A hookup doesn’t have to mean just once. Right? Brandon Smith Keep it easy. Keep it fun. Never hold on. That sums up my relationship goals, with hockey teams and with women. I learned early on that love and family equals fights and heartache. So I’m always moving on to the next team, the next hookup, before things turn sour. When I meet Lola at a tropical beachside bar, it’s the perfect set up for a little hot vacation sex. She’s gorgeous, funny, and most importantly, leaving for home tomorrow. But this time, I have a sinking feeling I’ll be sorry to see her go. Lola McGrath I knew after that night in Aruba I’d never see Brandon again. That’s fine; I’m too busy vying for the corner office to make time for relationships. But when our paths cross again in New York, our sizzling attraction leads to “just one more night”. Then another. And another. We never meant to become friends with this many benefits. Especially the one neither of us ever expected—or thought we wanted.
Kelly Gray was born and raised in the heart of the Amish country of Southern, Indiana and still resides there with her husband and four grown children. With this book, Kelly invites you to join in the ordinary, yet extraordinary journey of everyday life on the farm. Sit back and relax as Kelly guides you through the years. Experience the unique scents of harvest and hayrides in the fall, the gentle falling snow that covers the rolling hills in the winter, and the first hints of green bearing the promise of new life in the spring. Welcome to our life.
Christianity has three major movements: Protestant, Roman Catholic and Orthodox. Of these three, Protestants have several sects - primarily consisting of Charismatic and Conservative believers. As for miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit, along with signs, wonders and supernatural experiences, many Christians believe they are no longer valid today. This book sheds light on the real issue - how should a believer respond to the current state of the church and where do the supernatural gifts and experiences belong? Should a believer make room or embrace these gifts in their faith? And has God withdrawn the supernatural gifts and experiences from today's church? This book, by use of the Scriptures in a dialogue format, seeks to clear misconceptions, false teachings and ignorance concerning these questions. It goes past the religious ideals and "churchianity" that has kept believers from discovering and walking out their inheritance, birthright and destiny in Christ.
Damico’s debut novel is groovy prose through the mind of an overachieving perfectionist on her journey to inner peace. A quirky collection of memories, observations, and life’s aha moments; this book is about a woman speaking her truth while giving a nod to her wacky Italian heritage. From growing up in the freedom of the hippie era into the turbulent present day, the wonder she experiences will inspire and amuse the reader. It carries a heavy dose of sarcasm sprinkled with pets, pot, and politics and pairs well with any bottle of vino.
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight." This fictional memoir reveals Shannon's struggle with childhood poverty, family tragedy, and ultimately, God's role in helping her overcome these. Her journey reminds us that in our darkest moments, we should never give up because God has a plan for all of us. Filled with moments of joy and despair, sadness and hope, this memoir will inspire you to live each moment to its fullest and to be grateful for what has been given to you. For those who have undergone similar trials, know that you are not alone. Shannon's journey speaks for all of us. No matter your fears or suffering, all can be overcome if you keep the message of the scripture in your heart.
Writer, teacher, and farmer Kyle T. Kramer presents the honest, humorous, and uplifting story of coming to know God and himself and beginning to understand life as prayer in A Time to Plant: Life Lessons in Work, Prayer, and Dirt. For Kramer, this came about through rejecting consumerism, creating an organic farm, and raising a family in rural southern Indiana. In his moving debut book, America columnist Kyle Kramer recounts the sometimes-gritty story of how he came to experience the joys of real community through a journey of honest reckoning with his own ambitions. For Kramer, this story involves lots of dirt. In the summer of 1999, Kramer, an earnest and high-achieving private school teacher in Atlanta, decided to forgo a promising academic career. Instead, he heeded the voices of the unlikely prophets in his life and purchased a block of hardscrabble land in southern Indiana in order to start a small farm. Tending it back to health—one difficult lesson at a time—Kramer founded Genesis Organic Farm, built a self-sustaining and environmentally friendly home, and began to fully embrace the Benedictine traditions of physical labor, prayer, and hospitality. A Time to Plant is a deeply human story of one man’s attempt to make simple living a reality as a spiritual discipline for himself, as a model for his children, and for the good of creation.
Invulnerability is a pretty useless superpower if you've only got a one hundred pound frame to back it up. That's what Quinton West's life became when he went from small guy who got beat up to small guy who can't get hurt after the meteor shower dubbed "The Event" gifted him the power of invulnerability but no other powers to compliment it. But there's more to Quin than meets the eye, and Quin realizes that he can use his quirky hobby of creating Rube Goldberg-like devices to outsmart the opposition.
