Download or read book The Next Thing You Know written by Jessica Strawser and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A musician facing the untimely end of his career. An end-of-life doula with everything, and nothing, to lose. A Star Is Born meets Me Before You in this powerful novel by the author of A Million Reasons Why. "Grab the tissues." - People Magazine As an end-of-life doula, Nova Huston’s job—her calling, her purpose, her life—is to help terminally ill people make peace with their impending death. Unlike her business partner, who swears by her system of checklists, free-spirited Nova doesn’t shy away from difficult clients: the ones who are heartbreakingly young, or prickly, or desperate for a caregiver or companion. When Mason Shaylor shows up at her door, Nova doesn’t recognize him as the indie-favorite singer-songwriter who recently vanished from the public eye. She knows only what he’s told her: That life as he knows it is over. His deteriorating condition makes playing his guitar physically impossible—as far as Mason is concerned, he might as well be dead already. Except he doesn’t know how to say goodbye. Helping him is Nova’s biggest challenge yet. She knows she should keep clients at arm’s length. But she and Mason have more in common than anyone could guess... and meeting him might turn out to be the hardest, best thing that’s ever happened to them both. Jessica Strawser's The Next Thing You Know is an emotional, resonant story about the power of human connection, love when you least expect it, hope against the odds, and what it really takes to live life with no regrets.

Download or read book They ll Never Catch Us written by Jessica Goodman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From rising star Jessica Goodman, author of They Wish They Were Us, comes a new fast-paced thriller about two sisters vying for the top spot on their cross-country team—the only way out of their stiflingly small town. But their dreams are suddenly thrown into peril when a new girl threatens to take away everything they've worked for . . . until she disappears. Stella and Ellie Steckler are only a year apart, but their different personalities make their relationship complicated. Stella is single-minded, driven, and she keeps to herself. Cross-country running is her life and she won't let anything get in the way of being the best. Her sister Ellie is a talented runner too, but she also lets herself have fun. She has friends. She goes to parties. She has a life off the course. The sisters do have one thing in common, though: the new girl, Mila Keene. Both Stecklers' lives are upended when Mila comes to town. Mila was the top runner on her team back home, and at first, Ellie and Stella view her as a threat. But soon Ellie can't help but be drawn to her warm, charming personality. After her best friend moved away and her first boyfriend betrayed her, Ellie's been looking for a friend. In a moment of weakness, she even shares her darkest secret with Mila. For her part, Stella finds herself noticing the ways she and Mila are similar. Mila is smart and strong--she's someone Stella can finally connect with. As the two get closer, Stella becomes something she vowed she'd never be: distracted. With regionals approaching and college scouts taking notice, the pressure is on. Each girl has their future on the line and they won't let friendships get in their way. But then, suddenly, Mila goes out on a training run and never returns. No one knows what happened, but all eyes are on the Steckler sisters.

Download or read book Loving Sports When They Don t Love You Back written by Jessica Luther and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hit to the head after yet another study has warned of the dangers of CTE, or when a team whose mascot was born in an era of racism and bigotry takes the field, or when a relief pitcher accused of domestic violence saves the game, how is one to cheer? Welcome to the club for sports fans who care too much. In Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back, acclaimed sports writers Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson tackle the most pressing issues in sports, why they matter, and how we can do better. For the authors, “sticking to sports” is not an option—not when our taxes are paying for the stadiums, and college athletes aren’t getting paid at all. But simply quitting a favorite team won’t change corrupt and deplorable practices, and the root causes of many of these problems are endemic in our wider society. An essential read for modern fans, Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back challenges the status quo and explores how we might begin to reconcile our conscience with our fandom.

