Download or read book A New Year Marriage Proposal written by Kate Hardy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Christmas work its magic? When reclusive Quinn O'Neill's new neighbor Carissa Wylde asks for his help with a Christmas charity project, he can't resist her vivacious energy. And soon he's caught up in the work…and the beautiful, fun-loving woman behind it! Like Quinn, Carissa carries hurt and pain beneath her smiles and holiday cheer. On an ice rink, surrounded by twinkling lights, he'll start to kiss it all better. There's plenty of festive magic…but now he's got the toughest challenge of all: proving this romance is not just for Christmas but for a lifetime….

Download or read book Equally Wed written by Kirsten Palladino and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By and large, most wedding books in the market are still centered around one bride and one groom. And yet, the advent of full marriage equality in the United States has made a new, polished wedding planning book dedicated to guiding LGBTQ couples both timely and essential. Kirsten Palladino will fill that need with this definitive book to inspire couples everywhere who are seeking a meaningful, personal ceremony and a momentous beginning to legally married life. Equally Wed brings author Palladino's expertise as the founder and editorial director of the world's leading online resource for LGBTQ wedding planning to the page. Palladino walks readers through every step of the notoriously costly and arduous planning process with wisdom and accessibility. From how to incorporate hot trends among LGBTQ couples to advice on how to incorporate children into a ceremony to more serious hurdles like dealing with homophobia among family members, Equally Wed has it all. The author importantly includes an accurate picture of wedding budgets for couples from all backgrounds, and shares her invaluable insider tips for making the most of each vendor; she also addresses fashion advice specific for LGBTQ readers, such as suiting up as a nonbinary nearlywed or attending fittings as a butch lesbian or a transgender woman. And best of all, she does it with the celebratory, joyful approach that all couples deserve. With a beautiful 2-color package, a total absence of heteronormative terms and assumptions, and a wealth of advice on every wedding-related topic imaginable, Equally Wed is set to be the go-to LGBTQ wedding guide just as every couple is finally free to wed.

Download or read book Midnight Wishes Same Time Next Year The Princess s New Year Wedding A New Year s Eve Proposal written by Debbie Macomber and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2023-11-29 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Same Time, Next Year - Debbie Macomber Will time prove him right? On New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas, dignified Judge James Wilkens impulsively rescues a beautiful damsel in distress. Summer Lawton has just suffered a painful betrayal, but James promises her that in a year she’ll be over it. To prove his point, he makes a date to meet her in Vegas in a year’s time. But what happens in Vegas does not stay there. With all the odds against them, will James and Summer still be together at the same time next year? The Princess’s New Year Wedding - Rebecca Winters Can a convenient marriage…lead to a happy-ever-after? Princess Lanza is determined to do her duty even if it means marrying a virtual stranger! She knows dashing Prince Stefano is honouring his late brother’s promise to unite their countries, and that she must steel her heart, but it’s not long before the captivating royal gets under her skin! Can their hastily arranged New Year wedding lead to a lifetime of wedded bliss? A New Year’s Eve Proposal - Kim Findlay A handsome stranger on New Year’s…leads to the surprise of her year! Contractor Andie Kozak felt an instant connection to the stranger she met on New Year’s Eve. Then she discovered Trevor Emerson was the big-city architect working with her on the town mill — and he made it clear their relationship would be strictly business. Andie knows there’s tenderness underneath Trevor’s brusque demeanor. But can she risk everything she’s built to design a new life…and love?

Download or read book Sweet Duo written by Susan Meier and published by Mills & Boon. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Twelve Dates of Christmas - Susan Meier The perfect business arrangement? When entrepreneur Rick Langley offers Eloise Vaughn the help she needs in exchange for her attending twelve Christmas parties as his date, she can't refuse. Yes, Rick's handsome and devastatingly charming, but this is about business. If only her racing heart would get the message! Rick has his own devastating reasons for hating Christmas, but with each date that passes, Eloise opens his eyes to the spirit of the season...and opens his heart to a totally different future... A New Year Marriage Proposal - Kate Hardy Will Christmas work its magic? When reclusive Quinn O'Neill's new neighbour Carissa Wylde asks for his help with a Christmas charity project, he can't resist her vivacious energy. And soon, he's caught up in the work...and the beautiful, fun-loving woman behind it! Like Quinn, Carissa carries hurt and pain beneath her smiles and festive cheer. On an ice rink, surrounded by twinkling lights, he'll start to kiss it all better. There's plenty of festive magic...but now he's got the toughest challenge of all: proving this romance is not just for Christmas, but for a lifetime..

