Download or read book Duct Tape Parenting written by Vicki Hoefle and published by Bibliomotion, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s a new set of 3Rs for our kids—respect, responsibility, and resilience—to better prepare them for life in the real world. Once developed, these skills let kids take charge, and let parents step back, to the benefit of all. Casting hover mothers and helicopter parents aside, Vicki Hoefle encourages a different, counter-intuitive—yet much more effective—approach: for parents to sit on their hands, stay on the sidelines, even if duct tape is required, so that the kids step up. Duct Tape Parenting gives parents a new perspective on what it means to be effective, engaged parents and to enable kids to develop confidence through solving their own problems. This is not a book about the parenting strategy of the day—what the author calls “Post-It Note Parenting”—but rather a relationship-based guide to span all ages and stages of development. Witty, straight-shooting Hoefle addresses frustrated parents everywhere who are ready to raise confident, capable children to go out in the world.

Download or read book More Than She Bargained For written by Steve Farkos and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kate, a young woman full of fun and adventure with dreams of becoming a great horse rider convinces her cousin to join her on a midnight adventure. The two young women decide to sneak down to a neighboring farm where an international rider had lived. The young rider had passed in a fatal accident but several of his horses are still there in his fathers care. After some comical moments the two reach the stable and actually manage to ride two of the horses. As they are leaving, Kate stumbles upon a dead body. Its the owner and hes obviously been murdered. The police investigation turns up several surprises, including an affair years before between her mother and the murdered victim. Once the young ladies and Kates mother are cleared life seems to go back to normal as the police continue on the case. The lead detective, Michael Barrington, falls in love with Kate as the investigation continues. Although shes often flirtatious, Kate is slow to accept his love but as she finally acknowledges her own true feelings she accepts Michaels marriage proposal. They are seen as the perfect couple and returning from their honeymoon a twist of fate surprises them with a great fortune they could have never expected. After their first five years of marriage everything the couple had ever dreamed of seemed to be coming true. They had developed an impressive equestrian estate and Kate had gained a reputation as a good rider and trainer. One day without any warning Kates mother dies which rocks Kates world. Kate becomes obsessed with the secrets and questions her mother had never shared or answered while she was alive. She is relentless and even a bit deceitful in her quest to obtain the answers about her mothers earlier life. Her obsession gains her the answers but almost ruins her marriage. After resolving things with her husband life returns to a harmonious state until fate delivers still another blow.

Download or read book Past Shadows written by Anne Marshall Bunney and published by Biographical Publishing Co.. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating, thoughtful psychological murder mystery addresses the problems of modern man dealing with the real failure to understand the real meaning of love and will, its sources and its interrelation.Man has long been fascinated with the mind of man and has always been drawn to the deepest recesses of fear. What triggers someone to commit murder?In this mystery, the author allows us to journey with individuals participating in group therapy who are seeking self-discovery that reveals their mysteries, their squalor and their magnificence.As they become suspects in murder, in the face of ongoing mistrust, the characters deal with the multiplicity of love, pathos, tragedy and passion . . . living symbols of our time.The author draws upon her personal clinical wisdom and psychotherapy experience as she explores the minds of the people involved in dealing with the contradictions of the human heart that are exacerbated by violent acts of murder and psychic deceit. It is a riveting novel filled with unforgettable characters where much is not as it seems.

Download or read book The Expectant Dad s Handbook written by Dean Beaumont and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming a dad can be a daunting time – especially when most pregnancy and parenting information is targeted towards women. This exciting new book, from a leading expert in working with expectant dads, doesn’t sideline or speak down to men. Instead it provides an array of targeted information to fully prepare men for their new roles – as both birth partners and fathers. The Expectant Dad’s Handbook is a one-stop guide for men on their path to fatherhood. It provides practical answers to all the questions on the mind of a dad-to-be – from what to expect at each stage of pregnancy to how to cope with any worries and fears about becoming a dad. It also reveals unique insights into a dad’s role during labour, showing key strategies for improving the birth. Both practical and accessible, this guide will provide all the information and advice fathers need for the journey ahead.

Download or read book Ghost Note written by Vicki James and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six years.Seventy-two months.Over two thousand days.That's what I'd dedicated to that guitar-playing a*sehole, Danny Silver.Now I, Daisy Piper, was left to pick up the wreckage of his love while he ran off with the band to find fortune and fame.Life went on without him, and a new man soon rescued me from the ashes of Danny, but a part of my heart remained a little broken, no matter who tried to fix it. First loves can't be forgotten so easily, and when Danny returned to our small hometown in Devon-famous and adored by millions-I couldn't stop myself from wanting to get a glimpse of the man I'd once laid beside, to see how much he'd changed.The smallest actions make for the biggest mistakes, and a single look into Danny's eyes was all it took before I ran. I ran because the spark that came to life inside felt dangerous, and I wasn't the kind of girl who enjoyed getting burnt twice.But running from a rock star isn't as easy as I thought it would be, and with Danny's sights now firmly set on me again, all I could do was pray that he got bored of the chase. That he thought life in Devon was too slow for him, and that he craved the bright lights of the city, as well as the noise of the stadium.If he didn't, I was about to ruin everything for everyone.Especially myself, and my stupid little Silver-lined heart.

