Download or read book The Time Between written by Karen White and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels delivers a tale that spans two generations of sisters and secrets, set in the stunning South Carolina Lowcountry. Eleanor Murray will always remember her childhood on Edisto Island, where her late father, a local shrimper, shared her passion for music. Now her memories of him are all that tempers the guilt she feels over the accident that put her sister in a wheelchair—and the feelings she harbors for her sister’s husband. To help support her sister, Eleanor works at a Charleston investment firm during the day, but she escapes into her music, playing piano at a neighborhood bar. Until the night her enigmatic boss walks in and offers her a part-time job caring for his elderly aunt, Helena, back on Edisto. For Eleanor, it’s a chance to revisit the place where she was her happiest—and to share her love of music with grieving Helena, whose sister recently died under mysterious circumstances. An island lush with sweetgrass and salt marshes, Edisto has been a peaceful refuge for Helena, who escaped with her sister from war-torn Hungary in 1944. The sisters were well-known on the island, where they volunteered in their church and community. But now Eleanor will finally learn the truth about their past: secrets that will help heal her relationship with her own sister—and set Eleanor free....

Download or read book The Secret Ingredient written by Gigi Butler and published by Howard Books. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founder of Gigi’s Cupcakes shares her personal success story, her hard-won business acumen, and the life-changing inspiration that has helped her follow her dreams in this warm-hearted and encouraging memoir that “will inspire savvy entrepreneurs to invest in their own dreams” (Daymond John, star of ABC’s Shark Tank). Featuring delicious dessert recipes for cupcakes and more in each chapter. As a young child, Gigi knew that if she wanted to succeed, she had to work hard and offer a service that people wanted to buy. At age seven, she sold eggs out of her little red wagon to neighbors. At age fifteen, she bought cleaning supplies and started a cleaning service out of her rural California home. When she moved to Nashville at nineteen, she had her heart set on becoming a country music star. Cleaning houses by day to support herself for over a decade, she realized that God had other plans for her. If she wouldn’t be a successful singer, she decided she would grow a business that she could be proud of. An extraordinary baker throughout her life, she decided to open a cupcake shop with all the money she could pull together. With the help and support of her family, she was able to open her first store in a prime Nashville location. The news of her cupcakes spread quickly, and the franchise became a huge success. Now, in The Secret Ingredient, Gigi reveals how her failure led her to explore her passion for baking and how she became a successful businesswoman. With spunk, humor, and insight, she weaves her hard-won wisdom and business acumen into the fun, fascinating, and instructive stories of her life. Each inspirational chapter concludes with a treasured family recipe for cupcakes and other scrumptious desserts. For anyone with big dreams, Gigi’s message is simple: believe in yourself, walk with integrity, work hard, and trust in God. Your life may not turn out exactly how you expected or hoped, but it will be so much better than you could have ever imagined. “If you ever need to feel inspired by a dreamer, this is a must read” (Tony Brown, music producer).

