![]() Over decades her time by Dracula’s side is one filled with sexual passion and adoration, of lavish homes and high society. With little choice left, Constanta accepts her fate, though not truly knowing what was at stake. Bleeding out upon a field, a mysterious man approaches her and whispers promises of sweet revenge, of a future without fear. War had come to Constanta’s quiet peaceful village in Romania, her parents were brutally killed right before her eyes, and then the soldiers had come for her. Through a series of letters addressed to Dracula, Constanta chronicles the moment her life as a peasant girl ended and her existence as a dangerous predator began. ![]() Our narrator is Constanta, Dracula’s first bride. This is an intoxicating story steeped in blood and obsession, hunger and lust, all told through heady sensual prose. Gibson is a darkly hypnotic reimagining of Dracula’s Bride. ![]() ![]() To my own haunted conscience.”Ī Dowry of Blood by S.T. I will make you into nothing more than a man, tender and brutal in equal measure, and perhaps in doing so I will justify myself to you. “I will render you as you really were, neither cast in pristine stained glass nor unholy fire. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the very angry Celtic god who wants that sword has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power, plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, a sexy bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good, old-fashioned luck of the Irish to kick some arse and deliver himself from evil. It’s a place where many paranormals have decided to hide from the troubles of the Old World-from an Icelandic vampire holding a grudge against Thor to a coven of Polish witches who ran from the German Blitzkrieg. ![]() Now he’s living in Tempe, Arizona, the very last of the Druids, far from where the Fae can easily find him. ![]() As the centuries passed and Atticus remained an annoyingly long-lived fugitive, those who were furious only grew more so, while others began to aid him in secret. After he stole a magical sword from the Tuatha Dé Danann (those who became the Sidhe or the Fae) in a first century battle, some of them were furious and gave chase, and some were secretly amused that a Druid had the cheek to defy them. Atticus O’Sullivan has been running for two thousand years and he’s a bit tired of it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Within Showing Our Colors, Oguntoye features her own poetry, much of which focuses on her own understanding of Afro-Germanness, her Afro-German subjectivity, and the relationship between Afro-German women and white German feminism. That move back was hard and she often describes internalized racism. Growing up with her father and other African relatives allowed her to see her Blackness in a positive way and she missed that when she returned to Germany at the age of nine. Born in Zwickau, East Germany, to a German mother and a Nigerian father, Katharina Oguntoye was raised in both Nigeria and Heidelberg, Germany. ![]() Oguntoye has played an important role in the Afro-German Movement. She founded the nonprofit intercultural association Joliba in Germany and is perhaps best known for co-editing the book Farbe bekennen with May Ayim (then May Opitz) and Dagmar Schultz.The English translation of this book was entitled Showing Our Colors: Afro-German Women Speak Out. AbstractKatharina Oguntoye (born January 1959 in Zwickau, East Germany) is an Afro-German writer, historian, activist, and poet. ![]() ![]() ![]() But in a war against an enemy armed with the powers of illusion, how do you know who the true enemy is – or where he will strike next? Her latest mission involves spying on the increasingly powerful sorcerer Geoffrey ae’Magi. ![]()
![]() The arresting officer said he had smelled alcohol, reached down for a cup in the vehicle, and seen the butt of a handgun sticking out from under the armrest of the bench-style seat. He had been pulled over on the pretext of exceeding the lawful amount of window tint. In this urgent book, award-winning investigative journalist Justin Fenton distills hundreds of interviews, thousands of court documents, and countless hours of. #4 Burley, who had a record of drug arrests dating back to age thirteen, was headed back to prison. It was the sound of Burley’s car first smashing into a Chevrolet Monte Carlo being driven by an elderly couple. #3 The crash scene was chaotic, and it would take a moment for people to realize that the boom that was heard was not from the collision with the fire hydrant. Now, in light of their spectacular trial of late 2018, and in a work of astounding reportage and painstaking self-discovery, Justin Fenton has pieced together a. He was constantly on the move, and his gung-ho attitude quickly won him entry into the city’s most elite units. #2 Sean Jenkins was one of the most aggressive police officers in Baltimore. ![]() Sample Book Insights: #1 Some police officers are 10 percenters, who get the job done no matter what. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. ![]() |