Seventeen-year-old Aurelie, a baker's apprentice, reluctantly agrees to assist a bounty hunter named Iliana and finds herself on an adventure full of magic, danger, and the thrill of first love.
For Sophie, small town life has never felt small. With her four best friends—loving, infuriating, and all she could ever ask for—she can weather any storm. But when Sophie’s beloved Acadia High School marching band is selected to march in the upcoming Rose Parade, it’s her job to get them all the way to LA. Her plan? To persuade country singer Megan Pleasant, their Midwestern town’s only claim to fame, to come back to Acadia to headline a fundraising festival. The only problem is that Megan has very publicly sworn never to return. What ensues is a journey filled with long-kept secrets, hidden heartbreaks, and revelations that could change everything—along with a possible fifth best friend: a new guy with a magnetic smile and secrets of his own.
Sloane isn't expecting to fall in with a group of friends when she moves from New York to Florida—especially not a group of friends so intense, so in love, so all-consuming. Yet that's exactly what happens. Sloane becomes closest to Vera, a social-media star who lights up any room, and Gabe, Vera's twin brother and the most serious person Sloane's ever met. When a beloved painting by the twins' late mother goes missing, Sloane takes on the responsibility of tracking it down, a journey that takes her across state lines—and ever deeper into the twins' lives. Filled with intense and important friendships, a wonderful warts-and-all family, shiveringly good romantic developments, and sharp, witty dialogue, this story is about finding the people you never knew you needed.
Devon's a high school senior wondering if she really wants to go to college, what to do with her cousin Foster (a freshman) who's moved in with her family in Florida, and whether she likes Ezra, the stuck-up football star at her school--or can't stand him.
Inspired by traditional eastern lessons of meditation and mindfulness, neuroscience and insights from literature, Emma Mills offers fresh and simple tools to keep our minds healthy, from that early morning coffee through to the moment you climb into bed." --
With the warmth, wit, intimate friendships, and heart-melting romance she brings to all her books, Emma Mills crafts a story about believing in yourself, owning your mistakes, and trusting in human connection in Lucky Caller. When Nina decides to take a radio broadcasting class her senior year, she expects it to be a walk in the park. Instead, it’s a complete disaster. The members of Nina's haphazardly formed radio team have approximately nothing in common. And to maximize the awkwardness her group includes Jamie, a childhood friend she'd hoped to basically avoid for the rest of her life. The show is a mess, internet rumors threaten to bring the wrath of two fandoms down on their heads, and to top it all off Nina's family is on the brink of some major upheaval. Everything feels like it's spiraling out of control—but maybe control is overrated?
When Claudia accidentally eavesdrops on the epic breakup of Paige and Iris, the it-couple at her school, she finds herself in hot water with prickly, difficult Iris. Thrown together against their will in the class production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, along with the goofiest, cutest boy Claudia has ever known, Iris and Claudia are in for an eye-opening senior year. Smart, funny, and thoroughly, wonderfully flawed, Claudia navigates a world of intense friendships and tentative romance in Emma Mills's Follish Hearts, a young adult novel about expanding your horizons, allowing yourself to be vulnerable, and accepting—and loving—people for who they really are.
We're all living faster, working harder, and often so busy we forget to take a moment to sit back, close our eyes and just, breathe. Yet this hectic lifestyle can get us down, making us lethargic, stressed and burnt out. So how to break the cycle? Inspired by traditional eastern lessons of meditation and mindfulness, neuroscience and insights from literature, Emma Mills offers fresh and simple tools to keep our minds healthy, from that early morning coffee through to the moment you climb into bed, without having to invest in expensive detox courses or far-flung retreats. She guides the reader through a course of a single day, with easy tips, meditations, recipes, literary recommendations and practical takeaways that can be completed in a matter of minutes. So just inhale, exhale, and repeat - and let a sense of calm and focus transform your day.
Things are going well for Molly, especially her new restaurant delivery service. All she needs now is a good man who will love her and help her make a happy family. But for some reason, she keeps getting involved with the wrong men. After finding out the man she is dating is married, she is accosted by his angry brother-in-law, Richard. Fed up, Molly decides to cut her losses and focus on her work, only to run into Richard again at her next catering gig!
