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House Maid: A story behind the suffering of a Sri Lankan Migrant worker in Saudi Arabia.
Indika Guruge - 2017
She thinks migrating to a foreign land would be the only hope. The only qualification she has to migrate to a foreign country is to be a housemaid. That salary would be way better than in Sri Lanka, flying to Saudi Arabia as a housemaid would be a dream come true.Yet day after day, Kamala comprehends her mistake and regrets her stupid actions of leaving her beloveds. She is trapped by the secured walls of the Arabian house and by the rules, regulations and her negligence on working. She gets punished by horrific physical and mental abuse by the hands of her employer. Finally trapped her in a room as a punishment with nonpayment of her salary.When she tries to escape she is being physically tortured by the employer with nailing her body feet beating her with chains and sticks. Finally, when she escapes and returns to her mother land, everything what she worked have gone on a waste by her husband and leaving it all for nothing.Why I wrote this book.Labor migration to the Middle East has become a main feature of Sri Lankan economy strategies making it the second biggest foreign exchange earnings. Migration is likely to continue in the future. Foreign embassies continued to receive many reports that employers abused foreign women working as domestic servants. Some embassies of countries with large domestic servant populations maintained safe houses to which their citizens may flee to escape work situations that included forced confinement, withholding of food, nonpayment of salaries, beating and other physical abuse, and rape.These are few stories... "One particular day I dropped a saucer which broke into pieces. My employer was angry and he heated up five nails and drove them into my hand. When I shouted out in pain my employer's wife held a knife to my neck," she said.Why you should read this book?When you Google Sri Lanka all you see is a beautiful island with beautiful sceneries and nature surrounded by lovely sandy beaches, diverse landscapes ranging from plains to highlands, rainforests, wildlife and exotic food.But not many know how the Sri Lankan lower middle class suffer. How everyday is a challenge for them to make their ends meet. How much they suffer to keep their families alive, insufficient money to feed their children and to spend for their education.I was inspired by so many stories about how these migrant workers suffer. I have been fortunate enough to help these people and listen to their stories.This shows us how cruel the world is. Another side of life which many has not seen, or even think about, simply a nightmare. Why cannot the governments take any action about this? Non-government organizations? Is there anyone at all? When they send their hard earn money with high hopes, most of the time husbands waste money on alcohol and gambling, children go astray and get abused. These women and families fall of from the frying pan into fire. Time, money, pain all gets wasted. Everything end up in tears.This story will give you the inner aspect in depth about the middle class migrant workers and their lives, how hard they work, how much they sacrifice, how hard they hide their feelings and pain, suffer and struggle to survive every day.This book is a story about a family that went through this horrific abuse and torture. Hope you enjoy this book.Scroll up and grab your copy now.
Nary a Hedgerow: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Don H. Miller - 2022
Bingley leave Hertfordshire immediately after the ball which Mr. Bingley hosted at Netherfield Park. It assumes that Mr. Bennet has died and that the Bennet women no longer live at Longbourn because of the entail which gave that estate to Mr. Collins. The Bennet daughters have been distributed among relatives--Mary and Lydia with Mrs. Bennet in a cottage in Meryton, Jane with her Uncle and Aunt Phillips in Meryton, and Elizabeth and Kitty with their Uncle and Aunt Gardiner in London. This variation addresses how the family manages to survive the tragedy, how the relationship of Elizabeth and Darcy is influenced by Elizabeth's becoming the ward of her merchant uncle and aunt, and how the lives of other Bennet daughters are affected.
We Hunt Monsters 1
Aaron Oster - 2022
After making a deal with a mysterious immortal, he was sent to a new world in hopes of gaining the offered reward - a chance at a better life with his family. However, Keith failed to realize that this deal did not come with an expiration date, no matter how many times he died. After dying for the dozenth time, Keith renegotiates with the immortal. This new deal will see him sent to the world of Raiah - a world filled with monsters, cowardly monkeys, and a system of magic very similar to the fantasy roleplaying games his brother used to enjoy. Completing a quest to hunt the most dangerous monsters on the planet, is the price Keith will need to pay to regain his old life. It’s a good thing that all of his experiences in his previous lives translate to Skills in this new one because if Keith fails this time, the price he will need to pay will be far steeper. We Hunt Monsters is a crunchy LitRPG in an epic fantasy setting. Fans of Dakota Krout, Will Wight, and the Monster Hunter games will enjoy this new series by the bestselling author of the Rise to Omniscience and Buryoku series.
