Protecting What S Hers

A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties. In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming. And it's that struggle that gives the book its original structure: each chapter is driven by its own narrative trope--haunted houses, erotica, bildungsroman--in which Machado holds the events up to the light and examines them from different angles. She looks back at her religious adolescence, unpacks the stereotype of lesbian relationships as safe and utopian, and widens the view with essayistic explorations about the history and reality of abuse in queer relationships. Machado's dire narrative is leavened with her characteristic wit, playfulness, and openness to inquiry. She casts a critical eye over legal proceedings, Star Trek and Disney villains, fairy tales, as well as iconic works of film and fiction. The result is a wrenching, riveting book that explodes our ideas about what a memoir can do and be.

A “courageous and revelatory memoir” (Naomi Klein) chronicling the life of the leading Indigenous climate change, cultural, and human rights advocate For the first ten years of her life, Sheila Watt-Cloutier traveled only by dog team. Today there are more snow machines than dogs in her native Nunavik, a region that is part of the homeland of the Inuit in Canada. In Inuktitut, the language of Inuit, the elders say that the weather is Uggianaqtuq—behaving in strange and unexpected ways. The Right to Be Cold is Watt-Cloutier’s memoir of growing up in the Arctic reaches of Quebec during these unsettling times. It is the story of an Inuk woman finding her place in the world, only to find her native land giving way to the inexorable warming of the planet. She decides to take a stand against its destruction. The Right to Be Cold is the human story of life on the front lines of climate change, told by a woman who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most influential Indigenous environmental, cultural, and human rights advocates in the world. Raised by a single mother and grandmother in the small community of Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Watt-Cloutier describes life in the traditional ice-based hunting culture of an Inuit community and reveals how Indigenous life, human rights, and the threat of climate change are inextricably linked. Colonialism intervened in this world and in her life in often violent ways, and she traces her path from Nunavik to Nova Scotia (where she was sent at the age of ten to live with a family that was not her own); to a residential school in Churchill, Manitoba; and back to her hometown to work as an interpreter and student counselor. The Right to Be Cold is at once the intimate coming-of-age story of a remarkable woman, a deeply informed look at the life and culture of an Indigenous community reeling from a colonial history and now threatened by climate change, and a stirring account of an activist’s powerful efforts to safeguard Inuit culture, the Arctic, and the planet.

Former Navy SEAL Miles Lynch came home from Iraq with the nickname “Mild.” His dirty little secret? It’s easy to stay calm when you don’t care about anything. He learned the hard way that happy endings don’t exist—fighting for the cause only got him broken and disillusioned. Explosives expert Lale Şakir knows a thing or two about chemistry, but only on paper. When it comes to men? Total novice. But when she agrees to create an artificial coral reef for Aqueous Adventures as an excursion site near the Caribbean island Miles calls home, will the unexpected heat between them cause too many complications… or melt the polar ice cap around his heart?