Book 2.5 in the Heroes of Henderson series by USA Today Bestselling Author Liz Kelly Henderson's infamous Molly DuVal is desperate to move back home. Banished for the past five years, she plans to use her aunt’s wedding to show the Henderson elite that she is no longer the boy crazy, wild, party-girl exhibitionist they all loved to gossip about. Yeah. Good luck with that. Josh McCourt, mild-mannered AP Computer Science teacher and newest assistant coach to Henderson High's football team, is ready to break away from his low-key image and take a walk on the wild side. He’s looking for the type of girl who’d sneak into the boy’s locker room after practice and let him chase her around. He’s looking for Molly. When the bad-girl-turned-good faces off with the good-boy-looking-for-bad at the town’s biggest wedding, all of Henderson is watching from the sidelines. This is one game both Molly and Josh are determined to win. Taming Molly is a fun and sexy 20,000 word stand-alone novella and the first in the DuVal Cousins series. All the books in the Heroes of Henderson Series are complete romances. They do not need to be read in order, but it might be more fun that way as characters continue to show up in subsequent Henderson books in big ways and small. All the books in the Heroes of Henderson Series are complete romances. They do not need to be read in order, but it might be more fun that way as characters continue to show up in Henderson in big ways and small. Heroes of Henderson books to date: Playin' Cop Heroes of Henderson ~ Prequel (Novella) Good Cop Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 1 Bad Cop Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 2 Taming Molly Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 2.5 (Novella) Top Dog Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 3 Tempting Vivi Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 3.5 (Full length novel) Kissing Cooper Heroes of Henderson ~ A Christmas Edition UnderDog Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 4 Mr. Wrong Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 5 Mr. Wright Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 6 Mr. Wright Now Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 7
When meteors fell to Earth, Quinton West was gifted with the power of invulnerability. Seeing others take up hero identities, Quinton decided to help his city of New Orleans in his own way. Using his smarts, creativity, and a bit of training from his mentor Glow, Quinton is on his way to becoming Quincredible, hero of New Orleans! But even superheroes must do homework, and Quinton’s newest assignment is to learn the history of New Orleans and Voodoo. An assignment leads him to the mysterious Madame Adelaide, who gives him a new task to fulfill for the good of New Orleans. Is Madame Adelaide a spirit? An enhanced human? And what is the evil that threatens New Orleans that Quinton must stop?
In one year's time, two events in the author's life herald a future of turmoil and tragedy, the aftermath of which he continues to deal with today. At the age of twelve, he had his first drink--a can of beer--in a church parking lot. That summer, he took a job in a bar around the corner from the house he grew up in. He was thirteen. And so began his love affair with alcohol and with bartending. The book traces his descent into alcoholic oblivion as he moved from one bartending job to another.Ironically, he knew he was an alcoholic but failed to understand the meaning of the concept "It's the first drink that gets you drunk." As a consequence, it took him twenty-seven years to face the reality of his disease, but then after almost twenty years of sobriety, he once again
Take a magical journey through the New Orleans Mardi Gras as the littlest fans learn their ABCs with the help of some animal friends! Crawfish creates a costume, Duck dives for doubloons, and many more creatures enjoy the season as part of this fantastical Carnival krewe.
Are you and the love of your life as close as you used to be? Are conflicts occurring more often than they used to and your relationship is now full of problems? Do you dread coming home after work? Have you and your spouse simply drifted apart and now you don't know how to reconnect and get back what you once had? This book will turn that around and show you what to do. Everything is great when you're in love! But life has a way of turning that down. You start drifting apart, conflicts arise, you get busy with other things, and then you realize the quality of your connection and the closeness you once experienced has diminished. Some couples call it quits and walk away. But you can do something about this. You can TURN IT UP and revive your relationship or marriage. TURN IT UP will give you five commitments to make and five skills to learn that will teach you how to strengthen your connection and grow closer to each other again. When you turn it up regularly, you really can have the kind of marriage you want and have it last a lifetime.
Robin Jacobs is living a seemingly normal life until the night she is brutally raped, beaten, and left to die in a park only a block away from her house. With the support of her brother Paul and best friend Kate, Robin finds the strength to move past the attack and even falls in love-without ever knowing that the sequence of events that preceded the brutal rape will be far more detrimental to her future than she ever could have imagined.
