Download or read book Hollie Porter Builds a Raft written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: raft (noun): when two or more otters rest together, holding hands, so they don’t drift apart Hollie Porter has put her old gig as a 911 operator and sad single girl in an attic-bound box, right where it belongs. She’s rebounded nicely from her run-in with Chloe the Cougar in the wilds of British Columbia, and this new life alongside concierge-in-shining-armor Ryan Fielding? Way more fun. After relocating to Ryan’s posh resort at Revelation Cove, Hollie embarks on an all-new adventure as the Cove’s wildlife experience educator, teaching guests and their kids about otters and orca and cougars, oh my. When darling Ryan gets down on one NHL-damaged knee and pops the question of a lifetime, Hollie realizes this is where the real adventure begins. It’s all cake tasting, flower choosing, and dress fittings until a long-lost family member shows up at the Cove and threatens to hijack her shiny new life, forcing Hollie to redefine what family means to her. What is she willing to sacrifice to have one of her very own? As Ryan’s words echo in her head—“Our raft, our rules”—Hollie has to face facts: a raft isn’t always tied together with blood and genetics. Sometimes it’s secured by love and loyalty ... and occasional help from the clever creatures that call Revelation Cove home.
Download or read book Hollie Porter Gone Wild written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2024-04-24 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a whirlwind of holiday fun, romantic escapades, and eco-adventures with Hollie Porter and her hunky hockey husband, Ryan, in Hollie Porter Gone Wild: A Novella Trilogy. This wacky collection brings together three hilarious novellas filled with all the Hollie Porter shenanigans you can imagine . . . and then some. In Hollie Porter’s Hat Trick Christmas, join Hollie as she navigates a chaotic Christmas at Revelation Cove, complete with a snow-bound husband, masked party crashers, and a holiday fete even Santa would enjoy. Can Hollie score a hat trick of her own to make this a Christmas to remember? Valentine’s Day brings its own set of challenges in Open Me First, where Hollie plays nurse to her freshly broken Ryan and tackles resort chaos fueled by Cupid’s terrible aim. Romantic treasure hunts and surprising (and awkward!) revelations make this Valentine’s Day weekend one for the books. The trilogy rounds off with Hollie Porter Saves the Planet, where Earth Day at Revelation Cove is anything but peaceful. Hollie and Ryan hustle to make an eco-summit a success despite tech mishaps and social media sabotage. It’s a comedic celebration of love, community, and our planet that’s sure to sprout some giggles. Dive into each story packed with romance, humor, and the occasional pandemonium, perfect for readers looking for a lighthearted escape. Come on up to the Cove—we can’t wait to check you in!
Download or read book Hollie Porter Saves the Planet written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2024-04-12 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollie Porter, marketing director and First Lady of sea otters, is thrilled when prestigious Vancouver eco-first company Clarke Innovations chooses Revelation Cove to host their annual Green It Up Eco-Summit over Earth Day weekend. With his major-junior hockey team’s playoff run cut short, Ryan is back at the Cove where together, he and Hollie are excited to show local business owners that going green can be both fun and profitable. But you know what they say about best-laid plans. From the introduction of NORA, the Nature-Oriented Robotic Assistant, and her precocious programmer to a food composter more interested in creating noxious odors than nutrient-rich soil, Hollie must think on her feet to keep her guests and VIP presenters from deserting on their battery-powered watercraft before the show ends. And somewhere among the throng, an anonymous guest with a penchant for social media mischief stirs up trouble online, threatening to undermine the summit’s success. Recycle some laughs with Hollie and Ryan this Earth Day to celebrate our beautiful planet!
Download or read book Must Love Otters written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollie Porter is the chairwoman of Generation Disillusioned. At 25, she’s saddled with a job she hates, a boyfriend who’s all wrong for her, and a vexing inability to say no. She’s already near her breaking point, so when one caller too many kicks the bucket during Hollie’s 911 shift, she cashes in the Sweethearts’ Spa & Stay gift certificate from her dad and heads to Revelation Cove, British Columbia. One caveat: she’s going solo. Any sweethearts will have to be found on site. Hollie hopes to find her beloved otters in the wilds of the Great White North, but instead she’s providing comic relief for staff and guests alike. Even Concierge Ryan, a former NHL star with bad knees and broken dreams, can’t stop her from stumbling from one (mis)adventure to another. Just when Hollie starts to think that a change of venue doesn’t mean a change in circumstances, the island works its charm and she starts to think she might have found the rejuvenation she so desperately desires. But then an uninvited guest crashes the party, forcing her to step out of the discomfort zone where she dwells and save the day ... and maybe even herself in the process.