Download or read book Military Chic written by Carolyn Rohaly and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Military Chic” is where high fashion meets “The Art of War”. You think the fashion industry is just about gorgeous clothes and beautiful models? More happens behind the scenes than you think. Gigi LaFaux is a fabulous gal. She’s a whip-smart philanthropic architect who can discuss international politics as easily as debating the latest hot celebrity makeover. But she’s giving up her successful architectural career to follow her passion: fashion. Moving from Calgary, aka “Stampede City” where cowboy hats and boots are the height of fashion, Gigi jumps right into Toronto’s fashion scene as Volunteer Coordinator for Canada’s premiere fashion event, Collections Week. The first day Gigi arrives at Collections Week to find the organizers missing in action. After facing challenges such as non-existent guest lists, irate media representatives, no floor or seating plans, and complete chaos, Gigi and her team take charge. When Veronikkah Hendricks - the event’s drug addicted and increasingly schizophrenic coordinator - and her self-absorbed assistant, Francie Scrimshank finally show up, after a trip to the hair salon, they’re no help at all. Veronikkah’s behaviour is erratic; she can’t make decisions and has a short temper thanks to her constant chemical cocktail of cocaine, Quaaludes, and alcohol. Francie is worse, with a cell phone at her ear constantly and preoccupation with herself. Her clothes, makeup, and hair are all more important to her than running the event. While trying to organize her volunteers and ensure Collections Week runs smoothly, Gigi runs into an unexpected love interest: Hot Brad. Not only is he a gorgeous model, but he’s smart, too. The problem is sometimes he’s flirty with Gigi, while other times he snuggles with his male model counterparts. Is he gay or straight? Over three days, Gigi and her volunteer team solve crisis after crisis, making Veronikkah look good, until Gigi discovers a dark side behind the glittering façade of Canadian Collections Week. After suffering limitless humiliation and insults, Gigi and her volunteers are subjected to the indignity of cleaning Veronikkah and Francie’s disastrously dirty office, where Gigi discovers evidence of illegal activities. She finds documents and receipts implicating Veronikkah in a string of spending sprees using Collections Week funds for European vacations, expensive dinners, and haute couture outfits. Embezzlement isn’t Veronikkah’s only illicit activity at Collections Week. Gigi finds drug paraphernalia in the room and discovers the so-called “Bolivian Designer Showcase” (intended as a partnership to broaden the market for designers from a less fortunate country) is actually a front for Canada’s biggest cocaine deal. Veronikkah plots to include the drug in VIP gift bags at the Bolivian showcase, and plans to pin it on Francie and the volunteers if she is caught. Not wanting to get busted for illegal activities, Gigi and her volunteer team intend to get even with Veronikkah for treating them poorly and potentially ruining the reputation of Canadian fashion designers. Gigi once again takes control of the situation by overtaking the runway at the Bolivian Designer Showcase, revealing Veronikkah’s plans to her colleagues and the media. In the mayhem following Gigi’s announcement, Veronikkah slips backstage, captures Hot Brad, and blames him for her downfall since he has her laptop computer. With a bit of luck, Gigi stops Veronikkah with a well-aimed stiletto heel in the eyeball and saves Hot Brad’s life. It turns out Veronikkah is right about Hot Brad participating in her descent: he is not a model at all. He’s an undercover journalist named Christian VanDorn investigating Veronikkah’s activities. His boss, Chloe Kirkpatrick – Veronikkah’s lifelong nemesis – orchestrated the journalistic investigation and both relied on Gigi’s inquisitive nature to put everything together. Following Collections Week, Gigi and Chloe become friends and plan to create a lifestyle company together, complete with clothing line, magazine, store, and events. Gigi and Christian are dating (he’s definitely straight!), and everything is perfect. Gigi is now able to pursue her passion for fashion.

Download or read book Troubles Come to Make You Stronger on the Way up to Success written by Gigi A. Gates and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Troubles come but You take control and Change your Circumstances There will be times in your life when troubles come but it is up to you to know for yoursself that trouble will not last always. You have to believe in Gods word and know that you are already the person God has ordained you to be. This transformation will take place in how you think, walk and talk. You will be more confident in you and the accomplishments you have made and the ones that are on the way. Gigi wants to help you develop yourself as the person God has designed you to be. By sharing with you her life experieces that have gotten her on the road to SUCCESS. She hopes this guide will convince readers to put God first; believe His word; believe in themselves and enjoy a rewarding and fulfilled life. In life there are lessons to learn. It is up to you to learn something out of your circumstances.

Download or read book Six Contemporary Garwood Romances Bundle written by Julie Garwood and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 2106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few weave romantic suspense, nail-biting chills, and edge-of-your-seat drama as masterfully as #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood. Her contemporary novels of life-and-death action and feverish desire have won legions of fans, featuring a cast of characters that grows and changes from book to book—from smoking hot FBI agents like Alec Buchanan and Noah Claybourne to smart, sexy heroines like Kate MacKenna and Avery Delaney. Now six of her steamiest, most spellbinding thrillers are together in one electrifying eBook bundle: FIRE AND ICE KILLJOY MURDER LIST SHADOW DANCE SIZZLE SLOW BURN Praise for Julie Garwood “A trusted brand name in . . . romantic fiction.”—People “When jumping into one of her incomparable romantic thrillers, all you can do is hang on for the wild ride.”—RT Book Reviews “Garwood has this incredible knack of creating characters that not only come alive on every page, but who linger with you long after you close the book.”—South Carolina State “If a book has Julie Garwood’s name on it, it’s guaranteed to be a meticulously written, well thought-out and thoroughly engaging story [with] captivating characters.”—Sun Journal

