The Player

Author: Kresley Cole
Publisher: Valkyrie Press
ISBN: 0997215119
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole brings readers the third book of the erotic Game Maker Series, a searing tale of a man racked with dark desires and the beautiful young woman who could sate him at last. A madman with a shadowed past . . . In Las Vegas, Sin City, Dmitri Sevastyan finds her, Victoria Valentine—sexy, vulnerable, and in need of a protector. Obsession takes root deep inside him. Despite a history tainted with violation and betrayal, he will stop at nothing to possess her. A grifter with nothing to lose . . . Descended from a long line of con artists, twenty-four-year-old Victoria, a.k.a. Vice, needs the score of a lifetime to keep her loved ones safe. She sets her sights on gorgeous and rich Dmitri Sevastyan. Even as the irresistible Russian toys with her body and mind, he tempts her heart. Love is the ultimate wild card. When Vice and her associates maneuver Dmitri into a hasty Vegas wedding, he refuses to protect himself with a prenup, trusting her with all that he has. But can she trust him? As secrets unfold, the newlyweds share days of doubts and nights of the wickedest pleasures. Yet once Vice discovers her husband’s past, will she stay to fight for her marriage or cut her losses and run?

Don't Hate the Player

Author: Alexis Nedd
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1547605030
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387

Book Description
"Refreshingly voice-y, wildly smart, and genuinely hilarious." - Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue From an exciting new voice comes a funny and heartfelt YA romance set in the world of competitive gaming, perfect for fans of Opposite of Always and Slay. Emilia Romero is living a double life. By day, she's a field hockey star with a flawless report card. But by night, she's kicking virtual ass as the only female member of a highly competitive eSports team. Emilia has mastered the art of keeping her two worlds thriving, which hinges on them staying completely separate. That's in part to keep her real-life persona, but also for her own safety, since girl gamers are often threatened and harassed. When a major eSports tournament comes to her city, Emilia is determined to prove herself to her team and the male-dominated gaming community. But her perfectly balanced life is thrown for a loop when a member of a rival team recognizes her . . . Jake Hooper has had a crush on Emilia since he was ten years old. When his underdog eSports team makes it into the tournament, he's floored to discover she's been leading a double life. The fates bring Jake and Emilia together as they work to keep her secret, even as the pressures of the tournament and their non-gaming world threaten to pull everything apart. Debut author Alexis Nedd has crafted a YA combo-punch of charming romance and virtual adventure that will win the hearts of gamers and non-gamers alike.

The Player

Author: Michael Tolkin
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 1555847471
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
The “shrewd, entertainingly dark Hollywood novel” that inspired the award-winning Robert Altman film (The New York Times Book Review). Hollywood insider Michael Tolkin perfectly skewers the movie-making business through the mind of Griffin Mill, senior vice president of production at a major Hollywood studio. Ruthlessly ambitious, Mill is driven to control the levers of America’s dream-making machinery. He listens to writers pitch him stories all day, sitting in judgment of their fantasies, their lives. But now one writer whose pitch he responded to so glibly is sending him mortally threatening postcards. Squeezed between the threat to his life and the threat to his job, Mill’s deliberate and horrifying response spins him into a nightmare. Then he meets the sad and beautiful June Mercator and his obsession for her threatens to destroy them both. “One of the most wounding and satirical of all Hollywood exposes.” —Los Angeles Times “In its wry, acerbic description of life behind the studio gates Tolkin’s book recalls F. Scott Fitzgerald . . . and the vengeful comedy of Nathaniel West’s The Day of the Locust.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Player of Games

Author: Iain M. Banks
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 0316095869
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 281

Book Description
The Culture — a human/machine symbiotic society — has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game. . . a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game, and with it the challenge of his life — and very possibly his death. The Culture Series Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata

Make Me Yours

Author: Devney Perry
Publisher: Top Shelf Romance LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1565

Book Description
For the love of books... Top Shelf Romance is devoted to bringing readers a new standard of Romance. Unforgettable books in a collection you'll cherish. Make Me Yours is a collection of four best-selling novels, including: ⁣ Devney Perry - The Birthday List Amo Jones - In Peace Lies Havoc Kristy Bromberg - The Player/The Catch Chelle Bliss - Enshrine ⁣ Top Shelf Romance represents the best of the best in romance. There are no cliffhangers. These are simply must-read novels for readers looking for the best in happily ever afters.