Download or read book Unspeakable written by Jessica Willis Fisher and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher gives a lacerating portrait of a girl finding her voice after years of being silenced and an unforgettable story of risk and faith. Growing up the eldest daughter in a large, highly controlled, fundamentalist Christian household, Jessica Willis was groomed to perform, and to conform to her father's disturbing and chaotic teachings. Cut off from anything unapproved by her father, Jessica was persistently curious about the outside world, always wondering what was normal or potentially dangerous about her upbringing. When the Willis family rocketed into fame after their appearances on multiple televised talent competitions in 2014, Jessica and her family landed their own reality TV show and toured across the globe, singing and dancing for millions. The world loved this beautiful family of kids; young and vivacious, the Willis's presented themselves to be extraordinary and happy. But the older and wiser Jessica got, the more she had to face that what was going on behind closed doors would forever be escalating. In this elegant, harrowing story of the manipulation and codependency that defines abusive family relationships, Jessica Willis Fisher lets us see the formative moments of her childhood through her eyes. Fisher's haunting coming-of-age memoir captures the beauty and ugliness of a young woman finding her way—filled with longing, fear, confusion, secrecy, and most importantly, hope for the future. Unspeakable: Surviving My childhood and Finding My Voice shares: An unflinching look at the manipulation and codependency that defines abusive family relationships The formative moments of Jessica's childhood through her eyes An unforgettable story of courage and strength Beautifully written and monumental in its bravery, Fisher's story is proof that we can all become so much more that the things that happen to us.

Download or read book OzHouse Revisited The Curse of Budistiltskin written by Dennis Anfuso and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years have passed. Charlie returns to OzHouse determined to find artistic renewal and a route out of the dead end of fairy tales. Jessica is drawn back hoping to find a home for her troubled sister and her two children. But OzHouse house has changed. The state rarely sends children there. Doug and Beth Robbins' marriage has grown shaky. And one new child who is there, Deborah Hannah Thomas, does not think OzHouse can ever meet the high standards of her deceased mother. Are the solutions to everyone's problems through the door? If they can only find Budistiltskin, perhaps he will know

Download or read book OzHouse Reopened The Curse of Budistiltskin written by Alan Lindsay and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-25 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years have passed. Charlie fears his love of fairylands has ruined him. Jessica needs to save her sister from following the path of her lost and alcoholic mother. Doug Robbins' marriage is coming unraveled, and the state almost never sends children to OzHouse anymore. Should they look to fairylands for help? Or do fantasies just make things worse? No one has dared the magic doorway in years, but maybe there are answers there. Can Charlie renew his art? Can Doug renew himself? Can Jessica find a better place for her sister and her sister's doomed children? Perhaps the answers are tied to the fate of the one they left behind, poor, little Buddy Samson. Perhaps they need to find him. But first, they'll have to face the devil.

Download or read book Back stabbed in Brooklyn written by Lenox Parker and published by Lenox Parker. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Howard Kessler has lived the fast life of a Hollywood star. What could Howard possibly need after a lifetime filled with everything anyone could ever want? When he gets fired from the set of a film which was supposed to resurrect his status, and details come out about a sordid, drunken affair with a possibly underage groupie, his long time girlfriend leaves him and Howard embarks on soul-searching expedition that takes him right back to Brooklyn, against the will of his trusted friend and agent. His expectations of finding fulfillment and vindication were high as he left Los Angeles city limits. He envisioned a big welcome, warm embraces, and the nostalgia of the fun of the past. As he travels east, he realizes he has a better opportunity to reinvent himself and changes his objective. The reunion provides the painful details of the past, and reminds Howard why he left Coney Island and never turned back. He seizes the opportunity to exploit the guys and the put the old-and not so pretty-stories in a screenplay. While he holes up in a condo in Brighton Beach to write it, the untrusting daughter and journalist of one of his pals writes a scathing expose of Howard in a high profile, glossy magazine using interviews given by members of the old gang and others. Meanwhile, Howard's agent and close friend begins to lose confidence-not to mention his main source of commissions-and wavers in his loyalty. The old gang was never as tight as they would like to remember and the reunion opens wounds incurred by old girlfriends, gambling debts, petty crimes and grand larceny, and enough secrets to fill a book. Howard found success once he left Brooklyn, but at a cost that he may regret: leaving abruptly and cutting ties for decades had enabled trivial resentments to turn into lifelong grudges. When he seizes an opportunity to turn his career around by writing an exploitive memoir using their stories, he doesn't heed the risks of getting involved with the old gang again. The guys hire their own writer to dig up dirt on Howard for a glossy magazine; and in a tussle of reputations, Hollywood wins out in the end and Howard reinvents his career as a successful writer, director and producer. The old gang breaks apart once again, this time with much more to lose. Back(stabbed) In Brooklyn is written through the multiple perspectives of the old gang, Howard's agent, and the expose writer. It is roughly 70,000 words.

Download or read book A Higher Trust written by Jennifer Ploegman and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With only six months left until graduation from a Christian high school, 17-year-old Kelly Warner seems to have the whole world at her fingertips. When two mysterious men appear to be tracking her steps, however, the accomplished student has no idea just how drastically her life is about to change.

