For River Connors, escaping her abusive marriage led her to an unexpected haven—the vast cotton fields of the Roth family farm in the middle of nowhere. Taking on the role of a nanny seemed like a respite, but her boss, Jackson Roth, carried his own wounds and a heart scarred by past pain. Navigating through mistrustful children and her own lingering struggles, River found herself entangled in a complex dance with Jackson. Healing a broken heart, she discovered, wasn't just about time; it was about embracing vulnerability, caring for others, and finding joy in unexpected places. The Roth farm, with its rustic charm, became River's sanctuary. As she forged connections with Jackson, the children, and a newfound circle of friends, River unearthed a sense of belonging she'd never known. Yet, in the delicate dance of healing, uncertainties loomed. Would River lose this newfound home to a threat she never anticipated? Could Jackson overcome the shadows of his past for a shared future, or would he prioritize what he deemed best for his children? The job that initially offered solace—would it mend River's heart, or risk shattering what was already fragile? In the heart of Tranquil Hills, where cotton whispers in the wind and love blooms amidst the fields, River's journey becomes the foundation for a captivating series. Each book unfolds the unique tales of the Roth family, a saga of love, resilience, and the intricate threads that bind them together.
Hartley Wright is returning to Ruby Shores to help organise his father's funeral. He is not returning to reunite with his brothers. He is not returning to help save the family business. And he is definitely not returning for Kennedy Grace. When Kennedy Grace begins her investigation into Orson Wright's death, she will keep it professional. She will not get mixed up in the Wright brother's family drama. She will not question her moral compass. And she definitely will not allow Hart Wright back into her heart. An abusive father. A bond between five brothers. A love he thought he lost. A life he thought he never wanted.
For River Connors, escaping her abusive marriage led her to an unexpected haven—the vast cotton fields of the Roth family farm in the middle of nowhere. Taking on the role of a nanny seemed like a respite, but her boss, Jackson Roth, carried his own wounds and a heart scarred by past pain. Navigating through mistrustful children and her own lingering struggles, River found herself entangled in a complex dance with Jackson. Healing a broken heart, she discovered, wasn't just about time; it was about embracing vulnerability, caring for others, and finding joy in unexpected places. The Roth farm, with its rustic charm, became River's sanctuary. As she forged connections with Jackson, the children, and a newfound circle of friends, River unearthed a sense of belonging she'd never known. Yet, in the delicate dance of healing, uncertainties loomed. Would River lose this newfound home to a threat she never anticipated? Could Jackson overcome the shadows of his past for a shared future, or would he prioritize what he deemed best for his children? The job that initially offered solace—would it mend River's heart, or risk shattering what was already fragile? In the heart of Tranquil Hills, where cotton whispers in the wind and love blooms amidst the fields, River's journey becomes the foundation for a captivating series. Each book unfolds the unique tales of the Roth family, a saga of love, resilience, and the intricate threads that bind them together.
Hartley Wright is returning to Ruby Shores to help organise his father's funeral. He is not returning to reunite with his brothers. He is not returning to help save the family business. And he is definitely not returning for Kennedy Grace. When Kennedy Grace begins her investigation into Orson Wright's death, she will keep it professional. She will not get mixed up in the Wright brother's family drama. She will not question her moral compass. And she definitely will not allow Hart Wright back into her heart. An abusive father. A bond between five brothers. A love he thought he lost. A life he thought he never wanted.
Written by Australia’s foremost nursing ethics scholar, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective comprehensibly addresses the ethical challenges, obligations and responsibilities nurses will encounter in practice. With a strong emphasis on the principles and standards of human rights and social justice, the 7th edition examines the spectrum of bioethical issues in health care with a focus on patients’ rights, cross-cultural ethics, vulnerability ethics, mental health ethics, professional conduct, patient safety and end-of-life ethics. Coverage of the moral terrain of everyday practice, including: Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct End-of-life care, directives and legislation Moral disengagement Prejudice, discrimination and vulnerable populations Elder abuse and child abuse Future nursing ethics challenges Case scenarios and critical questions to encourage reflection on key issues in practice Additional resources on Evolve eBook on VitalSource
Accurate statistics on the prevalence of child and adolescent sexual abuse are difficult to collect because of problems of underreporting and the lack of one definition of what constitutes such abuse. However, there is general agreement among mental health and child protection professionals that child sexual abuse is not uncommon and is a serious problem which has become more widely spread with the internet. This new book presents recent and significant research from around the globe.
The rights of pregnant workers as well as (the lack of) paid maternity leave have increasingly become topics of a major policy debate in the United States. Yet, few discussions have focused on the U.S. military, where many of the latest policy changes focus on these very issues. Despite the armed forces' increases to maternity-related benefits, servicewomen continue to be stigmatized for being pregnant and taking advantage of maternity policies. In an effort to understand this disconnect, Megan McFarlane analyzes military documents and conducts interviews with enlisted servicewomen and female officers. She finds a policy/culture disparity within the military that pregnant servicewomen themselves often co-construct, making the policy changes significantly less effective. McFarlane ends by offering suggestions for how these policy changes can have more impact and how they could potentially serve as an example for the broader societal debate.
During the Civil War, cities, houses, forests, and soldiers' bodies were transformed into “dead heaps of ruins,” novel sights in the southern landscape. How did this happen, and why? And what did Americans—northern and southern, black and white, male and female—make of this proliferation of ruins? Ruin Nation is the first book to bring together environmental and cultural histories to consider the evocative power of ruination as an imagined state, an act of destruction, and a process of change. Megan Kate Nelson examines the narratives and images that Americans produced as they confronted the war's destructiveness. Architectural ruins—cities and houses—dominated the stories that soldiers and civilians told about the “savage” behavior of men and the invasions of domestic privacy. The ruins of living things—trees and bodies—also provoked discussion and debate. People who witnessed forests and men being blown apart were plagued by anxieties about the impact of wartime technologies on nature and on individual identities. The obliteration of cities, houses, trees, and men was a shared experience. Nelson shows that this is one of the ironies of the war's ruination—in a time of the most extreme national divisiveness people found common ground as they considered the war's costs. And yet, very few of these ruins still exist, suggesting that the destructive practices that dominated the experiences of Americans during the Civil War have been erased from our national consciousness.
A perinatal education specialist helps women who are starting to think about becoming pregnant arrive at a thorough understanding of the psychological, emotional, physical, relationship and financial challenges that such a decision brings.
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