Ever dreamed of opening a coffee or tea shop? If you are an coffee shop entrepreneur in the making, this book will show you how. We cover every aspect of setting up a coffee or tea shop and break the process down step-by-step so you can make your business a success. You might think the market's dominated by corporate coffee house chains - you'd be wrong! Independent coffee and tea shops are still thriving, and you can join them. We guide you through raising finance, testing your idea, analysing your competitors and getting up and running to ensure your business succeeds. Starting Your Own Coffee or Tea Shop is crammed with profiles, tips and real-life advice from the founders of extremely successful coffee and tea shops, including Costa Coffee, Betty's Tea Shop and some award-winning independents around the UK; so you can learn from the best. Written in conjunction with the UK's most popular website for small business, Startups.co.uk, the information is quality, easy to understand and accurate. Startups.co.uk helps over 150,000 people every month to start their businesses. It is the UK's most popular website for small business owners and helps you start up and run your own business.
Since her husband’s death, Rose has been living quietly in a small town. One day the handsome lawyer Sam Horton appears in her neighborhood and disrupts her peaceful life. Even though he treats her like a child and pesters her, Rose can’t help but be drawn to him and his daughter. Still, haunted by her past marriage, she tries to push Sam away. However, unbeknownst to Rose, Sam isn’t interested in her only out of attraction. He’s on a secret mission…
Professional landscaper Sorrel James has had nothing but trials in her professional life and her love life, and she’s at her wits’ end. She’s had a streak of bad luck ever since her last client, several months ago. He asked her to marry him, but as soon as she said no, his professionalism vanished. He accused her of theft and has been slandering her ever since. Sorrel doesn’t know how to trust men anymore. That’s when she stumbles across an old monastery in the country that has fallen into disrepair. She’s fascinated by it and wants to be the one to redesign the grounds. She goes to persuade the owner in person: eccentric, handsome Garde Chevenay. To her surprise, he agrees to hire her, but is there more to him than meets the eye?
The sheikh of my dreams is now my captor… Eleven years ago, Sarah met an Arab sheikh named Tareq, who was also the owner of a horse her father trained. Sarah looked after her family while holding memories of him in her heart. Then one day, her father is suddenly fired. Tareq offers a proposal to Sarah—to accompany him on his travels for one year. This means she will become his hostage… Will it be worth it to help her father?
Single mother Carrie has been sick for a while, and now her child has been taken away from her by the Child Protection Services. At a loss, she thinks of her son’s father, Dominic Savage. She fell in love with him eight years ago, but she left him after learning that he had a fianc?e. She believed she was just a plaything to him. But she has no choice but to rely on his wealth and power now. In desperation, she visits Dominic and is taken aback by his proposition. He says he wants her to live with him…in the same house with his wife!
This old letter from her late father just might be the key to her past… After a lonely childhood, Emma has finally found success as a novelist. But when her estranged father passes away, a letter directs her to the Ballentine Estate in Balleymore. Hoping to find out who she is, Emma travels to Balleymore…only to find there’s already another Emma there to claim her inheritance. With the help of the ranch manager, John, Emma decides to stay at the estate to figure out just what is going on!
Tammy meets Fletcher at a friend’s wedding and is instantly bewitched. He’s a genius known around the world for his work in technology…and even though he’s an arrogant playboy, the two have chemistry and Fletcher is passionate about her. But it doesn’t last long! Fletcher is pessimistic about marriage while Tammy hopes to settle down one day. She’s convinced that Fletcher wants nothing more from her than a short fling, but then she realizes that she’s pregnant! She doesn’t know how to tell him the truth, but she may not be able to hide it from him for long.
Caitlin and her boss, David, are not only secretary and employer, but lovers, as well. When she met him four months ago, Caitlin quickly fell under the spell of his charm. But David only wanted a sweet, temporary affair with no complications. How can there be a future for them when they want such different things?
It’s like she’d entered a different world… When Kristy visits Paris to commemorate her parents’ death by staying at the luxury hotel where they spent their honeymoon, the hotel employees all look at her with shock. Not knowing why, Kristy tries to book one of the cheapest rooms in the hotel and makes eye contact with a breathtakingly gorgeous man named Armand Dutournier. His strong gaze immediately captures Kristy’s heart. “You betrayed me!” Armand yells and then kisses her passionately. Everything is a mystery—Armand’s identity, his familiarity and the existence of a potential mirror image of Kristy!
Gina has been married to her wealthy, handsome husband, Reid, for seven years. They were blessed with adorable children and supposedly living a happy life as a married couple. But then Gina started to suspect that her husband was cheating on her, and it left her in a state of indecision… Now, to make matters worse, her husband has announced the unthinkable—he and his secretary are heading off on a business trip. The worst part is they’ll be staying in the same suite! Has his heart moved on from Gina to another woman? In order to win him back, Gina’s going to take drastic measures that will shock even her!
