Showing results for "Jam" in Contemporary

When Shay Zucconi’s step-grandmother died, she left Shay a tulip farm—under two conditions. First, Shay has to move home to the small town of Friendship, Rhode Island. Second—and most problematic since her fiancé just called off the wedding—Shay must be married within one year.

Three sisters in 1920s struggle to make ends meet and protect their mother from their violent father. Milly works in Southwells jam factory. Elsie dreams of a career on the stage, while little Amy runs wild with her friends. All three of the girls fear the unforgiving temper of their father and their courageous attempts to protect their defenseless mother will have dramatic, disastrous consequences for them all.

Bullies never get what’s coming to them. No, I didn’t put poison in their food - I am a jam maker, and food is sacred. But I did plot the most epic plan of revenge. I needed to get one over on the biggest baddest high school bully and prove that I wasn’t the awkward pushover anymore, just like Weston wasn’t the obnoxious teenager anymore. Now, he was a powerful billionaire. Though he’s taller, sexier, bigger, I need to stay on my guard. I know men like Weston don’t really change. Or did he?

Lize de Ruiter heeft na de dood van haar vader zo haar redenen om Nederland tijdelijk te verruilen voor het zonnige Zuid-Frankrijk. Een zomer lang werken op de camping van een vroegere vriend van haar vader lijkt haar een ideale manier om haar problemen even te vergeten en haar leven weer op de rit te krijgen. En als de persoon die ze het hardst probeerde te ontvluchten dan ook nog ineens voor haar neus staat, kan Lize er niet langer onderuit: je kunt de waarheid wel ontkennen en ervoor weglopen, maar die struisvogeltactiek kan je zomaar de liefde van je leven kosten.

Andie Carson has to do three things to inherit her grandmother’s lottery winnings - sober up, spend a month running her grandmother’s Georgia coffee shop, and enter homemade jam in the county fair. If she can’t meet those terms, the money goes to the church, and Andie gets nothing. She figures her tasks will be easy enough, and once she completes them, Andie plans to sell the shop, take the money, and run back to Boston.

Meet Bryan Baker, a builder/architect with a big heart and a fondness for sweets - something he's been indulging more since a recent breakup. When he throws his back out lifting holiday turkeys, his doctor brother reads him the riot act and prescribes a fitness program. So he joins a local gym and meets Melanie, a friendly and very pretty personal trainer. He's immediately smitten, but is sure she's way out of his league.

Kurz vor dem 40. Geburtstag, geschieden, Single. Martina sieht dem neuen Lebensjahr kritisch entgegen. Langfristige Ziele hat sie nicht, aber wenigstens einen groben Plan: Alexander, ein ehemaliger Studienkollege und „rein zufällig“ ihr neuer Zahnarzt, soll der neue Mann an ihrer Seite werden. So verlässt sie seine Praxis zwar mit einem Weisheitszahn weniger, aber immerhin mit der Einladung zu einem Date.