Michael is twelve years old and has never known anything but foster homes in inner-city Detroit. When relatives are located in a small Tennessee town, he is sent to live with them. Hurt and angry, feeling that no one wants him, Michael strikes out at a lonely horse in a back pasture. Little did he know that it was a champion barrel-racing horse. Sparks Twister Doc was the kind of barrel horse all barrel racers hoped to have, yet he was hated by his owner and sentenced to a far back pasture to live out his days. Running for Home is a horse story for the whole family. A homeless boy and a forgotten horse are brought together by an act of anger. Though wary of each other at first, they form a bond of love and trust that yields miraculous results. Join them as they go on a journey that is filled with fun, compelling characters, both animal and human, to complete a quest only a homeless boy and a hopeless horse can accomplish.
Jessie McClure is racing home to the only man she's ever loved, the husband she left five years ago after accidentally causing the death of their only child. She has no illusions that Jed will forgive her, or ever love her again, but she hopes he will protect the child she's bringing home. Jed McClure is furious with Jessie when she finally returns home, and is certain it's only to secure her rites to their home and not because she loves him. Still angry and confused because she left him, Jed has no idea that Jessie has returned to him for his protection, or that for all those long lonely years, she has always loved him.
Extreme Satisfaction by Brenda Jackson Successful financial adviser Cathleen McAlister has worked hard to achieve what she considers the perfect life. There isn't much else she could possibly want . . . except the man who got away while she was climbing the ladder of success. Satisfy Me by Delilah Dawson Shauna Williams finds out that Max Jackson, her childhood crush, is back in town for their friends' wedding. Shauna's all grown up now, and she has no intention of letting him slip through her fingers again. Ice Princess by Joy King Beautiful, successful, and deadly in the boardroom, Madison always gets any man she wants. As a matter of fact, she seems to have more than she can handle. But when she moves into her fabulous new loft and meets the building's owner, Marcus, she realizes that she has finally met her match. The Morning After by Maryann Reid Alexis is tired of the pampered well-to-do men of her social set and wants to take a walk on the wilder side. So when she steps out of her Park Avenue comfort zone and meets Rasheen, straight out of Bed-Stuy, she gets everything she could ever want...and more.
RJ Scott is a cantankerous old cowboy, doggedly set in his ways, and has no use for women, other than his weekly visits to "Big Goldie's Roadhouse" in his town of Poke, Texas. Elizabeth Carlton is an uptight widow, clinging to the memory of her deceased husband, insistent that her church friends on "Widow's Row" see only the virtuous image she has meticulously created for herself. The two baby boomers have accepted the routine of their boring existence, and want nothing more from life than to spend their golden years in peace and serenity, until the two aging delinquents are forced to spend the weekend from hell together. There they discover that life and love are far from over for either of them....and unfortunately, neither are their life shattering secrets.
You're invited to four unforgettable weddings--each with a scandal that would make a bride blush! In this delightfully wicked collection, four bestselling authors depict weddings at their most scandalous-and tying the knot has never been so outrageous. Steamy, sensuous, and more delicious than a piece of wedding cake, Scandalous Weddings is the romantic event of the season! The Light of Day by Brenda Joyce The Love Match by Rexanne Becnel A Weddin' or a Hangin' by Jill Jones Beauty and the Brute by Barbara Dawson Smith
Concert pianist Alyson Anderson comes to Dawson, Oklahoma, searching for a place to hide. She needs to escape the spotlight and come to terms with her fiancé's betrayal and a bombshell family secret. What she finds is her free-spirited grandmother and a host of kind strangers who give her a sense of belonging she's never known. And then there's Jason Bradshaw, a charming bull rider on the mend. At a crossroads in his own life, he's willing to teach Alyson about faith—and love—if she'll let him. But would opening her heart mean sacrificing her newfound freedom and independence?
When a young woman returns to Oklahoma, she leaves her difficult past behind—and discovers a forever family—in this Western romance series finale. Harmony Cross returns to Dawson, Oklahoma determined to start over—and hoping to keep a low profile. She needs time and space, not complications. Especially not in the form of the charming Dylan Cooper. But the handsome cowboy is not the man Harmony remembers. These days, Dylan is a single dad with two sweet and vulnerable children to raise. Harmony never thought she’d see the day—not only is Dylan more kindhearted than she ever imagined, but she’s falling for the last man she ever thought she’d love. Perhaps this particular complication is exactly what she’s been searching for . . .
