Beauty Magic

Sergeant Steve Ballard never thought... ...he'd be the proud owner of a spunky Jinn! With years of extensive specialty military training, Steve's biggest use to his unit was his experience as a plumber before he enlisted. When the chain of command chose him to help out the gorgeous, politically connected MILF Amira Nimri, things started to get weird. At first glance, the house seemed possessed. Spouting water, groaning pipes...all leading him behind the walls where he makes the discovery that will change his life! What is magic anyway, and how far does its influence stretch? Steve has a lot...

"Facelifting without Surgery" offers a magic recipe for an ageless face. A. S. Karin Wettig found the secret of long lasting youth on her journey to Egypt and Israel, when she took a bath in the Dead Sea. This mineral mud is better than make up and works wonders on the face. A combination of gel, mud and the cream you like best, is all you need to keep your face protected and beautiful for the entire day. Even men will enjoy this "muddy" beauty cocktail as it takes only 5 minutes per day to apply. More expert tips - how to find the best colors for your type and how to underline your best ...

This story is a fictional story that is said to have taken place long before the earth. This story will be sweet and enjoyable for both boys and adults to read And through this story about how kings ruled at that time and how they were charitable. The story is also about how disciplined they are. This story also answers many questions about who is the real guru for us in this world, who is the richest man in the world and what is the real beauty. The story tells of Pratap's heroism and intellect, their honesty and the uniqueness of women. The story is told about the magic horse and the ...

What if a mirror only showed who you truly are on the inside? In this enchanting children's book , available in both English and Simplified Chinese, a vain prince encounters a magical mirror with a unique power: it only reflects one's true inner self. He's initially shocked by what he sees, but through a journey of self-discovery, he learns the vital lesson of humility. This inspiring story is a powerful reminder that real beauty comes from kindness and character, not just outward appearance.

One of the world's great storytellers conjures a captivating new book. In this first full collection since Not the End of the World, we meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; and a man whose luck changes when a horse speaks to him. Witty and wise, with subtle connections between the stories, Normal Rules Don't Apply is a startling , and funny feast for the imagination. In Kate Atkinson's world nothing is over until 'the talking dog speaks'.

In an age when the glow of magic has begun to dim, when memory fades into lore, from the mists will rise a legend. Every land has its legendary hero. Khryterdon has Gwynnan, the Champion of High King Khrytrec. Gwynnan earned his acclaim battling trolls and beasts; he won his princess by battling a dragon. But dark powers and weakness of heart will ever challenge the hero who journeys along the path to the Flame’s new age.

The ladies of Workin' the Tease have put together 30 bewitching lessons from the magical world of burlesque to serve as your guide to revealing the best version of yourself - inside and out! Kitty Kat DeMille and Julia Reed Nichols will serve as your hosts, sharing the lessons they have learned from the nation's top striptease artists.

Enter a world where fairytales collide with gothic romantasy in Monsters and Maidens, an illustrated special edition duology that puts seductive new spins on the classic stories of Beauty & the Beast and Sleeping Beauty. Blending elements of horror, fantasy, mystery, and romance, this duology serves up swoon-worthy antiheroes, strong heroines, slow-burn passion, gothic atmosphere, and plot twists galore. Beauty & the Necromancer In Beauty & the Necromancer, courageous young Beauty is taken captive by a doomed sorcerer with the power to raise the dead. Trapped in haunted Eldritch Manor, ...

Prophecy demands she marry a Dark Elf prince - but will she agree to her fate? Mara Geary faces a bleak future in the village of Little Hazel until, on the eve of her seventeenth birthday, strange glowing lights entice her into the mysterious shadows under the trees. She follows, hoping for adventure. What she finds is her destiny. Prince of the Dark Elves, Brannon Luthinor has spent his life becoming a powerful warrior in order to save his people. Now on the eve of war, his fate is rapidly approaching. Brought together by prophecy, Bran and Mara forge an unlikely alliance. But in the face ...