Download or read book Sizzle written by Julie Garwood and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood’s trademark mix of dazzling love stories, unforgettable characters, and riveting suspense never fails to keep readers turning the pages late into the night. In red-hot Sizzle, she turns up the heat even higher. Lyra Prescott, a Los Angeles film student, is closing in on graduation and dives into work on her final filmmaking assignment: a documentary transformed by a twist of fate into a real-life horror film. While working on her project, a rash of mysterious incidents convince Lyra that she’s trapped in a sinister scenario headed for a violent ending. Running scared, she turns to her best friend, Sidney Buchanan, whose connections bring devilishly handsome FBI agent Sam Kincaid into Lyra’s life. As the noose of intrigue tightens, the passion between Lyra and Sam escalates with dangerous intensity. With the rugged FBI agent beside her, Lyra must learn to let down her defenses and follow her heart—even if that leads to deadly peril. “Sizzle most satisfying . . . If a book has Julie Garwood’s name on it, it’s guaranteed to be a meticulously written, well thought-out, and thoroughly engaging story.”—Sun Journal

Download or read book From Brokenness to Wholeness written by Gigi Lionel and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Brokenness to Wholeness is the authors true life story of her journey from the depths of brokenness as a victim of abandonment, sexual abuse, adultery, and divorce to a new life of wholeness through the mercy and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Download or read book Skid written by Rene Gutteridge and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third book in the Occupational Hazards series, a laugh-out-loud novel about a group of strangers flying from Atlanta to Amsterdam Blissfully unaware that Atlantica Flight 1945 from Atlanta to Amsterdam is about to make aviation history, First Officer Danny McSweeney focuses his energies on navigating the turbulent personalities of an eccentric female captain, a co-pilot with a talent for tactless comments and conspiracy theories, and a lead flight attendant with an outsized attitude that definitely exceeds the limits for carry-on baggage. On the other side of the cockpit door, the unscheduled in-flight entertainment includes a potbellied pig, a jittery diamond courier, and the recently jilted Lucy Meredith, whose personal mantra of “What Would Oprah Do?” will be challenged by the sudden appearance of her ex and his new traveling partner. On her left sits Hank Hazard, whose unusually polite but constant requests--prompted by his covert role as a spy for the airline--test the limits of the crew’s customer service. But as Lucy and the rest of the crew discover, Hank’s odd behavior is linked to a quiet faith that may play a key role in the fate of everyone on board. Especially when an unexpected traveler sets this already bumpy flight on a course toward the unfriendly skies.

Download or read book Carrington Cartel Duet written by Chiquita Dennie and published by Chiquita Dennie . This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy the entire saga of Gig and Axel's story combined into one collection. Gigi has always known what her future holds. Marry into the Ramini family, strengthen the cartel and obey her father. That was until her father assigned Axel as her personal protector. A trusted associate of her father and a high-ranking member of the cartel, Axel is everything Gigi knows to avoid, instead she finds herself drawn to him. Their desire for each other is danger, more dangerous than the cartel itself. Gigi has always been underestimated and it's time to show her true wrath and take revenge on her enemies. Gigi wants blood to pay for what she lost. A steamy contemporary romance possessive hero, forbidden, Dark Mafia romance , appealing to readers who love dark romances with happy ever afters. Keywords: age gap romance, bwwmromance, interracial romance, alpha strong heroine, dark mafia romance, forbidden, forced proximity,strong women, romance novel, sexy book, sexy romance book, steamy romance novel, jealous hero romance, alpha hero reads, mafia romance If you love these authors, you’ll enjoy this series: Nicole Fox, Rina Kent, Bella J, Renee Rose, Lisa Renee Jones, Sara Cate, Serena Akeroyd, Sadie Kincaid, Lucy Monroe, Shandi Boyes, L. Steele, Victoria Quinn, C.M. STEELE, Penelope Sky, Shantel Tessier, Parker S. Huntington, L.J. Shen, Claire Contreras,

Download or read book Finally Us written by J.M. Walker and published by J.M. Walker. This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -Vince- She was perfect. Her heart. Her soul. Everything. I had been in love with Gigi Rodriguez for as long as I could remember. I had never been shy about my feelings toward her. Everyone knew how I felt. Except for the person who mattered most. I needed her like I needed my next breath. Our souls called out to each other, entwining together to form a bond I had never felt with another person. She was passionate. Strong. Mine. Just when I thought I had her in my arms for good, an unknown force threatened to take away the only thing I had ever wanted… -Gigi- He was stubborn. Obsessed. Dominating. Vincent Stone Junior was the very reason I danced. Every time I moved, I moved for him. He just didn’t know it yet. It all started the night of his eighteenth birthday, but school got in the way and I didn’t see much of him for the next three years. When he came home for good, I knew that he had one mission: To crack down the walls I had built. I didn’t want to love him. I didn’t want to need him. But losing a piece of myself made me realize that I did in fact want those things. He taught me to love myself first and that he would be there, ready and waiting… For me.

