Child Marriage

Christopher and Hannah are a happily married surgeon and nurse with picture-perfect lives. All that’s missing is a child. When Janie, an abandoned six-year-old, turns up at their hospital, Christopher forms an instant connection with her, and he convinces Hannah they should take her home as their own.

Different parenting styles. When your child comes out as gay. Launching a young adult with autism. Carrie and her husband Joe have been married for twenty-seven years. In her most revealing memoir yet, Carrie is candid about the challenges they have faced in these areas and more.

Some tragedies change a life. Others divide it into two parts—the person you were before the loss and the person you must learn to become afterward. In one devastating moment, six children lost their lives in a drowning tragedy in Shreveport, Louisiana. Three were the beloved children of Maude Warner and Albert Bogan. The other three belonged to Maude’s dear friend. Together, the children became known to the public as the Shreveport Six. But behind the news reports, public mourning, and unforgettable headline were two parents whose world had been shattered. The Ache That Remains is ...

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MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD Authors of the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Les and Leslie Parrott focus their groundbreaking, frontline expertise on helping couples face the unique challenges of remarriage with faith, perseverance, and hope. This comprehensive guide...

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“Your children sent for a bride.” Jacob rubbed his jaw. “They should’ve asked the groom first.” Olivia thought she knew what she was agreeing to when she answered a mail-order bride advertisement. But when she arrives in Wyoming, she realizes the man waiting at the ranch never sent for a wife at all… his children did. “You didn’t write those letters,” she says. “No,” his voice is steady. “But you’re here now.” Widowed rancher Jacob Hale never planned to remarry. His life is his children, the ranch, and the promise he made to the woman he lost. But when a stranded...

In this dark thriller from bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Special Agent Pendergast stalks his wife's traitors from Scotland to New York City, where he discovers layers of deception and conspiracy that will shatter everything he believed to be true. Yesterday, Special...

OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! With this updated edition of their award-winning book, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you launch lifelong love like never before. This is more than a book--it's an experience, especially when you use the his/her workbooks filled with more than 40 fun exercises...

By the nationally bestselling author of The Burning Side One family. Four generations. A secret son. A devastating addiction. A Texas family is met with losses and surprises of inheritance, but they’re unable to shake the pull back toward each other in this family saga perfect for readers of...

A revelatory account of how the loving marriage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth saved the monarchy during World War II, and how they raised their daughter to become Queen Elizabeth II, based on exclusive access to the Royal Archives—from the bestselling author of Elizabeth the Queen and...

A thoughtful, down-to-earth, contemporary guide to help partners identify and address relationship-killing behavior patterns in their own lives. Good people can be bad at relationships. One night during his divorce, after one too many vodkas and a call with a phone-in-therapist who told him to...

First you marry a man who does not want children. He cheats and you divorce him. Then you marry the love of your life and find out he does not want to have children with you either. The three he has are more than enough. Although you always wanted to be a mother, you decide he is worth the sacrifice, expecting to have a long happy life together. But that's not what happens. This is the story of how a woman becomes childless by marriage and how it affects every aspect of her life.

“Real, raw, magnificent—Before I Let Go is the beautiful angst I love to read.” —Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling author A scorching emotional second chance romance from a New York Times bestselling author. A Good Morning America Book Buzz Pick! Their love was supposed to...

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Are You Drained by the Constant Stress of Co-Parenting with a Narcissistic Ex? Do you feel like no matter what you do, it's never enough? Are you exhausted from the manipulation, blame, gaslighting, and endless conflict that seem to follow every interaction? Perhaps you're carrying the weight of protecting your children while trying to hold yourself together, wondering if life will ever feel peaceful again. If you're tired of walking on eggshells, questioning your reality, and feeling trapped in a co-parenting relationship that leaves you emotionally depleted, know this: you are not alone, ...

When Ruth Bellamy discovers her charming fiancé is the ruthless leader of the Iron Spur Gang, her world collapses. The truth arrives with a terrified boy who is kidnapped, orphaned, and the only witness to murder. Refusing to leave him with killers, she flees in the night and accepts a stranger's offer of a fake marriage. Caleb Harrow is a hardened bounty hunter chasing the gang that murdered his brother. When he sees a frightened woman begging for passage, he offers a practical solution: a fake marriage for cover. But protecting Ruth and the boy awakens something in him he thought long ...

Are you bracing for the transition into an empty nest? The Empty Nest Transition is your comprehensive guide to navigating this significant life stage with grace and confidence. This eBook covers every aspect of transforming your life as your children leave home, offering practical advice and emotional support throughout the process. Dive into an exploration of the Empty Nest Syndrome, understanding the emotional landscape and the financial and practical changes that accompany this phase. Discover how to redefine your role from a caregiver to a guide, reconnect with your partner, and find ...

In this darkly funny and irreverent memoir, the daughter of a mail-order bride unpacks her undocumented childhood in America. The perfect listen for fans of the jaw-dropping twists of 90 Day Fiancé and the emotional gut punch of I’m Glad My Mom Died. Growing up undocumented in Houston, Texas...

The Big Sick meets Dad is Fat in this funny and heartfelt New York Times bestselling memoir from writer, director, wife, and mother, Jeannie Gaffigan, as she reflects on the life-changing impact of her battle with a pear-sized brain tumor. In 2017, Jeannie's life came to a crashing halt when she...