My Perfect Summer in Greece
Ian Wilfred - 2019
Cheryl is excited her sister Julie has asked for her help in organising her wedding but things aren't turning out the way Cheryl had hoped. There's going to be no little village church and no bridesmaids dress; the wedding is taking place on the Greek island of Holkamos. Vangelis has the perfect beach location for a wedding but his little beach cafe has never catered for weddings before. Will he be able to cope with all of Julie's demands? Andréas has moved back to Holkamos to help run the family gift shop after the death of his father. The business has to move with the times but will his mum allow things to change? Johnny is Cheryl's best friend. He doesn't like the way Julie treats her and has a plan to put things right but is it the right thing for Cheryl and what happens when they both arrive on the Greek island. Could it become more than just a weekend wedding for Cheryl and Johnny?
Loving The Predator
Marcelle Sixx - 2018
He knows it and so does the people of his kind. Born to a strict ordnance that he tries his best to live by, things become rather peculiar for him since the Mating Moon is vastly approaching. Not only is it time for him to choose a wife, but he has his eyes set on one young human woman, Corrie in particular until a different whiff catches his nostrils. That whiff belonging to Suri Chevelle. Phor is caught in the cross-fires of Suri’s father’s murder and tries to maintain a certain level of dignity, all until he realizes that something is not right with the girl, Corri, he once had his eyes set on in the first place. Slowly but surely, he seems to see her as someone completely different. He never thought that she would be a ruthless individual to go as far as stalking him and Suri. Things go off the rails when he confesses to Corri that he wants nothing to do with her. Phor has his hands full choosing a wife, while trying to ensure Corri doesn't figure out what he or Suri really are. It’s hard to do when he finally pinpoints that Corri is a complete lunatic. It’s Mating Season once again, and it’s pulling all of the crazies to the forefronts.
OLD HOUSE
Sharon Mierke - 2018
Who has not wondered about old houses as they passed by? Who was the builder? Did he take pride in his work? Were the inhabitants always happy or were there hard times? How many people passed through the doors? Old House is a story about one house. It is located in a fictitious valley in the state of Montana U.S.A. Through the course of one hundred years, these are the people who lived, laughed, loved, and cried as they called this old house their home. Each chapter in the book is a story in itself. It begins with the man who built the house in the late 1860s, and it continues with the people who found lodging and refuge in it - from a young man with a bounty on his head, an old man in search of gold, to a woman seeking protection.
Galleon
C.J. Williams - 2018
His only hope for survival is to partner with an alien Artificial Intelligence named Alyssa. She is the brain of the most improbable star ship Gus has ever seen, part ancient sailing ship, part incredible star-faring vessel. But there is a catch. Alyssa’s first priority is to finish an epic yacht race that started twenty-eight thousand years ago. THE WORLD IS CAPTURED BY THE ALIEN DRAMA Every day Gus sends a video love letter to his wife via the lifeboat’s one-way subspace signal where it is automatically posted on YouTube. Few people care until another lifeboat crashes with two young women aboard, both of them celebrities. Their fame turns Gus into a worldwide phenomenon; everyone watches the three castaways fight to carve a life from the tiny island life even though they have little hope of rescue. When disaster threatens, Gus and the girls have no choice but to resurrect the crippled galleon. Their impossible task is to sail Alyssa across an alien sea and then fly her across unimaginable galactic reaches. WHEN ALYSSA FINALLY AGREES TO HELP, SPACE PIRATES STRIKE On live television, the public watches helplessly when a ship of vicious murderers attack the three survivors. The world grieves when the now-famous exiles go silent. At least until Earth's Space Navy reports they are under attack by a ship that is beyond imagination.