Download or read book Planet Lara Tempest written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'm a work in progress, just like everyone else." Although the Dea Vitae cult has been evicted from Thalia Island, Lara and her grandfather’s eco-utopia are still in peril. Rupert’s ongoing lymphoma treatment in Vancouver deposits Lara at Thalia’s helm—with no idea how to navigate the rough waters. And though Finan is back after two tense weeks of silence, the sting of his unscheduled departure lingers. Beyond the grind of running her own “planet," Lara must contend with the reappearance of Jacinta Ramirez, a fugitive Clarke Innovations has been shielding for years. Jacinta unveils disturbing secrets that reshape the history Lara’s been fed about her late mother’s past—and how much that past threatens to derail their cumulative future. When stress sends Lara to the bottom of a whisky bottle, Finan reminds her that slipping into old habits won’t fix what’s broken. As she tries to pull herself together, a tragedy brings her and Finan close again, but with a series of cryptic clues arriving on Thalia, the mystery of the cult, and its sought-after treasure, deepens. Lara and Finan must work with investigators, and a few unsavory players, to dismantle the sinister machinations of Dea Vitae before it destroys their blossoming romance, and the sanctity of Thalia Island herself.
Download or read book I Love You Luke Piewalker written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2020-05-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Star Wars, geek culture, and delicious pastries ... If you find yourself talking to Jayne Dandy, limit the conversation to ducky collectibles and Star Wars. Best not to mention men, dating, or S-E-X. Jayne’s fine with the way things are—writer of obituaries and garage sale ads by day, secret scribe of adventures in distant galaxies by night. But a crippling fear of intimacy has kept her love life on ice, and hiding behind her laptop isn’t going to melt it anytime soon. When her therapist recommends she write erotica as a form of exposure therapy, Jayne is hesitant—until she’s unexpectedly downsized at work. Since rent and cat food won’t pay for themselves, Jayne adopts an intergalactic pseudonym and secretly publishes her sexy stories to make ends meet. To help out, her adorable, longtime friend Luke, co-owner of the popular Portland food truck Luke Piewalker’s, hires her to sling turnovers at his side. Right on schedule, sparks ignite. As Jayne’s secret career soars, she has to juggle the unforeseen demands of her alter ego alongside her newfound feelings for Luke, threatening a tailspin that will either make her face down her neuroses or trigger a meltdown of Death Star proportions.
Download or read book Welcome to Planet Lara written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There are ... stipulations on your inheritance, Ms. Clarke.” Lara J. Clarke is used to getting her own way. Motherless at ten and raised by her oft-absent eco-warrior/philanthropist grandfather, she lives the high life afforded by her seemingly bottomless trust fund—swanky downtown Vancouver loft, apartments and villas around the world just a chartered flight away, a passport overflowing with stamps from the chicest hot spots, a closet bursting with catwalk couture, and a spoiled B-list actor boyfriend whose interest in Lara is tied to her exclusive L’Inconnu wallet. That is, until Grandfather Archibald sheds his mortal coil in a very public manner, and Lara’s privileged life is set adrift—and headed for a collision course with the gorgeous, private Thalia Island off the coast of British Columbia. According to the will, Lara will step into the role of Project Administrator, wherein she has one year to fulfill her late grandfather’s dream of a self-sustaining, eco-friendly, family-centered utopia. The stakes are real: fail, and lose access to the family fortune—forever. Convinced Thalia Island will be an extension of the heiress lifestyle she’s long led, Lara is surprised to find her new coworkers—and neighbors—aren’t as pliable as the underlings of her former life. Even with the hunky lead engineer Finan Rowleigh showing her the ropes, Lara quickly learns just how unprepared she is to trade her Louboutins for steel-toed Timberlands. When a series of calamities reveals a sinister element undermining the security of the island and her residents, Lara and Finan must reach beyond their job descriptions to protect Archibald’s precious utopia from those who would do her harm. And while keeping her late grandfather’s flame alight, Lara finds her own flame burning hot for a charming, kind man who wants nothing from her but her heart.
Download or read book Planet Lara Sanctuary written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SANCTUARY picks up right where TEMPEST dropped you on your knees. Finan is gone, Jacinta has disappeared, and Lara is holding on by a thread. She will do whatever it takes to recover the other half of her heart, even if it means trusting those most unworthy of her trust. As terrible new threats burst onto the scene, Lara must rely on her Thalia Island family to bring Finan home in one piece—and save the utopia her grandfather fought so hard to create. With the curtain pulled back on incendiary secrets concealed for decades, reckoning comes from all sides: Who is telling the truth, and who pays the price for the sins of our forebears?
