![]() Teresa Medeiros, New York Times bestselling author Explore seduction, deception, and searing passion in USA Today bestselling author Anne Mallory’s Seven Secrets of Seduction. I just couldn't help feeling that first half was really oddly clinical. Seven Secrets of Seduction by Anne Mallory (Author) (83) Anne Mallory gives classic romance a fresh and delightful spin with her clever plots and winning imagination. Still, it was at times lovely and sexy, funny and escapist. Around 60% there was more depth and relationship-building, but I felt like it came a little late in the game especially considering the characters were so invested. I was struggling with the attraction, the motives, and the dialogue was so laced and heavy it just weighed that whole part down. It didn't help that there was a hidden identity or 3 at work, I'm hoping that's not a spoiler because it was so clear-but nothing was convincing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Maxim came off, not as charming or arousing or mysterious, but smarmy. I could see so much promise in the bones of this book. Also, I read the first part without a ton of concentration. Secret 1: Every good seduction begins with a baited hook. ![]() I read this shortly after an oddly similar book.one that I was 'all in' on-a titled rogue/rake with a lot of rumors and mystery.and an sexually interested but innocent woman. Seven Secrets of Seduction May-2010 / Historical Romance Secrets - 1 Scandalous and provocative, The Seven Secrets of Seduction is an intoxicating insight into the mind of men and the desires of women - and the book has all the ton talking. ![]()
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Grace Eversleigh had been the companion to the dowager Duchess of Wyndham for five years, and in that time she had learned several things about her employer, the most pertinent of which was this: ![]() ![]() ![]() Padmasambhava's ability to memorize and comprehend esoteric texts in a single hearing established his reputation as a master above all others. Many thangkas and paintings show Padmasambhava in between them. She and Padmasambhava's other main consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, developed into realised practitioners. His special nature was recognized by the local king who married him to one of his daughters, Mandarava. According to tradition, Padmasambhava was incarnated as an eight-year-old child appearing in a lotus blossom floating in Lake Dhanakosha, in the kingdom of Uddiyana, traditionally identified with the Swat Valley in present-day Pakistan. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now she’s come to the south of France with something of his. When Jess woke up to discover the man in bed beside her had stolen her company, she fled.Įnemies. That one magical night couldn’t survive the harsh light of dawn. The one time she cracked it open to let Damien in, he crushed it-after a night of unbelievable passion.Lovers. ![]() A top perfumer of her generation, Jess had achieved commercial success by growing a protective shell over a tender heart. That was what they said about Jasmin Bianchi. Not even the woman he gave his to.Ĭynical. No one messed with his family, because to do so they would have to get through him. That was what they said about Damien Rosier. From Reviewers’ Choice Book of the Year nominee and bestselling author Laura Florand: ![]() ![]() ![]() This book is another massive success of the bestselling author of India, Chetan Bhagat. through both of these characters author inspires the readers to chase their dreams. ![]() Main characters Madhav and Riya adorable and every reader wants to see them together. Looking from a global perspective the language is too plain which is a drawback, but for beginners it is a good option especially for youngstars. Which makes it a book clearly for Indian readers alone. There language is very simple, it is Indian English and has quite a few hindi dialogues. Story takes place mainly in Delhi, Bihar and New York. Basically they were two ships saling in opposite direction. ![]() Riya wanted to live as a bar singer and to keep a low profile where as Madhav wanted to do so much for the childer of his village. They also had different background, Madhav is from a rural village and was studied in local school, he had difficulty in speaking English but Riya was fluent in English, she is from a high profile family. So Riya suggests to be his half girlfriend. It is the complicated story of two people where one person was looking for a romantic relationship and the other was not. It is the love story of Madav, a Bihari boy and Riya. Half Girlfriend is the first ever English novel that i read, I first read it when i was around 17 years. ![]() ![]() Every bit as powerful and perceptive in our time as it was in the Victorian era, Middlemarch displays George Eliot’s clear-eyed yet humane understanding of characters caught up in the mysterious unfolding of self-knowledge. Against this backdrop, the quiet drama of ordinary lives is played out by the novel’s complexly portrayed characters-until the arrival of two outsiders further disrupts the town’s equilibrium. The proposed Reform Bill, the new railroads, and scientific advances are threatening upheaval on every front. ![]() George Eliot’s beloved masterpiece in a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with a foreword by Rebecca Mead, author of the bestselling memoir My Life in MiddlemarchĪ triumph of realist fiction, George Eliot’s Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life explores a fictional nineteenth-century Midlands town in the midst of sweeping change. ![]() ![]() It's still an excellent read, as most things from Sanderson seem to be, but it was just missing the little something that would have taken this book to the next level. This is a reasonably short read, especially by Sanderson's standards, and in the end I think the ideas Sanderson is playing with are just too big for a novella length story to do justice. This time we get Legion, a novella length story about a schizophrenic man named Stephen Leeds who can summon hallucinations, or aspects, with very specific skillsets - languages, military tactics, theology, interrogation, etc. Along the way, Sanderson touches on a formidable assortment of complex questions: the nature of time, the mysteries of the human mind, the potential uses of technology, and the volatile connection between politics and faith. The action ranges from the familiar environs of America to the ancient, divided city of Jerusalem. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the story begins, Leeds and his "aspects" are drawn into the search for the missing Balubal Razon, inventor of a camera whose astonishing properties could alter our understanding of human history and change the very structure of society. Stephen Leeds, AKA "Legion," is a man whose unique mental condition allows him to generate a multitude of personae: hallucinatory entities with a wide variety of personal characteristics and a vast array of highly specialized skills. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Silent times make way for a turbulent storm. Lilian is determined she will not let her authority be undermined. Will they discover her truth? As if dealing with corruption, discontent, famine and devastation weren't enough, she has to take care of her stepdaughter Miranda, who acts like a spoiled little brat. She is too different from the Lilian everyone knew. Will Aliya be able to counterbalance the darkness with her yearning for life, her bright mind and her confidence, without raising too much suspicion? Something smells fishy in the estate of Earton, and despite Aliya's prudence she attracts both curiosity and jealousy. Women that stand out are burnt on the stake as witches. There are just five things a woman can be: a daughter, wife, mother, widow, and slut. In this world, women are deprived their voices and their abilities to pursue ambition. ![]() ![]() Similar to the Middle Ages, but not entirely, Medieval Tale takes place in the dark ages of Ativerna, a universe inhabited by different populations that worship different gods. Trapped in a body that isn't hers, and a world in which she does not belong, Aliya has made her decision-she must survive. And thus, the simple wish to live changed the life of medical student Aliya irrevocably. You change the world, but the world changes you too. ![]() |