Amanda Bailey

The first heartbreak is the hardest. We were inseparable once. Kennedy Stratford. My small-town girl with big-city dreams. My beautiful dancer. My everything. I ruined our love to give her a chance. And it broke both of us. A lot can change in eighteen years. Yet some things stay the same. Travis Morello. A small-town cop with big-time problems. A loyal protector. A man who could still be my everything. I only have to let him in. But we won't survive a second heartbreak.

The First Heartbreak

Lost in You is the first book in the all new steamy, dreamy Flirting with Forever series by Amanda Bailey He sets her on fire with his touch. She owns him with just one kiss. Madison Green is desperate to avoid the comments and judgments that come with flying solo at yet another family wedding. Her heart does a little flip when Shawn, who she's always harbored a secret crush on, offers to fake it with her for the weekend. What she doesn't expect is to catch feelings for the handsome guitarist as she struggles to figure out how much of what they are doing is pretend-and how much isn't. There's nothing insincere about the emotions Madison stirs within Shawn Mitchell. The more time they spend together, the more intimate they become-and the more he wonders if he should have been the one at Madison's side all along. He never expected to lose himself in the lie they'd created. To crave her. To need her like he does. When lines blur and then disappear completely, all that's left is their intense desire to be together-for real.

Lost in You

The Second Chance

The Third Girl

Kiss Me is the third book of the steamy new Dare to Dream series from author Amanda Bailey. All she'd ever wanted was one kiss... When Ethan Cooper's sister suggests her best friend Everly for a position at his workplace, visions of braces and knobby knees dance around in his head. After all, it's been twelve years since he last saw the girl who used to follow him around. To make things even more interesting, she needs a place to stay-and Ethan has a spare bedroom. Everly Edwards spent most of her teenage years hiding unrequited feelings for her best friend's older brother. When she moves back to town years later, Ethan is no longer the boy from her teenage fantasies-she quickly discovers he's become the man of her dreams. Sharing so much of their lives turns out to be more than either bargained for-but is their bond stronger because of it, or will it ultimately be too hard to handle?

Kiss Me

This steamy, dreamy read is a standalone spin-off in the Dare to Dream series world. He won't give up, but she won't give in. Bakery owner Lucy Morello has had her fill of overbearing cops. Her best friend's older brother Mick is new to the force and definitely interested in her, but after her last experience ended badly, she's gun-shy about dating again. The truth is he's charming and irresistible-and just as delicious as her cupcakes. He might just be worth giving up some of her hard-won independence for. Police officer Mick Highland has a thing for his sister's best friend Lucy. There's just something about her whip-smart mind and no-nonsense attitude that he finds sexy as hell. When she becomes the target of a series of break-ins, his instincts tell him protecting her while he's falling for her will be his most difficult assignment yet. She's his weak spot. He'll be her rock.

(A Dare to Dream Book)

Dare Me

It's hard to begin again when it feels like your world has ended. Young widow Autumn Miller finds solace in working at the local bookstore. She can lose herself in reading all day, hiding away from the pain of losing her firefighter husband, John. She has no interest in becoming attached to anyone until Braden walks into her life. The guilt she feels for wanting him causes chaos in her mind--and in her heart. When Braden Moore returns home from active duty, he is determined to build a new life for himself. After he crosses paths with Autumn, he falls hard and fast for her. Determined to win her heart, he sets out to prove to her that he can be the man she can count on. When the unthinkable happens, Braden and Autumn are forced to face their demons. Will it bind them together or push them apart forever?

I'll Wait for You

Falling for each other was easy. Believing it could last was the hard part. After being dumped by her bullying, cheating ex, Mia Highland had all but given up on ever finding true love. An unexpected prize in the form of personal training sessions at a wellness center has her wanting things she's convinced she doesn't deserve. Caleb Damato is too busy opening a business and keeping secrets to date. But when funny, big-hearted, potty-mouthed Mia walks through the door, he's immediately hooked. She's everything he's always wanted and told himself he'd never have. Will Mia's insecurities and Caleb's secrets end their relationship before it even begins, or will they both be able to trust their hearts-and each other-enough to find love?

Adore Me

He's ablaze for her. She's consumed by him. English teacher Piper Mathison's insides get all twisted up every time she sees the blinking message notification on her dating app from the guy she's been sexting. Strangely, she's equally worked up by the fiery arguments that erupt between her and her new coworker Damon. She has feelings for both men, but the choice should be clear when she realizes Damon could steal the coveted department chair position out from under her. Damon Madero has his sights set on a promotion that he desperately needs. The verbal sparring with coworker Piper shouldn't be such a turn on and is an unfortunate distraction. Confusion over his budding feelings for Piper and her smart, sassy mouth turns to guilt whenever he thinks about the mysterious online woman he's been slowly falling for. Neither can afford to make the wrong choice or they'll both go up in flames. Burn for You is the third book in the all new steamy, dreamy Flirting with Forever series by Amanda Bailey.

