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How to ruin a perfectly good divorce
The last time Rose Tucker saw her ex-husband, Lincoln Hart, he was fleeing their newly minted marriage. Now the man she fell in love with at first sight has returned to say those three little words: "we're still married!" And while the lawyers fix the clerical glitch, the handsome millionaire offers a way to help his not-so-ex wife save her business.
The pretty interior designer can hardly wait to say "I don't."...
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Shifting alliances and passions will determine the future of the Kingdom of Myrcia, but in which direction? While kings and courtiers try to set up strategic marriages, others hope to marry for love, or not marry at all. And in the meantime, sorcerers and outside influences make their own attempts to determine the kingdom's next stage. The action picks up where the Of Duty and Silver series leaves off, although the six novels in the Reign of the Eagle...
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Howard, distraught after being torn apart from Alita, joins the outlaws. With only a club as a weapon, he becomes known as the Barbarian as he strives to fight the royals to make sure no one else in the kingdom has to go through the pain he has suffered.
In the meantime, an unknown girl with amnesia in the far-off town of Cliff Coast sets out on a journey to discover who she really is. She becomes the village Librarian, where she finds an old journal...
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Who 's meddling with happily ever after?
The Wedding: it's a set up.
The Break-up: it's a con.
The Reconciliation: it's a trap.
When high society bride, Samantha Carroll, devises an ingenious plan to ditch her meddling matchmaking mamma's groom of choice, the banker's son, instead of the ordinary Irish guy Johnny Belen she's pining for, all pandemonium breaks loose.
In the meantime, Johnny has devised his own plan to thwart monster-mamma-in-law's...
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Karen McCombie explores identity, friendship and fresh starts in this touching tale perfectly pitched for struggling teen readers. Karen McCombie explores identity, friendship and fresh starts in this touching tale perfectly pitched for struggling teen readers. Ketty doesn't remember anything about the accident, or much from before. The doctors say her memories will come back, but in the meantime school is a frightening and confusing place. Otis seems...
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At the Spirit Lamp Inn, newly purchased by Jennet's friend Brent Fowler, a garden renovation turns up human bones buried in the inn's backyard. The discovery rekindles interest in the case of a young woman who disappeared from the inn several decades ago.In the meantime, the Lakeville Collie Rescue League is faced with a possible lawsuit when the new president places a dog in a forever home without the knowledge of the owner. Jennet finds herself...
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A bloody resistance against colonial invasion that tears Seme's indigenous leadership apart marks the entry of a strange culture into the clan. Osayo, the priest, seeks to protect the clan's religious system from erosion by the Blue-eyed (colonists). He, however, has to face off with a few loose canons, including his own son who escapes to a mission center far from home and ends up falling in love with a convert. In the meantime, a terrible plague...
8) Too Much
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Have you ever imagined taking vengeance on someone who cut you off in traffic? David Herman, a young accountant in Orange County, California, cuts off a nefarious private investigator in traffic and becomes the victim of identity theft that makes him appear to have a felony criminal record. Losing his job as a result sets him on a life-changing journey that he never expected, and causes him to meet a girl named Vodka who may just be more than he can...
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The story takes place in present-day Toronto. Mike's once happy and content family crumbles under the heavy burden of financial strain and the violent interventions of social service agencies. As the primary victim of this ordeal, Mike's son, Jason, is repeatedly manipulated by various vested interests to achieve their clandestine objectives.
The novel delves deep into the dark and ugly aspects of human nature, where morality seems feeble in...
10) Mr. Time Waster
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For most women, getting dumped on their birthday – and not for the first time – would be enough of a lesson.
But for Claire Hutchinson, letting go of Montrel Burns is easier said than done, despite his pattern of dissing her, missing her, and then dissing her again. She tries to move on with the respectful and romantic good guy Warner, but there's something about Montrel that keeps sucking her back in...
Montrel swears he's not a monster. He...