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Download or read book A Most Unlikely Hero Volume 3 written by Brandon Varnell and published by Kitsune Incorporated. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander S. Ryker is now a marriage candidate to Gabrielle Angelise, the princess of Angelisia and daughter of King Lucifer, who rules over most of the galaxy. Of course, he’s only her marriage candidate because Gabrielle is pretending to love him. For the sake of her freedom and continued happiness, he’s decided to play along. Unfortunately, his decision has once more cost him—several billion credits worth of damage to Mars’ City’s dome, which protects the citizens from the harmful atmosphere. The only way to pay it off is to spend time with one of the only people he hates more than anyone else: His uncle, Nicolas Ryker. The shenanigans of a wannabe hero and a bodacious alien princess continues in A Most Unlikely Hero Volume 3!

Download or read book Harlequin Blaze February 2017 Box Set written by Kate Hoffmann and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Blaze brings you a collection of four new red-hot reads, available now! This box set includes: THE MIGHTY QUINNS: JAMIE The Mighty Quinns by Kate Hoffmann Regan Macintosh is positive the stranger staying with her grandmother is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. But when she comes face-to-face with the sexy Jamie Quinn, it’s Regan who’s in danger of being consumed—by desire. MR. DANGEROUSLY SEXY The Dangerous Bachelors Club by Stefanie London When a stalker threatens his business partner and longtime temptation, Addison Cobalt, Logan Dane makes the case personal. But staying close to the irresistible Addison may be even more dangerous than Logan realizes… HER SEXY TEXAS COWBOY Wild Wedding Nights by Ali Olson The attraction—and the hot sex—between maid of honor Renee Gainey and best man Jeremiah Richards is off the charts. But when the wedding is over, Renee isn’t sure she can say goodbye to her Texas cowboy… IN HER BEST FRIEND'S BED Friends With Benefits by J. Margot Critch When Abby Shaw and Trevor Jones met, the desire between them was left simmering because of their friendship. But when they finally cross that line, can they go back to just being friends?

Download or read book Her Sexy Texas Cowboy written by Ali Olson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything's hotter in Texas Workaholic Manhattanite Renee Gainey is in Texas for her sister's wedding, and waiting for her is none other than Jeremiah Richards, the irresistible cowboy Renee is not allowed to have. Her sister would freak out if there were sexy shenanigans going on right before her nuptials! But what single maid of honor could resist the best man when he's a red-hot Texan? As the wedding draws closer, the burning attraction between Renee and Jeremiah consumes them both. Soon they're finding ways to sneak out of wedding duties to satisfy their cravings for each other. In her sister's spare room. Up in the barn's hayloft. Every chance they can get. But once the wedding is over, Renee is going back to New York. Hopefully, with her heart intact…

Download or read book Lovely Agony written by Morgan Barnhart and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young girl falls ill but from that illness she soon realizes she can create her own worlds from just her imagination.

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Download or read book That Was Then written by Julia Amante and published by Wise Writer Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Grace Montoya won a battle with cancer five years earlier, but now she is sick again, and while Grace thinks it’s time to pass down lessons to her daughters before it’s too late, those who love her plan to save her. Her colleagues have medical cures, her mother has made a deal with God, but it’s her 17-year-old daughter, Jessica who devises the most unexpected medicine of all. Jessica’s life has been idyllic. Yes, her mother is a workaholic pediatrician who divorced her father when Jessica was a toddler. And she’s not close to her difficult older sister who resents both her parents and is away at college. Still, she’s always felt adored by her familia Latina and happy with her community of friends. So, she has never needed to find the mysterious man her mother once loved enough to have a secret affair with . . . when they created her. Until she learns that her mother has cancer and may die. Seeking her mother’s first love, meeting him, and counting on this man from Grace’s past to be there for them becomes Jessica’s most important goal. If love can heal anything, maybe it can heal her mother. Daniel Subia, left his small town and high school sweetheart to follow his career dreams. But getting a call from a daughter he didn’t know he had, brings him home to find everything changed. The small-town charm and acres of orange groves he grew up with have been swallowed by developers and abandoned by younger generations. Yes, everything has changed but the love he once had for Grace—that’s still burning as hot as ever. In a town where nothing is as it used to be, is it possible to go back to a time when life was simple and everything was possible?