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Childless couple Robin and Wendy have developed an obsession with Mayfield - the model village they've built in their garage. However, running a model village is slightly more complicated than they expected, especially as they live next-door to Derek, a former superstar salesman who is struggling with the erratic side effects of mental health medication, and Maureen, who is always getting involved in get-rich-quick schemes.

Once again, the Sophia Island Shrimp Festival is over. Thousands attended to eat shrimp, shop, and watch the pirates come ashore as usual, but this year’s temperatures were warmer than ever. Everyone is happy that the busy hot weekend is over, and everyone came through unscathed. Or so it seems. Jewel and Craig Mantelle also made it through their kids and families’ first visit to their new island home.

When Claire was sent to Barbados for work, she intended to have a bit of fun in the sun while she was there. It was there she met a cute guy named Ary who seemed just as interested in having fun as she did. A wild night of passionate sex followed. However, when Claire woke up the next morning, things got a little bit awkward. She realized Ary was her boss' son, and it was clear he wanted more than just one night with her.

Cathy Townsend has it all: a loving husband, two handsome sons and a lifestyle that many people envy. But one violent and bloody night, Cathy's whole world comes crashing down around her. Heartbroken and reeling from the events that took place, Cathy is determined to seek revenge on the people responsible for stealing her perfect life away from her. She knows she’ll need help but doesn’t know who to trust. Because in this new dark and dangerous world, Cathy discovers that friends are enemies and blood isn’t always thicker than water.

It's tempting to respond to the slights and indignities of life with bitterness, resentment, frustration, or sadness. But what if there's a better way? Enter The Peace Project and its potent mixture of practicing thankfulness, kindness, and mercy. With short, digestible chapters and plenty of practical application, The Peace Project demonstrates that lasting inner peace comes from outward practices - seeing others, as well as ourselves, not as obstacles to overcome or objects against which to compete or compare but as people of great worth.

Jewel Mantelle has never lived in the South, much less on the coast, so moving from Chicagoland to the historic North Florida coastal town of Sophia Island seems like just the adventure to fix her marriage. However, when she arrives, she finds that it’s awfully hot and humid there and that these Southern folks really like to hug. Her husband’s past on the island includes a creaky old house in the historic district and lots of nosy relatives he’d forgotten to mention.

Gavin Scott é um astro do beisebol, devotado ao esporte. No auge de sua carreira, ele descobre um segredo humilhante: a esposa, Thea, sempre fingiu ter prazer na cama. Magoado, Gavin para de falar com ela e acaba piorando o relacionamento, que já vinha se deteriorando. Quando Thea pede o divórcio, ele percebe que o orgulho e o medo podem fazê-lo perder tudo. Desesperado, Gavin encontra ajuda onde menos espera: um clube secreto de romances, composto por alguns dos seus colegas de time.

I loathe individuals born with a silver spoon in their mouths, people like Alec Blackwood. I watch as he glides across the street on that black Harley, Leaning low and turning women's heads like some conquering hero. He has money coming from all directions - Gold watches, Gucci shoes, an apartment in the most expensive part of town. People call him the King of Manhattan. But underneath the darkness of his gaze, I can sense something supernatural - Fangs that glow in the light like a warning, ready to strike. I can't let him discover what secrets I am hiding, But something about him makes ...

Meet Atreus Kostas, the Greek tycoon, and get to know him and his family in these first five books of Kay Brody's popular short story series! It's the perfect primer for future installments of the series as well as the two spinoffs that have come from the series, "Angelique's Greek" and "Finding Her Greek"!

A woman applies for a job, and ends up giving one.

What's it like to live with manic depression? What should you know about hospital emergency rooms? Could you help find the world's deadliest microbes? Listen to the wisdom and philosophy of the medical world's foremost leaders as they explore heart disease, depression, infectious diseases, cancer, and emergency medicine.

At the pinnacle of his reign, King David, a man after God's own heart, made a life-defining decision that would have terrible consequences for his life and family. Using those sections of Scripture which give the details of this period of his life, the author creatively gives David a voice while staying true to the intent of the original text.

People may be familiar with the celebrations around Chinese New Year (usually towards the end of January or beginning of February), and how the year is devoted to a particular animal.

Castle Marlowe is an artist who travels to small South Alabama towns in 1914, preaching in rural schools, where he illustrates his sermons with chalkboard sketches. After his wife drowns, he finds it difficult to balance his responsibilities. How can he continue his ministry and take care of five children? An old-maid parishioner suggests her niece in North Alabama could be a great help to him. He assumes she’s suggesting marriage. Why not? The children need a mother and plenty of men marry mail-order brides they’ve never met. It would solve his problem. He sends money for the woman’s...

On September 11, 2001, the world changed forever when ruthless Al-Qaeda terrorists launched an aerial attack on the United States of America. Oblivious to the world's terror, Kay and Kerry Danes sat half a world away, secure in an embassy after a terrifying 11-month hostage ordeal in communist Laos. As fear gripped the globe, Kerry, an Australian Special Forces soldier, comforted his wife, Kay, as they struggled to come to terms with their hellish ordeal....

Stuck in a dead-end job and hopelessly in unrequited love with her best friend, El needs a major life change. One New Year's resolution to 'Be More Wild' later, and she's committed to doing one wild thing every month for a year. Admittedly, so far it's amounted to one small tattoo, one bad hangover and one very disappointing threesome, but she's trying and surely it can only get better. So when a plan is hatched for El, Ray and their two closest friends to ditch the big city and move out to a ramshackle house in the middle of the English countryside, El can hardly say no.

Vom Glück, nach Hause zu kommen: Ein Sommerroman zum Genießen von Bestsellerautorin Mary Kay Andrews. Anfangs ist die investigative Journalistin Conley Hawkins gar nicht begeistert, als es sie nach Florida in ihre kleine Heimatstadt verschlägt. Doch der familieneigenen Zeitung geht es nicht gut. Conley setzt alles daran, sie mit ihrer Schwester zusammen zu retten. Im Strandhaus ihrer Großmutter lernt Conley, dass auch Regionaljournalismus Sensationen bereithält. Und dass aus alten Verletzungen neue Liebe entstehen kann.

A powerful book that is both fun to listen to and transformative, Living Serendipitously: Keeping the Wonder Alive motivates people to become "active dreamers" who live their dreams. A lively and joyful listen, it captures the joyful essence of "the art of living", explaining just how simple, easy and natural living serendipitously really is.

With so much trauma in her past, a young widow with a teen-age son clings to the belief that things can only get better. She’s wrong. When the grandfather with whom they live brings a conniving, selfish woman into the house, they are evicted from the only real home they’ve ever known. Driving down an unfamiliar road at night, on the way to seek a new life, a deer darts in front of the car, causing her to wreck. She watches helplessly as the automobile goes up in flames. A gruesome-looking character shows up out of nowhere and takes them to his cabin in the woods. Finding a way of escape...

From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance for her lost family. That same spring, from the wealthy city-state of Seressa, famous for its canals and lagoon, come two very different people: a young artist traveling to the dangerous East to paint the Grand Khalif at his request - and possibly to do more - and a beautiful oman posing as a doctor's wife in her role of a spy.