Only a few months after embracing her magical powers, defeating a dark witch at her high school, and banishing a faerie prince back to his realm, sixteen-year-old Madison Riley is back in book three of the Embrace series—and doing the bidding of a demon. She has no choice but to do so if she wants him to honor the deal they made at his crossroads territory to save the life of someone she loves. Twenty years of service to a creature of hell is a big price, but it sure beats the alternative: selling her soul. But life gets complicated when you’re the beck-and-call witch of a crossroad demon. Caden, the demon she serves, wants to become master of Death Himself, and he has the means to do it as long as Madison helps him find all the pieces of an enchanted “binding” necklace. It’s up to Madison and her coven to foil his plans, but Caden’s intentions aren't entirely evil—and the kisses he seals his deals with aren’t too bad either. As Caden's motives test Madison’s trust, his shameful flirting tries her boyfriend Isaac’s patience. But being caught in a love triangle with two supernatural hotties is perhaps the least of her concerns when the coven’s interference in Caden’s plot might just cost Madison her life and unleash hell on earth.

This collection of essays by musicologists and art historians explores the reciprocal influences between music and painting during the nineteenth century, a critical period of gestation when instrumental music was identified as the paradigmatic expressive art and theoretically aligned with painting in the formulation ut pictura musica (as with music, so with painting). Under music's influence, painting approached the threshold of abstraction; concurrently many composers cultivated pictorial effects in their music. Individual essays address such themes as visualization in music, the literary vs. pictorial basis of the symphonic poem, musical pictorialism in painting and lithography, and the influence of Wagner on the visual arts. In these and other ways, both composers and painters actively participated in interarts discourses in seeking to redefine the very identity and aims of their art. Also includes 17 musical examples.

This book would made you realise the essence of eternal and pure love, which is beyond the limits of this mortal life. While reading the book you would actually feel that soulmates do exists and they would always unite whatever be the situation. Alongside Destiny is also the main ingredient of the book and so as of our lives, you would confront that our each and every act is driven by destiny.

The remarkable story of “outsider” artist Judith Scott, who was institutionalized for more than thirty years before being reunited with her sister From birth, fraternal twins Judith and Joyce Scott lived as if they were one person in two bodies, understanding instinctively what the other wanted and felt, despite the fact that Judy had Down syndrome, profound deafness, and never learned to speak or sign. But this idyllic childhood of color, texture, and feeling ended abruptly when, at age seven, Judy was taken from their shared bed while Joyce slept, not knowing that the wholeness they had known was being shattered. For the next three decades, Joyce is left without her other half and must grieve unexpected loss while navigating her relationship with an emotionally distant mother—alone. Even so, her life parallels her twin’s in surprising ways. While in college, Joyce too is sent away, pressured to relinquish the secret daughter she bore in hiding to adoption. Decades later, Joyce resolves to reunite with her sister and fill their remaining years with joy. After overcoming legal hurdles to become Judy’s legal guardian, she enrolls her in an art center for adults with disabilities in Oakland, California. Judy is hesitant at first, but after two years of uninterested painting and drawing, her untapped creativity suddenly ignites when she is introduced to fiber art, and she begins carefully and intentionally winding yarn and other materials around combinations of found objects. With unflagging intensity, Judy works five days a week for the next eighteen years, producing more than two-hundred astoundingly diverse fiber sculptures. Unconcerned with her growing fame, she remains fully immersed in her artistic vision until her death in 2005. Today, Judith Scott’s work is displayed in museums and galleries around the world, in some of the most prestigious collections of contemporary art. Entwined is a penetrating personal narrative that explores a complex world of disability, loss, reunion, and the resiliency of the human spirit. Part memoir, part biography, Entwined is a poignant and astonishing story about sisters finding their voices in each other’s love and through art.

Reproduction of the original: The Cathedral by Clara Bell

Ethan… I have a traumatic past I don’t like to remember and though it kept knocking on my door, I built my walls and made a successful man of myself. My present is a void, but I am a powerful steel tycoon who has it all, and that’s all they need to know. An unpredictable snowstorm changes everything. She’s stranded in Heathrow airport and I give her a ride in my G650. She’s all I ever wanted: a passionate, loving, beautiful woman. She gives me what I never had: love. She will be my forever. Alistair… One year ago, on my daughter’s grave, I promised I would never bend to a woman’s will again. Since then my days are filled with billionaire banking contracts and my nights are filled with raw, kinky, hard sex. One new woman each night—sometimes two—to indulge my need for control and punishment. I forget about them as soon as they’re out of my door. But when I meet her in a business meeting, in my f*cking bank, she confronts me, runs me over, and leaves me horny as f*ck. She’s gorgeous, sexy, and has a strong will. One I will bend. Sophia… Once upon a time, I had everything I had ever wished for: a perfect marriage, a successful career, and my precious baby daughter. Until monsters took my beloved husband away. To protect my daughter, I fled to London and hid under a false name, afraid to be discovered. Two years have passed and now my fear has also mixed with loneliness and torment. I’m torn between the love for a dead man and my desire to move on. So, when Ethan, in all his powerful tycoon confidence and charm, insists on a relationship, I give it a chance. But when I meet Alistair and gaze into his blazing green eyes, my world spins around. Now, I don’t know what to do. Or whom to choose. A billionaire romance with a heart-wrenching love triangle, Entwined Fates by USA TODAY bestselling author Cristiane Serruya weaves a complicated, suspenseful plot that’s so shocking, you won’t see the ending coming. Sexy, seductive, and with a hint of BDSM, it’ll delight fans of Fifty Shades of Grey and authors Nora Roberts, Sylvia Day, and Helen Hardt. Start reading the TRUST Series now!

We all experience the emotional roller coaster called, Life. This poetry book paints a vivid picture of real emotions, thoughts, actions, and dreams. Broken up into six thought-provoking chapters, author Brittany C. Neely McPhail exposes her lifefrom the motivational to the misery-laden. In Eden Forsaken: Inspiration & Tears Entwined into Verse, the author sheds light on real, raw, and relative sentiments.

"Pretty Woman" meets "Romeo and Juliet" as a ruined governess and illegitimate nobleman's daughter navigate love, suspense, and redemption in this delightful, steamy duo of romances set in the infamous London Pleasure House, Madame Chambon’s. In Wedding Violet, Max, Lord Belvedere, finds himself unexpectedly abandoned at the altar. Seizing the opportunity to secure his freedom, he devises a plan to reassure his ailing Aunt Euphemia of his commitment to finding a bride. Enter Violet Lilywhite, a charming and diverting companion from London's most prestigious House of Assignation. A pretend wedding to a "penniless shop girl" seems like the perfect solution, but as Max and Violet's feelings deepen, they must confront the possibility that true freedom may lie in each other's arms. The second book follows the story of Charity, a reluctant courtesan who has found true love with her first and only client, Hugo. When Hugo is tricked into gambling away his inheritance and sent to India as punishment, Charity finds herself at the mercy of the infamous Madame Chambon. With the help of unexpected allies, Hugo returns to win back his fortune and his lady love. But to secure Charity's hand in marriage, he must risk everything in one daring night to expose a true villain and gain his family's approval. A must-read series for fans of Victorian-era mysteries and passionate love stories. Prepare to be swept away by these tales of star-crossed lovers prepared to lose family and fortune in their quest to be together. What the readers say: "This steamy plot is full of emotional turmoil and intrigue, with beautifully crafted characters who have quite the journey to fulfill their dreams." "This story has all the elements of a perfect fairy tale. Less angst than the preceding stories of the series, but enjoyable to the same extent. Good for a quick read!"