A Clean Billionaire Boxset
Anne-Marie Meyer - 2019
Get swept away today with these swoon-worthy heroes! Forgiving the Billionaire Love deserves a second chance. Hannah has finally come home after having been away for seven years. Despite her fears about facing her past, she’s desperate to get away from her boyfriend’s proposal. She didn’t expect to see Logan again. Logan is trying to adjust to his father’s death, being a single dad, and his new status as a billionaire. He thought he had a handle of that until his childhood crush, Hannah, comes back into his life. And she’s everything he remembered her to be. If only they could move on from their broken hearts. If only they could see how perfect they are together. Then maybe the mountains in front of them wouldn’t feel so unsurmountable. Finding Love with the Billionaire Opposites attract in the Alaskan wilderness. Madeline is desperate to finally be taken seriously, but that doesn’t seem to be the case when her boss asks her to write a puff piece of billionaire party boy, Liam Davenport. Liam just wanted a quiet life roaming the world. When his father dies, leaving him to face the media storm surrounding Davenport Outdoors, he’s forced to trade in his hiking boots for tailored suits. They’re determined they already know all there is to know about the other person. Until their plane crashes into an Alaskan mountain side. Suddenly, they’re faced with a choice. Put down their pride to survive, or keep their prejudices and struggle alone. Falling for the Billionaire Two lost souls make a whole. Paige has moved to New York after her father lost his business and passed away. Living with her quirky aunt as she attempts to start over wasn’t what she had envisioned for her life, but she’d determined to be successful. James has a golden finger. As a billionaire, his life is perfect—except that’s not the life he wants. Trouble is, he’s not sure what he’s meant to do. When James meets Paige, he’s intrigued by her. She seems to have everything figured out. The plan was simple. Figure out what James enjoys. If only their hearts hadn’t gotten involved. If only their pasts didn’t come back to haunt them. When everything feels as if it’s crashing down around them, the one thing they feared might be the one thing they needed all along. Fixing the Billionaire Love can mend a broken past. Millie has given up on love. After all, men never seem to show up when they’re supposed to. Joseph is trying to atone for his mistakes that he made before his daughter passed away. He’s left behind his privileged life to travel from town to town, paying off stranger’s medical bills. They were perfectly happy living their single lives until Millie rear ends Joseph in the parking lot of the hospital where she works. Fate intervenes and they find themselves thrown together. But love isn’t that simple.
Vines of Ostara
John P. Logsdon - 2019
There are just a few bugs to fix first... Join this comedic romp through the land of Kazaran, where you'll find interesting characters, a vast RPG world, adult themes/language/innuendo (don't worry, it's not a harem/reverse-harem book!)...and a fair amount of bloodshed too! In a nutshell, Kazaran is intended for mature audiences who harbor very immature thoughts. Grant Palaski is a low-level bug tester at the world’s largest MMORPG, Kazaran Online. It was meant to be a starting point to a high-level writing job, but all he has to show for his master’s is a mountain of student loan debt, a grudging addiction to caffeine, and zero respect. When he is handpicked to lead a group of pro gamers into Kazaran's new innovation, everyone is shocked. Why him? Even Grant can't answer that question, but he's not going to pass up the opportunity of a lifetime. The mission is to go from a level 1 newbie to a level 50 master. Millions of jealous gamers from all over the globe will watch the adventure, though hopefully, there’s no cameras in the showers. Plus, he’ll get paid. A lot. Except he probably should have questioned more about why he was chosen. Someone inside the company doesn’t want him to succeed. When everything goes wrong, Grant and his party have to balance the challenges of the game with uncovering the mystery of who sabotaged their test run. Can a guy used to losing lead his team to victory? Or will it be game over for good?
King of Wolves Complete Series Boxed Set: Books 1-5: shifter and fallen angel romance
Meg Xuemei X. - 2020
The ruthless alpha is hellbent on claiming me. His idea of fun? Ravage me and make me shamelessly beg for releases over and over. But I haven't the time for that, even if he's gorgeous. I have to lead a gang of ferocious criminals to fight off the vampire horde. It doesn't matter if my thighs quiver with raw need and my body burns for him. Survival comes first. But then he tells me the truth of our complicated relationship--if he's not allowed to wring the most epic and brutal climax from me, he'll lose himself to his beast forever.Book two: Wicked WitchShe ruts me like a savage, then utterly forgets me the next morning. She doesn't know I'm the most brutal Sváva Archangel. My blood only warms on the battlefield and my obsidian wings spark dark fire when I taste the blood of my enemies. At first it was attractive that she didn't fear me, but no one uses me and casts me aside like trash. Just as I'm about to punish her in ways she can't imagine, I uncover the truth--she is my fated mate, and her amnesia is the result of a dark curse. Conquering universes will be nothing compared to conquering this curse. I'll stop at nothing to make my mate remember our dirty, passionate night together, and how I coerced carnal pleasure from her over and over. This darkly delicious paranormal romance collection includes:Claim the Wolf KingWicked WitchDark VampireFallen AngelClaim the Leopard PrincessOne-click and dive into this tantalizing, hot series that features a badass heroine, handsome and possessive alpha shifters, and ruthless fallen angels. Expect naught language and explosive love scenes. HEA guaranteed and no cheating.
