She's the sweet, gentle angel I've got no business wanting with every fiber of my being...and for some jacked-up reason, my best friend decides it's a good idea to hire me to be her bodyguard. After I somehow (miracle of miracles) manage to keep my hands off her for a few (torturous) months, she drops a bomb I just didn't see coming. Apparently, what she's secretly wanted for some time now is one night with me--her first time, no less--while she still has a fraction of her deteriorating vision left. Hell, I don’t know what the right thing to do here is. But what I do know is that protecting her isn’t just a job for me anymore. And one night? That’s damn sure not going to cut it. AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is my first hero-only POV book (so much fun!). Wake was just too deliciously growly and protective, I just had to get in his head for every chapter. Enjoy! Previously published as Waking Up Her Curves (c) 2015, revised throughout with newly added content and an extended ending. Keywords: curvy girl romance, curvy woman romance, BBW, military hero, alpha hero, strong heroine, smart heroine, feisty heroine, plus size heroine, steamy novella, protective hero, possessive hero, new adult romance, sexy contemporary romance, steamy romance, hot romance novel, sweet hero, billionaire romance, bodyguard romance, single dad romance, friends to lovers romance, office romance, boss romance, coworker romance, nanny romance, babysitter romance, age gap romance, sweet heroine, sexy beach read, happily ever after

Although temptation is a common and well-acknowledged part of the human experience, few realize the truth behind temptation and fewer still know how to defeat it. Tempted and Tried will not reassure Christians by claiming that temptation is less powerful or less prevalent than it is; instead, it will prepare believers for battle by telling the truth about the cosmic war that is raging. Moore shows that the temptation of every Christian is part of a broader conspiracy against God, a conspiracy that confronts everyone who shares the flesh of Jesus through human birth and especially confronts those who share the Spirit of Christ through the new birth of redemption. Moore walks readers through the Devil's ancient strategies for temptation revealed in Jesus' wilderness testing. Moore considers how those strategies might appear in a contemporary context and points readers to a way of escape. Tempted and Tried will remind Christians that temptation must be understood in terms of warfare, encouraging them with the truth that victory has already been secured through the triumph of Christ.

He was never supposed to get that text. That dirty, dirty text. To be fair, I'm actually the dictionary definition of a good girl…except when I'm thinking about him. And now that he knows how I feel, what I've been hiding from him this entire time, he won't let me hide from it. He certainly won't let me run from it. The thing is, he's been hiding his feelings from me too. And his version of dirty? So much better than mine. AUTHOR'S NOTE: Even by my steamy standards, this one is admittedly super sexy. Lily may technically still have her v-card, but she is far FAR from innocent...and she's definitely met her match in ultra-gruff Major Logan (it's always those serious, quiet ones that can shock the hell out of you...in the dirtiest possible ways). Enjoy! Previously published as Curve Major (c) 2014, revised throughout with newly added content and an extended ending. Formerly titled Tempted Past Return, this is the same steamy story with a fresh cover/title. Keywords: curvy girl romance, curvy woman romance, BBW, military hero, alpha hero, strong heroine, smart heroine, feisty heroine, plus size heroine, steamy novella, protective hero, possessive hero, new adult romance, sexy contemporary romance, steamy romance, hot romance novel, sweet hero, billionaire romance, bodyguard romance, single dad romance, friends to lovers romance, office romance, boss romance, coworker romance, nanny romance, babysitter romance, age gap romance, sweet heroine, sexy beach read, happily ever after

This book offers updated explanations of the sins of interpretation to teach sound grammatical, lexical, cultural, theological, and historical Bible study practices. "A must for teachers, pastors, and serious Bible students."--Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

The knowledge disseminated by universities and mobilized by states to govern populations has been globally dominant for more than a century. It first emerged in the early modern period in Europe and subsequently became globalized through colonialism. Despite the historical and cultural specificity of its origins, modern Western knowledge was thought to have transcended its particularities such that, unlike pre-modern and non-Western knowledges, it was "universal," or true for all times and places. In this bold and ambitious book, Sanjay Seth argues that modern knowledge and the social sciences are a product of Western modernity claiming a spurious universality: that what we treat as the "truths" discovered by social scientific reason are instead a parochial knowledge. Drawing upon and deriving its critical energies principally from postcolonial theory, Beyond Reason traverses many disciplines, including science studies, social history, art and music history, political science, and anthropology, and engages with a range of contemporary thinkers including Butler, Habermas, Chakrabarty, Chatterjee, and Rawls. It demonstrates that while global in their impact, the social sciences do not and cannot transcend the Western historical and cultural circumstances in which they emerged. If the social sciences are not explained and validated simply by the fact that they are "true," it becomes possible to ask what purpose they serve, what it is that they "do." A defining feature of modern knowledge is that it is divided into disciplines, each with its own object of inquiry and corresponding protocols, and thus asking what such knowledge "does" requires asking what purpose disciplines serve. It also requires asking what ways of understanding the world they facilitate and what they disallow. Beyond Reason proceeds to anatomize the disciplines of history and political science to ask what representations and relations with the past and with politics these academic disciplines enable, and what ways of understanding and engaging the world they foreclose.

