David B. Grusky

Jasmine Hill

A Reader

Inequality in the 21st Century

The King always gets what he wants-and he wants Makayla. Makayla Carrington is innocent and inexperienced...until she meets Donovan King. When the King decides that he wants Makayla, he whisks her away to the Totally Five Star Hotel in Madrid, and he'll do anything to protect her from his clandestine BDSM activities. All too soon, Makayla discovers Donovan's secret, then Makayla decides that she wants something too-to be Donovan's submissive. A rivalry arises when an ex of Donovan's decides that she wants him back and the woman will stop at nothing to fulfill her aim. But Donovan will do anything to protect his relationship with Makayla, and time is of the essence if he wants to keep her.

The King of Infierno

Sarah Maddox has a secret—she is a Dominatrix. Will her deception threaten her first chance at love? Sarah Maddox is a beautiful, intelligent and sexy journalism graduate—she is also Mistress Kitty the Dominatrix. Sarah loves her Dominatrix role at Fantasy—the exclusive Sydney BDSM club. Only her best friend knows what she really does each evening and her secret is safe until she meets the charming, handsome and successful Maxwell McIver who turns her world upside down. He has Sarah questioning her priorities and wondering—has she finally met the man for whom she would be willing to compromise? Handsome Maxwell McIver at thirty-five is one of the richest men in the country. Sophisticated and powerful, Maxwell is accustomed to getting what he wants and after meeting Sarah at a party, he decides that he wants her. He has always avoided serious relationships but Sarah has captivated him and once their romance starts to heat up he decides that he doesn't want to let her go. But like Sarah, Maxwell is also hiding something, a secret that will threaten their newfound relationship and have Sarah reeling with indecision and uncertainty.

From Leather to Lace

David Grusky

This book provides selections from the seminal works of Karl Marx, Max Weber, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman that reveal some of the reasons why class, race, and gender inequalities have proven very adaptive and can flourish even today in the 21st century.

Are the span of an ocean, ten years and a cruel deception too much for love to overcome? The year is 1921. At the age of twenty-six, Lillian Hamilton is alone, desperate and living in England. An ocean away in the Australian outback, her childhood sweetheart and decorated Light Horseman, William Cartwright, is running a sheep station and nursing a deep betrayal while the local ladies vie for his attention. But Lillian's and William's paths are about to cross once again, unexpectedly and dynamically spinning each of them into turmoil, igniting past hurts and spurring them on to a wary truce. As they work through their deep-seated issues of distrust, others are conspiring against them, until a shocking revelation sends Lillian running from the safety of William's arms and into the path of another man. William will have to work against time to find Lillian before he loses her—forever.

Lillian's Light Horseman

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR JASMINE HILL A Dark and Deadly dark romance story Can he keep her forever, under his dominance? Asmodeus is the Archdemon of lust. Ever since he became a fallen angel, he's been walking the earth, inciting and encouraging lust and lechery amongst mankind. In his guise of Barrett Lord, he rules over an empire of clubs that cater to the lustful urges and fetishes of humans. When he spots Arianell Monroe at his annual Halloween party, he determines to have her. Her angelic beauty and innocence are too much for him to ignore. He wants to take her purity as his own, corrupt her and ruin her for any other man. And he's going to start by introducing her to his private BDSM dungeon. Arianell is fascinated by BDSM, but her shyness, coupled with the reactions others have had to her albinism, has kept her from exploring her curiosity. But something about Barrett Lord puts her instantly at ease. She's immediately attracted to the powerful and dominant club owner and finds herself quickly sucked into his heady orbit. She naturally submits to his commanding alpha presence and sexual dominance but determines to set her heart and head against him. Even she knows that he's not the sort of man who will commit—to anything. Arianell is special and Asmodeus wants to keep her, but to do so, he'll have to risk everything. Will she agree to his plans? Or will he lose her forever?

A Dark and Deadly Romance

Under His Dominance

It is never too late to find love... Forty-five-year-old Lucy Whiticker is an attractive and successful interior designer. Divorced with two adult children, she has almost given up hope of finding that perfect someone—that is, until she meets handsome and charismatic Rhett Hunter. But Lucy believes that, at twenty-eight, Rhett is too young for her. When Rhett Hunter meets Lucy, the attraction is immediate. She's sexy, confident and intelligent, and he determines he must have her. He knows that Lucy has an issue with their age difference, but he sets out to prove her wrong. Inviting her to the Valentine's Ball is the best place to start. The past collides with the present, however, when previous relationships interfere with Rhett's plans. Rhett will have to use all his charm and persuasion to convince Lucy that they are meant to be together.

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