My ex’s best friend just paid a million dollars for a date with me. I’ve known Beckett Pearce for two years. I’ve disliked him for just as long. He’s been voted New York’s most eligible bachelor twice. And it’s not just his billions they want him for. He’s an eleven in a ten world, but I can’t imagine anything worse than dating him. He may have money, power, and good looks, but he’s also arrogant and infuriating. Yet here I am. On a million-dollar date with my ex’s best friend. Beckett Pearce is a standalone frenemies-to-lovers, billionaire romance featuring opposites who most definitely do attract, a hilarious bachelorette auction, crazy family antics, and the kind of steam that might make your e-reader self-combust. All the feels, laughter, and a HEA you’ll be swooning over.

My ex's best friend just paid a million dollars for a date with me.I've known Beckett Pearce for two years.I've disliked him for just as long.He's been voted New York's most eligible bachelor twice.And it's not just his billions they want him for.He's an eleven in a ten world, but I can't imagine anything worse than dating him.He may have money, power, and good looks, but he's also arrogant and infuriating.Yet here I am.On a million-dollar date with my ex's best friend.Beckett Pearce is a standalone frenemies-to-lovers, billionaire romance featuring opposites who most definitely do attract, a hilarious bachelorette auction, crazy family antics, and the kind of steam that might make your e-reader self-combust. All the feels, laughter, and a HEA you'll be swooning over.

The issue of child sexual exploitation (CSE) has received intense scrutiny in recent years, following a number of high profile legal cases, serious case reviews and inquiries. This has resulted in increasing expectations that those working in the field will know how to appropriately manage and respond to this form of abuse. Of course, this is no easy task given the widely acknowledged difficulties of identifying and responding to sexual abuse and the particular complexities associated with the gain dynamic within CSE and the predominantly older age of children affected by it. This edited collection draws on the latest research evidence and academic thinking around CSE to consider issues of understanding and response. Written by researchers from ‘The International Centre: Researching child sexual exploitation, violence and trafficking’ at the University of Bedfordshire, Part I considers issues of understanding and conceptualisation. Part II considers the practical implications of some of this thinking, sharing learning from research and evaluation on prevention, identification and response. Understanding and Responding to Child Exploitation presents critical learning for academics and students, and for those working in the fields of policy, practice and commissioning. It is relevant to a wide range of disciplines including social care, youth work, education, criminology, health and social policy.

This study explores the concept of Stimmung in literary and philosophical texts of the modern age. Signifying both 'mood' and 'attunement', Stimmung speaks to the categories of affective experience and aesthetic design alike. The study locates itself in the nexus between discourses on modernity, existentialism and aesthetics and uncovers the pivotal role of Stimmung in 19th- and 20th-century European narrative fiction and continental philosophy. The study first explores the philosophical and aesthetic origins and implications of Stimmung to, then, discuss its role in the narrative fiction of three key authors of modern literature: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Samuel Beckett and Thomas Bernhard. These readings demonstrate a significant shift towards an aesthetic of affective intensity and immediacy, in which the experience of the reading process takes centre stage as each author develops an aesthetic philosophy of Stimmung in their own right. Through its focus on the concept of Stimmung, the study thus unearths a fundamental link between existentialist concerns and narrative practice in modern literature.

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A fast-paced, sexy motorcycle club romance featuring a heroine who keeps her man on his toes, an alpha who’s not afraid of a feisty woman, and a whole lot of MC action. Throw in a crazy club president whose woman has gone missing, fun Stormgirl antics, and a catch-up with all the Storm couples, and you’ve got the ending to a series that will make you laugh, swoon, and smile big over everyone’s HEA. Echo Kade is having a bad year. She’s dealing with a divorce, a bank balance that looks suspiciously like $0, way too many speeding tickets, and a mother who has decided to move across the world. No mother should ever think it’s okay to move across the damn world. Echo is ready to sell off her belongings, join a commune, and contemplate the pros and cons of celibacy. But first, she has to help the president of the Sydney Storm MC find his old lady who has gone missing. And that involves working with Colton Creed, a biker built for sin. A biker who opens doors for women, picks up after himself, and knows his way around that part of a woman that all men should know their way around. Suddenly, her year is looking a whole lot better. Celibacy? What even is that? The Storm MC world from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nina Levine, currently has three completed motorcycle club romance series, with more to come. Nina's alphas are always protective and possessive, and usually bossy. Her heroines all have inner strength and always give as good as they get. The Storm MC books are spicy romances and feature heroes who will scorch the earth for the woman they love. If you enjoyed Sons of Anarchy, you will love the Storm MC series! Binge read the COMPLETE series! Books in the Storm MC Series: Book 1: Storm Book 2: Fierce Book 3: Blaze Book 4: Revive Book 5: Slay Book 6: Sassy Christmas Book 7: Illusive Book 8: Command Book 9: Havoc Book 10: Gunnar Book 11: Wilder Book 12: Colt For fans of: Kristen Ashley, Madeline Sheehan, Autumn Jones Lake, Ryan Michele, Chelle Bliss, Laramie Briscoe. Keywords: Motorcycle Club Romance, biker romance, alpha hero, bad boy romance, romantic suspense, mc romance, protector romance, found family, contemporary romance, new adult romance, hot romance, steamy romance, spicy romance, women's romance, Australian romance.

Escape with a Nina Levine alpha. Always protective. Always possessive. And their women give as good as they get. This collection features bonus scenes and short stories from the Storm MC world: 16 bonus scenes with these couples: J & Madison Scott & Harlow Blade & Layla Gunnar & Chelsea Tatum & Nitro Fury & Zara King & Lily Kick & Evie Hyde & Monroe Hurricane Hearts bonus chapters Heart & Soul (a short story featuring Nitro & Tatum from the Sydney Storm MC) Locked Up Hearts (the prequel to Gunnar) Plus an interview with Nina about her books and writing Please note: All of these scenes have been published previously, either via Nina's newsletter or in an anthology. They're being published here in one collection for readers who have missed them and also for readers who want them all in the one book on their e-reader. The Storm MC world from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nina Levine, currently has three completed motorcycle club romance series, with more to come. Nina's alphas are always protective and possessive, and usually bossy. Her heroines all have inner strength and always give as good as they get. The Storm MC books are spicy romances and feature heroes who will scorch the earth for the woman they love. If you enjoyed Sons of Anarchy, you will love the Storm MC series! Binge read the COMPLETE series! Books in the Storm MC Series: Book 1: Storm Book 2: Fierce Book 3: Blaze Book 4: Revive Book 5: Slay Book 6: Sassy Christmas Book 7: Illusive Book 8: Command Book 9: Havoc Book 10: Gunnar Book 11: Wilder Book 12: Colt Bonus book: Storm MC Unfiltered For fans of: Kristen Ashley, Madeline Sheehan, Autumn Jones Lake, Ryan Michele, Chelle Bliss, Laramie Briscoe. Keywords: Motorcycle Club Romance, biker romance, alpha hero, bad boy romance, romantic suspense, mc romance, protector romance, found family, contemporary romance, new adult romance, hot romance, steamy romance, spicy romance, women's romance, Australian romance.