Download or read book The Mating Game written by Ellen Lamont and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite enormous changes in patterns of dating and courtship in twenty-first-century America, contemporary understandings of romance and intimacy remain firmly rooted in age-old assumptions of gender difference. These tenacious beliefs now vie with cultural messages of gender equality that stress independence, self-development, and egalitarian practices in public and private life. Through interviews with heterosexual and LGBTQ individuals, Ellen Lamont’s The Mating Game explores how people with diverse sexualities and gender identities date, form romantic relationships, and make decisions about future commitments as they negotiate uncertain terrain fraught with competing messages about gender, sexuality, and intimacy.

Download or read book The Best Year of Your Marriage written by Jim Daly and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2014 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful 52-week devotional provides Christian couples with an easy way to read Scripture, pray, and engage in spiritual discussions and activities to strengthen their relationship and marriage. Perfect for younger couples in building a strong spiritual foundation early on, it's a great resource for couples of any age or stage who want to grow closer as they follow God together. Presented in a relaxed and easy-to-use way and edited by Focus on the Family president Jim Daly and his wife, Jean, each devotional offers foundational, practical, and wise material from members of the Focus counselling staff. The content is divided into 13 sections, with topics including getting to know each other better, listening, mastering money, building a Christ-centered home, going the distance, and more. Each section is introduced by the Dalys, and each of the 52 devotions is followed with discussion questions and activities.

Download or read book In One Year and Out the Other written by Cara Lockwood and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out with the old, in with the new, and on with the party! Maybe it's just another midnight...or maybe there really is magic in the air when December 31st becomes January 1st, and confetti kisses and champagne toasts kick off a new year, a new romance, a new look, a new attitude. Celebrate the start of something new with In One Year and Out the Other...a sparkling collection of all new stories by today's rising fiction stars: Cara Lockwood puts self-improvement to the test with 528 resolutions -- not least of which is "Do not sleep with married men" -- in "Resolved: A New Year's Resolution List"...Pamela Redmond Satran instructs a single mom in the fine art of partying like the boys (have lots of sex, don't worry that you're too fat) in "How to Start the New Year Like a Guy"...Diane Stingley shows a twentysomething why there's more to life than waiting by the phone for a New Year's date in "Expecting a Call"...Megan McAndrew seizes the day -- or just a very special one-night stand -- for a single food stylist hungering for more in "The Future of Sex"...and more great tales from Kathleen O'Reilly, Beth Kendrick, Eileen Rendahl, Tracy McArdle and Libby Street.

Download or read book A New Year s Eve Proposal written by Kim Findlay and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handsome stranger on New Year’s… Leads to the surprise of her year! Contractor Andie Kozak felt an instant connection to the stranger she met on New Year’s Eve. Then she discovered Trevor Emerson was the big-city architect working with her on the town mill—and he made it clear their relationship would be strictly business. Andie knows there’s tenderness underneath Trevor’s brusque demeanor. But can she risk everything she’s built to design a new life…and love? Cupid's Crossing Book 1: A Valentine's Proposal Book 2: A Fourth of July Proposal Book 3: A New Year's Eve Proposal

