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Join Mia and Valentin in a heart-pounding journey through danger and desire in 'Bratva Connection: Valentin' by Becky Wilde. Will love conquer the shadows of the Italian Mafia? Dive into this electrifying tale now. Blurb Mia Whitlock, an investigative journalist, trying to get the dirt on the bad guys, puts herself in danger after sneaking into the back of a nightclub owned by the Italian Mafia. Matteo Marello, the top enforcer is bad news and Mia, unfortunately, has captured his attention. When Valentin Sokolov realises she’s in danger, he pulls her into his arms and kisses her. Intrigued and attracted to the mystery woman, he does everything he can to find out who she is and when he does, he inveigles himself into her life. Val is extremely attracted to Mia and knows she is perfect for him but convincing her to be his woman isn’t going to be easy. Mia is independent and not used to asking for help but when Val saves her life, she realises that he’s a good guy and that she’s falling for him. Mia ends up in a relationship with Valentin but when she ends up in peril, she isn’t sure she’ll ever see him again.
Nikita Ravenov It was supposed to be a simple job—tail the Italian for an evening, see if he was up to anything shady, and report back to the Bratva. But I didn’t expect him to go into gay bars. Is someone trying to out me to the Bratva? Am I being set up? And what the hell do I do now that my mark knows I’m following him? Lorenzo Ferrari It’s insulting, really. My organization wants to do business with the Russians, but they’re putting tails on me? That’s just bad manners. But when that tail gets a beating from his own for failing to tell them everything he knows about me, I know something is up. Now we’re both in way over our heads. Our only hope is working together. And even then, I’m not so sure we’re getting out of this. You Had One Job is an exciting enemies to lovers m/m romantic suspense between a Sicilian gangster and a member of a Russian bratva, by the the authors of the Hitman vs. Hitman and Bad Behavior series. CW: On-page drug use, active addiction, graphic violence, suicidal ideation, domestic abuse.
Sabine Baker saw something she shouldn’t have seen and now she’s being blackmailed by a corrupt policeman. Boris Romanov is intrigued when he hears a husky, feminine voice but when he sees the woman being handed a thick envelope by the owner of a restaurant in Chinatown, Melbourne, he’s intrigued. Boris follows the beautiful woman and when he sees her hand the envelopes to a police officer, he’s angry. A spur of the moment decision and with the help of a friend, Boris kidnaps her, takes her to another friend's home and locks her up in the basement. Sabine is at first resistant to explain, but then she tells Boris and his friends everything. He vows to help her and the wheels are set in motion to set up the dirty cop. However, things don’t go according to plan and Sabine is kidnapped for a second time but this time she’s not sure she’ll survive.
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After Empires describes how the end of colonial empires and the changes in international politics and economies after decolonization affected the European integration process. Until now, studies on European integration have often focussed on the search for peaceful relations among the European nations, particularly between Germany and France, or examined it as an offspring of the Cold War, moving together with the ups and downs of transatlantic relations. But these two factors alone are not enough to explain the rise of the European Community and its more recent transformation into the European Union. Giuliano Garavini focuses instead on the emergence of the Third World as an international a...
The Tour Across the Land is no ordinary bicycle race. Only the top riders take on the cross-country route, and soon they will whiz right through Somerville. The townspeople expect only fun and excitement, but Somerville's young sleuths realize that one cycling team has a sinister plan. Will they find a way to stop it?
This book provides a thorough overview of cutting-edge research on electronics applications relevant to industry, the environment, and society at large. It covers a broad spectrum of application domains, from automotive to space and from health to security, while devoting special attention to the use of embedded devices and sensors for imaging, communication and control. The book is based on the 2020 ApplePies Conference, held online in November 2020, which brought together researchers and stakeholders to consider the most significant current trends in the field of applied electronics and to debate visions for the future. Areas addressed by the conference included information communication t...
Three lives come together on the steps of a country church one fateful summer’s morning – two from backgrounds of wealth and privilege, the other an artisan already on his way to genius – each will know love and loss as the next twenty years unfold. Cremona, Italy. 1714. When thirteen-year-old Katarina Rota opens the door to the Guarneri workshop and Giuseppe plays a violin for her, neither can imagine what lies ahead. Though Giuseppe can teach her how to play, nurturing her talent until it surpasses his, he cannot see beyond that child he first knew. So, when Katarina meets Viennese army captain Johannes Horak and learns their families have arranged their marriage, she is ready to lea...