Download or read book Live On written by M. L. Bradley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Eddie Waters, a quiet boy with a troubled past, first laid eyes on the new girl in school, who calls herself Mili, he knew he had the person he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. She, drawn to his reserved sensitivity, is hopeful for happiness as they begin a new life together. But Mili has a past of her own... When their first child dies of a rare disease, Mili and Eddie are heartbroken, but that is only the beginning of their troubles. Strange things are happening in town and someone is desperately trying to pull them apart. Who or what are these mysterious forces at work threatening to shatter their every chance of happiness together? Theirs is a story of a search for peace and spirituality. A story of commitment, deceit, intrigue, and drama, but most importantly a story of love, of learning to forgive forget and to live on. --A.C.

Download or read book These Vengeful Hearts written by Katherine Laurin and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling novel about a secret society and the dangers that lie in wait for anyone brave enough to join—perfect for fans of Karen M. McManus, Kara Thomas, and Maureen Johnson. Whenever something scandalous happens at Heller High, the Red Court is the name on everyone’s lips. Its members deal out social ruin and favors in equal measure, their true identities known only by their leader: the Queen of Hearts. Ember Williams has seen firsthand the damage the Red Court can do. Now, she’s determined to hold the organization accountable by taking it down from the inside. But will the cost of revenge be more than she’s willing to sacrifice?

Download or read book Chancey Horses of the Maury River Stables written by Gigi Amateau and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night that Chancey is born, a "fire star" gallops across the sky, a signal that a great horse has entered the world. But it will take many years of slights and hardships before the orphaned albino will believe that the prophecy is truly meant for him. (Age 9 and up) On the night that Chancey is born, a "fire star" gallops across the sky, a signal that a great horse has entered the world. But it will take many years of slights and hardships before the orphaned albino will believe that the prophecy is truly meant for him. First he must find a home at the Maury River Stables and a girl named Claire who needs him as much as he needs her. Then, when his aching joints and impending blindness bring an end to their training together, he must start a new chapter as a therapeutic horse, healing people with wounds both visible and unseen. In the manner of a latter-day Black Beauty, Chancey’s observant voice narrates this absorbing story, filled with fascinating details of life at the stable and keen insight into equine instinct, human emotion, and the ineffable bond that connects them both.

Download or read book Chancey of the Maury River written by Gigi Amateau and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being abandoned, Chancey, an albino Appaloosa horse, finds a new home with Claire who needs him as much as he needs her, but as his eyesight deteriorates, he and Claire start anew as a therapeutic team. 20,000 first printing.

Download or read book Love Hurts written by Moira Bianchi and published by Moira Bianchi - Hot Rio Chick. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A continuation for Pride and Prejudice in which the first blissful months of her new life as Mrs. Darcy are violently disrupted when Elizabeth discovers what is expected of her. Mr. Darcy finds himself in deep need of adjustment.

Download or read book Secrets According to Humphrey written by Betty G. Birney and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humphrey, the pet hamster of Longfelow School's Room 26, learns that his classroom is full of secrets, the most important of which is that a student will be leaving soon.

Download or read book Violent Night written by Nola Marie and published by Nola Marie. This book was released on with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I live for the night. The world where I’m most at home. She is my night. Layla’s beauty and innocence shone like all the stars in the sky. I sent her away to preserve that light within her, knowing the danger of my world would seek her out if she stayed. But I wasn’t prepared for the complete darkness that enveloped me when she left. I became the red king, bathing in blood and burning with rage held back by a sheer wall of ice. Then she returned, bringing the beauty of the night once again. The secrets she carries illuminate the lies that have hidden in the shadows for so long. Letting me hunt those who threaten her like the predator I am. Because I won’t make the same mistake twice. Layla is mine. I will destroy anyone who tries to take her from me again. Previously released as Protecting His Night WARNING: This book is not for the faint of heart. It will tear your heart out and stomp on it before putting it back together. The characters are not perfect, and the heroes are flawed. If you’re looking for sunshine and rainbows, I suggest you try another book. But if you want real emotion with a happily ever after, then you’ve found your book. TRIGGERS: human trafficking, sexual assault, violence, kidnapping, talks of rape, abuse