Download or read book As Long As We Both Shall Eat written by Claire Stewart and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Long as we Both Shall Eat is a culinary history of wedding feasts. Examining the various food customs associated with weddings in America and around the world, Claire Stewart not only provides a rich account of the foods most loved and frequently served at wedding celebrations, she also offers a glimpse into the customs and celebrations themselves, as they are experienced in the West and in various other cultures. Shesheds light on the historical and contemporary significance of wedding food, and explores patterns of the varieties of conspicuous consumption linked to American wedding feasts in particular. There are stories of celebrity excess, and the book is peppered with accounts of lavish strange-but-true wedding tales. The antics of wealthy socialites and celebrities is a topic rich for exploration, and the telling of their exploits can be used to track the fads and changes in conventional and contemporary wedding feasts and celebrations. From cocktail hours to wedding cakes, showers to brunches, the food we enjoy to celebrate the joining of life partners helps bring us together, no matter our differences. Readers are treated to a tasty trip down the aisle in this entertaining and lively account of nuptial noshing.

Download or read book Threading My Prayer Rug written by Sabeeha Rehman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING. ONE OF BOOKLIST'S TOP TEN RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY BOOKS. ONE OF BOOKLIST'S TOP TEN DIVERSE NONFICTION BOOKS. Honorable Mention in the San Francisco Book Festival Awards, Spiritual Category A 2019 United Methodist Women Reading Program Selection This enthralling story of the making of an American is a timely meditation on being Muslim in America today. Threading My Prayer Rug is a richly textured reflection. It is also the luminous story of many journeys: from Pakistan to the United States in an arranged marriage that becomes a love match lasting forty-five years; from secular Muslim in an Islamic society to devout Muslim in a society ignorant of Islam, and from liberal to conservative to American Muslim; from bride to mother; and from an immigrant intending to stay two years to an American citizen, business executive, grandmother, and tireless advocate for interfaith understanding. Beginning with a sweetly funny, moving account of her arranged marriage, the author undercuts stereotypes and offers the refreshing view of an American life through Muslim eyes. Sabeeha was doing interfaith work for Imam Feisal A. Rauf, the driving force behind the Muslim community center near Ground Zero, when the backlash began. She recounts what that experience revealed about American society and in a new preface discusses Islam in America in the time of Trump.

Download or read book The Crane Wife written by CJ Hauser and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir in essays that expands on the viral sensation “The Crane Wife” with a frank and funny look at love, intimacy, and self in the twenty-first century. From friends and lovers to blood family and chosen family, this “elegant masterpiece” (Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Hunger) asks what more expansive definitions of love might offer ​us all. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, THE GUARDIAN, GARDEN & GUN "Hauser builds their life's inventory out of deconstructed personal narratives, resulting in a reading experience that's rich like a complicated dessert—not for wolfing down but for savoring in small bites." —The New York Times “Clever, heartfelt, and wrenching.” —Time “Brilliant.” —Oprah Daily Ten days after calling off their wedding, CJ Hauser went on an expedition to Texas to study the whooping crane. After a week wading through the gulf, they realized they'd almost signed up to live someone else's life. What if you released yourself from traditional narratives of happiness? What if you looked for ways to leave room for the unexpected? In Hauser’s case, this meant dissecting pop culture touchstone, from The Philadelphia Story to The X Files, to learn how not to lose yourself in a relationship. They attended a robot convention, contemplated grief at John Belushi’s gravesite, and officiated a wedding. Most importantly, they mapped the difference between the stories we’re asked to hold versus those we choose to carry. Told with the late-night barstool directness of your wisest, most bighearted friend, The Crane Wife is a book for everyone whose path doesn't look the way they thought it would; for everyone learning to find joy in the not-knowing and to build a new sort of life story, a new sort of family, a new sort of home to live in.

Download or read book Capturing the Single Dad s Heart written by Kate Hardy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A love worth fighting for? Nate Townsend is a brilliant surgeon, but being a full-time single dad is his biggest challenge yet. So he doesn't need the temptation of beautiful neurosurgeon Erin Leyton! Erin's instantly taken with Nate's daughter. She knows she can help them both—if she can keep her heart off the table…because love never lasts, right? But time spent with Nate and Caitlin stirs hopes Erin has long thought impossible. Can Nate convince her that his love is here to stay?

