Betting On Julia

Small, blonde, bubbly, and with a penchant for all things pink, Julia Melville has always considered herself a nice girl – until she was attacked by a werewolf. Months later, and still in total denial, Julia spends the time between full moons fantasizing that her life is normal. And who could be better to help her with that than her new neighbor, handsome accountant, Sebastian Crane. For two hundred years, Sebastian, a powerful warlock, has been possessed by a demon. Each day, his soul grows darker, and he knows that soon he will be beyond salvation. But the demon loves to gamble, and he's made Bastian one final bet—get a good woman to say the words "I love you" and he'll be free. Julia wants a normal guy. Bastian needs a good woman. Maybe together they can find something far more valuable...redemption.

It is five o'clock in the morning just outside Toronto when nineteen-year-old Julia walks onto the backstretch at Woodbine Racetrack. Despite knowing little about horses and even less about racing, Julia is eager to start her first day at her new job. She is in a dilemma as to where her life is heading. Desperate to make enough money to enter a university and escape a suffocating relationship with her boyfriend, she throws herself headfirst into life at the racetrack. She soon discovers, however, that she is terrified of the high strung animals and even worse, that the other workers have little patience for an inexperienced woman. Even as the high stakes, male-driven world of racing threatens to destroy her and her dreams, Julia perseveres and finds solace in two new friends, who encourage her to fight back. As Julia moves up in the ranks, even her friends are unable to save her from the worst threat of all. Julia is forced by a man she trusts into a world of deceit and illegal treatment of the very animals she has grown to love, and she may have to sacrifice everything in order to free herself from his grasp before it is too late.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

Sports betting has become a truly global phenomenon, facilitated by new communication technologies. As a result, the development of deviances, from match-fixing to money laundering, has accelerated. This new reality has numerous implications, for both the regulation of this billion-dollar industry and the very integrity of sport, sport financing and betting operations. Written by an international team of academic researchers and industry professionals, International Sports Betting explores the central concepts of integrity and deviance, governance and policy, as well as perennial issues linked to the gambling sector, such as regulatory responsibilities and the fight against gambling addiction. Unlike other treatments of the gambling industry, the book offers a multi-disciplinary sociological and managerial critique that goes beyond a traditional focus on law and regulation. This is fascinating reading for any student, researcher or practitioner working in the areas of sport business, international business, international regulation, policy studies or gambling studies.

Meet the Alpha Bet Guys: Ace, Ozzy, Dante, Fox and Cruz, five college buddies reunited in Philadelphia when each begins a new chapter in their lives. Each novella in this series of steamy romantic comedies features an alpha-ish guy who likes to make bets and the curvy woman who brings him to his knees. Book 1: A-Hole - Ace & Ella's Story (opposites attract/mistaken identity) A comedian and a bank teller walk into a bar... The start of a steamy romance--or just a funny stand-up bit? Book 2: The Big O - Ozzy & Hazel's Story (STEM/nerd romance) Do these two chemists have the right formula, or will it blow up in their faces? Book 3: Need the D - Dante & Julia's Story (reverse age gap/baby) Dick, donor, daddy. They all start with D...and they’re all on her to-do list. Book 4: Hard F - Fox & Jenna's Story (billionaire/opposites attract) A hard life calls for a hard f... Or at least that’s Fox’s new motto. Book 5: Ride the C - Cruz & Mia's Story (reverse age gap/bodypositive) Two aging models taking on a media giant? It’s gonna be one hell of a ride...

A pictorial examination of cast iron in New Orleans. Cast iron artistry remains an iconic characteristic of New Orleans, familiar to both locals and visitors alike. Beginning with the origins of cast iron, this pictorial study follows its evolution into contemporary times. Ornate illustrations depict the various patterns of cast iron that have been used over the years while photographs portray examples of the artistry throughout the city.