Download or read book Brandi written by Margaret Powers Milardo and published by Evening Street Press. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synopsis Unhappy and rebellious, Brandi attracts trouble in and out of school. Fighting and drug abuse lead to suspension. Robbery and assault land her in a juvenile detention center, where she meets Muriel, a tough corrections officer who forms a relationship with the teen. Muriel helps Brandi begin to change her life. Dean, a casual friend, drug user and supplier, as well as a battered son, causes mayhem at a school gathering and, as a result, enters the court system. He and Brandi develop a strong bond, which initially changes both their lives for the better. In a startling confrontation with his father, Dean embarks on a dangerous journey, and Brandi suffers a painful setback. Brandi’s strength of character helps her reach an understanding of herself and of the world around her. She is a “typical teen” in many ways, in that no teen-ager is either typical or ordinary. She negotiates the pitfalls of young adulthood because of significant help from caring adults.
Download or read book Just Us Girls written by Brandi Riley and published by Rockridge Press. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mothers and daughters: writer together, share together, grow together. It only takes a few words for you and your daughter to connect in a meaningful way. Just Us Girls is a mom journal meant to be shared with your daughter, helping the two of you build a stronger bond through better communication and deeper understanding. Go far with a year's worth of journaling prompts that will help each of you relate your thoughts and feelings in a safe, secure space--just for the two of you. This mom journal will form the foundation for a wonderful relationship that will last a lifetime. This mom journal includes: A year of writing together--Capture a whole year of your lives, including space to share where you are at the start the year, as well as reflect on where you end it. Conversation starters--Encourage communication with exercises that have you responding directly to each other--and there's also plenty of free journaling space in this mom journal. Fun, deep, and everything in-between--From sharing hopes and dreams to discussing your day, this mom journal is full of prompts perfect for adults, teens, and preteens alike. Create a deeper and more fulfilling mother-daughter bond that you'll always cherish with Just Us Girls.
Download or read book The Quiet Spirits written by Ann Edall-Robson and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brandi Westeron is a freelance writer in love with the fading lifestyle of the western homestead. After publishing a high-profile article in Homestead Life Quarterly, Brandi starts experiencing unusual dreams and is faced with a choice: pursue her goals for her next feature piece, or follow her instincts in search of answers about her dreams? With the help of some trusted friends, Brandi sets out to do both, soon to discover that some things in life are not what they seem.
Download or read book The Wonder State written by Sara Flannery Murphy and published by MCD. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Girl One comes a spellbinding adventure about a strange power lurking in the Arkansas Ozarks, and the group of friends obsessed with finding it. Five friends arrive back in Eternal Springs, Arkansas, the small town they all fled after high school graduation. Each is drawn home by a cryptic, scrawled two-word letter that reads, You promised. It has been fifteen years since the summer that changed their lives, and they’re anxious to find out why Brandi called them back, especially when they vowed never to return. But Brandi is missing. She’d been acting erratically for months, railing at whoever might listen about magic all around them. About a power they can’t see. And about strange houses that appear only when you need them . . . Told in two enthralling timelines, The Wonder State is a gorgeous, immersive, speculative Gothic tale about searching for home. Sara Flannery Murphy has created another brilliant, genre-blurring novel—an adventure story laced with nostalgia, exploring belonging and the lasting power of community.