“A triumph. This novel’s haunting strength will hold the reader until the very end and make Faith and her story impossible to forget.” —Richmond Times Dispatch “Extraordinary.” —Orlando Sentinel From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult (Nineteen Minutes, Change of Heart, Handle with Care) comes Keeping Faith: an “addictively readable” (Entertainment Weekly) novel that “makes you wonder about God. And that is a rare moment, indeed, in modern fiction” (USA Today).

The relationship between faith and reason is multifaceted. Faith transcends reason in that it is more than reason alone can contain or fully guarantee, yet it is neither unreasonable nor something to which reason is irrelevant--and reason says some pretty fine things about it! This volume updates nine previously published articles on faith and reason by a Christian philosopher who has been studying these matters for two decades, alongside one new essay and a philosophical dialogue. These articles explain and integrate key ideas on faith and reason, including Alvin Plantinga's account of how Christian belief can be knowledge even without evidence; defenses of faith from Augustine and William James; accounts of empirical evidence for faith from different world religions; the distinction between faith and sight in the New Testament; the structure of the evidence for the authority of the Bible; the idea that faith transcends reason because some articles of faith are beyond human comprehension, even if we have evidence that they are true; and the nature of faith as a total commitment beyond what the evidence alone can guarantee.

This book is for mature audiences 18+ It contains explicit language and sexual content.Sometimes being happily married and completely content is not at all what it seems.That is what 35 year-old, happily married, mother of two, Alexis Summers finds out when she decides it is time to return to work. After being a stay-at-home mum for the past nine years, Alexis now realises a complete career change is just what she needs.She becomes a Concierge Attendant in a prestigious hotel in Melbourne, working for the owner of the hotel, Bryce Clark. He resides in the penthouse, is extremely hot, and is a man who always gets what he wants. And what he wants is Alexis. She does a relatively good job resisting Bryce at first, but the undeniable chemistry, sexual tension and playfulness between the two of them is intense. He has copious amounts of money, sex appeal and above all else, is a genuinely nice guy. Bryce has been waiting for his one true love to come along, and he is positive that one true love is Alexis.There is one problem; she is happily married to Rick, and no matter how strong her feelings are for Bryce, she is adamant she will not cheat. She draws a line in the sand, but finds it increasingly hard not to cross. Will she succumb to Temptation?

Nick McLeod embraces the life of a rock star with enthusiasmreveling in drugs, women, crazy escapades, and adulation. Among the groupies who rush backstage after his shows, he occasionally glimpses a woman with blond hair and amethyst-colored eyes. Yet every time he turns to look at her, she vanishes. Then one night as he begins his performance, fueled by cocaine and alcohol, she appears next to him on stage, shaking her head sadly just before he passes out. The near overdose lands him in rehab, and now he is rethinking his priorities. Home, family, and a life with his son are tops on that list. When the offer comes to host a reality show to find a star, he takes it. Meanwhile, the mysterious woman, Ambrielwho goes by Brierealizes that although she has been appointed as Nicks guardian angel, she is becoming more and more attracted to him, making Nick a challenging assignment in more ways than one. She even enters the contest on the reality show so that she can stay close to him and look after him, and he is drawn to her in spite of himself. Falling in love with a contestant is against the rulesand so is falling in love with the human youre supposed to be taking care of. With one foot in the intense human world of show business and the other in the supernatural world, Nick and Bries romance might prove too complicated to survive. Can they overcome the obstacles of both worlds?

Meet the Wicked Whites, sons of the Dark Duke, they bend to no man. But the right woman... Her Wicked White Benedict White is the new Duke of Whitehaven but he's inherited a whole set of old problems right along with his dukedom. Warring siblings. A mysterious clause within his father’s will. And swirling questions about his father’s death. He’s a man who lives his life alone. How can he untangle himself from this mess? Still, he’ll do what’s best for the dukedom no matter how much he hates the task. And when he meets his sister’s companion, Miss Chloe Fairly, he can’t deny that he’s tempted. As lovely as she is sweet, he’d keep her for himself if he were a different sort or if there were a heart still in his chest. But he’s pretty sure he lost his years ago. And he’s got enough problems without adding a temptress to the list. Her Willful White Is she a French spy or the woman of his dreams? Lord Destrian White, brother to the Duke of Whitehaven is a man who prides himself on self-reliance and perseverance. He doesn’t need anyone and if life doesn’t give him what he requires, he takes what he needs. But when Miss Fleur Dupont enters his life, everything turns upside down. His Wallflower White He’ll keep her safe no matter the cost… When The Honourable Patrick Cranston is hired by the White family to guard a duke’s sister, he’s relieved. Watching one debutante is a fair sight easier than bareknuckle boxing, at least that’s how it seems. At first. But as trouble swirls about Lady Millicent, threatening the delicate beauty, he realizes her circumstances are far more dangerous than he first imagined. Her life is at risk and it’s his job to protect her. But that isn’t what scares him the most. The more time he spends with her, the more he realizes, his heart in peril as well and that frightens the hell out of him. Still, he’ll do anything to save them both. Boxed set Regency romance Regency romance collection