Download or read book Love Just Clicks written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2020-05-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frankie Hawes is happy to shrink into the background and play personal assistant to her superstar-photographer father and prodigy older brother. But when bad luck and bad timing collide, Frankie has to dust off her photography skills and head north to shoot the Meyer-Nelson wedding at the picturesque Revelation Cove in British Columbia. It’s one thing to take Instagram pics of neighborhood dogs, but unless an Alaskan malamute wanders into the bridal portraits, Frankie fears the worst. Enter wedding guest Sam McKenzie, childhood friend turned handsome bachelor, who brings with him the tricks he learned hanging around the Hawes family, including how to manage the abrasive bridezilla who happens to be an old bully from their shared past. Reuniting with Sam helps Frankie see that her black-and-white existence on the sidelines has the potential to snap into high resolution—if only she’d allow it. As feelings grow between the pair and Frankie juggles the business during a family emergency, she realizes that maybe it’s time for her to pull focus in her own life.
Download or read book Hollie Porter s Hat Trick Christmas written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2023-12-25 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It’s 100% on-brand Hollie Porter chaos.” ~ Katie Reads Hollie Porter has her fifth Christmas with hunky hockey husband Ryan all planned out. But when a massive storm grounds her man on the mainland, Hollie must work double time to keep the Revelation Cove guests happy, fed—and rabies-free. They say bad things come in threes, but in hockey, three goals by one player is called a hat trick. Despite weather woes, a group of masked party crashers, and a very merry strip tease gone wrong, can Hollie still score a hat trick of her own on the Big Day? Come on up to the Cove for a hilarious holiday romp full of romance, cookies, and chaos—as if you’d expect anything less from our beloved Hollie.
Download or read book Open Me First written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love is in the air at Revelation Cove! But Hollie Porter’s romantic Valentine’s Day plans with her hot hockey hubby hit the ice when Ryan injures his arm during practice and needs some XL TLC. Nurse Hollie springs into action, eager to play doctor with her man. But between Ryan’s recovery, running the resort, and guests causing chaos from a few too many Cupid’s Cure cocktails, Hollie’s patience is tested. Things go from bad to super awkward when Hollie literally discovers her dad has a little somethin’-somethin’ going on in his boudoir too. Despite the mayhem, Ryan won’t let the holiday pass without romancing his beloved. He sends Hollie on a treasure hunt around the resort, offering clever clues that lead to heartfelt gifts. But when the final present opens a new door to their future, Hollie has to decide if she’s ready to step out of this comfort zone into a grander adventure.
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Download or read book Dear Dwayne with Love written by Eliza Gordon and published by Lake Union Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wannabe actress Dani Steele's résumé resembles a cautionary tale on how not to be famous. She's pushing thirty and stuck in a dead-end insurance job, and her relationship status is holding at uncommitted. With unbearably perfect sisters and a mother who won't let her forget it, Dani has two go-tos for consolation: maple scones and a blog in which she pours her heart out to her celebrity idol. He's the man her father never was, no boyfriend will ever be--and not so impossible a dream as one might think. When Dani learns that he's planning a fund-raising event where the winning amateur athlete gets a walk-on in his new film, she decides to trade pastries and self-doubt for running shoes and a sexy British trainer with adorable knees. But when Dani's plot takes an unexpected twist, she realizes that her happy ending might have to be improvised--and that proving herself to her idol isn't half as important as proving something to herself. * * * This is a work of fiction. While Dwayne Johnson p/k/a The Rock is a real person, events relating to him in the book are a product of the author's imagination. Mr. Johnson is not affiliated with this book, and has not endorsed it or participated in any manner in connection with this book.