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This book was written to bring to everyone's attention our obsession with technology, which is destroying our planet's biosphere and will eventually, in the author's opinion, bring about the extinction of most species on Earth, both plant and animal, including, of course, our own. Clinging onto the belief that we will soon develop some new technology that will provide us with a free and unlimited source of energy and "save" us is just pure folly....
12) The Magic Touch
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When humans can create new species, what rights do they have over the beings they create? The Making War is the long-awaited final book in the award-winning series that began with The Silver Ship and the Sea. Six genetically engineered children fought to survive in a small town where everyone hated what they were, on a difficult planet full of out-sized predators with long teeth and sharp claws. Because they were stronger than the colonists, they...
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We want more. More peace. More excitement. More romance. More free time. More chocolate . . .
Our cravings are written into our DNA. They're influenced by our childhood experiences. They're driving the choices we make as adults. And often, they're keeping us hungry. Never satisfied. Ever searching.
What do they mean? What are we to do with them? Should we feel guilty? Are there solutions?
Counselor and author Marilyn Meberg knows all about cravings....
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Summary of Mark Hyman M.D.'s Eat Fat, Get Thin is a science-driven nutrition and diet book that addresses dietary fat and how it impacts the body. By debunking long-held beliefs about fat, the book explains why fats are a crucial part of weight loss and any healthy diet. It offers readers a roadmap to incorporate more healthy fats into their daily routines.
Over the past century, a number of scientists have promoted research that supposedly proved...
15) Reasonable Doubt
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A famous artist murdered. A prime suspect with memory loss. A shocking revelation. A prominent artist from New York City, in town for a show, is found brutally murdered in the back of an art gallery. A prominent gay art dealer stands accused of the murder. He fears he might have done it. He doesn't remember if he did or not. Damien must get at the truth, which is made more difficult by the fact that even his client doesn't know the truth about what...
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As the Blood Moon rises, Beloved, the ancient and eternal enemy of the unicorns, launches her assault on Luster. But the very act of opening a passage between Earth and the world of the unicorns creates a danger more fearful and far-reaching than even Beloved could have imagined. The unicorns gathered at Autumngrove feel the intrusion the moment the worlds are linked. It tells them that the long-feared invasion has begun. Knowing that they will need...
17) Lynx
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Lynx is determined to bring down the seven Morpheus leaders. He has his in. Set to take over his father Louis Santos's position, Lynx knows it's time to act. Despite the AJE Authority demanding he wait. Lynx doesn't want to wait. How many more kids are going to die, be sold or abducted in the meantime. He is surrounded in the training facility by the Devil's Advocates. He knows he can beat them. Now is the time to act.Colt didn't want to work for...
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Helena Richardson is a solitary witch determined to keep her license to practice witchcraft. Something has slowly been sapping her powers however and this is no more evident than when her license is restricted with a notice of 30-days given to improve her skills. On the advice of a friend Helena asks the ancient spirits of Standing Stone Circle to aid her in her plight. She believes she's been given a chance, a test, to prove her worthiness when she...
19) Letting Go
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"Like Lavyrle Spencer, Pamela Morsi writes tender books about decent people struggling to find love." -- Susan Elizabeth Phillips Fortysomething Ellen Jameson is currently downsizing her life, a term she prefers over ones like widowed, broke and homeless. After her husband's untimely death, she was forced to sell his business and their family home to pay off the debt. Now, with her partyhardy, twenty-one-year-old daughter Amber in tow, along with...
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When Robin Hood hears of the Sheriff of Nottingham's great archery tournament, nothing can keep him from attending the contest in disguise in the hopes of carrying off the prize right under the Sheriff's nose. Meanwhile, when Friar Tuck hears of a brutal murder in his hometown of Wallingwells, he is compelled to travel there and uncover the mystery. Appalled when a severed head appears hung from the ceiling of the priory chapel, Tuck finds no shortage...