Divas Destined for Greatness offers an interactive program for teenage girls of all socio-economic backgrounds. Each session is designed to address real life issues. In a non threatening environment, participants can share those personal experiences and feelings which impact their daily life choices. The author, often comments that "the health and wealth of a country can be measured by the behaviors and statistics of its women." She therefore poses this question. How healthy is our United States of America, one of the most progressive nations in the world? The dismal answer and statistics regarding the social, emotional and physical health of teenage girls and young women in our country prompted the contents of Divas Destined for Greatness . The program is designed to create an intergenerational relationship between teenage girls, young adult and older women. Regular interaction and bonding will encourage teenagers to uncover their personal relationship with God and discover how it relates to their self image, attitude, knowledge, problem solving and conflict resolution skills. The Parent Orientation, Self Assessments and Community Involvement components help each Diva to identify that internal energy she must have to recognize the need and desire to initiate positive change. Brenda Joyce Dawson has been a merited educational leader for more than four decades. She is a former teacher of the mentally and emotionally challenged and school principal from public and private systems. As founder and president of I AM Ministries of Miami-Dade/Broward Inc. she has coordinated program services to strengthen women and restore the family. Her most recent publication, The Women's Empowerment Hour Manual has been successfully used as a resource to many women support groups throughout south Florida and is recommended as the companion text to the Divas Destined for Greatness Program.
Soon-to-be 6 year old Neo learns it's not always easy making frinds. He finds a friend who he thinks will hav ehis back until the end, but soon discovers it to be a bust. Will Neo ever find real, true friendship?
Orphaned in 1840's New York, Molly endured life among the many slum urchins, until rescued by good Samaritans and placed in a seemingly good home in Arkansas. There, the feisty Molly discovered nothing good about the home and vowed to escape. Returning to Jasmine Plantation, Arkansas, Sonny Scott found his only love had died birthing his son a year earlier. Now, his child was held captive by the new "queen of the plantation", the mysterious slave known as Manon. Knowing certain death if she learned the secrets he'd discovered, he had to escape with his son. Unlikely comrades, Molly and Sonny met in a field in the glow of the fires they'd set to escape their wrongful imprisonments. Without one another, neither had a chance to survive, but on the long journey back to Texas, could they possibly survive one another?
Full-figured diva Desa Rae Jenkins and her lover boy, Roc Dawson, have finally agreed to make their way down the aisle for better or worse, richer or poorer, and no mess whatsoever shall keep them apart. Several weeks before the long-awaited wedding, however, Desa Rae is confronted by a woman from the past who makes her aware of Roc's naughty nights in a place known as Hell House. The betrayal sends them back to what Desa Rae considers square one, but then the unthinkable happens. Roc discovers that she's been keeping some secrets too. During a prior visit to her son's college, Desa Rae and her ex-husband, Reggie, dared to go where they never thought they'd venture again. As a result, Roc is ready to put his foot where the sun doesn't shine. He doesn't believe that Desa Rae would do him like that. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Each one continues to make a case for why the other is guilty as charged. Black love is, once again, on the chopping block. Can love survive, or will Desa Rae and Roc come to a difficult decision to put their ongoing madness to rest and settle for being long-distance friends?
Psychology, Emotion and Intuition in Work Relationships: The Head, Heart and Gut Professional highlights the increasing importance of human relations in professional life. In modern society, all those who work with or provide services to others are increasingly called upon to be not just technical experts, but also ‘head, heart and gut professionals’ – who can work and relate to others with their head, heart, and gut. The book explains and synthesises these elements in an accessible way, based on a sound theoretical perspective combined with practical guidance. The authors address how to manage client expectations; how to deal with risk, uncertainty and imperfection, as well as how to improve communication and interpersonal skills. Attention is also given to the central role of empathy and rapport in professional relationships, while recognising the need for proper professional boundaries. Psychology, Emotion and Intuition in Work Relationships will be a valuable guide for all modern practising and training professionals in a broad range of fields, including mental health, law, social and healthcare, teaching and academia, technology, financial and other services – indeed, for anyone who provides services and has working relationships of any kind.
