. Between criminal arrests, a serial killer father locked behind bars, and a negligent work partner, Madden's and Evan's lives collide in ways they never expected. Includes the novella, Curved.

Mountain Topped

Author : Mia Monroe
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Mountain Topped written by Mia Monroe and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a fantasy about being shared turn into something more? Bowen's about to find out when he gets Mountain topped. Is there a bigger gay cliché than falling in love with your straight best friend? Oh, I know; a random hookup with a dude from the gym. I didn't think I'd ever manage to fall for anyone other than the unattainable Hawthorne, but the more time I spend with Aldis the more I... like him. As for my straight best friend... do straight guys usually stare so much when you're wearing gray sweatpants? I never thought the drunken admission of my deepest fantasy would lead to the three of us hooking up and Hawthorne looking at me like that. Now my best friend and my hookup-turned-more are bonding over their shared love of mountain climbing, the three of us are, ahem, exploring, and I'm hoping this is more than just a messy fling.

You're My Home

Author : Katie Moore
Publisher : Winter Fairytale Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781955730013
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book You're My Home written by Katie Moore and published by Winter Fairytale Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A love story you can live in... Zach Brady is my overprotective best friend, and I love him like this. He's so much bigger than me and makes me feel safe. We are opposites in so many ways, but when I'm cuddled up against him and he reads to me, all those differences fade away. Brady promises to be friends forever, but what will he say when he finds out my secret? Will I lose my best friend and the boy I love more than life itself? Brady Zach is so tiny and tenderhearted. All I want to do is protect him from the world. He's my sweet bookworm and never wants to hurt anyone. I love my best friend, but how do I give him all of me when I don't understand myself yet? If nothing else, I can shower him with all the acceptance and love he deserves. Zach and Brady come from completely different social and religious backgrounds, but they don't let that weaken their friendship. Both teens have to go through a journey of self-discovery, including all the heartaches and joys that come with growing up. As they get older, will they find themselves and how they fit together? You're my Home is a sweet and emotional coming of age story. It's a slow-burn, hurt/comfort, teen best friends to adult lovers romance. There will be tears, laughter, new friends, and steamy lovemaking as Zach and Brady learn the meaning of true acceptance of oneself and others. **Trigger warnings: domestic violence, trauma, PTSD, and religious homophobia.

Get Bent!

Author : Rick Gualtieri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940415246
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book Get Bent! written by Rick Gualtieri and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-27 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part Witch - Part Werewolf - Total Badass! My name is Tamara Bentley, Bent to my friends, and I'm not supposed to exist. I was born of the forbidden union between a witch and a werewolf, and they've been trying their damnedest to hide my existence ever since. Too bad secrets are hard to keep in a small town like High Moon. Now, my uncle, the leader of the wolf pack, is on a rampage. He says I'm an abomination, something that should've never been born, and he doesn't care how many lives he has to destroy so long as I end up dead. I'm far from helpless, though. Not only am I a champion athlete, but I'm strong enough to punch out a bus. Good thing, too, because a rare lunar event is about to increase my uncle's already terrifying power to new levels. I'll have to call upon every last ounce of strength I have if I want to survive the night, protect my home, and save every last person counting on me.

Bent

Author : H. B. Heinzer
Publisher : Montlake Romance
ISBN 13 : 9781477818282
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book Bent written by H. B. Heinzer and published by Montlake Romance. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's one thing Julia Wilson has learned in life: you can't push aside your own dreams for anyone. Newly divorced, Julia returns to the small hometown she swore she'd left forever. She plans on enjoying the cheap rental a friend offers and staying there just long enough to figure out her next steps in life. But before long, Julia realizes she's made a big mistake. A decade ago, Micah Anderson promised Julia forever but broke her heart right before she left for college. Now, Julia's back in town, and he's going to have to tell her the truth about why he left her--it's impossible to hide a twelve-year-old child when you live in such a small town. Can Julia forgive Micah and start anew? Should she try to make a relationship work if Micah's past becomes a threat to her safety? Should she follow her dreams if it means giving up on a second chance with her first love?