Download or read book Yours to Take written by Joely Sue Burkhart and published by Joely Sue Burkhart. This book was released on 2022-06-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use me. Take me all the way. I’m yours. Working for one of Dallas’s top law firms should have been a dream come true. But the day one of her old clients gunned down a cop, former defense attorney Vicki Connagher lost her passion for justice, and more importantly, her lover. Evidently Detective Elias Reyes, the dead cop’s partner, can’t stomach the sight of her, since she hasn’t even talked to him in months. She left her job to live out her dream of starting her own fashion line, but heartache is her only companion. Until she brings Jesse, a homeless street artist, in from a freak Texas snowstorm. His submissive flirting brings out dominant tendencies she never knew she possessed, demanding she take him as hard and far as he’ll let her go. And he wants her to take everything he’s got. Pride kept Elias away from Vicki’s side, until she brings a homeless junkie into her house. She won’t be hurt by anyone. Not on his watch. As the days go by, the three work out an uneasy alliance. But Vicki’s joy at having Elias back in her life is tempered with a growing desire to have Jesse under her command too. Both in her bed, and in her heart. The only question that remains is whether her tough alpha cop is willing to embrace all that she is…even while she’s embracing another man.

Download or read book The Eve of Miller s Haunting written by J E Parker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A church bell tolls at midnight. A scream resonates; bagpipes skirl—the graveyard freezes over. Villagers whisper of James Miller’s ghost. The year is 1954, and amid sub-zero snowfalls, Christmas shopping pandemonium, demanding concert rehearsals, and a heartbreaking tryst, Rebecca Chase scrouges time to snoop. But snooping invites trouble. Rebecca discovers Lord Linley’s fabled fortune, inciting rogue claimants to eradicate the legitimate heir—along with Rebecca. Can Rebecca outwit her assailants? Can she bring off a successful concert performance; reunite a feuding family; reconcile her romance; resolve the fabled Miller’s haunting of 300 years past—then host the perfect Christmas Day? Not all ends well. But yuletide celebrations bring a reward unexpected.

Download or read book London Awaits written by Pravin Maharaj and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The day Prem had left India, with his young son, Aaravi, for London; it was one of the saddest days, in the Sharma family household, and all Prem’s relatives. Even Prem’s wife, Aarashi’s parents, brothers and sisters were sad at the airport to send them off abroad. As they went away, from their sight, sniffs with tears of sadness filled the air, as it marked a new beginning for father and son and an end of their life in India. Prem never knew that, the day at the airport, was the last time he would have seen his grandfather, alive, when he touched his feet, bowed as he left the airport through the departure gates. In London, Prem led a life of misery and struggled to find his feet. However, he made sure that Aaravi was enrolled at a reputable local school. They rented a little downtrodden little run-down basement flat, which was a in the outskirts, and cockroaches and mice played where the rubbish bins lay. He paid cheap rent, which is what he could afford, and they lived there for a wee while to get their footing. Not too long after, Aarashi, his wife, and Priya, his daughter, accompanied them in London. The family life once again began from its humble beginnings, and gradually they moved ahead, and their life took a turn. The second book, ‘London Awaits’ in which Prem takes great risks and challenges and set out into the shores of England. Here, he restarts a new life with his wife and three children, in the outskirts of London. It gives a broad spectrum about what is in store as Prem ventures out into an unknown into a new territory with new vision and adventures that is awaiting him. He therefore transcends himself into getting acquainted with a new culture in London, with enormous struggles with very humble beginnings. In essence the book exemplifies a family bond he always had with his motherland, India, although he and his family become highly westernized. With all the influence that had from their neighbours and friends, in a new country, their culture, religious beliefs and being Indian still remained their driving force, dear to their heart. The dream is realised, when Prem and his family sow the seeds for their future in a new country.

Download or read book Feels Like Home written by Vicki Lewis Thompson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "City slicker Rafe Locke is no cowboy. When he arrives at the Last Chance Ranch for his brother's wedding, Rafe refuses to buy into the whole cowboy thing. That is, until he sees engineer Meg Seymour whoopin' it up-a city girl gone country-and she hits his libido with a bull's-eye! Meg grabs life by the horns, and it's not long before she's enticed Rafe into riding, roping, country dancing ... and gettin' naked in bed! But as they get tangled up in the sheets-and each other!-Rafe has to keep reminding himself that this cowboy life is just a fling. Or is it?"--Cover verso.