Fresh Paint will inspire you to add some splashes of new color to your life! ? Open your mind and your soul to cultivate your authentic self. ? Discover the hues of inner peace, tranquility, and serenity in the everyday things that surround you. ? Ask yourself tough questions and listen to the answers that are already within you. ? Allow time to paint over your voice of self-doubt and self-sabotage. ? Clear the clutter that clogs your mind, your body, and your spirit. ? Create a home environment that is in alignment with your energy and desires. ? Prepare yourself to receive the gifts that await you. Take charge and become your lifes own general contractor! This job was designed for you. No resume is needed, because nobody is better at being you than you!
From bestselling author Kelly Irvin, the compelling Every Amish Season novels are now available in one e-book collection. Upon a Spring Breeze Facing life as a young widow, Bess finds comfort only in tending the garden at an Englisch-owned bed and breakfast—even as she doubts that new growth could ever come after such a long winter. Aidan tries to repress his guilt over his best friend Caleb’s death and his long-standing feelings for Bess by working harder than ever. But as he spends time with the young son his friend left behind, he seems to be growing closer to the boy’s beautiful mother as well. When a close-knit group of widows in her Amish community step in to help Bess find her way back to hope, she begins to wonder if Gott has a future for her after all. Beneath the Summer Sun It’s been four years since Jennie’s husband died in a farming accident. Long enough that the elders in her Amish community think it’s time to marry again for the sake of her seven children. What they don’t know is that grief isn’t holding her back from a new relationship. Fear is. A terrible secret in her past keeps her from moving forward. Mennonite book salesman Nathan Walker stops by Jennie’s farm whenever he’s in the area. Despite years of conversation and dinners together, she never seems to relax around him. He knows he should move on, but something about her keeps drawing him back. Meanwhile, Leo Graber nurtures a decades-long love for Jennie, but guilt plagues him—guilt for letting Jennie marry someone else and guilt for his father’s death on a hunting trip many years ago. How could anyone love him again—and how could he ever take a chance to love in return? Through the Autumn Air The mother of ten and a widow of seven years, Mary Katherine's last child is married, and she pours her abundant creative spirit into writing stories. Her dream is to open a bookstore with an English friend, but the church elders want this wayward widow to work in an Amish-owned store instead. When her old school friend, Ezekiel, offers her a position as a cook in the restaurant he opened after his wife died, she knows she should accept. When a mysterious English stranger breaks into her house to make himself a sandwich one autumn night, Mary Katherine doesn’t call the sheriff. She turns to Ezekiel. They both see that Burke is in need of more than a meal, and Ezekiel offers him the job at the restaurant. As they set out to care for their new friend, Mary Katherine and Ezekiel find themselves often working together. Can two people in the autumns of their lives and so well-versed in the pain of loss put the past behind them and trust in the hope that comes with each new season? With Winter's First Frost Laura Kauffman has been a widow for eight years. She tries to keep herself busy with her nine children, fifty-two grandchildren, and twenty-eight great-grandchildren. But she can’t stop wondering: What does God expect her to do with her days now? It's a question she can’t answer until a friend needs someone to help care for her newborn twins and three older children. Zechariah suffers from Parkinson’s disease. When his wife died two years earlier, his children insisted he live with one of his grandsons. He feels he has outlived his usefulness. Then Laura comes along and seems determined to change that.
Bark-N-Beautiful is a special pet care guide for pet owners and professionals to guide and educate in the areas of nutrition, grooming, behaviour,diseases and other ailments. Also sections will guide the prospective pet owner in choosing the right pet. Focus's on the temperament of certain animals and their physical requirements, what they like and what kind of living conditions an owner should consider before owning a certain breed. Training tips and how to handle the puppy stages and a few fun facts and name games makes this book a real fun read. This book includes full color photo's of the authors favorite furry friends. More about Pet Care at http://www.thepetbiz.com
Jack and Joe, Scunchester's third best private detectives, accidentally stole a time machine and since then business has been booming. Well, alright, perhaps not booming but they've at least been able to make ends meet. To be honest, the bottom had fallen out of the detecting business so they had branched out as amateur archaeologists. Hired by Scunchester's premier dirt-scraper Xavier Hunt, the brothers use their time machine to get hold of the pick of historical artefacts direct from the source without having to do any of that messy digging. So when Hunt challenges them to recover the fabled sword Excalibur from the mythical King Arthur, what could go wrong? The answer: just about everything. Follow our heroes as they steal, lie and cheat their way through history. In the meantime, Alyssa's life is in grave danger, two old men really want their time machine back and a robot with a headache is having an identity crisis. It'll all make sense by book three...