The Player

Author: Denise Grover Swank
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781511657334
Category : Agency (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
As divorce attorney Blair Hansen's wedding approaches, she finds herself remembering her law school boyfriend, the only man she's ever loved, and regretting what might have been. Then a twist of fate lands Garrett Lowry back in her life, making her question everything. Garrett is a divorce attorney who's ready to settle down, but can't find a woman who suits him nearly as well as the one he loved and lost. As destiny keeps throwing them together, he ends up involved in her life in Kansas City, Missouri, and he's convinced it's a sign they should give their love a second chance.

The Player

Author: Claire Contreras
Publisher: EverAfter Romance
ISBN: 9781682307151
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
I'm naturally gifted on the field and between the sheets. With flashy cars and enough media attention to put the Royal Family to shame, I’m the definition of Most Eligible Bachelor. Every man wants to be me and every woman wants to tame me. Until Camila. The moment I lay eyes on her, I know I have to have her. She wants to keep me at arm's length. I want her naked in my bed. She thinks our worlds are too different. All I want her to think about is screaming my name. She says I’m bad news. I have three weeks to prove her wrong.

The Player

Author: Brad Parks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410469694
Category : Environmental protection
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
When he hears residents of a Newark neighborhood are getting sick, and even dying, from a strange disease, investigative reporter Carter Ross dives into the story. With even more motivation to track down the source of the disease, Carter soon hits upon a nearby construction site. But when the project's developer is found dead, and his mob ties surface, Carter knows he's looking at a story much bigger than an environmental hazard.

The Player

Author: Bostjan Belingar
Publisher: Bosslifehacks
ISBN: 9789612838416
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
-It's not just flashy girl-chasing and traveling. It's hard fucking work. Changing country every week. Packing up all your shit into a fucking bag and heading to the next city, the next couch. Finding yourself in a different city where you know nothing and no one. Finding the next girl who you will give your all to, and then who you won't get to see a second time. And if the emotional trauma alone is not enough, add in a healthy 80-hour work week as well.- Join the young apprentice on the epic journey under the wing of an elite dating coach. Travel trough 30 countries, meet countless girls, film inside of world's most prestigious night clubs. Cry, laugh, learn, hit a wall, and finally, discover the dark side of the game.

The Player Next Door

Author: K. A. Tucker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781777202712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description
From the international bestselling author of The Simple Wild and Ten Tiny Breaths comes a new second-chance, hate-to-love romance. Scarlet Reed has returned to Polson Falls, convinced that twelve years away is long enough to shed her humiliating childhood identity as the town harlot's daughter. With a teaching job secured and an adorable fixer-upper to call home, things in her life are finally looking up. That is, until she finds out that Shane Beckett lives next door. Shane Beckett, the handsome and charismatic high school star quarterback who smashed her heart. The lying, cheating player who was supposed to be long gone, living the pro football dream and fooling women into thinking he's Prince Charming. Shane Beckett, who is as attractive as ever and flashing his dimples at her as if he has done no wrong. Scarlet makes it abundantly clear that old wounds have not been forgotten. Neighbors they may be, but friends they most certainly are not. She won't allow herself to fall for the single father and firefighter again, no matter how many apologies he offers, how many times he rushes to her aid, or how hard he makes her heart pound. But as she spends more time with him, she begins to fear that maybe she's wrong. Maybe Shane has changed. And maybe this time she's the one playing herself-out of a chance at true happiness.