Jameson Family Saga: The Complete Series
Aven Jayce
2000+ pages, 562,000 words, first person, present tense, and heavy on dialogue. --------------------------------------------------The NOVA TrilogySophiaMy story begins in St. Louis with my best friend and former college roommate, Mera. I'm twenty-three, not the romantic type, and convinced that I can mistreat my body however I see fit. I'm not worried about any consequences, only my therapist is. I see her twice a week as requested by my father. He believes I have issues with my mother and that my lack of motivation, foul mouth, and immaturity all stem from her neglect. But my therapist? She thinks I'm a sex addict. All of this is about to change... because of him. Cove Everton holds secrets that are infinitely darker than mine. The demons he carries are destroying him, and his connection to my family is tragic. He tries to distance himself, but our attraction is too powerful. Once his private life is exposed, there's no turning back. We fall fast and hard, both virgins to this kind of love and troubled by the unknowns of a future together. Can we erase the scars of one another's past and move forward? Or will we be consumed by our former lives?You'll spend time in shallow water getting to know me before you advance into the deep end with Cove. And it is deep, be patient. The unexpected is coming. ~Sophia Jameson--------------------------------------------------The Dark Scarlett (Blurb not posted due to spoilers for NOVA)-------------------------------------------------- JAMESON HOTEL - THE COMPLETE SERIES MARK JAMESONis an arrogant prick. Tall, blond, muscular, and oh, so cocky. The owner of a luxury hotel in South Lake Tahoe, his life revolves around money, getting laid, and protecting his loved ones. He thinks of himself as a vigilante and truly believes it's a good deed to kill any bastard who harms women or torments his family. I'm not a serial killer; I'm a vigilante who rids the world of scum. Don't fuck with the people that I love. JULIA BARRINGER is a young, fierce, foul-mouthed blonde who works the front desk at Mark's hotel. He knew the moment she walked into his office that he'd have her in his bed before anyone else in the hotel laid a finger on her. But he never would've imagined a woman could have so much control over his personal life, his sex life, and ultimately . . . his heart. But what if she finds out about the porn, the drugs, and all the bodies at the bottom of the lake?Will she run?Or does Julia have secrets of her own? **Sexual situations**Dark humor**Violence**Language warning * * * * * * * * *
Wolves of Gypsum Creek Box Set
Serena Meadows - 2019
The heroes in this boxset of steamy, standalone stories will get your heart racing…and tongue wagging. But you’d better watch out. The howling has started, and no lady is safe when the wolves of Gypsum Creek go on the hunt.
Third Time a Charm
A lone wolf-shifter, banished by the villagers.A fiery young woman, with secrets to keep.Jessie and Sophie’s love is obsessive, consuming…and forbidden.
Triumph
Kara has a carefully hidden plan….Danny keeps a fiercely guarded heart….Their chemistry is undeniable. But are their secrets greater than their love?
Young Love
When a shifter carrying a world of responsibility, Meets Michelle, a temptress with a dark and dangerous destiny…She’s all David wants, and the last thing he needs.
Restoration
Natalie has big dreams and is ready to chase them…Dillion’s running from a past he can’t escape… These two shifters are falling hard. But will they crash before they fly?
Her White Wolf
Bethany is held captive by a cruel, controlling father. Gabriel has spent his life trapped in his shifter’s form. All they ever wanted was freedom, but will love be enough to set them free?
Lose yourself in the Appalachian Mountains with these powerful protectors, and the courageous women that claim their love.
Warning: Adults Only
1-2-3 Magic Teen: Communicate, Connect, and Guide Your Teen to Adulthood
Thomas W. Phelan - 2016
In 1-2-3 Magic Teen, internationally renowned parenting expert Thomas W. Phelan explains how to better understand your teenager, which problems are not worth fighting over, and why your child's behavior likely matches the definition of a normal adolescent. With helpful, straightforward advice backed up by research and parent-tested strategies, 1-2-3 Magic Teen will help you establish a calmer, more respectful home and family life and show you how to guide your teenager into healthy, functional young adulthood. In this book, you'll find tools and advice tailored for the challenges of a teen lifestyle, including: Forgetting to do chores Absence in family outings Drop in grades Missed curfews Parties and drinking Work responsibilities