marriage
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JOYS AND WOES OF MARRIAGE IN INDIA by HEMALATHA GNANASEKAR
Marriage forges a new path for the next generation as well as riches, social standing, gratification, and refuge. It is also a wonderful melding of ideas, emotions, as well as hurdles and their corresponding resolutions. Put simply, Indian marriages are not just a two-person affair. It is the coming together of family and community with love at the forefront. However, as with all things in life, marriage is not black and white. When love and understanding ebb, heartbreak and sorrow flow. But does this spell the end of a union?
Vowed To Succeed: A Guide to Lasting Love for, and by, Power Couple by John Vignesh
The world that we live in today requires most of us to spend our time working hard to achieve our goals in life, but in doing so we lose sight of the most important things in our lives; most importantly, we lose touch with our love for our partners. Believing that love is the potent energy that can lead a couple to succeed in their relationship, in their dreams and, ultimately, in their life together, John and Revathi Vignesh share the keys to their success in love and life, both from their own lives and from the stories of 5 other Power Couples who stand as testaments to the Power of Love.In these pages you’ll uncover the new strategies to lasting love, including how to keep that love kindled throughout your journey as a couple, how to manage challenges outside of your relationship, the use of resourceful thinking to create opportunities and why having Passion is important.
The Caged Man and the Witch: A Novella by E.J. Stillings
Henry, a handsome bachelor, is trapped in a cage and caught in a feud between a tyrannical king and enchanting witches, where one wants him as bait and the other as a husband. Brigit, one of the witches, is desperate for Henry to love her, but stealing his heart is more complicated than she anticipated.
The Erotic Photoshoot by Jake Ellwood
Amy’s marriage had become lackluster, and she didn’t know why. A friend suggested ‘spicing things up’ by having a boudoir photo shoot in sexy lingerie and presenting the pictures to her husband. That photo shoot opened Amy’s eyes to what had really been missing from her life; and it wasn’t her husband.
The beautiful and young female photographer Amy went to because she didn’t want to be photographed in lingerie by a man, led Amy down a path to sexual fulfillment. A path that Amy didn’t know she wanted to follow, and didn’t know she needed to venture down, but nonetheless, one that would be the cure for her ailing marriage.
Amy got lucky and found out before it was too late that sometimes the things we don’t know about ourselves have a greater influence on our life than the things we do know about.
Sin Is Where You Find It / The Fires Within by John Dexter
Possibly the antidote that will settle and save many marriages in this faithless world is simply that the partners mind their own business. But Ben’s lustful appetite, paired unfortunately with Jane’s frigidity, set the shame stage for flesh infidelity. Enter Holly, a painter whom spurned Ben and was thus assaulted by the tempestuous man. She soon turned their life into a lust triangle after attempting to destroy his life in an act of vengeance. Jane, unable to live in peace with her own husband (and unknowing of the growing tension on her own farm), thinks herself capable of settling the disturbed household of a friend. While she’s gone, the inevitable happens—but in a way that will surprise the most cautious reader as much as it surprises Ben and Holly . . . as their shame, sins, and degradations lead them hopelessly to permanent passion remorse!
Claire Miller thought she and Rod had a perfect marriage. They were young attractive, full of life and love—the envy of their suburban friends. For them, two wasn’t just company: it was all they needed. Or so Claire wanted to believe. Then one day a third influence entered their quiet world and Claire was shocked to discover a side of her husband’s character she hadn’t known existed. Disillusioned and bitter, She sought sexual revenge with the first man who excited her. Only then did Claire discover the strange fires burning within herself . . .
The Invitation / The Married Kind by Bette Held
Here is a daring tale about suburbanites who turn business into sex, and sex into business…who turn off their consciences when they turn off their lights…and who live by one rule only: Anything goes! As you read what happens to Barry Johns and his wife, remember this novel is based on the actual facts of suburbia’s spreading immorality…and consider what you yourself might do if you ever receive…THE INVITATION
Then… Eve Hadley was more than pretty. She was warm and wanting. So why should she try to content herself with one man? Ed Hadley was her husband. But he was having affairs with other women. That gave Eve a perfect excuse to seek solace with a neighbor. And that launched the mate-trading. Eve and her neighbor, her husband and the neighbor’s wife. Still it wasn’t enough. For greater kicks, Eve snared a teenager…
To Anton by Andreea Albu
No one ever said that love is easy. Sometimes is the most difficult battle a woman has to take. When do you decide it’s enough? That you suffered to your limit? How can you decide to leave the man you love more than anything in the world?
“I loved you madly, passionately, with blood. I hated you worse. I cursed you, and I adored you. I have never been able to be indifferent to you. I always vibrated at you, in shades of colors, from the red of jealousy to yellow sunny summer days where we first met and to the purple starry nights of love. You were my hope, light, heat. And also the worst hole, my emptiness.”
Thorns by Andreea Albu
How many steps are between passion and murder? A torrid summer, a fervent woman and a potent man. Starry nights and days with thorns. Come with me on a journey in the murderer’s mind, in which love is mixed with hatred, and women are not as fragile as you would expect.
The Arrangement by Jennifer Lewis
She’s got everything under control. He always gets what he wants. What happens when he makes an offer she can’t refuse?
When Ashlyn Gray’s father passes, he leaves one shocking stipulation in his last will and testament. If she wants him to continue funding her education, she will marry. For an entire year. At 23, Ashlyn doesn’t want to date anyone, let alone marry.
At 25, Deacon Cross is a self-made billionaire. He has no time for love. But he needs a wife, and he needs one fast.
Enter Ashlyn. The perfect answer to his dilemma; and he thinks, the answer to hers. Their attraction is off the charts, but Ashlyn doesn’t trust Deacon and he isn’t about to let his guard down.
Can these two really stay married for an entire year?
The Duchess Deal: Girl Meets Duke by Tessa Dare
When girl meets Duke, their marriage breaks all the rules…
Since his return from war, the Duke of Ashbury’s to-do list has been short and anything but sweet: brooding, glowering, menacing London ne’er-do-wells by night. Now there’s a new item on the list. He needs an heir—which means he needs a wife. When Emma Gladstone, a vicar’s daughter turned seamstress, appears in his library wearing a wedding gown, he decides on the spot that she’ll do.
His terms are simple:
– They will be husband and wife by night only.
– No lights, no kissing.
– No questions about his battle scars.
– Last, and most importantly… Once she’s pregnant with his heir, they need never share a bed again.
But Emma is no pushover. She has a few rules of her own:
– They will have dinner together every evening.
– With conversation.
– And unlimited teasing.
– Last, and most importantly… Once she’s seen the man beneath the scars, he can’t stop her from falling in love…
