My Beloved Wager

Author : Erin Mouré
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Poetics
ISBN : 189712645X

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My Beloved Wager by Erin Mouré Pdf

My Beloved Wager gathers essays by noted poet and translator ErA-n Moure, and records a quarter century of writing practice emerging from a city of exhilarating poetic and translatory possibility: Montreal. In her essays and linguistic-sculptural interventions on what poetry makes possible, Moure reveals why she has placed her bets on poetry as a way of life. In these works, the richness of poetry is laid bare as Moure challenges us to think more deeply about who we are as speakers, readers, writers, and citizens of the world.

Author : Kasey Stockton
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : Man-woman relationships
ISBN : 1689468440

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Love in the Wager by Kasey Stockton Pdf

When Lydia's father tells her he's obtained a husband for her, Mr. Thornton, she doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. She'd only met the man once before, and he'd immediately left her stranded in a ballroom after asking her to dance. How could she marry a man who already deemed her forgettable?

Author : Vincent Lam
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307367914

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The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam Pdf

From Giller Prize winner, internationally acclaimed, and bestselling author Vincent Lam comes a superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting novel set against the turmoil of the Vietnam War. Percival Chen is the headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon. He is also a bon vivant, a compulsive gambler and an incorrigible womanizer. He is well accustomed to bribing a forever-changing list of government officials in order to maintain the elite status of the Chen Academy. He is fiercely proud of his Chinese heritage, and quick to spot the business opportunities rife in a divided country. He devotedly ignores all news of the fighting that swirls around him, choosing instead to read the faces of his opponents at high-stakes mahjong tables. But when his only son gets in trouble with the Vietnamese authorities, Percival faces the limits of his connections and wealth and is forced to send him away. In the loneliness that follows, Percival finds solace in Jacqueline, a beautiful woman of mixed French and Vietnamese heritage, and Laing Jai, a son born to them on the eve of the Tet offensive. Percival's new-found happiness is precarious, and as the complexities of war encroach further and further into his world, he must confront the tragedy of all he has refused to see. Blessed with intriguingly flawed characters moving through a richly drawn historical and physical landscape, The Headmaster's Wager is a riveting story of love, betrayal and sacrifice.

Author : Eva Devon
Publisher : Entangled: Amara
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781649371959

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The Wedding Wager by Eva Devon Pdf

All Lady Victoria Kirby wants is to dig in the dirt, take notations, and record history. What she doesn’t desire is having to bumble through ballrooms and tolerate the ton’s sly insinuations about her less-than-acceptable appearance. Victoria wasn’t certain what her rather reckless father has in mind for her future. But she certainly isn’t expecting him to gamble her hand in marriage—and lose. After all he witnessed as a child, the Duke of Chase cannot bear to see a woman misused. So when the marquess wagers away his daughter to a lecher of a man, he has no choice but to step in and rescue her. Lady Victoria has a reputation for being as tart as a lemon. He might just have found the perfect wife to keep his age-old promise to never sire an heir. Surely he’d never be tempted to take this lady to bed... Then the duke meets the wild, witty, and intelligent young lady he’s bound to marry. Now trouble is certainly headed his way, and she won’t just threaten the very vow he swore to keep...she might just undo his heart, too. Each book in The Wedding Wager series is STANDALONE: * The Wedding Wager * The Duke's Accidental Bride

Author : Tessa Dare
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062672155

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The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare Pdf

New York Times and USA Today Bestseller They call him the Duke of Ruin. To an undaunted wallflower, he's just the beast next door. Wealthy and ruthless, Gabriel Duke clawed his way from the lowliest slums to the pinnacle of high society—and now he wants to get even. Loyal and passionate, Lady Penelope Campion never met a lost or wounded creature she wouldn’t take into her home and her heart. When her imposing—and attractive—new neighbor demands she clear out the rescued animals, Penny sets him a challenge. She will part with her precious charges, if he can find them loving homes. Done, Gabriel says. How hard can it be to find homes for a few kittens? And a two-legged dog. And a foul-mouthed parrot. And a goat, an otter, a hedgehog . . . Easier said than done, for a cold-blooded bastard who wouldn’t know a loving home from a workhouse. Soon he’s covered in cat hair, knee-deep in adorable, and bewitched by a shyly pretty spinster who defies his every attempt to resist. Now she’s set her mind and heart on saving him. Not if he ruins her first.

