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Life has never been simple for Jennifer McBee. As if being shy and hard of hearing wasn’t enough, now Jennifer is faced with the humiliation of her failed wedding. Desperate to escape, Jennifer decides to leave heartbreak behind her and travels west to be with her brother, the pastor of a small Nebraska town called Daisy Creek. While her brother has hopes for her making some new friendships with the townsfolk of Daisy Creek, Jennifer still feels removed from the community of this close-knit town.

These three brides have more to worry about than navigating life as newlyweds if they want to hold on to their happily-ever-afters. In Longren Family Trilogy, you'll find three enthralling tales fraught with danger and daring as these three brides battle against the odds for their chances at happiness....

In a quiet little village, tucked away in the mountains there are more than just secrets buried under the snow. The people here have forgotten what has happened before, but there are a few that have kept the secret hidden for years. So when Kayla's car is thrown off the road, she thinks it is just a freak accident until she meets Nate. Nate happens to be one of the few that believe that the true alpha will return.

My real estate empire is my life. I don't have time for women and their games. What's the point? They'll be out of my bed before they know it. Except Isabella Gabriel....

18-year-old Betsy Blake yearns for love and romance, but the unattached men of Virginia City are all ill-mannered ranch hands without the gentlemanly qualities she desires. When her friend Susannah finds a husband by writing a mail-order groom advertisement in the paper, Betsy decides to pen her own ad specifying her wish for a well-dressed, mannerly husband from the East, and she excitedly awaits a response from the man of her dreams.

A train seems a very reliable mode to bring out the best in authors and sometimes the worst in their fictional characters. In this volume our narratives are usually set inside the carriage compartment where they are really up close and personal with each other. All our authors need to do is to light the touchpaper and stand well back.

Trains have always held a special place for most of us. We’re intrigued by the mere fact that we can sit down in one place and arrive in another and enjoy the adventure and time in between. In this volume we explore both the journeys and the workers who run and maintain the railway network.

Part memoir, part self-empowerment guide, this book is designed to provide resources for anyone experiencing abuse. Listeners who are survivors of abuse, those struggling to recognize if their relationship is unhealthy or dangerous, and those wondering how to leave an abusive relationship safely will all benefit from this powerful book. What I Wish I Knew can also serve as a valuable resource for those in helping professions or for loved ones supporting someone in an abusive relationship.

Amelia married in the spring of 1798 to the artist John Opie at the Church of St Marylebone, in Westminster, and together they lived in Berners Street where Amelia was already living. Her next novel in 1801 'Father and Daughter', was very popular even though it dealt with such themes as illegitimacy, a socially difficult subject for its times. From this point on published works were far more regular. The following year her volume 'Poems' appeared and was again very popular.

Amelia Alderson, an only child, was born on the 12th November 1769 in Norwich, England. After the death of her mother on New Year's Eve 1784 she became her father's housekeeper and hostess. The young Amelia was energetic, attractive, and an admirer of fashion. She spent much of her youth writing poetry and plays and putting on local amateur theatricals. At 18 she had published anonymously 'The Dangers of Coquetry'.

Amelia Alderson, an only child, was born on the 12th November 1769 in Norwich, England. Encouraged by her husband to write more she published Adeline Mowbray in 1804, an exploration of women's education, marriage, and the abolition of slavery. Of particular interest was her short poem ‘The Black Man's Lament’ in 1826. Her life now was in the main spent travelling and working for charities and against slavery. She even helped create a Ladies Anti-Slavery Society in Norwich which organised a parliamentary petition of 187,000 names of which hers was the first name.

For centuries England has always had a leading and admired reputation for its poets and poetry. In this volume we explore those born in the East of England who created such revered, enduring and respected verse.

Life in Germany after the loss of WWI has been plagued by devastation and uncertainty. Elisabeth, Adam and Hannah are a light for each other in these bleak times. As Adolf Hitler rises to power they enter into adulthood. Dreams they once shared will be diminished as they struggle to survive under the new Nazi regime. They promise to stay together, but fate has other plans. Life will take a drastic turn and lead them on their own separate paths to the most unexpected places. Adam and Hannah will be persecuted and hunted as Adolf Hitler implements his Final Solution to the Jewish problem.

When seaside milliner Paige Andrews discovers local candy maker Milo Love face-down in a bubbling vat of molten candy corn, she knows two things instantly: this was no kitchen mishap…and someone in Sea Glass Beach has a deadly sweet tooth. With her eccentric dining club friends rallying at her side, Paige dives headfirst into a swirl of sticky secrets, Halloween hijinks, and sugar-coated lies. But when a celebrity ghost hunter sets up shop in her boutique, stirring gossip about the spirit Paige has been trying (and failing) to ignore, the mystery only deepens.

Als sich an einem unbehaglichen Dezembertag des Jahres 1856 der Geschäftsmann und Reisende William Langford doch noch ärgerlicherweise ein schon für sich geglaubtes privates Abteil des Vier-Fünfzehn-Schnellzugs mit einem weitläufigen Bekannten teilen muss, ahnt er noch nicht, dass diese Begegnung ihn alsbald in ein unerklärliches Rätsel involvieren wird ... Ein Rätsel, an dem sich die englische Polizei bereits seit Monaten die Zähne ausbeißt.

Este libro es un reflejo de tu transformación. De tu despertar. Cuando lo termines, dejarás de perseguir lo que ya eres. Recordarás tu esencia. Y te convertirás en una mujer que inspira, atrae y brilla... simplemente por ser. Porque cuando una mujer se reconecta consigo misma, con su cuerpo, su corazón y su energía, el mundo entero lo siente.

The one thing that obsesses, captivates, and seduces me? Money. I'm a self-made billionaire, and running my business empire means I've got better things to do than bother with women. They can throw themselves at me all they want - I can't be tempted. Until my newest executive secretary's first day on the job. One glance at her and I forget about spreadsheets and quarterly earnings, because her curves are pure sin. Her mouth is the wickedest distraction I've ever seen.

When the Duke of Hurstbourne dismisses a letter from his childhood friend, Winston, asking him to marry his sister, Hurst’s decline comes back to haunt him in a most unsettling way. He always believed in love at first sight and felt he would know the woman he would marry. But the well-heeled person attired in tailored finery, standing in front of his desk, heightens his interest, and his quick instinct tells him this is no man. Rather, it is a woman disguised as a man and a very superb disguise at that.

Take a leap through time, a whole decade back, to the moment when Prince Carlak first discovered Princess Jessa was his fated mate. You might know how their story ultimately ends, but you'll be dying to know how their journey actually began!

As the illegitimate son of King Damon, I have lived beyond the walls of the castle—unwanted, struggling to survive, an outcast. I’ve never wanted to be a part of their world, but then fate forces my hand, and I’m swept up into the whirlwind of royal life. But nothing could have prepared me for a chance meeting with the woman of my dreams; my fated mate. And she’s no less than a princess of Bravadok…