Maud may be made of gingerbread—plus a spark of magic—but she’s a real witch! Even if she’s still learning, and has a habit of making messes…and might have accidentally unleashed the hundred-year-old Class IV sleeping curse that envelops a princess’s bramble-covered castle. Oops. Maud has her friends Gretel, Ludo, and Nuss the hazelnut mousse squirrel to help her fix this. But it won’t be easy to find the sleeping princess’s true love, and the curse might end up being the least of their problems…

12-year-old Nina is an aspiring supermodel, actress and pop star who has everything going for her. Wealth. A magical scar down the side of her face. A fiance willing to do anything for her. All she needs now is fame. She’s willing to do anything for it. Anything. Even kill for it. After all, she already has. Ordering her new fans around is a thrill, but it’s not all fun and games. She has nightmares sometimes. Because she can’t help but feel she has awakened dark forces. By the author of Malice in Wonderland.

I’ve been kidnapped and there’s no going back... I’m just a simple florist. I never expected a routine delivery to turn into such a nightmare. Lost in a remote, overgrown part of the city, I stumbled upon a grand, isolated mansion that seemed straight out of a fairytale. My father always used to say my curiosity would get me in trouble one day. Well, papa was right. Because now I’ve been kidnapped by a fearsome—albeit darkly handsome—man, and I have no idea how I’m going to escape. Because things aren’t what they seem here at Thornfield Manor. And I keep having odd dreams of...

The Teriyaki Samurai is a suspenseful and often zany journey about finding love and redemption. A disgraced chef is forced to team up with a pair of washed-up Sumo wrestlers with a price on their heads. When the troubled misfits embark on a cross country adventure by van, their hearts are not only moved by the colorful people they meet along the way, but also by the powerful beauty of the American west .

Monsters deserve love too… From werewolves, vampires, and even Bigfoot, these beasts manage to find love. Whether they are able to sink their claws into that love and keep it is another story. When it comes down to it, don’t judge a book by its cover. This anthology brings a mixture of what ifs and happily ever afters. Featuring stories from T.C. Mill, A.K. Moss, Toni Mobley, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Ashley L. Hunt, Charles Kyffhausen, Lil Deville, Kelly Piner, Jess Monica, and Karen Bayly. Graphic sexual content is included within this anthology.

Omorose Bouchene has a secret - magic. There's only one problem. At the age of seven, an earthquake struck, catapulting her into a new world. A land made of skyscrapers and cell phones. Fast cars and fluorescent lights, where magic isn't supposed to exist and anyone who wields it is the enemy. But after 10 years of hiding, she's desperate to find a place where she can be free. Because all magic comes with a curse, and her curse is time - every ounce of power she uses strips days off of her life. The clock's winding down, and the only option left is to escape to the realm of the Beast.

Bodies are washing ashore and everyone knows who's to blame. Legends of the Heartless King shroud the continent in fear; they call him a pirate, a monster, a god. When his mercenaries raid her father's merchant ship, Ria's family is faced with a horrifying demand. They will spare his life, in exchange for one of his daughters. Determined to save her sisters Ria launches herself into the world of pirates. Face-to-face with the Heartless King, she finds he is far more than the stories told. He is a man, with a human name and blood-stained hands, bound to the seas by a centuries-old curse.

Horace Manifold, a mild-mannered professor of English at a college in the Midwest, discovers a strange phenomenon in the course of writing a novel. It seems that whenever he describes an event that occurs in the life of his protagonist, Mortimer Fandangle, that event subsequently happens to him as well. When he publishes an excerpt of the novel in an upscale literary journal, one that demonstrates this Fellini-esque device, he is awarded a "Pre-Pulitzer Prize," and is later hailed as “having forever altered the face of American literature.” He then embarks on a series of exotic ...

"Ms. Robertson combines a lush prose style with a sharp eye for characterization and detail. You will not be disappointed." ~ Jody Wallace, author of Pack and Coven, A Mage By Any Other Name, and other works. A SENSUAL VICTORIAN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Elise Craft is a well-bred Victorian lady who prefers studying the flora and fauna of England to playing the social games of the ton. She's convinced herself that's enough--even though she secretly longs for a lover who will cherish her. Against her family's wishes she travels to a remote area to indulge her interests. There, she stumbles upon ...

The English language debut of Indonesia's rising star. Compulsively listenable, Beauty Is a Wound combines history, satire, family tragedy, legend, humour, and romance in an astonishing epic novel, in which the beautiful Indo prostitute Dewi Ayu and her four daughters are beset by every monstrosity.

Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale in which an ugly beast must earn the true love of a beautiful girl to free him from the spell of an evil fairy. The first published version was written by French author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in the middle 18th century. It was a novel-length story intended for adult readers and addressing the issues of the marriage system of the day in which women had no right to choose their husband or to refuse to marry.