A cache of trouble lies hidden in the woods near Cassidy's canyon hideaway. The stash of banknotes has turned a greedy man to the wrong side of the law. With Cassidy in the mix, even the local search and rescue is drawn into the hunt. Will Cassidy live to see her wedding day? Will this be a cache of trouble, or the catch of trouble? And by whom? About the Author Kelly Rysten is the author of three Cassidy Callahan novels. She lives in Southern California with her husband and a crazy Shetland sheepdog. Kelly has two grown children. She enjoys geocaching, oil painting, and exploring the deserts and mountains near the Antelope Valley. She is working on further installments of Cassidy's adventures.
It was a rainy day, just as Samantha had hoped for. She woke up to the sound of raindrops on her bedroom window. She jumped out of bed, ran down the stairs, through the kitchen, across the full length of the family room, and to the back doors, squishing her little nose against the glass. She stood there waiting for the rain to stop. A morning rain only meant one thing to Samantha—a day of searching for rain gnomes.
High quality reprint of the original activity books for children of Peter Wheat, published from the Breads and Bakers Associates and distributed by Dell Publishing during the Golden Age. Inside you will find coloring pages, crosswords, mazes and many other time-killer games that would thrill kids and adults alike. With art by animation and comic book legends Walt Kelly and Al Hubbard! Still fresh and funny after 60 years!
Cassidy Callahan uses her tracking talents for good, but sometimes doing a good job has bad consequences. Follow Cassidy through more crazy adventures as she helps Rusty Michaels bring in a serial killer, deals with tigers, feral dogs and rattlesnakes. Car troubles abound as she sets her sights on the Police Reserve Academy. Cassidy does her best to enter the world of the Joshua Hills Search and Rescue organization, but will she graduate or become Tyrone Trent's next victim? About the Author: Kelly Rysten was born in Florida and raised in the deserts of New Mexico. She and her husband presently reside in southern California where she continues to follow Cassidy's wild adventures and strives to put them into print. Her interest in writing and tracking spans many years, which allows her to bring a real authenticity to her characters and the adventures in her novels. She is the author of "Triple Trouble," the first book in the Cassidy Callahan Adventure series. Kelly and her husband have two grown children and a crazy Shetland sheepdog named Pippin.
【A story by New York Times bestselling author becomes a comic!】Annie’s day-care center in Chicago is doing well, but her family keeps insisting that she move back home. They just don’t understand that she’s a mature, independent woman now. That’s when her best friend Tara suggests she bring a fake boyfriend home to meet them. She’s sure it will get them to ease up on her friend. Annie hesitantly agrees and goes to an auction to buy a date. When she sees an incredibly handsome man on the auction block, she’s immediately smitten and enthusiastically bids five thousand dollars!
Kelly Margaret Kamenski was born December 6, 1962 in Bridgeton, New Jersey. She has one handsome son and one beautiful daughter. She also has her baby, Biggie, he is a 100% Papillion and he is a sweetie. Kelly had attention-deficit disorder as a child and as a young woman was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder with psychotic features. The one thing in life she wants the most is , inner peace.