THE BRIDE WORE BLACK: SORROWFUL, SEVERE, SEDATE BLACK, BUT BIG GUS HEINRICH KNEW THE COLOR WAS THE ONLY THING SEDATE, OR HALFWAY RESPECTABLE ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER'S WEDDING DRESS. A SPIRITED TEENAGER, GILLIAN HEINRICH IS PREGNANT, ABANDONED BY HER ONE-TIME LOVER, AND FACING THE SCORN OF A 1950'S SMALL TOWN. FEARING THE DISDAIN FOR HIS ONLY CHILD, GUS BRIBES HIS RANCH HAND, CHARLIE BARNES, TO WED HIS REBELLIOUS, UNWILLING DAUGHTER. HAVING ALWAYS LUSTED AFTER THE FIERY GILLIAN, CHARLIE READILY AGREES, NEVER REALIZING HE'S SEALED HIS OWN MISERABLE FATE IN THE SEASON OF REGRET.
The WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT HOUR offers Christian leaders a practical, interactive and scripturally based program designed to help exhort the gifts of power and love within women. God's daughters are equipped to bring life to a shattered world. However, we are so often overwhelmed by the pain of our past, responsibilities of the present and fears of our future that we never reach God's complete purpose for our existence. This Program establishes a forum to address most of the issues and concerns impacting a woman's personal and professional life. Through interactive sharing and the use of current resources, positive options and resolutions are uncovered. Participants experience a self-actualizing energy, which enables them to obtain desired changes. A major success of this program is the long-term establishment of a network of relationships, knowledge and resources that support and strengthen the women who have participated. Their families' communities and churches greatly benefit from the reclaimed power within these mothers, daughters, sisters, wives and leaders. Brenda Joyce Dawson, a forty-year merited educator, public servant and lay minister is recognized as an "unsung heroine." Her directed path has brought comfort and hope to many, especially those who are often overlooked or disenfranchised. For the past seven years as founder and president of I AM Ministries of Miami-Dade/Broward, she has directed services and programs to emphasize and reclaim the value of the family unit. Her passion is expressed through her many accomplishments involving women and teenage girls. This native of Miami Florida has been married to her high school sweetheart for forty-five years and is the mother of two adult children and grandmother of four. She is a compassionate lady who believes "everyone who finds the power of love within, will always leave what they found better than it was before.
A self-righteous, devotee of his church, James Henry Scott yearned to instill piety into his two hell-raising sons. Once a lusty lad himself, he knew the grief they might encounter if they continued their wicked ways. To save them from temptation, he decided to move his family and his cattle to the newly born state of Texas; but how could he ever have imagined the temptation that awaited him in the diminutive Indian girl known as Ivy. When he had first spotted Ivy shivering in her tattered red dress and her worn black shawl, he assumed she was just a half-breed, an Indian whore. After agreeing to take her with them on the long trail to Texas, he would discover a love with the little waif that defied tradition.... a tradition that could not possibly include the shrew of a wife he'd left behind.
New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak welcomes you to Silver Springs, a picturesque small town in Southern California where even the hardest hearts can learn to love again… Struggling to make ends meet after a messy divorce, Sadie Harris is at the end of her tether. Her waitressing gig isn’t enough to pay the bills let alone secure primary custody of her son, Jayden, a battle she refuses to lose. Desperate, she accepts a position assisting Dawson Reed—the same Dawson Reed who recently stood trial for the murder of his adoptive parents. Joining him at his isolated farm seems risky, but Sadie is out of options. Dawson has given small town Silver Springs plenty of reasons to be wary, but he’s innocent of the charges against him. He wants to leave his painful past behind and fix up the family farm so he can finally bring his dependent sister home where she belongs. As Sadie and Dawson’s professional relationship grows into something undeniably personal, Sadie realizes there’s more to Dawson than the bad boy everyone else sees—he has a good heart, one that might even be worth fighting for. Don’t miss Brenda Novak’s latest book, When I Found You!
It's the day before, the day before Neo's 6th birthday. This means a trip to the pet store to buy his first 'inside the house' friend. He'd really like a dragon or a horse. A big dog would be nice. But Mom said 'no' to anything that gallops, breathes fire, or poops a lot. So what will Neo choose? Whatever he picks it has to be orange. Why? It's his very, very, very, orange day, of course! So put on your favorite orange play clothes and take a trip to the pet store with Neo in his third adventure.