Enjoy this sexy werewolf love story by author Daniella Starre! No matter the stakes, she’ll protect what’s hers. Werewolf Mandy Griffin is still struggling to get over the death of her husband years later. Love is the last thing on her mind. When a one-time blind date threatens Mandy’s parents, she returns to her roots in Michigan to protect what’s hers. Unbeknownst to her, Mandy’s parents have a new hunky of a neighbor who has taken it upon himself to be a bodyguard of sorts to her parents. Despite herself, Mandy can’t deny that Clint Anderson is exactly the kind of guy she might’ve fallen for if not for her husband. Is it possible to have two soulmates? Regardless, Mandy knows that she’ll die to save those she cares about, Clint included. This novel is perfect for readers who love hot wolf shifter paranormal romance with steamy sex scenes, alpha male hero, plenty of action, suspense, adventure, and true love between werewolves. Keywords: Wicked Wolf Shifters, Bestselling Series, Paranormal Romance, Shifter Romance, Shapeshifter Romance With Sex, Wolf Shifter Romance, Wolf Romance, New Adult Romance, Romance eBook, Romance Series, Top Romance Reads, Fantasy Romance, Hot Romance, Alpha Hero, Feisty Heroine, USA Today Bestselling Author, J.K. Harper, Wolves, Women's Fiction, Racy Romance, Romance Novel, Romance Books, Seduction, Sexy, Sensual, Urban, Contemporary, 21st Century, Current, J.K. Harper Books, Paranormal, Supernatural, Fantasy, Story, Suspense, Thriller, Action Adventure, Hot Sexy Read, Love Story, Best Selling Shifter Series, Alpha Male, Happy Ever After, Suspenseful Read, Book, New Adult, Romantic Suspense, Werewolf, Fated Mates, HEA, Standalone, Fantasy Books, Epic Urban Fantasy series, Werewolves and Shifters, Animals & Nature, Popular Series, Paranormal Fantasy Books, Top Rated Books, Romance Books, Fantasy Romance Books, Essential Reads, Epic Fantasy, Paranormal Romance Series, Adventure Books, Mythology and Folklore, Top Rated Fantasy Collection With Shapeshifters, Fantasy Bundle, Heroine, Supernatural and Occult, Fantasy Stories, Shifter Series, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance Books, Magical Adventures, a kingdom of exiles, a shade of vampire, academy of magic dragon's gift, accidentally in love, attack by magic dragon's gift, awakening dragon, born in fire, burning tower, call of the dragon, choose love, covert fae, crime of magic dragon's gift, crimes against magic, dark stranger the dream, darkness bound, dragons of the darkblood secret society, druid enforcer, ghostwater, goddesss choice, golden age, greyriver shifters, hotbloods, hour of darkness, house of darken, iron and magic, jinn's dominion, junkyard druid, Kate Daniels’ Magic Series, master of magic dragon's gift, natural mage, natural witch, obsidian son, raised in fire, rogues of magic, shadow keeper, shadow kissed, space knight 4, twisted fate, unchained, undercover magic dragon's gift, war god's mantle, wheel of time, wild hunger

Protected by her brother's best friend.... Someone is trying to kill Eden Dawson. Trouble is, she has no idea who. After waking up in the hospital with partial amnesia, her family informs her that she witnessed a murder, and now she’s a target from someone who wants to make sure she doesn’t testify. Her brother insists she needs a bodyguard… Enter former Navy SEAL Chandler Ruthven. Chandler may be cool as ice, but Eden can’t deny that his chiseled body and smoldering stare are red hot. But the last thing Eden wants is a baby-sitter—she can take care of herself. Until an attempt on her life convinces her she needs Chandler’s help. Ever since Chandler left the SEALs, he’s struggled to take to civilian life. Now, to protect the stubborn Eden, he knows he needs to keep her close and if that means pretending to be her boyfriend, so be it. Their attraction was just supposed to be an act, but with Eden, somehow their fake relationship feels all too real. And that’s a distraction he just can’t afford. Neither of them were looking for love. But if Eden can survive this harrowing ordeal, love just might find them both.

I swear to protect her life, liberty, and body… I’m done with Tilucci. I’m only doing it to give my daughter the life she deserves. I’m not the guy that Jane, that fine reporter, thinks I am. And when I say fine, I mean it more than just her work. I need to help her to get rid of this life of drugs and violence and keep my baby girl safe. I never expected Jane to like me. But after she forced herself to join me, I knew she was mine. I will keep them both safe. I don’t know if she will be okay with a single father like me. But I’ll make sure to convince her as much as I can. I always do. This is book 2 of the Omerta Series. This is a bad boy mafia romance novel. There is NO cheating, NO cliffhanger, and a guaranteed happy ending!

Paula Drummond is finally back on a police force. And with so much at stake--she's a single mom atoning for an almost career-ending mistake--she's not risking anything but stellar performance. That means, regardless of whatever attraction is brewing between her and her partner, Officer Riley Henning, she will not get involved. Still, working side by side with a man as hot as Riley and not giving in to temptation isn't easy. Especially when he goes above and beyond to help keep her son safe. With all that evidence piling up, it seems as though her partner on the job is destined to become her partner in bed...and maybe even in life.