Deceptive Promises

Margret wants to believe Samuel’s promises. Is deception fair in wartime? Margret Scott must deal with this question as she finds herself attracted to the enigmatic Samuel Lowe. As the tensions grow between the colonists and the British soldiers and loyalists, Margret cannot always tell where Samuel’s loyalties lie. Samuel’s duties have him working for both sides of this war, and he often finds himself torn between what is right and what is wrong. He promises Margret she can trust him, and Margret promises him she does. But can promises born in deception be trusted? Can a relationship built in uncertainty survive? "If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity." Job 31:5-6

Ivar is a male full of secrets, willing to lie and deceive to carry out his alpha's orders. Sent to Cider Falls to pave the way for his alpha's takeover, he quickly realizes what an amazing place it is. Falcon shifter Cymbre was exiled from her nest after refusing to take a mate. When she meets Ivar, a gravely injured gryphon, she knows he’s her truemate, but he's the most guarded male she’s ever met, rejecting any connection with her. For the first time, Ivar feels torn. His loyalty to his alpha conflicts with his growing feelings for Cymbre. Staying with her means losing his pack, but following his alpha's orders means losing his mate. When he's faced with an impossible choice, will Ivar choose his alpha and loyalty or Cymbre and love?

How can a promise be a lie? Answer: when the promisor never intended to perform the promise. Such incidences of promissory fraud are frequently litigated because they can result in punitive damages awards. And an insincere promisor can even be held criminally liable. Yet courts have provided little guidance about what the scope of liability should be or what proof should be required. This book—the first ever devoted to the analysis of promissory fraud—answers these questions. Filled with examples of insincere promising from the case law as well as from literature and popular culture, the book is an indispensable guide for those who practice or teach contract law. The authors explore what promises say from the perspectives of philosophy, economics, and the law. They identify four chief mistakes that courts make in promissory fraud cases. And they offer a theory for how courts and practitioners should handle promissory fraud cases.

Ivar McIntyre is not who he says he is. He's a male full of secrets and willing to lie to accomplish what his alpha tells him to do. He arrived in Cider Falls to help take out the leadership so his alpha, Vega, could take over the town, but once there, he quickly realizes what an amazing place it is. Cymbre Daniels is a falcon shifter who was exiled from her nest when she refused to take a mate from a neighboring nest at her alpha's urging. A war broke out because of her refusal and people died. She's never forgotten her role in those deaths, and the exile brand on her wrist is a daily reminder. When she meets Ivar, a gryphon who arrived in town unconscious and gravely injured, she knows he's her truemate. The problem? Ivar is the most closed-off male she's ever met in her life and he doesn't want anything to do with her. For the first time in his life, Ivar feels torn in half. He wants to remain loyal to his alpha?and to finding his abducted sister?but he can't stop thinking about the alluring Cymbre, whose bird calls for him and makes his tiger and owl sit up and take notice. If he stays with Cymbre, he'll lose his pack, but if he does what his alpha wants him to, he'll lose his mate. When an offer to help find his sister comes from an unexpected source, Ivar has to make a choice: Cymbre and love, or Vega and loyalty.

Traditional classroom learning environments are quickly becoming a thing of the past as research continues to support the integration of learning outside of a structured school environment. Blended learning, in particular, offers the best of both worlds, combining classroom learning with mobile and web-based learning environments. Blended Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications explores emerging trends, case studies, and digital tools for hybrid learning in modern educational settings. Focusing on the latest technological innovations as well as effective pedagogical practice, this critical multi-volume set is a comprehensive resource for instructional designers, educators, administrators, and graduate-level students in the field of education.

What kind of happily-ever-after do you get when you're forced to marry a monster? A monstrous Bratva leader who bounds your wrists and promises to break you. Mikhail Dmitriyev is a beautiful devil with a villainous heart and a thirst for revenge. The choices he gave me when he stole me away from my home with an army of men were very clear—marry me or die. I chose to marry him and live. But there's one small problem with his grand plan to reign Armageddon on the Mexican Cartel. I'm not the woman he thinks I am. I'm not the cartel princess he thinks he took to make his enemies bow to him. When my captor finds out my secret and realizes he married the wrong woman, love won't be enough to save me. And neither will his obsession. Deceptive Vows is a dark mafia arranged marriage romance. It is a complete standalone.

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

This book seeks to address the relation of political philosophy and Donald Trump as a political phenomenon through the notions of patriotism, cosmopolitanism, and civic virtue. Political philosophers have been prescient in explaining trends that may explain our political misgivings. Madison warned during the debates on the Constitution that democracies are vulnerable to factions based on passion for personalities and beliefs; various continental thinkers have addressed the problem of nihilism—the modern loss of faith in objective standards of truth and morality—that in Max Weber’s analysis pointed to the importance of charisma, in Carl Schmitt’s to the idea that politics is essentially rooted in the definition of friends and enemies, and in early Heidegger resulted in the emphasis on the enduring significance of local, rather than cosmopolitan values. The former concerns—regarding demagoguery, charisma and nihilism—will enable an evaluation of Trump as a political character, while the latter concerns—regarding the status of universal versus local values—will enable us to evaluate the content of “Trumpism.” Taken together, these essays seek to advance the public conversation about the relationship between the rise of Trump and the ideological forces that seek to justify that rise.