Five years in prison or five years working as an undercover agent? Not the easiest choice for Ana Moreno, who has a history of B and E convictions and a problem with authority. But it's a decision she and four other felons are willing to make to stay out of a jail cell. When a deadly shipment of Ecstasy heads for San Francisco, Ana's team is sent to stop it. Ana's task: get close to the handsome and dangerous Jonas Saven, right-hand man of a suspected drug dealer with a deadly agenda. As Ana uncovers a web of secrets, betrayal and revenge, her heated attraction to Saven grows. But with time running out to stop the dangerous drug lord, Ana must complete her mission--even if it costs her everything... 89,000 words
The Irish Joke Book is a comprehensive set of jokes about the Irish. Brendon Kelly pokes fun at the Irish from the troubled times of the 1980¡¦s through to the Irish of today, still in global recession like the rest of us. The Irish can laugh at themselves and won¡¦t mind these, or should I say dese, jokes. Just take a few at a time. You¡¦ll laugh, groan and snicker at these sometimes harsh, sometimes crazy but always amusing Irish jokes. No-one is safe - not pilots on the Irish national airline Aer Lingus, not Guinness drinkers, nor Irish council workers. ¡§Sure they¡¦re not safe.¡¨ The Irish love a laugh, and have that inbuilt Celt good sense-of-humor, or as we text GSOH. And then there¡¦s the lurvely accent, on de ladies. And they¡¦re good looking and the men - aren¡¦t - º You¡¦ll have your favorites. Then you¡¦ll forget where the hell it was - dat joke. So I wrote dis handy Index at da back. Ya can test yourself by finding de words in de Index dat you remember all dere, to find de joke again. Or try and remember da joke from the line in de Index. Tanks a million ... P.S. Da sketches are of ¡¥Molly Malone¡¦ in ¡¥Grafton Street, Dublin¡¦ and the Irish milk given when ya donate a pint of blood. God bless the Irish! Brendon Kelly
The so-bad-they’re-good alphas of hockey’s Chicago Aces are back in this emotionally charged novel of sex, love, and second chances from the bestselling author of Top Shelf and the Heller Brothers series. Tanner Bennet hates weddings. They just remind him that he simply isn’t cut out for any kind of healthy, committed relationship—never has been, never will be. After getting rejected by the girl he thought was “the one” all those years ago, he made a huge mistake and married the wrong person. Now that the divorced heartbreaker has reluctantly agreed to be a groomsman for one of his NHL teammates, the last thing he expects is a chance at redemption with the one that got away. After Marc Dupuis of the Chicago Aces hires wedding planner Katelyn Medford, she discovers that her big break comes with a twist: a reunion with her college sweetheart. The way she dumped Tanner still haunts her. Eight years—and three broken engagements—later, Katelyn knows she’ll never have that kind of innocent, wide-eyed passion again. Still, she and Tanner soon generate enough body heat to burn up the sheets. And even with Tanner’s career with the Aces up in the air, Katelyn’s wondering whether the time is right to let him in for real. Kelly Jamieson’s USA Today bestselling Aces Hockey series can be read together or separately: MAJOR MISCONDUCT OFF LIMITS ICING TOP SHELF BACK CHECK SLAP SHOT PLAYING HURT BIG STICK Don’t miss any of Kelly’s alluring reads: The Bayard Hockey series: SHUT OUT | CROSS CHECK The Last Shot series: BODY SHOT | HOT SHOT | LONG SHOT The standalone novel: DANCING IN THE RAIN Praise for Back Check “With Back Check, Kelly Jamieson has created a wonderful second-chance story. Her hockey series is one of the best out there, and I recommend giving it a try.”—Harlequin Junkie “As soon as [Back Check] arrived for review, it went straight to the top of my reading pile! [Jamieson’s] characters are believable and the on-ice game action is very realistic.”—AngelNet Reviews “I have to recommend this series if you’re into hockey romances, because it is a delight. I love the group of friends, their connections, the writing, the romance, the characters . . . everything! Give this a chance.”—My Tiny Obsessions Includes an excerpt from another Loveswept title.
The book is aimed at senior high school and college students as a textbook, a book to be used in a classroom setting in course in science and religion, religion, and philosophy. It deals with topics such as: 1) The importance of science and religion; methods of science; the method of religion; the birth of modern cosmology; the evelopment of cosmology; the Big Bang; the Book of Genesis; the Stars; the Anthropic universe-science at its limits; the resurrection; and the fruits of a useful conversation between science and religion. The book has 10 chapters and has questions and comes with a CD that has many power points for us in the classroom as and adjunct to teaching with the accompanying the text.
This vital book is a call to action: to reduce online harm, to protect the integrity of our digital lives and to uphold democratic participation and inclusion. A diverse group of contributors reveal the hidden impacts of technology on society and on individuals, exploring policy change and personal action to keep the internet a force for good. These voices arrive at a crucial juncture in our relationship to fast-evolving technologies.
DATES is an anthology of positive queer historical fiction, set throughout time and across the world. This is Volume 2! Watch a young trans woman grow into herself in 19th century Bengal, or a young woman from the 1920s Dominican Republic study to become a doctor. Or, if you're interested in a raucous good time, join two innkeepers as they stand their ground in Mesopotamia during Hammurabi's reign. In DATES 2, 35 amazing creators have come together to tell stories about personal, societal, and technological progress, creating a total of 218 pages of comics, 16 stunning color illustrations, and 2 short prose stories.
Create readers while creating art! Art Across the Alphabet contains art-centered activities for children aged three to six to reinforce letter recognition, build phonemic awareness and pre-reading skills, and associate reading with FUN! The book links art and literacy seamlessly, explores the magic of language, and offers unique opportunities to create readers while creating art -- from Airplane Wings to Zany Zoo Animals!
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