Author : Lynn Painter
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593437292

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The Love Wager by Lynn Painter Pdf

Two people make a wager on who can find love first, not realizing what they should be betting on is each other, in this new romantic comedy by Lynn Painter, New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Wrong Number. Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bottom), she decides it’s time to become a full-on adult. She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe, but when she logs onto the dating app that she has determined will find her new love, she sees none other than Jack, the guy whose room she snuck out of. After agreeing they are absolutely not interested in each other, Jack and Hallie realize they’re each other’s perfect wing-person in their searches for The One. They text each other about their dates, often scheduling them at the same restaurant so that if things don’t go well, the two of them can get tacos afterward. Spoiler: they get a lot of tacos together. Discouraged by the lack of prospects, Jack and Hallie make a wager to see who can find true love first, but when they agree to be fake dates for a weekend wedding, all bets are off. As they pretend to be a couple, lines become blurred and they both struggle to remember why the other was a bad idea to begin with.

Author : Edith Layton
Publisher : Untreed Reads
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611879230

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The Duke's Wager by Edith Layton Pdf

Lovely Regina Berryman was pursued by two men—the two most attractive and infamous bachelors in London. One was Jason Thomas, Duke of Torquay, whose skill and success in seduction had made him a legend of lordly licentiousness. The other was St. John Basil St. Charles, Marquis of Bessacarr, the devilish Duke’s only rival as the foremost rake of the realm. These notorious gentlemen had made Regina fair game in a competition where all was considered legitimate strategy in winning her affection and capturing her virtue. And Regina’s only chance of preserving her honor and protecting her heart was to turn the tables on her titled tempters—and change the dallying way Regency London played the game of love....

Author : Donna Jo Napoli
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1429946814

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The Wager by Donna Jo Napoli Pdf

Don Giovanni was once the wealthiest and handsomest young man in Messina. Then a tidal wave changed everything. When a well-dressed stranger offers him a magical purse, he knows he shouldn't take it. Only the devil would offer a deal like this, and only a fool would accept. Don Giovanni is no fool, but he is desperate. He takes the bet: he will not bathe for 3 years, 3 months, and 3 days. Beauty is a small price to pay for worldly wealth, isn't it? Unless he loses the wager—and with it his soul. Set against the stunning backdrop of ancient Sicily, Donna Jo Napoli's new novel is a powerful tale about discovering what truly matters most.

Author : Rebecca Connolly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 1943048398

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A Wager Worth Making by Rebecca Connolly Pdf

The riskier the wager... Everyone knows that Gemma Templeton is a wonderful, cheerful, friendly young woman who is well worth one's acquaintance. She is vibrant and warm, and plays the violin with exquisite talent. The only thing she lacks is a husband, and time is growing short for her in that regard. When an interesting opportunity arises from an unlikely source, Gemma's future is suddenly far more appealing, and a small wager makes all the difference. ...the sweeter the return. What everyone does not know is that a certain man of a less warm reputation is very much interested in changing Gemma's unmarried state, and he doesn't care what anybody says. Lucas Sinclair, Lord Blackmoor, is a dark mark upon the face of Society, and his unexpected interest in Gemma leaves many to wonder if his motives don't hide some sinister purpose. He takes her ridiculous wager, and will stop at nothing to see it paid.

