Dark Domination

WARNING: Dark, dirty, forbidden, and hot as hell. Marine turned billionaire arms dealer Jackson Hawke has one goal--to have the woman who ruined his life at his mercy. He'll see her on her knees, even if he has to pay for the privilege. Six years ago, Hannah buried her twin sister. Now, with her family in jeopardy, Hannah must sell herself to a wealthy stranger in order to save their home. She expects to be scarred by the experience. She doesn't expect to pay penance for her sister's sins or to meet a man who brings her body savagely to life. Now Hannah must choose--confess to Jackson that she's not the twin he's looking for and forfeit the money she needs to survive, or submit to a man whose dark domination may be the end of them both. * *CLIFFHANGER ALERT: Dark Domination ends in a cliffhanger. It is the 1st in the Bought by the Billionaire romance series. The entire series is out now. Same steamy romance, new author name.* * Keywords: Bondage & spanking (BDSM), clamps & cuffs, rough sex, public sex, toys, alpha/dominant male, romance, romantic, erotic, erotica, S&M, contemporary, women's fiction, short story, short stories, completed series, series, serial, the bought by the billionaire series, lili valente, l. valente, suspense, free books, freebies, billionaire, military, kidnapped, steamy

The new geological epoch we call the Anthropocene is not just a scientific classification. It marks a radical transformation in the background conditions of life on Earth, one taken for granted by much of who we are and what we hope for. Never before has a species possessed both a geological-scale grasp of the history of the Earth and a sober understanding of its own likely fate. Our situation forces us to confront questions both philosophical and of real practical urgency. We need to rethink who “we” are, what agency means today, how to deal with the passions stirred by our circumstances, whether our manner of dwelling on Earth is open to change, and, ultimately, “What is to be done?” Our future, that of our species, and of all the fellow travelers on the planet depend on it. The real-world consequences of climate change bring new significance to some very traditional philosophical questions about reason, agency, responsibility, community, and man’s place in nature. The focus is shifting from imagining and promoting the “good life” to the survival of the species. Deep Time, Dark Times challenges us to reimagine ourselves as a species, taking on a geological consciousness. Drawing promiscuously on the work of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, and other contemporary French thinkers, as well as the science of climate change, David Wood reflects on the historical series of displacements and de-centerings of both the privilege of the Earth, and of the human, from Copernicus through Darwin and Freud to the declaration of the age of the Anthropocene. He argues for the need to develop a new temporal phronesis and to radically rethink who “we” are in respect to solidarity with other humans, and responsibility for the nonhuman stakeholders with which we share the planet. In these brief, lively chapters, Wood poses a range of questions centered on our individual and collective political agency. Might not human exceptionalism be reborn as a sort of hyperbolic responsibility rather than privilege?

Huang Xiang 黄翔, the protagonist of this book, was born on 26th December 1941 in Guidong county, Hunan province of central China. After the Communists came to power in 1949, he was imprisoned six times and severely persecuted for his free-spirited writing and his campaigns for human rights. For more than thirty years, this self-educated poet and writer, wrote secretly against the bondage of totalitarian ideology to safe-guard the freedom of speech. According to the author of the book, Huang is a great dark poet who has expressed the painful memories, fears and struggles that haunted his life creating wonderful poetic beauty in the darkness. His poetic creation is a miracle in the history of Chinese contemporary literature. We may say that Huang's identity as an unknown dark poet is conditioned by his personal, emotional and tragic experiences of struggles while facing historical events such as the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976, the April 5th Movement in 1976, the Democracy Wall Movement in 1978 and the Pro-Democracy Movement in 1989 in China.

Une demeure familiale lourde de secrets, un propriétaire dangereusement charismatique… Sa venue à Iron House signera-t-elle sa perte ? Depuis son adolescence, Lovisa le sait : à Iron House, tout peut arriver, et surtout le pire. Pourtant, alors qu’elle est forcée de retourner à la demeure familiale pour les funérailles de son beau-père, son cœur s’emballe : elle va le revoir, lui, ce « frère » dont elle n’a jamais voulu et qui a pourtant bouleversé tout son univers. Désormais à la tête d’un cartel de drogue, autoritaire et brutal, Niklas n’a plus rien de l’adolescent qu’elle a connu neuf années auparavant. À ses côtés, Lovisa se retrouve plongée dans un monde dur, impitoyable… mais fascinant. Irrémédiablement attirée par cet homme qui lui veut autant de mal que de bien, Lovisa parviendra-t-elle à combattre ses envies inavouables… ou cédera-t-elle à la noirceur magnétique de Niklas ? Note de l'éditeur : attention, certaines scènes peuvent heurter la sensibilité des lecteurs. *** Je veux reculer, mais, contre toute attente, Lovisa m’accueille entre ses cuisses et passe ses bras autour de moi. Je manque de perdre la tête en sentant la chaleur de son intimité contre mon ventre. Elle a si chaud que je sens son excitation. Ses gémissements, son corps qui se tord et la chaleur dans sa culotte ne font aucun doute : elle fait un rêve érotique. – Nik… murmure-t-elle. Bon sang ! Quoi de plus bandant qu’une femme qui chuchote votre prénom de la sorte ? J’aimerais entrer dans sa tête et assister à ce qu’elle voit pour partager ce moment avec elle. J’embrasse tout d’abord ses lèvres, puis descends à son menton et le long de sa mâchoire, que je mordille. Nouveau gémissement. Ma bouche se pose sous son oreille, que j’embrasse avant de titiller son lobe avec ma langue. Un soupir cette fois. – Ce serait bien plus intéressant si tu te réveillais, ma belle, chuchoté-je. Mes paroles font écho en elle. Love bouge en dessous de moi et finit par ouvrir ses yeux épuisés. Ce vert profond m’hypnotise. Je la regarde avec envie et pourlèche sa lèvre inférieure. Elle ne met pas beaucoup de temps à émerger et écarquille les yeux en se rendant compte de la situation. – Nik… ? murmure-t-elle, incertaine. – Tu ne rêves pas, ma belle, et avant que tu ne t’indignes, je tiens à préciser que c’est toi qui m’as fait du rentre-dedans. Et Dieu sait que j’ai envie d’être en elle en cet instant. Cette pensée me fait frémir d’envie et augmente mon érection. Un seul mot de sa part et je n’hésiterai pas un instant. Dis-moi oui, Love. Allez. – Je… mais je dormais, se justifie-t-elle. Elle plaque soudainement ses mains sur sa bouche. Sa voix est rauque et faiblarde, mais n’enlève rien à son charme. Je souris face à son air gêné et m’appuie sur un bras tandis que l'autre descend vers sa hanche, que je caresse. – Te voilà réveillée désormais. Dis-moi non et je m’arrête. Dark Domination, de Missy Heart, premiers chapitres du roman.