Not All Frogs Are Green is the adventurous tale of friendship, bravery, and self-discovery of an autistic boy. A green, slimy, and beady-eyed monster has entered Neo's house and is hopping about. How did it get there? What will it do? How will Neo and his family escape the monster and get it out of the house for good? Join Neo as he faces his most challenging adventure yet in Not All Frogs Are Green. Discover how Neo will save the day and learn courage for himself and in helping others.
New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak welcomes you to Silver Springs with four classic stories of romantic fiction… “Once you visit Silver Springs, you’ll never want to leave.” ~Library Journal Finding Our Forever The search for her birth mother brought Cora Kelly to the New Horizons Boys Ranch. Getting a job there was easy enough, but telling Aiyana, the ranch’s owner, that she’s really her daughter is another matter. Especially once she gets to know Elijah Turner—Aiyana’s adopted son and ranch manager. Elijah can’t deny his deep attraction to Cora, though due to his past he’s always struggled with trust. But if the feelings she awakes in his guarded heart are any indication, she might be just what he’s long been waiting for. No One But You After a messy divorce and desperate to secure custody of her son, Sadie Harris takes a job assisting Dawson Reed—the same Dawson Reed who recently stood trial for the murder of his adoptive parents. Innocent of the charges against him, Dawson wants to leave his painful past behind and fix up the family farm so he can finally bring his dependent sister home where she belongs. As Sadie’s and Dawson’s professional relationship grows into something undeniably personal, Sadie realizes there’s more to Dawson than the bad boy everyone else sees—he has a good heart, one that might even be worth fighting for. Until You Loved Me Workaholic scientist Ellie Fisher liberates her wild side just long enough to indulge in a passionate one-night-stand. She never even learned the guy’s full name, something that shouldn’t have been a problem…until a pregnancy test turns positive. Being a professional football player, Hudson King has always been cautious around women—but this one had been different. When Ellie tracks him down, claiming she’s carrying his baby, he’s stunned. After growing up as an orphan, he’ll do anything to stay involved in his child’s life. Hudson has a lot of love to give—certainly enough for his child, and when their initial spark reignites, perhaps for Ellie too… Right Where We Belong Savanna Gray’s “perfect” life unraveled when her husband was arrested for attacking three women. With her divorce settled, she takes her two children home to Silver Springs to seek refuge between the walls of the farmhouse where she was born. Gavin Turner understands the struggle of starting over. Abandoned when he was five, it wasn’t until he landed at New Horizons Boys Ranch as a teen that he finally found some peace. He steps up when Savanna needs help fixing things. Despite an escalating attraction to Gavin, Savanna resolves to keep her distance. But it’s hard to resist a man whose heart is as capable as his hands. Originally published in 2017
When this cowboy says “I do” to a stranger, he might find his forever love. A sweet western romance from the author of The Bull Rider’s Baby. After knowing his bride for all of three hours, soldier Reese Cooper married waitress Cheyenne Jones. She was pregnant and scared, alone in Las Vegas—and he was about to ship out on a dangerous tour of duty. But months later, Reese comes home to Dawson, Oklahoma, no longer the strong cowboy who vowed to help Cheyenne. Shrapnel and a guarded heart changed everything. But with a wife and baby counting on him, Reese is about to learn what real courage is all about. “What could have been a fairly ordinary tale of a hurried Vegas wedding is lifted by the fact of the new husband’s serving overseas and coming home injured . . . Brenda Minton has given us strong characters with a depth of heart.” —Fresh Fiction From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness, and hope. Experience more western romances in the rest of the Cooper Creek series: The Cowboy’s Holiday Blessing The Bull Rider’s Baby The Cowboy’s Healing Ways The Cowboy Lawman The Cowboy’s Christmas Courtship The Cowboy’s Reunited Family Single Dad Cowboy
After being wrongfully convicted of a crime and losing custody of her daughter, all single mother Laura White wants is her little girl back. But she'll need a job and a real home first. When Dr. Jesse Alvarez Cooper hires her as housekeeper at his Oklahoma ranch, Laura is grateful. The handsome cowboy doctor, with a harrowing past that stretches continents, also vows to help her get her child back. Suddenly, Laura's dreams may come true—two permanent place settings added around the Cooper family table.
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