Successful leaders always have an amazing story. They spend a lifetime chasing success, dodging critical errors, and creating great businesses. The problem? An intense life can leave you exhausted, emotionally spent, and a just little bit crazy. Amazing stories start us, but good habits and discipline sustain us. It's time to achieve balance. Dr. Kate McLellan Walker Ph.D., LPC, LMFT is an experienced clinician, entrepreneur, writer, researcher, educator, and speaker. Born in Texas and raised in the Midwest, she struggled with ADD and FOMO (fear of missing out) throughout her adolescence. As soon as she could she ran to the live music capital of the world and earned her Bachelor of Music degree from The University of Texas at Austin. She used that credential to teach public school orchestras and freelance as a bass player until 1998 when she decided to pursue her MA and Ph.D. in counseling from Sam Houston State University. Her achievements and many diverse interests include doctoral advisory board member, university professor, president of the Texas Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, and licensing board liaison. An avid researcher (and still blessed with ADD), Dr. Kate harnesses her love of business, novelty, and creativity to speak, teach, and write about her experiences running her successful clinical practice AchieveBalance.org, training over thirty-seven cohorts in her ground-breaking leadership organization Kate Walker Training, and being the wife to a soldier and mom to three amazing kids. In her spare time, she still freelances as a professional bass player for singer-songwriters in the Houston area. Balancing business and family places Dr. Kate in a unique position to help other leaders achieve balance too. In her new book, My Next Steps: Create a Counseling Career You'll Love, she synthesizes interview data garnered from five successful entrepreneurs in the counseling field. The result is a step-by-step guide containing practical tools so readers can create the successful career they fell in love with, make a living, and keep their sanity.
Four fiery Latin lovers, with money and sex appeal galore...four sexy, spirited women who want marriage, but on their own terms. Put them together and you have a recipe for stormy conflict, tempestuous misunderstandings...and searing desire. Top selling Harlequin Presents author Kate Walker's Alcolar Family series will stir your emotions and stoke your imagination with its breathtaking passion and heartstopping romance. Bundle includes Twelve-Month Mistress, The Spaniard's Inconvenient Wife and Bound by Blackmail. And as a very special free bonus, also included in this bundle is Wife for Real, the original online read that inspired Kate Walker to create the Alcolar family trilogy, available now for the first time ever.
In the early months of the Civil War, 10-year-old Kate Walker saw her hometown of Columbus, Kentucky, transformed as Confederate troops began fortifying the surrounding landscape. Soon to unfold before her young eyes was the Battle of Belmont directly across the Mississippi River, followed by the tragic aftermath that greatly impacted citizens of Columbus, especially women and children. Pondering these events into adulthood, Kate Walker (now Beall) took pen in hand some 50 years later to produce a vivid account of those experiences. These unique, handwritten first-person narratives filled with riveting details and personal insights are now accessible more than 100 years later, thanks to Kate's great granddaughter, Anne Ryan Bell, who has transcribed these stories. In addition, this book contains insights into the value of historical primary sources such as this, as well as contextual family details, including the "rest of the story" - how the indelible experiences of the battle played out in Kate Walker Beall's adult life.
While sitting in a London airport during a snowstorm, Lydia meets a Middle Eastern sheikh named Amir. She finds herself wanting him like she’s never wanted anyone before, and they end up spending a sultry, passionate night together. When they wake up the next morning, they’re informed that the airport will be closed for three days due to the bad weather. That’s when Amir offers Lydia three days and three nights with him. All she has to do is ask!
Lucia has finally returned to the luxurious mansion belonging to her husband, Ricardo, with whom she used to live. She’s prepared to submit to any punishment in order to be forgiven. There is a reason she can’t reveal about why she suddenly left her beloved husband and young child behind. She knows that forgiveness will not come easily, but she must see her baby, no matter what. Full of resolve, she approaches the heavily guarded mansion. But, overcome with emotion, she carelessly gives herself away and is immediately met by the cold gaze of her husband…
Marina thought her dreams had come true when her husband placed a wedding band on her finger. But their marriage was not the fairy tale she'd hoped for, and eventually Marina walked away, her heart broken. Two years later Pietro D'Inzeo no longer haunts Marina's dreams. She knows the time has come to move on, and even a summons to join him in Sicily won't deter her…. However, with his wife standing before him, about to sign on the dotted line of their divorce papers, Pietro wonders why he ever let her go.
FROM HERE TO PATERNITY He was only after one thing—her baby! Natalie had been in love with Pierce Donellan since she was eleven, and when he came knocking on her door again she just couldn't turn him away. But she hadn't considered the possible consequences. When he learned she was pregnant, Pierce insisted on a wedding. But Natalie's unexpected child was the only part of Pierce's heart she was ever likely to possess. Although Pierce did seem determined to make their marriage a real one…. FROM HERE TO PATERNITY—men who find their way to fatherhood by fair means, by foul, or even by default!