Download or read book Broken Horses written by Brandi Carlile and published by Crown. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer, and six-time Grammy winner opens up about faith, sexuality, parenthood, and a life shaped by music in “one of the great memoirs of our time” (Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed). NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND AUTOSTRADDLE • “The best-written, most engaging rock autobiography since her childhood hero, Elton John, published Me.”—Variety Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. Though imperfect in every way, her dysfunctional childhood was as beautiful as it was strange, and as nurturing as it was difficult. At the age of five, Brandi contracted bacterial meningitis, which almost took her life, leaving an indelible mark on her formative years and altering her journey into young adulthood. As an openly gay teenager, Brandi grappled with the tension between her sexuality and her faith when her pastor publicly refused to baptize her on the day of the ceremony. Shockingly, her small town rallied around Brandi in support and set her on a path to salvation where the rest of the misfits and rejects find it: through twisted, joyful, weird, and wonderful music. In Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile takes readers through the events of her life that shaped her very raw art—from her start at a local singing competition where she performed Elton John’s “Honky Cat” in a bedazzled white polyester suit, to her first break opening for Dave Matthews Band, to many sleepless tours over fifteen years and six studio albums, all while raising two children with her wife, Catherine Shepherd. This hard-won success led her to collaborations with personal heroes like Elton John, Dolly Parton, Mavis Staples, Pearl Jam, Tanya Tucker, and Joni Mitchell, as well as her peers in the supergroup The Highwomen, and ultimately to the Grammy stage, where she converted millions of viewers into instant fans. Evocative and piercingly honest, Broken Horses is at once an examination of faith through the eyes of a person rejected by the church’s basic tenets and a meditation on the moments and lyrics that have shaped the life of a creative mind, a brilliant artist, and a genuine empath on a mission to give back.
Download or read book The Billionaire Replacement written by Emma Lea and published by Emma Lea. This book was released on with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was just supposed to be a mutually beneficial arrangement. Declan would be her replacement boyfriend and she would pretend to be his girlfriend to get his mother off his back. No one was supposed to fall in love. Declan was just being a nice guy. He saw a woman in need of assistance and he stepped in and pretended to be her fiancé. It was just the kind of guy he was; a knight in shining armour ready to rescue the damsel in distress. It was only fair that she return the favour when he found himself in need of a fake girlfriend. It wasn’t meant to go anywhere. It was a mutually beneficial arrangement, and they both knew the rules going in. This is a standalone sexy billionaire romance - no cliff-hanger! *This book is set in Australia and uses Australian/UK English
Download or read book Jealous Heart written by Cecelia Tishy and published by Signet. This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigative reporter from Boston migrates to the laid back atmosphere of Nashville with her daughter to begin a new life. But her reputation for relentless fact-finding has preceded her, and she is soon dragged into a case of the accidental death of a local up-and-coming musician. Maneuvering through the closed off, tight-lipped world of the Nashville music scene, she discovers that the musician was actually murdered. Out of her element, and in deep water, she attempts to extricate herself from the entire affair...before the killer makes her the target of another "accident"!
Download or read book Dangerous Ladies written by Christina Dodd and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two sexy, suspenseful bestsellers? together in one volume! Two stories of dangerous women entangled in the arms of deliciously treacherous men? Trouble in High Heels When Brandi Michaels discovers her fiancé hopping a flight to Vegas to marry his other girlfriend, she pawns her ring, buys herself a fabulous outfit, and spends one sultry night in the arms of a gorgeous Italian stranger named Roberto Bartolini. And when Brandi becomes the mark for a killer, she has no choice but to turn to Roberto?a man who?s destined to be either her savior or her downfall? Tongue in Chic Devlin Fitzwilliam catches Meadow Szarvas breaking into his mansion to steal a priceless painting. In sheer desperation she tells him she has amnesia. But then he claims she?s his wife?and Meadow finds herself locked in a match of high-stakes deception. She doesn?t dare take her eyes off him?and doesn?t want to?yet the danger is just beginning?
Download or read book The Wrong Perfect Match written by Sidney Bristol and published by Inked Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jayden Fullilove knows what he wants in life: a wife, the white picket fence, and kids. It's everything he's never had and won't if he can't convince a meddling woman to get out of his business. The barrier between him and love is one Amazonian woman with horrible fashion sense and the most contagious laugh he's ever heard. Instead of wining and dining the woman he set his sights on, he's sanding and painting with another. What's worse, he's enjoying it. One glance and Brandi Cooke knows she needs to get rid of tall, dark, and stressed-out. The man believes he is in love with Brandi's roommate, yet doesn't know the first thing about her. All Brandi has to do is get rid of him. But the easy job turns out to be oh so very hard the more time she spends with Jayden. She was supposed to get rid of him, not fall into bed with him. Every day brings Brandi's walls down a little more. Jayden is determined to prove to her that they can be a perfect match. But history has a way of repeating itself, and an unexpected wrench in the works might just bring this house crumbling down. Fullilove in the House: The Wrong Perfect Match The Coffee Shop Crush (2020) More soon!
