Bøger af Karen Baker

Tabitha...By day I was a successful blogger although to look at me, you'd never guess.My best friend Manny called me hot. A hot mess that is. By night, I was a peeping Tom, listening in on my neighbour getting it on. It was like porn without the picture. Shame about that. Who was this stud on the other side of my bedroom wall? I was boring in comparison. The only man sharing my bed was my black cat.I needed to even the score. Show him I could have a good time too. I just needed to enlist the help of Manny for my master plan.Leon....By day, baking cakes was my passion. Creating things of beauty to eat.By night, my passion centred around the beautiful women who warmed my bed.Hearing my neighbour getting it on roused more than just my curiosity.I wanted to meet the sexy siren who lived next door.Wow, did she turn out to be nothing like I expected. Swap sexy siren for tiny, crazy fireball with big hair. She kept me on my toes. She had me wanting more.Could we make this work? You know what they say about the best laid plans....Not suitable for readers under 18 years.

Hidden Peoples of the WorldIndelible events are often stamped into the consciousness of a nation. These events shape individuals, and often entire socities, in the way they view social, cultural, political, ethical, and especially spiritual realities. The deportation of entire ethnic groups of the North Caucasus region of southern Russia was an immense operation of the Soviet government during World War II. The Balkarians, or Balkars, were forcibly taken from their native homelands and deported to distant lands within the Soviet Union. They remained in exile for thirteen years. The third generation of Balkars since that horrible experience continues to live in the shadow of the atrocities committed against their people. This book applies comprehensive research to the facts of the deportation. More importantly, it examines lingering resentments and current sentiments of the Balkarians through extensive personal interviews with those who experienced the deportation. In Karen's many interviews woven throughout the book, we learn of several Balkarians who come to faith because of the Deportation, such as Ibrahim Gelastanov. Ibrahim recounts his memories about the deportation years. He cried as he recalled the details of his mother's death within twenty-four hours of arriving in a special settlement where she died of starvation. Ibrahim tells of the horrors of his capture, the fifteen-day train ride, the forty-eight-hour boat ride, the twenty-four-hour walk to an unknown destination, and the starvation and indignities that he suffered. But Ibrahim always attributes his deportation as the means to his salvation into God's family. He was the first Balkarian Christian, and he remained the lone Balkar Christian for thirty-six years. The tiny region of Balkaria is tucked into the largest mountain range of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains, in southern Russia. The Balkarians live in the shadow of unthinkable cruelty by the Stalin regime, the deportation of their entire people group. The deportation was concealed until the late twentieth century due to the secrecy of communism. It was also hidden behind the terrors that occurred in Europe during World War II. The Balkars have suffered greatly in the last century, and they desperately need the peace of God in their hearts. This book will bring awareness to the Caucasus peoples and bring more involvement in promoting the work of the Gospel in this unstable area to the unreached peoples.