Download or read book The Planet Lara Trilogy written by Eliza Gordon and published by Jennifer Sommersby Young. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 1135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome aboard as we set sail for an unforgettable riches-to-sensible-shoes journey with the captivating WELCOME TO PLANET LARA trilogy ebook boxset! Join Lara J. Clarke as she navigates the twists and turns of her late grandfather’s eco-utopian legacy on the gorgeous Thalia Island. In Welcome to Planet Lara (Book 1), Lara must trade her lavish lifestyle for hiking boots (eww!) after her grandfather’s will stipulates that she step into the role of the island’s Project Administrator—or lose access to the family fortune. As she faces the challenges of her new reality, Lara discovers a bizarre, sinister force threatening the island’s security. With the help of charming lead engineer Finan Rowleigh, she must protect her grandfather’s precious sanctuary while unexpectedly finding love along the way. Planet Lara: Tempest (Book 2) finds Lara at the helm of her “planet,” grappling with personal loss, Finan’s sudden departure, and the reappearance of a fugitive connected to her mother’s past. As cryptic clues and menacing consequences linked to the Dea Vitae cult surface, Lara and Finan must work together to unravel the mystery before it destroys everything they hold dear. In the thrilling conclusion, Planet Lara: Sanctuary (Book 3), Lara must rely on her Thalia Island family to bring Finan home and save the island that has become home. With long-buried secrets exposed and terrifying new threats emerging, Lara faces a reckoning that will test her resilience and the strength of her relationships. This enviromance series, set against the stunning backdrop of British Columbia’s West Coast, offers a perfect blend of romance, suspense, and environmental consciousness. Don’t miss your chance to own the complete WELCOME TO PLANET LARA trilogy in one convenient boxset. Immerse yourself in Lara’s world, where love, family, and the fight for a sustainable future intertwine in an unforgettable adventure!
Download or read book Sleight written by Jennifer Sommersby and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest treasure, a most dangerous magic. Growing up in the Cinzio Traveling Players Company, Genevieve Flannery is accustomed to a life most teenagers could never imagine: daily workouts of extravagant acrobatics; wild animals for pets; and her mother, Delia, whose mind has always been tortured by visions—but whose love Geni never questions. In a world of performers who mystify and amaze on a daily basis, Delia’s ghostly hallucinations never seemed all that strange . . . until the evening Geni and her mother are performing an aerial routine they’ve done hundreds of times, and Delia falls to her death. That night, a dark curtain in Geni’s life opens. Everything has changed. As they reel from the tragedy, the Cinzio Players are also grappling with the circus’s new owner: a generous, mysterious man whose connection to the circus—Geni suspects—has a dark history. And with the discovery of an otherworldly inheritance and her perilous mission to protect it, Geni is suddenly stumbling into a new reality of her own, her life interrupted daily by the terrors only Delia used to see. As the visions around her grow stronger, and her magical legacy becomes even more menacing, Geni is not sure who she should trust or love. Worst of all, she’s starting to question whether she can trust her own mind.
Download or read book Straight from the Horse s Mouth written by Meryem Alaoui and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Public Library This hilarious, colorful portrait of a sex worker navigating life in modern Morocco introduces a promising new literary voice. Thirty-four-year-old prostitute Jmiaa reflects on the bustling world around her with a brutal honesty, but also a quick wit that cuts through the drudgery. Like many of the women in her working-class Casablanca neighborhood, Jmiaa struggles to earn enough money to support herself and her family—often including the deadbeat husband who walked out on her and their young daughter. While she doesn’t despair about her profession like her roommate, Halima, who reads the Quran between clients, she still has to maintain a delicate balance between her reality and the “respectable” one she paints for her own more conservative mother. This daily grind is interrupted by the arrival of an aspiring young director, Chadlia, whom Jmiaa takes to calling “Horse Mouth.” Chadlia enlists Jmiaa’s help on a film project, initially just to make sure the plot and dialogue are authentic. But when she’s unable to find an actress who’s right for the starring role, she turns again to Jmiaa, giving the latter an incredible opportunity for a better life. In her breakout debut novel, Meryem Alaoui creates a vibrant picture of the day-to-day challenges faced by working people in Casablanca, which they meet head-on with resourcefulness and resilience.
Download or read book Weird Scenes Inside The Canyon written by David McGowan and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very strange but nevertheless true story of the dark underbelly of a 1960s hippie utopia. Laurel Canyon in the 1960s and early 1970s was a magical place where a dizzying array of musical artists congregated to create much of the music that provided the soundtrack to those turbulent times. Members of bands like the Byrds, the Doors, Buffalo Springfield, the Monkees, the Beach Boys, the Turtles, the Eagles, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Steppenwolf, CSN, Three Dog Night and Love, along with such singer/songwriters as Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, James Taylor and Carole King, lived together and jammed together in the bucolic community nestled in the Hollywood Hills. But there was a dark side to that scene as well. Many didn’t make it out alive, and many of those deaths remain shrouded in mystery to this day. Far more integrated into the scene than most would like to admit was a guy by the name of Charles Manson, along with his murderous entourage. Also floating about the periphery were various political operatives, up-and-coming politicians and intelligence personnel – the same sort of people who gave birth to many of the rock stars populating the canyon. And all the canyon’s colorful characters – rock stars, hippies, murderers and politicos – happily coexisted alongside a covert military installation.