Download or read book Transforming Together written by Ele Parrott and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young women are crying out for someone older to care about them, to help them. Older women desire to be useful and productive. Those who have invested years of walking with the Lord themselves desire to be teamed up with this generation of younger women who are yearning for someone to show them how to walk through life with genuine faith in Christ. Transforming Together presents the model for genuine spiritual mentoring through the power and work of Christ in the lives of women faithfully pouring into one another. Women, both young and old, will appreciate the dual focus on the roles of mentor and mentee. Building on real life testimonies and her experience as a committed mentor, Ele Parrott will guide women as they seek to walk with one another to greater faithfulness in Christ.
Download or read book The Entrepreneur written by Chris CJ Jones and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-03-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They couldn’t be more different. Brandi Adams is successful. Angus Boudreaux exists. She’s from the Midwest. He’s Cajun. She has dreams. He has a dog. She’s prim and proper. He drinks beer from a can. She has brains. He has courage. She comes from a home with two successful, loving parents. He never knew his dad and was raised by his grandmother. She has a college degree. He cheated to finish high school. She’s never had as much as a parking ticket. He’s done time for stealing cars. She subscribes to the Wall Street Journal. He collects porn magazines. She can interpret a prospectus. He can decipher a racing form. Her portfolio includes stocks, bonds, and other investments. His entire net worth is in his back pocket. She understands balance sheets and other financial statements. He knows three of a kind beats two pair. She is certain of her future. His past is quite forgettable. But an unexplained spark ignites a romance between these two dissimilar and seemingly incompatible people. What follows is a ride neither expected, as each tries to capture the desires of their heart.
Download or read book The Tamperers written by Al Long and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tamperers is a story of corruption, greed and prejudice in the criminal justice system. It happens in Marysville, Texas, a small city on the Mexican border where a politically motivated, racist Hispanic district attorney and sheriff concoct a scheme to indict Karen Somerfeld, a popular Anglo socialite, who is accused of murdering her husband. They believe convicting her will gain them any office they desire. She is convicted and sent to prison for life. Roger and Brandi learn of her plight four years later, suspect something is amiss and launch an investigation. Despite roadblocks thrown up by Judge Fuentes, the former DA, they are determined to free Karen.
Download or read book A Taste of Temptation written by Renee Alexis and published by Genesis Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-01-02 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forbidden love. That's exactly what Brandi Miles finds at her local nightclub. Forbidden comes in the form of Timothy Polaris, at least until she discovers his true identity. She's African-American, he's white, but their craving for each other cannot be restrained. Soon Brandi discovers that her secret lover is even more forbidden when she walks into her first class at Madison University to discover he's her professor. Can race relations on this staid campus ever be the same again?
Download or read book Surfing the Flint Hills written by O. M. Amos and published by Orley M. Amos, Jr.. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the road not taken refuses to remain a memory, Nolan Roberts is forced to reevaluate his tranquil life as a professor at a small liberal arts college in the middle of the Flint Hills. A cryptic note from his estranged wife, absent from his life for almost two decades, prompts Professor Roberts and his eccentric colleague, Thaddeus York, to unravel the mystery: What happened to Ana Roberts? The duo’s investigation prompts unwanted attention from a suspicious private investigator, with nefarious plans for Nolan’s wife, and a pair of covert operatives, seeking to terminate their inquiry by any means possible. Along the way the duo enlists the assistance of a computer savant, a Los Angeles madam and one of her ‘girls,’ and former members of Nolan’s rock band. Can they uncover the mystery of Ana Roberts before it’s too late—for her and for them?