How can we reunite if he can’t remember who I am? Nick and Merry planned to be together, but after a terrible accident, Nick developed amnesia and those dreams were shattered. Merry tracks him down and visits his home with their newborn child, but Nick’s sister won’t let Merry see him and Merry tearfully agrees to let his sister adopt her baby. Thirteen years later, her daughter declares that she wants to meet her birth mother. Nick, still unaware, brings her to meet Merry. Has the day finally come for Merry to experience a real family Christmas?
The Miller's Daughter is a cookbook at the forefront of America’s heritage grain movement with 80 glorious recipes and beautiful, candid stories that celebrate community, agriculture, sustainability, and the place of grains at every table. Emma Zimmerman with her father, Jeff, is a rebel and a dreamer on the outskirts of rural Phoenix. In a country overrun by corporate, homogenised grain farming, the daughter-father team are champions of rare and near-extinct varieties of ancient grains. The rejuvenation of their business, Arizona’s Hayden Flour Mills, is an unlikely tale of an underdog rising from the Wild West. In The Miller’s Daughter, Emma shares her stories of entrepreneurship and personal growth alongside stunning documentary photography. Her insights show readers how grains can and should be used to elevate our meals every day. Organised by grain (from farro to white sonora to red fife to corn, barley, durum and rye), Emma’s collection of recipes covers breakfast, sweet, savoury and mains within each chapter. Think recipes for chickpea cookies, pink polenta with crispy pancetta, sprouted barley salad, farro crust tart, white sonora berry salad – and much more. This is the true and captivating story of a mill restarted, of near-extinct grains rescued, and a whole host of nourishing dishes created and enjoyed along the way.
Abby was looking forward to her break?she was planning to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and go to a cottage on a small island that she’d inherited from her great-uncle. But when she arrived, she found a man and his son already living there! When she tells them that they’re trespassing, he laughs at her. There was some kind of a mix-up, and Abby’s great-aunt leased the place to them for six weeks. If she tries to kick him out, he’ll sue for breach of contract! She has no choice but to share the place with them for two weeks until the boat comes to pick them up…
Moving to Australia was the best decision Susan Hardy had in front of her. Newly widowed due to a car accident, Susan and her daughter, Lindy, have moved in with family. While the search for a new job has been rough, a good impression on handsome James Kelleher has gotten her in the door. Does James like her a little more than a boss should? And could that stranger in the park who makes quick friends with Lindy be right when he says she needs to be more careful?
Historian Nicole accepts the job to write a book on the history of the colorful King family. At the behest of her client, Isabella King, Nicole heads over to the family’s fruit orchard. However, what awaits her there is a terrifyingly charming man named Matt King. He immediately assumes that she’s been sent by his grandmother to be his potential bride. His eyes are full of suspicion as he tells Nicole that he won’t be playing along!
Laura, a young woman who is skilled at cooking, plans on celebrating Mother’s Day alone with her family. However, her father, who rose to prominence as a cold-blooded accountant with shady ethics, brings one more man to the table. Thinking that the guest would be just as cold as her father, Laura is surprised to find herself attracted to Jake at first sight. Before she knows it, she ends up sharing a kiss with him in the garden, and innocent Laura falls head over heels for him! However, Jake has ulterior motives, and on their next date something happens that she could never have anticipated!
Lauren spends a passionate night with a man she just met. She hasn't been in the mood for romance since she divorced her abusive husband, so why now…? A few hours before, Lauren was preparing for her publishing company’s party. There, she met the gorgeous and kind publishing agent Michael Timberlane. She tried to keep their interaction business-oriented but failed terribly and fell into his arms. Lauren cannot forget the lingering sensation of their hot night, but she finds out the next day that Michael approached her to get revenge…
Kenda was a beautiful history teacher, but her beauty brought her a reputation and invited trouble. She had just landed a new job, teaching for a martial arts master at a school for period actors. Betrayed by a friend, she took revenge by shredding his clothes, but was seen by her new boss. In a panic, and afraid that her actions will prove her reputation is deserved, Kenda little realizes that even more trouble is just around the corner.
Joanna is ready to marry her boyfriend, but part of her just can’t forget her ex-husband, Rory. In an attempt to gain some closure, she arranges a meeting with him. Rory is now the successful CEO of his own business, and he’s full of newfound confidence. When Joanna tells him that she’s planning to remarry, he melts her with a sexy gaze and offers her a congratulatory kiss. Trembling, Joanna can feel desire welling up in her heart. She just can’t resist him!
Gina is a club singer who has come to the mansion of the influential King family to audition as a wedding singer. Even though she suffers from severe stage fright, the Kings’ grandson, Alex, encourages her and helps bring out her true singing potential. Even though they come from different worlds, Gina can’t help but fall for his ocean-blue eyes and the way his kindness soothes her heart… The only problem is, he’s already dating an extremely beautiful woman!
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