If Yasmin North knows one thing for sure, it’s that love sucks. That’s why she’s moving forward with her happily-ever-after solo plan, with the help of a sperm sample from a six-foot-two donor who apparently holds a doctorate in both computer science and social work. Meaning he’s brilliant and kind—talk about superior baby-making DNA. But when the sperm bank informs her the sperm she has her heart set on was mistakenly sold to her from the storage-only database, Yasmin declines the refund and sparks up a please-let-me-have-your-baby-batter email negotiation with the unnamed donor instead (albeit, not very successfully). Add in her mother’s prize-winning rooster terrorizing her around her parents’ farm and so far, her move back to Lonesome Point is proving less than ideal… The first time Noah O’Sullivan visited his cousin in Lonesome Point, Texas, he fell hard for the fun, quirky little town. So he’s not really surprised to find himself falling hard for a fun, quirky Lonesome Point girl. The moment Yasmin races past him, chased by a giant demon rooster, his gut utters two words—yes and mine. It’s clear he and Yasmin have an instant connection, but convincing the wounded woman to let him be her knight in faded blue jeans is proving harder than he expects. Especially when Noah discovers she’s the woman who was accidentally given his sperm sample… Previously published as Going Rate for Mr. Right © 2016 as a part of Erin Nicholas’s Sapphire Falls KindleWorld series. The Lonesome Point Bachelors Series (each book can be read as a Standalone romance): Leather and Lace Saddles and Sin Diamonds and Dust Twelve Dates to Christmas Glitter and Grit Sunny with a Chance of True Love Chaps and Chance Ropes and Revenge Eight Second Angel A Hundred Million Reasons

This ride is going to last a lot longer than eight seconds… Female professional bull rider, Reece Hearst, graduated from the school of hard knocks. With honors. Because life is like bull riding—when it sends you to the dirt, you do whatever it takes to get on your feet, even if you have to crawl. She fixed Lonesome Point in her rearview, joined the pro circuit, and never looked back. But now an injury threatens to end her career and she’s back home, living next door to the family that made her life a living hell. After multiple tours of duty, all Grayson Parker wants is to get his family’s cattle business back in the black and live a quiet life. But the return of Reece Hearst makes “quiet” impossible. Though it’s hard to care when Reece makes chaos so much fun… Soon, Grayson longs to be the man to show this wounded cowgirl that there is life after loss. But can two damaged people find their way to happily ever after? Or will the scars on their hearts keep them apart? The Lonesome Point Bachelors Series (each book can be read as a Standalone romance): Leather and Lace Saddles and Sin Diamonds and Dust Twelve Dates to Christmas Glitter and Grit Sunny with a Chance of True Love Chaps and Chance Ropes and Revenge Eight Second Angel A Hundred Million Reasons Perfect for fans of Kelly Moore, Elle Thorp, and sexy, swoonworthy cowboys.

WARNING: Dark, dirty, forbidden, and hot as hell. Marine turned billionaire arms dealer Jackson Hawke has one goal-to have the woman who ruined his life at his mercy. He'll see her on her knees, even if he has to pay for the privilege. Six years ago, Hannah buried her twin sister. Now, with her family in jeopardy, Hannah must sell herself to a wealthy stranger in order to save their home. She expects to be scarred by the experience. She doesn't expect to pay penance for her sister's sins or to meet a man who brings her body savagely to life. Now Hannah must choose-confess to Jackson that she's not the twin he's looking for and forfeit the money she needs to survive, or submit to a man whose dark domination may be the end of them both. * *Dark Domination is the 1st in the Bought by the Billionaire romance series. The entire series is available now. Same steamy romance, new author name. * *