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Leo's life is a living hell. He lost his wife and baby to a monster and blames himself. He's spent years trying to overcome the guilt, but it turns out heavy drinking isn't a solution. When the boss of the Zodiac Warriors orders him to seek help, he ends up spilling his guts in a shrink's office. However, the attractive woman isn't falling for his pity party—and knows he's hiding something.

Betsy Drew has one thing on her mind. And that’s the hope that Alvis Dooley might glance in her direction. But it’s the outbreak of World War II in Liverpool and whilst everyone is fearful of what Hitler might do next, Betsy is full of dreams for a future with Alvis. But one afternoon when he eventually does take notice of her, her life changes forever.

When Greta overhears the library board president and a member of the treasure-hunting club arguing about a secret discovery, her curiosity is piqued—even more so when one of the women leaves a book with a sequence of strange markings on its pages in the library book return bin. Before Greta can ask about the marginalia, the book's outspoken owner turns up dead.

Set in the 1800's. This story is about a man, Thomas, who meets an older gentleman by the name of Mekal. Mekal teaches him how to travel back in time. In a great time of turmoil in his life, Mekal is visited by the Angel Kala. Kala talks a great deal with Mekal and gives him two precious gifts. The story tells all that happens to Thomas and Mekal as a result of those gifts.

When Ryan is abruptly called to serve his country, he and his wife, Sarah, learn the true meaning of "resiliency". Understanding the needs of the Army comes first, "Mission first, people always," Sarah and Ryan must find ways to cope with the challenges accompanying a long-distance relationship and "embrace the suck." As boredom and loneliness set in, Sarah finds herself exploring new sides of herself. Discussions with Ryan lead to the couple exploring new dynamics in their well-established marriage.

Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Pepper is an adorable Cavapoo puppy who's found himself in a "no dogs allowed" building in New York City. Can Charles find him a home?

Still reeling from her husband’s unexpected death, Sophie Anderson throws herself into her bridal bouquet business. With her best friend as her partner and emotional support, she’s well on her way to turning Proposals into the most sought-after wedding venue on the New England coast.

Driving back to her home town for her parent's anniversary, Cassie Meadows, speeds through town. Suddenly a cop car pulls behind her in hot pursuit. To her humiliation, the man in blue is an Adonis in uniform, her ex-boyfriend, Steve Tanner. Steve is still in love with Cassie and wants a chance to explain why he broke her heart years ago. Cassie is attracted to Steve as well. She may not be ready to forgive him; but she can't quite say "no" either. So, Steve sets out in a hot pursuit of Cassie neither of them will ever forget!

Is business more important than pleasure? Or is love the true gift of the season? Thanks to finalizing her divorce from her cheating co-worker of a husband, Janie wasn’t much in the holiday spirit. When a chance encounter puts her face-to-face with a hot Viking who's only in town a couple of weeks, she decides she deserves to give herself a present. With a new acquisition in the works, Odin travels to Georgia to verify the details of the sale. And after a run-in with a striking woman, he is even more intrigued by just how hot the south can get.

Kate always had a sweet southern heart and lived the ultimate cliché of a happily ever after when she married her high school sweetheart and started a family where she grew up. But after tragedy left her widowed, she became a shell of a person, only holding it together for her son.

The bombs are raining down on Liverpool but seven year old feisty Alice Lacey and her two best friends Bob and Matty, have disobeyed their parents and decided to go up to Everton Hill and watch the sky set on fire. Ten years later the three are still friends and Bob is now Alice’s sweetheart. He would marry her tomorrow but Alice has ambitions to better herself and when she finally leaves the factory to work as a secretary for Hedley and Worboys’ architects she dreams of a brighter future and having some small part in rebuilding Liverpool.

The man isn’t so much my stepbrother as he is my nemesis. Imagine being stuck in a car with the person you hate the most. Then imagine the car breaking down. You're stranded in the middle of nowhere with your stepbrother, the womanizing player that you can't stop staring at. Not only is he hot, but he's protective, sweet, and entirely irresistible.

For most of her life, Izzy has been looking forward to fulfilling her mother’s dream of studying abroad in Italy. Going into her senior year, Izzy is counting down the days until she can leave her humdrum life behind, until Alberto, a handsome and mysterious Italian exchange student shows up for his stay with her family. Now life in her hometown doesn’t seem so drab, as Izzy, and everyone else, is immediately charmed by Alberto and his irresistible accent.

Cuando las puertas de la iglesia se cierran, algo peculiar sucede: las figuras de santos y vírgenes cobran vida. San Antonio, cansado de sentirse inútil, decide lanzarse a cumplir el sueño de Leslie: conocer Acapulco antes de quedarse ciega. Así comenzarán un viaje que pondrá todo de cabeza.

A psychological thriller that will have you losing sleep at night. K.D. Bloodworth draws you into the horrifying side of online dating.

¿Te imaginas construyendo tu propio botiquín emocional? Uno en el que cada compartimento te brinde herramientas para comprender, contextualizar y manejar tus emociones. Este libro propone un viaje de autodescubrimiento en el que la curiosidad será tu aliada. La aventura comienza con una misteriosa llamada del 911, con una voz extrañamente familiar. Descubre ejercicios para reconocer espacios seguros, explorar tus emociones y sus manifestaciones, cuestionar tus pensamientos y creencias, aprender a gestionar tus preocupaciones.

En sus páginas encontrarás una variedad de ejercicios que te ayudarán a identificar y comprender tus emociones. También aprenderás a manejarlas de forma saludable y a utilizarlas como herramientas de desarrollo personal.

It’s a safe bet that most of the secretaries on the TV series Mad Men would have attended the Katharine Gibbs School in New York City. The iconic institution was in its heyday in the 1950 and '60s synonymous with supplying secretaries—always properly attired in heels, ladylike hats, and white gloves—to male executives. In Expect Great Things! Vanda Krefft turns the notion of a “Gibbs girl” on its head, showing us that while the school was getting women who could type 90 words per minute into the C-suite, its more subversive mission was to get them out of the secretarial pool.

Abortion pills have made safe abortion possible for millions of people around the world, even in the most restrictive circumstances. Sydney Calkin illustrates the profound, transformative promise of these pills—which are safe, effective, and responsible for a sharp decline in maternal mortality. This timely book demonstrates that the widespread practice of self-managed medication abortion makes it more difficult for countries to enforce oppressive abortion laws and less willing to do so.

Scythia and the team return to the Nationalist Enforcement Bureau Station to face oversight review for the aftermath of their first mission. In an attempt to not anger the powers that be, the team thinks its best to lay low and stay out of trouble.