Books like Tender deception by Patti Beckman

High‑school seniors Ryder and Jemma, once at odds, confront their feelings after a storm shatters their Mississippi town, revealing a love long entwined with their families' intertwined plans for marriage.

After her grandfather dies, Melanie seeks revenge on Roland Donavan by marrying him—only to find herself drawn into a web of intrigue on his lush Louisiana plantation, where love and danger collide.

Whitney Latham, a 25‑year‑old public relations director, defends a housing development on Seminole land, but her convictions are challenged after a mud‑stuck encounter with the resilient White Eagle in the Everglades.

SHE WAS FINALLY ON HER OWN! At twenty-four years of age Deborah Denhoff asserts her independence. Despite parental disapproval she travels to Texas to research the life of Clement Vaulkhurst--Nobel Prize-winning novelist and a distant relative--for her master's thesis. Clement is a fascinating challenge and, despite the presence of his reputed paramour, Deborah is immediately drawn to his sensuality. Her plans to show the "man" behind the literary legend soon go awry, however, when Clement reveals the repressed passion in his "kissin' cousin."

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"The forty-year history of the video game industry, the medium has undergone staggering development, fueled not only by advances in technology but also by an insatiable quest for richer play and more meaningful experiences. From the very beginning, with the introduction of the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972, countless individuals became enthralled by a new world opened before them, one in which they could control and create, as well as interact and play. Even in their rudimentary form, video games held forth a potential and promise that inspired a generation of developers, programmers, and gamers to pursue visions of ever more sophisticated interactive worlds. As a testament to the game industry's stunning evolution, and to its cultural impact worldwide, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and curator Chris Melissinos conceived the 2012 exhibition The Art of Video Games. Along with a team of game developers, designers, and journalists, Melissinos selected an initial group of 240 games in four different genres to represent the best of the game world. Selection criteria included visual effects, creative use of technologies, and how world events and popular culture influenced the games. The Art of Video Games offers a revealing look into the history of the game industry, from the early days of Pac-Man and Space Invaders to the vastly more complicated contemporary epics such as BioShock and Uncharted. Melissinos examines each of the eighty winning entries, with stories and comments on their development, innovation, and relevance to the game world's overall growth. Visual images, composed by Patrick O'Rourke, are all drawn directly from the games themselves, and speak to the evolution of games as an artistic medium, both technologically and creatively"--