Out of nowhere, a stranger approached Eve, saying he’d never let her run away again! Anger visible in his handsome face, he tells Eve she’s his wife and that he has been looking for her since she went missing two years ago. And it was two years ago that Eve was found with memory loss. A kind nurse at the hospital offered Eve a place to live and found her a job. Eve was just starting to feel content with her life when the man appeared. Was she really married to this beautiful man? Her heart trembled at the thought.
In the hopes of paying off her father's debt, Felicity agrees to marry the son of a wealthy family. On the day of the proposed wedding, she leaves home with a heavy heart...until she is met by the handsome limousine driver. Just as she finds herself lost in his sultry gaze, reality comes crashing down on her when the driver speeds off in the opposite direction of the church! Confused and alarmed, Felicity is suddenly transfixed by the driver's gleaming, dark eyes and the mysterious threat: "You're not getting away from me." Her kidnapping sparks the beginning of a plot for revenge!
Joaquin Alcolar?the most famous entrepreneur in Spain and a playboy who’s brought tears to the eyes of many, many women. Without exception, he has dumped every woman he’s dated after exactly one year?and this Friday marks one year for Cassandra and Joaquin. Will she become another pretty face he never looks back on? Her worries become stronger every day. Finally the fateful day arrives?but what awaits Cassandra is a destiny far beyond cruel and ironic!
Twenty-two-year-old Penny accepts a passionate proposal from shipping tycoon Zarek Michaelis and marries him. But feeling like he’s married her only for an heir and not for love, she secretly takes birth control. When Zarek finds out, he’s furious. He then leaves on one of his ships, saying they need time to cool their heads. But the ship is attacked by pirates and Zarek goes missing. Penny waits a long two years, nearly overwhelmed by anxiety and regret. Finally she can take it no longer and has Zarek declared dead at the urging of her mother-in-law. That’s when Zarek returns!
After hearing that her brother is in jail, Abbie isdevastated. She discovers that her father has gone to meet a sheikh to try to make a deal for her brother…and ends up offering the royal her hand in marriage! At the same time, Abbie finds herself falling for the sheikh’s brother, Malik…who initially mistakes her for the family maid!How will they handle their strong yearning for one another now that Abbie is to be engaged to Malik’s brother?
Ria, the daughter of a duke, goes to London to make a plea on behalf of her country of Mecjoria. Her mission is to convince her childhood friend Alexei, who was exiled ten years before, to return to their homeland?as its new king! But Alexei, having made a success of himself as a business tycoon in a faraway land, responds to her proposal with a cold, flat refusal. It’s little wonder; Ria’s father was responsible for his exile in the first place. But Ria won’t give up that easily. If Alexei isn't crowned king, she'll be forced to marry Ivan, a man she loathes, for political purposes…and that’s only the beginning of the tragedy in store for her if she can't convince Alexei!
A kingdom's safety Betrayed by those she loves, Honoria Escalona must now face the only man capable of bringing stability to the Mediterranean kingdom of Mecjoria. A cold, hard man who once called her his friend… Alexei Sarova—the true King of Mecjoria. In exchange for her happiness But Alexei's tortuous past has changed him into someone she hardly knows. He blames Ria's family for his bitterness, and his help—when he offers it—comes with a price: he'll take his rightful place as King with Ria as his wife, until she produces a true-blood heir….
A queen of convenience? There's no doubt that their marriage is one of convenience and political maneuvering. But shy beauty Aziza El Afarim secretly hopes that her husband--the boy she once idolized--remembers something of the closeness they shared as children. Except Sheikh Nabil Al Sharifa is far from the boy he used to be. The weight of loss and power has changed him beyond recognition. Where once there was warmth and generosity, now only a ruthless passion burns. He'll give Aziza everything...except his love. But as pressure to produce an heir mounts, could there be more than duty in the marriage bed?
Two men are glaring at each other from either side of Alyse. One is Marcus, a business tycoon’s son who’s been persistently pressing her to marry him. The other is Dario, a handsome man of provocative charms whom she just met at a ball. Alyse thought dancing with Dario would make Marcus stop pursuing her. But she had no idea Marcus and Dario were half brothers. And now these two half brothers?embroiled in a feud over family inheritance?are both chasing her as if she were a prize to be won instead of a woman to be loved.
GRIECHISCHES FEUER Eine einzige Begegnung genügt, um nach Jahren das Feuer zwischen Grace und dem stolzen Griechen Constantine neu zu entfachen! Nur eins wirft tiefe Schatten auf ihr Glück: Früher sprach Constantine von Heirat – jetzt will er nichts mehr davon wissen! PALAZZO DER HEIMLICHEN SEHNSUCHT Vor vier Jahren erfuhr Amy in der Hochzeitsnacht, dass Vincenzo sie nur wegen einer Wette geheiratet hat! Tief verletzt floh sie – doch nun ist sie zurück in Venedig, um die Scheidung zu verlangen. Aber der italienische Unternehmer verweigert seine Unterschrift. Warum? DAS SCHLOSS DER TRÄUME Der adlige Spanier Raul umwirbt die junge Alannah, lädt sie auf sein Schloss ein, macht ihr dort einen Heiratsantrag – doch vergeblich wartet sie auf seine Liebeserklärung. Soll sie ihm etwa nur einen Erben schenken?
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