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The setting is a lush idyllic island in the Caribbean Sea. Tyler Scranton, an attractive American who has spent half a lifetime dodging painful memories, eagerly accepts a new job at the hotel Belle Jours only to discover that neath the tropical sun, a viper's nest of turmoil is waiting to uncoil. Scranton soon becomes enmeshed in the colorful lives and passions of the hotel staff, its guests and its owner, a mysterious woman with a tarnished past. On a solitary excursion across the island, he discovers Watu Kai, the Waterfall, and falls under the spell of its tragic history. Eventually, the Waterfall becomes the site of the most dramatic and heart-wrenching moments of Tyler's life. Lust and Revenge . . . Malice and Love . . . primal emotions eloquently illuminated in this captivating work of fiction.
Jillian Omar DuBois has a history of mischief and wild behavior but little does she expect to be called downright wicked. The aristocratic brothers St.James, Geoffrey and Stephen, will be her downfall. Set in the tumultuous days as America struggles for independence, her life is fraught with danger as shes torn from the safety of England. Her reputation in shreds, she loses her heart to the brother who seems not to care. Taken to America, separated from her love, shes held hostage by an American sea captain. Fighting the temptation to allow her passions to have the final say, she returns to England and the mystery of the person who wishes her to disappear.
Storm Omar DuBoiss story continues, his search for love, his lifemate. Meghan, fiery of hair and temperament, stirs his desire but defies his control. He wants innocence, perfection. She wants more than a buckskin clad warrior, more than wilderness. She flees to Paris only to be trapped by the aristocracy she sought. Unknown to her, Storm belongs to that same aristocracy. Surviving the conquest of Quebec, he at last returns to France. When their paths again cross, their fate is sealed. But the sealing is fluid, layered with scandal, deceit, and danger. The DuBois blood will tell. Passion defies caution or common sense. Tis true; the fragile path to a lasting love begins with acceptance, with truth, with trust.
France, the Barbary Coast, Italy, in the early 1700s was a mans world. A daughter of French nobility, a bored Anna-Marie agrees to fill in for a friend, performing in Marseille as an eastern dancer. She forces herself upon the man of her dreams but finds true love and erotic passion with a Prince of another world. Kidnapped from his arms, she escapes in the crowded seaport of Naples. Desperate to elude her pursuers, she becomes a model for an Italian Duke, a painter of erotic art. Fulfilling her part of the bargain, she is promised an escort home. She is, instead, sold to a band of gypsies. Beauty is moonlight and jasmine. Beauty is a curse. The saga continues from Unbreak My Heart.
Andre and Angelise s torrid love affair begins with a wager in the ballrooms of Paris, 1692. Surviving estrangement to the sugar islands and tidal rice fields of the New World, civil strife in the French countryside, and war with Spain, the love adventure spans more than a decade. The tale is enough to fulfill any twentieth century fantasy of history in all its twisting but delightful sensuality.
Sweeping across Europe in Napoleon's wake, Lord Greysteel's spying for England's Home Office proves invaluable. Involved in mapmaking, he works his way into a gypsy camp to avoid capture. The young girl he meets there almost causes his death. Part gypsy, Rebekka is herself hiding, and for a far different reason. Her innocence against Greysteel's charm and experience seems no match. As the battle heats up between England and France and sides are taken emotions burn deep, passion deeper. Rebekka's birth and connections canbe disastrous to the cause. Has she been planted in the path of British ambition? Country and honor or desire and betrayal? The French Eagle or the British Lion? War is made by men, destinyby women andit only takes a kiss, just a kiss, to turnchance meeting into a game of sensual pursuit.
The first comprehensive history of the oldest major opera house in the Americas.
Some investigators have hypothesized that estrogens and other hormonally active agents found in the environment might be involved in breast cancer increases and sperm count declines in humans as well as deformities and reproductive problems seen in wildlife. This book looks in detail at the science behind the ominous prospect of "estrogen mimics" threatening health and well-being, from the level of ecosystems and populations to individual people and animals. The committee identifies research needs and offers specific recommendations to decision-makers. This authoritative volume: Critically evaluates the literature on hormonally active agents in the environment and identifies known and suspec...