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Anna's a girl who's desperate to be a bride. Jeff and Dave are two guys who sprint from long-term commitment. Put them together and the three of them are wildly successful! They're raking in the cash while helping women HOOK, LINE AND SINK their long time boyfriends into finally taking a walk down the aisle.Step into the offices of HOOK, LINE AND SINK HIM, where Jeff, Dave and Anna are fantastic at turning bitter, unhappy girlfriends into bridal gown...
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When a middle-aged woman seeks to satisfy her own neglected needs, her world turns amusingly complicated.At fifty-five years old, Nan Marino is totally content tending her garden, watching her grandchildren, taking weekly walks with her two best friends, and keeping a clean house. Oh, and talking to Martin, her dead ex-husband. She either confides in him with all her problems or rails against him for leaving her for a younger woman.Nan's tidy life...
3) Jackpot!
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If your mother offered you 8 million dollars to have a baby, would you do it?Jamie Jacobson doesn't have a lot of faith in love, except when it comes to her Jimmy Choo shoes. Her brother Danny has two loves; his barely existent acting career and his ability to pick up women. But life is about to take a wild turn for these two dysfunctional but lovable siblings now that their mother has just won the lottery.Frankie, a longtime widow has wanted grandchildren...
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Until One Day, by Charlotte Symonds, is a poignant affectionate account of one day in the lives of four strangers. Each lives in Manhattan and hides their despondent lives behind masquerades. Follow each through a day in their lives where choices are presented and upon which decisions made not only alter the course of their lives, but impact others as well. Sydney, a successful attractive female corporate lawyer, Patrick a retired plumbing engineer...
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A legion of teachers pioneered the story of education in thousands of one-room schools for more than 200 years in Nova Scotia. Benchmark advances from the primitive platforms first employed to educate children were realized through the Education Act of 1855 when, with the government's blessing, Nova Scotia became the first province to provide free education to all children. Marking the occasion, the Provincial Normal School was established. Its mission:...
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A young woman has a burning quest to be educated in her beloved Prague during the Communist regime. Instead she is sent to a chemical factory. Will she escape her fate by marrying an opportunistic and boorish medical doctor? This is the first volume of the Prague Trilogy - author's cut.
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Beth is a 22-year -old woman, who when she was 10-year-old, lost her entire family in a fierce snowstorm. She was the only one to escape her family's car that slid off an icy road into an ice-covered lake. When she escaped out one of the side windows of the station wagon, a small shard of glass embedded itself into her lake and after being rescued by a passer-by, Beth is taken to a hospital. Her surgeon visits Beth and, remembering the shard of glass...
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Amy Monroe returns to the scene of the crimes, and she is sure she's guilty of being the worst friend on the planet. Not only did she let a stalker into her apartment, but when attacked her roommate, Amy in her grief, and shame, and confusion managed to blame the victim.Well, her former best friend set her straight yesterday, and she's back to apologize. There's just one problem. Her friend has disappeared.Fleming Sinclair's job for Alba Petroleum's...
10) Layers
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Across the years, four people, caught up in the maelstrom of a family secret, attempt to come to terms with its aftermath. From London to Athens, from Thessaloniki to Paris, their various trajectories form an intricate story like the many layers of a sumptuous cake. An inner journey and at the same time a kaleidoscope of perspectives, which has at its heart the never-ending search for redemption.
An enthralling portrayal of complex emotional turmoil....
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Our lives could go in many possible directions.What if we had taken that turn? Or this other fork in the road; said that one thing; or learned to hold our tongue and so not have to wish we could un-say it.Meet Anna and Ruth Goldberg, again and again, through many of the possible relationships between these women, mother and daughter.Bracketed by the same story, told once from Anna's perspective and then Ruth's, we see thirty glimpses of how these...
12) October Storms
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On the Illinois prairie . . .In October 1897, Louise Hawkes - unconscious, severely beaten, and near death - and her two young children, are found on the muddy bank of Friends Creek. Transported to Dunham's Crossing, they are placed in the care of a childless widow, Agnes Dunham Hoskins. Fearful of discovery by her tormentor, mistrustful of strangers, Louise stubbornly refuses to discuss her past.Weeks later, the fates of both women are forever changed...
13) Rising Queens
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Women empowerment is a transformative process that seeks to enhance the social, economic, and political status of women, granting them equal opportunities and rights as men. It is about creating an environment where women can make their own choices, participate actively in decision-making processes, and enjoy freedom from discrimination and violence. Empowering women is not only a matter of basic human rights but also a vital strategy for achieving...
14) The Sex Course
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Four daring women take a sex course, and their sex lives go from just meh, to toe-curling, oh-yeah. And yours can too! Isabella is a sex columnist who's not having sex. She wants to reconnect with her husband but there's the tiny problem of having zero interest. Desperate to make a work deadline, she signs up for a university sex course and gets stuck in a group who don't like each other.Perfect Claire believes if she just tries harder sex could be...
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Big Bad Jason Lord... That's what they call him around here, anyway. I'm excited about my new office job. I'm looking forward to the pay, the freedom it gives me, and the connections I might make in a city where I hardly know anyone.What I'm not looking forward to is my billionaire boss Mr. Lord pushing me around each day from sunup until sundown. I think he goes out of his way to make me miserable just so he can have total control over me. Of course,...
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Handsome Mark Allan is new in town, seeking change in his life as incidents from his past have made life in his former town unbearable. His seemingly charming, and relaxed manner hides a passionate heart, which seeks to experience love, and happiness, at any cost. Mark enters the lives of two beautiful women, each exposing a different side to him, but their lives will be changed forever, and things for them will never again be the same...Mark's Heart...
17) Blossoming Act
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Act 1When Sirenity Freeman moved to New York to begin a new life a decade earlier, she never imagined that she would return to San Francisco. She had left her past behind and moved on to pursue her dream of a better life. Act 2The longing to rectify and heal her deep emotional wounds led her to try and seek solace in forgiveness. It beckoned her back to San Francisco, the city where she grew up. The only way she could ever truly be free was to understand...
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"A wonderful debut novel by a talented writer. A lovely literary read with a strong romantic core." -- Nell Dixon, author of "Animal Instincts" --"I read the last 75 pages holding my breath. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel." -- Christopher Allen, award-winning author and editor of the literary e-zine Metazen --"This is an absolutely beautiful book, a seamless blending of romance and literary fiction." -- Cameron Chapman, author of "Hold My Hand" --Sometimes...
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B.R.A.G.MedallionTM HonoreeLuke MacIsaac has shameful secrets. He lived a horrible life and now that he's dead, he can't shake the memories of his entire violent past. He wants out of death, and to escape, he needs to be born again. He chooses to live and sets in motion the very thing he'd hoped to avoid: images of war, childhood abuse, and the tortured life of a brother he loved and failed. To make matters worse, his life costs his chosen mother...
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¿Cuánto tiempo pasará antes de que uno de ellos rompa el trato? Pero sobre todo... ¿superarán las diferencias existentes entre ellos, para dejar que el amor forme parte de sus vidas? Amantine Delamar es una joven y ambiciosa investigadora universitaria de literatura inglesa, en Londres. Un domingo por la mañana, a la salida de la estación de metro de Notting Hill, conoce a un chico de ojos verdes al que confunde con un vagabundo. Aunque se...