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After spending her childhood in care, Eva is desperate to find her birth parents and to get some closure on her difficult past. And so she finishes her relationship with boyfriend Gareth, leaves her home in London, and heads to Whitby in search of the family she has never known. But Eva’s close friend, Celia, is worried. Eva has stopped answering her calls and when Celia travels to London to speak to her she realises Eva has moved without telling anyone. Both women have been badly damaged by their childhoods, and Celia makes the decision to follow Eva to Whitby.

These friends are in your group. You can't exactly get rid of them. Maybe you have relatives in common, or you both share a mutual friend. Whatever the reason, you are forced to put up with these people. Find ways to cope..and gain the upper hand in the process.

One Husband. Two wives. One identity. Melissa Hunter’s picture-perfect life is built on lies—and she’s done pretending. Trapped in a toxic marriage to Brad, a charming sociopath with deadly connections, Melissa hatches the ultimate escape: vanish without a trace and leave someone else to wear her skin. Enter Bettany Carter: broke, beautiful, and desperate enough to play along. Hired to impersonate Melissa for a day, Bettany is supposed to disappear quietly. Instead, she wakes up in hospital with no memory, severe burns, and a man claiming to be her adoring husband. But something is ...

THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR EVERYONE! Making Sense of Toxic Abusive People is a must-read for anyone looking to understand and make sense of the dynamics between abusive people and those they abuse. Written from a lifetime’s worth of experience and involvement this book provides insights into how abusers manipulate their victims and keep them under control through lies, corruption, and deceit. Who this book IS for: - Honest and Real people - Willing to face and deal with the awful-truth - Those who truly want to understand - Earnest individuals seeking freedom - Courageous persons looking to ...

She is the wife every man dreams of. She is the daughter-in-law every mother dreads. When newlyweds Paul and Emily return from their honeymoon the future looks golden. Then they receive the devastating news that Paul’s father has collapsed and rush to his hospital bedside. Grief soon draws them into Dorothy Mercer’s grand, suffocating house near Windsor. Dorothy is ill and exacting, and while Paul works long hours in the city Emily steps in with saintly patience. Neighbours call her a rock. The GP calls her a blessing. But Dorothy is not ready to give up her home. Or control. And she is...

“Sometimes, I felt like I’d give it all up if we could just have a normal life, to have him next to me at night because Lord knows, I was so over sleeping in a cold bed...” - Alsina Knight Most women would kill to live the life of a baller’s wife, but Alsina knows all too well that everything that glitters ain’t gold. She found love in the most unexpected way, but with Jokari playing ball overseas for months at a time, Sina starts to wonder what really has his attention: basketball or another chick? Kari has big plans to make this Valentine’s Day epic, but will he get caught up ...

From one of the sharpest Christian voices of her generation and host of the podcast Relatable comes a framework for escaping our culture of trendy narcissism—and embracing God instead. We're told that the key to happiness is self-love. Instagram influencers, mommy bloggers, self-help gurus...

“I‘ll be forever changed by Toxic Positivity…This trailblazing book will help you transform your perspective about positivity.“ --Nedra Glover Tawwab, author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace A powerful guide to owning our emotions—even the difficult ones—from the popular therapist...

You've already read something about emotional intelligence, haven't you? But what do you know about the other side of the coin? Manipulation, psychopathy, and narcissism form the base elements of what’s known in psychological circles as the Dark Triad. Throughout the course of this guide, we will be taking a more detailed look at the different ways these traits can specifically manifest in different personality types, how to identify their methods and how to protect yourself from them.

Surrounded by incompetence? Feeling like you’re trapped in a never-ending meeting with clueless coworkers? Welcome to the survival guide you didn’t know you desperately needed. For anyone navigating today’s chaotic workplace filled with baffling decisions, endless meetings, and maddening mediocrity, How to Work with Stupid People offers a practical, witty, and research-backed blueprint to protect your sanity — and your career. Drawing on 30 years of experience inside corporate madhouses, JS Paxton unpacks the psychology of irrational behavior and gives you tactical strategies to ...

“Evil has only the power that we give it.” — Ray Bradbury Every Friday, Allison Cook wakes up knowing exactly what will happen—because it already has. Ever since her coma, Allison has been stuck in a loop of repeating Fridays. At first, it feels like a gift: She wins the lottery, prevents disasters, and even rights a few wrongs. But power quickly turns to paranoia when strange things start to happen. She can’t trust her family with the truth. And her best friend is hiding something. She’s caught Jocelyn in too many lies. The art, the house, and the job - all delivered with ...

A good man at home. A bad decision waiting in the shadows. And the one man she was never meant to touch… Deja Rivers had everything a woman was supposed to want—a stable relationship, a good man, and a quiet life. But stability couldn’t bury the truth: she was unfulfilled, unhappy, and sexually frustrated in ways she could no longer ignore. Then he walked back into her life. Kyrie Jackson. Twenty-one. Khloe’s little brother. Completely off limits. What starts as harmless conversation becomes temptation… and temptation quickly turns into something Deja swore she would never do. ...

Good friends and healthy friendships are crucial to women's well-being at every stage of life. But what happens when a friendship turns toxic? When a friend becomes hurtful or mistreats another? When a friend abandons another in a time of need? Here, Suzanne Degges-White and Judy Pochel Van Tieghem explore such toxic friendships and how women navigate the ups and downs as well as how broken friendships can be mended and bad friendships ended.

‘Meggan’s words have the power to make you feel seen, understood, and less alone. This book is the reminder you need that you are worthy of self-love and acceptance.’ Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Think Like A Monk and host of the On Purpose podcast Life can be a lot...

Either you're in or you're out. Welcome to the Thrashers, the elite friend group at New Helvetia High. They’re everything everyone wants to be. Jodi Dillon was never meant to be one of them. Julian, Lucy, Paige, and the infamous Zack Thrasher are rich, sophisticated, and love attention. Jodi...

Ever wanted to send a vague, dramatic social media post and call it “communication”? Do you cancel plans just to scroll in peace—then wonder why you're never invited anywhere? Congratulations! You may already be a master of modern friendship sabotage. Hilarious, biting, and oddly soul-soothing, How to Lose Friends and Resent People is your satirical survival guide to all the messy ways we accidentally destroy relationships—while swearing it's “self-care.” Think of it as the evil twin of Dale Carnegie’s timeless classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People—only with more ...

Serenity's life took a turn after losing her mother. Family issues, a friend's betrayal, and a partner that treating her like a disposable became part of her reality. Serenity wasn't perfect, but she wasn't prepared for the sudden changes that came her way. She learned to survive first, cry later. 📖 Story Highlight This isn't a story about a girl who stayed down. It's about a woman discovering her strength the hard way. Raw, messy, and unfiltered. Serenity's journey before the world forced her to grow up. Once she does, those who left her for dead will wish they hadn't. Welcome to ...

We were always taught to mind our manners and be polite. That is important…to a point. Why being too polite could make you vulnerable to manipulation.

You were born to be in relationship with good friends. To learn how to make them and how to become one, continue reading. There’s a famous book that many have read that tells you how to win friends and influence people. But is there a way to know what type of friends you should be winning and influencing? According to Paula Holland, there is a way to analyze potential friends and better your chances of making good ones while weeding out the toxic friends. In her book, Friend Encyclopedia, Holland classifies 27 different friend types that include positive, neutral, and negative types and ...

The author teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control, how to improve our empathy to understand the other, and how to look behind people's masks. Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around us, this powerful audiobook offers brilliant tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defense.