Download or read book It Started at a Wedding written by Kate Hardy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As if losing her best friend's wedding dress wasn't bad enough, dressmaker Claire Stewart now has to answer to the ultra-handsome, ultra-successful brother of the bride, Sean Farrell. But one kiss later the pair might be heading for their own 'I do!'

Download or read book The New Year s Quilt written by Jennifer Chiaverini and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As each holiday season approaches, some revel in welcoming the New Year ahead; others quietly mourn the passing of time gone by. "We can't hold on to the past," says Master Quilter Sylvia Compson, "but we can keep the best part of 'Auld Lang Syne' in our hearts and in our memories, and we can look forward to the future with hope and resolve." As Sylvia, a late-in-life newlywed, has discovered, love can enter our lives at any age. Yet before she can truly delight in her present happiness, she must face the sorrow hidden in her past -- her own role in the tragic circumstances that left her estranged from her sister, Claudia, until it was too late to make amends. Vowing not to repeat the mistake with her new daughter-in-law, Amy, who opposed Sylvia's marriage to her father, Andrew, Sylvia must convince Amy that family is more precious than pride. As Sylvia takes up a quilt for the season, begun and abandoned over six years, she recalls the New Year's Eve festivities of her youth at Elm Creek Manor as a member of the Bergstrom family. She titles the quilt "New Year's Reflections," after her belief that year-end reflections precede resolutions. The quilt blocks she chooses commemorate the wisdom that no one can ever be truly alone if she keeps the memory of those she loved and those who loved her alive in her heart. The New Year's Quilt is a novel to enjoy today and to treasure anew each holiday season.

Download or read book A Practical Wedding written by Meg Keene and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to the popular website APracticalWedding.com and A Practical Wedding Planner, A Practical Wedding helps you sort through the basics to create the wedding you want -- without going broke or crazy in the process. After all, what really matters on your wedding day is not so much how it looked as how it felt. In this refreshing guide, expert Meg Keene shares her secrets to planning a beautiful celebration that reflects your taste and your relationship. You'll discover: The real purpose of engagement (hint: it's not just about the planning) How to pinpoint what matters most to you and your partner DIY-ing your wedding: brilliant or crazy? How to communicate decisions to your family Why that color-coded spreadsheet is actually worth it Wedding Zen can be yours. Meg walks you through everything from choosing a venue to writing vows, complete with stories and advice from women who have been in the trenches: the Team Practical brides. So here's to the joyful wedding, the sensible wedding, the unbelievably fun wedding! A Practical Wedding is your complete guide to getting married with grace.

Download or read book A Marriage Proposal written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1942 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story tells of the efforts of a nervous and excitable man who starts to propose to an attractive young woman, but who gets into a tremendous quarrel over a boundary line.

Download or read book Answering God s Call written by Dave Johnson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-03-23 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dave Johnson has produced a life memoir that illustrates God's grace and his leading. I've known Dave for over 30 years, and have appreciated his heart for evangelism, for service, and his diligence in pursuing a call that would leave a legacy. He's been intentional and looked at ministry through the lens of multiplying the Message. From evangelistic meetings, to mentoring, to pursuing advanced studies and now through a passion that Asian theologians and leaders would write and influence their church and the next generations, Dave has passionately pursued the call. He and Debbie are pursuing a life that is invested in Kingdom purposes. As in most stories, you may find links to your own life. I think you will be encouraged to see how God worked in the life of one man, walking with him through times of joy and times of struggle. From this story, we can reaffirm how God will work in each of our lives. Dave has provided detail, not glossed over times of searching, and in that has provided an encouraging word that affirms our God who does all things well." Rev. William Snider Former Area Director, Southeast Asia, Assemblies of God (USA) World Missions From the Foreword "Let me make something clear from the beginning. Writing my memoirs does not mean that we are retiring. Far from it. We intend to be in missions for as long as God wants us here. This book is about leaving a legacy, hopefully a good one, and doing what we can to get it into the hands of those for whom it is intended." Dave Johnson Adapted from the Introduction