Download or read book Let Me Be the One The Sullivans written by Bella Andre and published by Oak Press, LLC. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Vicki Bennett saved Ryan Sullivan's life as a teenager, it was the beginning of a close friendship that never wavered despite her failed marriage to someone else and Ryan's well-earned reputation as a ladies man. So when she suddenly needs a pretend boyfriend to protect herself and her career from a powerful man's advances, he is the only person she can imagine asking.

Download or read book The Last McCullen written by Rita Herron and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could a kidnapping finally lead to the last McCullen finding his way home? If there's one thing Special Agent Ryder Banks hates, it's handcuffing a woman. Tia Jeffries is not a violent person, but her infant son has been abducted—or worse. Determined to find her baby, the pretty single mom agrees to ditch the gun and work undercover with the sexy agent. Posing as a couple desperate to adopt, they find a murky world of baby brokers, scams—and a connection to the McCullens, Ryder's birth family. When bullets start flying, Ryder risks everything to make Tia and her baby his own… The Heroes of Horseshoe Creek

Download or read book Victory written by Athol Fugard and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CRADLE AND ALL is a smart, pitch-perfect play that is a cut-to-the-bone look at how babies can expose secrets their parents want hidden. With evident humor, Goldfarb has churned up all those little things that drive couples crazy. The play often feels so A contemporary companion piece to The Temperamentals, this engrossing three-character drama addresses the struggle for many to accept their homosexuality while adhering to their religious beliefs, in this case those of Orthodox Judaism...The play explores

Download or read book Elementary She Read written by Vicki Delany and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “fast, fun” cozy mystery series “full of Sherlockian lore”—set at a Cape Cod bookshop run by a “charming, intelligent heroine as observant as the Great Detective himself” (Carolyn Hart, New York Times–bestselling author) When murder pays a visit to Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, Gemma Doyle must use the powers of deduction to find the killer—and clear her own name. Gemma Doyle, a transplanted Englishwoman, has returned to the quaint town of West London on Cape Cod to manage her Great Uncle Arthur’s Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. The shop—located at 222 Baker Street—specializes in the Holmes canon and pastiche, and is also home to Moriarty the cat. When Gemma finds a rare and potentially valuable magazine containing the first Sherlock Homes story hidden in the bookshop, she and her friend Jayne (who runs the adjoining Mrs. Hudson’s Tea Room) set off to find the owner, only to stumble upon a dead body. Gemma is the police’s first suspect, so she puts her consummate powers of deduction to work to clear her name, investigating a handsome rare books expert, the dead woman’s suspiciously unmoved son, and a whole family of greedy characters desperate to cash in on their inheritance. But when Gemma and Jayne accidentally place themselves at a second murder scene, it’s a race to uncover the truth before the detectives lock them up for good.

Download or read book Marriage for Keeps written by Cynthia Thomason and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is their marriage ending… Or just beginning? Vicki Sorenson married Jamie Malone an hour after she met him. Both had good reasons for exchanging vows, but their marriage was never meant to be real. Now, thirteen years later, Vicki has a new man in her life, and he's about to propose. Before she can accept, though, she has to end her paper marriage with Jamie. But divorcing the Irishman turns out to be more difficult than marrying him. Because Jamie doesn't want a divorce.…

Download or read book Coreville Park a reggae novel written by Randolph Randy Camp and published by Randolph Camp. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rastafarians and reggae music lovers from around the world converge on a small community in Florida called Coreville to rally around and show their support for an elementary school teacher who was suspended for allowing one of her students to do his oral book report on a book about the Rastafarian culture, which wasn’t approved by the local school district. When reggae came to town, it changed Coreville forever. If you already know reggae, enjoy the ride. If you’re new to reggae, come along and enjoy this entertaining ride to Coreville Park.

Download or read book The Athena Project written by Brad Thor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of female warriors from the nation's most elite counter-terrorism unit-- the United States Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta--deploys on a dangerous international assignment. Their code name: Athena Project.

Download or read book Please Don t Take Mummy Away written by Maggie Hartley and published by Seven Dials. This book was released on 2024-02-29 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Mummy! Where did you go? Please come back, Mummy.' THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Perfect for fans of Cathy Glass, a new powerful true story from bestseller Maggie Hartley, foster carer for over 20 years. When police are called to a local supermarket late one evening, they find an angry shopkeeper and a silent young woman. It's the third time 24-year-old Zoe has been caught stealing in the past few days. Eyes filled with panic, Zoe has been hiding bread, milk, Calpol and nappies under her coat. As police officers break down the door of Zoe's flat they find seven-year-old Coco and two-year-old Lola, home alone, huddled on the floor in a freezing cold bedroom, crying out for their mummy. When Social Services are called in, the girls are taken into care and are soon tucked up safely in bed at Maggie's house. It looks like a simple case of neglect, but things aren't always what they seem and, with Maggie's help, can Zoe convince Social Services that love is enough to be a good mum? Readers LOVE Maggie Hartley: 'Was gripped the whole way through' 'Could not put it down' 'I enjoyed every minute'