Download or read book Insane Circumstances written by Brenda Smith and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brandi L. Brown hears the fate of a college student who experiences hazing and is leaving the college because it is more than she can bear. Images of the distraught young lady evoke memories of her own college days, ones that had lain dormant for a couple of decades. She leaves work with the intent of writing a letter of consolation to the university student who is returning home. Under the watchful eye of her husband, she begins to tell her own story. The protagonists own story takes place during early integration, and she is among the first colored students to get a scholarship to Claxville University. Her parents do not want her to attend, but she does. While at the university she does experience some hazing and other acts that support her parents arguments about her being unable to succeed at the college. There are also wonderful experiences and good friends to be had, an interracial relationship with a fellow university student (one that is brief, but poignant, passionate, and one that she cannot tell her parents about.) Brandi also has a chance meeting with a taxi driver who proves to be more than thatThaddeus Jerome Pennington becomes her friend, that listening ear that she needs, and soon is the love interest and support she needs to continue at the school. The story has chapters like the Bus Ride, which tells of her trip to the school; Wash Day Folly in which some girls in the dorm steals her underwear from the laundry room; Cross Cultural Comparison Class (CCCC) which starts out comparing romance languages and culture, but soon turns to a comparison of Brandis culture with that of her classmates; and Flo, which helps the reader know who Taxi really is. Insane Circumstances has twenty-two chapters which aid the reader in knowing Brandis story and comprehending how it would serve to help the injured girl. Each action causes a reaction; some that she is proud of and some that she is not so proud of. When the story begins, it is Brandi Leigh Browns story. As events happen, the male character (Taxi) frequently appears. Soon, the novel becomes her story, his story, and their story. In spite of the acts of hazing, etc., she does succeed. She does graduate, and marry this man who becomes her friend for a lifetime. And Thaddeus is there to support her when she writes the letter to the girl she had seen on television, the one who enacted all the memories that lay dormant for so long. Insane Circumstances starts with the desire to write a letter of support to the girl who experienced hazing, and ends with the actual letter.
Download or read book Boundaries written by Margaret Powers Milardo and published by Evening Street Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brandi’s childhood was far from perfect, as she was shunted from one foster home to another before eventually ending up on the streets of Portland, Maine. The associated violence, inevitable encounters with the law, and time in a youth correctional institution could have seen her spiral into an endless pit of despair, but from somewhere she found the inner strength to succeed against the odds. A caring mentor and her own persistence meant that she was able to graduate from high school and go on to study law. And with a seemingly perfect fiancé in Jay, Brandi imagined her life was complete, and a bright future lay ahead. But one moment of infidelity was to shatter her dreams in an instant. Finding Jay in bed with a young family member, Brandi is sickened, and in a moment of desperation she leaves for Haiti, to volunteer in the city’s slums. There she meets and falls for Sam, a humanitarian who is everything she wants in a man. But Sam is hiding a sinister secret, one that involves a murky world of human trafficking. Soon Brandi is caught up in a fresh nightmare that places her in real danger. With no way out, a former college acquaintance who is on the run from the law threatens Brandi’s family. Will Lindsay cause a disaster? Or will Brandi succeed in managing the crisis?
Download or read book The Eye of the Tigress written by Paul Coggins and published by Savio Republic. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criminal defense lawyer Cash McCahill pleads for his life before a jury of one: La Tigra, the lethal leader of a drug cartel. To avoid ending up as an appetizer for her pet tiger, he promises to defend the case of her choice and win it. When La Tigra calls in the chit, Cash has no way out of cartel hell, except death. Lose at trial, and he will pay with his life. Win, and he becomes the go-to mouthpiece for merchants of death—surviving only as long as he keeps winning. A rival cartel moves into Texas and gives Cash a choice: work for the new killers on the block or die at La Tigra’s side. Bombings on both sides of the border put Cash in the crosshairs of two gangs and two governments. As if there is a difference. To escape the clutches of the cops and the cartels, Cash must broker a ceasefire, but peace and his deliverance will come with a heavy price.