Burn for You

Tease Me is the fourth book of the steamy new Dare to Dream series from author Amanda Bailey. He enforces the rules, she breaks them. Addison Cooper dates...a lot. The problem? Her whole dating life is a series of first dates that never lead to more. She's starting to think she may never find someone who will accept her as she is. With no one special taking up her free time, she agrees to help her brother get a mentorship program off the ground. What she doesn't expect is having to work alongside the cop who always seems to be there when she's at her worst. As a dedicated police officer, Jackson Reed plays by the rules. Always. Even off the job. His number one rule-no relationships-has never been tough to follow...until now. Lately, his friend Ethan's younger sister has slowly been creeping under his skin. Addison's recklessness and her sassy, sexy mouth drive him insane. For the first time in his life, he's tempted to throw caution to the wind-no matter the cost. Is their wild, one-of-a-kind chemistry enough to base a relationship on, or will they both end up alone in the end?

Tease Me

Mario DiGangi

The first book to put contemporary affect theory into conversation with early modern studies, this volume demonstrates how questions of affect illuminate issues of cognition, political agency, historiography, and scientific thought in early modern literature and culture. Engaging various historical and theoretical perspectives, the essays in this volume bring affect to bear on early modern representations of bodies, passions, and social relations by exploring: the role of embodiment in political subjectivity and action; the interactions of human and non-human bodies within ecological systems; and the social and physiological dynamics of theatrical experience. Examining the complexly embodied experiences of leisure, sympathy, staged violence, courtiership, envy, suicide, and many other topics, the contributors open up new ways of understanding how Renaissance writers thought about the capacities, pleasures, and vulnerabilities of the human body.

Politics, Ecologies, and Form

Affect Theory and Early Modern Texts

As the boss, he makes the rules. For her, he wants to break them. If there's one hard-and-fast rule Miles Steele knows he must follow as an administrator, it's that he should maintain professional boundaries. His resolve is put to the test when the new guidance counselor catches his eye. Having all but given up on love, Miles is shocked by his budding feelings for the much younger staff member. Zoey Porter has admired her boss from afar since day one at Newberry High. Miles is responsible and dependable, not to mention a bit of a silver fox. Though she's drawn to the handsome assistant principal, the last time Zoey opened her heart she was crushed, making her wary of pursuing Miles. When they attend a weekend-long conference out of town, the heat between the pair sparks into a full-blown flame, but lingering secrets possess the potential to burn them both.

Charmed by You

Focusing on dramatic literature's contribution to the developing narrative of possessed persons, Of Bondage deepens our understanding of creditor-debtor relations in the period and sheds new light on the conceptual conditions for the institutions of indentured servitude and African slavery.

Debt, Property, and Personhood in Early Modern England

Of Bondage

Life gets complicated when you fall in love with your best friend... Quirky writer Cammie Harper is an insomniac with a taco addiction. She and her parents have never been close, but she has a few friends that are like family. The only thing missing from her near-perfect life is love. When she meets Joe Luciano at a wedding, he checks off all her boxes. He's kind, smart, and handsome. What more could she want? English teacher Blake Moore has been in love with Cammie since college. He has watched her heart break at her inability to find someone to love, but he feels trapped in the friend-zone, unable to confess how he feels. The arrival of Joe pushes Blake to make a decision; does he make his move now, or risk losing her forever? The problem is that if it doesn't work out, it could destroy their friendship and the only family Cammie has. What would you risk for love?

The End of Me

This steamy, dreamy read is a standalone spin-off in the Change of Heart series world. They were a perfect match...until everything fell apart. When newly single Teresa Mancuso spots Finn at a party, her palms sweat. Once upon a time, he was her every dream-that is, until he left her behind, brokenhearted. So much time has passed, yet she still remembers how he once made her pulse race. Finn Thomas has spent years living with the fallout from his father's mistake. Back in town with a chip on his shoulder, he never sees Teresa coming. It's been nearly twenty years, and suddenly there she is-the woman he'd been forced to abandon-sending him reeling once again. She's stolen his breath a second time, but will he be able to win back her heart?

(A Change of Heart Book)

Steal My Breath

In the early modern period, the theatrical stage offered one of the most popular forms of entertainment and aesthetic pleasure. It also fulfilled an important cultural function by displaying modes of behaviour and dramatizing social interaction within a community. Flaunting argues that the theatre in late sixteenth-century England created the conditions for a subculture of style whose members came to distinguish themselves by their sartorial extravagance and social impudence. Drawing on evidence from legal documents, economic treatises, domestic manuals, accounts of playhouse practices, and stage plays, Amanda Bailey critiques standard accounts maintaining that those who flaunted their apparel were simply aspirants, or gaudy versions of the superiors they sought to emulate. Instead, she suggests that what mattered most was not what these young men wore but how they wore their clothes. These young men shared a distinctive sartorial sensibility and used that sensibility to undermine authority at all levels of society. Flaunting therefore, examines male style as a visual form of subversion against the norms of Renaissance England with the stage as the primary source of inspiration for collective identification. A glimpse into both the celebration of and opposition to social irreverence in the early modern period, Flaunting is a fascinating historical account of drama, fashion, and rebellion with surprisingly close parallels to the contemporary world.

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