Author : Gayle Wilson
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459283343

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The Heart's Wager by Gayle Wilson Pdf

The Duke of Avon Had Gone Missing and it Was Up to Devon to Find Him Colonel Devon Burke knew little of the alien world in which he traveled. Yet he was determined to find the man to whom he owed his life, or else die trying. And the mysterious Julie de Valme seemed his only hope for success. Once the toast of Paris, Julie's life had been destroyed the night of her father's death. Now she lived by her wits in a dangerous underground existence. And the one man whom she had come to trust was blind to the woman beneath the protective guise….

Author : Lynn Painter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781398536500

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The Do-Over by Lynn Painter Pdf

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BETTER THAN THE MOVIES! Emilie has the worst Valentine’s Day ever—only to relive it over and over again. Perfect riotous romantic YA fiction where 50 First Dates meets Groundhog Day. After living through a dumpster fire of a Valentine’s Day, Emilie escapes to her grandmother’s house for some comfort and a consolation pint of Ben & Jerry’s. She passes out on the couch, but when she wakes up, she’s back home in her own bed—and it’s Valentine’s Day all over again. And the next day? Another nightmare V-Day. Emilie is stuck in some sort of time loop nightmare that she can’t wake up from as she re-watches her boyfriend, Josh, cheat on her day after day. Not only that but Emilie can’t get away from the enigmatic Nick, who she keeps running into—sometimes literally—in unfortunate ways. How many days can one girl passively watch her life go up in flames? And when something good starts to come out of these terrible days, what happens when the universe stops doling out do-overs? Pre-order Nothing Like the Movies, the swoony sequel to Better than the Movies and don't miss out on Betting on You from Lynn Painter!

Author : J. M. Jeffries
Publisher : Kimani Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780373863846

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Love's Wager by J. M. Jeffries Pdf

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Author : Mary Balogh
Publisher : Class Ebook Editions Ltd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781944654016

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The Double Wager by Mary Balogh Pdf

The Double Wager is the digital reissue of a previously published and long out-of-print novel by New York Times Bestselling author Mary Balogh. Henrietta Tallant has always preferred the company of her brother and his rough-and-tumble friends to that of other ladies. She rebels at the prospect of making her debut into London society and the great marriage mart. However, when her brother’s friends challenge her to entice the toplofty, unattainable Duke of Eversleigh into offering her marriage within six weeks, she recklessly accepts and wagers her beloved horse. The Duke of Eversleigh, who has always adamantly proclaimed his determination never to marry, is beginning to feel the pull of duty and the need to produce an heir. His friends do not believe he will give in so easily, however, and wager with him that he will not make a marriage offer within a month. When Henrietta deliberately collides with the duke in a London ballroom, then, each is intent upon winning a wager--without any thought to what will happen after it is won.

Author : New York (State). Court of Appeals,George Franklin Comstock,Henry Rogers Selden,Francis Kernan,Erasmus Peshine Smith,Joel Tiffany,Edward Jordan Dimock,Samuel Hand,Hiram Edward Sickels,Louis J. Rezzemini,Edmund Hamilton Smith,Edwin Augustus Bedell,Alvah S. Newcomb,James Newton Fiero
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : HARVARD:32044078610953

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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York by New York (State). Court of Appeals,George Franklin Comstock,Henry Rogers Selden,Francis Kernan,Erasmus Peshine Smith,Joel Tiffany,Edward Jordan Dimock,Samuel Hand,Hiram Edward Sickels,Louis J. Rezzemini,Edmund Hamilton Smith,Edwin Augustus Bedell,Alvah S. Newcomb,James Newton Fiero Pdf

Author : Candace Camp
Publisher : HQN Books
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426805103

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The Marriage Wager by Candace Camp Pdf

No longer in the first blush of youth and without a marriage portion, Miss Constance Woodley could scarcely imagine why one of the leading lights of London society should take an interest in the likes of her. But under her benefactor's guiding hand she was transformed into a captivating creature who caught the eye of the handsome, charming and ever-so-slightly notorious Lord Dominic Leighton. And before the shocked eyes of the entire Ton, the "nobody" and the rakish viscount showed that even in the heartless world of the marriage mart, when love was at stake, all bets were off….